A Fox in a Fix

1951 film

A Fox in a Fix

Directed by| Robert McKimson
Story by| Warren Foster
Produced by| Edward Selzer
Starring| Mel Blanc
Music by| Carl Stalling
Animation by| Phil DeLara
Charles McKimson
Rod Scribner
J.C. Melendez
John Carey
Layouts by| Cornett Wood
Backgrounds by| Richard H. Thomas
Color process| Technicolor

Production
company

Warner Bros. Cartoons

Distributed by| Warner Bros. Pictures

Release date

* January 20, 1951 (1951-01-20)

Running time

| 7:03
Language| English

Fox in a Fix is a 1951 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Robert McKimson.[1] The short was released on January 20, 1951.[2]

The film deals with a feigned friendship between a fox and a dog. The fox requests hospitality, but plans to betray his "friend" and to steal the dog's chickens. The dog is already aware of this plan. He offers hospitality, but he has set a trap for his "friend".

## Plot

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The story opens when the fox is seen sneaking from atop a hill down to a farm. As he is walking, he narrates the story to the viewer. His first line is like: "As the last light went out, I knew my chance had come, to get at those chickens". After his first attempt and fail at stealing the chickens and being caught by the watch dog, he decides a different approach. To gain the friendship and trust of the bulldog, the fox shaves his tail and pretends to be a hard-luck terrier looking for a place to live.

Unbeknown to the fox, the bulldog instantly sees through the fox's ploy but acts as though he is fooled. He agrees to share his home with the fox. At night, the fox sneaks into the chicken coop to steal one of the hens. The dog disguises himself as a huge chicken, which the greedy fox takes, and when the bulldog reveals himself beneath the disguise, the fox bolts and runs to a highway, where he hitches a ride on a passing truck, not noticing that the truck belongs to a fox furrier company.

## References

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1. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 218\. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

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Films directed by Robert McKimson

Short subjects|

| 1940s|

* The Return of Mr. Hook (1945)
* Tale of Two Mice (1945)
* Hare Remover (1946)
* Daffy Doodles (1946)
* Hollywood Canine Canteen (1946)
* Acrobatty Bunny (1946)
* Walky Talky Hawky (1946)
* The Mouse-Merized Cat (1946)
* One Meat Brawl (1947)
* Birth of a Notion (1947)
* Hobo Bobo (1947)
* Easter Yeggs (1947)
* Crowing Pains (1947)
* A Horse Fly Fleas (1947)
* Gorilla My Dreams (1948)
* Daffy Duck Slept Here (1948)
* Hop, Look and Listen (1948)
* The Up-Standing Sitter (1948)
* The Shell Shocked Egg (1948)
* Hot Cross Bunny (1948)
* The Foghorn Leghorn (1948)
* A-Lad-In His Lamp (1948)
* Paying the Piper (1949)
* Daffy Duck Hunt (1949)
* Rebel Rabbit (1949)
* Henhouse Henery (1949)
* The Grey Hounded Hare (1949)
* The Windblown Hare (1949)
* Swallow the Leader (1949)
* Hippety Hopper (1949)
* A Ham in a Role (1949)

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1950s|

* Hurdy-Gurdy Hare (1950)
* Boobs in the Woods (1950)
* Strife with Father (1950)
* The Leghorn Blows at Midnight (1950)
* An Egg Scramble (1950)
* What's Up, Doc? (1950)
* It's Hummer Time (1950)
* Hillbilly Hare (1950)
* A Fractured Leghorn (1950)
* Pop 'im Pop! (1950)
* Bushy Hare (1950)
* Dog Collared (1950)
* Hare We Go (1951)
* A Fox in a Fix (1951)
* Corn Plastered (1951)
* Early to Bet (1951)
* French Rarebit (1951)
* Leghorn Swoggled (1951)
* Lovelorn Leghorn (1951)
* Sleepy Time Possum (1951)
* Big Top Bunny (1951)
* The Prize Pest (1951)
* Who's Kitten Who? (1952)
* Thumb Fun (1952)
* Kiddin' The Kitten (1952)
* Sock a Doodle Do (1952)
* The Turn-Tale Wolf (1952)
* Oily Hare (1952)
* Hoppy Go Lucky (1952)
* The EGGcited Rooster (1952)
* The Super Snooper (1952)
* Rabbit's Kin (1952)
* Fool Coverage (1952)
* Upswept Hare (1953)
* A Peck o' Trouble (1953)
* Muscle Tussle (1953)
* There Auto Be a Law (1953)
* Plop Goes the Weasel (1953)
* Cat-Tails for Two (1953)
* Easy Peckin's (1953)
* Of Rice and Hen (1953)
* Cat's A-weigh (1953)
* Wild Wife (1954)
* Design for Leaving (1954)
* Bell Hoppy (1954)
* No Parking Hare (1954)
* Little Boy Boo (1954)
* Devil May Hare (1954)
* The Oily American (1954)
* Gone Batty (1954)
* Quack Shot (1954)
* Feather Dusted (1955)
* All Fowled Up (1955)
* Lighthouse Mouse (1955)
* The Hole Idea (1955)
* Dime to Retire (1955)
* Too Hop To Handle (1956)
* Weasel Stop (1956)
* The High and the Flighty (1956)
* Mixed Master (1956)
* The Unexpected Pest (1956)
* Stupor Duck (1956)
* Half-Fare Hare (1956)
* Raw! Raw! Rooster! (1956)
* The Slap-Hoppy Mouse (1956)
* Wideo Wabbit (1956)
* The Honey-Mousers (1956)
* Bedevilled Rabbit (1957)
* Cheese It, the Cat! (1957)
* Fox-Terror (1957)
* Boston Quackie (1957)
* Tabasco Road (1957)
* Ducking the Devil (1957)
* Mouse-Taken Identity (1957)
* Rabbit Romeo (1957)
* Don't Axe Me (1958)
* Tortilla Flaps (1958)
* Feather Bluster (1958)
* Now Hare This (1958)
* Dog Tales (1958)
* Weasel While You Work (1958)
* Pre-Hysterical Hare (1958)
* Gopher Broke (1958)
* Mouse-Placed Kitten (1959)
* China Jones (1959)
* The Mouse That Jack Built (1959)
* A Mutt in a Rut (1959)
* Backwoods Bunny (1959)
* Cat's Paw (1959)
* Bonanza Bunny (1959)
* A Broken Leghorn (1959)
* People Are Bunny (1959)

1960s|

* West of the Pesos (1960)
* Wild Wild World (1960)
* Crockett-Doodle-Do (1960)
* Mice Follies (1960)
* The Dixie Fryer (1960)
* Dog Gone People (1960)
* Cannery Woe (1961)
* Hoppy Daze (1961)
* Strangled Eggs (1961)
* Birds of a Father (1961)
* Daffy's Inn Trouble (1961)
* What's My Lion? (1961)
* Wet Hare (1962)
* Fish and Slips (1962)
* Bill of Hare (1962)
* The Slick Chick (1962)
* Mother Was a Rooster (1962)
* Good Noose (1962)
* Fast Buck Duck (1963)
* The Million Hare (1963)
* Banty Raids (1963)
* Aqua Duck (1963)
* Claws in the Lease (1963)
* A Message to Gracias (1964)
* Bartholomew Versus the Wheel (1964)
* Freudy Cat (1964)
* Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare (1964)
* False Hare (1964)
* Moby Duck (1965)
* Assault and Peppered (1965)
* Well Worn Daffy (1965)
* Suppressed Duck (1965)
* Rushing Roulette (1965)
* Tease for Two (1965)
* Chili Corn Corny (1965)
* Go Go Amigo (1965)
* The Astroduck (1966)
* Mucho Locos (1966)
* Mexican Mousepiece (1966)
* Daffy Rents (1966)
* A-Haunting We Will Go (1966)
* Snow Excuse (1966)
* Cock-A-Doodle Deux Deux (1966)
* A Squeak in the Deep (1966)
* Feather Finger (1966)
* Swing Ding Amigo (1966)
* Sugar and Spies (1966)
* A Taste of Catnip (1966)
* Toulouse La Trick (1966)
* Daffy's Diner (1967)
* Le Quiet Squad (1967)
* Bomb Voyage (1967)
* Bunny and Claude (We Rob Carrot Patches) (1968)
* The Great Carrot Train Robbery (1969)
* Fistic Mystic (1969)
* Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too! (1969)
* Shamrock and Roll (1969)
* Bugged by a Bee (1969)
* Injun Trouble (1969)

1970s|

* Pink DaVinci (1975)
* It's Pink, But Is It Mink? (1975)
* Mystic Pink (1976)
* The Pink Pro (1976)
* Sherlock Pink (1976)

TV shows|

* The Oddball Couple (1975)
* Misterjaw (1976)
* Baggy Pants and the Nitwits (1977)

People|

* Charles McKimson (brother)
* Thomas McKimson (brother)

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