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[[caption-width-right:275:[[{{Catchphrase}} Fan-riffic!]][[note]]'''L-to-R:''' [[FakeUltimateHero Hong Kong Phooey]] and [[HyperCompetentSidekick Spot]][[/note]]]]

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** In the final episode, Blubber is this; at one point Stick has to [[Main/TranslatorBuddy translate his sobbing into English]] for the sheriff, and the only word he ever clearly says is "ouch". This trait was dropped when the Posse got their own show; while Blubber still cried all the time, he spoke perfectly good English between his sobs.
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* ClarkKenting: Nobody so much as suspects that Phenry and Hong Kong Phooey are the same guy -- despite being the only ''talking dogs'' in the whole show.
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* {{Catchphrase}}: Sgt. Flint's "Ooh, ooh!". Wouldn't be a Joe E. Ross role without it.

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* {{Catchphrase}}: CharacterCatchphrase: Sgt. Flint's "Ooh, ooh!". Wouldn't be a Joe E. Ross role without it.
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* {{Catchphrase}}: Sgt. Flint's "Ooh, ooh!"

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* {{Catchphrase}}: Sgt. Flint's "Ooh, ooh!"ooh!". Wouldn't be a Joe E. Ross role without it.



* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: The double-length last episode functioned as a pilot for several TV shows; only one, ''Posse Impossible'', took off, as a segment of ''CB Bears''.

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* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: The double-length last episode functioned as a pilot for several TV shows; only one, ''Posse Impossible'', took off, as a segment of ''CB Bears''.''WesternAnimation/CBBears''.
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* SexySecretary: Rosemary has an ''incredibly'' [[{{Fanservice}} short uniform]]. Surprising, given that the AnimationAgeGhetto was taking television by force at the time.

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* %%* SexySecretary: Rosemary has an ''incredibly'' [[{{Fanservice}} short uniform]]. Surprising, given that the AnimationAgeGhetto was taking television by force at the time.uniform]].



* SidekickExMachina: Too many times to count.

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* %%* SidekickExMachina: Too many times to count.
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TheHero, Hong Kong Phooey [[ExpositoryThemeTune "number one super guy"]], posed as mild-mannered police janitor Penrod Pooch, and listened in on dispatcher Rosemary's responses to crime reports. It wasn't until [[DaChief Sgt. Flint]] took off after the criminal that Penry, [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname as he was called]], engaged his TransformationSequence. As his super-hero alter ego, Hong Kong pursued crooks in his shape-shifting Phooeymobile, accompanied by Spot the Cat.

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TheHero, Hong Kong Phooey [[ExpositoryThemeTune "number one super guy"]], posed as mild-mannered police janitor Penrod Pooch, and listened in on dispatcher Rosemary's responses to crime reports. It wasn't until [[DaChief Sgt. Flint]] took off after the criminal that Penry, [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname as he was called]], engaged his TransformationSequence. As his super-hero alter ego, Hong Kong Phooey pursued crooks in his shape-shifting Phooeymobile, accompanied by Spot the Cat.
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TheHero, Hong Kong Phooey [[ExpositoryThemeSong "number one super guy"]], posed as mild-mannered police janitor Penrod Pooch, and listened in on dispatcher Rosemary's responses to crime reports. It wasn't until [[DaChief Sgt. Flint]] took off after the criminal that Penry, [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname as he was called]], engaged his TransformationSequence. As his super-hero alter ego, Hong Kong pursued crooks in his shape-shifting Phooeymobile, accompanied by Spot the Cat.

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TheHero, Hong Kong Phooey [[ExpositoryThemeSong [[ExpositoryThemeTune "number one super guy"]], posed as mild-mannered police janitor Penrod Pooch, and listened in on dispatcher Rosemary's responses to crime reports. It wasn't until [[DaChief Sgt. Flint]] took off after the criminal that Penry, [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname as he was called]], engaged his TransformationSequence. As his super-hero alter ego, Hong Kong pursued crooks in his shape-shifting Phooeymobile, accompanied by Spot the Cat.
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TheHero, Hong Kong Phooey [[ExpositoryThemeSong "number one super guy"]], posed as mild-mannered police janitor Penrod Pooch, and listened in on dispatcher Rosemary's responses to crime reports. It wasn't until [[DaChief Sgt. Flint]] took off after the criminal that Penry, [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname as he was called]], engaged his TransformationSequence. As his super-hero alter ego, Hong Kong pursued crooks in his shape-shifting Phooeymobile, accompanied by Spot the cat.

Despite HKP's "[[SarcasmMode impressive]]" displays of martial arts, it was Spot who [[HyperCompetentSidekick did most of the work]] and got none of the credit. Neither Sgt. Flint nor Rosemary ever suspected that Penry led a double life.

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TheHero, Hong Kong Phooey [[ExpositoryThemeSong "number one super guy"]], posed as mild-mannered police janitor Penrod Pooch, and listened in on dispatcher Rosemary's responses to crime reports. It wasn't until [[DaChief Sgt. Flint]] took off after the criminal that Penry, [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname as he was called]], engaged his TransformationSequence. As his super-hero alter ego, Hong Kong pursued crooks in his shape-shifting Phooeymobile, accompanied by Spot the cat.

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Despite HKP's Phooey's "[[SarcasmMode impressive]]" displays of martial arts, it was Spot who [[HyperCompetentSidekick did most of the work]] and got none of the credit. Neither Sgt. Flint nor Rosemary ever suspected that Penry led a double life.
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[[caption-width-right:275:[[{{Catchphrase}} Fanriffic!]][[note]]'''L-to-R:''' [[FakeUltimateHero Hong Kong Phooey]] and [[HyperCompetentSidekick Spot]][[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:275:[[{{Catchphrase}} Fanriffic!]][[note]]'''L-to-R:''' Fan-riffic!]][[note]]'''L-to-R:''' [[FakeUltimateHero Hong Kong Phooey]] and [[HyperCompetentSidekick Spot]][[/note]]]]



--> '''Penry''': If I know Hong Kong Phooey -- and I ''don't'' ''(AsideGlance)''...
* SexySecretary: Rosemary that has an ''incredibly'' [[{{Fanservice}} short uniform]]. Surprising, given that the AnimationAgeGhetto was taking television by force at the time.

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--> '''Penry''': -->'''Penry''': If I know Hong Kong Phooey -- and I ''don't'' ''(AsideGlance)''...
* SexySecretary: Rosemary that has an ''incredibly'' [[{{Fanservice}} short uniform]]. Surprising, given that the AnimationAgeGhetto was taking television by force at the time.
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*** In one episode, the help was from a termite, who gnawed a tunnel and led Penry out of it, becoming HKP upon exit.
*** In another, the help was him bouncing the cabinet into a wall in an attempt to escape (after Spot was cat-napped).
*** In another, he got out without help by using the middle drawer. (The cabinet has three drawers: Penrod usually enters through the bottom one and HKP leaves through the top one) Then he somehow fell into it and Spot had to help him as usual.
*** He also got out without help when he crawled his way out under a carpet on which the cabinet was placed.

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*** ** In one episode, the help was from a termite, who gnawed a tunnel and led Penry out of it, becoming HKP upon exit.
*** ** In another, the help was him bouncing the cabinet into a wall in an attempt to escape (after Spot was cat-napped).
*** ** In another, he got out without help by using the middle drawer. (The cabinet has three drawers: Penrod usually enters through the bottom one and HKP leaves through the top one) Then he somehow fell into it and Spot had to help him as usual.
*** ** He also got out without help when he crawled his way out under a carpet on which the cabinet was placed.

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[[caption-width-right:275:[[{{Catchphrase}} Fanriffic!]][[note]]'''L-to-R:''' [[FakeUltimateHero Hong Kong Phooey]] and [[HypercompetentSidekick Spot]][[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:275:[[{{Catchphrase}} Fanriffic!]][[note]]'''L-to-R:''' [[FakeUltimateHero Hong Kong Phooey]] and [[HypercompetentSidekick [[HyperCompetentSidekick Spot]][[/note]]]]



Creator/HannaBarbera produced this AnimatedSeries for Creator/{{ABC}} in 1974 as a response to the ChopSockey martial arts fad of that time, especially the AdventureSeries ''Series/KungFu1972''.

%%It would reappear in reruns a few years later on Creator/{{NBC}}.

TheHero, Hong Kong Phooey [[ExpositoryThemeSong "number one super guy"]], posed as mild-mannered police janitor Penrod Pooch, and listened in on dispatcher Rosemary's responses to crime reports. It wasn't until [[DaChief Sgt. Flint]] took off after the criminal that "Penry", as he was called, engaged his TransformationSequence. As his super-hero alter ego, Hong Kong pursued crooks in his shape-shifting Phooeymobile, accompanied by Spot the cat.

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Creator/HannaBarbera produced this ''Hong Kong Phooey'' is a Creator/HannaBarbera-produced AnimatedSeries for that aired on Creator/{{ABC}} in 1974 as a response to the ChopSockey martial arts fad of that the time, especially the AdventureSeries ''Series/KungFu1972''.

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''Series/KungFu1972''. It would reappear in reruns a few years later on Creator/{{NBC}}.

TheHero, Hong Kong Phooey [[ExpositoryThemeSong "number one super guy"]], posed as mild-mannered police janitor Penrod Pooch, and listened in on dispatcher Rosemary's responses to crime reports. It wasn't until [[DaChief Sgt. Flint]] took off after the criminal that "Penry", Penry, [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname as he was called, called]], engaged his TransformationSequence. As his super-hero alter ego, Hong Kong pursued crooks in his shape-shifting Phooeymobile, accompanied by Spot the cat.



* CaninesPrimaryFelinesSecondary: ZigZagged. On the one hand, Spot the cat is the sidekick of Hong Kong Phooey the dog, all of the plot lines revolve around the dog and the cat plays a supporting role. However, Spot is also a HypercompetentSidekick, and tends to be the one doing the real hero work more often than not.

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* CaninesPrimaryFelinesSecondary: ZigZagged. On the one hand, Spot the cat is the sidekick of Hong Kong Phooey the dog, all of the plot lines revolve around the dog and the cat plays a supporting role. However, Spot is also a HypercompetentSidekick, HyperCompetentSidekick, and tends to be the one doing the real hero work more often than not.



* FakeUltimateHero: As mentioned, [[TheUnintelligible Spot]] [[HypercompetentSidekick always does the heroic work]], and Hong Kong Phooey would always take all of the credit. It shows just how brainless he really is. He's not doing this maliciously, mind you; he actually believes he won all on his own and never notices Spot's help like [[TheFool a massive fool]]. Moreover, ''neither does anyone else watching the fight, including the criminals he defeats.'' Luckily, Spot doesn't seem to mind much that Phooey gets all the credit, which makes sense, given his established reputation as the city's "hero" and that he wouldn't want to ruin that (even though he obviously isn't too thrilled about it).

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* FakeUltimateHero: As mentioned, [[TheUnintelligible Spot]] [[HypercompetentSidekick [[HyperCompetentSidekick always does the heroic work]], and Hong Kong Phooey would always take all of the credit. It shows just how brainless he really is. He's not doing this maliciously, mind you; he actually believes he won all on his own and never notices Spot's help like [[TheFool a massive fool]]. Moreover, ''neither does anyone else watching the fight, including the criminals he defeats.'' Luckily, Spot doesn't seem to mind much that Phooey gets all the credit, which makes sense, given his established reputation as the city's "hero" and that he wouldn't want to ruin that (even though he obviously isn't too thrilled about it).



* HypercompetentSidekick: Spot in one of the most exaggerated examples of such. Phooey's incompetence just exaggerates the trope even further.

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* HypercompetentSidekick: HyperCompetentSidekick: Spot in one of the most exaggerated examples of such. Phooey's incompetence just exaggerates the trope even further.

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[[caption-width-right:275:Hong Kong Phooey immediately after a costume change, and Spot.]]

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[[caption-width-right:275:Hong [[caption-width-right:275:[[{{Catchphrase}} Fanriffic!]][[note]]'''L-to-R:''' [[FakeUltimateHero Hong Kong Phooey immediately after a costume change, Phooey]] and Spot.]]
[[HypercompetentSidekick Spot]][[/note]]]]
->''Hong Kong Phooey! Number one super guy!\\
Hong Kong Phooey! Quicker than the human eye!''
-->-- '''ExpositoryThemeTune'''



!!This series provides examples of:

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* CatchPhrase: Sgt. Flint's "Ooh, ooh!"

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* CatchPhrase: {{Catchphrase}}: Sgt. Flint's "Ooh, ooh!"



* DeadpanSnarker: You can say this about Phooey amazingly enough--he may be a complete and utter failure as a crimefighter, but he's got a great wit to compensate.

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* DeadpanSnarker: You can say this about Phooey Phooey, amazingly enough--he enough -- he may be a complete and utter failure as a crimefighter, but he's got a great wit to compensate.
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** It really makes you wonder why people depend on a dog that can't even tell that his partner did all the work. The amount of times he does things wrong is truly unbelievable, to the point of being absolutely unbearable.
** Perhaps it's because the citizens of the town are, almost to the letter, so star-struck by Hong Kong Phooey that they blatantly ignore his constant screw-ups. A RunningGag is Phooey accidentally wreaking somebody's hard work, only for that person to say what a ''great'' honor it is to get their day ruined by the amazing Hong Kong Phooey!

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** It really makes you wonder why people depend on a dog that can't even tell that his partner did all the work. ** The amount of times he Hong Kong Phooey does things something wrong is truly unbelievable, to the point of being absolutely unbearable.
** Perhaps it's because Why do the citizens of the town are, almost to depend on a dog that can't even tell that his partner did all the letter, work? Because they're so star-struck by Hong Kong Phooey him that they blatantly ignore his constant screw-ups. A RunningGag is Phooey accidentally wreaking somebody's hard work, only for that person to say what a ''great'' honor it is to get their day ruined by the amazing Hong Kong Phooey!
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* ShesGotLegs: Rosemary was intentionally designed this way.
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* MistakenForBadass: The basis for the show's humor. Hong Kong Phooey is a bumbling moron whose martial arts experience seems to be little more than watching lots of kung fu movies. He screws up just about everything he attempts, and it's ''Spot'' who actually saves the day. And ''nobody'', not even Phooey himself, realizes this -- the citizens practically worship the ground he walks on, Phooey just assumes he somehow saved they day himself, and the crooks always think it was Phooey who caught them.

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* MistakenForBadass: The basis for the show's humor. Hong Kong Phooey is a bumbling moron whose martial arts experience seems to be little more than watching lots of who couldn't kung fu movies. He screws up just about everything he attempts, his way out of a paper bag, and it's ''Spot'' who actually saves the day. And ''nobody'', not even Phooey himself, realizes this -- the citizens practically worship the ground he walks on, Phooey just assumes he somehow saved they the day himself, and the crooks always think it was Phooey who caught them.
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Despite HKP's impressive displays of martial arts, it was Spot who [[HyperCompetentSidekick did most of the work]] and got none of the credit. Neither Sgt. Flint nor Rosemary ever suspected that Penry led a double life.

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Despite HKP's impressive "[[SarcasmMode impressive]]" displays of martial arts, it was Spot who [[HyperCompetentSidekick did most of the work]] and got none of the credit. Neither Sgt. Flint nor Rosemary ever suspected that Penry led a double life.

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* PaperThinDisguise: Penry/Hong Kong Phooey appears to be the only anthropomorphic dog (or anthropomorphic animal in general) in the town where the show takes place, but this doesn't arouse any suspicion from anyone in the area who knows both dogs.

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* PaperThinDisguise: Penry/Hong Kong Phooey appears to be the only anthropomorphic dog (or anthropomorphic animal in general) in the town where the show takes place, but this place. This doesn't arouse any suspicion from anyone in the area who knows both dogs.



* SecretIdentity: As it was mentioned in the PaperThinDisguise above, nobody tends to notice nor care that Penry is literally just Hong Kong Phooey underneath the uniform. But Penry still knows how to keep his identity a secret and not blurt it out, especially when the cat Spot is the only one who knows who both dogs are in actuality.

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* SecretIdentity: As it was mentioned in Only Spot the PaperThinDisguise above, nobody tends to notice nor care cat knows that Penry is actually Hong Kong Phooey -- despite it being [[PaperThinDisguise blatantly obvious]]. Nobody notices or cares that Penry is literally just Hong Kong Phooey underneath the uniform. But Penry still knows how to keep uniform, even with his identity a secret rather clumsy attempts to guard his identity;
--> '''Penry''': If I know Hong Kong Phooey --
and not blurt it out, especially when the cat Spot is the only one who knows who both dogs are in actuality.I ''don't'' ''(AsideGlance)''...



* ToTheBatpole: In this case, a filing cabinet whose drawers have a distressing habit of getting stuck, requiring a quick bit of PercussiveMaintenance from Spot.
** That's right -- the "hero" can't even ''change into his costume'' without help.

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* ToTheBatpole: In this case, a filing cabinet whose drawers have a distressing habit of getting stuck, requiring a quick bit of PercussiveMaintenance from Spot.
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Spot. That's right -- the "hero" can't even ''change into his costume'' without help.
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* MistakenForBadass: Everyone even Phooey himself thinks he's a real superhero but he's just a bumbler who isn't all that good with kung-fu, and its Spot who gets the criminals captured. And crooks think it was Phooey who caught them.

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* MistakenForBadass: Everyone The basis for the show's humor. Hong Kong Phooey is a bumbling moron whose martial arts experience seems to be little more than watching lots of kung fu movies. He screws up just about everything he attempts, and it's ''Spot'' who actually saves the day. And ''nobody'', not even Phooey himself thinks he's a real superhero but he's himself, realizes this -- the citizens practically worship the ground he walks on, Phooey just a bumbler who isn't all that good with kung-fu, assumes he somehow saved they day himself, and its Spot who gets the criminals captured. And crooks always think it was Phooey who caught them.



* SecretIdentity: As it was mentioned in the PaperThinDisguise above, nobody tends to notice nor care that Penry is literally just Hong Kong Phooey underneath the uniform. But Penry still knows how to keep his identity a secret and not blur it out, especially when the cat Spot is the only one who knows who both dogs are in actuality.

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* SecretIdentity: As it was mentioned in the PaperThinDisguise above, nobody tends to notice nor care that Penry is literally just Hong Kong Phooey underneath the uniform. But Penry still knows how to keep his identity a secret and not blur blurt it out, especially when the cat Spot is the only one who knows who both dogs are in actuality.
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* DogsAreDumb: Penry Pooch as the titular hero is [[TheFool a lucky nimrod]] that is painfully unaware of almost about everything. His HyperCompetentSidekick Spot does all the real work, while Phooey just assumes he did it himself "I don't know how I did it, but I did it!"

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* DogsAreDumb: Penry Pooch as the titular hero is [[TheFool a lucky nimrod]] that is painfully unaware of almost about everything. His HyperCompetentSidekick Spot does all the real work, while Phooey just assumes he did it himself himself; "I don't know how I did it, but I did it!"

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** To an extent, some of the regular citizens don't even care that a villain is doing something or even care that Phooey did anything wrong around them.
** In one episode, a worker, who had just finished paving a road, had his work ruined by Hong Kong Phooey driving over it, responding with something along the lines of "What an honor, to have an entire day's work ruined by the great Hong Kong Phooey!"...non-sarcastically, no less!
%%* DogsAreDumb: Penry Pooch as the titular hero is [[TheFool a lucky nimrod]] that is painfully unaware of almost about everything who can be inspirational and witty.

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** To an extent, some of Perhaps it's because the regular citizens don't even care that a villain is doing something or even care that Phooey did anything wrong around them.
** In one episode, a worker, who had just finished paving a road, had his work ruined
of the town are, almost to the letter, so star-struck by Hong Kong Phooey driving over it, responding with something along the lines of "What an honor, that they blatantly ignore his constant screw-ups. A RunningGag is Phooey accidentally wreaking somebody's hard work, only for that person to have an entire day's work say what a ''great'' honor it is to get their day ruined by the great amazing Hong Kong Phooey!"...non-sarcastically, no less!
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Phooey!
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DogsAreDumb: Penry Pooch as the titular hero is [[TheFool a lucky nimrod]] that is painfully unaware of almost about everything who can be inspirational and witty.everything. His HyperCompetentSidekick Spot does all the real work, while Phooey just assumes he did it himself "I don't know how I did it, but I did it!"

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