History WesternAnimation / Droopy

* PerpetualFrowner

* TheStoic

* UnstoppableRage: When Droopy says he's mad, somebody's in for a world of hurt.

* EthnicScrappy: Spike, in later cartoons has an Irish accent and he's usually portrayed as lazy. shifty bum.

* DigitalDestruction: Four of the cartoons on the DVD set, "Wags to Riches", "Daredevil Droopy", "Droopy's Good Deed", and "The Three Little Pups" got hit with some very nasty DVNR artwork erasing issues. "Riches" has it all over the entire cartoon, and is rendered almost unwatchable because of it.

''Droopy'' is a cartoon character created by Creator/TexAvery during [[WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons his years with MGM]] (1942-1954). This low-key basset hound was his most popular recurring MGM character, and remains an icon of TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation. Droopy is a pathetically tiny, very melancholic, slow moving dog. His DeadpanSnarker comments often form a sharp contrast to the zaniness of other characters around him and makes them appear even wilder. The plot of his cartoons are very similar. He is usually given some kind of mission that he needs to accomplish and allows him to be pitted against one of his two main antagonists: Wolfie the Wolf or Spike the bulldog. At first the odds seem against him, because he's such a tiny and slow dog. Yet Droopy is intelligent and always master of the situation. If his BerserkButton is touched he can even showcase enormous strength and beat those who underestimate him up.

Several more Droopy cartoons were made (with Michael Lah at the helm) after Avery left the cartoon business, but none of them remotely as memorable or funny as he made them. The character has appeared in other works since the end of TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, with a renewed series by Creator/{{Filmation}} in the early 1980's, a cameo in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', and appearances in several ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' spinoffs such as ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids'' and ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTales''.

* FoxHunting: ''Out-Foxed''.

* OlderThanTheyThink: That wrestler, Wrestling/HulkHogan wasn't the first to call people "brother", brother.

** He had a less memorable cameo in ''Film/TomAndJerryTheMovie''.

* TheOtherDarrin: Droopy's voice has been performed by several actors, often Bill Thompson and Don Messick, but sometimes Avery did it himself. As animator heck Allen said: ''You couldn't tell the difference.''

* LetsGetDangerous: Droopy, when someone has a laugh at his expense for any reason and is about to be severely punished by him for it. Whenever Droopy receives a kiss from Red, he generally reacts the same way Wolfie would, even kidnapping her at the end of Wild and Woolfy.

* PerpetualFrowner: Droopy's face.

* TheStoic: Droopy.

* UnlikelyHero: Droopy

''Droopy'' is a cartoon character created by Creator/TexAvery during [[WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons his years with MGM]] (1942-1954). This low-key bassoon hound was his most popular character created for this company and remains an icon of TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation. Droopy is a pathetically tiny, very melancholic, slow moving dog. His DeadPanSnarker comments often form a sharp contrast to the zaniness of other characters around him and makes them appear even wilder. The plot of his cartoons are very similar. He is usually given some kind of mission that he needs to accomplish and allows him to be pitted against one of his two main antagonists: Wolfie the Wolf or Spike the bulldog. At first the odds seem against him, because he's such a tiny and slow dog. Yet Droopy is intelligent and always master of the situation. If his BerserkButton is touched he can even showcase enormous strength and beat those who underestimate him up.

* '''WesternAnimation/DumbHounded''' (1943)
* '''The Shooting Of Dan Mcgoo''' (1945)
* '''Wild and Woolfy''' (1945)
* '''WesternAnimation/NorthwestHoundedPolice''' (1946)
* '''Señor Droopy''' (1949)
* '''Wags To Riches''' (1949)
* '''Out-Foxed''' (1949)
* '''The Chump Champ''' (1950)
* '''Daredevil Droopy''' (1951)
* '''Droopy's Good Deed''' (1951)
* '''Droopy's Double Trouble''' (1951)
* '''Caballero Droopy''' (1952)
* '''The Three Little Pups''' (1953)
* '''Drag-A-Long Droopy''' (1954)
* '''Homesteader Droopy''' (1954)
* '''Dixieland Droopy''' (1954)
* '''Deputy Droopy''' (1955-)
* '''Millionaire Droopy''' (1956)

Several more Droopy cartoons were made after Avery left the cartoon business, but none of them every bit so memorable or funny as he made them. The character has appeared in other works since the end of TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, with a renewed series by Creator/{{Filmation}} in the early 1980's, a cameo in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', and appearances in several ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' spinoffs such as ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids'' and ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTales''.

''Droopy'' is a cartoon character created by Creator/TexAvery during his years with MGM (1942-1954). This low-key bassoon hound was his most popular character created for this company and remains an icon of TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation. Droopy is a pathetically tiny, very melancholic, slow moving dog. His DeadPanSnarker comments often form a sharp contrast to the zaniness of other characters around him and makes them appear even wilder. The plot of his cartoons are very similar. He is usually given some kind of mission that he needs to accomplish and allows him to be pitted against one of his two main antagonists: Wolfie the Wolf or Spike the bulldog. At first the odds seem against him, because he's such a tiny and slow dog. Yet Droopy is intelligent and always master of the situation. If his BerserkButton is touched he can even showcase enormous strength and beat those who underestimate him up.

''Droopy'' is a cartoon character created by Creator/TexAvery during his years with MGM (1942-1954). This low-key bassoon hound was his most popular character created for this company and remains an icon of TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation. Droopy is noticeable for being a pathetically tiny, very melancholic, slow moving dog. He is usually giving some kind of mission that allows him to be pitted against the villain character, often The Wolf or Spike the bulldog. Often everybody will underestimate his abilities, but Droopy is not only intelligent, but also abnormally strong and can get real active and violent if his BerserkButton is touched.

** Creator/{{Gotlib}}'s ''Gai-Luron'' is a homage to the character. ** Hans Moleman from WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons was based on Droopy, according to Creator/MattGroening.

* SophisticatedAsHell: Sophisticated as Hell: The very English fox in the Droopy cartoon "Out-Foxed" lapses into this at one point.

** Creator/Gotlib 's comic book character ''Gai-Luron'' is basically a copy of Droopy: a bassoon hound with a melancholic expression and DeadPanSnarker comments.

The character is not to be confused with Droopy from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''.

''Droopy'' is a cartoon character created by Creator/TexAvery during his years with MGM (1942-1954). This low-key bassoon hound was his most popular character created for this company. Droopy is noticeable for being a pathetically tiny, very melancholic, slow moving dog. He is usually giving some kind of mission that allows him to be pitted against the villain character, often The Wolf or Spike the bulldog. Often everybody will underestimate his abilities, but Droopy is not only intelligent, but also abnormally strong and can get real active and violent if his BerserkButton is touched.

* DogFaces: One of the few non-Disney examples.

Several more Droopy cartoons were made after Avery left the cartoon business, but none of them every bit so memorable or funny as he made them. The character has appeared in other works since the end of TheGoldenAgeofAnimation, with a renewed series by Creator/{{Filmation}} in the early 1980's, a cameo in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', and appearances in several ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' spinoffs such as ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids'' and ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTales''.

Several more Droopy cartoons were made after Avery left the cartoon business, but none of them every bit so memorable or funny as he made them. The character has appeared in other works since the end of TheGoldenAgeofAnimation, with a renewed series by Creator/{{Filmation}} in the early 1980's, a cameo in ''Film/{{WhoFramedRogerRabbit}}'', and appearances in several ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' spinoffs such as ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids'' and ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTales''.

Several more Droopy cartoons were made after Avery left the cartoon business, but none of them every bit so memorable or funny as he made them.

* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: * The later WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}} cartoons made just before and then after Creator/TexAvery left MGM can be a bit jarring, as they are done in LimitedAnimation with neither the Wolf nor Butch/Spike as antagonists, the madcap slapstick humor is severely scaled back, and worst of all, Droopy's face is no longer "droopy".

* LetsGetDangerous: Droopy, when someone has a laugh at his expense for any reason and is about to be severely punished by him for it.
Whenever Droopy receives a kiss from Red, he generally reacts the same way Wolfie would, even kidnapping her at the end of Wild and Woolfy.

* Unstoppable Rage: When Droopy says he's mad, somebody's in for a world of hurt.