''Trap Happy Porky'' is a 1945

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'' short directed by

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and written by

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. The short was released on February 24, 1945, and features

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, along with

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, an early version of Claude Cat and a prototype of

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Plot

At Uncle Tom's Cabins, Porky is trying to get some sleep, but mice Hubie and Bertie are down there stealing food and breaking things against his will. He tries to capture them with a simple mousetrap, but fails as the mice prove to be too smart for him. He then gets a cat and it throws the mice out with his contraption. Porky keeps the cat and goes to sleep, but the cat invites other cats to get intoxicated, play the piano and drunkenly sing. After failing multiple times to throw them out, Porky buys a bulldog from town to get rid of them, but the dog also gets drunk and sings with the cats instead. With no other options remaining, Porky joins and sings with the dog and the cats.

Home media

''Trap Happy Porky'' is available unedited and restored with its original opening and closing titles on '' Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles: The Chuck Jones Collection''.

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