Best short movie trivia of all time

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It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown picture

Trivia: Just after Linus seals his letter to the Great Pumpkin in an envelope, he walks past Lucy who is sitting on the floor watching TV. In her hands, Lucy is holding an issue of TV Guide Magazine. On the cover? Lucy, sitting on the floor in the same position, wearing the same blue dress. (00:07:00)

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Yankee Doodle Daffy picture

Trivia: When Sleepy Lagoon is licking his lollipop towards the end of the cartoon, look at the wall and you can see a picture of the Warner Brothers animator and director Friz Freleng.

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Piker's Peak picture

Trivia: At the end of the cartoon, traditional Bavarian music is played over the "That's All Folks!" title card instead of the normal closing theme.

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Bad Ol' Putty Tat picture

Trivia: When Tweety is lighting the fuse on the rocket, there is a crate behind him with a label saying "Friz" on the side of it - a reference to the director Friz Freleng.

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Tweety's S.O.S. picture

Trivia: When Sylvester is looking in the ship's medicine cabinet, there is a bottle on the shelf called "Hawley and Pratt Salts" - a reference to the Looney Tunes layout artist, Hawley Pratt.

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Puss Gets the Boot picture

Trivia: The first Tom and Jerry cartoon. The duo were originally named "Jasper and Jinx" by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, though only Tom was identified on screen by his original name (Jasper). Hanna-Barbera would later use the name "Jinx" in their television creation "Pixie and Dixie", where their adversary was the cat, Mr Jinx.

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Hare Do picture

Trivia: When Elmer reports to the box office, look in the background and you can see a poster for a film entitled "Backwash." The star is Pete Burness, an American animator who worked for Warner Brothers.

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Out-Foxed picture

Trivia: When the dog shoots his hand when trying to catch Reginald Fox at the log, part of "Tom's scream" can be heard.

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The Milky Way picture

Trivia: This was the first non-Disney film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

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Solid Serenade picture

Trivia: When Tom woos the dog instead of the cat, he says the exact same dialogue he used in a previous Tom and Jerry cartoon, "Zoot Cat" (1944).

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Scaredy Cat picture

Trivia: This was the first cartoon in which Sylvester is named, as well as the first appearance of Sylvester in a cartoon directed by Chuck Jones.

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An Egg Scramble picture

Trivia: When Prissy arrives at the grocery store to see if her egg has been delivered there, there is "Foster's Fresh Eggs" on the window - a reference to the Warner Brothers story writer Warren Foster.

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The Pied Piper of Guadalupe picture

Trivia: The building where Sylvester is receiving music lessons is "MUSIC LESSONS - J.C. MELENDEZ". J.C. Melendez was an animator for Warner Brothers.

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Pet Peeve picture

Trivia: This was the first Tom and Jerry cartoon to be released in CinemaScope, as well as the first not to have Mammy Two-Shoes as the owner of the house.

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Book Revue picture

Trivia: At the beginning of the cartoon, we see a long line of books at the book shop. The last book we see is entitled "Life and Times" by Bugs Bunny.

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Honey's Money picture

Trivia: Look out for a caricature of director Friz Freleng on a dollar bill in the opening credits.

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Ready.. Set.. Zoom! picture

Trivia: The mine that the Coyote comes out on his rocket has a sign outside saying "Selzer Mining Co" - a reference to the Warner Brothers producer Eddie Selzer.

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The Hoose-Gow picture

Trivia: When Stan and Oliver are working with the road gang, Stan nicks Oliver in the rear with his pickaxe. The pickaxe that Stan Laurel was using was a real one and Oliver Hardy received a nasty cut to his rear.

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Fiddlesticks picture

Trivia: This was the first sound cartoon to be photographed in colour.

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