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''Gift Wrapped'' is a 1952 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' animated cartoon directed by Friz Freleng (credited as I. Freleng), originally released on February 16, 1952. Later reissued by Warner Bros. under the "Blue Ribbon" ''Merrie Melodies'' series in 1960, ''Gift Wrapped'' is available on DVD as a part of ''Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2'' and ''Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2''. ==Synopsis== Sylvester awakes on Christmas morning to find a present for him. To his disappointment, it is merely a rubber mouse ("Oh, why couldn't I get something practical? Like a real mouse!"). He hears his hated rival Tweety singing ''Jingle Bells'' in his cage, which has been gift wrapped and addressed to Granny. Just before she enters the room, he switches the cage's tag so it's addressed "To Kitty" instead. Granny innocently gives the cage to Sylvester and opens the box with the rubber mouse. Believing there has been an innocent mix-up, she goes to give Sylvester the mouse and correct the mistake. Upon seeing a satisfied Sylvester hiccup Tweety's feathers, Granny realizes what he has done and angrily forces Sylvester to regurgitate Tweety. After giving the wayward cat a serious scolding, Granny insists that Sylvester kiss Tweety under a sprig of mistletoe. But Sylvester eats Tweety Bird again instead, and every time he is once again scolded and forced to spit him out. Granny places Tweety's cage up high where Sylvester should not be allowed to reach him. Undaunted, the ever-resourceful feline retrieves a ladder, climbs up to Tweety's cage, and opens it with the intent to eat him. Tweety Bird manages to convince Sylvester that a huge present waiting under the Christmas tree is for Sylvester. Sylvester abandons Tweety in his greed, and opens the present with relish. It turns out to be Hector the Bulldog, who promptly eats Sylvester. Granny surveys the scene and forces Hector to spit out Sylvester, then drags the dog across the floor and throws him out of her house. Sylvester then attempts to get to Tweety by using a toy steam crane. Instead, he catches an angry Granny, who chases and bashes Sylvester with a broomstick. The feline then retreats to the second floor of the house and attempts to saw a hole in the floor so as to be able to descend upon Tweety from above ("That puddy tat sure doesn't get discouraged."). Tweety replaces himself in the cage with a stick of lit dynamite ("This oughta help discourage him!"), which goes off just as Sylvester pulls the cage up to his level. Sylvester then puts the wrecked cage back and stumbles down the stairs, blackened, dazed, and torn up from the explosion. He next attempts a Western-style showdown with Tweety; himself playing the part of Geronimo, with Tweety playing Hopalong Cassidy. After being shot by a pop-gun (which as would be expected, fires a real gunshot upon the cork's removal), Sylvester gets the upper hand, but before he can consume his prize, Granny shoots a toilet plunger over his mouth, declaring, "You didn't count on ''Pocahontas'', did you, Geronimo?" While Tweety plays on his new train set, Sylvester makes his last attempt to catch him. He takes some spare train tracks, sets them up to point towards his open mouth, and then puts the train in reverse. The train goes over the new tracks and towards Sylvester, who then devours Tweety in one bite, only to be devoured himself by Hector, who has somehow gotten back into the house. Granny, surveying the scene, grabs and whacks Hector until he coughs up Sylvester, and then does the same to Sylvester until he coughs up Tweety. Granny then announces that she has had enough, and that she will show Sylvester and Hector there will be peace in the house once and for all. The cartoon ends with Granny and Tweety singing a variation of the Christmas carol "Hark The Herald Angels Sing". On Tweety's right and left are Sylvester and Hector, both with giant "''Do Not Open Till Xmas''" stamps taped all over their mouths. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gift Wrapped (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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