History WesternAnimation / TheRuffAndReddyShow

* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: Reddy in spades. As mentioned, he'll shy away from confrontations, but pick on Ruff or anyone smaller than its antagonist and he'll get riled.

* CharacterCatchphrase: C

* CatchPhrase: Captain Greedy's "I'll boil them in oil!" and "I hate them to pieces!"

* OffModel: Captain Greedy appeared in a Ruff & Reddy comic book story but looked absolutely nothing like the antagonist of the TV show.

* HonorableElephant: In the "Pinky the Pint-Sized Pachyderm" arc, elephants co.e to the aid of Pinky and our heroes as well as giving the villain Scary Harry Safari his just deserts.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys:
** Killer and Diller, "the Terrible Twins from Texas". They'd be reused and renamed in the ''WesternAnimation/YogiBear'' cartoon "Big Brave Bear".
** Also, Captain Greedy and his stooge, Salt Water Daffy.

** Ruff and Reddy appeared in 12 issues from Dell Comics, starting with Dell Four Color Comics #937 (adaptation of the Pint-Sized Pachyderm story arc). Most issues were drawn by Harvey Eisenberg, others were drawn by Pete Alvarado.
** Professor Gizmo is a central figure in the Marvel Comics special ''WesternAnimation/LaffALympics'' publication "The Man Who Stole Thursdays" (summer, 1978). Ruff and Reddy are seen in a framed picture on Gizmo's wall in a panel.

* CuteKitten: Ruff
* DastardlyWhiplash: Scary Harry Safari

* MythologyGag: The name WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw appears on a note nailed to a sheriff's door in an episode involving a ghost town and missing sheep. Also, the cave boy Ubble-Ubble (Chickosaurus story arc) was said to be the inspiration for Bamm-Bamm on ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''.

** Killer and Diller, "the Terrible Twins from Texas". They'd be reused and renamed in the WesternAnimation/YogiBear cartoon "Big Brave Bear".

Ruff was a kitten and Reddy a dog, and together they got involved in clandestine escapades involving anything from alien invasions to swamp pirates to treasure plunderers. In some adventures, they are assisted by Professor Gismo, a kindly old scientist. Taking a cue from ''WesternAnimation/CrusaderRabbit'', it was serialized with 13 episodes making up a story arc and four story arcs making up a season. They were seen as features of the network show which had live action segments. The first run (1957–60) was hosted by Jimmy Blaine, the second run (1962–64) had Captain Bob Cottle in the host segments. The first run also featured cartoons from Columbia's theatrical short subjects.

** Professor Gismo is a central figure in the Marvel Comics special ''WesternAnimation/LaffALympics'' publication "The Man Who Stole Thursdays" (summer, 1978). Ruff and Reddy are seen in a framed picture on Gismo's wall in a panel.

* SdrawkcabName: The first story arc, "Planet Pirates," had our heroes taken to a planet Professor Gismo called Muni-mula, which is backwards for "aluminum," the substance of which the planet is made.
* ShorterMeansSmarter: Ruff is clearly the brains of the outfit. Also, Prof. Gismo is almost as short as Ruff.
* TheSmartGuy: Ruff. And Professor Gismo sometimes.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the end of the Chickosaurus story arc, Professor Gismo adopts cave boy Ubble-Ubble. In the Prof's ensuing appearances on the show, we never see or hear of Ubble-Ubble again.

* TheCameo: Ruff and Reddy appeared briefly in 1972's ''WesternAnimation/YogisArkLark'' (the pilot to ''WesternAnimationYogisGang''), and Ruff cameoed in a 1986 episode of ''WesternAnimation/YogisTreasureHunt''.

* TheCameo: Ruff and Reddy appeared briefly in 1972's ''Yogi's Ark Lark'' (the pilot to ''Yogi's Gang''), and Ruff cameoed in a 1986 episode of ''WesternAnimation/YogisTreasureHunt''.

* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Both Ruff and Reddy; Ruff wears a [[BowTiesAreCool bow tie]] and Reddy has a dog collar.

* CatchPhrase: Captain Greedy's "I'll boil them in oil!"

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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Both Ruff and Reddy; Ruff wears a bow tie and Reddy has a dog collar.

!!''The Ruff & Reddy Show'' provides examples of the following tropes:

'''''The Ruff & Reddy Show''''' was the first production of the Creator/HannaBarbera studio and the very first network cartoon made specifically for Saturday morning. It premiered December 14, 1957, on Creator/{{NBC}}.

* ComicBookAdaptation: Ruff and Reddy appeared in 12 issues from Dell Comics, starting with Dell Four Color Comics #937 (adaptation of the Pint-Sized Pachyderm story arc). Most issues were drawn by Harvey Eisenberg, others were drawn by Pete Alvarado.

* CuteKitten: Ruff.
* DastardlyWhiplash: Scary Harry Safari.

-->'''Professor''': You'll find everything you need on board. Hamburger pills...
-->'''Reddy:''' Hamburger pills??!
-->'''Professor:''' Hot dog pills, lemonade pills, and milkshake capsules.
-->'''Reddy:''' What if I get a headache?
-->'''Professor:''' Then you take an aspirin sandwich.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Pirated episodes recorded off Boomerang are making the round in online sales. Warner Home Video entertained the idea of releasing the entire series on DVD but chose against it, seeing as how the Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear DVD sets sold so poorly. In contrast, even fewer people over the last 30 years know who Ruff and Reddy were.
** The first episode of the Muni-Mula Planet story arc was supposed to be featured in an anthology DVD of H-B shows from 1957 to 1970, released May 21, 2013, but for some reason it was omitted.

* TalkingToHimself: Creator/DawsButler and Creator/DonMessick provide all character voices.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Killer and Diller, "the Terrible Twins from Texas". They'd be reused and renamed in the WesternAnimation/YogiBear cartoon "Big Brave Bear".