Line #41 WesternAnimation/LoopyDeLoop


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3	''Loopy De Loop'' was a theatrical series of cartoons produced by Creator/HannaBarbera starting in 1959 all the way through 1965. While the men behind the company had plenty of experience in theatrical cartoons, as they cut their teeth on WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry among others, Loopy was the only one of his kind from the studio itself, released theatrically by Creator/ColumbiaPictures (who partially funded the series and was H-B's partner studio for much of this timeframe).
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5	Loopy De Loop featured adventures of the titular character. A French Canadian wolf that is just trying to make his way in the world. And unfortunately for "ze good wolf", HilarityEnsues.
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8	!!Ze Tropes De Loop
9	* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Loopy wears a hat and a scarf.
10	* TheAtoner: Loopy tries to be this, not really for himself but for his species.
11	** In "Sheep Stealers Anonymous" it is shown Loopy actually runs a support group to help other wolves.
12	* TheBigBadWolf: The wolf is a kind and helpful character who takes it on himself to give wolves a better name, and was [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood only trying to help Red Riding Hood and the three pigs]]. Unfortunately, his intentions are often misunderstood and he is constantly the victim of AmusingInjuries.
13	** Within the shorts themselves other wolves appear that play this trope straight.
14	* BreakingTheFourthWall: Loopy shorts have opened with Loopy openly talking into the camera or sometimes with the narrator.
15	* ButtMonkey: The title character not only gets put upon (especially by humans) and takes lots of beating for being a wolf (as wolves are generally feared as dangerous), but is also made the butt of jokes for his bad French accent.
16	* CatchPhrase: "I am Loopy De Loop, ze good wolf!"
17	** Loopy is also prone to some variation of stating he is "Kind, charming, considerate" among other adjectives.
18	* CirclingSaw: In the episode where Loopy is trying to help Ravanaugh court Emmy Lou, he runs afoul of Braxton, who saws through the floor as he tries to plight his trough and, when Loopy tries to flee, saws through the ''walls and ceiling'' in pursuit.
19	* CrazyJealousGuy: A later StoryArc spanning three shorts has Braxton, a mad, crazy jealous bear with an insane desire to win over his girlfriend Emmy-Lou. In Braxton's last appearance, Loopy helps him cure his jealousy problem.
20	* CrossOver: In one short Loopy meets Bigelow Mouse, a PoorlyDisguisedPilot character that had also appeared on WesternAnimation/YakkyDoodle, WesternAnimation/AugieDoggieAndDoggieDaddy, and WesternAnimation/{{Snagglepuss}}.
21	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Whenever Loopy tries to help someone out, they immediately dismiss (or even injure) him on the grounds that he's a wolf. Given this series began in 1959, it's not too hard to understand what it's supposed to be an allegory for.
22	** For example: in one short, a pair of rocket scientists can't use dogs as test subjects because of the Humane Society's objections, but they're delighted to see Loopy because "nobody cares what happens to a wolf."
23	* FracturedFairyTale: Loopy found himself caught up into these plenty.
24	* FramingDevice: The first short, "Wolf Hounded", has a bandaged Loopy recalling his story of what happened before the events of the short, where he rescues Little Red Riding Hood's basket from the Three Little Pigs, only to wind up with injuries.
25	* FunnyForeigner: Comes across as this due to his cheap, phonetical French accent.
26	* LimitedAnimation: Although made for theaters, the shorts were made with the same time-saving techniques used on the studio's TV shows.
27	* LongRunner: Hanna Barbera produced 48 shorts of the character over 6 years.
28	* {{Nephewism}}: Loopy's nephew Bon-Bon.
29	* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: PlayedForLaughs. Loopy always tries to do a good deed...[[ButtMonkey and fails]].
30	* NobleWolf: Loopy was a kind-hearted, Quixotic wolf out to dispel the notion that all wolves are mean. It usually backfires on him as the universal belief is that all wolves ''are'' mean.
31	* NotAMask: Loopy got involved in this once where he is mistaken for "Charlie" who was to attend a costume party as a wolf. When the time for the unmasking comes, he gets his usually AmusingInjuries.
32	** Also happens in "Crook Who Cried Wolf" multiple times where everyone assumes Loopy is a crook in a wolf mask.
33	* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: Towards the end of the series this trope seems to crop up a lot. If the presence of the aforementioned Bigelow Mouse wasn't a tip-off, in some of these shorts like the ones with Braxton Bear it is also as if Loopy has walked into these other character's shorts.
34	** Of course at the time most of HB's funny animal characters were on tv shows with ThreeShorts each. Loopy was a theatrical series, perhaps these characters were in the running to be his backup segments if he went to television.
35	* PunnyName: References the phrase "loop the loop" and the French word for wolf (''loup'').
36	* ReluctantMonster: Loopy often gets in trouble for things he clearly didn't do because he's a wolf.
37	* RumpRoast: Sometimes happens to Loopy, due to no more than ''bullets'' (courtesy of gun-bearing humans) shooting at him. There's even a couple times (for example, in "This is My Ducky Day") when he has to ''extinguish his rump in water'' due to the effectiveness of the bullet stings.
38	* ShoutOut: As per usual in Creator/HannaBarbera cartoons in "Not in Nottingham" this version of Robin Hood shows Loopy a list of "do-gooders who also want to join his band." Among them naturally are ''WesternAnimation/YogiBear'', ''WesternAnimation/HuckleberryHound'', [[WesternAnimation/ToucheTurtleAndDumDum Touche Turtle]] among others.
39	* SuicideAsComedy: The short "Common Scents" features Loopy trying to save a depressed little skunk (voiced by an uncredited Creator/MelBlanc) from his own suicide attempts. Naturally, this results in AmusingInjuries for Loopy.
40	* TalkingAnimal: Our lead is yet another one.
41	* ThreeShorts: While his original airings were theatricals, in television repeats three of his shorts were often thrown in to fill a half hour.
42	* WhiteSheep: Loopy is "ze good wolf" after all.

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