Line #3 WesternAnimation/HumphreyTheBear


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3	A fat, dumb, freeloading bear who lives in Brownstone National Park and is always on the lookout for an easy meal. Humphrey tended to run [[{{Pun}} afoul]] of WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and fussy ranger J. Audubon Woodlore.
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5	The Humphrey cartoons have been aptly described as "belly-laugh" shorts by Leonard Maltin, as they feature a broader, wilder style of comedy than the usually cute or coy gags typically associated with the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts.
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7	Not to be confused with the star of the Australian children's show ''Series/HeresHumphrey''.
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11	[[folder:Filmography]]
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13	!1950
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15	Hold That Pose (WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} cartoon)
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17	!1954
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19	Grin and Bear It
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21	!1955
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23	Bearly Asleep
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25	WesternAnimation/RuggedBear
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27	Beezy Bear
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29	!1956
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31	Hooked Bear (One of only two shorts in his own series)
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33	WesternAnimation/InTheBag (One of only two shorts in his own series)
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35	!Mickey Mouseworks / House of Mouse shorts
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37	Donald's Grizzly Guest
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39	Donald's Fish Fry
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41	Hot Tub Humphrey
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43	Survival of the Woodchucks
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45	[[/folder]]
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49	!!Media Featuring Humphrey:
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51	Television shows:
52	* ''Series/TheMickeyMouseClub''
53	* ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers''
54	* ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop''
55	* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseworks'' [=/=] ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse''
56	* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse'' (Cameo appearance in one episode)
57	* ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheThreeCaballeros''
58	* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'' [=/=] ''WesternAnimation/TheWonderfulWorldOfMickeyMouse'' (cameo)
59	* ''WesternAnimation/OnceUponAStudio''
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62	!!Tropes That Apply to Humphrey:
63	* BearsAreBadNews: Well, sort of. Humphrey may make life harder for those around him, but he's a pest rather than an actual threat.
64	* BearyFriendly: Humphrey never shows any signs of aggression despite being a grizzly bear.
65	* BearyFunny: His bumbling attempts to get food and avoid hunters leads to lots of comedy.
66	* BigEater: When he can get food, that is.
67	* TheCameo: Spike the Bee appeared in "Beezy Bear".
68	* CaptainErsatz: Not Humphrey himself, but when Humphrey's creator Jack Hannah left Disney for Creator/WalterLantz, he created a new character named Fatso Bear, who was more or less identical to Humphrey.
69	* CatchPhrase: A very distinctive "heh". Humphrey also has a tendency to take in a deep breath and [[DisapprovingLook let it out with an exasperated babbling of his lips]] when things go awry for him.
70	* DagwoodSandwich: In "Grin and Bear It", Humphrey joins Donald's picnic and helps him build two sandwich towers. Instead of sharing them, however, Donald just smooshes the two together and eats them himself.
71	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In his first appearance, on the Goofy short "Hold that Pose", he has a different design and acts more belligerent.
72	** In ''Bearly Asleep'', Donald is the ranger rather than Woodlore. His name wasn't even Humphrey, given by his rare speaking line, "Humphrey pinched me!"
73	* FencePainting: On "In the Bag", the Ranger tricks the bears into picking up garbage by making it into a game.
74	* HotPotato: The ending gag in "Beezy Bear". Donald has caught Humphrey sucking honey through a hose, so he hooks the hose to a faucet and turns it on full blast. The ranger arrives, takes the hose away from Humphrey and gives it back to Donald, who knows what's coming and tries to give it back. They fight over who gets it until all three of them get soaked.
75	* ImpliedDeathThreat: In "Grin and Bear It", the Ranger warns the bears (mostly Humphrey) not to steal the park goers' food. If they don't, he threatens them with "the supreme penalty", and points at a ratty bear skin rug hanging on the side of the ranger station.
76	* LittleGirlsKickShins: In "Hooked Bear", a boy kicks Humphrey in the shin after he pops the kid's fish balloon float. When Humphrey complains to the Ranger, the Ranger angrily tells him to "Leave the kiddies alone!" and hits Humphrey in the same shin with a bucket of fish.
77	* NonMammalMammaries: Rare male example: he has rather human-like pecs (although without visible nipples).
78	* NotSoAboveItAll: In "Grin and Bear It", after Humphrey's last attempt to get Donald's picnic basket results in its contents littering the road, the Ranger orders them to clean it up. As he points out what to pick up, he runs into a large ham and secretly hides it inside his shirt. Donald and Humphrey catch him and stick him in the butt with their pickers. The Ranger can just smile sheepishly and utter Humphrey's "Heh."
79	* OldFaithful: On "In the Bag", Humphrey has to clean all the liter in the park to get his dinner, so he just throws it all in a hole. Unfortunately, that hole is the geyser Old Fateful, and Humphrey tries to stop it before it gives him away.
80	* SharkFinOfDoom: In "Hooked Bear", Humphrey takes the keel from a toy sailboat and wears it on his head as a fin to scare away fishermen and keep the fish for himself.
81	* ShoutOut: Smokey the Bear appears in ''In the Bag'', stomping out Humphrey's attempt to burn his trash, telling viewers that "'''''Only you can prevent forest fires.'''''"
82	* StagedPedestrianAccident: Humphrey tries to con Donald one last time in "Grin and Bear It" by pretending to be run over as Donald drives away from the park. Don tries to walk away from the scene of the crime, but Humphrey starts screaming and Donald gives him all his food to shut him up. Unfortunately, this doesn't fool Ranger Woodlore.
83	* ThisIsMySide: In "Beezy Bear", a white line indicates the border between the park and Donald's bee farm, and the Ranger warns the bears not to cross it. Don puts up barbed wire along his side for good measure, not that it deters a hungry Humphrey much.
84	* TravelingPipeBulge: Seen in "Beezy Bear" when Humphrey tries to siphon Donald's honey through a garden hose.
85	* TheUnintelligible: Humphrey's speech consists of grunts, mumbles, and whines, with some occasional talking thrown in.
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Context WesternAnimation / HumphreyTheBear