History WesternAnimation / GoodLittleMonkeys

* AnAesop: As a whole: No matter how harmless or appealing they may seem, getting involved with dangerous people or things can lead to trouble. And not just trouble for yourself, either.

->''"See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, so!''\\

->''"See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, no!''\\

* ArtEvolution: The monkeys are redesigned in the later shorts to look distinctly cuter, with a much more child like appearance (and sound).

** In ''Art Gallery,'' Nero interrupts the monkeys' theme song, and sings a portion of it in a mocking tone. He is then joined by several portraits who each sing a portion of the song.

* DownerEnding: ''Art Gallery" [[spoiler:The painting of Rome burns, as do most of the other art pieces within the museum. The short ends with Nero reveling in the destruction he's caused and the traumatized Good Monkeys re-assuming their position, all closing their eyes so they can't see the carnage unfolding around them as the fire burns on unchecked]].

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: One of The Three Cigars in ''Pipe Dreams'' is based on Ned Sparks, a dour cigar chomping character actor of the 1930's; in ''Art Gallery,'' Cleopatra is Creator/MaeWest, a Puritan is Ned Sparks, "The Song of the Lark" is popular portly singer Kate Smith, "Maestro" is conductor Leopold Stokowski, "Mammoth Cave" is comedian Joe E. Brown, "The Town Crier" is columnist Alexander Woolcott, the man whose collar is burned off is UsefulNotes/HerbertHoover, and "Spirit of '76" are the Creator/MarxBrothers.
* OmnicidalManiac: Nero wants to burn a painting of Rome down. It be assumed that since the other paintings have people living in them that the Rome painting does as well. [[spoiler:And of course, Nero's thrilled when the fire spreads to all the other occupied paintings]].

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys

* OmnicidalManiac: Nero wants to burn a painting of Rome down. It be assumed that since the other paintings have people living in them said painting does as well.

* DownerEnding: ''Art Gallery" [[spoiler:The painting of Rome burns, as do most of the other art pieces within the museum. The short ends with Nero reveling in the destruction he's caused and the traumatized Good Monkeys re-assuming their position, turning away as the fire burns unchecked]].

* VillainSong: The Three Cigars have one in ''Pip Dreams'', and it's catchy enough to for Monkeys to start singing along.

* VilainSong: The Three Cigars have one in ''Pip Dreams'', and it's catchy enough to for Monkeys to start singing along.

* JohnBarleycornAndFriends: The anthropomorphic cigars, cigarettes, and tobacco products from ''Pipe Dreams.''

"Good Little Monkeys" was the tenth cartoon short in the Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer ''WesternAnimation/HappyHarmonies'' series produced (and in this case directed) by Creator/HarmanAndIsing. It starred the MonkeyMoralityPose simians of the title and their [[EarWorm unforgettable theme song.]] The short, which premiered on [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation April 13, 1935,]] followed the then common pattern of various inanimate objects, such as toys, ornaments, advertisements, or book illustrations, coming to life and frolicking while no humans are around.

'''''Good Little Monkeys''''' was the tenth cartoon short in the Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer ''WesternAnimation/HappyHarmonies'' series produced (and in this case directed) by Creator/HarmanAndIsing. It starred the MonkeyMoralityPose simians of the title and their [[EarWorm unforgettable theme song.]] The short, which premiered on [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation April 13, 1935,]] followed the then common pattern of various inanimate objects, such as toys, ornaments, advertisements, or book illustrations, coming to life and frolicking while no humans are around.

Out of a copy of Dante's ''[[Literature/TheDivineComedy Inferno]]'' comes a red devil, creeping up on the Goody Goody Monkeys, who sing of their unshakable morals. The devil rings a gong, to summon various book characters, ''etc''., to make merry, and invites the monkeys to join the fun; they indignantly refuse, until he begins to tempt them with peanuts -- to a Latin rhythm. The monkeys follow the peanut trail, until the devil summons a [[{{Stripperrific}} scantily clad]] belly dancer, to the prudish primates' horror. As the fiend attempts to seize the monkeys, all the other characters join together to rescue them; the devil dives back into the ''Inferno,'' and all cheer as the monkeys resume their places.

Out of a copy of Dante's ''[[Literature/TheDivineComedy Inferno]]'' comes a red devil, creeping up on the Goody Goody Monkeys, who sing of their unshakable morals. The devil rings a gong, to summon various book characters, ''etc''., to make merry, and invites the monkeys to join the fun; they indignantly refuse, until he begins to tempt them with peanuts -- to a Latin rhythm. The monkeys follow the peanut trail, until the devil summons a [[{{Stripperific}} scantily clad]] belly dancer, to the prudish primates' horror. As the fiend attempts to seize the monkeys, all the other characters join together to rescue them; the devil dives back into the ''Inferno,'' and all cheer as the monkeys resume their places.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: One of The Three Cigars in ''Pipe Dreams'' is based on Ned Sparks, a dour cigar chomping character actor of the 1930's; in ''Art Gallery,'' Cleopatra is Creator/MaeWest, a Puritan is Ned Sparks, "The Song of the Lark" is popular portly singer Kate Smith, "Maestro" is conductor Leopold Stokowski, "Mammoth Cave" is comedian Joe E. Brown, "The Town Crier" is columnist Alexander Woolcott, the man whose collar is burned off is UsefulNotes/HerbertHoover, and "Spirit of '76" are Creator/TheMarxBrothers.

[[caption-width-right:300:[[MonkeyMoralityPose Speak No Evil, See No Evil, Hear No Evil, No!]]]]

''We're the Goody-Goody Monkeys every place we go.''\\

''Don't believe in being gay,''[[note]][[HaveAGayOldTime "Gay" meant "Rakish" during the 30's]][[/note]]\\

''Speak no hi-de, see no hi-de, hear no [[Music/CabCalloway hi-de-ho!]]''[[note]]{{Jazz}} had a very bad reputation during the time[[/note]]\\

-->-- The Opening Song

'''''Good Little Monkeys''''' was the tenth cartoon short in the Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer ''WesternAnimation/HappyHarmonies'' series produced (and in this case directed) by [[Creator/HarmanAndIsing Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising]]. It starred the MonkeyMoralityPose simians of the title and their [[EarWorm unforgettable theme-song]]. The short, which premiered on [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation April 13, 1935]], followed the then common pattern of various inanimate objects, such as toys, ornaments, advertisements, or book illustrations, coming to life and frolicking while no humans are around.

''Synopsis''
->Out of a copy of Dante's ''[[Literature/TheDivineComedy Inferno]]'' comes a red devil, creeping up on the Goody Goody Monkeys, who sing of their unshakable morals. The devil rings a gong, to summon various book characters, ''etc''., to make merry, and invites the monkeys to join the fun; they indignantly refuse, until he begins to tempt them with peanuts -- to a Latin rhythm. The monkeys follow the peanut trail, until the devil summons a [[{{Stripperific}} scantily clad]] belly-dancer, to the prudish primates' horror. As the fiend attempts to seize the monkeys, all the other characters join together to rescue them; the devil dives back into the ''Inferno'', and all cheer as the monkeys resume their places.

The cartoon was popular enough to inspire ''two'' sequels: the first, "Pipe Dreams" (February 5, 1938), featuring the monkeys smoking their way into nicotine visions, and the second, "[[WesternAnimation/MGMOneshotCartoons Art Gallery]]" (May 13, 1939), having the monkeys induced by the statue of the Emperor Nero to get drunk on lighter fluid (!) and burn down the gallery's painted "Rome" -- and most of the other paintings besides.

!!Good Little Tropes:
* AnimatedMusicVideo: The point of the whole Harman-Ising series.
* ArtEvolution: The monkeys are redesigned in the later shorts to look distinctly cuter, with a much more child-like appearance (and sound).
* BarbieDollAnatomy: Satan from the first short is ''completely naked'' with no dirty parts in sight.
* BreakingTheFourthWall:
* CatchphraseInterruptus: From "Pipe Dreams":
-->'''[[{{Hobos}} Hobo]] Cigar:''' Who are ya, anyhow? \\
'''Monkeys:''' *simultaneous deep breath* We're the goody-goody monkeys everywhere we go . . . \\

** In "Art Gallery", Nero interrupts the monkey's theme song, and sings a portion of it in a mocking tone. He is then joined by several portraits who each sing a portion of the song.
* CerebusSyndrome: In the original short, the devil tries to lure the monkeys into the inferno, but they are saved by all of the storybook characters and the devil is chased back into his book. In "Pipe Dreams", the monkeys smoke a pipe and have [[DisneyAcidSequence a wild nightmare involving dancing cigars and Mexican cigarettes]]. "Art Galley" has the monkeys helping Nero burn a portrait of Rome, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero destroying most of the portraits and statues in the process.]]
* [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Everything's Better With Monkeys]]
* EvilSoundsDeep: The devil, complete with EvilLaugh ("Hahahahahahahaaaaaa -- and haaa!")
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: In "Pipe Dreams" the Monkeys' visions are implied to be the result of ''underaged'' smoking. (Since these visions are actually rather entertaining, this may seem something of a BrokenAesop.)
* IndecipherableLyrics: What ''are'' Literature/TheThreeMusketeers singing in the middle portion of the song in "Good Little Monkeys"?
* JohnBarleycornAndFriends: The anthropomorphic cigars, cigarettes, and tobacco products from "Pipe Dreams".

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: One of The Three Cigars in "Pipe Dreams" is based on Ned Sparks, a dour cigar-chomping character actor of the 1930s; in "Art Gallery," Cleopatra is Creator/MaeWest, a Puritan is Ned Sparks, "The Song of the Lark" is popular portly singer Kate Smith, "Maestro" is conductor Leopold Stokowski, "Mammoth Cave" is comedian Joe E. Brown, "The Town Crier" is columnist Alexander Woolcott, the man whose collar is burned off is UsefulNotes/HerbertHoover, and "Spirit of '76" is Creator/TheMarxBrothers.
* {{Rotoscoping}}: Used on the nautch girl in "Good Little Monkeys"
* {{Satan}}: A story version of him is the villain of the first short.
* ShaggyDogStory: "Art Gallery".
* TerribleTrio: The Three Cigars in ''Pipe Dreams".

'''''Good Little Monkeys''''' was the tenth cartoon short in the Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer ''WesternAnimation/HappyHarmonies'' series produced (and in this case directed) by [[Creator/HarmanAndIsing Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising]]. It starred the MonkeyMoralityPose simians of the title and their [[EarWorm unforgettable theme-song]]. The short, which premiered on [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation April 13, 1935]], followed the then common pattern of various inanimate objects, such as toys, ornaments, advertisements, or book illustrations, coming to life and frolicking while no humans are around.

The cartoon was popular enough to inspire ''two'' sequels: the first, "Pipe Dreams" (February 5, 1938), featuring the monkeys smoking their way into nicotine visions, and the second, "[[MGMOneshotCartoons Art Gallery]]" (May 13, 1939), having the monkeys induced by the statue of the Emperor Nero to get drunk on lighter fluid (!) and burn down the gallery's painted "Rome" -- and most of the other paintings besides.

* TerribleTrio: The Three Cigars in ''Pipe Dreams"

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: One of The Three Cigars in "Pipe Dreams" is based on Ned Sparks, a dour cigar-chomping character actor of the 1930s; in "Art Gallery," Cleopatra is Mae West, a Puritan is Ned Sparks, "The Song of the Lark" is popular portly singer Kate Smith, "Maestro" is conductor Leopold Stokowski, "Mammoth Cave" is comedian Joe E. Brown, "The Town Crier" is columnist Alexander Woolcott, the man whose collar is burned off is UsefulNotes/HerbertHoover, and "Spirit of '76" is Creator/TheMarxBrothers.

-->Out of a copy of Dante's ''[[DivineComedy Inferno]]'' comes a red devil, creeping up on the Goody Goody Monkeys, who sing of their unshakable morals. The devil rings a gong, to summon various book characters, ''etc''., to make merry, and invites the monkeys to join the fun; they indignantly refuse, until he begins to tempt them with peanuts -- to a Latin rhythm. The monkeys follow the peanut trail, until the devil summons a [[{{Stripperific}} scantily clad]] belly-dancer, to the prudish primates' horror. As the fiend attempts to seize the monkeys, all the other characters join together to rescue them; the devil dives back into the ''Inferno'', and all cheer as the monkeys resume their places.

''Speak no hi-de, see no hi-de, hear no [[Music/CabCalloway hi-de-ho!]]''[[note]]Music/{{Jazz}} had a very bad reputation during the time[[/note]]\\

''Speak no hi-de, see no hi-de, hear no [[Music/CabCalloway hi-de-ho!]]''[[note]]Jazz had a very bad reputation during the time[[/note]]\\

-->''See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, no!''
-->''We're the Goody-Goody Monkeys every place we go.''
-->''Never have we gone astray,''
-->''Don't believe in being gay,''[[note]]"Gay" meant "Rakish" during the 30's[[/note]]
-->''Being good's the only thing we know; so,''
-->''Speak no hi-de, see no hi-de, hear no [[CabCalloway hi-de-ho!]]''[[note]]Jazz had a very bad reputation during the time[[/note]]
-->''Not a single wild oat will we sow!''
-->''We're so very very good, wouldn't be bad if we could,''
-->''Speak no evil, see no evil, hear no evil, no!''