The Scarlet Pumpernickel: Difference between revisions

'''"The Scarlet Pumpernickel"''' is a [[The Golden Age of Animation|1950]] ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' short, directed by [[Chuck Jones]] and featuring [[Daffy Duck]], Porky Pig, Sylvester the Cat, and "Melissa" (a female duck), with cameos by Elmer Fudd and the Mama Bear from Jones's Three Bears Trilogy. Purporting to be Daffy's own film concept (which he is attempting to pitch to [[Shout-Out|"J.L."]]<ref>Jack L. [[Warner Bros|Warner]]</ref>), the short is a parody of a typical [[Swashbuckler]] -- including, of course, ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (novel)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]''--including [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to [[Captain Blood|Warners' own]] [[The Adventures of Robin Hood (film)|swashbuckling]] [[The Sea Hawk|hero]] [[Errol Flynn]] and much [[Lampshading]] and [[Subversion]] of the conventions of the genre.

This short has been chosen number 31 of ''[[The 50 Greatest Cartoons]]'' ever made. It also made it onto ''[[The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes]]'' list.

* [[Anthropomorphic Shift]]: Sylvester, usually a [[Talking Animal]], is fully anthropomorphic as the Grand Duke. Almost the complete opposite of Chuck Jones' [[Pantomime Animal|other uses of Sylvester]].

* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]: The Lord High Chamberlain and the Grand Duke.

[[Category:The Fifties]]

[[Category:Films of the 1950s]]

[[Category:Looney Tunes in the Fifties]]