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Yakky Doodle

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Yakky Doodle
The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Quick Draw McGraw Show and The Yogi Bear Show character
First appearance
"Slumber Party Smarty" (1958)
Created by
Voiced by
In-universe information
SpeciesDuck
GenderMale, Female (in Jellystone!)

Yakky Doodle is a fictional anthropomorphic yellow duckling with green wings, who appears for the first time in prototype form on The Huckleberry Hound Show in 1958 and on The Quick Draw McGraw Show in 1960, and in regular design on The Yogi Bear Show in 1961, on his own segment.[1] Yakky's name is a spoof of "Yankee Doodle".

Character description

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The template for Yakky was Quacker, a similar duckling character voiced by Red Coffey who appeared in a number of classic Tom and Jerry theatrical cartoons, debuting in the 1950 short subject Little Quacker.[2] Weldon, a former children's television series host and ventriloquist, had based this character on his "partner" Webster Webfoot. The same design was also used for a duckling in The Huckleberry Hound Show's Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks segment "A Wise Quack" (Episode 48), as a blue duckling in Yogi Bear segment "Slumber Party Smarty" (Episode 2) and "Duck in Luck" (Episode 18) and as a purple duckling in the Loopy De Loop segment "This is my Ducky Day" (Episode 13).

Main characters

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The main characters in Yakky Doodle's cartoons are:

  • Yakky Doodle (voiced by Jimmy Weldon using buccal speech technique): An anthropomorphic yellow duckling with green wings who lives with his best friend and adoptive father Chopper the bulldog.[3] Yakky is always one to run into danger. This usually comes in the form of the show's main antagonist Fibber Fox or secondary villain Alfy Gator.[4] Chopper defends his "Little Buddy" fiercely, and is always ready to pound Fibber or any other enemy into oblivion if necessary. Yakky's tendency to put himself in great danger never draws a rebuke from Chopper, who presumably enjoys his protective role. One of Yakky's repeated lines is "Are you my mama?", and one of the songs Yakky loves to sing is "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay".
  • Chopper (voiced by Vance Colvig impersonating Wallace Beery): A bulldog who always protects Yakky from harm and is also his adoptive father. If he thinks that the only way to do this is to send Yakky away, he's willing to pretend he is not the duckling's friend anymore; otherwise, he's the best friend Yakky has. Although he acts tough, in some ways he can be just as childlike as Yakky, such as when he wished he could fly like a bird. Chopper's repeated line is "Now, ain't that cute", as well as saying "Now close your eyes, Yakky. You shouldn't oughta see what I'm going to do to this fox/cat" before beating up Fibber or the cat. Another repeated quote is when Chopper feels guilty over having to turn Yakky away, and hopes that he didn't "hurt his feelings".
  • Fibber Fox (voiced by Daws Butler impersonating Shelley Berman): A fox who first tried to use Yakky as a "bargaining chip" to get the chickens from a henhouse that Chopper was guarding; since then, he has been fixated on catching and eating Yakky, at one point saying that he now hates chicken and wants duck instead. He shows cunning in his plans, most of which are intended to get Chopper out of the way so he can have a clear run at Yakky. For all his predatory behavior, however, he may not be able to eat Yakky. In one episode, he finds that he just can't bring himself to cook or otherwise harm the little duckling, or even let another fox eat him.
  • The Cat (also voiced by Daws Butler impersonating Shelley Berman): An unnamed cat who is an indirect kin to Fibber Fox also had a similar objective to eat Yakky. However, he often gets punished by Chopper or by the mistress of the house.
  • Alfy Gator (voiced by Daws Butler impersonating Alfred Hitchcock): A blue alligator who tries to capture Yakky because his gourmet guidebook recommends roast duck. He tends to be verbose while setting his traps, probably as an imitation of Hitchcock's introductions on the TV show Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Also taken from that show is Hitchcock's silhouette & outline routine, which Alfy imitates in most of the cartoons he's in. One time he found himself competing with Fibber to catch Yakky, but the two predators eventually agreed to work together to capture the duck (the cartoon ended during the final chase, but presumably Yakky got away).

List of episodes

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Every episode was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

No.TitleWritten byAnimationStory DirectorOriginal release dateProd.
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1"Out of Luck Duck"Mike MalteseLew MarshallAlex Lovy1960 (1960)R-2
2"Hop, Duck and Listen"Mike MalteseHicks LokeyAlex Lovy1961 (1961)R-5
3"Dog Flight"Mike MalteseLew MarshallAlex Lovy1961 (1961)R-15
4"Easter Duck"Warren FosterDon PattersonAlex Lovy1961 (1961)R-17
5"Foxy Duck"Mike MalteseArt DavisPaul Sommer1961 (1961)R-7
6"Railroaded Duck"Mike MalteseBill KeilAlex Lovy1961 (1961)R-11
7"Duck Hunting"Warren FosterBob BentleyAlex Lovy1961 (1961)R-14
8"Whistle-Stop and Go"Mike MalteseArt DavisAlex Lovy1961 (1961)R-8
9"Duck the Music"Mike MalteseC.L. HartmanPaul Sommer1961 (1961)R-19
10"School Fool"Mike MalteseBill KeilAlex Lovy1961 (1961)R-24
11"Oh Duckter"Mike MalteseAllen WilzbachAlex Lovy1961 (1961)R-18
12"It's a Duck's Life"Mike MalteseArt DavisAlex Lovy1961 (1961)R-36
13"Happy Birthdaze"TBDC. L. HartmanTBA1961 (1961)R-28
14"Horse Collared"Mike MalteseHicks LokeyPaul Sommer1961 (1961)R-22
15"Ha-Choo to You!"Mike MalteseRalph SomervilleAlex Lovy1961 (1961)R-13
16"Foxy Proxy"Mike MalteseDick LundyPaul Sommer1961 (1961)R-49
17"Count to Tenant"Mike MalteseBob BentleyArt Davis1961 (1961)R-40
18"Shrunken Headache"Tony BenedictCarlo VinciArt Davis1961 (1961)R-55
19"The Most Ghost"Mike MalteseAllen WilzbachPaul Sommer1961 (1961)R-52
20"Stamp Scamp"Mike MalteseC.L. HartmanPaul Sommer1961 (1961)R-43
21"All's Well That Eats Well"Tony BenedictCarlo VinciAlex Lovy1961 (1961)R-58
22"Foxy Friends"Mike MalteseBob CarrArt Davis1961 (1961)R-46
23"Mad Mix Up"Mike MalteseBob CarrPaul Sommer1961 (1961)R-64
24"Beach Brawl"Mike MalteseDon PattersonPaul Sommer1961 (1961)R-61
25"Duck Seasoning"Tony BenedictDon WilliamsLew Marshall1961 (1961)R-67
26"Hasty Tasty"Tony BenedictClarke MalleryLew Marshall1961 (1961)R-74
27"Nobody Home Duck"Mike MalteseBob BentleyLew Marshall1961 (1961)R-65
28"Dog Pounded"Tony BenedictHicks LokeyLew Marshall1961 (1961)R-71
29"Witch Duck-ter"Mike MalteseDon TowsleyJohn Freeman1961 (1961)R-79
30"Full Course Meal"Tony BenedictDon TowsleyJohn Freeman1962 (1962)R-77
31"Baddie Buddies"Tony BenedictDick LundyLew Marshall1962 (1962)R-81
32"Judo Ex-Expert"Mike MalteseHarry HoltArt Davis1962 (1962)R-82

Other appearances

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References

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  1. ↑ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 717–719. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  2. ↑ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 933. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  3. ↑ Rovin, Jeff (1991). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals. Prentice Hall Press. p. 291. ISBN 0-13-275561-0. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  4. ↑ Sennett, Ted (1989). The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity. Studio. p. 64. ISBN 978-0670829781. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  5. ↑ "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman".
  6. ↑ "HBO Max Sets New Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Robert Zemeckis Hybrid Series 'Tooned Out', More for Kids & Family Slate". 29 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "Jellystone! I Official Trailer I HBO Max Family". YouTube. June 24, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
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