Explosions kill several animals fighting in the trenches during World War I. Bosko is eating when enemy fire destroys his meal. He grabs a piece of cheese from a mousetrap and continues eating. He sighs as more explosions rain down rubble on him. He pulls a picture of Honey out of his shorts and kisses it, then a bullet tears right through her face. He vows revenge but when he tries to climb out of the trench he is pushed back by a barrage of gunfire.
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| - Explosions kill several animals fighting in the trenches during World War I. Bosko is eating when enemy fire destroys his meal. He grabs a piece of cheese from a mousetrap and continues eating. He sighs as more explosions rain down rubble on him. He pulls a picture of Honey out of his shorts and kisses it, then a bullet tears right through her face. He vows revenge but when he tries to climb out of the trench he is pushed back by a barrage of gunfire.
- The cartoon opens with images of explosions, gunfire, and heavy artillery; one character even fires into the camera. It is World War I, and the ever-cheerful Bosko is eating down in a trench. Enemy fire destroys his meal, and later a picture of his girlfriend, Honey. Bosko shows a rare moment of anger, but is quickly cheered up by a fellow soldier. The two begin to dance, only to be interrupted by more gunfire. Bosko finally decides to fight back and downs an enemy bomber (actually a pelican) by using a fellow soldier as a cannon. A friendly hippopotamus is shot down by heavy artillery, which Bosko destroys with a pair of longjohns-turned-catapult. He then saves the wounded soldier by unzipping his navel and retrieving the shell inside. The projectile explodes anyway, turning the already b
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| - The cartoon opens with images of explosions, gunfire, and heavy artillery; one character even fires into the camera. It is World War I, and the ever-cheerful Bosko is eating down in a trench. Enemy fire destroys his meal, and later a picture of his girlfriend, Honey. Bosko shows a rare moment of anger, but is quickly cheered up by a fellow soldier. The two begin to dance, only to be interrupted by more gunfire. Bosko finally decides to fight back and downs an enemy bomber (actually a pelican) by using a fellow soldier as a cannon. A friendly hippopotamus is shot down by heavy artillery, which Bosko destroys with a pair of longjohns-turned-catapult. He then saves the wounded soldier by unzipping his navel and retrieving the shell inside. The projectile explodes anyway, turning the already black-faced Bosko even blacker and prompting him to exclaim "Mammy!" à la Al Jolson. Bosko the Doughboy is notable for its departure from the standard cartoon formula of its era. Bosko is usually infallibly happy and chipper; Doughboy forces him to drop this demeanor and fight back. Other Bosko shorts concentrate primarily on Bosko cavorting with other characters in a musical wonderland; in Doughboy, Bosko can't dance more than a few seconds before coming under enemy fire. Bosko's cartoons generally have little to no conflict; Doughboy is nothing but fighting. In short, Bosko the Doughboy is almost a total departure from other shorts in the series (and from those of other studios of the time). It is usually regarded as a high point of the character's cartoon career.
- Explosions kill several animals fighting in the trenches during World War I. Bosko is eating when enemy fire destroys his meal. He grabs a piece of cheese from a mousetrap and continues eating. He sighs as more explosions rain down rubble on him. He pulls a picture of Honey out of his shorts and kisses it, then a bullet tears right through her face. He vows revenge but when he tries to climb out of the trench he is pushed back by a barrage of gunfire. A horse who is a fellow soldier plays his harmonica and the two begin to dance. A third soldier, a dog, is trying to sleep but a flea bites him. He scratches and scratches but just can't reach the flea. Bosko grabs the dog's helmet and holds it up in the air while enemy bullets punch jagged holes in it. Then he hands it back to the thankful dog, who uses it to scratch his back. Bosko sees a mouse piloting a pelican dropping bombs on them, so he uses the dog as a slingshot to shoot the pelican down. While trying to capture a machine gun nest, in an actual birds' nest, a friendly hippopotamus swallows a bomb. Bosko ties a white union suit to a pole as a truce flag so he can help the hippo, but another bomb flies inside of it. The union suit then walks over, opens its trap door, and dumps the bomb next to the cannon, blowing it up. Bosko saves the hippo by unzipping his navel and taking out the bomb. It explodes in Bosko's face and he exclaims "Mammy!" like Al Jolson.
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