Droopy's Double Trouble
Tags: psychedelic

Plot synopsis:
Droopy is presented here as a manservant working for an unseen master, who is going away for a few days with the head butler, Mr. Theeves. As they are packing the master's clothes, Mr. Theeves requests that Droopy acquire someone to help him around the house while they are away, and the first person to come to Droopy's mind is his identical twin brother, Drippy. Droopy contacts Drippy at O'Brien's Gymnasium and explains the situation to him.
Drippy arrives later on and displays his superhuman strength by punching his way through the front door before greeting Droopy. Droopy introduces Drippy to Mr. Theeves, who is briefly astonished by Drippy's uncanny resemblance to Droopy, immediately startledly jumping up to the chandelier, thinking he was seeing double. However, Mr. Theeves is relieved enough to come down from the chandelier, and is also on the receiving end of Drippy's immense strength while shaking his hand. Mr. Theeves then explains Drippy's duties to him, and tells him that no matter what, no strangers are allowed on the premises.
However, while Droopy loads the master's suitcase into his limousine, Butch the Irish Dog, asks if Droopy can put him up for a little while, since he has had little to no good luck recently. Droopy reluctantly agrees and has Butch go to the back door, but forgets to inform Drippy. As Butch snidely muses about taking advantage of Droopy, the back door opens, but what Butch is unaware of is that it is Drippy who has answered. Butch promptly demands, "Let me have it, pal," and Drippy responds by punching Butch across the terrace, musing "No strangers". Butch gets caught in a veranda which swings him back into the door as Drippy closes it. Droopy then appears and lets a bewildered Butch inside, but as Droopy fetches some food, Drippy comes back into the kitchen and hits Butch outside with the kitchen table. Droopy, unaware, takes Spike's food outside, assuming Butch wanted to eat in the patio. As Droopy goes back for mustard, Drippy appears again and throws Butch down into the swimming pool, leaving him dazed. Droopy then rescues Butch, assuming he wanted to go for a swim, and takes him inside the house.
Droopy puts some dry clothes on Butch, but while he goes for some shoes, Drippy appears again and knocks Butch out cold. Droopy, assuming Butch was sleepy, tucks him in bed. Butch wakes up and begins to enjoy the comfort, but when he tries to call Droopy, Drippy responds instead and punches Butch into the bathroom, where Droopy is shaving. Butch accuses Droopy of assaulting him, but Droopy responds by recommending a cold shower for Butch. Strangely, Drippy goes for a shower as well and hits Butch out, stark naked. Droopy offers to get Butch some clothes, but this time Butch demands that he accompany Droopy. As Droopy enters a closet to get some clothes, Drippy appears from inside another right beside it and hits Butch with a baseball bat (referred to by Butch as a "shillelagh"). Butch angrily demands that Droopy hand it over, but Droopy denies having one, confusing Butch. Each time Butch puts Droopy in the closet, Drippy appears from the other and hits him. Now assuming that Droopy is responsible for hurting him, Butch demands that he stop, but Droopy denies having touched Butch all day. Now believing that Droopy may be going crazy, Butch discreetly calls for an ambulance.
When the ambulance arrives, Butch calls Droopy, but this time, both Droopy and Drippy answer. Shocked at the sight of two Droopys, Butch goes insane and got taken away by the ambulance.

Review: It's Enough To Drive An Irish Dog To Drink.
This is different in that we get two Droopy dogs: he and his twin brother "Drippy." In this story, Droopy is working for a butler in a big mansion and the butler is going to be away for a few days.
He needs a replacement and Droopy gets Drippy to handle the chores.
Drippy sounds like Droopy but is a lot more physical.
You can tell by the little derby on his head which tough guys apparently used to wear in the 30s and 40s.
You can also tell when Drippy enters the mansion by punching holes through the door!No stranger is allowed in the house is the rule number one, Drippy is told.
Guess who wants to hide in the house for a few days?
Yup, our old friend "Spike." My favorite bad guy-bulldog also has a derby and speaks with an Irish accent in this cartoon!
He made me laugh just listening to him.
He's always funny as it is but an Irish brogue, he's really good!
Spike's first plan is to hoodwink Drippy into giving him food.
He gets his answer quickly, belted a few hundred yards with Drippy's only remark being "no strangers."The gag for most of the cartoon is Drippy doing his job of making sure there are "no strangers" while Droopy being a nice guy and trying to help the big dog.
All the time, the poor bulldog has no idea Droopy has that slugger for a twin brother.
All he knows is that one minute everything is good, the next minute he's getting clobbered.
Whatever.....it's funny material and I actually felt sorry for poor, clueless Spike who takes some brutal (but laugh- out-loud) beatings!
p.s. His double-take at the end of the cartoon is one of the best I've seen..
Droopy gives Spike a bad case of double vision.
This short is an energetic little cartoon that introduces a twin brother of Droopy's for the first (and only) time to hilarious, if predictable effect.
Good effort that makes Droopy a more interesting character.
Well worth watching, even if it isn't one of Avery's best.
Recommended..
Double the Droopy fun..
It's double the fun as Droopy and his twin brother Drippy were tasked to watch over a very upscale mansion.
Droopy wants to invite Spike to stay over, who's hoping to filter off some food.
But, Drippy is abiding by a "no strangers allowed" policy and slaps and punches Spike around silly.There's some funny slapstick stuff and some surprises, especially since Spike doesn't realize Droopy has a twin.
A pretty good cartoon overall.Grade B+.
Spike sees double.
Love animation, it was a big part of my life as a child, particularly Disney, Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry, and still love it whether it's film, television or cartoons.Also have much admiration for Tex Avery, an animation genius whose best cartoons are animated masterpieces and some of the best he ever did.
Generally like the Droopy cartoons and the character himself a lot, his best cartoons are classics and among Avery's best.
'Droopy's Double Trouble' is another Droopy/Spike pairing, not one of their best but among their funniest.
It introduces Droopy's identical twin brother Drippy, a more anarchic and violent version of Droopy (and as can be expected he epitomises trouble) and a wildly entertaining one, his treatment of Spike here is brutal.Droopy, as usual, is so well established in personality and is high on the humour and charisma scale, though deliberately milder to usual, and Drippy adds to the conflict effortlessly.
Spike is even funnier and more interesting, if not given as much of a chance to show off his scheming and tricks, and one actually feels sorry for him with his brutal but admittedly hilarious treatment by Drippy.Typically, Avery does a wonderful job directing, with his unique, unlike-any-other visual and characteristic and incredibly distinctive wacky humour style all over it as can be expected.Once again there is nothing sadistic or repetitious about 'Droopy's Double Trouble'.
It's hilarious, imaginative content, mainly centring around the treatment of Spike, that has enough variety to stop it from being too predictable in the humour, even if the premise is even easier to foresee than most Droopy and Spike pairings.
Story-wise it is very obvious, pretty much the only thing not quite so good here.It is no surprise either that the animation is superb.
The character designs are unique, Avery always did have creative character designs, and suitably fluid.
The music, courtesy of Scott Bradley, is lushly and cleverly orchestrated, with lively and energetic rhythms and fits very well indeed.Can never fault the voice acting in the Droopy cartoons, Bill Thompson (who gets the lion's share of the material) and Daws Butler were always independently excellent voice actors.All in all, great if not quite one of my favourites.
9/10 Bethany Cox. Quit hittin' me with that shillelagh!.
Droopy is the butler at a very rich mansion.
His boss, Mr. Jeeves, wants him to find someone to look after the house while he is away, so who should Droopy call on but his twin brother Drippy, who happens to hang out at O'Brien's gymnasium.
In pops Spike, an Irish bulldog trying to put the squeeze on Droopy.
Unfortunately, Spike is a little too hasty in his eagerness, and fails to realize that there is another little dog in the mansion, with the explicit instructions of 'no strangers'.
This leads to a series of rapid-fire slapstick type gags, not the least of which is Spike getting hit over the head with a Louisville slugger, to which the Irish dog says: "Okay, gimme that shillelagh!" Haven't laughed this hard in years.