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''The Great Piggy Bank Robbery'' is a Warner Brothers Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released in 1946 . It was directed by Robert Clampett , written by Warren Foster , and animated by Izzy Ellis , Manny Gould , Bill Melendez , Robert McKimson , and Rod Scribner . SYNOPSIS ), 88 Teeth (spoof of 88 Keys ), Hammerhead, Pussycat Puss, Bat Man, Doubleheader (spoof of Half 'n' Half ), Pickle Puss (spoof of Prune Face ), Pumpkinhead, Neon Noodle, Jukebox Jaw, Wolfman, Rubberhead, and a host of unnamed grotesques (the villains are obvious parodies of Dick Tracy's rogues gallery). In one sequence, the bad guys are seen using well-known Dick Tracy villain Flattop's head (perhaps a Mount Rushmore -style variant) as a landing strip. After being chased about, Daffy eventually turns the tables on the villains and eliminates them with a machine gun, shooting them through the door (which, if this were not a cartoon, would be a grim scene indeed, echoing the climactic scene from Warner's film '' The Big Sleep '', released the same year). He faces one last adversary, Neon Noodle (who survived because he is a mere neon outline with no physical "center" for Daffy to shoot), whom Daffy defeats by turning into a neon sign that reads " Eat At Joe's " (a standard WB cartoon gag). He then finds the missing piggy banks, including his own. He begins to kiss his bank, waking up to find himself on the farm again, kissing a real pig. The pig, in an elegant female voice, says "Shall we dance?" and kisses him right in the mouth. He wipes the kiss away disgustedly and walks off, leaving the pig to say "I love that duck!" and laugh before Iris Out . NOTES
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