History WesternAnimation / PrivateSnafu

* {{Bowdlerization}}: Two shorts have aired on CartoonNetwork edited:

* {{Fanservice}}: Being made specifically for the enlisted men, these were more risque than the regular Looney Tunes series. In particular, "Censored", which features Sally Lou in just panties and stockings. There's no actual nudity, but pretty close.

* HotterAndSexier: Compared with the general release WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoons (which do get a little risque at times, but are pretty much bound by UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode not to go too far), these cartoons featured a lot more female nudity, swearing (mostly "hell" and "damn," which back then, were considered taboo), and more "adult" jokes, since their audience were young, male, semi-educated soldiers who needed the morale boost when fighting overseas and enjoyed lowbrow humor. If WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes was ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' of the 1930s and '40s, then this series was in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' territory.

* LooseLips: The essential aesop to the short, ''Spies'', in which Snafu inadvertently blabs bit by bit all the spies around him need to know about his ship's departure time.

* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Played for laughs in "Booby Traps".

* RightWayWrongWayPair: Snafu plays both roles in the pair -- he does it wrong, and then goes back and does it right.

Oh and Thedore Geisel (better known as DrSeuss) wrote many of the early shorts in his characteristic rhyme. Think about that next time you read any of his books to your son/daughter/younger sibling/younger relative.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Since these cartoons weren't meant to be shown to the public and only to soldiers, they were allowed to get away with swears (though minor ones such as "hell") and more risque sexual humor with no [[UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode Hays Code]] to bother them.

Oh and DrSeuss wrote many of the early shorts in his characteristic rhyme.

* CivilizedAnimal: The bull and his cow girlfriend/wife in "Chow Hound"

* HumanoidFemaleAnimal[=/=]PettingZooPeople: The female mosquitoes in "Target Snafu."

* AnimalGenderBender[=/=]InsectGenderBender: Averted with the bloodsucking mosquitoes in "Target Snafu" as they are female as in real life, but played straight with the titular male bloodsucking mosquito in "Malaria Mike" as male mosquitoes only feed on fruit and nectar off plants.

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A WartimeCartoon series made during the [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1940s]], starring the eponymous Private Snafu[[note]]An acronym for "'''S'''ituation '''N'''ormal, '''A'''ll '''F'''ucked '''U'''p" -- though the "Fucked" part would be {{Bowdlerize}}d as "Fouled"[[/note]] set during the struggle of WorldWarII. Produced by WarnerBros for the Army-Navy Screen Magazine, these cartoons showed Snafu's adventures in the Army. They usually ended with various {{Aesop}}s concerning proper military behavior, via the comfounding insipid acts of the brash but ignorant Snafu. It could be considered a SpinOff of the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes and [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] series of cartoons, supported by a few cameos of BugsBunny and usage of MelBlanc as the voice of the bumbling Snafu.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Since these cartoons weren't meant to be shown to the public and only to soldiers, they were allowed to get away with swears (though minor ones such as "hell") and more risque sexual humor with no Hays Code to bother them.

* HotterAndSexier: Compared with the general release LooneyTunes cartoons (which do get a little risque at times, but are pretty much bound by the HaysCode not to go too far), these cartoons featured a lot more female nudity, swearing (mostly "hell" and "damn," which back then, were considered taboo), and more "adult" jokes, since their audience were young, male, semi-educated soldiers who needed the morale boost when fighting overseas and enjoyed lowbrow humor. If LooneyTunes was ''TheSimpsons'' of the 1930s and '40s, then this series was in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' territory.

* LetsMeetTheMeat the chew hound

* MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon: "Pay Day", by Friz Freleng, is pretty much dialog free, relying on music and timing to accentuate the visual gags. The only dialog is at the very end.

* WorldWarII

* PublicDomainAnimation: as the films were made for army training and sanctioned by the government all Priavte Snafu cartoons are in the public domain.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The whole point of the shorts.

* TheCameo: BugsBunny cameos in the shorts "Gas" and "Three Brothers". Plus, Private Snafu himself makes an appearance in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''.

* HotterAndSexier: Compared with the general release LooneyTunes cartoons (which do get a little risque at times, but are pretty much bound by the HaysCode not to go too far), these cartoons featured a lot more female nudity, swearing (mostly "hell" and "damn," which back then, were considered taboo), and more "adult" jokes, since their audience were young, male, semi-educated soldiers who needed the morale boost when fighting overseas and enjoyed lowbrow humor. If LooneyTunes was ''TheSimpsons'' of the 1930s and '40s, then this series was in ''SouthPark'' territory.

* HotterAndSexier: Compared with the general release LooneyTunes cartoons (which do get a little risque at times, but are pretty much bound by the HaysCode not to go too far), these cartoons featured a lot more female nudity, swearing (mostly "hell" and "damn," which back then, were considered taboo), and more "adult" jokes, since their audience were young, male, semi-educated soldiers who needed the morale boost when fighting overseas. If LooneyTunes was ''TheSimpsons'' of the 1930s and '40s, then this series was in ''SouthPark'' territory.

* HotterAndSexier: Compared with the general release LooneyTunes cartoons (which do get a little risque at times, but are pretty much bound by the HaysCode not to go too far), these cartoons featured a lot more female nudity, swearing (mostly "hell" and "damn," which back then, were considered taboo), and more "adult" jokes, since their audience were young, male, semi-educated soldiers who needed the morale boost when fighting overseas. If LooneyTunes was ''TheSimpsons'' of the 1930s and '40s, then this series was in ''SouthPark'' and ''FamilyGuy'' territory.

* YellowPeril: The japanese caricatures, natch.
* ZettaiRyouki: Snafu's girlfriend Sally Lou in ''Censored'' when reading his letter.

A WartimeCartoon series made during the [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1940s]], starring the eponymous Private Snafu[[note]]An acronym for "'''S'''ituation '''N'''ormal, '''A'''ll '''F'''ucked '''U'''p"[[/note]] set during the struggle of WorldWarII. Produced by WarnerBros for the Army-Navy Screen Magazine, these cartoons showed Snafu's adventures in the Army. They usually ended with various {{Aesop}}s concerning proper military behavior, via the comfounding insipid acts of the brash but ignorant Snafu. It could be considered a SpinOff of the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes and [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] series of cartoons, supported by a few cameos of BugsBunny and usage of MelBlanc as the voice of the bumbling Snafu.

A WartimeCartoon series made during the [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1940s]], starring the eponymous Private Snafu[[note]]An acronym for "'''S'''ituation '''N'''ormal, '''A'''ll '''F'''ucked '''U'''p"[[/note]] set during the struggle of WorldWarII. Produced by WarnerBros. for the Army-Navy Screen Magazine, these cartoons showed Snafu's adventures in the Army. They usually ended with various {{Aesop}}s concerning proper military behavior, via the comfounding insipid acts of the brash but ignorant Snafu. It could be considered a SpinOff of the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes and [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] series of cartoons, supported by a few cameos of BugsBunny and usage of MelBlanc as the voice of the bumbling Snafu.

A WartimeCartoon series made during the [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1940s]], starring the eponymous Private Snafu[[hottip:*:An acronym for "'''S'''ituation '''N'''ormal, '''A'''ll '''F'''ucked '''U'''p"]] set during the struggle of WorldWarII. Produced by WarnerBros. for the Army-Navy Screen Magazine, these cartoons showed Snafu's adventures in the Army. They usually ended with various {{Aesop}}s concerning proper military behavior, via the comfounding insipid acts of the brash but ignorant Snafu. It could be considered a SpinOff of the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes and [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] series of cartoons, supported by a few cameos of BugsBunny and usage of MelBlanc as the voice of the bumbling Snafu.

''Private Snafu'' was largely sealed away after the end of the war and was not widely seen again until CartoonNetwork offered a peek at several cartoons in the late [[TheNineties 1990s]]. A few shorts appeared as extras in the ''Looney Tunes: Golden Collection'' [=DVDs=]. Some of them are available for viewing on [[http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Amore_animation%20AND%20subject%3A%22SNAFU%22 the Internet Archive]].

* ReassignedToAntarctica: "The Outpost" is intended to explain why being assigned to remote and/or unpleasant stations is important work in its own way.

A WartimeCartoon series made during the [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1940s]], starring the eponymous Private Snafu[[hottip:*:An acronym for "'''S'''ituation '''N'''ormal, '''A'''ll '''F'''ucked '''U'''p"]] set during the struggle of WorldWarII. Produced by WarnerBros. for the Army-Navy Screen Magazine, these cartoons showed Snafu's adventures in the Army. They usually ended with various {{Aesop}}s concerning proper military behavior, via the comfounding insipid acts of the brash but ignorant Snafu. It could be considered a SpinOff of the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes and MerrieMelodies series of cartoons, supported by a few cameos of BugsBunny and usage of MelBlanc as the voice of the bumbling Snafu.

A WartimeCartoon series made during the [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1940s]], starring the eponymous Private Snafu[[hottip:*:An acronym for "'''S'''ituation '''N'''ormal, '''A'''ll '''F'''ucked '''U'''p"]] set during the struggle of WorldWarII. Produced by WarnerBros. for the Army-Navy Screen Magazine, these cartoons showed Snafu's adventures in the Army. They usually ended with various {{Aesop}}s concerning proper military behavior, via the comfounding insipid acts of the brash but ignorant Snafu. It could be considered a SpinOff of the LooneyTunes and MerrieMelodies series of cartoons, supported by a few cameos of BugsBunny and usage of MelBlanc as the voice of the bumbling Snafu.

A complete chronological DVD release of the whole set of Private SNAFU cartoons newly remastered from the best extant film elements, was released by Thunderbean in December 2010.

[[folder: FILMOGRAPHY]]

* Coming Snafu (ChuckJones): 1943-06-XX
* Gripes (FrizFreleng): 1943-07-XX
* Spies (Chuck Jones): 1943-08-XX
* The Goldbrick (Frank Tashlin): 1943-09-XX
* The Infantry Blues (Chuck Jones): 1943-09-XX
* Fighting Tools (BobClampett): 1943-10-XX
* The Home Front (Frank Tashlin): 1943-11-XX
* Rumors (Friz Freleng): 1943-12-XX
* Booby Traps (Bob Clampett): 1944-01-XX
* Snafuperman (Friz Freleng): 1944-03-XX
* Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike (Chuck Jones): 1944-03-XX
* A Lecture on Camouflage (Chuck Jones): 1944-04-XX
* Gas (Chuck Jones): 1944-05-XX
* The Chow Hound (Frank Tashlin): 1944-06-XX
* Censored (Frank Tashlin): 1944-07-XX
* Outpost (Chuck Jones): 1944-08-XX
* Pay Day (Friz Freleng): 1944-09-XX
* Three Brothers (Friz Freleng): 1944-09-XX
* Target Snafu (Friz Freleng): 1944-10-XX
* In the Aleutians - Isles of Enchantment (Chuck Jones): 1945-02-XX
* It's Murder She Says (Chuck Jones): 1945-02-XX
* Hot Spot (Friz Freleng): 1945-07-XX
* Operation Snafu (Friz Freleng): 1945-10-XX

!Unreleased shorts

* Going Home (Chuck Jones): Planned for 1945
* No Buddy Atoll (Chuck Jones): Released in 1945
* Seaman Tarfu in the Navy (Chuck Jones): Released in 1945

* LastSecondWordSwap: The narration of the very first cartoon explains the derivation of the name Snafu. As the letters '''SNAFU''' are displayed on screen, the narrator says: "Snafu. Situation Normal, All ..." (the narrator pauses as the letter "F" on screen vibrates) "... All Fouled Up."

* MissingEpisode: ''Going Home'', which was never officially released because the MacGuffin resembled an atomic bomb. This one is a bit more interesting; the planned final SNAFU short, "Secrets Of The Pacific", was actually fully aimated before it was shelved at the last minute for unknown reasons, making it the subject of many EpilepticTrees.