Little Dutch Plate

Little Dutch Plate is a 1935 Merrie Melodies short directed by Isadore Freleng.
== Plot ==
In a Dutch kitchen, a girl on a plate on a shelf and a salt shaker boy are in love. Various kitchen appliances are singing. The boy jumps to the shelf and dances with the girl. Eventually, a nefarious vinegar landlord bottle arrives holding the mortgage. He threatens to kick the girl out of the windmill house. The boy is left with thirty minutes to get the money and the cuckoo bird will announce when time is up.
When he arrives at his piggy bank, he finds that there is only one cent in it. He sees his pa's false teeth are on a shelf, and they have gold teeth; the boy uses a firecracker to knock the gold teeth out. However, the clock runs past midnight and the boy doesn't return in time. The landlord takes the girl inside a grandfather clock and straps her to a board that's about be cut in half by the gears. The boy hears her cry for help, and he rescues her while also pummeling the vinegar landlord. However, after having his old stopper head punched off, the vinegar bottle finds a much better looking head and the girl is more attracted to the landlord than the boy now. The cuckoo bird also has enough of the Indian hitting his head and shoots him repeatedly with a gun before cuckooing again normally.
== Availability ==
Golden-Age-of-Looney-Tunes-5-F.jpg|(1997) LaserDiscThe Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 5, Side 6, Objects D'art (USA 1995 Turner dubbed print)
=== Streaming ===
lt hbo max.jpg|HBO Max (2020 - 2023) (restored)
lt max.jpg|Max (2023 - 2024) (restored)
== Notes ==
* The working title was "The Girl on the Little Dutch Plate".
* The original Blue Ribbon reissue ending titles exist through a Brazilian a.a.p. print;https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5p34xwhttps://vimeo.com/576850081 however, the dubbed version was released on LaserDisc. The 2020 restoration uses the 1959-60 ending title card.
* The original end card exists, having been located on a reel of 1930s censored scenes from the series.
== Gallery ==
LittleDutchPlateRestored.jpeg|Cropped screenshot of 2020 restoration
d2f44d2e4b43a86bb57637b2356504c1.jpg|Lobby card
MM-Little-Dutch-Plate.jpg|Lobby card
Little Dutch Plate Model.jpg|Model sheet
114-PD1.png|Production drawing
114-AD1.png|Animation drawing
114-AD2.png|Animation drawing
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114-CMD1.png|Color model drawing
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== References ==
es:Little Dutch Plate
Category:Shorts
Category:1935
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Friz Freleng
Category:Cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Bernard B. Brown
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with music by Norman Spencer
Category:Blue Ribbon reissues
Category:Cartoons in a.a.p. package
Category:Cartoons with missing Leon Schlesinger credits
Category:One-Shot Cartoons