Trip for Tat

Trip for Tat is a 1960 Merrie Melodies short directed by Friz Freleng.
== Title ==
The title is a pun on the term 'tit for tat'.
== Plot ==
Granny and Tweety is at the travel agency, where they will be about to travel to various locations, such as Paris, Swiss Alps, Japan, and Italy. As Sylvester hears Granny, he decides to stowaway with the two to get something to eat.
# Aboard on the boat, Sylvester tries to snatch Tweety from his cage while Granny is asleep. Tweety flies out of Sylvester's hand and waves an ocean wave background in front of Sylvester, making him seasick and regurgitate from the side of the boat. Tweety suggests that a piece of pork will cure his upset stomach, but this makes Sylvester feel more sick and run off to find seasick remedy.
# In Paris, Tweety is painting a crude imitation of Sylvester. Sylvester cuts off the head of the drawing and places his head in place. Tweety, finding Sylvester's face ugly, erases it. Sylvester runs to the tattoo studio to have his face painted back.
# At the Swiss Alps, Sylvester tries to ski down the alpines to catch Tweety; Sylvester instead slams into a tree.
# When the trio heads to Japan, Sylvester pursues Tweety until Tweety hides under a bridge. Sylvester tries to saw himself down to nab the bird, but falls through and lands on the boat of a Japanese fisherman.
# Heading to Italy, Sylvester tries to use a swing to reach Tweety. Due to a nearby compressor, he ends up getting smashed by it.
Sylvester forgets about chasing after Tweety. He decides to mark birds off his menu at an Italian restaurant and eat spaghetti peacefully instead.
== Availability ==
lt longitude.jpg|(1994) LaserDisc Longitude and Looneytude: Globetrotting Looney Tunes Favorites
=== Streaming ===
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== Censorship ==
* Although the cartoon aired uncut on Cartoon Network, Boomerang, and MeTV, the post-1994 ABC version of this cartoon cut out two scenes featuring ethnic stereotyping:
** The scene of Sylvester sawing a hole in the bridge in Japan faded out just as Sylvester falls through the bridge. The part cut was a scene where Sylvester crashes into a Japanese fisherman's boat and sinks it.
** The end where Sylvester tells the audience in a fake Italian accent that "Pussycats should eat-a da spaghetta. It-a make-a you nice and fat," and eats down a bowlful of spaghetti is cut with a fake iris-out after Sylvester declares that "birds are off his list."The Censored Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Page: T http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-t.aspx
== Notes ==
* This short reuses animation from "Tweety's S.O.S.", "Tree Cornered Tweety", "Tweet Tweet Tweety", and "A Pizza Tweety-Pie". The only new animation in the short is the beginning with Granny learning about the world tour, the finger painting sequence, when Sylvester is first in the Alps and Japan, and Tweety looking up at Sylvester cutting through the floorboards.
* This is the only cartoon where both Sylvester and Tweety win in the end, even though Sylvester fails to catch Tweety.
* The ending scene of this cartoon was used in the special Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet, but edited so instead of swearing off birds from his menu, Sylvester states that he will take fish off his list.
* Despite being released past "From Hare to Heir", this cartoon lacks the "A VITAPHONE RELEASE" byline on the ending titles.
* MeTV aired a previously unreleased restored print of the cartoon on "Toon In with Me".
* This is the only classic short directed by Friz Freleng that Tom Ray has ever animated.
== Gallery ==
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Screen Shot 2021-05-09 at 3.20.01 PM.png|Screenshot of 2021 restoration from MeTV, and one of two scenes cut when aired on ABC
=== TV Title Cards ===
Screenshot 2020-12-28 at 9.24.11 PM.png|Sylvester and Tweety
Screenshot 2021-01-15 at 7.11.55 PM.png|The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show (Final Season)
Screenshot 2021-04-19 at 10.19.00.png|The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
== References ==
Category:Cartoons directed by Friz Freleng
Category:Tweety Cartoons
Category:Sylvester Cartoons
Category:Granny Cartoons
Category:Shorts
Category:1960
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Cartoons written by Michael Maltese
Category:Cartoons with music by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons animated by Tom Ray
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Hawley Pratt
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Tom O'Loughlin
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by June Foray
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons that reuse footage from earlier cartoons
Category:Cartoons produced by David H. DePatie