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A Classic Disney Short that was released on June 18th of 1954—it's a sequel to the Animated Adaptation of Casey at the Bat.
This short starts off where the previous short ended—with Casey having lost the game. Casey’s wife arrives to say she’s pregnant, and Casey hopes to have a son in order to groom him to carry on his legacy (and hopefully redeem his reputation) as a baseball player. Casey and his wife end up having nine children—but much to Casey's shock, all nine of his children end up being girls.
Casey, at least at first, is dismayed at not having at least one son—but all nine of Casey's daughters prove to be excellent baseball players and Casey's friends point out that the girls can carry on Casey's legacy (and potentially redeem his reputation) as a baseball player, so Casey forms a baseball team consisting of his daughters (now collectively referred to as "The Caseyettes").
In the end, the Caseyettes manage to redeem their dad's reputation as a baseball player.
This short features examples of:
- Accidental Athlete: Casey learns from his friend Cooney that his daughters form a natural girls' baseball team as they practice their skills while doing the dishes.
- Always Identical Twins: Two of Casey's nine daughters are twins who look identical to each other.
- Defeat by Modesty: Casey gets his second strike after Patsy accidentally pulls down his shorts.
- Delayed Reaction: When his wife goes into labor with their first child, Casey's frantically calling the doctor over the phone. He's so distraught he doesn't notice when the doctor comes in and walks right by him. When he hears crying in the next room, Casey yells at whomever to keep quiet and returns to yelling over the phone before realizing the crying was from his newborn child.
- The Diaper Change: This is how Casey discovers that the newborn baby Patsy is in fact a girl, not a boy, after he spends at least several days ignoring his wife's attempts to tell him.
- Digital Destruction: The Melody Time Blu-ray includes this short in the extras, but instead of a proper HD remaster, Disney simply distorted a standard-definition print to 16:9.
- Disguised in Drag: Combined with Paper-Thin Disguise—at one point, Casey disguises himself as a girl (rather badly at that) to try and help his daughters win a baseball game.
- Down to the Last Play: Bottom of the ninth, the Caseyettes are one point behind and all hopes are on mighty Patsy to win the game. Suddenly, a desperate Casey drags her off and takes her place in disguise. He gets two strikes, and just like his last game, it's up to him to hit a homerun. He strikes out, just like before; fortunately, Patsy is just behind him and hits the ball, leaving Casey to believe he won the game.
- Dragged by the Collar: When Casey sees the doctor coming and gets so angry at him he tries to beat him up, the girls have to drag their poor daddy back home.
- Fully-Clothed Nudity: Patsy tries dragging her father off home plate after his first strike, but only succeeds in pulling his pants down. Casey notices and quickly covers himself up, even though he's wearing long johns, which cover more skin than the girls uniform he's got on over them.
- Gender Reveal: Casey is happy at first at being a father, as he hopes to groom his heir to carry on his legacy. Then he changes the baby’s diaper and discovers to his horror that his wife gave birth to a girl. The audience, of course, aren’t shown the baby, and have only the narration and Casey’s shocked expression to go on.
- Hairstyle Malfunction: When he steps up to the plate disguised as Patsy, Casey's wig falls over his eyes during the first pitch, which gets him his first strike.
- Massive Numbered Siblings: Through six different pregnancies, Casey and his wife end up having a total of nine children (enough for an entire baseball team)—and their nine kids include one pair of twins and one set of triplets. But much to Casey's (at least initial) dismay, all nine of his kids are girls.
- Missing the Good Stuff: Casey gets locked out of his daughters' inaugural game and frantically tries to get inside—but by the time he finally manages to make it inside, the game's practically over.
- No Name Given:
- We never find out the name of Casey's wife (the mother of his daughters). She's only ever referred to as "Mrs. Casey."
- Four of the nine daughters' names are never revealed—these are the second-youngest daughter, the third-from-youngest daughter and both of the twins. The daughters whose names are mentioned are Patsy (the oldest daughter who appears be the MVP of the Caseyettes' baseball team), Colleen (the youngest daughter) and the triplets (who're named Kim, Peg and Jan).
- Personal Raincloud: One hangs over Casey after losing the game, but it departs after Mrs. Casey tells him she’s expecting a baby. But when Casey discovers that the baby is a girl, the cloud reappears over his house—and when his wife has triplets, who all turn out to be girls, there ends up being three rainclouds.
- Proud Papa Passes Out the Cigars: Casey is so excited about his wife's pregnancy that he doesn't even wait for the birth, he goes straight to the bar and holds out a fistful of cigars.
- Recycled Animation: The opening scenes reuse animation from the original Casey at the Bat short; the only difference is that the players’ uniforms are yellow instead of blue.
- Rhymes on a Dime: Just like in the previous cartoon (and in keeping with the original poem), the narration's done in rhyme.
- Rule of Three: Casey's wife's third pregnancy results in triplets (accompanied by three personal rainclouds for Casey), who're named "Kim", "Peg" and "Jan" (which are all three letter names).
- Same-Sex Triplets: Three of Casey's nine daughters are a set of triplets, who all look identical to each other.
- Single Sex Offspring: All of Casey's children end up being girls.
- Strong Family Resemblance: All nine of the Caseyettes look identical to their mother—the only real physical differences between the sisters (who all look identical to each other) are the way they style their hair and their heights, which also seems to indicate their ages (meaning: Patsy, the oldest, is also the tallest while Colleen, the youngest, is the smallest and shortest).
- Wanted a Son Instead: After revealing to her husband that she's pregnant, Casey (as mentioned above) initially hopes for a son so he can groom him to carry on his legacy (and redeem his reputation) as a baseball player. When he discovers that his first child is a girl and not a boy, he's dismayed, and every time after that, he and his wife just keep having daughters instead of sons.
- Worm Sign: Locked out of the baseball field, Casey attempts to dig his way inside, but a policeman sees the ground rising and pushes it (and Casey) back with a roller.
