History WesternAnimation / Droopy

* TranquilFury: See PreAsskickingOneLiner above.

* WetCementGag: While fleeing from the owner of a flea circus in "Dixieland Droopy", John Pettibone rounds a corner and finds himself trying to run through wet sidewalk concrete. The Dixieland fleas embedded in John's fur slow their music tempo down as John gets bogged down in the stuff, then speed up their tempo as John gets his HeroicSecondWind at the midpoint. Once free of the concrete, John resumes running at full tilt as his fleas play furiously fast.

''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 UsefulNotes/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.

The Droopy cartoons ran through 1958, with Michael Lah at the helm, but the Avery cartoons are usually regarded as superior. The character was retired when the entire MGM animation department was shut down for good at the end of 1957 as UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfAnimation was beginning.

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 UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, with a renewed series by Creator/{{Filmation}} in the early 1980's, a cameo in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' (and each of the subsequent WesternAnimation/RogerRabbitShorts), and appearances in several ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' spinoffs such as ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids'' (which in turn spawned a Droopy-centric spinoff, ''WesternAnimation/DroopyMasterDetective'') and ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTales''.

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 UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, with a renewed series by Creator/{{Filmation}} in the early 1980's, a cameo in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' (and each of the subsequent WesternAnimation/RogerRabbitShorts), and appearances in several ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' spinoffs such as ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids'' (which in turn spawned a Droppy-centric spinoff, ''WesternAnimation/DroopyMasterDetective'') and ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTales''.

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 UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, with a renewed series by Creator/{{Filmation}} in the early 1980's, a cameo in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' (and each of the subsequent WesternAnimation/RogerRabbitShorts), and appearances in several ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' spinoffs such as ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids'' and ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTales''.

** Droopy apears in a cut-away gag in the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode ''Ocean's Three And A Half'' as Alan Colmes.

* TheEeyore: Droopy always seemed to be in a really sad and gloomy state. When he was happy, [[IsThisWhatAngerFeelsLike he would just say "I'm so happy..."]] in his usual morose tone. When sufficiently provoked, he would just say, [[PreAsskickingOneLiner "You know what? That makes me mad,"]] [[OhCrap and]] [[LetsGetDangerous then]] [[BewareTheNiceOnes beat the other guy to a pulp.]] Sometimes throwing him miles and miles away.
** Sometimes subverted in the ending of his cartoons. Winning a large sum of money or a kiss from Red makes him madly overreact for a while just to suddenly stop, return to his sad state, look at the camera and saying: "You know what? I'm happy."

** Subverted when he won a large sum of money. He smiled from ear to ear, and leaped across the screen. This actually was how he ended several cartoons, bouncing and cheering madly, then returning to his sad state, looking at the camera and saying, "You know what? I'm happy."

* ArtEvolution: The image above is Droopy's first appearance, where's he's drawn with more emphasized jowls, baggy eyes and in generally looks more, well, droopy. He even has a belly button. As time went on and [[NoBudget MGM began slashing budgets]] for cartoons, he was redesigned to be smaller and more geometric, making him [[LimitedAnimation easier to animate].

* TakeOurWordForIt: In the Droopy cartoon ''The Three Little Pups'', one scene ends with the pursuing dogcatcher swallowing Droopy's tv set whole. A couple of scenes later, Droopy and his brothers are watching tv again, and he says to us "Now don't ask how we got the television back." Probably just intended as a wink toward cartoon continuity, but, bringing it up like that, one can't help wondering how they got it back.

* ArtEvolution: Droopy's face became less droopy as time went on.

* DickDasterdlyStopsToCheat: Whenever Droopy and Spike compete against each other, Spike will almost always cheat. Fortunately for Droopy, Spike's attempts will also [[LaserGuidedKarma always backfire in some humorous fashion.]]

* BeggarWithASignboard: One of the Master Detective stories features Miss Vavoom as such a good detective she drives Droopy, Dripple and [=McWolf=] out of business. Droopy and Dripple are last seen with a signboard reading "We'll solve cases for food" and [=McWolf=] has one reading "I'll do it for free".

* ''Señor Droopy'' (1949)

''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 UsefulNotes/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.

* WhenHeSmiles: Droopy's small, bashful smile is ''adorable''.

* BerserkButton/BewareTheNiceOnes: Whatever you do to Droopy, don't ever, EVER deface a picture of the girl he loves...or take away his son's milk.

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 UsefulNotes/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''.

* PreAssKickingOneLiner: ''Y'know what? That makes me mad!''

* TranquilFury: See PreAssKickingOneLiner above.