Educated Fish is a 1937 animated short film that was part of Paramount's

Color Classics ''Color Classics'' are a series of animated short films produced by Fleischer Studios for Paramount Pictures from 1934 to 1941 as a competitor to Walt Disney's ''Silly Symphonies''. As the name implies, all of the shorts were made in color form ...

series. It was nominated for

Best Animated Short The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, since the 5th Academy Awards (with different names), covering the year ...

at the

10th Academy Awards The 10th Academy Awards were held on March 10, 1938 to honor films released in 1937, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California and hosted by Bob Burns. Originally scheduled for March 3, 1938, the ceremony was postponed due to the Los An ...

Plot

In an underwater school for fish, the bad boy, Tommy Cod, would rather play pinball in his desk than recite the daily lesson about hooks, fishing poles, and lines so strong. Tommy is locked out of class by the teacher to study harder. He learns this lesson the hard way when being caught by a fisherman's bait.

Preservation

''Educated Fish'' was preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in conjunction with the

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, in 2013.

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* * 1937 films Fleischer Studios short films Paramount Pictures short films 1937 animated films 1930s animated short films Color Classics cartoons 1930s American animated films Short films directed by Dave Fleischer {{short-animation-film-stub