Hyde and Go Tweet
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date | May 14, 1960 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Music composed by | Milt Franklyn |
| Animation | Art Davis Gerry Chiniquy Virgil Ross |
| Director(s) | Friz Freleng |
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Hyde and Go Tweet is the four hundred and fifty-eighth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was published by Warner Bros. Pictures on May 14, 1960. It was directed by Friz Freleng.
Sylvester sleeps near the office of Dr. Jekyll, who uses a formula that transforms him into a reflection of his evil nature. When Tweety accidentally douses himself inside of the formula's bottle, Sylvester he suddenly alternates from catching the little bird to being the one chased by Tweety's monstrous form.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Sylvester: No use hidin', bird! I know you're around here somewhereth!
Tweety: Bwah ha ha ha ha! You bad ol' puddy tat! Mwah ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Sylvester: I'll jump... (to audience) I've got a choice.
Sylvester: He's a killer! Help! Save me! Ahh, ahh, ahh! Save me! He's a killer! HEEELP!
Sylvester: What? No ketchup? Oh well, I guess I'll have to eat you without KETCH-!
Grey cat: Most outrageous exhibition of wanton cowardice.
Brown cat: Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk... Shameful.
Tweety: Yeah, shameful!
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Jekyll's office
- United States
Objects
- Hyde formula
- Key
- Sliced bread
- Cloves
- Tabasco sauce
- Mustard
- Ketchup
Vehicles
- None
Production
Development
Music
The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: May 14, 1960 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title is a play on the children's game "Hide-and-go-seek", swapped with the words "Hyde" and "tweet."
- It is the third Freleng short based on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, after Dr. Jerkyl's Hyde and Hyde and Hare.
- While uncredited in the opening titles, Michael Maltese is attached as the writer of this short.
- The grey cat who appears at the end shares some resemblance to Clarence from Birds Anonymous.
Errors
Legacy
- The short was featured as part of the film Daffy Duck's Quackbusters, with a new segment of Sylvester at Daffy's office.
- It was also featured as one of the segments in Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special.
- Tweety's monstrous form would return in an episode of The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries, "London Broiled".
- Tweety's monstrous form would also be used in various videos games such as Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday, Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers, Looney Tunes Dash! and Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem.
Home availability
- In the United States:
- October 7: 1985: Warner Home Media releases Sylvester and Tweety's Crazy Capers on VHS.
- March 2, 1993: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes After Dark on LaserDisc.
- July 1998: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Presents Marvin the Martian & K-9: 50 Years on Earth! on VHS.
- October 1999: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Presents Marvin the Martian: Space Tunes on VHS.
