![]() Hiring a good attorney (who bears a resemblance to an off-model George Jetson), the mice show up in court, bandaged and made up as if severely battered, seeking relief against Jinks for ritualistically stalking them. (Who drew this thing – John Kricfalusi or Jim Tyer?) Anyway, after 30+ years of chasing, Pixie finally hits on an idea to get Jinks off their backs. I’m not sure when the original “Shortie”, Harasscat, was produced for Cartoon Network – possibly in the late 1980’s or 1990’s – an original two-minute short starring entirely off-model versions of Mr. And so, being the good audiences you are, I ask that your verdict be one of resounding approval, to be signified by rounds of applause and spontaneous laughter whenever the spirit moves you. This week’s final exhibits continue to shine as examples of these esteemed principles in motion, and lead to the unequivocal conclusion that the toon judiciary branch is as vital, if not more so, to the healthy existence of the animated community as the crooked or ineffectual politicians who inhabit its executive and legislative branches. Such fact alone makes well worthwhile the welling up of a spirit of civic duty in every toon who has taken time out of their lunatic lives to serve on a sardine-can jury. The toon court thus stands as a landmark in providing a foundation of stability in an otherwise unstable world – a root upon which to build that most essential commodity of toondom, the plotline. And toon society would settle down to a rut of pure boredom, with nothing more to do than trip over their own feet. Were there no justice system to label him, her, or it, there would be no protagonists, no disputes, no controversies. We may not know which is which from one specific moment to the next – but the very fact that a toon can feel bad or good by definition determines how he will behave, and the role he will play in society. It dictates that there will forever be toon good guys, and toon bad guys. ![]() After all, who cares how the result of each proceeding turns out, when we all know things will be right back to the same starting point by the first reel of the next episode?ĭoes the system then serve a function? Yes, at least one. But, on the other hand, would toons have it any other way? Placing oneself into their mindset, the intricate workings of the system must seem comfortably reassuring and familiar to the patterns of their everyday lives. The trial process has repeatedly proved a travesty, and its rules of conduct generally resemble pure chaos. Even when a baddie is incarcerated, he always lives to threaten the populace another day, or hastens his freedom through an escape. The good guys don’t always win.” We’ve seen villains regularly beat the rap, and heroes sent up the river. As Super Snooper appropriately observed in his first cartoon, “Leave us face it. ![]() Do we vote Yea or Nay on whether the toon justice system really works? It’s far from perfect.
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