History WesternAnimation / RocketByeBaby

* CryLaughing: The lecturer chides the audience for believing in aliens and laughs, but it turns to crying [[InstantlyProvenWrong as Mot flies by on his flying saucer]].

In the summer of 1954, an alignment between Earth and Mars causes a cosmic disturbance in which a human baby bound for Earth and a Martian baby bound for Mars collide and end up swapping destinations. On Earth, the expecting father, Mr. Joseph Wilbur, is shocked to find his son is green. At the behest of his wife, Martha, Joseph tries to treat the situation normal, despite the child communicating with bees and his appearance freaking people out. When the baby shows remarkable intelligence for his age, Joseph and Martha are concerned, but find it adorable when he starts building his own miniature spaceship based off a television show. Then, one night, they receive a message from Mars, and, after realizing the implications, learn of the mix-up, with the Martians promising to exchange their real baby, Yob, with the Martian baby, Mot, but warning them to protect Mot until then. However, when Mot takes off in his spaceship, Joseph has to chase after him if he is to have any hope of getting his real baby.

* PanickyExpectantFather: Joe when waiting for his child to be born, complete with CigaretteOfAnxiety.

In the summer of 1954, an alignment between Earth and Mars causes a cosmic disturbance in which a human baby bound for Earth and a Martian baby bound for Mars collide and end up swapping destinations. On Earth, the expecting father, Mr. Joseph Wilbur, is shocked to find his son is green. At the behest of his wife, Martha, Joseph tries to treat the situation normal, despite the child communicating with bees and his appearance freaking people out. When the baby shows remarkable intelligence for his age, Joseph and Martha are concerned, but find it adorable when he starts building his own miniature spaceship based off a television show. Then, one night, they receive a message from Mars, and, after realizing the implications, learn of the mix-up, with the Martians promising to exchange their real baby, Yob, with the Martian baby, Mot, but warning them to protect Mot until then. However, when Mot takes off in his spaceship, Joseph has to chase after him if he is to have any hope of getting his real baby. Years later, Mot is a playable character in ''VideoGame/LooneyTunesCollectorMartianAlert'' wherein his goal in his level is to find what he needs for his ship while avoiding his parents, who if they see him, will send him back to his room and take away a heart.

In the summer of 1954, an alignment between Earth and Mars causes a cosmic disturbance in which a human baby bound for Earth and a Martian baby bound for Mars collide and end up swapping destinations. On Earth, the expecting father, Mr. Joseph Wilbur, is shocked to find his son is green. At the behest of his wife, Martha, Joseph tries to treat the situation normal, despite the child communicating with bees and his appearance freaking people out. When the baby shows remarkable intelligence for his age, Joseph and Martha are concerned, but find it adorable when he starts building his own miniature spaceship based off a television show. Then, one night, they receive a message from Mars, and, after realizing the implications, learn of the mix-up, with the Martians promising to exchange their real baby, Yob, with the Martian baby, Mot, but warning them to protect Mot until then. However, when Mot takes off in his spaceship, Joseph has to chase after him if he is to have any hope of getting his real baby.

is a 1956 ''WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies'' theatrical cartoon directed by Creator/ChuckJones.

* WordSchmord: One scene has a ShowWithinAShow, titled [[Series/CaptainVideo Captain Schmideo]].

''Rocket-bye Baby'' is a 1956 ''WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies'' theatrical cartoon directed by Creator/ChuckJones.

!!Tropes appearing in this cartoon:

** OrWasItADream: When the Wilburs' son is brought out, a close-up of his bracelet reveals that he's named Yob.

'''Rocket-bye Baby''' is a 1956 ''WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies'' theatrical cartoon directed by Creator/ChuckJones. It was chosen as one of ''Literature/The100GreatestLooneyTunes''.

* AllJustADream: Joe chases Mot off a building and falls, but then wakes up still in the waiting room, and realizes he just dreamt the whole thing after reading a science magazine.

* DelayedReaction: An old lady has a two-fier. Upon seeing Mot, she initially dotes on him, until she realizes he's green. Then, while Joe hightails it back to his house, she just stands there flabbergasted for a while, before playing a pitch pipe followed by screaming.

* DelayedReaction:
** An old lady has a two-fier. Upon seeing Mot, she initially dotes on him, until she realizes he's green. Then, while Joe hightails it back to his house, she just stands there flabbergasted for a while, before playing a pitch pipe followed by screaming.
** When Joe and Martha receive a message from Mars, they act casual about it until the realization hits them.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: When the Martians send a letter to the Wilburs, Joe doesn’t seem bothered by a letter arriving at night, delivered by a miniature plane.

In the summer of 1954, an alignment between Earth and Mars causes a cosmic disturbance in which a human baby bound for Earth and a Martian baby bound for Mars collide and end up swapping destinations. On Earth, the expecting father, Mr. Joseph Wilbur, is shocked to find his son is green. At the behest of his wife, Martha, Joseph tries to treat the situation normal, despite the child's appearance freaking people out. When the baby shows remarkable intelligence for his age, Joseph and Martha are concerned, but find it adorable when he starts building his own miniature spaceship based off a television show. Then, one night, they receive a message from Mars, and, after realizing the implications, learn of the mix-up, with the Martians promising to exchange their real baby, Yob, with the Martian baby, Mot, but warning them to protect Mot until then. However, when Mot takes off in his spaceship, Joseph has to chase after him if he is to have any hope of getting his real baby.

** OrWasItADream: When the Wilbur's son is brought out, a close-up of his bracelet reveals that he's named Yob.

* CompetitionCouponMadnesss: The ShowWithInAShow had a contest to give away a toy spaceship by having kids send in twelve boxtops from Cosmic Crunchies. Mot didn't need to enter as he took measurements of the spaceship to build his own.

* CompetitionCouponMadnesss: The ShowWithInAShow had a contest to give away a toy spaceship by having kids send in twelve boxtops from Cosmic Crunches. Mot didn't need to enter as he took measurements of the spaceship to build his own.

* AllJustADream: Joe chases Mot off a building and falls, but then wakes up still in the waiting room, and realizes he just dreamt the whole thing.

In the summer of 1954, an alignment between Earth and Mars causes a cosmic disturbance in which a human baby bound for Earth and a Martian baby bound for Mars collide and end up swapping destiantions. On Earth, the expecting father, Mr. Joseph Wilbur, is shocked to find his son is green. At the behest of his wife, Martha, Joseph tries to treat the situation normal, despite the child's appearance freaking people out. When the baby shows remarkable intelligence for his age, Joseph and Martha are concerned, but find it adorable when he starts building his own miniature spaceship based off a television show. Then, one night, they receive a message from Mars, and, after realizing the implications, learn of the mix-up, with the Martians promising to exchange their real baby, Yob, with the Martian baby, Mot, but warning them to protect Mot until then. However, when Mot takes off in his spaceship, Joseph has to chase after him if he is to have any hope of getting his real baby.

* BrainyBaby: Mot shows advanced intelligence by Earth standards. He has made a DNA molecule out of Tinkertoys, spelled out Einstein's mass-energy conversion formula on building blocks, filled out the family's tax forms, and drawn plans for a better mousetrap ''and'' a better mouse.

In the summer of 1954, an alignment between Earth and Mars causes a cosmic disturbance in which a human baby bound for Earth and a Martian baby bound for Mars collide and end up swapping destiantions. On Earth, the expecting father, Mr. Joseph Wilbur, is shocked to find his son is green. At the behest of his wife, Martha, Joseph tries to treat the situation normal, despite the child's appearance freaking people out. When the baby shows remarkable intelligence for his age, Joseph and Martha are concerned, but find it adorable when he starts building his own miniature spaceship based off a television show. Then, one night, they receive a message from Mars, and, after realizing the implications, learn of the mix-up, with the Martians promising to exchange their real baby, Yob, with the Martian baby, Mot, but warning them to protect Mot until then. However, when Mot takes off in his spaceship, Joseph has to chase after him if he wants any hope of getting his real baby.

* ProperlyParanoid: Joe was reluctant to take Mot out, worried about how other people would react, but Martha insisted that Mot needed fresh air. Sure enough, Joe's fear was justified as an old had a FreakOut upon realizing that Mot was green.
* SdrawkcabName: Martian naming conventions seem to work this way. The Martian baby is named Mot, which is Tom backwards, while the Martians named the Earth boy Yob.

* CryLaughing: The lecturer childes the audience for believing in aliens and laughs, but it turns to crying as Mot flies by on his flying saucer.

* DelayedReaction: An old lady sees Mot and just stands there flabbergasted for a while. Then she plays a pitch pipe before screaming.
* OrWasItADream: When the Wilbur's son is brought out, a close-up of his bracelet reveals that he's named Yob.

!!Tropes appearing in this cartoon:

'''Rocket-bye Baby''' is a 1956 ''WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies'' theatrical cartoon directed by Creator/ChuckJones. It was chosen as #7 on ''Literature/The100GreatestLooneyTunes''.

In the summer of 1954, an alignment between Earth and Mars causes a cosmic disturbance in which a human baby and a Martian baby end up