[16] The film borrows elements from both the famous feud between the Hatfields and McCoys as well as Romeo and Juliet as Porky and Petunia's love for each other is stymied by their respective hillbilly families' mutual hatred.

Porky was relegated to a supporting player or straight man to Daffy in most of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts of this era.

Petunia, already a bit player to Porky's lead, fared much worse; her tenure as a major Warner Bros. character was effectively over.

Pinkie, renamed "Cicero" for the comic books, was depicted as being Petunia's young cousin as well as Porky's nephew.

Petunia was portrayed in the comics as a determined, bossy, and occasionally pretentious character, similar to the early Tashlin depiction, though with a genuine affection towards Porky.