Line #40 Characters/WoodyWoodpecker


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4	!!Main Characters
5	[[folder:Woody Woodpecker]]
6	!!Woody Woodpecker
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8	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dvdwoody_767.jpg]]
9	[[caption-width-right:300:Woody, in "Smoked Hams" (1947)]]
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11	->''Everybody thinks I'm cra-ze-ee-ee!''
12	->''Yesiree, that's me, that's me!''
13	->''That's what I'm cracked up to be!''
14	->''I chop a hole in every tree,''
15	->''Knock on wood!'' (taps on branch)
16	->''Well, knock on wo-o-o-o-od!''
17	->''So I'm crazy, so what-what can I do?''
18	->''So are YOU!''
19	-->-Woody Woodpecker, in his early {{Cloudcuckoolander}} persona.
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21	->''"Is this trip'' really ''necessary? Sure it's necessary!'' '''''I'm''''' ''a [[NecessarilyEvil necessary evil!]]"''
22	-->--Woody, from the opening of ''Ration Bored'', in his more {{Jerkass}} persona.
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24	!!Debut: ''Knock Knock'' (1940)
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26	-->'''Voiced by: (English)''' Creator/MelBlanc (1940-41), Danny Webb (1941), Kent Rogers (1942-43), Dick Nelson (1943), Ben Hardaway (1944-49), Grace Stafford (1950-72), Cherry Davis (''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''), Creator/BillyWest (''The New Woody Woodpecker Show''), Eric Kelso (Universal Studios Japan), Creator/EricBauza (2017 film, 2018 [=YouTube=] series, ''Goes to Camp'')
27	-->'''Voiced by: (Japanese)''' Machiko Tsuki (1961-62, Nippon TV broadcast), Junko Hori (1st, 1980's Fuji TV broadcast, DVD), Katsue Miwa (2nd, 1980's Fuji TV broadcast, 2nd Cartoon Network Japan broadcast, commercials), Creator/KoichiYamadera (LD, VHS, Cartoon Network Japan broadcast 1st), Creator/KenichiOgata (''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''), Creator/MisaWatanabe (''Series/FromTheEarthToTheMoon''), Creator/KumikoWatanabe (''The New Woody Woodpecker Show''), Azusa Ichi (Universal Studios Japan), Creator/YuHayashi (2018 [=YouTube=] series)
28	-->'''Voiced by: (Latin American Spanish)''' Jorge Arvizu (original shorts, TV series, 1957-1963), Tony González (TV series, 1964-1970), Patricia Quintero (1971-1972), Juan Alfonso Carralero (''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', ''The New Woody Woodpecker Show''), Jesús Guzmán (2017 film), Alan Fernando Velázquez (2018 [=YouTube=] series)
29	-->'''Voiced by: (Brazillian Portuguese)''' Luis Manuel (1970-1972), Olney Cazarré (1972-1977, 1979-1990), Garcia Júnior (1977-1979), Peterson Adriano (''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''), Marco Antônio Costa (''The New Woody Woodpecker Show''), Sérgio Stern (2017 film, 2018 [=YouTube=] series)
30	-->'''Voiced by: (Italian)''' Isa Di Marzio (70's - 80's), Elisabetta Cesone (2000-2003), Creator/DavideGarbolino (2017 film)
31	-->'''Voiced by: (French)''' Guy Piérauld (original shorts to the beginning of ''The New Woody Woodpecker Show''), Creator/RogerCarel (understudy whenever Piérauld wasn't available), Mark Lesser (''The New Woody Woodpecker Show'' to present)
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34	A prominent example of ThePrankster character, Woody Woodpecker was the star character of the Creator/WalterLantz cartoon studio and is the mascot of Ride/UniversalStudios [[note]]this position was briefly taken from him by Fievel of ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' in the 80s and early 90s- he seemed to have earned it back, only for [[Franchise/DespicableMe the Minions]] to steal it from him in the early 2010s[[/note]]. In the earliest cartoons, he was essentially Lantz's answer to WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck and WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, being a strange hybrid of the two characters, with the energy, looniness [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} and demented nature of Classic Daffy]] merged with hints of the wiseacre attitude of Bugs--also enforced by the fact that they even got ''[[Creator/MelBlanc Bugs' and Daffy's voice actor]]'' for the first three cartoons!
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36	After the first batch of cartoons however, the wiseacre bit of Woody was casually dropped in favor of the more {{Jerkass}} aspects of his character. But things changed when original director Alex Lovy stepped down and ex-Disney animator Creator/ShamusCulhane took over direction of the shorts for a few years, ramping up the direction of the previous cartoons considerably, as well as giving Woody his iconic redesign. His take on Woody was much more fleshed out than the previous incarnation -- whereas the original character was just a mindless heckler that went about causing havoc on sheer principle, Shamus supplied Woody with more clearly defined traits so that we could understand ''why'' he was going about causing trouble -- specifically, by establishing that he is a selfish, ignorant being who only stands for himself and will not stop at nothing to achieve his goals, regardless of whoever gets in his way. He also helped firmly establish Woody's trait of being a BigEater (which did pop up in early cartoons, but wasn't a central part of the character) which served as the basis for many of his cartoons. However, Culhane's direction, for all of his improvements, made Woody a bit too unlikable, taking him from being a screwy bird to sometimes being flat out ''[[TookALevelInJerkAss malicious]]'' in some episodes (i.e. The Barber of Seville).
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38	But this changed yet ''again'' when Disney veteran Dick Lundy took the directors chair and toned down Woody considerably, establishing that he cannot go crazy unless given a genuine reason to. During his direction, Lundy essentially turned Woody into an ersatz WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck, mixed in with Woody's typical pranking tendencies. By the '50s, at the behest of Universal, Lantz softened Woody into a much more heroic character, with occasional bouts of his old antics time and time again.
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41	* AlliterativeName: His first and last names both begin with W.
42	* AnimatedActor: As shown by the live-action segments of the original ''Woody Woodpecker Show''.
43	* AntiRoleModel: In his early days, he was [[CloudCuckoolander a straight-up lunatic]] and a reckless troublemaker, and even afterward was often portrayed as being lazy, [[BigEater gluttonous]], arrogant, thoughtless, [[HairTriggerTemper bad tempered]], [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] and [[PsychopathicManChild childish]] in personality, though these aspects of his personality got sanded down as time went on. At any rate, its safe to say that Woody is absolutely '''not''' a paragon of virtue.
44	* ArchNemesis: Wally Walrus, Buzz Buzzard, Dapper Denver Dooley, Gabby Gator and Ms. Meany. It's not the full list of the enemies he got over the series' lifespan, but those are probably his best known ones.
45	* ArtEvolution: Woody's early appearance looked like a bizarre, ghoulish mix of a woodpecker and a ragdoll. He eventually got streamlined into more handsome and cuter designs from the mid 1940's and onward.
46	* AttractiveBentGender: He's done crossdressing on a handful of occasions, and he's just as effective with it as WesternAnimation/BugsBunny.
47	* BigEater: Woody's appetite was a frequent source of many plots.
48	* BreakoutCharacter: Woody originally appeared in an Andy Panda short in an attempt by Lantz to deliberately invoke this trope. It worked.
49	* CaptainErsatz: Of Daffy Duck and the rabbit from "WesternAnimation/PorkysHareHunt", with some traces of Bugs Bunny in the earliest shorts. These aspects were dropped later on and Woody became more of a playful trickster and foil character in the vein of ''WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck'' and ''WesternAnimation/BarneyBear''. The Latin American Spanish dubs enforce this by having Jorge Arvizu, Bugs' voice actor at the time, also voicing Woody.
50	* TheCameo: Woody made a cameo appearance in the ending of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.
51	* CardCarryingVillain: At the beginning of Ration Bored, Woody said that he was a [[NecessarilyEvil necessary evil]] after looking at a sign that says "Is this really necessary?".
52	* CharacterCatchphrase: "Guess Who? [[SignatureLaugh Ha ha ha HA HA, ha ha ha HA HA, ha ha ha HA HA, hehehehehehehe!]]"
53	* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the newer cartoons, Woody is much more relaxed than in his early shorts, where he was a manic heckler.
54	* CompositeCharacter: Originally a hybrid of WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck and WesternAnimation/BugsBunny in his earliest persona, but became a WesternAnimation/ScrewySquirrel and WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck hybrid when Dick Lundy took over the shorts.
55	* {{Determinator}}: Once Woody sets his mind on a goal, no force on Earth will stop him.
56	* DoesNotLikeSpam: [[spoiler:The 1942 short, "The Loan Stranger", makes it clear that he '''''hates''''' cheesecake.]]
57	* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: In his earliest appearances, Woody's chest pattern was red, his tail feathers were green, and his legs were exposed up to his ankles. They would later be changed to have his chest pattern he white, his tail feathers blue, and only have his feet exposed with no leg showing.
58	* FeatheredFiend: At his worst. Woody's a bird who can and will make your life a never-ending living hell if you cross him.
59	* {{Flight}}: Being an avian, Woody is very much capable of flying, although this ability was usually dropped after the early shorts in favor of him using SuperSpeed. It returns in the live action movie, complete with his wings flapping as he flies.
60	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In later years, they started to make him a more sympathetic character.
61	* KarmaHoudini: Happened very frequently in the early shorts.
62	* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: A few times, Woody wouldn't have the last laugh and would actually face the consequences for his pranks. It happened more frequently from 1940 and onward.
63	* NominalHero: In his earliest shorts, he messed with people for no reason and often got away with it.
64	* OurGodsAreDifferent: The movie establishes him as the incarnation of a[[note]]fictional[[/note]] native American deity, Marconda.
65	* PaperThinDisguise: Makes use of this several times.
66	* TookALevelInJerkass: The Culhane shorts.
67	* VagueAge: In the classic shorts, he's usually an adult, but some cartoons (especially his last one) had him performing children activities like playing in a junior league baseball game and going to elementary school.
68	* VillainProtagonist: While it's a huge stretch to call Woody evil, he was by no means a paragon of virtue in his loonier days and was more often than not a nuisance on his ''best'' days. He was often a [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish, self-serving troublemaker]] who wasn't above harassing or (comically) hurting others to get what he wants. However, whether Woody is an AntiHero, a trickster or a villain really depends on the short and the time period in the character's history. However, while many shorts portrayed him as causing trouble for others around him, be it knowingly (stealing gas, heckling Papa Panda by pecking holes in his roof, breaking into a hotel owned by Wally Walrus, etc.) or just out of carelessness or thoughtlessness, he is seldom portrayed as [[ForTheEvulz doing it out of maliciousness]]; its clear he's [[KarmicTrickster more mischievous and playful or just irritated by his hapless foes]], and its surprisingly uncommon for Woody to instigate the conflicts in the first place. In the 1950's shorts and onward, as well as in ''The New Woody Woodpecker Show'', he was given more overtly sympathetic qualities, though he never completely shedded his manic prankster qualities.
69	* WholesomeCrossdresser: In "Chew Chew Baby", "Drooler's Delight" and "The Woody Woodpecker Polka".
70	* YourSizeMayVary: How big Woody is varies from cartoon to cartoon, and even medium to medium. Sometimes he's big enough to live in a regular house, sometimes he's small enough to live in a regular-sized birdhouse. In the comics and the 1999 cartoon he's pretty consistently the former, while in the live-action movie, he's the latter.
71	[[/folder]]
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73	[[folder:Wally Walrus]]
74	!!Wally Walrus
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76	[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/b85df739_htf_imgcache_35209_4058.jpg]]
77	[[caption-width-right:320: Woody and Wally, in "The Beach Nut" (1944)]]
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79	!!Debut: ''The Beach Nut'' (1944)
80
81	-->'''Voiced by:''' Jack Mather (1944-48), Will Wright (''The Reckless Driver''), Dallas [=McKennon=] (''What's Sweepin[='=]''), Creator/PaulFrees (''Clash and Carry'' and ''Tricky Trout''), Creator/BillyWest (''The New Woody Woodpecker Show''), Creator/TomKenny (2018 [=YouTube=] series, ''Goes to Camp'')
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84	Woody's original set in stone rival of Swedish descent, Wally was made to serve as Woody's short-tempered but dull-witted comic foil, as Elmer Fudd was to WesternAnimation/BugsBunny or as Squidward is to WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants.
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87	* AlliterativeName: First and last names both begin with the letter W.
88	* AntiVillain: Unlike other antagonists, he's usually just minding his own business and it's not until Woody starts causing him mayhem that he Wally moves against him.
89	* ButtMonkey: He is usually at the mercy of Woody's antics.
90	* TheCameo: Wally made a cameo alongside Woody in the ending of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.
91	* CartoonConductor: He takes this role in the ''Musical Miniature'' shorts "The Overture to William Tell" and "Kiddie Concert".
92	* CrankyLandlord: He serves as this to Woody in "Bathing Buddies".
93	* DemotedToExtra: He was brought onto the "underdog" cast section when other characters that could be more obviously referred to as bad guys (such as Buzz Buzzard, Dapper Denver Dooley, and Dirty [=McNasty=]) came up. At least until ''The New Woody Woodpecker Show''.
94	* DiabolicalDogCatcher: In "Dog Tax Dodgers".
95	* FriendlyEnemy: Sometimes to Woody in ''The New Woody Woodpecker Show''.
96	* FunetikAksent: Has a thick Swedish accent in most of his appearances.
97	* InterspeciesRomance: He's willing to date women who are ''birds''.
98	* {{Leitmotif}}: "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" has became one for Wally whenever he cooks or has dinner. The first instance of it, "The Beach Nut", has both Woody singing this song and Wally happily humming it. Well, it could end there, but then he does the same thing in "The Dippy Diplomat" and "Chew-Chew Baby".
99	* RoguesGalleryTransplant: He antagonizes Andy Panda in "Dog Tax Dodgers" and fellow arctic character Chilly Willy in "Clash and Carry" and "Tricky Trout".
100	* SupremeChef: He's usually seen with a lot of good-looking food. It's no wonder why Woody is always after his food.
101	* ThrowTheDogABone: Sometimes in the early shorts, after suffering a lot on Woody's hands, Wally would have a well-deserved revenge.
102	* WilyWalrus: An antagonistic, stuffy walrus who despises Woody.
103	[[/folder]]
104
105	[[folder:Buzz Buzzard]]
106	!!Buzz Buzzard
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108	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/405944-54436-buzz-buzzard_large_4778.jpg]]
109	[[caption-width-right:300: Buzz and Woody, in "Wet Blanket Policy" (1948)]]
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111	!!Debut: ''Wet Blanket Policy'' (1948)
112
113	-->'''Voiced by:''' Lionel Stander (1948-49), Dallas [=McKennon=] (1950-72), Creator/MarkHamill (''The New Woody Woodpecker Show''), Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson (2018 [=YouTube=] series, ''Goes to Camp'')
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116	Woody's ''other'' comic foil, Buzz Buzzard is a sleazy, greedy conman who will stoop to any depths to get what he wants.
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119	* AlliterativeName: B is the first letter of both his given name and his surname.
120	* ArchEnemy: To Woody.
121	* BigBad: Counts as this for the franchise as a whole, thanks in no part to most of his appearances having him as the main villain and always standing above the rest of Woody's rogues as his most personal and hated nemesis.
122	* CaptainErsatz: Buzz is one of the WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck character Ben Buzzard, a character director Dick Lundy created for the 1943 Donald Duck short "The Flying Jalopy" when he was working at Disney. In his debut episode "Wet Blanket Policy" Buzz even has a similar InsuranceFraud scheme Ben had for Donald.
123	* DarkIsEvil: He has black feathers and is a villainous conman.
124	* EvilSoundsRaspy: Courtesy of Creator/MarkHamill.
125	* FeatheredFiend: A villainous avian.
126	* HateSink: He exists to be a proper antagonist for Woody, and since Woody is ''not'' a paragon of good virtue himself, Buzz always has to be ''worse'' to balance things out.
127	* {{Jerkass}}: Possibly the only character in the series who is more of this than Woody.
128	* PermaStubble: In the '40s, represented by the bottom part of his beak being darkened, as in the picture.
129	* ScavengersAreScum: Woody's greatest adversary is a vulture.
130	* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Several of the old cartoons ended up with him dying, but he always comes back.
131	* VileVulture: If the name wasn't enough of a tip-off, he's an evil vulture.
132	[[/folder]]
133
134	!!Supporting Characters
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136	[[folder:Winnie Woodpecker]]
137	!!Winnie Woodpecker
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139	[[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/woodywoodpecker35_5518.jpg]]
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141	!!Debut: ''Real Gone Woody'' (1954)
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143	-->'''Voiced by:''' Grace Stafford (1954), Creator/BJWard (''The New Woody Woodpecker Show''), Bianca Allen (''Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure''), Creator/TaraStrong (2018 [=YouTube=] series)
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146	Woody's girlfriend. While she only appeared in ''one'' of the original theatrical cartoons (and in a very one-dimensional role at that[[note]]Whether the female woodpecker appearing in ''International Woodpecker'' is her or not is up to debate[[/note]]) she became a recurring character in the comics and became much more prominent in the newer show. Similar in personality to Woody, but much more dignified.
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149	* AlliterativeName: Just like her boyfriend, her first and last names both begin with W.
150	* ArtEvolution: Her post-Real Gone Woody design is just a slight tweak of Woody's design.
151	* AscendedExtra: Began as a one-shot character in the original shorts before being a regular character starting with ''The New Woody Woodpecker Show''.
152	* CharacterCatchphrase: "When in doubt, improvise!"
153	* DamselInDistress: Winnie is this in the video games Férias Frustradas do Pica-Pau, and Woody Woodpecker Crazy Castle 5. In the former she is kidnapped by Buzz Buzzard, and in the latter she is trapped in a treasure chest.
154	* FlatCharacter: Originally, her only role was for Woody Woodpecker and Buzz Buzzard to fight for her affection and she had very little characterization.
155	* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: In art work, comics and cartoons before the 90s, she wore a dress and shoes.
156	* GenkiGirl: In the 1999-2002 series.
157	* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: In both ''The New Woody Woodpecker Show'' and the 2018 [=YouTube=] series, all she wears is a skirt and WhiteGloves.
158	%%* InnocentBlueEyes
159	* NonMammalMammaries: She has breasts in her debut, but her redesign in ''The New Woody Woodpecker Show'' averts this, as by then she's basically Woody in a skirt.
160	* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Aside from wearing a skirt and having her [[NonmammalianHair head feathers bent forward]], Winnie is nearly identical to Woody (in her post-"Real Gone Woody" appearances, however).
161	[[/folder]]
162
163	[[folder:Knothead and Splinter]]
164	!!Knothead and Splinter
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166	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/knothead_splinter_4404.gif]]
167
168	!!Debut: ''Get Lost'' (1956)[[note]]theatrical debut--note that they appeared earlier in comics[[/note]]
169
170	-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JuneForay (1956-71), Creator/EGDaily (Knothead) and Creator/NikaFutterman (Splinter) (''The New Woody Woodpecker Show''), Creator/NikaFutterman (Knothead) and Creator/TaraStrong (Splinter) (2018 [=YouTube=] series)
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173	Woody's Nephew and Niece respectively.
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176	%%* BrattyHalfPint(s)
177	* CanonImmigrant: The characters originally appeared in Lantz's ''New Funnies'' comics (1952-), but were later brought into the cartoons.
178	%%* ChasteToons
179	* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Splinter is a rare female bird example of shirtless cartoon animal.
180	* RetCon: In the earliest comics, the kids were Nuthead (sic) and Splinter; both were boys; and the pair were Woody's adopted wards, not his relatives. First, Splinter became a girl; then Nuthead became Knothead; then (in the cartoons) the pair became nephew and niece.
181	%%* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Splinter
182	[[/folder]]
183
184	[[folder:Miss Meany]]
185	!!Miss Meany
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187
188	!! Debut: ''Calling Dr. Woodpecker'' (1963)
189
190	-->'''Voiced by:''' Grace Stafford (1963-72), Creator/AndreaMartin (''The New Woody Woodpecker Show'')
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193	An ugly, nasty, and occasionally smart-alecky old lady who often gets the better of Woody if he causes her trouble. First appeared late in the series, but became a regular very fast. Also a frequent player in ''The New Woody Woodpecker Show'', often as Woody's short-tempered landlady.
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196	* AdaptedOut: She is not in the 2018 [=YouTube=] series simply due to its all-animal cast.
197	* AmbiguouslyGay: When Woody introduces his "[[DisguisedInDrag new wife]]," Miss Meany asks to kiss the bride with considerable delight.
198	* CrankyLandlord: In ''The New Woody Woodpecker Show''.
199	* GrandeDame: Occasionally, depending on the prestige of her job.
200	* {{Jerkass}}: Especially in "Bye Bye Blackboard".
201	* KarmicButtMonkey: She's mean-spirited, aggressive, doesn't like animals, and not even she is safe from Woody's slapstick antics.
202	* MeaningfulName: "Meany" would be a rather fitting name for a person who isn't nice.
203	* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Sometimes she works for a company or institution (she's a schoolteacher in "Bye Bye Blackboard", a sheriff in "Janie Get Your Gun"); other times, she's just doing something on her own, such as birdwatching or archaeology.
204	* OldMaid: While the subject doesn't come up very often, an occasional ''New Woody Woodpecker'' episode features her looking for a date, sometimes Wally.
205	[[/folder]]
206
207	[[folder:Andy Panda]]
208	!!WesternAnimation/AndyPanda
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210	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/andy_panda_4393.jpg]]
211
212	!!Debut: ''Life Begins for Andy Panda'' (1939)
213
214	-->'''Voiced by:''' Bernice Hansen (1939-1940), Sara Berner (1940-1941, 1947), Margaret Hill-Talbot (1941-1942), Dick Nelson (1943), Walter Tetley (1944-1949), Scott Weil (2018 [=YouTube=] series)
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217	Creator/WalterLantz's second star character after the WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit series ran out of gas. Started off as an infant, but gradually grew up to become TheEveryman. Woody Woodpecker made his debut in his fifth short, "Knock, Knock". Phased out by 1949, but made a cameo in the '50s short" The Woody Woodpecker Polka". While he wasn't a recurring character of the series, his shorts were usually shown alongside Woody's in the original Woody Woodpecker show. Appeared in 27 shorts total (28 if you count his cameo in "The Woody Woodpecker Polka"). He returned to the cast in the 2018 web series.
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220	* BrattyHalfPint: In his early appearances.
221	* TheCameo: On a poster in "Wet Blanket Policy" and in the opening of "The Woody Woodpecker Polka."
222	* CaptainErsatz: Andy's everyman incarnation seems to be one of WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse.
223	%%* TheEveryman
224	* JerkassBall: Shamus Culhane's very short lived take on the character in the short "The Painter and the Pointer".
225	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: In his baby appearances.
226	* SharedUniverse: With Woody Woodpecker. Woody Woodpecker made his debut in one of his early cartoons and both of them co-starred together in the shorts "Musical Moments from Chopin" and "Banquet Busters".
227	[[/folder]]
228
229	[[folder:Chilly Willy]]
230	!!!WesternAnimation/ChillyWilly
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232	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Chilly_Willy_4096.jpg]]
233
234	!!Debut: ''Chilly Willy'' (1953)
235
236	-->'''Voiced by:''' Sara Berner (1953), Daws Butler (1954-62, 1969-72), Grace Stafford (1963-68), Brad Norman and Creator/DeeBradleyBaker (2018 [=YouTube=] series)
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239	A little penguin living in Fairbanks, Alaska who, oddly enough, hates the cold and goes out of his way to find warmth. While not directly connected to Woody Woodpecker, his shorts were aired alongside his on the original ''Woody Woodpecker'' show.
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242	* ArtEvolution: Initially, Chilly just looked like a Woody Woodpecker clone with flippers and black and white feathers. When he directed the second Chilly Willy short, Creator/TexAvery created the much more distinct design that we know and love.
243	* ButtMonkey: Not as much as his enemies though.
244	%%* FlatCharacter
245	* TheGenericGuy: He's adorable enough, but doesn't have much in the way of personality -- which might be why he tends to be shoved OutOfFocus for many of his cartoons, while his antagonists get most of the screen time. This was at least partially intentional on Tex Avery's part, as he did not believe a "little fuzzy wuzzy penguin" was inherently funny and chose to focus on his adversaries as comical foils.
246	** Better Chilly cartoons make him a mischievous, almost demonic little squirt. Unfortunately, it's not done often enough.
247	* MisplacedWildlife: He's a penguin from Alaska.
248	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Even more so than Andy Panda. Just ''look'' at him!
249	* TheVoiceless: Chilly frequently shifts between this and speaking.
250	[[/folder]]
251
252	[[folder:Gorgeous Gal]]
253	!!Gorgeous Gal
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255	[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/g1.jpg]]
256
257	!!Debut: ''WesternAnimation/AFineFeatheredFrenzy'' (1954)
258
259	-->'''Voiced by:''' Gladys Holland
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261
262	A single millionaire who falls madly in love with Woody. He doesn't feel the same way about her. At all.
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265	* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Gorgeous Gal's reaction to Woody Woodpecker responding to her ad which intensifies after she meets him and even moreso after she kisses him. We never see exactly how she forces Woody Woodpecker to marry her so it's possible that he gives up and agrees to it after he realizes he is never going to get away from Gorgeous Gal.
266	* AbhorrentAdmirer: Obviously, Gorgeous Gal is this for Woody.
267	* AudioErotica: Gorgeous Gal's sexy voice on the phone lures Woody Woodpecker to her, performing a siren switch. Her voice remains sexy throughout the film, yet her appearance turns off Woody Woodpecker.
268	* AwfulWeddedLife: To Woody, not to her.
269	* TheBadGuyWins: Downplayed; while not exactly antagonistic or evil, the film ends with her successful trapping Woody and marrying him,despite his protests.
270	* CloudCuckoolander: Gorgeous Gal seems to really believe that Woody is in love with her and that his attempts to escape are just shyness or flirting.
271	* CrazyPrepared: Gorgeous Gal even had a wedding dress and a priest ready to marry her with Woody.
272	* TheDreaded: Gorgeous Gal is this for Woody.
273	* FatBastard: Downplayed. Gorgeous Gal isn't exactly cruel or malicious, but she's hopelessly in love with Woody and will do anything to have him in her arms, even if it's against his will. So she is this from Woody's point of view.
274	* FanDisservice: Gorgeous Gal shows her legs to try to seduce Woody. The result is the exact opposite.
275	* ForcefulKiss: Gorgeous Gal does this to Woody Woodpecker with her massive red lips. She grabs him while she is sitting on a couch, holds him down and kisses him on his beak several times against his wishes. When Woody breaks free he is briefly seen smiling so he may have enjoyed the kissing, but once he turns and looks at her he seems horrified at the thought of what more kissing might lead to. Gorgeous Gal on the other hand really enjoyed kissing him and becomes ecstatic. So much so that she fires her entire body towards him with her lips puckered like a large cupid's arrow. She misses and leaves a gigantic lipstick imprint on the wall.
276	* KissingDiscretionShot: Whenever she successfully kisses Woody it is out of view from the camera. When she grabs him on the couch she holds him down and turns her back to the camera as she can be heard smothering him in kisses. She also presumably kissed him at the end of the film, once they were out of view in her submarine, to complete their marriage.
277	* RunningGag: Woody running through the mansion, only to find Gorgeous Gal in every room.
278	* StoutStrength: Gorgeous Gal is fat and strong, crushing Woody as she collapses on him in a determined moment, and carries him and cuddles him easily in her arms.
279	* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Gorgeous Gal is enormously tall and overweight, compared to the very skinny and short Woody Woodpecker.
280	* WorthyOpponent: Gorgeous Gal is one of the few people who can defeat Woody Woodpecker. She can outrun him, outsmart him, overpower him and has the finances to chase him around the world. Once Gorgeous Gal decided to marry him his fate was sealed with an inevitable kiss to his bride.
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283	[[folder:Inspector Willoughby]]
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285	!!Debut: ''Salmon Yeggs'' (1958)
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287	-->'''Voiced by:''' Dal [=McKennon=] (1958-1965), Daws Butler (1959-1960) Maurice [=LaMarche=] (1999)
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290	A soft-spoken, balding, short man with a mustache that has many professions. His most iconic one is a police inspector.
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293	* AdvertisedExtra: He appeared in only 17 cartoons of the classic era, but was popular enough to be in the opening sequence of the 1987 syndicated Woody Woodpecker Show among Woody's friends.
294	* ArchNemesis: Windy the Bear in most cartoons where he isn't a inspector. In the shorts where he's a inspector, the closest thing he has to one is Yeggs Benedict, who was the only crook to show up more than once.
295	* CharacterCatchphrase: "That's me, folks."
296	* CharacterTic: Sometimes when he's walking, he jumps and moves his legs fast while in the air.
297	* CrazyPrepared: He once was force-fed poisonous foods and his insides has it where it can detect and block them out.
298	* TheDeterminator: He doesn't stop until he gets the job done.
299	* {{Expy}}: He's basically {{WesternAnimation/Droopy}} in human form.
300	* EyesAlwaysShut: His default expression. They usually open when he's addressing the audience or is surprised.
301	* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: He has had many roles such as park ranger, a truant officer, a baseball umpire, a guard, a bee, a male nurse and a police inspector. The police inspector role stuck.
302	* NoMouth: His big mustache covers his mouth and it moves when he's speaking. His mouth is rarely shown.
303	* SuperStrength: He can lift people much bigger than him by the hand and slam them on the head multiple times.
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Context Characters / WoodyWoodpecker