Devil's Feud Cake
{{Short description|1962 Merrie Melodies animated short}}
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{{Infobox film
|name=Devil's Feud Cake
|image=Devil's Feud Cake title card.png
|caption=Title card
|director=Friz Freleng
|story=Friz Freleng
Warren Foster
|producer=David H. DePatie
|animator=Gerry Chiniquy
Virgil Ross
Bob Matz
Art Leonardi
Lee Halpern
|layout_artist=Hawley Pratt
|background_artist=Tom O'Loughlin
Irv Wyner
|starring=Mel Blanc
Jerry Hausner{{cite book|last1=Scott|first1=Keith|title=Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2|date=October 3, 2022|publisher=BearManor Media|language=en}}{{cite web|title=The Thad Review: "Looney Tunes Collector's Choice" Vol. 4|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-thad-review-looney-tunes-collectors-choice-vol-4/|first=Thad|last=Komorowski|work=Cartoon Research|date=November 18, 2024|access-date=November 24, 2024}}
|music=Bill Lava
|studio=Warner Bros. Cartoons
|distributor=Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
|released={{Film date|1963|02|09}}
|color_process=Technicolor
|runtime=7:40
}}
Devil's Feud Cake is a 1963 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Friz Freleng.{{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=341}} The short was released on February 9, 1963, and stars Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312 |url-access=registration |pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/60 60]-62}}
The film involves the traditional cultural motif of making a deal with the Devil. Sam is depicted as a bank robber who was killed in an aviation accident while trying to escape. The Devil offers him freedom and a resurrection, but only if Sam can bring Bugs to hell.
Plot
Yosemite Sam robs the Last National Bank and makes his getaway in an airplane flown by Bugs Bunny. Sam falls out of the plane and dies. Sam ends up in Hell, where he makes a deal with the Devil. If Sam brings Bugs to Hell, he will be set free, but if he fails, he will remain in Hell forever. Sam gladly accepts the deal and the Head Devil sends him back to the world of the living.
After three failed attempts on Bugs' life, the Devil decides to give Sam "one more chance". However, Sam has had enough and tells the Devil that if he wants Bugs, he can get him himself and announces that he is staying in Hell while wearing a devil suit and wielding a pitchfork.
See also
References
External links
- {{IMDb title|0056990|Devil's Feud Cake}}
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|before=Shishkabugs
|title=Bugs Bunny Cartoons
|years=1963
|after=The Million Hare}}
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Category:Merrie Melodies short films
Category:Short films directed by Friz Freleng
Category:Films scored by William Lava
Category:1960s Warner Bros. animated short films
Category:Films with screenplays by Warren Foster
Category:Films produced by David H. DePatie