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{{short description|1946 film}}
{{use American English|date=December 2019}}
{{use mdy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| image             = Kittykornered.jpg
| caption           = 
| director          = [[Bob Clampett|Robert Clampett]]
| story             = Robert Clampett
| animator          = {{ubl|[[Manny Gould]]|[[Rod Scribner]]|[[Bill Melendez|C. Melendez]]}}
| layout_artist     = [[Thomas McKimson]]
| background_artist = Dorcy Howard
| starring          = [[Mel Blanc]]
| narrator          = 
| music             =[[Carl W. Stalling]]
| editing           =
| producer          = 
| studio            = [[Warner Bros. Cartoons|Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.]]
| distributor       = [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
| released          = {{Film date|1946|6|8}}
| color_process     = [[Technicolor]]
| runtime           = {{Duration|m=7|s=06}}
| language          = English
}}

'''''Kitty Kornered''''' is a 1946 [[Warner Bros.]] ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' cartoon, directed by [[Bob Clampett|Robert Clampett]].<ref name=Beck>{{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=167}}</ref> The short was released on June 8, 1946, and stars [[Porky Pig]] and [[Sylvester the Cat|Sylvester]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/124/mode/2up |pages=124–126}}</ref>

Porky and Sylvester would later be paired in a trio of shorts directed by [[Chuck Jones]]: ''[[Scaredy Cat]]'', ''[[Claws for Alarm]]'', and ''[[Jumpin' Jupiter]]''. Both also appeared (with [[Daffy Duck]]) in ''[[The Scarlet Pumpernickel]]'' as a [[villain]] (the only time Sylvester spoke in a Chuck Jones-directed cartoon).

==Plot==
[[File:Kittykorneredcensored.jpg|thumb|The scene where the cats smoke, read comics, lounge and drink wine which was eliminated on [[the WB]] and the [[BBC]].]]
The neighborhood's cat owners all (literally) throw their cats out for the night. [[Porky Pig]] attempts to do the same, but his four cats (a tall black and white lisping cat ([[Sylvester the Cat|Sylvester]]), a medium-sized tabby, a diminutive kitten, and a dumb drunkard cat) attempt to turn the tables and throw ''him'' out into the snow. Porky states that he is starting to hate pussycats. Porky bangs on the door, demanding to be let in, but the cats pop out of the door and proclaim in unison, "Milkman, keep those bottles quiet!" (mainly because the vibrations from his knocking is causing some empty ones to rattle noisily), and then slam the door in his face which soon leads to a battle between Porky and his cats for the house.

While the cats are lounging around, a furious Porky bursts through the window, making an incredibly menacing face. He chases them around the house until one of them throws him into a cabinet full of dishes and a teapot. Porky retaliates by setting his pet dog "Lassie" on the cats. The cats see the dog's shadow and run for their lives, not knowing that "Lassie" is in reality only a shadow puppet created with Porky's fingers.

When Sylvester finds out that they have been tricked, he and the others plot revenge, which is exacted by having the cats create a ''[[The War of the Worlds|War of the Worlds]]''-esque sensation about [[invading aliens]], disguising themselves as the aliens and driving Porky into a panic over "[[Martians|Men from Mars]]!"  Porky gets frightened and tries to shoot them with a gun but the cats, now dressed like [[Teddy Roosevelt]], charge at Porky with swords and run him out of the house once and for all and winning the battle. Homeless, alone, and cold in the snow, Porky turns to the camera and asks the audience if they have a vacancy for a house.

==Reception==
Comics historian [[Craig Yoe]] writes, "In this uproariously funny film written by director Robert Clampett himself, everything and everyone is made of rubber. The last half has some of the most exhilirating action ever put on film."<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Beck |editor1-first=Jerry |title=The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons |date=2020 |publisher=Insight Editions |isbn=978-1-64722-137-9 |page=111}}</ref>

==Cultural references==
"Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet" was a World War II hit song by [[Ella Mae Morse]], and was sung by [[Nancy Walker]] in the film ''[[Broadway Rhythm]]''.

The wine that the grey drunken cat was drinking says "Arsenic and Old Grapes" is a parody reference to ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace (film)|Arsenic and Old Lace]]''.

On ''[[The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries]]'', the "Men from Mars" characters made an appearance in "Spaced Out".

The cats charging at Porky assume the appearances of [[Theodore Roosevelt]] and his [[Rough Riders]] cavalry (in reference to the then-popular film ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace (film)|Arsenic and Old Lace]]'').

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{IMDb title|38671}}

{{Porky Pig in animation}}
{{Sylvester the Cat in animation}}

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