Countless Varieties Of Artificially Produced Breeds (?!)

 

I was actually watching some of Hick Critic's Looney Tunes review videos, you should highly check those out they're awesome. I was watching Part 9, and when he reviews Dog Tales (1958), I saw this particular scene. 

I'm not making this up. The Warner Bros. animation studio and the McKimson crew decided that it was a great idea to trace dog designs from Lady And The Tramp which is a Disney animated feature. 

Back when I first watched this short which was 2 years ago, I didn't even notice it. I knew nothing about Lady and The Tramp at that time, and I thought that you weren't allowed to steal from other animation studios whatsoever until now.

I recently researched some of the model sheets from that movie, and I'm serious, the Scottish Terrier resembles Jock basically.

The original source was a comparative size sheet. you can tell it's exceedingly similar. 

Same with Peg, the tail, and the furry textures.

If you look into the scene again, the bulldog is exactly like this particular design. I don't think Looney Tunes makes angular and distinctive proportions like this. 

Even the dog designs later in the cartoon, feel more like Looney Tunes. 

 

Now to begin with, I'm not even a fan of the original movie, but I do have to say, these designs are really inventive and well-crafted. I don't think you'll ever see a design like Boris the Russian Wolfhound and it stinks that it's been re-traced to make it more crappy.

Even the chihuahua, is referenced to Pedro. 

Lastly, this dog is more hard to observe, but to me it looks alot like Lady, with the long silky furry ears. 

So yeah, really weird but if there is any cartoon I didn't know re-used character designs or content from anywhere else, let me know. I love looking back at short films especially if I have different opinions on them.