History WesternAnimation / LittleJohnnyJet

''Little Johnny Jet'' is a 1953 animated short film (6 1/2 minutes) directed by Creator/TexAvery, one of the WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons.

An anthropomorphic B-29 Superfortress named John is struggling to find work: Despite being a (very) decorated veteran of "[[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII the War]]", the military and civil aviation industries are more interested in the revolutionary new jet-engined aircraft than than an "old" propeller plane like himself. As a consequence he really hates jets. Thus he is appalled when the stork delivers to him and his wife Mary (a DC-3) a little baby boy jet. The fact that Junior at birth can fly way faster than his dad makes John hate jets even more (but doesn’t take it out on his son).

One day John, who still can't find work and has "another propeller to feed", reads a trade paper article about an around-the-world race, the winner of which will receive a fat government contract. Determined to prove himself, he enters the race--with little Junior stowed away in his passenger compartment.

* SentientVehicle: Sentient planes. This film is said to have influenced the look of ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'', although it looks more like a prototype version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Planes}}''.
** This cartoon is a SpiritualSuccessor to Tex Avery's 1952 short ''One Cab's Family,'' in which the boy car wants to be a hotrodder instead of a taxicab.

* WarHero: John, an old B-29 plane, bemoans being unable to find a job despite his military record.
-->'''Mary:''' Did you tell them of your wonderful war record? A hero of 90 missions [[WorldWarII/WarInAsiaAndThePacific across the Pacific?]]\\

** Also when John shows up at the airfield for the test flight, he comes across [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed a plane version of Douglas MacArthur]], who shows up to deliver his one line "Old soldiers never die, they just... fade away" before [[VisualPun doing just that]].

* MarilynManeuver: From the Statue of Liberty, no less, when John and Junior zoom by and her skirt flies up to show her underwear.

An anthropomorphic B-29 Superfortress named John is struggling to find work: Despite being a (very) decorated veteran of "[[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII the War]]", the military and civil aviation industries are more interested in the revolutionary new jet-engined aircraft than than an "old" propeller plane like himself. As a consequence he really hates jets. Thus he is appalled when the stork delivers to him and his wife Mary (a DC-3) a little baby boy jet. The fact that Junior at birth can fly way faster than his dad makes John hate the boy even more.

An anthropomorphic plane (a B-29) named John is struggling to find work in the age of jet aircraft. As a consequence he really hates jets. Thus he is appalled when the stork delivers to him and his wife Mary (a DC-3) a little baby boy jet. The fact that Junior at birth can fly way faster than his dad makes John hate the boy even more.

* SentientVehicle: Sentient planes. This film is said to have influenced the look of ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}''.

* WellDoneDadGuy: After Junior tags along for John's race and then proceeds to save his life, and then win the race for him, John realizes he has nothing to prove to his son.

* MonumentalDamage: Parodied. As John and Junior rocket around the world at high speed, some famous monuments get the Trope equivalent of Amusing Injuries; the Sphinx is given a crew cut, the Leaning Tower of Pisa is tilted the other way, the Eiffel Tower barely avoids a collision by lifting its "legs", and rushing past the Statue of Liberty gets her skirt blown up showing her legs.

-->'''Mary:''' Did you tell them of your wonderful war record? A hero of 90 missions across the Pacific?\\

* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Mary has long eyelashes and lipstick.

* ThroughAFaceFullOfFur: Despite having a face made out of metal, Mary still blushes at the prospect of producing ten thousand baby planes.