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One night, Sylvester tries again to get Tweety, but he makes a slip and falls dazedly to the floor, with one of the bird's feathers landing in his mouth. Tweety escapes unharmed, but when Sylvester sees the feather in his mouth, he thinks he has actually eaten the bird, suffering much guilt as an Creator/AlfredHitchcock-type narrator chides the cat for his "crime." Sylvester ultimately decides to return to the scene of his crime to confess, only to discover, much to his relief, that Tweety is very much alive and unhurt.
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One night, evening, Granny has left the apartment to visit a neighbor across the hall. As soon as she's gone, Sylvester tries again to get Tweety, but he makes a slip sneaks in and stacks some furniture and crates on the floor so he can reach Tweety's cage. The stack collapses, and he falls dazedly unconscious to the floor, with one of the bird's feathers landing in his mouth. Tweety escapes unharmed, but when Sylvester wakes up and sees the feather in his mouth, he thinks he has actually eaten the bird, suffering much guilt as an Creator/AlfredHitchcock-type narrator chides the cat for his "crime." "crime". Sylvester ultimately decides to return to the scene of his crime to confess, only to discover, much to his relief, that Tweety is very much alive and unhurt.
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* OffModel: The animation of Sylvester trying to consume sedatives to sleep is taken from ''Lighthouse Mouse'', which was directed by Creator/RobertMcKimson. As such, Sylvester is briefly rendered more in the [=McKimson=] style, circa 1955 (most notably with the white tip on his tail missing), rather than the Freleng style, circa 1961.
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* {{Malaproper}}: Sylvester insists that Tweety isn't on his mind, until he turns on the radio.
-->'''Announcer:''' And now your local company will present gas chamber music for... I... I mean, your local gas company will present chamber music for your enjoyment.
-->'''Announcer:''' And now your local company will present gas chamber music for... I... I mean, your local gas company will present chamber music for your enjoyment.
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* {{Spoonerism}}: Sylvester insists that Tweety isn't on his mind, until he turns on the radio.
-->'''Announcer:''' And now your local company will present gas chamber music for... I... I mean, your local gas company will present chamber music for your enjoyment.
-->'''Announcer:''' And now your local company will present gas chamber music for... I... I mean, your local gas company will present chamber music for your enjoyment.
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* Spoonerism: Sylvester insists that Tweety isn't on his mind, until he turns on the radio.
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* Spoonerism: {{Spoonerism}}: Sylvester insists that Tweety isn't on his mind, until he turns on the radio.
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WordSchmord: When Sylvester hides in a rundown apartment...
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* WordSchmord: When Sylvester hides in a rundown apartment...
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'''Sylvester:''' ''(looking up)'' What was that?\\
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'''Sylvester:''' ''(looking up)'' ''[looking up]'' What was that?\\
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'''Sylvester:''' ''(crying)'' Yeah, yeah, I'll give myself up! I'll throw myself on their mercy! ''(runs back to Granny's house)'' I did it! I'm guilty! I can't take it anymore! I give up! I'm the killer!
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'''Sylvester:''' ''(crying)'' ''[crying]'' Yeah, yeah, I'll give myself up! I'll throw myself on their mercy! ''(runs ''[runs back to Granny's house)'' house]'' I did it! I did it! I'm guilty! I can't take it anymore! I give up! I'm the killer!
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-->'''Narrator:''' If you keep pacing like that, you'll wear a groove in the floor.\\
'''Sylvester:''' Shut up and mind your own busi-- ''(falls through the floor thanks to the pacing)''
'''Sylvester:''' Shut up and mind your own busi-- ''(falls through the floor thanks to the pacing)''
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-->'''Narrator:''' If you keep pacing like that, don't stop that pacing, you'll wear a groove in through the floor.\\
'''Sylvester:''' Shut up and mind your ownbusi-- ''(falls busi— ''[falls through the floor thanks to the pacing)''pacing]''
'''Sylvester:''' Shut up and mind your own
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* [[ReferencedBy/WilliamShakespeare Referenced by...: William Shakespeare]]: The narrator closes the cartoon thusly: "In the words of the Bard: [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} 'Conscience makes cowards of us all.']]" Sylvester is not amused.
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* [[ReferencedBy/WilliamShakespeare Referenced by...: William Shakespeare]]: The narrator closes the cartoon thusly: "In the words of the Bard: [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} 'Conscience makes cowards of us all.']]" Sylvester is not amused.amused.
* Spoonerism: Sylvester insists that Tweety isn't on his mind, until he turns on the radio.
-->'''Announcer:''' And now your local company will present gas chamber music for... I... I mean, your local gas company will present chamber music for your enjoyment.
WordSchmord: When Sylvester hides in a rundown apartment...
-->'''Narrator:''' Well, you got away from the law, didn't you? I bet you wish you could get away from your conscience that easily.\\
'''Sylvester:''' Ah, conscience, schmonscience! That bird doesn't even enter my mind.
* Spoonerism: Sylvester insists that Tweety isn't on his mind, until he turns on the radio.
-->'''Announcer:''' And now your local company will present gas chamber music for... I... I mean, your local gas company will present chamber music for your enjoyment.
WordSchmord: When Sylvester hides in a rundown apartment...
-->'''Narrator:''' Well, you got away from the law, didn't you? I bet you wish you could get away from your conscience that easily.\\
'''Sylvester:''' Ah, conscience, schmonscience! That bird doesn't even enter my mind.
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* [[ReferencedBy/WiliamShakespeare Referenced by...: William Shakespeare]]: The narrator closes the cartoon thusly: "In the words of the Bard: [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} 'Conscience makes cowards of us all.']]" Sylvester is not amused.
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* [[ReferencedBy/WiliamShakespeare [[ReferencedBy/WilliamShakespeare Referenced by...: William Shakespeare]]: The narrator closes the cartoon thusly: "In the words of the Bard: [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} 'Conscience makes cowards of us all.']]" Sylvester is not amused.
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* ShoutOutToShakespeare: The narrator closes the cartoon thusly: "In the words of the Bard: [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} 'Conscience makes cowards of us all.']]" Sylvester is not amused.
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* ShoutOutToShakespeare: [[ReferencedBy/WiliamShakespeare Referenced by...: William Shakespeare]]: The narrator closes the cartoon thusly: "In the words of the Bard: [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} 'Conscience makes cowards of us all.']]" Sylvester is not amused.
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One night, Sylvester tries again to get Tweety, but he makes a slip and falls dazedly to the floor, with one of the bird's feathers landing in his mouth. Tweety escapes unharmed, but when Sylvester sees the feather in his mouth, he thinks he has actually eaten and killed the bird and suffers much guilt as an Creator/AlfredHitchcock-type narrator chides the cat for his "crime". Sylvester ultimately decides to return to the scene of his crime to confess, only to discover, much to his relief, that Tweety is very much alive and unhurt.
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One night, Sylvester tries again to get Tweety, but he makes a slip and falls dazedly to the floor, with one of the bird's feathers landing in his mouth. Tweety escapes unharmed, but when Sylvester sees the feather in his mouth, he thinks he has actually eaten and killed the bird and suffers bird, suffering much guilt as an Creator/AlfredHitchcock-type narrator chides the cat for his "crime". "crime." Sylvester ultimately decides to return to the scene of his crime to confess, only to discover, much to his relief, that Tweety is very much alive and unhurt.
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One night, Sylvester tries again to get Tweety, but he makes a slip and falls to the floor, with one of the bird's feathers landing in his mouth. Tweety escapes unharmed, but when Sylvester sees the feather in his mouth, he thinks he has actually eaten and killed the bird and suffers much guilt as an Creator/AlfredHitchcock-type narrator chides the cat for his "crime". Sylvester ultimately decides to return to the scene of his crime to confess, only to discover, much to his relief, that Tweety is very much alive and unhurt.
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One night, Sylvester tries again to get Tweety, but he makes a slip and falls dazedly to the floor, with one of the bird's feathers landing in his mouth. Tweety escapes unharmed, but when Sylvester sees the feather in his mouth, he thinks he has actually eaten and killed the bird and suffers much guilt as an Creator/AlfredHitchcock-type narrator chides the cat for his "crime". Sylvester ultimately decides to return to the scene of his crime to confess, only to discover, much to his relief, that Tweety is very much alive and unhurt.
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'''The Last Hungry Cat''' is a 1961 WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies short staring WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird. It was directed by Creator/FrizFreleng and Hawley Pratt.
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* LiteralMinded: Sylvester thinks he's wanted by the law when he sees a newspaper headline: "Police Hunt 'The Cat.'" If he hadn't [[StoppedReadingTooSoon stopped reading too soon]], he would have seen the photo of the real criminal: Harry, alias "The Cat."
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** In the past, Cartoon Network only censored the chain-smoking-and-coffee scene, as on CBS, but more recently, it also censored the scene of Sylvester downing pills as well, as on ABC. The two edits also applied to Boomerang airings as well.
*** It should be noted that the abrupt cut from Sylvester downing pills to crying on the bathroom floor was always there, even in the theatrical release, suggesting that there may have been a scene that was rejected before release.
*** It should be noted that the abrupt cut from Sylvester downing pills to crying on the bathroom floor was always there, even in the theatrical release, suggesting that there may have been a scene that was rejected before release.
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** In the past, Cartoon Network only censored the chain-smoking-and-coffee scene, as on CBS, but more recently, it also censored the scene of Sylvester downing pills as well, well later on, as on ABC. The two edits also applied to Boomerang airings as well.
*** It should be noted that the abrupt cut from Sylvester downing pills to crying on the bathroom floor was always there, even in the theatrical release, suggesting that there may have been a scene that was rejected before release.well.
*** It should be noted that the abrupt cut from Sylvester downing pills to crying on the bathroom floor was always there, even in the theatrical release, suggesting that there may have been a scene that was rejected before release.
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* OffModel: The animation of Sylvester trying to consume sedatives to sleep is taken from ''Lighthouse Mouse'', which was directed by Creator/RobertMcKimson. As such, Sylvester is briefly rendered more in the [=McKimson=] style, circa 1955, rather than the Freleng style, circa 1961.
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* MouthFullOfSmokes: Sylvester tries to stay awake at one point by chain-smoking a bunch of cigarettes all at once.
* OffModel: The animation of Sylvester trying to consume sedatives to sleep is taken from ''Lighthouse Mouse'', which was directed by Creator/RobertMcKimson. As such, Sylvester is briefly rendered more in the [=McKimson=] style, circa1955, 1955 (most notably with the white tip on his tail missing), rather than the Freleng style, circa 1961.
* OffModel: The animation of Sylvester trying to consume sedatives to sleep is taken from ''Lighthouse Mouse'', which was directed by Creator/RobertMcKimson. As such, Sylvester is briefly rendered more in the [=McKimson=] style, circa
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'''The Last Hungry Cat''' is a 1961 WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short staring WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird. It was directed by Creator/FrizFreleng and Hawley Pratt.
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'''The Last Hungry Cat''' is a 1961 WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies short staring WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird. It was directed by Creator/FrizFreleng and Hawley Pratt.
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* OffModel: The animation of Sylvester trying to consume sedatives to sleep is taken from ''Lighthouse Mouse'', which was directed by Creator/RobertMcKimson. As such, Sylvester briefly resembles more his [=McKimson=] form circa 1955, than his Freleng form circa 1961.
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* OffModel: The animation of Sylvester trying to consume sedatives to sleep is taken from ''Lighthouse Mouse'', which was directed by Creator/RobertMcKimson. As such, Sylvester is briefly resembles rendered more his in the [=McKimson=] form style, circa 1955, rather than his the Freleng form style, circa 1961.
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** On ABC, the scene of Sylvester trying to sleep by taking pills (which he not only consumes, but also rubs into his hair and under his arms) was cut, while the scene of Granny hitting Sylvester with her broom was cut in half; whereas originally, she hits him six times, ABC only showed her hitting him three times.
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** On ABC, the scene of Sylvester trying to sleep by taking pills (which he not only consumes, but also rubs into his hair and under his arms) was cut, while the scene of Granny hitting Sylvester with her broom was cut in half; whereas originally, she hits him six times, halved; ABC only showed has her hitting him only three times.times instead of the original six.
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* OffModel: The animation of Sylvester trying to consume sedatives to sleep is taken from ''Lighthouse Mouse'', which was directed by Creator/RobertMcKimson. As such, Sylvester briefly resembles more his [=McKimson=] form than his Freleng form.
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* OffModel: The animation of Sylvester trying to consume sedatives to sleep is taken from ''Lighthouse Mouse'', which was directed by Creator/RobertMcKimson. As such, Sylvester briefly resembles more his [=McKimson=] form circa 1955, than his Freleng form.form circa 1961.
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* BearyFunny: The Hitchcock-type narrator is a bear, apparently.
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* RecycledAnimation: The animation of Sylvester both tossing and turning on his bed and his BrokenTears are reused from ''WesternAnimation/BirdsAnonymous''. As well, his consumption of sedatives during this same scene is taken from ''Lighthouse Mouse''.
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* RecycledAnimation: The animation of Sylvester both tossing and turning on his bed and his BrokenTears are reused from ''WesternAnimation/BirdsAnonymous''. As well, his consumption of sedatives during this same scene is taken from ''Lighthouse Mouse''.''WesternAnimation/LighthouseMouse''.
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** On ABC, the scene of Sylvester trying to sleep by taking sedatives (which he not only consumes, but also rubs into his hair) was cut, while the scene of Granny hitting Sylvester with her broom was cut in half; whereas originally, she hits him six times, ABC only showed her hitting him three times.
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** On ABC, the scene of Sylvester trying to sleep by taking sedatives pills (which he not only consumes, but also rubs into his hair) hair and under his arms) was cut, while the scene of Granny hitting Sylvester with her broom was cut in half; whereas originally, she hits him six times, ABC only showed her hitting him three times.
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* PacingATrench: As Sylvester ruminates over his predicament, he paces back and forth for so long that he actually wears the floor out. The narrator calls him out on it.
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* OffModel: The animation of Sylvester trying to consume sedatives to sleep is taken from ''Lighthouse Mouse'', which was directed by Creator/RobertMcKimson. As such, Sylvester briefly resembles more his [=McKimson=] form than his Freleng form.
* PacingATrench: As Sylvester ruminates over his predicament, he paces back and forth for so long that he actually wears the floor out. The narrator calls him out onit.it:
* PacingATrench: As Sylvester ruminates over his predicament, he paces back and forth for so long that he actually wears the floor out. The narrator calls him out on
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* ShoutOutToShakespeare: The narrator closes the cartoon thusly: "In the words of the Bard: '[[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Conscience makes cowards of us all.']]" Sylvester is not amused.
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* ShoutOutToShakespeare: The narrator closes the cartoon thusly: "In the words of the Bard: '[[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Conscience [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} 'Conscience makes cowards of us all.']]" Sylvester is not amused.
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Shakespeare In Fiction is for appearances of Shakespeare himself in media; this is Shout Out To Shakespeare
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* ShakespeareInFiction: The narrator closes the cartoon thusly: "In the words of the Bard: '[[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Conscience makes cowards of us all.']]" Sylvester is not amused.
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* ShakespeareInFiction: ShoutOutToShakespeare: The narrator closes the cartoon thusly: "In the words of the Bard: '[[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Conscience makes cowards of us all.']]" Sylvester is not amused.
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** On ABC, the scene of Sylvester trying to sleep by taking sedatives (which he not only consumes, but also rubs into his hair) was cut, while the scene of Granny hitting Sylvester with his broom was cut in half; whereas originally, she hits him six times, ABC only showed her hitting him three times.
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** On ABC, the scene of Sylvester trying to sleep by taking sedatives (which he not only consumes, but also rubs into his hair) was cut, while the scene of Granny hitting Sylvester with his her broom was cut in half; whereas originally, she hits him six times, ABC only showed her hitting him three times.
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** On ABC, the scene of Sylvester trying to sleep by taking sedatives (which he not only consumes, but also rubs into his hair) is cut, while the scene of Granny hitting Sylvester with his broom is cut in half; whereas originally, she hits him six times, ABC only showed her hitting him three times.
** In the past, Cartoon Network only censored the chain-smoking-and-coffee scene, as on CBS, but more recently, it censored the scene of Sylvester downing pills as well, as on ABC. The two edits also applied to Boomerang airings.
** In the past, Cartoon Network only censored the chain-smoking-and-coffee scene, as on CBS, but more recently, it censored the scene of Sylvester downing pills as well, as on ABC. The two edits also applied to Boomerang airings.
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** On ABC, the scene of Sylvester trying to sleep by taking sedatives (which he not only consumes, but also rubs into his hair) is was cut, while the scene of Granny hitting Sylvester with his broom is was cut in half; whereas originally, she hits him six times, ABC only showed her hitting him three times.
** In the past, Cartoon Network only censored the chain-smoking-and-coffee scene, as on CBS, but more recently, it also censored the scene of Sylvester downing pills as well, as on ABC. The two edits also applied to Boomerangairings.airings as well.
** In the past, Cartoon Network only censored the chain-smoking-and-coffee scene, as on CBS, but more recently, it also censored the scene of Sylvester downing pills as well, as on ABC. The two edits also applied to Boomerang
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* BigShutUp: At the end, when the narrator quotes Shakespeare for a moral, an off-screen Sylvester shouts, "Ah, shaddup!" and throws a brick at his head.
* BluntYes:
-->'''Narrator:''' Are you nervous, pussycat?\\
'''Sylvester:''' Yep.
* BluntYes:
-->'''Narrator:''' Are you nervous, pussycat?\\
'''Sylvester:''' Yep.
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* BigShutUp: At the end, when the narrator quotes Shakespeare for a moral, an off-screen Sylvester shouts, "Ah, shaddup!" and throws a brick at his head.
* BluntYes:
-->'''Narrator:''' Are you nervous, pussycat?\\
'''Sylvester:''' Yep.
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-->'''Narrator:''' Are you nervous, pussycat?\\
'''Sylvester:''' Yep.
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* BigShutUp: At the end, when the narrator quotes Shakespeare for a moral, an off-screen BrokenTears: When his guilt becomes so bad that he can't sleep, Sylvester shouts, "Ah, shaddup!" and throws breaks down crying, with the animation reused from ''WesternAnimation/BirdsAnonymous''.
-->'''Sylvester:''' I can't take it anymore! I just can't! After all, I ''am'' abrick at his head.
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-->'''Narrator:''' Arepussycat with normal weaknesses! Other pussycats have eaten birds! Why pick on me?! Why?!?\\
'''Narrator:''' Why don't younervous, pussycat?\\
give yourself up?\\
'''Sylvester:'''Yep.''(looking up)'' What was that?\\
'''Narrator:''' I said, why don't you give yourself up and accept the consequences?\\
'''Sylvester:''' ''(crying)'' Yeah, yeah, I'll give myself up! I'll throw myself on their mercy! ''(runs back to Granny's house)'' I did it! I'm guilty! I can't take it anymore! I give up! I'm the killer!
-->'''Sylvester:''' I can't take it anymore! I just can't! After all, I ''am'' a
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-->'''Narrator:''' Are
'''Narrator:''' Why don't you
'''Sylvester:'''
'''Narrator:''' I said, why don't you give yourself up and accept the consequences?\\
'''Sylvester:''' ''(crying)'' Yeah, yeah, I'll give myself up! I'll throw myself on their mercy! ''(runs back to Granny's house)'' I did it! I'm guilty! I can't take it anymore! I give up! I'm the killer!
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* RecycledAnimation: The animation of Sylvester both tossing and turning on his bed and as his crying fit BrokenTears are reused from ''WesternAnimation/BirdsAnonymous''. As well, his consumption of sedatives during this same scene is taken from ''Lighthouse Mouse''.
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'''The Last Hungry Cat''' is a 1961 WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short staring WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird. It was directed by Creator/FrizFreleng.
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'''The Last Hungry Cat''' is a 1961 WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short staring WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird. It was directed by Creator/FrizFreleng.
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-->'''Narrator:''' Are you nervous, pussycat?\\
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'''Sylvester:''' Yep.
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* PacingATrench: As Sylvester ruminates over his predicament, he paces back and forth for so long that he actually wears the floor out. The narrator calls him out on it.
-->'''Narrator:''' If you keep pacing like that, you'll wear a groove in the floor.\\
'''Sylvester:''' Shut up and mind your own busi-- ''(falls through the floor thanks to the pacing)''
-->'''Narrator:''' If you keep pacing like that, you'll wear a groove in the floor.\\
'''Sylvester:''' Shut up and mind your own busi-- ''(falls through the floor thanks to the pacing)''
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->''Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, we bring you a story about murder.''
-->Hitchcock-type narrator
'''The Last Hungry Cat''' is a 1961 WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short staring WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird. It was directed by Creator/FrizFreleng.
One night, Sylvester tries again to get Tweety, but he makes a slip and falls to the floor, with one of the bird's feathers landing in his mouth. Tweety escapes unharmed, but when Sylvester sees the feather in his mouth, he thinks he has actually eaten and killed the bird and suffers much guilt as an Creator/AlfredHitchcock-type narrator chides the cat for his "crime". Sylvester ultimately decides to return to the scene of his crime to confess, only to discover, much to his relief, that Tweety is very much alive and unhurt.
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* AffectionateParody: Of Creator/AlfredHitchcock films, and the outline/shadow of the Hitchcock-like narrator being a parody of the opening of ''Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents''.
* {{Bowdlerization}}:
** On CBS, the scene of a nervous Sylvester chain-smoking and drinking coffee was cut.
** On ABC, the scene of Sylvester trying to sleep by taking sedatives (which he not only consumes, but also rubs into his hair) is cut, while the scene of Granny hitting Sylvester with his broom is cut in half; whereas originally, she hits him six times, ABC only showed her hitting him three times.
** In the past, Cartoon Network only censored the chain-smoking-and-coffee scene, as on CBS, but more recently, it censored the scene of Sylvester downing pills as well, as on ABC. The two edits also applied to Boomerang airings.
* BigShutUp: At the end, when the narrator quotes Shakespeare for a moral, an off-screen Sylvester shouts, "Ah, shaddup!" and throws a brick at his head.
* CranialEruption: Sylvester's fall to the ground in trying to get Tweety results in a lump on his head. At the end, Sylvester hits the narrator on the head with a thrown brick, resulting in the narrator getting a lump on his head. When he leaves, his outline also leaves that same lump.
* TheInsomniac: Sylvester is so overcome with guilt that he can't sleep.
* InteractiveNarrator: Sylvester and the narrator interact with one another throughout the cartoon.
* LemonyNarrator: The narrator chides Sylvester for his crime.
* RecycledAnimation: The animation of Sylvester both tossing and turning on his bed and as his crying fit are reused from ''WesternAnimation/BirdsAnonymous''. As well, his consumption of sedatives during this same scene is taken from ''Lighthouse Mouse''.
* ShakespeareInFiction: The narrator closes the cartoon thusly: "In the words of the Bard: '[[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Conscience makes cowards of us all.']]" Sylvester is not amused.
->''Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, we bring you a story about murder.''
-->Hitchcock-type narrator
'''The Last Hungry Cat''' is a 1961 WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short staring WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird. It was directed by Creator/FrizFreleng.
One night, Sylvester tries again to get Tweety, but he makes a slip and falls to the floor, with one of the bird's feathers landing in his mouth. Tweety escapes unharmed, but when Sylvester sees the feather in his mouth, he thinks he has actually eaten and killed the bird and suffers much guilt as an Creator/AlfredHitchcock-type narrator chides the cat for his "crime". Sylvester ultimately decides to return to the scene of his crime to confess, only to discover, much to his relief, that Tweety is very much alive and unhurt.
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* AffectionateParody: Of Creator/AlfredHitchcock films, and the outline/shadow of the Hitchcock-like narrator being a parody of the opening of ''Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents''.
* {{Bowdlerization}}:
** On CBS, the scene of a nervous Sylvester chain-smoking and drinking coffee was cut.
** On ABC, the scene of Sylvester trying to sleep by taking sedatives (which he not only consumes, but also rubs into his hair) is cut, while the scene of Granny hitting Sylvester with his broom is cut in half; whereas originally, she hits him six times, ABC only showed her hitting him three times.
** In the past, Cartoon Network only censored the chain-smoking-and-coffee scene, as on CBS, but more recently, it censored the scene of Sylvester downing pills as well, as on ABC. The two edits also applied to Boomerang airings.
* BigShutUp: At the end, when the narrator quotes Shakespeare for a moral, an off-screen Sylvester shouts, "Ah, shaddup!" and throws a brick at his head.
* CranialEruption: Sylvester's fall to the ground in trying to get Tweety results in a lump on his head. At the end, Sylvester hits the narrator on the head with a thrown brick, resulting in the narrator getting a lump on his head. When he leaves, his outline also leaves that same lump.
* TheInsomniac: Sylvester is so overcome with guilt that he can't sleep.
* InteractiveNarrator: Sylvester and the narrator interact with one another throughout the cartoon.
* LemonyNarrator: The narrator chides Sylvester for his crime.
* RecycledAnimation: The animation of Sylvester both tossing and turning on his bed and as his crying fit are reused from ''WesternAnimation/BirdsAnonymous''. As well, his consumption of sedatives during this same scene is taken from ''Lighthouse Mouse''.
* ShakespeareInFiction: The narrator closes the cartoon thusly: "In the words of the Bard: '[[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Conscience makes cowards of us all.']]" Sylvester is not amused.