Bad Luck Blackie
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Bad Luck Blackie is a 1949 MGM animated short film directed by Tex Avery, featuring a black cat who brings comically exaggerated misfortune to a bullying bulldog whenever summoned by a kitten.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bad Luck Blackie canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11386169 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bad Luck Blackie Context triple: [Tex Avery, notableWork, Bad Luck Blackie]
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A.
I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So
"I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So" is a popular jazz standard, often associated with Duke Ellington, featuring lyrics by Mack David.
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B.
Down on My Luck
"Down on My Luck" is a 2014 house-influenced hip hop single by American rapper Vic Mensa that gained attention for its introspective lyrics and dance-oriented production.
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C.
Kangaroo Jack
Kangaroo Jack is a 2003 family comedy film about two friends who must deliver mob money in Australia, only to have it stolen by a mischievous kangaroo.
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D.
Lucky Guy
Lucky Guy is a Broadway play by Nora Ephron that dramatizes the career of New York tabloid columnist Mike McAlary.
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E.
Bad Luck
"Bad Luck" is a 1960 Polish black comedy film by director Andrzej Munk that satirically follows an everyman whose life is shaped by a series of misfortunes amid turbulent 20th-century Polish history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bad Luck Blackie Target entity description: Bad Luck Blackie is a 1949 MGM animated short film directed by Tex Avery, featuring a black cat who brings comically exaggerated misfortune to a bullying bulldog whenever summoned by a kitten.
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A.
I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So
"I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So" is a popular jazz standard, often associated with Duke Ellington, featuring lyrics by Mack David.
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B.
Down on My Luck
"Down on My Luck" is a 2014 house-influenced hip hop single by American rapper Vic Mensa that gained attention for its introspective lyrics and dance-oriented production.
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C.
Kangaroo Jack
Kangaroo Jack is a 2003 family comedy film about two friends who must deliver mob money in Australia, only to have it stolen by a mischievous kangaroo.
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D.
Lucky Guy
Lucky Guy is a Broadway play by Nora Ephron that dramatizes the career of New York tabloid columnist Mike McAlary.
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E.
Bad Luck
"Bad Luck" is a 1960 Polish black comedy film by director Andrzej Munk that satirically follows an everyman whose life is shaped by a series of misfortunes amid turbulent 20th-century Polish history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
MGM cartoon
ⓘ
animated short film ⓘ |
| animationStudio |
MGM cartoon studio
ⓘ
linked to:
MGM Animation
|
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Tex Avery ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| era | post-war American animation ⓘ |
| featuresAnimalCharacter |
cat
ⓘ
dog ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
black cat
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bulldog ⓘ kitten ⓘ |
| featuresGagType |
cartoon violence
ⓘ
falling objects ⓘ |
| featuresObject | whistle ⓘ |
| genre |
animated comedy
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comedy ⓘ slapstick ⓘ |
| hasAnimationType | traditional hand-drawn animation ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasSupernaturalElement | cursed black cat ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
comeuppance for bullies
ⓘ
reversal of fortune ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Tex Avery’s earlier MGM shorts ⓘ |
| intendedFormat | theatrical short ⓘ |
| isBlackAndWhite | false ⓘ |
| isColor | true ⓘ |
| mainPlotElement |
black cat brings bad luck
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bullying bulldog is punished ⓘ kitten summons black cat with whistle ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | running gag of escalating misfortune ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Tex Avery style humor
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exaggerated visual gags ⓘ timed slapstick violence ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Golden Age of American animation ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1940s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 7 ⓘ |
| setting | urban environment ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| usesTrope | bad luck black cat superstition ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bad Luck Blackie Description of subject: Bad Luck Blackie is a 1949 MGM animated short film directed by Tex Avery, featuring a black cat who brings comically exaggerated misfortune to a bullying bulldog whenever summoned by a kitten.
Referenced by (3)
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