. . . were using I WAS A TEENAGE THUMB to warn America of the dire threat posed by Great White Sharks (such as "Bruce" in JAWS) when King Arthur shrieks "This fish is full of people!" But were Warner's Looney Tunes squad of clairvoyant prognosticators ACTUALLY recommending a steady diet of shark fin soup, to safeguard against all of us being gobbled up during SHARKNADOS and what not? In a word, no. Notice that at the end of I WAS A TEENAGE THUMB master Thumb becomes a patriarchal figure to an increasingly diminutive line of descendants, who nevertheless are firmly entrenched at the apex of his nation's Ruling Class. Clearly Warner is offering I WAS A TEENAGE THUMB as an allegorical warning against America's Pachyderm Party. Founding POTUS "A. Lincoln" was considered a tyrannical mental nonentity by his peers in government. However, as each of his elephantine successors proved to be an even smaller figure than "Honest Abe," the latter's stature has swelled all out of proportion to the size of his mob's mascot. Modern biology suggests that such a de-evolution cannot continue forever. In fact, Warner even pictures the USA's current microscopic "leader" in the final frame of I WAS A TEENAGE THUMB.