Scaredy Cat - Censorship

Censorship

• The US version of Cartoon Network has aired two versions of this cartoon, each with violent parts edited:
  • One version has the Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies title card and cuts the scenes where Sylvester produces a pistol from a dresser drawer and threatens to kill himself if Porky does not let him stay to protect him from the mice and the scene where Porky bends over to pick up a scared Sylvester and nearly misses being shot by a mouse in a black hood. This was also how the scene was cut when aired on the now-defunct WB! network.
  • A rarely shown version (which first aired on a 4:00am showing of the compilation show Bugs and Daffy and aired again on a New Year's Day marathon of Looney Tunes cartoons on January 1, 2010) has the original title cards and credits and leaves in the scene where Porky bends over to pick up a scared Sylvester and nearly misses being shot by a mouse in a black hood, but still edits the scene where Sylvester withdraws a pistol from a drawer and threatens to kill himself with it and fights with Porky over the gun. In contrast to the usual "dissolve-edit" version that aired frequently on Cartoon Network, the new edited version cuts from Porky asking Sylvester to leave his bedroom to Sylvester crying and Porky chastising him for being a crybaby before relenting, and crops the shot of Porky chastising Sylvester for crying to conceal the shot of Porky unloading the bullets from the gun.
    • As of April 29, 2011, the scenes of Sylvester attempting to commit suicide and Porky nearly getting shot from behind, along with the original title cards, are intact. However, on June 13, 2011, a new rerun aired with only the scene of Sylvester attempting to commit suicide censored (while the scene with Porky almost getting shot after picking up a scared Sylvester and the original title cards were left untouched). The cut begins after Porky says "Yes, out!" followed by a sudden jump cut on a cropped and zoomed-in shot of Sylvester sobbing to cover up the shot of Porky unloading the bullets from the gun, though the sound from the censored shot can still be heard. On January 1, 2012, the episode aired uncut on Cartoon Network again, meaning that the network alternating between airing the censored and uncensored version rather than picking one and sticking with it. Beanstalk Bunny was edited and aired the same way on Cartoon Network.