Red Riding Hoodwinked

Red Riding Hoodwinked is a 1955 Looney Tunes short directed by Friz Freleng.

Plot[]

Red Riding Hood is off to see her grandmother who lives in a house in the woods. The present she plans to bring her grandmother is Tweety in his cage. Sylvester sees Red's cargo and immediately follows her, his primary interest being Tweety. Red boards the bus, but Sylvester continues after her as it drives into the woods, the inattentive puddy striking a road sign along the way.

In the woods, the Big Bad Wolf waits for Red to come by, signs announcing who he is, much to Big Bad's disgust. Sylvester overhears the requisite exchange of Big Bad asking Red where she is headed and soon joins Big Bad in trying to reach Granny's house first.

Big Bad ousts Granny from the house, to which she immediately swears revenge. Big Bad and Sylvester hurriedly dress in Granny's clothing, anticipating Red's arrival. Big Bad takes his place in the bed, while Sylvester is shooed underneath. Once Red arrives and presents "Grandma" with Tweety, she sets it down as asked; Sylvester immediately approaches the cage, prompting Tweety to ask, "Hewwo, Wittle Wed Widing Hood's Gwandma! Whatcha doin' under da' bed?" After the signature exchange ending with "The better to see, smell, and eat you with," and each character's realization of their sworn enemy. Red says, "Eek! The Big Bad Wolf!" Tweety says, "Eek! The Big Bad Puddy Tat!" The chase begins.

After several back-and-forth chases, with Big Bad and Sylvester getting the worst end of things, Red and Tweety flee Grandmother's home and head for the nearest bus stop. Their pursuers chase after the bus and immediately board at the next stop ... only for them to be forcibly ejected by none other than Granny! "I told them, one of these days ..." Red and Tweety supply the rest of the line: "Pow! Right/wight in the kisser!"

Caricatures[]

• Jackie Gleason's character Ralph Kramden - "One of these days... Pow, right in the kisser!"

Availability[]

(1994) LaserDisc
Wince Upon a Time: Foolhardy Fairy Tales and Looney Legends

(1998) VHS
Looney Tunes Presents Tweety: Home Tweet Home

(2001) DVD
I Love Tweety: Volume 3 (restored with bad color and DVNR)

(2007) DVD
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5, Disc Two (restored without DVNR)

(2007) DVD
Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 5, Disc 2 (restored without DVNR)

(2014) DVD
Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Volumes 4-5 Repack

Streaming[]

Boomerang App (2017 - 2024) (restored without DVNR)

HBO Max (2020 - 2022) (restored without DVNR)

Max (2024 - ) (restored without DVNR)

iTunes ( - ) (restored without DVNR)

Censorship[]

• When this cartoon was shown on ABC's The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show, the part where the wolf beats Sylvester with a bucket (after Sylvester splashes the wolf with water from it) was cut from five times to one and a half.^[1]

Goofs[]

• Granny refers to getting back at both Big Bad and Sylvester, despite not having a reason to hold a grudge against the latter, as she had not even encountered him earlier in the cartoon.

Notes[]

• This cartoon was used in Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales.
• This is the last cartoon to credit Friz Freleng as "I. Freleng" in the credits. He would be credited as "Friz Freleng" starting from "Roman Legion-Hare".
• This is the last short Ted Bonnicksen worked in Friz Freleng's unit. Freleng would drop Bonnicksen from his unit, and he was reassigned to Robert McKimson's unit.
• This is the first Golden Age cartoon to change Granny's design into a less detailed and shorter appearance, notably with a slimmer head, due to budget cuts after the studio's brief shutdown in 1953. In this cartoon, Granny's eyes are black dots instead of regular human eyes normally used in other appearances.

Gallery[]

TV Title Cards[]

Next Week Card from The Bugs Bunny Show

The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show

References[]