2. Angel Puss
Warner Bros.The main character in this 1944 short is a character called Sambo who is very similar to the hunter in the previously mentioned Bugs Bunny cartoon, complete with blackface-style drawing animation. Racism aside, the plot of the cartoon is pretty dark. Sambo is paid to drown a cat in a sack and, although he has some hesitation, still does it. Unbeknownst to him though, the cat escapes and pretends to be a ghost in order to scare him. The idea is good for a couple of gags, but the end of the short sees Sambo figuring out the cats plan and actually killing him with a shotgun. Then it ends with nine ghost cats representing his nine lives coming back to take vengeance. Continuing the theme of black peoples infatuation with craps, this time things go even further the dice are not only enough to entice Sambo to a game, but their rattle is even capable of putting him into a trance.