Ant Pasted

Ant Pasted
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	May 9, 1953
Run time	7:00
Starring	Arthur Q. Bryan Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	Warren Foster
Animation	Virgil Ross Arthur Davis Manuel Perez Ken Champin
Director(s)	I. Freleng
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Ant Pasted is the three hundred and eighteenth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on May 9, 1953. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Edward Selzer and directed by Friz Freleng.

On the 4th of July, Elmer decides to go camping and set off some of his assorted fireworks in celebration. After several of his fireworks explode on the anthill colonies, the ants declare war on Elmer.

Memorable quotes

Ant: Of course you know, this means war!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Elmer Fudd	Arthur Q. Bryan
Ants	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Forest

Objects

• Camping gear
• Fireworks
• Firecrackers

Vehicles

• Elmer's car

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: May 9, 1953 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The title is a pun on ant paste, a home insecticide chemical used for killing ants. The word "pasted" is slang for getting a beating.
• Despite the title card depicting Elmer in his usual hunting clothes, Elmer instead wears casual clothing in the actual short.
• The water coolant scene bears similarities to the one in Bad Ol' Putty Tat.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • Looney Tunes Super Stars' Porky and Friends: Hilarious Ham