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Animated plots frequently involve natural enemies chasing or hunting each other.

Named for the Animated Series Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines. In that case, it's enemy pilots and an Instant Messenger Pigeon.

Can be Road Runner vs. Coyote if we see them comically failing repeatedly to catch it.

Examples of Catch That Pigeon include:

Eastern Animation

Wolf and Hare from Nu Pogodi.

Magazines

Pwt and Crraw in Muse Magazine.

Video Games

Sid & Al's Incredible Toons is a video game example.

Western Animation

Tom and Jerry: The cat, Tom, is always chasing or otherwise trying to thwart the mouse, Jerry. It rarely ends well for Tom.
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies:
- Sylvester and Tweety. The former, a cat, really wants to eat the latter, a canary, but never succeeds.
- Wile E Coyote and The Road Runner. Wile E. Coyote tries repeatedly and fails repeatedly to catch the Road Runner so he can feast on him.
- Affable doofus hunter Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny and/or Daffy Duck.
As mentioned in the description, the Trope Namer is Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines.

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 Animated plots frequently involve natural enemies chasing or hunting each other.
-Named for the [[Animated Series]] ''[[Dastardly and Muttley In Their Flying Machines]]''. In that case, it's enemy pilots and an [[Instant Messenger Pigeon]].
+Named for the [[Animated Series]] ''[[Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines]]''. In that case, it's enemy pilots and an [[Instant Messenger Pigeon]].
 Can be [[Road Runner vs. Coyote]] if we see them comically failing repeatedly to catch it.
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 == [[Eastern Animation]] ==
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 == [[Western Animation]] ==
-* ''[[Tom and Jerry (Animation)|Tom and Jerry]]'': The cat, Tom, is always chasing or otherwise trying to thwart the mouse, Jerry. [[Road Runner vs. Coyote|It rarely ends well for Tom]].
+* ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'': The cat, Tom, is always chasing or otherwise trying to thwart the mouse, Jerry. [[Road Runner vs. Coyote|It rarely ends well for Tom]].
 * ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' and ''Merrie Melodies'':
 ** Sylvester and Tweety. The former, a cat, really wants to eat the latter, a canary, but [[Road Runner vs. Coyote|never succeeds]].
-** [[Wile E Coyote and The Road Runner (Animation)|Wile E Coyote and The Road Runner]]. Wile E. Coyote tries repeatedly and [[Road Runner vs. Coyote|fails repeatedly]] to catch the Road Runner so he can feast on him.
+** [[Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner|Wile E Coyote and The Road Runner]]. Wile E. Coyote tries repeatedly and [[Road Runner vs. Coyote|fails repeatedly]] to catch the Road Runner so he can feast on him.
 ** [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|Affable doofus]] hunter Elmer Fudd and [[Bugs Bunny/Characters|Bugs Bunny]] and/or Daffy Duck.
-* As mentioned in the description, the [[Trope Namer]] is ''[[Dastardly and Muttley In Their Flying Machines]]''.
+* As mentioned in the description, the [[Trope Namer]] is ''[[Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines]]''.
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