Gone Batty

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{{Infobox film

| name = Gone Batty

| image = GonebattyTC.png

| caption =

| director = Robert McKimson

| story = Sid Marcus
Ben Washam

| animator = Charles McKimson
Herman Cohen
Rod Scribner
Phil DeLara

| layout_artist = Robert Givens

| background_artist = Richard H. Thomas

| starring = Mel Blanc

| narrator = Robert C. Bruce

| music = Carl Stalling

| producer = Edward Selzer

| distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation

| released = {{Film date|1954|9|4}}

| color_process = Technicolor

| runtime = 6:47

| language = English

}}

Gone Batty is a 1954 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated cartoon short directed by Bob McKimson.{{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=264}}

Plot

Bobo, the elephant mascot for the Sweetwater Shnooks baseball team, steps up when his teammates are knocked out by the formidable Greenville Goons. Despite protests, Bobo is allowed to play and astonishingly leads his team to victory with a final score of 168 runs to the Goons' 167.

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