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Porky Pig is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and
Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He was the first character created by the
studio to draw audiences based on his star power, Porky's most distinctive
trait is a severe stutter, for which he sometimes compensates by replacing his
words; for example, "What's going on?" might become "What's
guh-guh-guh-guh - ...what's happening?" In the ending of many Looney Tunes
cartoons, Porky Pig bursts through a bass drum head, and his farewell line
"That's all folks!" becomes "Th-Th-Th-Th-Th-... That's all, folks." Porky Pig
would appear in 153 cartoons in the Golden Age of American animation.
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The Three Little Pigs is a fable featuring anthropomorphic pigs who build three
houses of different materials. A big bad wolf is able to blow down the first
two pigs' houses, made of straw and wood respectively, but is unable to destroy
the third pig's house, made of bricks. Printed versions date back to the 1840s,
but the story itself is thought to be much older. The phrases
used in the story, and the various morals that can be drawn from it, have
become embedded in Western culture.
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