Line #4 WesternAnimation/AndyPanda


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3	'''''Andy Panda''''' was a recurring character of the Creator/WalterLantz cartoon studio, his series lasting from [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1939 to 1949,]] and supported by cameos in other cartoons, as well as appearances in comic books and merchandise. While virtually unknown [[OvershadowedByAwesome compared to]] Lantz's [[WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker other major star]], the Andy Panda series still managed to crank out some fairly entertaining cartoons in its run.
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5	The earliest batch of cartoons portrayed Andy as a young CheerfulChild and featured the misadventures of him and his BumblingDad, Poppa Panda. Later shorts gave Andy sole top billing and had him aged up into an adult [[TheEveryman Everyman]] in the same vein as [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse another contemporary animal cartoon character]].
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7	Compare [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer [=MGM=]]]'s own cartoon bear WesternAnimation/BarneyBear, which ran around the same time, had Dick Lundy directing in later years, and co-incidentally debuted in the same year.
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9	While WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker might have ended up being more of a success than Andy Panda in terms of cartoons, he did appear in a good number of comics by John Stanley for years after his cartoons had stopped being produced.
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12	[[folder: Filmography]]
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14	!1939
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16	* Life Begins For Andy Panda: Also introduces Papa Panda, a tribe of pygmy panda hunters, and Mr. Whippletree the turtle. Also features older Lantz star Snuffy Skunk and one of two appearances by Mama Panda. (Alex Lovy)
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18	!1940
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20	* Andy Panda Goes Fishing: Co-stars the pygmy hunters and Mr. Whippletree. (Burt Gillett)
21	* 100 Pygmies and Andy Panda: Co-stars Papa Panda, the pygmy hunters, and Mr. Whippletree. (Lovy)
22	* Crazy House: Mr. Whippletree and the pygmies are retired for a more urban setting. (Walter Lantz)
23	* WesternAnimation/{{Knock Knock\|1940}}: The debut of WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker, albeit as a PoorlyDisguisedPilot for Woody. (Lantz)
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25	!1941
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27	* Mouse Trappers: Co-stars Papa Panda, with Mama Panda in a cameo. (Lovy)
28	* Dizzy Kitty: Co-stars Papa Panda. (Lantz)
29	* Andy Panda's Pop: ADayInTheLimelight for Papa Panda. Renamed "Goofy Roofer" in reissued prints. Andy himself does not appear in this short, but Mama Panda makes a cameo.
30	* 21$ a Day (Once a Month): A Swing Symphony Cartune, with Andy making a cameo near the end. (Lantz)
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32	!1942
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34	* Under the Spreading Blacksmith Shop: The last appearance of Papa Panda. (Lovy)
35	* Good-Bye Mr. Moth: Andy's first solo short. (Lantz)
36	* Nutty Pine Cabin: Andy's first appearance as an adult. (Lovy)
37	* Andy Panda's Victory Garden: One of two appearances by Charlie Chicken, who would appear more prominently in the John Stanley comics. (Lovy)
38	* Air Raid Warden (Lovy)
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40	!1943
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42	* Canine Commandos (Lovy)
43	* Meatless Tuesday: First Andy Panda directed by Creator/ShamusCulhane. Second of two appearances by Charlie Chicken.
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45	!1944
46	* WesternAnimation/FishFry: Received an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination for best cartoon short. (Culhane)
47	* The Painter and the Pointer: A brief, ill-fated attempt at reinventing Andy into a {{Jerkass}} character, not unlike what Culhane had recently did to Woody. (Culhane)
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49	!1945
50	* Crow Crazy: First Andy Panda directed by Dick Lundy.
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52	!1946
53	* WesternAnimation/ThePoetAndPeasant (Lundy)
54	* Mousie Come Home (Culhane)
55	* Apple Andy (Lundy)
56	* The Wacky Weed (Lundy)
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58	!1947
59	* WesternAnimation/MusicalMomentsFromChopin: A Musical Miniatures cartoon, featuring both Andy and Woody Woodpecker together competing with pianos. (Lundy)
60	* The Bandmaster: His name is as a 1930's WesternAnimation/WalterLantz cartoon starring WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit. (Lundy) [[invoked]]
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62	!1948
63	* Banquet Busters: A Woody Woodpecker cartoon, in which Andy shares the spotlight with Woody. Also co-stars Woody's archenemy, Wally Walrus. (Lundy)
64	* Playful Pelican (Lundy)
65	* Dog Tax Dodgers: Wally Walrus co-stars. (Lundy)
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67	!1949
68	* Scrappy Birthday: Final Andy Panda cartoon and only appearance of girlfriend Miranda Panda. (Lundy)
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70	!1951
71	* The Woody Woodpecker Polka: Makes a voiceless cameo early on alongside Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
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73	!1952
74	* Team Play: A commerical co-staring Miranda Panda and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
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76	!1964
77	* Spook-A-Nanny: A made-for-TV Woody Woodpecker cartoon, in which Andy plays a small role.
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80	!!Tropes:
81	* AmusementParkOfDoom: In "Crazy House", Andy and his Poppa seek shelter from a storm in what they think is a residential home but turns out to be an abandoned funhouse amusement park, which is full of various booby traps that drive them nuts.
82	* AnimationBump: The Creator/ShamusCulhane and Dick Lundy shorts.
83	** Any scene animated by 30s and 40s Disney mainstay Fred Moore within the final United Artists-era shorts (namely "Playful Pelican", "Dog Tax Dodgers" and "Scrappy Birthday") - the opening scene in "Dog Tax Dodgers", featuring a remarkably fluid and three-dimensional (and simultaneously appealing) depiction of Andy, is arguably the most notable example, drawing comparison with the significantly higher-budgeted contemporary Disney shorts over the conspicuously cruder visuals of Andy's appearances during the early 40s.
84	* ArtEvolution: The early shorts were pretty crudely drawn, looking more like ragdolls than animals. Things improved when Creator/ShamusCulhane brought a little more form to the designs (although most agree that his redesign in "The Painter and the Pointer" was a step in the wrong direction), and Dick Lundy refined the animation considerably by the end of the series.
85	* BadassAdorable: He's a cute-looking panda, yet has performed awesome feats against enemies. His [[GoodAngelBadAngel angel]] in "Apple Andy" [[BewareTheNiceOnes eventually had enough of the devil's abuse]] and gave him a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.
86	* BlackfaceStyleCaricature: The Pygmies in the early cartoons, which is why they are seldom shown on TV anymore.
87	%%* BrattyHalfPint: In his early appearances.
88	* BreakoutCharacter: Woody Woodpecker got his first starring role in Andy's fifth cartoon.
89	%%* BumblingDad: Poppa Panda.
90	* ButtMonkey: Andy's poppa in the early cartoons and Andy himself in the later ones.
91	* TheBusCameBack: He returns in the 2018 web series of ''Woody Woodpecker'' as a supporting character.
92	* TheCameo: In the Woody Woodpecker cartoons "Wet Blanket Policy" (in the opening, as a ad for his comics) and "The Woody Woodpecker Polka". A mascot costume of him appears briefly in the film ''Film/TheWizard''.
93	* CanonImmigrant: Miranda Panda. She was a regular in the Lantz "Funnies" comic books before making her only animated appearance in "Scrappy Birthday" (and a cameo in "The Woody Woodpecker Polka").
94	* CaptainErsatz: Andy owned a series of dogs in cartoons such as "The Painter and the Pointer" and "Dog Tax Dodgers", all of whom were basically just [[WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup Pluto]] moonlighting in Lantz cartoons.
95	%%* CheerfulChild: Andy in his earlier appearances.
96	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Andy's dad dissapears after the first few shorts (and his own one-shot short subject), and Andy himself was retired by Universal after Lantz died. Mama Panda makes no further appearances after "Andy Panda's Pop".
97	* CousinOliver: Miranda Panda, who made one animated appearance in "Scrappy Birthday", with Andy DemotedToExtra in "The Woody Woodpecker Polka". She would get more appearances in the comic books.
98	%%* DarkestAfrica: Where the first three shorts are apparently set.
99	* DistaffCounterpart: The onetime appearance of Miranda Panda, an unmistakable ersatz of WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse.
100	%%* DontEatAndSwim: This happened to Wally Walrus in an issue of the comic book.
101	%%* TheEveryman: His post-baby incarnation.
102	* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: He starts wearing clothes and shoes in "Nutty Pine Cabin".
103	* HollywoodNatives: The pygmy hunters in the first three shorts.
104	* {{Jerkass}}: Miranda Panda displays very JerkAss behavior towards Andy in "Scrappy Birthday", wanting a fox-skin coat for her birthday which is far beyond Andy's own means. [[TookALevelInKindness Though, she does become much nicer in her later appearances, especially the comic books]].
105	* JerkassBall: Andy grabs it as he [[TookALevelInJerkass briefly lapses into being an unpleasant person]] in "The Painter and the Pointer" as he threatens his dog Butch by forcing him to point by attaching his paw to ''a loaded shotgun''.
106	%%** He's also had his moments in the earlier shorts.%%Such as?
107	* LightIsNotGood: In "Apple Andy", Andy encounters a devil in a white nightgown (also the subject of a song) who tempts him to steal from an apple orchard.
108	* LowerDeckEpisode: "The Painter and the Pointer" has Andy appear only in the opening and ending, focusing otherwise on his dog, the fly and the spiders.
109	* MisplacedWildlife: The first shorts depict Andy and his parents living in DarkestAfrica instead of China.
110	* MockyMouse: Andy's everyman incarnation is pretty much Lantz's answer to WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse, even wearing red pants and yellow shoes. His one-time appearing girlfriend, Miranda Panda, is also a shameless ersatz of WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse.
111	* NiceGuy: Andy is generally shown to be friendly and upbeat when not being mischievous.
112	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Poppa Panda's voice characterization in "Andy Panda's Pop" is abruptly changed from previous shorts to be a Creator/WCFields impersonation.
113	* OutOfFocus: As Woody Woodpecker got more popular, Andy got considerably less showtime than before.
114	* PainPoweredLeap: In "Fish Fry", a fish bites a cat on the finger, who reacts by jumping up hundreds of feet in the air.
115	* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: "Knock Knock" for the Woody Woodpecker series.
116	* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The short "The Bandmaster" is built around Louis-Ferdinand Hérold's "Overture to Zampa".
117	%%* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: In his infant appearances.
118	* RogerRabbitEffect: The ending of "100 Pygmies and Andy Panda", where teleporting the pygmies sends them into a live action city--and the turtle onto a barrel near the Niagara Falls.
119	* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Wally Walrus, ordinarily Woody Woodpecker’s nemesis, appears in "Dog Tax Dodgers" as a DiabolicalDogcatcher with his sights on Andy’s pooch.
120	%%* SmellySkunk: Featured in "Scrappy Birthday".
121	* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Miranda Panda is pretty much just Andy's design with a bow, skirt and high heels.
122	* TookALevelInJerkass: Andy got hit with this ''hard'' in "The Painter and the Pointer", not only receiving an ugly redesign, but also receiving a nasty, foul-tempered personality, going as far as rigging a shotgun to his dog that will fire if he even budges, [[DisproportionateRetribution all just for messing up one of his paintings.]] [[TookALevelInKindness Thankfully, he immediately regressed to his softer persona in shorts afterwards]].
123	* TookALevelInKindness: Miranda Panda, Andy's girlfriend seems to be much nicer and sensible in the comic books and even in the "Team Play" Auto-Lite commercial as opposed to her meaner self in her debut "Scrappy Birthday".
124	%%* WartimeCartoon: "Andy Panda's Victory Garden" and "Air Raid Warden".
125	* WoodlandCreatures: A bunch of forest animals (plus kangaroos) show up in "Life Begins for Andy Panda".

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