History Creator / BobClampett

* LoopholeAbuse: When he was directing the black and white unit, he was mandated to have Porky Pig appear in all of his cartoons. Fortunately, it was never stated how ''much'' Porky had to appear or even that he had to be the focus of the cartoon. Clampett took full advantage of this--several cartoons [[OutOfFocus reduce Porky to a bit player role]], such as ''The Lone Stranger and Porky'', ''Meet John Doughboy'', ''We, The Animals Squeak'' and ''The Henpecked Duck'', while others have Porky share screentime with another character (i.e. Daffy Duck) or put the focus on a oneshot character instead.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Clampett's alleged unprofessional antics and tendency to steal credit for work earned him a fair few enemies with Termite Terrace. Creator/ChuckJones and Creator/MelBlanc especially spoke derogatorily of him in later years. Creator/TexAvery and Creator/FrizFreleng were also known to dislike him, but both kept it privately (Jones and Avery disowned him in the late '70s after Clampett claimed he was the sole creator of Bugs Bunny in an interview, though Avery [[WasTooHardOnHim later recanted]], according to Mike Barrier). Even those who retained a fonder opinion of Clampett, such as Creator/FrankTashlin and Creator/RobertMcKimson, made [[WartsAndAll little to any denial]] of the credit-stealing charges.

* PassingTheTorch: Creator/JohnKricfalusi famously borrowed a LOT from Clampett's style in his own cartoons, as he was John's mentor for several years. Not to mention John's reputation for being an even bigger jerkass than Clampett.
* PungeonMaster: Clampett loved cheesy puns and frequently used them in his cartoons. His ''Beany and Cecil'' show relies heavily on puns in the dialogue.

* StealingTheCredit: [[http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Interviews/McKimson/McKimson.html According to]] Creator/RobertMcKimson:
--> '''Michael Barrier''': Were there any of the Clampett cartoons that were in large proportion yours, because you handled the timing...\\
'''[=McKimson=]''': Well, so many of them were; I couldn't tell you which ones. But I do know that is one reason I had no qualms about going into direction, because I was doing the same thing with Clampett, on maybe three out of every five pictures.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Creator/ChuckJones and Creator/TexAvery, with whom Clampett already had a strained relationship, cut all ties with him in the late '70s when he gave an interview claiming to be the sole creator of Bugs Bunny, which Clampett took rather hard. According to animation historian Milton Gray, Avery at the very least expressed regret for the feud later on.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Clampett's alleged unprofessional antics and tendency to steal credit for work earned him a fair few enemies with Termite Terrace. Creator/ChuckJones and Creator/MelBlanc especially spoke derogatorily of him in later years. Creator/TexAvery and Creator/FrizFreleng were also known to dislike him, but both kept it privately (Jones and Avery disowned him in the late '70s after Clampett claimed he was the sole creator of Bugs Bunny in an interview, though Avery [[WasTooHardOnHim later recanted]], according to Mike Barrier). Even those who retained a fonder opinion of Clampett, such as Creator/FrankTashlin and Creator/RobertMcKimson, made [[WartsAndAll little to any denial]] of the charges against him.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Clampett's alleged unprofessional antics and tendency to steal credit for work earned him a fair few enemies with Termite Terrace. Creator/ChuckJones and Creator/MelBlanc especially spoke derogatorily of him in later years. Creator/TexAvery and Creator/FrizFreleng were also known to dislike him, but both kept it privately (Jones and Avery disowned him in the late '70s after Clampett claimed he was the sole creator of Bugs Bunny in an interview, though Avery [[WasTooHardOnHim later recanted]], according to Mike Barrier). Even those with a fonder opinion of Clampett, such as Creator/FrankTashlin and Creator/RobertMcKimson, made [[WartsAndAll little to any denial]] of the charges against him.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Clampett's alleged unprofessional antics and tendency to steal credit for work earned him a fair few enemies with Termite Terrace. Creator/ChuckJones and Creator/MelBlanc especially spoke derogatorily of him in later years. Creator/TexAvery and Creator/FrizFreleng were also known to dislike him, but both kept it privately (Jones and Avery disowned him in the late '70s after Clampett claimed he was the sole creator of Bugs Bunny in an interview, though Avery [[WasTooHardOnHim later recanted]], according to Mike Barrier). Even those who had a fond opinion of him such as Creator/FrankTashlin and Creator/RobertMcKimson made [[WartsAndAll little to any denial]] of the stories about him being true.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Clampett's alleged unprofessional antics and tendency to steal credit for work earned him a fair few enemies with Termite Terrace. Creator/ChuckJones and Creator/MelBlanc especially spoke derogatorily of him in later years. Creator/TexAvery and Creator/FrizFreleng were also known to dislike him, but both kept it privately (Jones and Avery disowned him in the late 70s after Clampett claimed he was the sole creator of Bugs Bunny in an interview, though Avery [[WasTooHardOnHim later recanted]], according to Mike Barrier). Even those who had a fond opinion of him such as Creator/FrankTashlin and Creator/RobertMcKimson made [[WartsAndAll little to any denial]] of the stories about him being true.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Clampett's alleged unprofessional antics and tendency to steal credit for work earned him a fair few enemies with Termite Terrace. Creator/ChuckJones and Creator/MelBlanc especially spoke derogatory of him. Creator/TexAvery and Creator/FrizFreleng were also known to dislike him, but both kept it privately (Jones and Avery disowned him in the late 70s after Clampett claimed he was the sole creator of Bugs Bunny in an interview, though Avery [[WasTooHardOnHim later recanted]], according to Mike Barrier). Even those who had a fond opinion of him such as Creator/FrankTashlin and Creator/RobertMcKimson made [[WartsAndAll little to any denial]] of the stories about him being true.

If it was Creator/TexAvery who realized that animation can do anything and Creator/ChuckJones who took subtle humor and stylization to new heights in animation, then it was Robert Emerson "Bob" Clampett (May 8, 1913 – May 2, 1984) who took the good, old-fashioned rubber-hose style that animation had in the 1930s and gave it a wackier makeover. One of the most popular directors of the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]]'' series of cartoon shorts made by Creator/WarnerBros during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation (second only to Chuck Jones in popularity), Bob Clampett was nothing short of a mischief maker, being both a real life version of WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, in addition to being a real life WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck (of the early, screwy variety).

If it was Creator/TexAvery who realized that animation can do anything and Creator/ChuckJones who took subtle humor and stylization to new heights in animation, then it was Robert Emerson "Bob" Clampett (May 8, 1913 – May 2, 1984) who injected animation with the good, old-fashioned rubber-hose style it had in the 1930s and gave it a wackier makeover. One of the most popular directors of the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]]'' series of cartoon shorts made by Creator/WarnerBros during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation (second only to Chuck Jones in popularity), Bob Clampett was nothing short of a mischief maker, being both a real life version of WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, in addition to being a real life WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck (of the early, screwy variety).

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[[caption-width-right:300:The Man from Wackyland.]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Even more than his colleagues, Clampett absolutely ''reveled'' in this.
--> '''Creator/RobertMcKimson''': There was one thing that Clampett always did do. He always wanted to try to get by with something. It was an oddball quirk that really made a lot of his cartoons very funny; but it could get him in trouble. He'd do things that would hurt; some guy would fall into a meatgrinder, or something like that, and somebody'd come along and grind him up. These are things that can hurt while you see them. (...) One thing that Clampett was always trying to do was get something that was a little sexy in a cartoon, and some of them went a little overboard. We had to just chop them, because you couldn't put things like that in a cartoon.

* PassingTheTorch: Creator/JohnKricfalusi famously borrowed a LOT from Clampett's style in his own cartoons, as he was John's mentor for several years.

If it was Creator/TexAvery who realized that animation can do anything and Creator/ChuckJones who took subtle humor and stylization to new heights in animation, then it was Robert Emerson "Bob" Clampett (May 8, 1913 – May 2, 1984) who injected animation with the good, old-fashioned rubber-hose style it had in the 1930s and gave it a wackier makeover. One of the most popular directors of the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes and [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] series of cartoon shorts made by Creator/WarnerBros during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation (second only to Chuck Jones in popularity), Bob Clampett was nothing short of a mischief maker, being both a real life version of WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, in addition to being a real life WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck (of the early, screwy variety).

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[[caption-width-right:200:The Man From Wackyland.]]

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Clampett's alleged unprofessional antics and tendency to steal credit for work earned him a fair few enemies with Termite Terrace. Creator/ChuckJones and Creator/MelBlanc especially spoke derogatory of him. Creator/TexAvery and Creator/FrizFreleng were also known to dislike him, but both kept it privately (Jones and Avery disowned him in the late 70s after Clampett claimed he was the sole creator of Bugs Bunny in an interview, though Avery later recanted, according to Mike Barrier). Even those who had a fond opinion of him such as Creator/FrankTashlin and Creator/RobertMcKimson made no denial that few (if any) of the stories about him were true.

* WesternAnimation/ACornyConcerto 9-25: One of The50GreatestCartoons and one of Literature/The100GreatestLooneyTunes. A parody of Disney's Disney/{{Fantasia}}.

If it was Creator/TexAvery who realized that animation can do anything and Creator/ChuckJones who took subtle humor and stylization to new heights in animation, then it was Robert Emerson "Bob" Clampett (May 8, 1913 – May 2, 1984) who injected animation with the good, old-fashioned rubber-hose style it had in the 1930s and gave it a wackier makeover. One of the most popular directors of the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes and [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] series of cartoon shorts made by Creator/WarnerBros during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation (second only to Chuck Jones in popularity), Bob Clampett was nothing short of a mischief maker, being both a real life version of WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, in addition to being a real life WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck (of the [[ScrewySquirrel early, screwy variety]]).

* ScrewySquirrel: Clampett preferred to work with this archetype. His interpretations of Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny are notable for being wackier, sillier and more sociopathic than anyone else's.

* InternalConsistency: Clampett's cartoons have surreal elements, but they're always consistent with ''how'' they go about being crazy by having their own internal logic that prioritizes engaging the audience with the weird world and surprising them (while still making some kind of sense in the context of the cartoon) instead of trying to rationalize the weirdness. His films often use their weird elements as a way to surprise the audience with a foreshadowed punchline later in the cartoon--for example, in ''The Bashful Buzzard'', it's established that Killer's brothers have [[SuperStrength ludicrous strength]] that allows them to carry things like a parade of elephants to their nest. Later in the cartoon, we see Killer get in a fight with a dragon, and his fate is uncertain at first. Later that night, it's revealed that not only did he survive the fight, [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome he somehow]] ''[[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome won]]'' and carried the massive dragon all the way back to his family's nest.

** Two of his animators specialized in this type of animation Rod Scribner and Manny Gould, Clampett said in one interview that these two understood his style the most.

** ''A Corny Concerto'' and ''Book Revue'' both got hit with a nasty case of Digital Interlacing when it was included on Vol. 2 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, which made the picture super flickery and hard to watch. The issue with ''Book Revue'' was rectified for its inclusion on ''The Essential Daffy Duck'', same with ''Concerto'''s inclusion on the Platinum Collection Vol. 3 blu-ray.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Clampett's alleged unprofessional antics and tendency to steal credit for work earned him a fair few enemies with Termite Terrace. Creator/ChuckJones and Creator/MelBlanc especially spoke derogatory of him. Creator/TexAvery and Creator/FrizFreleng were also known to dislike him, but both kept it privately (Jones and Avery disowned him in the late 70s after Clampett claimed he was the sole creator of Bugs Bunny in an interview, though Avery later recanted according to Mike Barrier). Even those who had a fond opinion of him such as Creator/FrankTashlin and Creator/RobertMcKimson made no denial that few (if any) of the stories about him were true.

* LoopholeAbuse: When he was directing black and white unit, he was mandated to have Porky Pig appear in all of his cartoons. Fortunately, it was never stated how ''much'' Porky had to appear or even that he had to be the focus of the cartoon. Clampett took full advantage of this--several cartoons [[OutOfFocus reduce Porky to a bit player role]], such as ''The Lone Stranger and Porky'', ''Meet John Doughboy'', ''We, The Animals Squeak'' and ''The Henpecked Duck'', while others have Porky share screentime with another character (i.e. Daffy Duck) or put the focus on a oneshot character instead.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Creator/ChuckJones and Creator/TexAvery, with whom Clampett already had a strained relationship, cut all ties with him in the late '70s when he gave an interview claiming to be the sole creator of Bugs Bunny, which Champett took rather hard. According to animation historian Milton Gray, Avery at the very least expressed regret for the feud later on.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Creator/ChuckJones and Creator/TexAvery, with whom Clampett already had a strained relationship, cut all ties with him in the late '70s when he gave an interview claiming to be the sole creator of Bugs Bunny. [[TearJerker It devastated him]]. According to animation historian Milton Gray, Avery at the very least started to regret the feud later on.

[[folder: Filmography]]

* StockFootage: Several of Clampett's cartoons occasionally reuse bits of animation from previous Looney Tunes shorts. Most of the examples only consist of brief and minor scenes, but ''WesternAnimation/WhatsCookinDoc'' is especially liberal with this--the cartoon only has around two minutes of new animation, with the rest either being still photos, footage reused from ''Film/AStarIsBorn'' (1937) and ''WesternAnimation/HiawathasRabbitHunt'' (1941).

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Clampett's alleged unprofessional antics and tendency to steal credit for work earned him a fair few enemies with Termite Terrace. Creator/ChuckJones and Creator/MelBlanc especially spoke derogatory of him. Creator/TexAvery and Creator/FrizFreleng were also known to dislike him, but both kept it privately (Jones and Avery disowned him in the late 70s after Clampett claimed he was the sole creator of Bugs Bunny in an interview). Even those who had a fond opinion of him such as Creator/FrankTashlin and Creator/RobertMcKimson made no denial that few (if any) of the stories about him were true.

* St. George and the Dragon

* Rocket to Riches

* Twig: A potential project with Don Fedderson (creator of "My Three Sons") fora TV show about a boy living on a mystical, magical isle. Only some story art and a few fragments of an unfinished film were done.

* Twig

* Beeper and his Guided Muscle

* The Edgar Bergen Show

* Three Dimensional Man: An abandoned pitch for a TV cartoon.