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'''''Red Hot Riding Hood''''' is an animated cartoon short subject, directed by [[Tex Avery]] and released on May 8, [[The Golden Age of Animation|1943]] by [[Metro Goldwyn Mayer]]. In 1994 it was voted #7 of [[The 50 Greatest Cartoons]] of all time by members of the animation field. It is one of Avery's [[Magnum Opus|most popular cartoons]], inspiring several of his own "sequel" shorts (which really were just shorts with a similar plot and the same characters, though notably Droopy was involved with many of the other shorts Wolfie and Red appear in) as well as influencing other cartoons and feature films for years afterward.
The story begins as a typical [[Tastes Like Diabetes|cutesy]] [[Disneyfication|retelling]] of "[[Little Red Riding Hood]]"--that is, [[No Fourth Wall|until the Big Bad Wolf and even Red and her Grandma become annoyed at the narrator]] [[Animated Actors|and complain about how stale and overused the premise is, thus demanding a new take on the story]]. The narrator finally gives in to their demands-cue the ''second'' title card quoted above.
The cartoon then takes us to Hollywood, where the Big Bad Wolf is now a womanizer who frequents night clubs, Red is now an [[Ms. Fanservice|incredibly attractive]] singer and dancer, and her Granny is a hotel/implied brothel owner and an (apparently) oversexed [[Abhorrent Admirer]] of Wolfie once she sees him. [[Hilarity Ensues|Hilarity does indeed ensue from there.]]
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* [[Lady in Red]]: The singer/showgirl/stripper. She's even unofficially named Red, probably as much from her hair as her costume (which is white in several of the shorts).
* [[Love Makes You Crazy]]: For The Wolf and Grandma
* [[Lost Forever]]: Although [[Executive Meddling|the censors demanded the original ending to be changed]] it was said that the uncut version of the short was made but only send off for the troops at War. Tex collected uncut versions of his cartoons, so it is clearly unknown if it would ever turn up.
* [[Magic Skirt]]: [[Foregone Conclusion|Averted]] after Red's [[Big No]], though her leg blocks the view.
* [[Medium Awareness]]: At the beginning Red Riding Hood complains that every cartoon studio in Hollywood has re-enacted "[[Little Red Riding Hood]]" the old-fashioned way.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Red
* [[No Guy Wants to Be Chased]]: Once the tables are turned on Wolfie and Granny is lusting after ''him'', he is terrified and does his best to run away, to no avail.
* [[Pain
* [[Revised Ending]]: The short's original ending had Granny marrying the wolf at a [[Shotgun Wedding]] (with a caricature of Tex Avery as the Justice of the Peace who marries them), and having the unhappy couple and their [[Half-Human Hybrid|half-human half-wolf children]] attend Red's show. Granted, the ending they eventually settled on [[Driven to Suicide|wasn't exactly]] [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?|kid-friendly either]] (which is why it has been edited on TV).
* [[Sexy Backless Outfit]]: Red
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