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Willoughby is a minor animated cartoon fictional character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes series of cartoons. He is a hound dog who is characterized by his below-average intelligence and overall gullibility.
Willoughby first appeared in the 1940 cartoon Of Fox and Hounds. He was created and voiced by Tex Avery. According to Chuck Jones,the character was based on Lennie, from Of Mice and Men (of which the title of Of Fox and Hounds is a knockoff). Critic Steven Hartley described this short as lacking in creativity, originality, excitement, and story construction, particularly compared to Avery's seminal earlier work A Wild Hare.
Willoughby later appears in other Warner Brothers animated shorts, including The Heckling Hare (1941), The Crackpot Quail (1941), and Nutty News (1942), as the lead dog of a fox hunting party. Willoughby's brief career was essentially over before the end of World War II.
Appearances
- Of Fox and Hounds (1940)
- The Crackpot Quail (1941)
- The Heckling Hare (1941)
- Nutty News (1942) Cameo, only Black & White appearance
- The Hep Cat (1942) Renamed Rosebud.
- Ding Dog Daddy (1942)
- An Itch in Time (1943)
- Hare Ribbin' (1944) With hair only time
- Hare Force (1944) Renamed Sylvester
- A Horse Fly Fleas (1947) (Shaped like the Barnyard Dog)
- Foxy by Proxy (1952)