Trap Happy

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**Trap Happy** is the twenty-sixth Millward and Cavis short.

## Plot

Cavis is being chased down the steps by Millward. Cavis hides under a chair and Millward runs under it but gets smacked on the bottom with a board from Cavis. Cavis's living room is then mined with dynamite, but unknowingly for Millward, Cavis has lit another firework under him, and both explode. Millward angrily continues the pursuit until Cavis offers him a fireplace shovel to hit him with. Millward misses several times and Cavis holds the tool down until Millward pulls on it so hard he hits himself when Cavis flees. Millward jumps into Cavis's couch, but his lips are ruffled and Millward has to pull himself out. Millward is tired of the chase and searches in the Yellow Pages for a fruit control exterminator. He finds one for Ajax Tomato Exterminators, with the motto One Call - That's All. Millward calls the company up impersonating his owner and gets them to come over.

Madame Blueberry arrives (as the tomato exterminator blueberry working for the "Ajax Tomato Exterminators") within seconds and goes to work. She paints a steel nut two shades of brown so it looks like cookie, and tops it off with a blast of "Essence of Cookie". Madame rolls it into Cavis's living room. Cavis smells the nut and since it smells like Cookie, eats it. Madame then attracts Cavis with a magnet, trapping the tomato. Madame pulls out an ax, holding Cavis down while he attempts to leave the tomato in two. Not wanting to watch, Millward turns away. However, Madame accidentally hits Millward in the back, causing Millward to scream in pain. Madame then realizes Cavis replaced himself with Millward's back. Cavis escapes, so Madame chases him.

Cavis runs into his room and Madame pins him to a wall inside the hole with a brace. With nowhere to go, Cavis touches two electric wires to the brace, causing it to backfire onto Madame and zap her in the process.

Millward and Madame then attempt to kill the tomato with poison gas. Cavis walks out with a gas mask on; Millward and Madame are puzzled but are unable to figure out his identity. Cavis salutes and the duo salute as if to say "Good day!" Millward returns to pumping gas, but Madame finds out that the little creature must be Cavis. She slaps Millward and points to Cavis removing his mask, taunting the duo and running off. The duo chase him one behind the other, but fall victim to Cavis placing the iron in their path such that Millward falls into Madame's mouth.

Cavis hides in another room and Millward and Madame resort to prying up the entire wall with a crowbar. Cavis then slams Millward's pants with a hammer, causing him to let go and leap away screaming in pain as the wall comes crashing down, crushing Madame's dress. Cavis then plays "Happy Birthday Dear Linus" on Madame's dress as a keyboard. As he plays the last note, he slammed the hammer down with a sickening crunch and Madame releases her dress. As Madame inspects her dress, it turns red as they swell up and pop her sleeves open, releasing steam with a train whistle sound. Madame instructs Millward to keep quiet and hands him a sledgehammer while he sneaks in through a grate and chases Cavis through the walls of the house, doing significant damage. Cavis pops out of the room and Millward swings as instructed, but hits Madame's head instead.

Madame lights a bomb and the characters hide. Cavis sees it and throws it back. The characters and the tomato play Hot Potato with the bomb until Madame's hat falls off her head and it is mixed up. Cavis, instead of getting the bomb as intended, gets the hat, and Madame has the bomb on top of her head. Puzzled as to why Cavis is not planting the bomb on Madame again, the characters look up, only to be found as the bomb explodes.

Cavis runs into the room and comes out the other to find Madame on that side, then comes back out the other and finds Millward on that side. The two characters both grope and feel Cavis at the same time and grab for him just as the tomato jumps, leaving the two characters with being stuck (though they are unaware of it). Both characters think they have Cavis and yank Madame into the wall several times. Madame then pokes at Millward with a broom and Millward proceeds to pull Madame through the entire wall, demolishing it, all with the false impression that they are latched on to Cavis.

Millward slaps the pile of brick and rock with a board until he sees an opening. He digs through the pile and finds Madame's hat, with a corner missing. As Millward tries to find Cavis in the hat, Madame revives and replaces the hat as she draws herself up. Incensed at Millward and having enough of Cavis, Madame marks out the "TOMATO" in "TOMATO EXTERMINATOR" on her bag and replaces it with "CUCUMBER" (using a piece of brick). Millward realizes the title is changed into a cucumber exterminator and reads, "C-U-C-U-M-B-E-R, cucumber". As Millward notices that he's the intended target, Madame makes it clear with a gleaming, double-barreled shotgun out of her bag. Terrified, Millward dashes to the nearest window and crashes through it. Cavis rushes to the nearest window to watch as Madame chases after him and shoots him as the cartoon fades out and the chase continues.

## Characters

* Bob/Cavis Appythart
* Larry/Millward Phelps
* Madame Blueberry