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* TheBore: Winston Schwartz, in contrast to her more adventurous boyfriend Fritz. When the latter brings up going to a seedy truck stop to hear about truckers' experiences on the road, the former instead pulls into a [[ProductPlacement Howard Johnson's]], a former nationwide restaurant chain.[[note]]Still operating as a hotel chain.[[/note]]
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It was released on Blu ray in 2021, two years ago


Although aired in 1080p on HDTV and MGM's streaming service in 2017, it has never been released on Blu-ray and the 2002 SD DVD edition is out of print.[[note]]A copy on Creator/{{Amazon}} is upwards of USD$50.[[/note]] In 2021, it was available to stream on Creator/PrimeVideo[[note]](as of 2023, it's no longer available)[[/note]] and a planned Blu-ray release (along with a separate Blu-ray of ''Nine Lives'').
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* JewishAmericanPrincess: Winston Schwartz is [[FemmeFatale abrasive]], sharply-dressed (apart from her NotSoBadassLongcoat), and AmbiguouslyJewish. Despite being Fritz's girlfriend, she's never shown having sex with him or anyone else (in a film where EveryoneHasLotsOfSex), and even chastises him for his own sex life.
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Creator/RalphBakshi's directorial debut, this 1972 feature film adaptation of Creator/RobertCrumb's comic strip ''ComicBook/FritzTheCat'' is famous for being the first feature-length adult animated film in the United States, receiving an X rating upon its original release.[[note]]Equivalent to today's [[MediaNotes/AdultsOnlyFilmRating NC-17]], though all home media re-releases go [[UsefulNotes/NotRatedRating unrated]] due to stigma around the aforementioned rating.[[/note]] It streamlines three plotlines from the comic into a linear story, with more political and social commentary than what had previously been largely light entertainment.

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Creator/RalphBakshi's directorial debut, this 1972 feature film adaptation of Creator/RobertCrumb's comic strip ''ComicBook/FritzTheCat'' is famous for being the first feature-length adult animated film in the United States, receiving an X rating upon its original release.[[note]]Equivalent to today's [[MediaNotes/AdultsOnlyFilmRating NC-17]], though all home media re-releases go [[UsefulNotes/NotRatedRating [[MediaNotes/NotRatedRating unrated]] due to stigma around the aforementioned rating.[[/note]] It streamlines three plotlines from the comic into a linear story, with more political and social commentary than what had previously been largely light entertainment.
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Creator/RalphBakshi's directorial debut, this 1972 feature film adaptation of Creator/RobertCrumb's comic strip ''ComicBook/FritzTheCat'' is famous for being the first feature-length adult animated film in the United States, receiving an X rating upon its original release.[[note]]Equivalent to today's [[UsefulNotes/AdultsOnlyFilmRating NC-17]], though all home media re-releases go [[UsefulNotes/NotRatedRating unrated]] due to stigma around the aforementioned rating.[[/note]] It streamlines three plotlines from the comic into a linear story, with more political and social commentary than what had previously been largely light entertainment.

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Creator/RalphBakshi's directorial debut, this 1972 feature film adaptation of Creator/RobertCrumb's comic strip ''ComicBook/FritzTheCat'' is famous for being the first feature-length adult animated film in the United States, receiving an X rating upon its original release.[[note]]Equivalent to today's [[UsefulNotes/AdultsOnlyFilmRating [[MediaNotes/AdultsOnlyFilmRating NC-17]], though all home media re-releases go [[UsefulNotes/NotRatedRating unrated]] due to stigma around the aforementioned rating.[[/note]] It streamlines three plotlines from the comic into a linear story, with more political and social commentary than what had previously been largely light entertainment.

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