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A Hitch in Time is a 1955 cartoon directed by Chuck Jones and produced by Warner Brothers for the United States Air Force to promote re-enlistment.

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The title is a play on the saying "a stitch in time saves nine."

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An airman is looking forward to completing his tour of duty and becoming a civilian. A gremlin sergeant ("Grogan, technical gremlin first class") accompanies him on the way to the discharge office, ostensibly to ensure the airman doesn't decide to re-enlist. The gremlin then presents a series of arguments that superficially suggest that civilian life is better, but cumulatively favor re-enlistment. At the end, the airman re-enlists.

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  1. (3 October 2022) Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2 (in en). BearManor Media, page 178. 
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