History WesternAnimation / RicochetRabbitAndDroopALongCoyote

''Ricochet Rabbit and Droop-A-Long Coyote'' was a cartoon created by Creator/HannaBarbera that aired as the middle segment on the ''WesternAnimation/MagillaGorilla'' show.

The cartoons chronicled the adventures of Ricochet (Creator/DonMessick), a sheriff in TheWildWest, and his deputy, a coyote named Droop-a-Long (Creator/MelBlanc). While Ricochet could launch himself off random objects like a ping pong ball, Droop would always fail miserably trying to duplicate the feat, often breaking a window in the process. But in the end, the team usually saved the day.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Ricochet started as an antagonist in a ''WesternAnimation/ToucheTurtleAndDumDum'' cartoon in 1962.

* CatchPhrase: The plucky bunny lawman shouts “Ping, ping, pingggg — Ricochet Rabbit!” as he goes bounding off hard surfaces.

* ArtisticLicenseExplosives: (also ArtisticLicenseGunSafety) for some reason, in Ricoshet's reality, bullets don't penetrate anything; instead, they explode. Every time a bullet hits anyone (for cartoon-style AmusingInjuries only), it comes to an immediate stop on contact followed by standard "exploding cloud" effect. At one point, Richochet finds a bullet that fell out of Deputy Droop-a-Long's gun lying on the ground, picks it up, says, "Why, this looks like a bullet" -- and then it explodes in his hand.

* ArtisticLicenseExplosives: (also ArtisticLicenseGunSafety) for some reason, in Richoshet's reality, bullets don't penetrate anything; instead, they explode. Every time a bullet hits anyone (for cartoon-style AmusingInjuries only), it comes to an immediate stop on contact followed by standard "exploding cloud" effect. At one point, Richochet finds a bullet that fell out of Deputy Droop-a-Long's gun lying on the ground, picks it up, says, "Why, this looks like a bullet" -- and then it explodes in his hand.

* CatchPhrase: The plucky bunny lawman shouts “Bing, bing, bingggg — Ricochet Rabbit!” as he goes bounding off hard surfaces.

* ArtisticLicenseExplosives: (also ArtisticLicenseGunSafety) for some reason, in Richoshet's reality, bullets don't penetrate anything; instead, they explode. Every time a bullet hits anyone (for cartoon-style AmusingInjuries only), it comes to an immediate stop on contact followed by standard "exploding cloud" effect. At one point, Richochet finds a bullet that fell out of Deputy Droo-a-long's gun lying on the ground, picks it up, says, "Why, this looks like a bullet" -- and then it explodes in his hand.

* ArtisticLicenseExplosives: (also ArtisticLicenseGunSafety) for some reason, in Richoshet's reality, bullets don't penetrate anything; instead, they explode. Every time a bullet hits anyone (for cartoon-style AmusingInjuries only), it comes to an immediate stop on contact followed by the HannaBarbera "exploding cloud" effect. At one point, Richochet finds a bullet that fell out of Deputy Droo-a-long's gun lying on the ground, picks it up, says, "Why, this looks like a bullet" -- and then it explodes in his hand.

* ArtisticLicenseExplosives: (also ArtisticLicenseGunSafety) for some reason, in Richoshet's reality, bullets don't penetrate anything; instead, they explode. Every time a bullet hits anyone (for cartoon-style AmusingInjuries only), it comes to an immediate stop on contact and then explodes. At one point, Richochet finds a bullet that fell out of Deputy Droo-a-long's gun lying on the ground, picks it up, says, "Why, this looks like a bullet" -- and then it explodes in his hand.

* CatchPhrase: The plucky bunny lawman shouts “Ping, ping, pingggg — Ricochet Rabbit!” as he goes bounding off hard surfaces.

* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Droop wears a hat, neck scarf and gun holster.

* BadlyBatteredBabysitter: Once they tried to protect a baby, but it turns out the baby was the criminal they were standing guard against the whole time.

* BookDumb: Droop-a-Long is consistently slow-witted and stupid, though Ricochet has his (rare) occasional moment. In "School Daze", it's revealed that neither of them can do basic math.

* EpicFail: Most of Droop-a-Long's attempts to imitate Ricochet, or do anything in general, resulted in this.
* FullBodyDisguise: In "Two Too Many," the dwarf criminal Half-Pint Pinto disguises himself in a full Ricochet Rabbit suit and mask to frame the real Ricochet and give him a bad name. Though to give himself the ricochet power, Pinto installs coil springs on the bottom of the costume's feet, though apparently no one else notices the visible springs.

* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: The stories features a mix of {{Funny Animal}}s and humans.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The episode "El Loco, Loco, Loco, Loco Diablo" features the titular mad horse that Ricochet and Droop-a-Long have to catch. It turns out that the horse they catch is named El Loco, Loco, Loco, Loco, ''Loco'' Diablo, the ''son'' of the original, who is even nuttier than his father. Cue MassOhCrap.

* RascallyRabbit: Ricochet Rabbit started out as an antagonist, but soon became a [[RighteousRabbit force for good]] with trickster tendencies. His bullets can do all kinds of tricky things.

* RunForTheBorder: In "Sheepy Wolf" Ricochet chases El Loco Lobo to the Mexican border, where the outlaw thought he was free -- until Ricochet called his cousin, Ricochet Chavez.

* AbnormalAmmo: Ricochet has plenty.

* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Droop-a-Long has purple fur.

* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Some of the supporting furry characters.
* BizarreAndImprobableBallistics: Again, Ricochet's bullets.
* BookDumb: Droop-a-Long in general, though Ricochet has the (rare) occasional moment. In "School Daze", it's revealed that neither of them can do basic math.

* ButtMonkey: Droop-a-Long tends to be the unlucky one of the pair, although Ricochet occasionally falls into this.
* CastAsAMask: Averted in "Two Too Many"; when the crook Half-Pint Pinto, voiced by Creator/DawsButler, disguised as Ricochet Rabbit to frame him and give him a bad image, when imitating Ricochet's voice, Butler would still voice him (and his Ricochet imitation would bear an uncanny resemblance to [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons Elroy Jetson]]'s voice as a result), contrasting with Creator/DonMessick voicing the ''real'' Ricochet.

* CluelessDeputy: Droop-a-Long, full stop.

* FullBodyDisguise[=/=]LatexPerfection: In "Two Too Many," the dwarf criminal Half-Pint Pinto disguises himself in a full Ricochet Rabbit suit and mask to frame the real Ricochet and give him a bad name. Though to give himself the ricochet power, Pinto installed coil springs on the bottom of the costume's feet, but no one else would seem to notice the visible springs.

* IAmNotWeasel: In "Red Riding Ricochet", Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother accidentally hits Droop-a-Long due to mistaking him for a wolf. He corrects her that he's a coyote.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Ricochet Rabbit was the king of this.
* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: The stories featured a mix of {{Funny Animal}}s and humans.

* MirrorRoutine: In "Two Too Many," Ricochet intentionally sets this up as a plot to try and capture Half-Pint Pinto disguised as him.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The episode "El Loco, Loco, Loco, Loco Diablo" featured the titular mad horse that Ricochet and Droop-a-Long had to catch. And then, it turns out that the horse they caught was named El Loco, Loco, Loco, Loco, ''Loco'' Diablo, the ''son'' of the original. Cue MassOhCrap.

* NonGivingUpSchoolGuy: In "School Daze", Ricochet and Droop-a-Long once act as truant officers to take Dastardly Dolton to school. (He's a suspected criminal as well but nothing has been proven.) Once they catch him, the teacher reads the records and finds out they also haven't finished school.
* NonIndicativeName: Droop-a-Long's nephew Tag-a-Long doesn't get involved in the heroes' adventures.
* RascallyRabbit: Ricochet Rabbit started out inspired by this but only really kept the trickster part of this trope. His bullets could do all kinds of tricky things.
* RighteousRabbit: Ricochet is a rabbit and the main hero.

* RunForTheBorder: In "Sheepy Wolf" Ricochet chased El Loco Lobo to the Mexican border, where the outlaw thought he was free -- until Ricochet called his cousin, Ricochet Chavez.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Happened on several occasions near the end of the cartoons.

* SpeciesSurname: Both our leads.
* TalkingAnimal: Our leads.
* ThoseWilyCoyotes: Inverted. Droop-a-Long is the opposite of wily, being slow and clumsy in contrast to Ricochet.

* TrickBullet: If you haven't figured out how this trope applies yet, you've probably already been hit with one.

* WhiteBunny: Ricochet is one, except for his tan muzzle.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Ricochet started as an antagonist in a ''Touchè Turtle'' cartoon in 1962.

* IAmNotWeasel: In "Red Riding Ricochet", Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother accidentally hits Droop-a-long due to mistaking him for a wolf. He corrects her that he's a coyote.

* TheSheriff: Ricochet Rabbit is a Sheriff, Droop-a-long is his deputy.

* ThoseWilyCoyotes: Inverted with Droop-a-long, who is the opposite of wily.

Ricochet Rabbit was a segment created by Creator/HannaBarbera as the middle segment on the ''WesternAnimation/MagillaGorilla'' show.

* RunForTheBorder: Ricochet chased El Loco Lobo to the Mexican border, where the outlaw thought he was free -- until Ricochet called his cousin, Ricochet Chavez.

As with many H-B characters, Ricochet and Droop-a-Long showed up in several of the studio's MassiveMultiplayerCrossover films and series, including ''WesternAnimation/YogisArkLArk'', ''WesternAnimation/YogisGang'', ''WesternAnimation/YogisTreasureHunt'', and the ''Super Secret WesternAnimation/SecretSquirrel'' segment of ''WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs''. Their later appearances include episodes of ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'' ("X Gets the Crest", in which Ricochet was voiced by Creator/MarkHamill) and ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces2017'' ("Slow and Steady", in which Ricochet was voiced by Creator/TomKenny). They've also been announced to join the cast of ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}''.

The cartoons chronicled the adventures of Ricochet, a sheriff in TheWildWest, and his deputy Droop-a-Long. While Ricochet could launch himself off random objects like a ping pong ball, Droop would always fail miserably trying to duplicate the feat, often breaking a window in the process. But in the end, the team usually saved the day.

* BookDumb: Droop-a-Long in general, though Ricochet has the (rare) occasional moment. In the episode "School Daze", it's revealed that neither of them can do basic math.

* NonGivingUpSchoolGuy: Ricochet Rabbit and his deputy once acted as truant officers to take Dastardly Dolton to school. (He's a suspected criminal as well but nothing has been proven.) Once they caught him, the teacher read the records and found out they also hadn't finished school.

* RighteousRabbit: Ricochet is a rabbit and the main hero.
* RunForTheBorder: Ricochet chased El Loco Lobo to the Mexican border, where the outlaw thought he was free--until Ricochet called his cousin, Ricochet Chavez.

* RingAroundTheCollar: Like most Hanna-Barbera characters from this time, Droop-A-Long wears an accessory around his neck (a bandana in this case) to facilitate animation shortcuts. The top of Ricochet's shirt pretty much serves the same function.

* NameAndName: The title obviously.