Pop 'Im Pop!

Pop 'Im Pop! is a 1950 Looney Tunes short directed by Robert McKimson.
== Plot ==
Gracie the fighting kangaroo is one of the largest attractions at a circus, and one day, her son, Hippety Hopper, wants to aspire to be a fighter like his mother. When Gracie is called for her act, Hippety is kept in the waiting room. Hippety finds a pair of boxing gloves and plays around a bit before wandering away from the circus, wreaking havoc in the city by hopping on wet concrete and in the middle of running traffic.
Meanwhile, Sylvester is at home with his son, tells a myth about how he captured a giant mouse. When Sylvester doesn't think Junior believes him, Junior says there's actually one behind him. Hippety has stumbled upon Sylvester's home, and the father cat is scared that the "giant mouse" in his tale is real. Junior tells Sylvester to catch the mouse lest he wants to be ashamed at his parental figure. Sylvester makes numerous attempts to get rid of the giant mouse, which proves to be far from what is told in his tale.
Sylvester tries to grapple Hippety's head to rip it off, but Hippety manages to jolt off Sylvester's grasps. Sylvester then grabs Hippety and attempts to throw him out of the yard, but Hippety simply ricochets back. He tries to eject the "giant mouse" by the door, but Hippety's legs keep him from exiting. Sylvester tries to do a foot hold, which causes the playful kangaroo to pounce Sylvester into a series of trash cans. Junior cheers on his father while Sylvester continuously gets a plethora of beatings from Hippety, all to Hippety's amusement. Sylvester tries to trap Hippety in a trash can, but Hippety hops inside until Sylvester crashes.
Onto his final whims, Sylvester chases Hippety with an axe as Junior follows. The chase continues throughout the city until Hippety runs back into the circus tent. Sylvester tries to peep inside, but is socked in the head. When Junior catches up to his father, he asks if Sylvester has beaten the mouse. Sylvester smugly states that he certainly has defeated it and sarcastically wishes it was twice the size with double the heads and arms. However, Sylvester's wish becomes true when Gracie and her son appears behind Sylvester. Not wanting to go through the pummeling again, Sylvester flees while Junior waves goodbye, in which Hippety waves back. 
== Availability ==
SYLVESTER AND TWEETY'S BAD OL' PUTTY TAT BLUES.jpg|(1994) LaserDisc Sylvester and Tweety's Bad Ol' Putty Tat Blues
LTCE VOL 4 DAFFY DOODLES.jpg|(2000) VHS Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Volume 4: Daffy Doodles
LooneyTunesSuperStars SylvesterAndHippetyHopper.jpg|(2013) DVD Looney Tunes Super Stars' Sylvester & Hippety Hopper: Marsupial Mayhem
=== Streaming ===
lt boomerang.jpg|Boomerang App (2017 - )
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== Notes ==
* The working title was "Is Everybody Hoppy".
* This short marks the first appearance of Sylvester Junior.
* When Sylvester Junior alerts his father to the presence of Hippety Hopper, Sylvester replies "Oh, come now, kid. I’ll do the thinnin’ around here!" Ten years later, "I’ll do the thinnin’ around here" would become a catchphrase of Hanna-Barbera's cartoon character "Quick Draw McGraw". All episodes of that series were written by Michael Maltese.
*The box art for Looney Tunes Super Stars' Sylvester & Hippety Hopper: Marsupial Mayhem is sourced from this cartoon's title card.
== Gallery ==
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PopImPopLobbyCardPreliminarySketch.jpg|Lobby card preliminary sketch
Hoppy Go Lucky Who's Kitten Who Pop 'Im Pop! Lead Sheets.jpg|Part of the animator draft along with two other drafts for "Hoppy Go Lucky" and "Who's Kitten Who?"
Pop'ImPop!LeadSheet1.jpg|Animator draft
Pop'ImPop!LeadSheet2.jpg|Animator draft
Pop'ImPop!LeadSheet3.jpg|Animator draft
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==References==
Category:Cartoons directed by Robert McKimson
Category:Shorts
Category:Sylvester Cartoons
Category:Sylvester Junior Cartoons
Category:Hippety Hopper Cartoons
Category:1950
Category:Looney Tunes Shorts
Category:Blue Ribbon reissues
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons written by Warren Foster
Category:Cartoons animated by Charles McKimson
Category:Cartoons animated by Bill Melendez
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Cornett Wood
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Richard H. Thomas
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer
Category:Re-released cartoons whose original titles are known to exist