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{{short description|1931 animated film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!
| image             = File:Smile, Darn Ya, Smile 190611 LTGC.webm
| caption           = 
| director          = [[Rudolf Ising]] (uncredited)
| story             = [[Bob Clampett]] (uncredited)
| animator          = '''Animated and Drawn by''':<br>[[Friz Freleng|Isadore Freleng]]<br>[[Carman Maxwell|Max Maxwell]]<br>Bob Clampett<br>Larry Martin (both uncredited)
| layout_artist     = 
| background_artist = 
| narrator          = 
| starring          = Rudolf Ising (uncredited)
| music             = [[Frank Marsales]]<br>[[Abe Lyman]]
| producer          = [[Hugh Harman]]<br>Rudolf Ising<br>[[Leon Schlesinger]]
| studio            = [[Harman and Ising|Harman-Ising Productions]]
| distributor       = [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]<br>[[Vitaphone|The Vitaphone Corporation]]
| released          = {{Film date|1931|9|5}}
| color_process     = [[Black-and-white]]<br>[[Color|Color Systems, Inc.]] (1973 Korean redrawn three-strip color edition)<br>(later redrawn colorized in 1992)
| runtime           = 7 minutes
| language          = English
}}

'''''Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!''''' is a 1931 [[Warner Bros.]] ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' cartoon short directed by [[Rudolf Ising]].<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=5}}</ref> The short was released on September 5, 1931, and features [[Foxy (Merrie Melodies)|Foxy]], an early ''Merrie Melodies'' star.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=June 6, 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/83/mode/2up |pages=83}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/download/ltmm-publicdomain/Smile%2C%20Darn%20Ya%2C%20Smile%21%20%281931%29.ia.mp4|title=Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! (1931)|first=Rudolf Ising|last=Hugh Harman|date=1931|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>

This is one of only three Merrie Melodies cartoons to star [[Foxy (Merrie Melodies)|Foxy]]; the other two are ''[[Lady, Play Your Mandolin!]]'' (August 1931) and ''[[One More Time (cartoon)|One More Time]]'' (October 3, 1931). This short is a [[Remake#Film|remake]] of ''[[Trolley Troubles]]'', a Disney short featuring [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]] in whose creation Harman had once been involved.

For the first time in a Warner Bros. cartoon, the short uses a gag, suggested by [[Bob Clampett]], that has characters from the trolley's [[parody]] advertising posters ([[Smith Brothers]] and others) come to life and perform a bit of business. This type of gag would become a recurring element across ''Merrie Melodies''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schneider |first1=Steve |title=That's All, Folks! : The Art of Warner Bros. Animation |date=1988 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0889-6 |page=40}}</ref>

A segment of the cartoon was featured in "The Gang's All Here", the twelfth episode of the 1980s children's series ''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse]]''.

==Synopsis==
Foxy is a [[tram|trolley]] [[Railroad engineer|engineer]] whose problems include a fat lady [[hippopotamus|hippo]] who can't fit into the trolley and a set of wheels that detach from the trolley car when Foxy gets the trolley moving. Foxy picks up Roxy and gives her a ride, but along the way, the car is blocked by a [[cattle|cow]] wearing a dress and glasses, who won't get off the track. A group of nearby [[hobo]]s sing the title song while Foxy tries to move the cow; he finally runs the car underneath the cow and goes on his way.

The trolley then goes down a hill and runs out of control; Foxy tries to stop it, but the [[brake]]s don't work. Finally, the trolley runs off of a cliff, throwing Foxy right into the camera... and then he falls from bed, waking up from what has turned out to be just a [[nightmare]]. The [[radio]] by his bed is playing the title song, and the annoyed Foxy smashes the radio with a bedpost upon hearing it.

==Song==
In 1931, English bandleader [[Billy Cotton]] [[cover version|covered]] the song.<ref name="archive.org/billycottonandhisorchestrasmiledarnyasmile1931">{{cite web |author1=Billy Cotton And His Orchestra |title=Smile Darn Ya, Smile |url=https://archive.org/details/billycottonandhisorchestrasmiledarnyasmile1931 |access-date=23 July 2023 |date=1931 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>

It was used, twice, in [[Robert Zemeckis]]' 1988 film ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'', first when [[Eddie Valiant]] arrives in Toontown, and then during the film's finale, both times being sung by the [[Cartoon|toons]] present in the film.

In 2013, actor [[Christoph Waltz]] sang "Smile, Damn You, Smile" during his hosting duties on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvline.com/2013/02/17/christoph-waltz-saturday-night-live-snl-host-recap-video/|title=Christoph Waltz Hosts Saturday Night Live: Watch Video of the Best and Worst Sketches|author=Slezak, Michael|website=[[TVLine]]|date=February 17, 2013|access-date=April 18, 2022}}</ref>

==Colorization==
In 1973 and 1992, a [[colorize]]d version was commissioned by [[Fred Ladd]] and [[Ted Turner]]. Due to the technological limitations of the time, the colorization process was done by tracing the original animation and then coloring it in. The colorization was completed in South Korea.<ref>
*{{Cite web |last=Beck |first=Jerry |date=2012-01-20 |title="Smile Darn Ya, Smile": To Color Or Not To Color a Classic |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/original-smile-darn-ya-smile-vs-colorized-version-55818.html |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=Cartoon Brew |language=en-US}}
*[https://archive.org/download/ltmm-publicdomain/Smile%2C%20Darn%20Ya%2C%20Smile%21%20%281931%2C%20Redrawn%20and%20Colorized%29.mp4 Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! (1931, Redrawn and Colorized).mp4] [[Internet Archive]]
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==Home media==
* DVD - ''Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6''
* DVD - ''Return of the 30s Characters''

==Streaming==
* Max

==References==
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==External links==
{{wikiquote}}
* {{IMDb title|0022405}}
* [https://archive.today/20130117204836/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/210-Smile_Darn_Ya_Smile.html ''Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!''] at the [[Big Cartoon DataBase]]
* {{YouTube|R78jw_Sk7hs|''Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!''}}

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[[Category:Films directed by Rudolf Ising]]
[[Category:Foxy (Merrie Melodies) films]]
[[Category:Rail transport films]]
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[[Category:Films with screenplays by Bob Clampett]]
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