Porky's Five And Ten is a 1938 Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon directed by Bob Clampett and starring Porky Pig.
Porky sets out to sea to open the first Five and Ten store on the ocean. After sailing on for weeks with no sight of land yet, he ends up with bigger problems when his cargo is swiped by a bunch of trouble-making fish. While the fish play with their stolen goods, even forming a dance club out of them, one wiseguy fish who is in charge of guarding Porky continuously torments him. However, the fish's party is soon cut short when a giant water spout comes along, which ends up changing Porky's fortune.
Tropes:
- Bait-and-Switch: A curtain rises halfway to show the shapely legs of a chorus line. The curtain rises all the way to reveal that the four pairs of legs are from one octopus.
- Bowdlerization: When this cartoon aired on Nickelodeon's Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon, it was a redrawn colorized version that strangely cut the end where Porky sprays the sentry fish with a bottle of seltzer water.
- Dinner Deformation: Some of the fish swallow items that reshape their bodies. One swallows a clock that makes his hips sway when its pendulum swings; another swallows a gas lamp that gives it the hourglass figure of Mae West.
- Do Not Touch the Funnel Cloud: A water spout picks up all the items taken from Porky's boat and deposit it all back with no harm to Porky or his vessel.
- The Dog Bites Back: After being tormented by the sentry fish preventing him from getting his stuff back for the whole cartoon, Porky gets the last laugh on said fish by spraying it with a bottle of seltzer water.
- iSophagus: A fish swallows a radio and is surprised to find a car race being broadcast from his mouth.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Along with the Mae West gag above, two fish get bowler hats that make them look like Laurel and Hardy, and a fish puts on oversized shoes and starts acting like Greta Garbo.
- Shout-Out: Porky is headed for the Boola-Boola islands, a reference to the Yale fight song, as well as a pun on Bora-Bora.
- Tailfin Walking: Most of the fish get around this way.
- The Television Talks Back: The fish's party is interrupted by a radio broadcast warning about an approaching storm. The fish continue dancing, until the announcer says "Well, what're you waiting for? Get going!", and the fish head for cover.
