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Racketeer Rabbit picture

Trivia: As the gangsters speed by in their red car, you can see a billboard along the road advertising "Hotel Friz" - a reference to the director Friz Freleng.

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Deduce, You Say picture

Trivia: On the wall near the door in the "Henry the Eighth's Fifth", there is a sign saying "Burton's Rock Beer" - a reference to John Burton, a production manager at Warner Brothers.

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Gone Batty picture

Trivia: During the game, Bobo strikes out three Greenville Goons with a "slow ball". This is a nod to the 1946 Warner Brothers cartoon Baseball Bugs, in which Bugs Bunny did exactly the same thing to three Gas House Gorillas.

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Ballot Box Bunny picture

Trivia: When we see the parade for the newly elected mayor, look in the background and you can see a building with "P. Julian" on it - a reference to the Warner Brothers background artist Paul Julian.

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Kit for Cat picture

Trivia: When the orange cat is trying to frame Sylvester by making a lot of noise, he turns on the radio which plays a soap opera where the two main characters, "Melvin" and "Beatrice", take turns trying to kill each other. "Melvin" is Mel Blanc, whereas "Beatrice" is Bea Benaderet.

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Magical Maestro picture

Trivia: During the show, there is a hair that gets caught in the projector that is removed by Poochini before continuing his performance. The joke was so realistic that many projectionists attempted to remove the hair themselves, not realising that it was part of the cartoon.

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Senor Droopy picture

Trivia: The first MGM cartoon in which Droopy is called by his name on-screen.

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Herr Meets Hare picture

Trivia: The first Warner Brothers cartoon in which Bugs Bunny "should have taken that left turn at Albuquerque."

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Brats picture

Trivia: "Brats" is the only film in which Laurel and Hardy play natural fathers.

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Long-Haired Hare picture

Trivia: Before Leopold (Bugs) begins conducting, he takes the conductor's baton and breaks it. Leopold Stokowski never conducted with a baton, so this is the reason why Bugs breaks it.

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I Taw a Putty Tat picture

Trivia: When Sylvester cannot put Tweety Pie in his mouth due to him swallowing the alum, he puts Tweety back in the cupboard. When he does so, you can see a small can with "Friz" behind him - a reference to the director Friz Freleng.

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Beep, Beep picture

Trivia: The soup crate that the coyote uses for the "free drink of water" trap has "Harris Soup" on the side - a reference to the Warner Brothers animator Ken Harris.

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Pluto's Fledgling picture

Trivia: When Pluto is walking up a pile of logs in order to return the bird to its nest, look carefully and you can see that the end of three logs form a "Hidden Mickey."

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Lucky Ducky picture

Trivia: When the two hunting dogs discover that there is no shooting after 6 pm, both of them yell ‘Tom's Scream'.

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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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Stage Door Cartoon picture

Trivia: When we see Elmer pointing his gun at Bugs in order to make him do his second curtain scene, you can see behind Bugs a crate saying "5 Clampett Trained Seals" - a reference to the Warner Brothers director, Robert Clampett.

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Trivia: When Stan and Oliver return to the flat with the baby, Stan offers a man a cigar. This man is the film's director, George Marshall.

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