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The Screwy Truant is a 1945 Screwy Squirrel cartoon directed by Tex Avery.

Plot[]

The cartoon centers around an adolescent version of Screwy Squirrel, who skips school to go fishing, which causes truant officer Meathead Dog (here seen with a different color palette but otherwise the same) to go around attempting to arrest Screwy, with various failures. At the end, Meathead finally catches Screwy and demands to know why he is not in school. Screwy tells him the reason is because he has measles, much to the horror of Meathead, who has now contracted measles from him.

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Trivia[]

  • In the middle of the short, Little Red Riding Hood and "Wolfie" appear, only for Screwy Squirrel to tell them that they are in the wrong cartoon. A similar gag would appear seven months later in the opening for Swing Shift Cinderella.

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Screwy Squirrel Cartoons
1944 Screwball SquirrelHappy-Go-NuttyBuck of the Month
1945 The Screwy Truant
1946 Lonesome Lenny
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