History WesternAnimation / TheDickTracyShow

-->'''Stooge:''' That's a copper chopper or my name isn't Stooge Viller!

The series was revamped and re-syndicated in 1990 to take advantage of the publicity surrounding Warren Beatty's big screen version of the character. The Joe Jitsu and Go-Go Gomez cartoons were initially rebroadcast as part of the package, although they were soon pulled and only Heap O'Calory and Hemlock Holmes cartoons remained. Tracy would appear in animation again in 1971 as a segment of Filmation's ''WesternAnimation/ArchiesTVFunnies.''

* TokenNonHuman: Hemlock Holmes

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Hemlock Holmes may be a bumbler, but he's never cowered to the criminals he goes after.

* DogStereotype: Hemlock Holmes is an English Bulldog with an English accent.

* TheUnintelligible: The villain Mumbles, whose impediment was the subject of a running gag in "Court Jester." When the judge asks the court reporter to repeat what Mumbles said, the reporter [[LiteralMinded starts mumbling like Mumbles does]]. At the court's verdict, the judge involuntarily [[GotMeDoingIt starts mumbling]], while Go-Go Gomez does it as LampshadeHanging.

* TheUnintelligible: The villain Mumbles, whose impediment was the subject of a running gag in "Court Jester." When the judge asks the court reporter to repeat what Mumbles said, the reporter [[LiteralMinded starts mumbling like Mumbles does]]. At the court's verdict, the judge involuntarily [[GotMeDoingIt starts mumbling]], while Go-Go Gomez does it as [[LampshadeHanging]].

* Hemlock Holmes, a British-accented bulldog who was accompanied by the Retouchables, a group similar to the Keystone Kops.

* BookEnds: Hemlock Holmes was the police officer in the first episode ("Red Hot Riding Hoods") and the last ("The Chinese Cookie Caper").

* BullyBulldog: Averted with Hemlock Holmes.

* CountingToPotato: "Rocket and Roll" had Stooge and Mumbles about to launch Hemlock Holmes and the Retouchables in a rocket to the moon. When Joe Jitsu gets the drop on them, Stooge starts counting down fast, causing the rocket to creep upwards. Joe counters by counting back up fast, causing the rocket to descend back.

* LieDetector: Hemlock Holmes uses one in the episode of the same name. He's grilling Stooge Viller and Mumbles on the theft of a priceless rocking chair.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Heap O'Calory was a caricature of actor Creator/AndyDevine. Hemlock Holmes' voice was a cheap imitation of Creator/CaryGrant.
** Holmes' voice is virtually lampshaded in the debut episode "Red Hot Riding Hoods," which has him answering a phone call from someone that B.B. Eyes (fooling Holmes with a booby-trapped phone booth) says is named Judy. Holmes replies vibrantly, "Judy, Judy, Judy!"

** In just about every episode with Hemlock Holmes, the villains shoot a hole and deflate Hemlock's police hat.

* OneLinerNameOneLiner: From "The Retouchables," after Hemlock Holmes, who busted a gut rescuing them from Stooge Viller and Mumbles, finds them waiting in the police car:

** Hemlock Holmes' British dialect could also qualify.
* OrMyNameIsnt: Stooge Viller affects this in the first episode he and Mumbles appear, "Two Heels On Wheels," when they see Hemlock Holmes and the Retouchables on their tails:

* PutOnABus: While a couple of episodes early on had Hemlock Holmes without the Retouchables, the later episodes simply did not feature the Retouchables at all.

* TalkingAnimal: The carrier pigeon in "The Pigeon Coup" and Hemlock Holmes the Bulldog.

* TheUnintelligible: The villain Mumbles

** "The Banana Peel Deal" has Hemlock Holmes manipulating a conveyor belt control panel that reads "Fast," "Faster," and "Yowie!" to capture the Brow and Oodles.

* YankTheDogsChain: Figuratively and almost literally in "Funny Money." Hemlock Holmes and the Retouchables chase Stooge Viller and Mumbles, who have a case of stolen theater box office receipts. At the end of the cartoon, Tracy tells Hemlock that the stolen money was actually [[StageMoney stage money]]. Cue Hemlock collapsing in a dead faint.

** "Lie Detector" has Hemlock using said machine on Stooge and Mumbles. When a blatant lie is told, the machine's needle breaks off at "Whopper," then the detector bonks them on the head and washes their mouths out with soap.

* OrMyNameIsnt: Stooge Viller affects this in the first episode he and Mumbles appears, "Two Heels On Wheels," when they see Hemlock Holmes and the Retouchables on their tails:

* EarlyInstallmentWierdness: Tracy looked nothing like Chester Gould's figure in the first episode "Red Hot Riding Hoods," which may be attributed to Ray Patterson's direction of the episode. Ensuing episodes had Tracy looking like the comic strip Tracy.

* ArtEvolution: Tracy looked nothing like Chester Gould's figure in the first episode "Red Hot Riding Hoods," which may be attributed to Ray Patterson's direction of the episode. Ensuing episodes had Tracy looking like the comic strip Tracy.

** From "The Flower Plot" after the Yokohama Lily chomps the Mole's rear end:

* CigarChomper: B.B. Eyes, the Brow and Cheater Gunsmoke are all seen with a stogie. Stooge Viller has a cigarette in a cigarette holder.

* CourtroomAntic: "Court Jester" had Stooge Viller and Mumbles on trial for their crimes, only Stooge has taken it on the lam. The prosecution can't get Mumbles to admit they're guilty because [[ChewbaccaDefense nobody can understand his mumbling without Stooge there to decipher it.]]

* CourtroomAntic: "Court Jester" had Stooge Viller and Mumbles on trial for their crimes, only Stooge has taken it on the lam. The prosecution can't get Mumbles to admit they're guilty because nobody can understand his mumbling without Stooge there to decipher it.

* An early 1960s commercial for Soaky, a bubble bath in containers resembling popular cartoon stars, features Tracy and Muskie Muskrat from ''WesternAnimation/TheDeputyDawgShow''. The spot was animated at Terrytoons and featured the oices of Everett Sloane (Tracy) and Dayton Allen (Muskie).

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Incredibly averted. Except for the brief appearance of a female in some episodes, such as the girl Go-Go Gomez is wooing at the start of his episodes, the show is one big [[ChromosomeCasting sausage fest]].