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'''''Pups Is Pups''''' is a two-reel [[comedy]] [[short subject]], part of the ''[[Our Gang]]'' (Little Rascals) series. It was produced and directed by [[Robert F. McGowan]] for [[Hal Roach]], and originally released to theatres by M-G-M in 1930.<ref name="NY Times">{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/64187/Pups-Is-Pups/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090811034744/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/64187/Pups-Is-Pups/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 11, 2009 |title=New York Times: Pups Is Pups |accessdate=September 19, 2008| first=Dave |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |author-link=Dave Kehr |date=2009 | last=Kehr}}</ref> It was the 100th (12th talking) ''[[Our Gang]]'' short that was released and the first in the 1930-19311930–1931 season.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Maltin|first1=Leonard|title=The Little Rascals: The Life and Times of Our Gang|last2=Bann|first2=Richard W.|publisher=Crown|year=1992|isbn=0517583259|location=United States|pages=98}}</ref>

''Pups Is Pups'' was the first entry in the 1930-19311930–1931 season of shorts. It was the ''Our Gang'' debut for five-year-old Dorothy DeBorba, and for [[film score]] composer [[Leroy Shield]]. It is the first episode to feature the jazz-based background scoring that the Roach Studio comedies are known for. Some of the tunes included the "Hal Roach Happy Go Lucky Trio" (a.k.a. "Teeter Totter"), "Wishing", "Hide & Go Seek", "On To The Show", and "Confusion". The cues used on Hal Roach comedies are named after the first scenes they are used for. These tunes were used on other Hal Roach produced series at the time.