History WesternAnimation / TheHuckleberryHoundShow

* JekyllAndHyde: In the episode "Picadilly Dilly", Huckleberry Hound is tasked with capturing the deranged criminal Picadilly Dilly, a pastiche of Mr. Hyde. The person behind the latter is Dr. Jikkle, who has become addicted to the serum that transforms him into Picadilly Dilly.

* ButtBrand: In an interstitial segment taking place on a dude ranch, Jinks tries to brand the meeces by tossing a hot iron with his name on it. However, it bounces off a cactus and back toward him, leaving him with "JINKS" on his rear.
-->'''Jinks:''' Like, uh, I always wanted a monogramed coat anyhow, y'know.

* TheCatCameBack: An early cartoon had Huck flummoxing a western outlaw by persistently escaping his death traps. Huck lets on to the outlaw that he used his six lookalike cousins in the act.

--->'''Jinks:''' Like, uh, I always wanted a monogramed coat anyhow, y'know.

* CryLaughing: Huck does this a few times at the end of a cartoon.

''The Huckleberry Hound Show'' debuted in 1958 as Creator/HannaBarbera's second post-MGM original series (''WesternAnimation/TheRuffAndReddyShow'' was the first). It was the first American all-cartoon show developed specifically for television and, in 1959, became the first animated TV show to win an Emmy. Voiced by Creator/DawsButler, the easygoing Huck was shown in a variety of settings, from Arthurian England to (then) modern times.

He got his own movie called ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodTheBadAndHuckleberryHound''.

* Nearly all the characters (minus Hokey Wolf, Ding a Ling, and Boo Boo) have a SignatureLaugh.
** Huckleberry has several variations of one, such as his "HAHAHAHAHAHA!" laugh, his "Hehehehe!" giggle, or his "Huh, huh, huh!" chuckle.
** Yogi Bear has a "Hey, hey, hey!" laugh.
** Pixie and Dixie have a "HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!" giggle.
** And Mr. Jinks has a "Hyuk, yuk, yuk, yuk, yuk!" laugh.

He got his own movie called ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodTheBadAndTheHuckleberryHound''.

* FurryReminder: In "Little Red Riding Huck", Huck calls himself a dog.

''The Huckleberry Hound Show'' debuted in 1958 as Creator/HannaBarbera's second post-MGM original series (''Ruff and Reddy'' was the first). It was the first American all-cartoon show developed specifically for television and, in 1959, became the first animated TV show to win an Emmy. Voiced by Creator/DawsButler, the easygoing Huck was shown in a variety of settings, from Arthurian England to (then) modern times.

In "Nottingham and Yeggs" he steals a bone from the other dogs. In "Somebody's Lion" he howls his name.

* {{Flanderization}}: Huck's MellowFellow persona was exaggerated in later cartoons into outright laziness, such as in 'Yogi's Space Race' where he spends each race lounging in a pool chair atop the ship while his copilot Quack-Up pilots the ship.

* StandardHeroReward: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in "Sir Huckleberry Hound" when Huck is ordered by the king to slay a dragon. The princess is so ugly that marrying her is considered ''punishment'' for ''failure''. [[spoiler:The dragon takes pity on Huck and offers him shelter at his cave. Huck accepts.]]

* FunnyAnimal: Huckleberry Hound definitely qualifies. Most of the supporting shorts, like Yogi Bear and Pixie and Dixie, have CivilizedAnimal leads, but Huck is humanized to the point of being antagonized by "normal" dogs and having an actual career.

* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Huck does not wear shoes.

* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Huck is colored a striking shade of blue. While there are of course some blue-colored domestic dog breeds (such as the Kerry Blue Terrier), they most certainly don't come in Huck's color.

* HollywoodToneDeaf: Huck's howling off-key rendition of "Oh my darling Clemen-TAAAAYYYNE!" is epically painful to hear.

* MeaningfulName: Huck is the color of a real-life huckleberry.
* MellowFellow: Huckleberry Hound's perpetually nonchalant and deadpan reactions while suffering slapstick abuse from the universe around him is the character's defining shtick.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The few times Huckleberry's MellowFellow attitude breaks are always a sign things are about to go downhill fast for somebody.

* StandardHeroReward: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in "Sir Huckleberry Hound" when the pooch is ordered by the king to slay a dragon. The princess is so ugly that marrying her is considered ''punishment'' for ''failure''. [[spoiler:The dragon takes pity on Huck and offers him shelter at his cave. Huck accepts.]]

* ThreeShorts: ''The Huckleberry Hound Show'' was the first Hanna-Barbera entry to use this format, and is thus the TropeCodifier. In the original lineup, Huck's segment came last. In the revised lineup, he went first.

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Huck spends the episode "Postman Panic" as a mailman trying to deliver a letter despite a pesky dog getting in the way. In the end he learns it's addressed to the house next door.

* NonGivingUpSchoolGuy: Huck spends most of the episode "Hookey Daze" trying to catch a pair of twin truants. In the end, his efforts pay off and the principal comments that it should have been no problem for someone who went to school. Huck replies that he's never been to school and was forced to attend.