Cheater Cartoons

[Cartman]

I know many studios did "cheater" toons in which a cartoon would show clips from previous cartoons. The ones I know of off hand are the following:
WB

Muchos Locos
Feather Bluster
Hare-Abian Nights
Devil's Feud Cake
Freudy Cat

Fleischer/Famous

The Adventures of Popeye
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
Customers Wanted
Assault and Flattery
Penny Antics
Doing the Imposikible Stunts

There must have been some others.

[Jaime_Weinman]

At WB, "What's Cookin' Doc?" is a cheater cartoon, consisting as it does of some new animation (of only one character) mixed in with stock footage and a clip from an older cartoon.

[Marty26]

Who could forget His Hare-Raising Tale?

[Ray Pointer]

The Fleischers started doing this in the mid 1920s. KO-KO'S THANKSGIVING (1925) contained clips from TRIP TO MARS (1924), THE CURE (1924), and THE MASQUERADE (1924). To accomplish this, the footage was removed from the original negatives since dupe negative stock had not yet come into being. This means that the original negatives for these films were sacrificed to make this "cheater."

Bud Fisher did the same thing with his final silent MUTT AND JEFF release, THE GLOBE TROTTERS (1927), which was made up of segments from several earlier releases such as MUTT AND JEFF IN SWITZERLAND.

[Miss Marnie]

I know many studios did "cheater" toons in which a cartoon would show clips from previous cartoons.

I thought those were called "clip shows" (or would that be the TV counterpart of a cheater toon).

Anyway, I know (and have seen) some of these "cheater toons", but I'm going to have to count "Devil's Feud Cake" out since, yeah, it did have clips and parts from previous Bugs/Yosemite Sam cartoons, but that was more along the lines of reusing footage and not showing a clip, which is what Freudy Cat and His Hair-Raising Tale did.

[cbrubaker]

Pink Panther did two. One being "Pink In", , and other being "Pinkologist".

[mmm...donuts]

Some others I can remember are:
"Tortoise Wins by a Hare" (WB)
"I'm in the Army Now" (Fleischer)
"Big Bad Sindbad" (Famous)
"Popeye's 20th Anniversary" (Famous)

[Timber Wolf]

There were four Tom and Jerry cheater cartoons: Jerry's Diary, Life with Tom, Matinee Mouse and Shutter Bugged Cat.

[Geezil]

... and possibly at least two from that joint in New Rochelle, although I've never been 100% sure these didn't just create an illusion of being cheaters:

A Cat's Tale (Mighty Mouse)

The Cat's Revenge (Little Roquefort)

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(Edit: Also from Paramount, there was Katnip's Big Day.)

[Bartman]

There were four Tom and Jerry cheater cartoons: Jerry's Diary, Life with Tom, Matinee Mouse and Shutter Bugged Cat.

Ah, you're forgetting "Smarty Cat" from 1955, which brings the total count to 5 (according to my math).

[Timber Wolf]

Ah, you're forgetting "Smarty Cat" from 1955, which brings the total count to 5 (according to my math).


I also forgot "Smitten Kitten".

[Martin Juneau]

"Pinkologist" (Depatie/Freleng)
"Mexican Cat Dance" (WB)
"This is a Life?" (WB)

How flashbacks smiliar to cheater cartoons?

[Kevin McCorry]

"What's Cookin', Doc?"
"His Hare-Raising Tale"
"This is a Life?"
"Feather Bluster"
"Hare-Abian Nights"
"Tweet Dreams"
"Trip For Tat"
"Devil's Feud Cake"
"Freudy Cat"
"Muchos Locos"

And from DePatie-Freleng's Pink Panther:
"Pink In"
"Pinkologist"
"Pet Pink Pebbles"
"Yankee Doodle Pink"

[Timber Wolf]

And from DePatie-Freleng's Pink Panther:
"Pink In"
"Pinkologist"
"Pet Pink Pebbles"
"Yankee Doodle Pink"


You forgot "The Pink of Bagdad" (a remake of "The Pink of Arabee").

[The G Man]

More Popeye "cheaters":

Friend or Phony
Popeye Makes a Movie
Popeye's Premiere
Spinach Packin' Popeye
Spinach Vs. Hamburgers

Pink Panther did two. One being "Pink Outs", , and other being "Pinkologist".

You're thinking of "Pink-in," not "Pink Outs."

[cbrubaker]

You're thinking of "Pink-in," not "Pink Outs."
Whoops. My bad.

This is OT, but did anyone notice that Art Leonardi only wrote two PP shorts, and that the titles were "Pink Outs" and "Pink-In"?

[Tim Lones]

"Pinkologist" (Depatie/Freleng)
"Mexican Cat Dance" (WB)
"This is a Life?" (WB)

How flashbacks smiliar to cheater cartoons?

Many "Cheater cartoons" use the flashback device as a storyline..an excuse to use earlier material..The flashbacks are earlier cartoon footage

[Bobby Bickert]

4 more from Paramount:

"The Crystal Brawl"
"Ghost Writers"
"Not Ghoulty"
"Casper's Birthday Party"

[Timber Wolf]

This is OT, but did anyone notice that Art Leonardi only wrote two PP shorts, and that the titles were "Pink Outs" and "Pink-In"?

I noticed that.