Hiss and Make Up

Hiss and Make Up is a 1943 Merrie Melodies short directed by I. Freleng.
== Title ==
The title is a pun on "kiss and make up."
== Plot ==
An old woman has a cat named Wellington, a dog named Roscoe, and a canary. The cat and dog fight even worse than normally. Fed up, she tells them both off, then threatens to throw them both out if there's any more trouble. Despite being told to make amends, the two still wants to continue their mischief.
The two take turns framing each other and summoning their master:
# Roscoe shoves Wellington's tail under the rocking chair that the master was sitting on, then frames that it was Wellington's fault for misplacing his tail.
# Wellington slaps Roscoe with a fly swatter in attempt to "remove" an nonexistent fly.
# Roscoe unleashes a whole box of mechanical mice and bangs a pan to force the master to come down. Wellington quickly catches the mice, all of which then carry him right into the basement.
# Wellington stamps dirty dog footprints all over the room (and the canary's rear). Roscoe tries to desperately clean off the stamps, but is unable to in time, so the dog has to play air raid warden shouting, "Put out that light," so the owner doesn't see them.
# Roscoe glues canary feathers to the cat and hides the canary in a vase so it looks like the cat has eaten him. However, the canary escapes the vase, and the owner returns him back to the cage.
# Wellington uses shaving cream to make the dog look rabid, and his owner whacks him out of the room with a broom.
The canary finally has enough of their antics. The canary aims to get the two out of the house by destroying appliances in the house while making cat meows and dog barks. As the two attempts to attack the canary's cage, their owner arrives, and both are thrown out. Roscoe tells Wellington that they can't be happy out in the cold with the double-crossing canary still warm inside the house, but Wellington reveals that he has taken the bird with him in his mouth.
== Availability ==
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Vol. 4.jpg|(1993) LaserDisc The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 4, Side 3: Friz Freleng (a.a.p. print)
lt tcm errol.jpg|(2010) DVD TCM Spotlight: Errol Flynn Adventures: Edge of Darkness (a.a.p. print)
346061 front.jpg|(2023) Blu-ray Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 2 (restored)
== Notes ==
* This cartoon was released the same day as the first Blue Ribbon reissue.
* An original title cel exists in Michael Maltese's personal collection, which is being housed by the University of Wyoming. The credits cel also exists, mismatched with the title background from "Flop Goes the Weasel".https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/lost-warner-bros-original-titles/https://blueribbonblues.neocities.org/gallery
* Working title: Ship Symphonyhttps://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10165808603900578&set=pb.619090577.-2207520000..
* The canary is the only one of the three pets in this cartoon who does not have a name.
*MeTV+ aired a previously unreleased restored print of the cartoon on Sunday Night Cartoons.
*This cartoons production number was originally MM-20-12, for unknown reasons it was changed to MM-3-13 and MM-20-12 would instead be used for "Slightly Daffy".
*Wellington's sequence of placing paw-prints all over the house is the first usage of the "assembly-line" section of Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse" (commonly known as "Powerhouse B") is used in a Warner Brothers short outside the Private Snafu series.
*A clip of this cartoon was featured in the opening of the Futurama episode "Jurassic Bark."
*Some aspects in the cartoon would be used in later similarly themed Friz Freleng-directed cartoons with feuding house-pets which are all set at a suburban home in winter, such as "Hare Force" and "Kit for Cat". 
**"Hare Force" features Bugs Bunny and Sylvester the Dog as the feuding house pets, and Granny from this cartoon would reappear in this same cartoon with the same character design, although still voiced by Bea Benaderet, but having a less high-pitched voice.
**"Kit For Cat" uses a premise similar to "Hare Force", albeit with Sylvester the Cat and an unnamed orange kitten as the feuding house pets, and Elmer Fudd as the homeowner.
**"A Street Cat Named Sylvester" features an almost similar premise, with a redesigned Granny as the homeowner and with Sylvester the Cat and Hector the Bulldog as the feuding house pets, with Tweety caught in the middle.
**And to a lesser extent, both "Tweetie Pie" and "Gift Wrapped" has Sylvester and Tweety as the feuding house pets in a near-similar setup, with the latter cartoon also involving a redesigned Granny as the homeowner and Hector the Bulldog.
==Gallery==
Hiss-and-Make-Up-Original-title.jpg|Original title card cel
Hiss-and-Make-Up-Original-credits.jpg|Original credits
Tumblr cfa8140b08c0c410f26ac60e18e1eb42 dff4e04e5 1280.jpg|Wellington's model sheet
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Hiss and Make Up (1943) - 2021 restoration - Intro and Outro + 80-seconds clip
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==References==
 
Category:Shorts
Category:1943
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Blue Ribbon reissues
Category:Cartoons directed by Friz Freleng
Category:Cartoons written by Michael Maltese
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Bea Benaderet
Category:Cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger
Category:Cartoons in a.a.p. package
Category:One-Shot Cartoons
Category:Cartoons with missing Leon Schlesinger credits
Category:Cartoons that contain excerpts from "Powerhouse"
Category:Re-released cartoons whose original titles are known to exist