Wolf! Wolf! is just mean-spirited fun

Is it worth your time?

If you like old-school animation that has a bit of an edge, sure. Give it a watch. If you prefer your cartoons to be warm, fuzzy, and free of genuine annoyance, skip this one.

It’s not as manic as Felix Doubles for Darwin, but it’s got that same vibe of everything going wrong at once.

Oswald is just trying to do his job. He’s guarding these two little sheep, and honestly, they are absolute menaces. They spend most of the runtime just poking the bear—or in this case, the wolf—while poor Oswald sweats bullets.

The pacing here is fast. It feels like the animators were on a sugar rush. One minute we are calm, the next everything is exploding in typical cartoon logic.

Cinematic perspective: Exploring the visual vocabulary of Wolf! Wolf! (1934) through its definitive frames.

Oddly specific things I noticed:

• The way Oswald’s ears droop when he’s frustrated is genuinely relatable.
• The sheep have these tiny, smug faces that make you want to reach into the screen and shake them.
• There is a background tree that looks suspiciously like the ones in Spring Is Here. Maybe they just recycled the cel? Who knows.

There is a moment where the threat of the wolf is supposed to be scary, but it just feels like another Tuesday for Oswald. You can tell the team had a blast drawing the chase sequences. It’s got that loose, rubber-hose energy that’s missing from modern stuff.

It’s not trying to change the world. It’s just trying to get a laugh out of you before you move on to the next short. Sometimes that’s enough. 🐰

I caught myself watching the sheep’s feet during the running scenes. They move like they’re on ice skates. It’s weirdly hypnotic.

Anyway, don't expect a deep message about sheep-herding safety. It’s just chaos. Pure, unadulterated, black-and-white chaos.