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Porky's Pet is a 1936 Looney Tunes short directed by Jack King.

Plot[]

The mailman rides up to Porky Pig's house on his bicycle and delivers a telegram to Porky. When Porky reads the telegram, he sees it is an offer from a big shot producer in Broadway, New York City, who wants Porky and his pet ostrich, Lulu, in his show, with the promise of $75 a day. This is too good for Porky, so he goes and tells Lulu the good news. Porky gets Lulu out of her cage, but Lulu chooses to slide down the stairs and jerks Porky down with her leash. Then, Porky shuts the front door on Lulu.

At the train station, the duo see a passenger train coming, but it doesn't stop for them. When Porky tells Lulu this and hears another passenger train coming, he sets the signal to stop, making the train screech to a halt at the station. Porky and Lulu get on board, but the conductor kicks them off, on account of a "no pets" rule. Porky then tells Lulu to go down to the tracks so he can pick her up when the train passes by. Porky gets on board and the train departs. When it passes by Lulu, Porky grabs her and pulls her in.

Realizing what will happen if the conductor finds out, Porky shoves Lulu under his seat, but Lulu insists on poking her head out. She even swallows a bald passenger's wig, and when a boy tosses his toy airplane in the air, she swallows it and the plane sends her neck on a ride. Finally, she swallows another passenger's accordion.

Just then, the conductor appears asking the passengers for tickets. Porky sees him, shoves the noisy accordion down Lulu's throat to her stomach, takes a passenger's guitar case, removes the guitar, shoves Lulu into the case, and takes another passenger's sewing scissors so he can cut off Lulu's tail. When the conductor comes up to Porky, Lulu blows her cover by squawking, pushing her legs out, and taking the conductor on a wild ride to the other side of the coach. Angered, the conductor throws Lulu out and kicks Porky off the train from the observation car.

Thinking they're in a rut, Porky spots a handcar in a siding and a cow grazing. He and Lulu hop on the handcar, and Porky grabs the cow's tail. The cow happily takes them down the track, and even outruns the train, much to the conductor's surprise.

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  • This is the first time Porky Pig gets a job offer, and the first time he travels by train.
  • This cartoon marks the first appearance of Porky's pet ostrich, Lulu.
  • This cartoon may have inspired the Walt Disney studios to create the 1940 Mickey Mouse cartoon "Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip".
    • The plot and premise, a railway station and a greedy ostrich who swallows a concertina, were also used in a picture Disney made three years before, "Donald's Ostrich", directed by the same director of this short, Jack King.
  • MeTV aired a previously unreleased restored print of the cartoon on Toon In with Me.
  • A billboard for “Burton’s Burpo Cola” is seen, presumably a reference to longtime cameraman John W. Burton.

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1930s
I Haven't Got a HatGold Diggers of '49Plane DippyAlpine AnticsBoom BoomThe Blow OutWestward WhoaFish TalesShanghaied ShipmatesPorky's PetPorky the Rain-MakerPorky's Poultry PlantPorky's Moving DayMilk and MoneyLittle Beau PorkyThe Village SmithyPorky in the North WoodsPorky the WrestlerPorky's Road RacePicador PorkyPorky's RomancePorky's Duck HuntPorky and GabbyPorky's BuildingPorky's Super ServicePorky's Badtime StoryPorky's RailroadGet Rich Quick PorkyPorky's GardenRover's RivalThe Case of the Stuttering PigPorky's Double TroublePorky's Hero AgencyPorky's PoppaPorky at the CrocaderoWhat Price PorkyPorky's Phoney ExpressPorky's Five & TenPorky's Hare HuntInjun TroublePorky the FiremanPorky's PartyPorky's Spring PlantingPorky & DaffyWholly SmokePorky in WackylandPorky's Naughty NephewPorky in EgyptThe Daffy DocPorky the GobThe Lone Stranger and PorkyIt's an Ill WindPorky's Tire TroublePorky's Movie MysteryChicken JittersPorky and TeabiscuitKristopher Kolumbus Jr.Polar PalsScalp TroubleOld GloryPorky's PicnicWise QuacksPorky's HotelJeepers CreepersNaughty NeighborsPied Piper PorkyPorky the Giant KillerThe Film Fan
1940s
Porky's Last StandAfrica SqueaksAli-Baba BoundPilgrim PorkySlap Happy PappyPorky's Poor FishYou Ought to Be in PicturesThe Chewin' BruinPorky's Baseball BroadcastPatient PorkyCalling Dr. PorkyPrehistoric PorkyThe Sour PussPorky's Hired HandThe Timid ToreadorPorky's Snooze ReelPorky's Bear FactsPorky's PreviewPorky's AntA Coy DecoyPorky's Prize PonyMeet John DoughboyWe, The Animals - Squeak!The Henpecked DuckNotes to YouRobinson Crusoe, Jr.Porky's Midnight MatineePorky's PoochPorky's Pastry PiratesWho's Who in the ZooPorky's CafeMy Favorite DuckConfusions of a Nutzy SpyYankee Doodle DaffyPorky Pig's FeatTom Turk and DaffyTick Tock TuckeredSwooner CroonerDuck Soup to NutsSlightly DaffyBrother BratTrap Happy PorkyWagon HeelsBaby BottleneckDaffy DoodlesKitty KorneredMouse MenaceOne Meat BrawlLittle Orphan AiredaleDaffy Duck Slept HereNothing But The ToothThe Pest That Came to DinnerRiff Raffy DaffyScaredy CatAwful OrphanPorky ChopsPaying the PiperDaffy Duck HuntCurtain RazorOften an OrphanDough for the Do-DoBye, Bye Bluebeard
1950s
Boobs in the WoodsThe Scarlet PumpernickelAn Egg ScrambleGolden YeggsThe DuckstersDog CollaredThe Wearing of the GrinDrip-Along DaffyThe Prize PestThumb FunCracked QuackFool CoverageDuck Dodgers in the 24½th CenturyClaws for AlarmMy Little DuckarooJumpin' JupiterDime to RetireRocket SquadDeduce, You SayBoston QuackieRobin Hood DaffyChina Jones
1960s
Daffy's Inn TroubleCorn on the Cop
1970s-present
Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th CenturySuperior DuckMy Generation G...G... Gap
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