History Trivia / PorkyPig

* CreatorsPest: Apparently, according to several WB sources, Porky Pig is a Scrappy to many creators and executives of the series, explaining his lack of spotlight. Director Frank Tashlin in particular thought Porky was "a terrible character", and resented most of his filmography being devoted to him compared to more abrasive and flexible characters like Bugs and Daffy, while fellow director Norm [=McCabe=] thought Porky was too much of a "boy scout" to do much with. Ironically among the few of the staff that loved Porky was producer and later head of marketing, Leon Schlesinger, which may explain why Porky's career flourished far less upon his death.

* CreatorBacklash: Allegedly, Porky became an unpopular choice for some Warner staff, due to being less flexible and colorful than newer more abrasive stars like Bugs and Daffy. Director Frank Tashlin in particular noted his dislike for Porky and resented having to make endless shorts around him. Even his own creator, Friz Freleng, only used him sporadically in his own cartoons, and later made fun of how much more boring he was compared to other characters:

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In the early 1940s, Creator/BobClampett wanted to ditch the slimmer, redesigned Porky in order to go back to the original Fat Porky design, but Leon Schlesinger wouldn't let him, so he just did that to Elmer Fudd instead.

* CreatorBacklash: Allegedly, Porky became an unpopular choice for some Warner staff, due to being less flexible and colorful than newer more abrasive stars like Bugs and Daffy. Director Frank Tashlin in particular noted his dislike for Porky and resented having to make endless shorts around him. Even his own creator, Friz Freleng, only used him sporadically in his own cartoons, and later made fun of how much more boring he was utilise:

* CreatorBacklash: Allegedly, Porky became an unpopular choice for some Warner staff, due to being less flexible and colorful than newer more abrasive stars like Bugs and Daffy. Director Frank Tashlin in particular noted his dislike for Porky and resented having to make endless shorts around him. Even his own creator, Friz Freleng made fun of how much more boring he was utilise:

* CreatorsPest: Apparently, according to several WB sources, Porky Pig is a Scrappy to many creators and executives of the series, explaining his lack of spotlight. Director Frank Tashlin in particular thought Porky was "a terrible character", and resented most of his filmography being devoted to him compared to more abrasive and flexible characters like Bugs and Daffy, while fellow director Norm Mc Cabe thought Porky was too much of a "boy scout" to do much with. Ironically among the few of the staff that loved Porky was producer and later head of marketing, Leon Schlesinger, which may explain why Porky's career flourished far less upon his death.

* TheOtherDarrin: While all the cast went through this trope following Blanc's death, Porky is one of a small number of characters for whom Blanc ''was'' TheOtherDarrin. Joe Dougherty initially played Porky, but was ultimately replaced by Blanc after Dougherty couldn't control his real life stutter during recording sessions, and then by Creator/BobBergen, who has played him in almost all official projects since then. It seems he's the only Looney Tunes character who's voice was replaced depending on who could do the best stutter.

* CreatorsPest: Apparently, according to several WB sources, Porky Pig is a Scrappy to many creators and executives of the series, explaining his lack of spotlight. Director Frank Tashlin in particular thought Porky was "a terrible character", and resented most of his filmography being devoted to him compared to more abrasive and flexible characters like Bugs and Daffy. Ironically among the few of the staff that loved Porky was producer and later head of marketing, Leon Schlesinger, which may explain why Porky's career flourished far less upon his death.

* CreatorsPest: Apparently, according to several WB sources, Porky Pig is a Scrappy to many creators and executives of the series, explaining his lack of spotlight. Director Frank Tashlin in particular thought Porky was "a terrible character", and resented most of his filmography being devoted to him compared to more abrasive and flexible characters like Bugs and Daffy. Ironically among the few people that loved Porky was producer Leon Schlesinger, which may explain why Porky's career flourished far less upon his death.

* CreatorsPest: Apparently, according to several WB sources, Porky Pig is a Scrappy to many creators and executives of the series, explaining his lack of spotlight. Director Frank Tashlin in particular thought Porky was "a terrible character", and resented most of his filmography being devoted to him compared to more abrasive and flexible characters like Bugs and Daffy. It also didn't help that by the 1940's, Porky had become more of GrumpyBear than the cute protagonist he started out to be.

** Bergen was very briefly replaced by Creator/BillyWest for the short "My Generation G-G-Gap" due to a dispute with producer Larry Doyle (West also provides his "T, t, that's All Folks!!!" at the end of all of Doyle's finished shorts). This change was planned to be permanent throughout all of Doyle's shorts though the series was quickly put to a halt, with Bergen taking over the role again in all later projects.

** Bergen was very briefly replaced by Creator/BillyWest for the short "My Generation G-g-gap!" due to a dispute with producer Larry Doyle (West also provides his "T, t, that's All Folks!!!" at the end of all of Doyle's finished shorts). This change was planned to be permanent throughout all of Doyle's shorts though the series was quickly put to a halt, with Bergen taking over the role again in all later projects.

* CastingGag: In both Japanese and Mexican Spanish dubs, Porky's respective voice actors (Naoki Tatsuta and Ernesto Lezama) are also the voice of [[Manga/DragonBall Oolong]], another talking pig.

* {{Directors}}:
** Creator/ArtDavis: Directed six Porkys in his tenure.
** Creator/BenHardaway: Directed two Porkys on his own, and co-directed two of them with Cal Dalton.
** Creator/BobClampett: Directed the bulk of Porky's shorts, with him directing 52 of the shorts Porky appears in, two of he co-directed with Norm Mccabe.
** Creator/CalDalton: Directed two Porkys, one of which he co-directed with Cal Howard, the other he co-directed with Ben Hardaway.
** Creator/CalHoward: Sole Porky was his co-directing effort with Dalton.
** Creator/ChuckJones: Directed 23 Porky appearances.
** Creator/FrankTashlin: Directed 16 Porky shorts, but only sporadically due to his open hatred of the character.
** Creator/FrizFreleng: Directed 16 of Porky's appearances.
** Creator/GerryChiniquy: Sole Porky was "Dumb Patrol".
** Creator/IrvSpector: Sole Porky was "Corn on the Cop".
** Creator/JackKing: Seven of his appearances were directed by him, including Porky's cameo in "Alpine Antics".
** Creator/NormMccabe: Directed 3 Porkys on his own, and co-directed two of them with Clampett.
** Creator/RobertMcKimson: Directed 15 Porky appearances.
** Creator/TexAvery: Directed 11 of Porky's shorts.
** Creator/UbIwerks: Alledgedly directed "Porky & Gabby" and "Porky's Super Service", although they may have been co-directed by Clampett and Jones instead.

* CastingGag: In the Japanese dub, Porky's voice actor (Naoki Tatsuta) is also the voice of [[Manga/DragonBall Oolong]], another talking pig.

* CreatorBacklash: Allegedly, Porky became an unpopular choice for some Warner staff, due to being less flexible and colorful than newer more abrasive stars like Bugs and Daffy. Director Frank Tashlin in particular noted his dislike for Porky and resented having to make endless shorts around him.

** Art Davis: Directed six Porkys in his tenure.
** Ben Hardaway: Directed two Porkys on his own, and co-directed two of them with Cal Dalton.

** Cal Dalton: Directed two Porkys, one of which he co-directed with Cal Howard, the other he co-directed with Ben Hardaway.
** Cal Howard: Sole Porky was his co-directing effort with Dalton.
** ChuckJones: Directed 23 Porky appearances.
** FrankTashlin: Directed 16 Porky shorts, but only sporadically due to his open hatred of the character.

** Gerry Chiniquy: Sole Porky was "Dumb Patrol".
** Irv Spector: Sole Porky was "Corn on the Cop".
** Jack King: Seven of his appearances were directed by him, including Porky's cameo in "Alpine Antics".
** Norm Mccabe: Directed 3 Porkys on his own, and co-directed two of them with Clampett.
** RobertMcKimson: Directed 15 Porky appearances.

** UbIwerks: Alledgedly directed "Porky & Gabby" and "Porky's Super Service", although they may have been co-directed by Clampett and Jones instead.

** BobClampett: Directed the bulk of Porky's shorts, with him directing 52 of the shorts Porky appears in, two of he co-directed with Norm Mccabe.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In the early 1940s, BobClampett wanted to ditch the slimmer, redesigned Porky in order to go back to the original Fat Porky design, but Leon Schlesinger wouldn't let him, so he just did that to Elmer Fudd instead.

** TexAvery: Directed 11 of Porky's shorts.

** FrizFreleng: Directed 16 of Porky's appearances.

* TheOtherDarrin: While all the cast went through this trope following Blanc's death, Porky is one of a small number of characters for whom Blanc ''was'' TheOtherDarrin. Joe Dougherty initially played Porky, but was ultimately replaced by Blanc after Dougherty couldn't control his real life stutter during recording sessions, and then by BobBergen, who has played him in almost all official projects since then. It seems he's the only Looney Tunes character who's voice was replaced depending on who could do the best stutter.

** Bergen was very briefly replaced by BillyWest for the short "My Generation G-g-gap!" due to a dispute with producer Larry Doyle (West also provides his "T, t, that's All Folks!!!" at the end of all of Doyle's finished shorts). This change was planned to be permanent throughout all of Doyle's shorts though the series was quickly put to a halt, with Bergen taking over the role again in all later projects.