Cartoons released in 1945

208 cartoons ← 1944 1946 →

  1. Dog, Cat, And Canary

    January 5, 1945 No. 4501 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    A hard-luck kitty with nothing left to lose decides to chase the canary, who is guarded by a large dog.

  2. Hot Lips Jasper

    January 5, 1945 Theatrical Series Paramount Pictures

    Jasper recovers a valuable horn, blows a few licks of "Flight of the Bumble Bee" and becomes a star.

  3. Tiger Trouble

    January 5, 1945 No. MPAA #: 09974 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Tiger hunting in Africa... with Goofy as a reluctant Great White Hunter.

  4. Odor-Able Kitty

    January 6, 1945 No. 1018. Blue Ribbon: 1230. MPAA… Theatrical Series Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.

    An abused cat paints himself like a skunk to get revenge on the cruel butcher, thereby attracting Pepé Le Pew's amorous attention.

  5. Pepé Le Pew

    January 6, 1945 Warner Bros.

    Pepé Le Pew first appeared in "Odor-able Kitty", directed by Chuck Jones.

  6. Mighty Mouse And The Pirates

    January 12, 1945 No. 4501 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    A pirate cat has his eyes set on a beautiful island mouse princess. He and his fellow pirates kidnap the beautiful girl. When singing cat pirates decide to kill all the mice on board for th…

  7. Herr Meets Hare

    January 13, 1945 No. 7-13. MPAA: 9267 Theatrical Series Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.

    Hermann Goering heads to the Black Forest for rest and relaxation; because of a wrong turn in Albuquerque, so does Bugs, who encounters "Fatso" while trying to get to Las Vegas. Bugs taunts…

  8. The Screwy Truant

    January 13, 1945 No. MPAA: # 09699 Theatrical Series MGM

    It's school time at the Little Red (Red is scratched out because the building is blue) Schoolhouse. The truant officer dog finds Screwball at the fishing hole and goes through a bunch of an…

  9. The Pied Piper Of Basin Street

    January 15, 1945 No. D-10. MPAA: 10120 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    In this swing version of the famous tale, a small town of no distinction is overrun with rats. Stores and homes of every kind and description are infected with a plague of rats. The mayor o…

  10. Pop-Pie A La Mode

    January 26, 1945 No. 4501 Theatrical Series Famous Studios

    Shipwrecked Popeye lands on an island inhabited by cannibals. Popeye checks into a cannibal hotel, but has trouble checking out as the cannibals have Popeye over for dinner... er... as dinn…

  11. The Clock Watcher

    January 26, 1945 No. 4502 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Donald takes a job as a gift wrapper in a department store.

  12. Draftee Daffy

    January 27, 1945 No. 1-15. MPAA: 9812 Theatrical Series Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.

    Daffy is fully behind the war effort until he is drafted. The man from the draft board attempts to deliver his notice as Daffy frantically avoids him, even by hiding in Hell. Unfortunately…

  13. In The Aleutians- Isles Of Enchantment

    February 1, 1945 Theatrical Series Warner Bros.

    The "Japs" once considered the Aleutian Islands to be the back door to the United States. Now "our back door" has become a front door to Tokyo. GIs are shown how they can survive everyday l…

  14. It's Murder She Says...

    February 1, 1945 Theatrical Series Warner Bros.

    This is a cautionary tale regarding the perils of malaria. Bumblers like Snafu who never touch insect repellent and go bare-kneed in tropical climates are just asking for it!

  15. The Port Of Missing Mice

    February 2, 1945 No. 4502 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    Little mice sailors come into San Francisco looking for a good time. They dance, drink and celebrate till big Shanghai Pete and his crew of pirate cats sail in to kidnap sailors at the port…

  16. When G.I. Johnny Comes Home

    February 2, 1945 No. M.P.A.A.: 3877 Theatrical Series Famous Studios

    A World War II propaganda cartoon set to the song "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again." This cartoon was released preceding the anticipated end of war.

  17. The Three Caballeros

    February 3, 1945 Theatrical Walt Disney Studios

    Donald Duck receives birthday gifts from his amigos, Jose Carioca, the parrot, and Panchito, the Mexican charro rooster. Donald opens a birthday package containing a movie projector, and wa…

  18. Chew-Chew Baby

    February 5, 1945 No. 4502. MPAA: 10214 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    For not paying his board and room rent, Woody is unceremoniously kicked out of Wally's square boarding house, where you get four square meals a day. Woody is broke. He finds an ad in the ne…

  19. More Hanky Panky

    February 5, 1945 Theatrical Dufay Chromex.

  20. The Unruly Hare

    February 10, 1945 No. 4-14 Theatrical Series Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.

    Disturbing Bugs' peace by singing "I've Been Working On the Railroad," Elmer the railroad surveyor plans to build a railroad track right over the rabbit's hole. Bugs retaliates by holding a…

  21. Ants In Your Pantry

    February 16, 1945 No. 4503 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

  22. The Unwelcome Guest

    February 17, 1945 No. MPAA: # 09558 Theatrical Series MGM

    Barney Bear is out in the woods picking berries for a tasty snack when he comes across a little skunk who wants his berries. Fearful of the skunk's scent, he tries to avoid it, but when he…

  23. Trap Happy Porky

    February 24, 1945 No. 9-15. Blue Ribbon: 1186. MPAA… Theatrical Series Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.

    Mice plague Porky's house, so he gets cats. To get rid of the cats, he gets dogs...

  24. Magica-Lulu

    March 2, 1945 No. 4503 Theatrical Series Famous Studios

    Lulu goes to see the magic show with the magician's act.Lulu wants to be part of the magic show but she finds trouble. Watch for the gag when Lulu is mistaken as a rabbit in the magician's…

  25. The Shooting Of Dan McGoo

    March 3, 1945 No. MPAA #: 09866 Theatrical Series MGM

    The story begins in Coldernell, Alaska- Population 320 and getting smaller. A wild, rough town where gold is king and gambling, drinking and shooting each other are the major activities. Dr…

  26. Raiding The Raiders

    March 9, 1945 No. 4504 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    A colony of rabbits (and their newborns) is terrorized by a wake of marauding vultures (who fly around like bad enemy Second World War airplanes- even though they are supposed be an Indian…

  27. Momotarô: Umi No Shinpei

    March 12, 1945 Theatrical Shôchiku Dôga Kenkyûjo

    Cute animal cadets from the naval air force return to their home village to tell their younger brothers about the war effort. The story moves to one of their newly acquired Pacific island t…

  28. Dog Watch

    March 16, 1945 No. 2309. MPAA: 9829 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Pluto is assigned to guard a ship at port from intruders, and is almost bested by a sly wharf rat.

  29. Tops In The Big Top

    March 16, 1945 No. 4504. MPAA: 13900 Theatrical Series Famous Studios

    Ringmaster Bluto tries to screw up Popeye's circus act so that Olive will want to join Bluto's act... and that Bluto can steal the circus for himself, along with Olive. Popeye suspects that…

  30. Sliphorn King Of Polaroo

    March 19, 1945 No. D-13 Theatrical Series Universal Studios

    The show opens with a tremendous storm at sea. The lone survivor is Jackson, a lion who also happens to be a jazz trombone player. The boat is finally shipwrecked in the Arctic, where the l…

  31. Fishermen's Luck

    March 23, 1945 No. 4506 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    Featuring Gandy Goose, Sourpuss

  32. Jasper Tell

    March 23, 1945 Theatrical Series Paramount Pictures

    Featuring Jasper, Blackbird, Professor Scarecrow

  33. Post War Inventions

    March 23, 1945 No. 4505 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    Gandy and Sourpuss have a dream in which Gandy is a demonstrator of new inventions designed to help mankind. In the end, the inventions only create havoc for the hapless pair.

  34. Life With Feathers

    March 24, 1945 No. 2-14. Blue Ribbon: 1231. MPAA… Theatrical Series Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.

    A lovebird has fight with his wife and wants to die. He tries to entice Sylvester to eat him. This being too easy, Sylvester figures something is fishy and won't go for it.

  35. Sylvester

    March 24, 1945 Warner Bros.

    Sylvester first appeared in "Life With Feathers", directed by Friz Freleng.

  36. Kuku Nuts

    March 30, 1945 No. 4502 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    Stranded on a deserted tropical island and tired of coconuts, the Fox attempts to catch, roast and eat the Crow, but he ends up getting outsmarted by the Crow again.

  37. Scrappily Married

    March 30, 1945 No. MPAA: # 03634 Theatrical Series Famous Studios

    Henry the Rooster is henpecked by his big, fat wife Chickenpie. Herman the Mouse, a bachelor, decides to help him.

  38. The Eyes Have It

    March 30, 1945 No. 4504 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Donald learns hypnotism from a book and uses it on Pluto to make him believe he is a variety of animals, including one that bites back.

  39. A Jolly Good Fala

    April 1, 1945 Unproduced / Cancelled Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.

    Featuring Fala, Franklin Delano Roosevelt

  40. Fiesta Time

    April 4, 1945 No. 4503 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    It's Fiesta Time in Mexico, so two little kids and a burro have fun.

  41. Behind The Meat-Ball

    April 7, 1945 No. 13-14. MPAA: 9864 Theatrical Series Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.

    A starving pooch named Fido is on a quest to find some meat during the wartime food shortage. After his mistress attempts to feed him a bowl of vegetables, to which he exclaims "Bugs Bunny…

  42. Jerky Turkey

    April 7, 1945 No. MPAA: # 10645 Theatrical MGM

    A dopey Pilgrim goes hunting a turkey who speaks in a Jimmy Durante impersonation and runs the local black market. War and rationing gags abound (Pilgrims line up behind a sign reading "Ye…

  43. The Kilkenny Cats

    April 13, 1945 No. 4507 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    The mice in a big city are being ravaged by a vicious gang of cats led by notorious gang leader Kilkenny. The mice create assembled military units (tanks and planes and infantry... it's Wor…

  44. African Diary

    April 20, 1945 No. MPAA #: 09947 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Akin to the earlier short "Tiger Trouble", this time Goofy's game is rhinoceros.

  45. Beau Ties

    April 20, 1945 No. MPAA: # 3875 Theatrical Series Famous Studios

    Little Lulu finds out- to her outrage and hurt feelings- that her boyfriend Tubby Tompkins has been seeing another girl. Angered, Lulu hits the unfaithful jerk on the head. Tubby has a nigh…

  46. Goofy News Views

    April 27, 1945 No. 4504. M.P.A.A.: 10221 Theatrical Series Screen Gems

    A newsreel spoof.

  47. Shape Ahoy

    April 27, 1945 No. MPAA #: 03916 Theatrical Series Famous Studios

    Popeye and Bluto have been on an island for three years to escape from women... until Olive arrives, that is! The two sailors have the island to themselves. All is harmony; both are strongl…

  48. A Few Quick Facts: Fear

    April 1945 (estimated) Theatrical Series United Productions of America (UPA)

  49. Robbie Finds A Gun

    April 1945 (estimated) Theatrical GB Instructional

    Featuring Robbie, Crow

  50. A Lamb In A Jam

    May 4, 1945 No. 4508 Theatrical Series Famous Studios

    It's winter and Wolfie is freezing cold. He needs wool to stay warm. He tries to capture Blackie and kill him for his wool. But the smart little black sheep foils the stupid wolf by locking…