Ko-Ko is chased by a cartoony spider while Max deals with a mouse in his office.Ko-Ko is chased by a cartoony spider while Max deals with a mouse in his office.Ko-Ko is chased by a cartoony spider while Max deals with a mouse in his office.
- Director
- Star
Photos
Max Fleischer
- Cartoonist
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOne of many Max Fleischer/Out of the Inkwell silent cartoons to be repackaged with soundtracks and distributed for television in the 1950s by Stuart Productions, Inc.
- Alternate versionsThe 1950 Stuart Productions television release features an added soundtrack and is retitled "Koko's Big Catch".
- ConnectionsFollowed by The Battle (1923)
Featured review
Ko-Ko and the spider
Dave Fleischer was responsible for many gems. Ones that were amusing and charming, though over-cuteness did come through in some efforts and the stories were always pretty thin, with appealing characters, outstanding music and visuals that were inventive and with innovative animation techniques.
Ko-Ko similarly was an always amiable character to watch and among the better recurring characters in Fleischer's early work. Likewise, his series of Out of the Inkwell cartoons were among the best early efforts of Fleischer and silent cartoons in general. 'Trapped' is not one of the best Ko-Ko cartoons, it is decent but most Ko-Ko cartoons are much better than decent which does make 'Trapped' disappointing.
'Trapped' agreed is too long by about 4 or 5 minutes. It does affect the pacing, another criticism concurred with, having a tendency to drag.
While amusing and fun on the most part, the stuff with Ko-Ko and the spider could have been trimmed, the momentum is not always there and it is here where 'Trapped' most tends to lose energy. It's all a little disjointed, there are two stories here and it just feels like two different cartoons.
However, Ko-Ko is very likeable and fun to watch and the spider is an at times creepy, very visually interesting and just as fun opponent. Max doesn't disappoint in the entertainment value either and neither does his battles with the visually innovative for the time mouse.
One expects the animation to be primitive and very low quality, judging by that it's the 20s when animation techniques were not as many, as refined, as ambitious and in their infancy. While Fleischer became more refined and inventive later certainly, 'Trapped does look great and the spider and mouse look very intriguing and wonderfully strange.
Even though not hilarious or imaginative, the humour is timed well and amuses as well as suitably bizarre. There is evidence of breezy pacing which would have been more consistent and tighter had the cartoon been shorter.
Overall, decent but could have been better. 6/10 Bethany Cox
Ko-Ko similarly was an always amiable character to watch and among the better recurring characters in Fleischer's early work. Likewise, his series of Out of the Inkwell cartoons were among the best early efforts of Fleischer and silent cartoons in general. 'Trapped' is not one of the best Ko-Ko cartoons, it is decent but most Ko-Ko cartoons are much better than decent which does make 'Trapped' disappointing.
'Trapped' agreed is too long by about 4 or 5 minutes. It does affect the pacing, another criticism concurred with, having a tendency to drag.
While amusing and fun on the most part, the stuff with Ko-Ko and the spider could have been trimmed, the momentum is not always there and it is here where 'Trapped' most tends to lose energy. It's all a little disjointed, there are two stories here and it just feels like two different cartoons.
However, Ko-Ko is very likeable and fun to watch and the spider is an at times creepy, very visually interesting and just as fun opponent. Max doesn't disappoint in the entertainment value either and neither does his battles with the visually innovative for the time mouse.
One expects the animation to be primitive and very low quality, judging by that it's the 20s when animation techniques were not as many, as refined, as ambitious and in their infancy. While Fleischer became more refined and inventive later certainly, 'Trapped does look great and the spider and mouse look very intriguing and wonderfully strange.
Even though not hilarious or imaginative, the humour is timed well and amuses as well as suitably bizarre. There is evidence of breezy pacing which would have been more consistent and tighter had the cartoon been shorter.
Overall, decent but could have been better. 6/10 Bethany Cox
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- TheLittleSongbird
- Mar 21, 2018
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- Also known as
- Koko's Big Catch
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- Runtime12 minutes
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- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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