Happy-Go-Nutty (MGM, 1944)

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General:

-Outside of Tom and Jerry (being that the two were MGM's prime stars) MGM Toons tended to view themselves as loners during the Golden Age of Animation. They never really associated with Toons from other studios. However, as the studio was nearing its end in the 1950s, some of the other Toons like Red, Slick, Droopy, and even Screwy Squirrel began to make connections to other Toons to have a safety net just in case. This worked in their favor when MGM closed in 1957. 

-The posters depicting MGM Toons in various situations were carefully taken and posed by the MGM toons themselves. They weren’t all too fond of being photographed in general, but they needed any advertisement and publicity they could get.

-MGM Toons weren’t paid very well for their work. At first they didn’t mind. But this slowly fostered a deep upset within them the longer this went on, especially after witnessing Harman and Ising consistently fight with MGM over the budget. 

Culture:

-MGM Toons tended to view themselves as more “high-class” than Toons like the Looney Tunes, aiming for a more "sophisticated" or "surreal" brand of chaos compared to their peers. This translated as a misplaced sense of superiority, which other Toons didn’t like. 

-MGM Toons, especially from the Happy Harmonies series by Harman and Ising, don't have the connection to their creators that Tom and Jerry or Red, Slick and Droopy have. Truthfully, they often had to witness Harman and Ising fight with MGM over their budget...and when it culminated in them leaving, they were at a loss at what to do. Especially since it meant MGM wouldn't use them again. 

-The Metro Goldyn Mayer (MGM) Toons weren't all that close during their time at the studio...mainly because they never had a chance to interact with each other. When the studio closed down in 1957, many of them (aside from the bigger names like Tom and Jerry, Droopy, Slick Wolf, and Red Hot Riding Hood) were out of a job. Nowadays, the lesser MGM Toons have a BIG resentment for the "bigger names" of what was once MGM. None of said-bigger names know how to fix this...and they're not sure they even can.

-With the exceptions of Tom and Jerry and MGM’s other “stars”, MGM Toons were rarely seen out and about Toontown. After MGM shut down and the work dried up, an MGM Toon is only seen once in a blue moon. And that’s IF they haven’t been forgotten (which most of Toontown assumes they are).