Bad Luck Blackie

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Bad Luck Blackie is a 1949 MGM animated short film directed by Tex Avery, featuring a black cat who brings comically exaggerated misfortune to a bullying bulldog whenever summoned by a kitten.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf MGM cartoon
animated short film
animationStudio MGM cartoon studio NERFINISHED
colorProcess Technicolor
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Tex Avery NERFINISHED
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
era post-war American animation
featuresAnimalCharacter cat
dog
featuresCharacter black cat
bulldog
kitten
featuresGagType cartoon violence GENERATED
falling objects GENERATED
featuresObject whistle
genre animated comedy
comedy
slapstick
hasAnimationType traditional hand-drawn animation
hasCultFollowing true
hasSupernaturalElement cursed black cat
hasTheme comeuppance for bullies
reversal of fortune
influencedBy Tex Avery’s earlier MGM shorts
intendedFormat theatrical short
isBlackAndWhite false
isColor true
mainPlotElement black cat brings bad luck
bullying bulldog is punished
kitten summons black cat with whistle
narrativeDevice running gag of escalating misfortune
notableFor Tex Avery style humor
exaggerated visual gags
timed slapstick violence
originalLanguage English
partOf Golden Age of American animation NERFINISHED
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseDecade 1940s
releaseYear 1949
runtimeMinutes 7
setting urban environment
targetAudience general audience
usesTrope bad luck black cat superstition

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Tex Avery notableWork Bad Luck Blackie