Line #53 WesternAnimation/TheGoodTheBadAndHuckleberryHound


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3	''The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound'' is a 1988 MadeForTVMovie, created as a part of the ''WesternAnimation/HannaBarberaSuperstars10'' series.
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5	The film follows the adventures of [[WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow Huckleberry Hound]], who, in his journey to a raise a small farm with goats and pigs, comes upon the UsefulNotes/{{California}} town of Two-Bit, where he meets up with the residents, WesternAnimation/YogiBear and Boo Boo, who've run away from Jellystone Park; WesternAnimation/{{Snagglepuss}}, who serves as the piano player at Rusty Nails' Saloon; WesternAnimation/HokeyWolf, who acts as the town's mayor, and WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw and Baba Looey, who run the Two-Bit National Bank. Unfortunately, Huckleberry runs afoul of a group of bandits known as the Dalton Gang: {{Hair Trigger Temper}}ed leader Stinky Dalton, diminutive ManChild Finky Dalton, AmbiguouslyGay Pinky Dalton, and DumbMuscle Dinky Dalton. Huck is appointed as the new sheriff of Two-Bit, where it is his job to try to rid the town of the notorious Dalton Brothers.
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7	A subplot of the TV film also includes Huck forming a romantic relationship with an [[IndianMaiden American Indian girl hound]] named Desert Flower, which occurs after Huck gets blasted off by the Daltons.
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9	The movie was the last production voiced by Creator/DawsButler, who passed away on May 18, 1988 - just weeks after the movie premiered on television - which added a certain piquancy to the ending, which reveals how the characters wound up. Especially as [[RidingIntoTheSunset Huck rides off into the sunset, singing]].
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11	!!Tropes:
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13	* AccidentalMisnaming: When Huckleberry rides off on his 'Faithful Horsie' who he discovers can talk;
14	-->'''Bob:''' Huck, would you please stop callin' me 'Faithful Horsie'?
15	-->'''Huck:''' Why?
16	-->'''Bob:''' Because my name is Bob!
17	-->'''Huck:''' Oh.
18	* AchievementsInIgnorance: Huck manages to win the first of the Native American dog tribe's initiation test (a quiz show) by simply stating the first thing to come to mind after the Chief [[NiceJobFixingItVillain secretly rings his buzzer in an attempt to ruin him]].
19	* AmbiguouslyGay: Pinky seems to show shades of this, as he [[RealMenWearPink dresses in pink]], often complains about Huckleberry Hound being a rotten dresser, and is always complaining about the decor of the Daltons' secret hideout.
20	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: After Stinky has been captured and put on trial, the Judge lists all of his transgressions:
21	-->'''Judge:''' Stinky Dalton, you've been charged with assault, train robbery, cattle rustling, and worst of all, forgetting Mother's Day! (jury gasps)
22	* BabiesEverAfter: The ending of the film shows that Huckleberry marries Desert Flower, and not only do they get to raise goats and pigs on a farm, but they also have three children.
23	* BankToaster: Being the first person to deposit anything in the Two-Bit National Bank, Huckleberry is offered one of several free gifts, a toaster being among them. Despite a free cruise vacation being an option, Huck chooses the fountain pen.
24	* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Other than the regular characters, there's also Desert Flower and the rest of her tribe.
25	* BornInTheTheatre: During the chase scene, the Daltons ride so fast they end up almost riding out side of the film's frame.
26	-->'''Stinky:''' Hey, not that fast!
27	* BrickJoke: The blue fountain pen that Huck receives from the bank as a prize gets stolen by the Daltons when they rob the bank. It's not until near the end of the film that Huck gets it back in order to sign a young boy's autograph for capturing the Daltons.
28	-->'''Dinky''': Ah, rats! He remembered!
29	* TheCameo: Besides Huck, Yogi, Boo-Boo Snagglepuss, Quick Draw, Baba, and Hokey, other Creator/HannaBarbera characters also make cameos in the movie. WesternAnimation/PeterPotamus appears as the captain of the ship bound for Tahiti, WesternAnimation/MagillaGorilla appears as a reporter interviewing a BoundAndGagged Mr. Peebles, and [[WesternAnimation/WackyRaces Muttley]], [[WesternAnimation/AugieDoggieAndDoggieDaddy Doggie Daddy]], and [[WesternAnimation/SnooperAndBlabber Snooper]] appear as audience members in the scene where Huck is trying to pick a complimentary prize from the bank.
30	* CurbStompBattle: Even despite Huckleberry's best efforts to win the Test of Strength in the Initiation Test, Chuckling Chipmunk beats him easily.
31	* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Because Desert Flower is TheChiefsDaughter, her father is so aggressive and serious he does not want her to be with Huck every day and night, even when the couple becomes engaged.
32	-->'''Chief:''' But he is not... one of us. He is blue!
33	-->'''Chieftess:''' Love has no color to Desert Flower. She sees not with her eyes but with her heart.
34	-->'''Chief:''' And I will not permit her heart to be broken!
35	* DisguisedInDrag: When Huck goes looking for help against Stinky, Snagglepuss tries to avoid him by putting on a dress and wig. Huck doesn't realize it until after Snagglepuss scampers away.
36	* DumbMuscle: Dinky (similar to his portrayal in WesternAnimation/LaffALympics[[note]]There have been several fictional "Dalton gangs" in Hanna-Barbera productions, all of which (more or less) have a Dinky Dalton each with varying degrees of intelligence. The one in WesternAnimation/YogisTreasureHunt, for instance, is an inversion of this trope.[[/note]])
37	* EasyAmnesia: Huck develops this when he is found by Desert Flower, due to the injuries inflicted upon from having the Daltons launch him on a rocket.
38	* EpicFail: After being thrown out of town, the residents try to make a living by operating a carnival. Unfortunately, the customers are so dissatisfied that they demand ''double'' their money back.
39	* FakingTheDead: As part of his plan to beat the Daltons once and for all, Huck pretends he's come back as a ghost after they blasted him off.
40	* FallingInLoveMontage: Huck and Desert Flower fall in love while Huck stays with her for a while.
41	* FloralThemeNaming: Desert Flower is ''literally'' named for FlowersOfFemininity, even with a flower on her head.
42	-->'''Huck:''' Your name's almost as pretty as your face.
43	* FluffyTheTerrible: Chuckling Chipmunk, [[spoiler:despite having a cutesy-sounding name, is actually a huge muscle-bound LaughingMad warrior of Desert Flower's tribe]].
44	* FrothyMugsOfWater: When Pinky, Finky, and Dinky are served drinks at Rusty Nails' saloon, the implications of alcoholic drinks are removed, only having them drink concoctions such as Rattlesnake Juice and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a Shirley Temple with two cherries in it]]. Also, Huckleberry orders some root beer when he enters the saloon.
45	* HartmanHips: Rusty Nails.
46	* IWillWaitForYou: Before heading out to deal with the Daltons once and for all, Huck tells Desert Flower he'll be back for their wedding once he tends to his unfinished business and asks if she'll wait for him. She responses she'll wait as long as it takes.
47	* JailBake: This was subverted, as while Stinky Dalton (disguised as his brothers' grandmother) offers them a cake, Huckleberry takes it from him, thinking that he hid a file in it. [[spoiler:It was actually a distraction so that Stinky could give Pinky, Finky, and Dinky the tools necessary for them to escape from jail while Huck was busy eating the cake and there is no file.]]
48	* LaughingMad: Both Finky Dalton and Chuckling Chipmunk.
49	* LaserGuidedKarma: Huck's friends running out on him before his showdown with Stinky comes back to bite them hard when they return to find the Daltons have taken over Two-Bit. It's as they're thrown out of town that [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone they realize they shouldn't have turned down Huck's request for help]].
50	* LiteralMetaphor: After Huck has been appointed as sheriff of Two-Bit, the narrator explains that Huck's first job as sheriff was cleaning up the town. Cut to Huck, wearing a garbage man's uniform[[note]]In "The Recap" he's seen wearing a maid's uniform instead.[[/note]], picking up the trash.
51	-->'''Huck''': I do not do windows.
52	* LoveTheme: Huck sings "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" to Desert Flower.
53	* OffscreenTeleportation: Huck does this when he chases the Daltons.
54	* PsychopathicManChild: Finky qualifies for this, as he's the size of a small child, yet is very cunning and tends to laugh maniacally.
55	* RealMenWearPink: Pinky Dalton.
56	* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: [[spoiler:In the climax, Huck takes advantage of the Daltons' belief they blew him up by pretending to be a ghost]].
57	* RunningGag:
58	** Pinky calling Huck a rotten dresser, as well as Finky's MaliciousMisnaming of Huck.
59	** There's also any mention of Huck's faithful horse and fancy saddle.
60	--->'''Huck''': Not to mention my spiffy western duds.
61	** Yogi and Boo Boo just can't get away from kids saying "Look at the bears! Look at the bears!".
62	* ScoobyDooHoax: A rare example were it is done by the heroes. Huckleberry, with the help of friends, pretends to be his own ghost to fool the Dalton in going into prison.
63	* ShoutOut:
64	** The title is an obvious reference to ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''.
65	** When the residents of Two-Bit return from Tahiti to find that the place was renamed to Daltonville, Quick Draw quips that it would qualify for an episode of ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone''.
66	** The chase scene has a one to two WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}} shorts in which the Daltons (with Stinky having rejoined them) trying to escape Huck only for Huck to appear wherever they go. This is later subverted when the Daltons realize they outnumber him 4 to 1.
67	* SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace: During Huck and Desert Flower's initial wedding, the Chief asked this question. Huck's horse Bob comes up at that moment to restore Huck's memory are remind him he has some unfinished business to deal with.
68	* SpoilerOpening: Of a sort. The commercial bumpers (which were left intact on the DVD release) spoil the aforementioned BabiesEverAfter ending a mere seven minutes into the movie.
69	* SuddenlySpeaking: Huckleberry's faithful horsie, who had been voiceless up until Huckleberry gets separated from him then finds him, reveals that he can talk. Not to mention that he [the horse] also reveals his name to be Bob.
70	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Huck may be sheriff, but the Daltons realize they don't have to be afraid of him because they have him outnumbered. Huck comments that he had been hoping they wouldn't figure that out just before they bushwhack him.
71	* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: When Finky refers to Huck as "Huckle-poo".
72	-->'''Huck''': That's "Sheriff Huckle-poo" to you.
73	* TheUnintelligible: Chuckling Chipmunk, who can only cackle maniacally. Though, he does coherently say, "I win", after beating Huck in the Test of Strength.
74	* VillainSong: "Gold, Gold, Gold".
75	* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: In the final scene, after defeating the Daltons, Huck and his friends go their separate ways:
76	** Snagglepuss goes on to becoming the toast of Broadway.
77	** Quick Draw becomes Two-Bit's new sheriff with Babba-Looie as his deputy.
78	** Hokey Wolf opens a used wagon lot.
79	** Yogi and Boo Boo return to Jellystone Park and continue filching picnic baskets (and being tormented by kids saying "Look at the bears! Look at the bears!").
80	** As for Huck, he marries Desert Flower, with the two of them settling down on a farm where they raise goats, pigs, and a family.
81	* WithFriendsLikeThese: With Stinky coming to town, Huck looks for help from the friends he made in town. Every single one refuses to help and even beats it outta town before Stinky arrives. Huck lampshades the trope when Mayor Hokey has him sign a million dollar life insurance policy (of which Hokey is the sole beneficiary).
82	* YouAreTooLate: Despite Bob, Huck's faithful horse, attempting to reach him in time, he doesn't make it before the Daltons send the rocket and Huck into the air and it explodes.

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