Willoughby (Looney Tunes)
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Willoughby and Bugs Bunny in The Heckling Hare
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| First appearance | Of Fox and Hounds (1940) |
| Created by | Tex Avery |
| Voiced by | Tex Avery (1940–1941) Kent Rogers (1941–1942) Mel Blanc (1942–1947) Tedd Pierce (1944) Stan Freberg (1952) |
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| Aliases | Willoughby Rosebud Sylvester |
| Species | Dog |
| Gender | Male |
Willoughby is a minor animated cartoon fictional character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes series of cartoons. He is a hound dog who is characterized by his below-average intelligence[1] and overall gullibility.
History
Willoughby first appeared in the 1940 cartoon Of Fox and Hounds. He was created and voiced by Tex Avery.[2][3] According to Chuck Jones, the character was based on Lennie, from Of Mice and Men (of which the title of Of Fox and Hounds is a knockoff).[citation needed] Critic Steven Hartley described this short as lacking in creativity, originality, excitement, and story construction, particularly compared to Avery's seminal earlier work A Wild Hare.[4]
Willoughby later appears in other Warner Brothers animated shorts, including The Heckling Hare (1941),[5] The Crackpot Quail (1941),[6] and Nutty News (1942), as the lead dog of a fox hunting party. A fundamentally similar character, Laramore, appears in To Duck or Not to Duck (1943), albeit with a fully brown coat of fur. Willoughby's brief career was essentially over before the end of World War II.
These dogs were mostly similar character design in Porky's Bear Facts (1941), Ding Dog Daddy (1942), To Duck Or Not To Duck (1943), A Corny Concerto (1943), Hare Ribbin' (1944), The Goofy Gophers (1947), and possibly Inki at the Circus (1947).
Appearances
- Of Fox and Hounds (1940)
- The Crackpot Quail (1941)
- The Heckling Hare (1941)
- Nutty News (1942) (cameo in a B&W cartoon)
- The Hep Cat (1942) (as Rosebud)
- An Itch in Time (1943)
- Hare Force (1944) (as Sylvester)
- A Horse Fly Fleas (1947) (shaped like the Barnyard Dawg)
- Foxy by Proxy (1952)
In other media
Willoughby was planned to be made as a cameo in the deleted scene "Acme's Funeral" from the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. He also appears with other animated characters scared when Casper appears at the funeral.[7]
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