Susie the Little Blue Coupe

Susie the Little Blue Coupe is an animated short that was released originally theatrically on June 6, 1952. The eight-minute short was directed by Clyde Geronimi and based on an original short-story by Bill Peet. The story was adapted for the screen by Bill Peet and Don DaGradi.
The film's method of anthropomorphizing the cars, using the windshield for the eyes and eyelids, served as a stylistic inspiration for character designs for Pixar's Cars franchise.
The DVD release of The Love Bug featured this short as a special feature. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad DVD also features the short as a bonus episode on the DVD's trivia section.
==Synopsis==
Susie is a small blue coupe on display in a dealer showroom who is bought by a well-to-do man who is taken with her. Thrust into high-society, she finds herself surrounded by much larger, more luxurious cars but eventually makes do. She is pampered, but time takes its toll on her, mechanically and cosmetically; eventually, her owner trades her in. A second man buys her but her new life is much less pampered, being left outside in the cold and being poorly maintained. One night, she is stolen, chased by the police and totaled in the resulting wreck. Rotting in a junkyard, all looks hopeless for Susie when a young man notices her, buys her, and with the help of his friends, completely restores and revives her into a brand new hotrod.
==Characters==
*Susie the Little Blue Coupe
==Voices==
*Narrator - Sterling Holloway
===Uncredited===
*Stan Freberg - Junk Dealer, College Kid
*Clark Lagerstrom - Maniac Martin
*Bob Jackman - Additional Voices
==Releases==
===Television===
*Disneyland, episode #4.8: "Adventures in Fantasy"
*The Mouse Factory, episode #2.17: "Automobiles"
*The New Mickey Mouse Club, April 28, 1977
*Good Morning, Mickey, episode #75
*Mickey's Mouse Tracks, episode #44
*Donald's Quack Attack, episode #65
===Home video===
*Bonus on The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (DVD)
*Bonus on The Love Bug (DVD)
*Mickey and Minnie's Sweetheart Stories 
*Walt Disney's It's a Small World of Fun!: Volume 2
==Appearances in other Disney media==
*Susie makes an appearance in an episode of House of Mouse, called, "Max's New Car". She is seen in a parking lot parked between a pair of light cycles from Tron and Herbie The Love Bug. (Susie's eyes are closed.)
*A book entitled "The Auto Biography of Susie the Little Blue Coupe" was on a shelf in Mickey's garage at his house at Mickey's Toontown Fair in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The book also has a picture of Susie on its cover.
==Gallery==
==References==
pt-br:Susie, o Pequeno Cupê Azul
Category:1952 shorts
Category:Animated shorts
Category:Public domain cartoons