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* [[Evil Grin]]: The Pincushion Man does this often, particularly when he's taunting the balloon kid, and about to kill the balloon hick.
* [[Evil Grin]]: The Pincushion Man does this often, particularly when he's taunting the balloon kid, and about to kill the balloon hick.
* [[Flat Character]]: The boy and girl balloon respectively.
* [[Flat Character]]: The boy and girl balloon respectively.
* [[I Am Song]]: The Pincushion Man's song.
* [["I Am" Song]]: The Pincushion Man's song.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: We get cameos of balloon versions of [[Laurel and Hardy]] and [[Charlie Chaplin]] in the opening.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: We get cameos of balloon versions of [[Laurel and Hardy]] and [[Charlie Chaplin]] in the opening.
* [[Public Domain Soundtrack]]: Carl Stalling whips out one for the opening of the short.
* [[Public Domain Soundtrack]]: Carl Stalling whips out one for the opening of the short.

Revision as of 22:07, 9 January 2014

"HA, ha! So you're not afraid of pins?"


I'm the ol' Pincushion Man!

Terror of balloony land!

Folks all hate me,

How they hate me!

Tickles me the way they rate me!

Always have a pin at hand!

Thats the reason i am panned!

How I stop 'em,

When i pop 'em!

RHAH HA HA HA!
—The Pincushion Man's Villain Song.

Balloon Land (AKA The Pincushion Man in Castle Films reissued prints) is a 1935 short in the Comi Color Cartoons series, directed by Ub Iwerks.

The short begins with an establishing shot of the eponymous town, populated by many sentient balloon people and animals. Soon after, we are introducted to an unnamed boy and girl balloon, who have just been filled up and ready to go, but are warned by a local patron (in song) about the dangerous Pincushion Man, who lies outside the town in the forest. Ignoring his warnings, the boy balloon hops off to challenge the pincushion man, dragging the girl along.

Not long after arriving in the forest, we are introduced to the villain, the eponymous Pincushion Man, a personified walking safety pin, with a pincushion (fittingly stuffed with a large amount of pins) attached to him. After his Villain Song (voiced by Billy Bletcher) he finds the kids and gives chase, and, after tricking a local into opening the gate, begins attack on the town's inhabitants!

This short has fallen into the Public Domain. It also made it as a runner-up on The 50 Greatest Cartoons list.


Tropes:

 Hick: "What er' ya goin' to give me?"

Pincushion Man (pulls out pin): "THIS!"

Hick: YOU na-(gets popped)