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1e2280 10/16/2026 20:08:09
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I noticed that some cartoons will use a melody when a character chows down and rapidly packs on the pounds. I was wondering where it came from. I fiddled around with a piano and F-A-B-B-B♭-B is a good approximation. It was used from the reason and emotion short from the 40s where the woman went to the cafe and got fat and the Animaniacs Star Trek Episode when Scotty started inhaling Donuts. Example 1: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n25JROI80nA (around 0:32) Example 2: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c9pOrSUJPcQ&pp=ygUYYW5pbWFuaWFjcyBzY290dHkgd2VpZ2h0 (around 0:08)
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2a0bf7 10/16/2026 20:22:56
by No. 92839
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I love beer.
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f005b6 10/18/2026 11:45:23
by No. 92898
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>>92839 Beer is good.
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02e9bb 10/19/2026 18:49:30
by No. 92953
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The Scotty one is a direct reference to "Shortenin' Bread" an Americana/folk song from the turn of the century. The Disney seems to riff on that melody but it's more of an interpolation than a direct reference. It escalates in intensity along with the character's conflict.