Brother Brat
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{{Infobox film
|name=Brother Brat
|image=Brother Brat title card.png
|caption=Title card
|director=Frank Tashlin
|story=Melvin Millar
|animator=Art Davis
|narrator=
|starring=
|music=Carl W. Stalling
|producer=Leon Schlesinger
|studio=Leon Schlesinger Productions
|distributor=Warner Bros. Pictures
|released={{Film date|1944|07|15}}
|country=United States
|color_process=Technicolor
|runtime=7 minutes
|language=English
}}
Brother Brat is a 1944 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short, directed by Frank Tashlin.{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |last2=Friedwald |first2=Will |title=Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0894-2 |page=152}} It was released on July 15, 1944, and stars Porky Pig.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/124/mode/2up |pages=124–126}}
Plot
When a mother goes to work in a factory during World War II, Porky Pig is hired to baby-sit her son, Butch. He quickly finds out that the baby is a violent-tempered infant, named Percy (nicknamed Butch). He tries to use a child psychology book to control the baby, but to no avail, including a scene where the baby does a Winston Churchill impression; "Of course you don't know, this means war!" Eventually, at the end of the cartoon, the mother returns and asks Porky if he used the book. He then replies, "Yeah, but that didn't work!" The mother replies back, "Maybe you didn't use it right. It always works for me!" then uses the book to spank the baby.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|36674}}
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{{Succession box|
before=Confusions of a Nutzy Spy|
title=Porky Pig Cartoons|
years=1944|
after=Swooner Crooner}}
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Category:Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films
Category:Short films directed by Frank Tashlin
Category:American World War II propaganda shorts
Category:Fiction about child care occupations
Category:Films produced by Leon Schlesinger
Category:Films scored by Carl Stalling
Category:1940s Warner Bros. animated short films
Category:1944 animated short films
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