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{{short description|Fictional cartoon dog}}
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{{Infobox character
| series = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio|MGM Cartoons]]
| image = Droopy dog.png
| image_size = 150px
| first = ''[[Dumb-Hounded]]'' (1943)
| creator = [[Tex Avery]]
| designer = Irving Levine<ref>{{Cite web |last=theartofanimation |title=the art of animation |url=https://theartofanimation.tumblr.com/post/3535991184/tex-avery-dumb-hounded-model-sheet |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=Tumblr}}</ref>
| voice = [[Bill Thompson (voice actor)|Bill Thompson]] (1943, 1945, 1949–1958)<br>[[Tex Avery]] (1943, 1945–1946, 1955)<ref name="droopyvoice"/><ref name="Tex voice"/><br>[[Don Messick]] (1949–1950, 1956, 1989–1993)<br>[[Daws Butler]] (1955)<ref name="droopyvoice"/><ref name="Butler"/><br>[[Frank Welker]] (1980, 2002)<br>[[Richard Williams (animator)|Richard Williams]] (1988–1989)<br>[[Corey Burton]] (1990–present)<br>[[Billy West]] (1996–1997)<br>[[Jeff Bergman]] (1999–2010, 2017–present)<br>[[Jeff Bennett (voice actor)|Jeff Bennett]] (2002)<br>[[Maurice LaMarche]] (2003–2004)<br>[[Joe Alaskey]] (2004, 2010–2016)<br>[[Don Brown (voice actor)|Don Brown]] (2006)<br>[[Michael Donovan]] (2006–2007)<br>[[Joey D'Auria]] (2018)<br>([[#Voice actors|see below]])
| alias = Happy Hound
| species = Dog ([[Basset Hound]])
| gender = Male
| family = Drippy (twin brother)<br>Dripple (son)
}}
'''Droopy''' is an [[animated character]] from the [[golden age of American animation]]. He is an [[anthropomorphic]] white [[Basset Hound]] with a droopy face. He was created in 1943 by [[Tex Avery]] for theatrical cartoon [[short film|shorts]] produced by the [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio]]. Essentially the polar opposite of Avery's other MGM character, the loud and wacky [[Screwy Squirrel]], Droopy moves slowly and lethargically, speaks in a jowly monotone voice, and—though hardly an imposing character—is shrewd enough to outwit his enemies. When finally roused to anger, often by a bad guy laughing heartily at him, Droopy is capable of beating adversaries many times his size with a comical thrashing.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rovin |first1=Jeff |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals |date=1991 |publisher=Prentice Hall Press |isbn=0-13-275561-0 |access-date=8 April 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc00rovi/page/76/mode/2up/ |pages=76–78}}</ref>

The character first appeared, nameless, in Avery's 1943 cartoon ''[[Dumb-Hounded]]''. Though he was not called "Droopy" onscreen until his fifth cartoon, ''Señor Droopy'' (1949), the character was already named "Droopy" in model sheets for his first cartoon. He was officially first labeled "Happy Hound", a name used in the character's appearances in ''[[Our Gang]] Comics''. He starred in 24 theatrical cartoons, ending in 1958 when MGM closed its cartoon department.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/76/mode/2up |pages=76–77}}</ref> The character has been revived several times for new productions including films and television shows also featuring MGM's other famous cartoon stars, [[Tom and Jerry]], either as their ally or adversary. He's also known to be the guider of [[Cartoon Network]] back when it first launched at October 1, 1992.<ref>{{Citation |title=The Cartoon Network launch 1992 | date=July 31, 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM7RKvXC9v8 |language=en |access-date=2022-03-03}}</ref>

In the cartoon ''[[Northwest Hounded Police]]'', Droopy's last name was given as "McPoodle". In ''The Chump Champ'', it was given as "Poodle". Nevertheless, Droopy is generally understood to be a Basset Hound.

==History==
===Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer===
Droopy first appeared in the [[MGM]] [[cartoon]] ''Dumb-Hounded'', released on March 20, 1943. Droopy's first scene is when he saunters into view, looks at the audience, and declares, "Hello, all you happy people ... you know what? I'm the hero." In the cartoon, Droopy is tracking an escaped convict and is always waiting for the crook wherever he turns up. Avery had used a similar gag in his ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' short ''[[Tortoise Beats Hare]]'' (1941) starring [[Bugs Bunny]], which in turn was an expansion/exaggeration of the premise of his ''[[The Blow Out]]'' (1936) with [[Porky Pig]]. In fact, this cartoon shows that early ideas about Droopy's personality were already germinating, as that film's [[Cecil Turtle]] has similarities to Droopy.

Droopy's meek, [[deadpan]] [[voice]] and personality were modeled after the character Wallace Wimple on the [[radio comedy]] ''[[Fibber McGee and Molly]]''; actor [[Bill Thompson (voice actor)|Bill Thompson]], who played Wimple, was the original voice of Droopy. While Thompson's served in the [[United States Navy|US Navy]] during World War II, Droopy's voice was provided by other voice actors, including [[Don Messick]], who reprised the role in the 1990s. Avery's preferred gag man [[Henry Wilson Allen|Heck Allen]] said that Avery himself provided the voice on several occasions, and "You couldn't tell the difference."<ref>Adamson, Joe, ''Tex Avery: King of Cartoons'', Da Capo Press, 1975.</ref> Droopy himself was a versatile actor: he could play a [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police|Mountie]], a cowboy, a deputy, an heir, or a [[Dixieland]]-loving everyday Joe with equal ease. The same voice was used for Big Heel-Watha in the [[Screwy Squirrel]] cartoon of the same name and for a Pilgrim who chases a turkey modeled after [[Jimmy Durante]] in Avery's 1945 short ''[[Jerky Turkey]]''.

One of Droopy's more surprising traits is his incredible strength, given his diminutive stature and unassuming looks and personality, but this was usually reserved for when he was upset (with a few rare exceptions, where he very easily moved his adversary without harming him), at which time he would say in a monotone voice "You know what? That makes me mad" prior to thrashing the hapless villain of the piece. One such occasion was in ''Señor Droopy'', where he did this to a bull. It happened again in ''One Droopy Knight'', where a dragon was Droopy's victim. In the second case, he also broke the dragon's tail off and knocked him very far away with it like a baseball bat (apparently, it regenerated like a lizard's tail, given the unharmed dragon later became Droopy's servant/pet). This was also once done by a baby version of Droopy in the Western-themed short ''Homesteader Droopy''. One example of Droopy showing his strength without being provoked was in ''The Chump Champ'' in which [[Butch (animated character)|Spike]] (as "Gorgeous Gorillawitz") stuffs an anvil in a speed bag. Droopy easily punches the bag several times but when Spike takes a swipe at it, half of him shatters to the ground. Another [[running gag]] that occurred during many of Droopy's cartoons was whenever Droopy's adversaries chopped down a tree. As the tree started coming down and was about to crush the unsuspecting Droopy, the adversary would run far the opposite way, point to the sky, and shout, "TIM.....". Then, in a moment of surprise, the tree would change direction and end up crushing the adversary instead and he would finish by saying, ".....ber" while still pointing to the sky with a look of confusion on his face.
In most of his cartoons, Droopy matches wits with either a slick anthropomorphic [[Wolf]] (the Wolf character "portrays" the crooks in both ''Dumb-hounded'' and its semi-remake, ''Northwest Hounded Police'' (1946)) or a bulldog named "[[Butch (animated character)|Spike]]", sometimes silent, sometimes sporting a [[Gaels|Gaelic]] accent. Two Droopy cartoons&nbsp;– ''[[The Shooting of Dan McGoo]]'' and ''[[Wild and Woolfy]]''&nbsp;– also feature appearances from the [[Red (animated character)|curvy cutie]] of Avery's ''[[Red Hot Riding Hood]]'' (1943) as a damsel in distress being pursued by the Wolf. Three later Droopy cartoons&nbsp;–''Three Little Pups'' (1953), ''Blackboard Jumble'' (1957), and ''Sheep Wrecked'' (1958)&nbsp;– feature a slow-moving southern wolf character. Voiced by [[Daws Butler]] in a dialect Butler later used for [[Hanna-Barbera]]'s [[Huckleberry Hound]], this wolf was a more deadpan character with a tendency to whistle "[[Kingdom Coming]]" (aka "Jubalio") to himself (much like Huckleberry would sing "[[Oh My Darling Clementine]]" to himself).

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Avery took a year-long break from MGM from 1950 to 1951, during which time [[Dick Lundy (animator)|Dick Lundy]] took over his unit to do one Droopy cartoon, ''Caballero Droopy'', and several ''[[Barney Bear]]'' cartoons. Avery returned in late 1951 and continued with Droopy and his one-shots until the Avery unit was dissolved by MGM in 1953. Michael Lah, an Avery animator, stayed on long enough to help [[William Hanna]] and [[Joseph Barbera]] complete ''Deputy Droopy'' after Avery had left the studio. Lah himself then left MGM, but returned in 1955 to direct [[CinemaScope]] Droopy cartoons costarring either Spike (now called Butch because of the same-named bulldog in Hanna and Barbera's [[Tom and Jerry]] cartoons) or the "Kingdom Coming"-whistling wolf. The opening title card was replaced with a newly drawn sequence in which Droopy gives his deadpan greeting: "Hello, all you happy people." Seven Droopy cartoons were created under the H-B production stable. One of these, ''One Droopy Knight'' (1957), was nominated for the 1957 [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film|Best Short Subject (Cartoons)]]. However, by the time of ''One Droopy Knight'''s release in December 1957, the MGM cartoon studio had been closed for six months, a casualty of corporate downsizing.

===Later appearances===
In 1980, [[Filmation]] produced a series of lower-budget Droopy [[short film|shorts]] for television as part of its ''Tom and Jerry'' TV series ''[[The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show]]''. In the 1990s [[Hanna-Barbera]] series ''[[Tom & Jerry Kids]]'', Droopy had a young son named Dripple (voiced by [[Charlie Adler]]), an older version of the infant we see in ''Homesteader Droopy''. The mild success of the show provided perhaps the most Droopy merchandise: plush toys, gummy snacks, figurines, etc. In 1993, ''Tom & Jerry Kids'' had a spin-off series, ''[[Droopy, Master Detective]]'', which cast Droopy and son as film noir style detectives. Droopy also had cameos in two theatrical features: as an elevator operator in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' (where he was voiced by the film's animation director [[Richard Williams (animator)|Richard Williams]]), and in ''[[Tom and Jerry: The Movie]]''. Droopy also had cameos in all three subsequent [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Disney]]-produced [[Roger Rabbit]] shorts, ''[[List of Who Framed Roger Rabbit media#Tummy Trouble|Tummy Trouble]]'' (again he's an elevator operator), ''[[Roller Coaster Rabbit]]'' (he plays a bad guy dressed as [[Snidely Whiplash]]), and ''[[List of Who Framed Roger Rabbit media#Trail Mix-Up|Trail Mix-Up]]'' (he plays a scuba diver), and the 1992 animated TV special ''[[Little Rosey|The Rosey and Buddy Show]]''.<ref name="Rosey Buddy">{{cite web|last1=Bollettieri|first1=Spencer|title=15 Bizarre Celebrity Cartoons You've Never Heard Of|url=https://www.cbr.com/bizarre-celebrity-cartoons/|date=November 25, 2024|publisher=CBR|access-date=May 1, 2025}}</ref> Droopy also appears in the 2006 cartoon series ''[[Tom and Jerry Tales]]'', and has appeared in almost every ''Tom and Jerry'' direct-to-video movie, beginning with ''[[Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring]]'', either as an ally or an enemy.

Droopy appeared on various [[Cartoon Network]] specials and bumpers throughout the 1990s. When the network launched on October 1, 1992, Droopy was the host of the special "Droopy's Guide to the Cartoon Network", which served as an orientation for the new channel.<ref>{{Citation |title=Droopy's Guide to the Cartoon Network (1992, COMPLETE) | date=September 18, 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLlWBWSvXDo |language=en |access-date=2022-03-03}}</ref> In 1997, Droopy appeared in the faux cartoon [[blooper reel]] bumper ''Bloopers of the Cartoon Stars''. Here, he says his signature line "I'm so happy" while actually smiling.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF51aUEaUAc |title=Cartoon Network - Bloopers of the Cartoon Stars (1997, USA) |date=July 23, 2021 |last=CartoonNetworkTwo 2.0}}</ref>

In June 1999, Droopy appeared in a Cartoon Network short entitled ''Thanks a Latté'', in which he works at a coffee shop and forces a stingy wolf into giving him a tip. In said short, the character is depicted with a bald head and was voiced by [[Jeff Bergman]]. The short aired on Cartoon Network's sister channel [[Boomerang (TV network)|Boomerang]] until 2015. During the same period, Droopy was also featured in [[Adult Swim]]'s ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'' in the episode "Droopy Botox", voiced by [[Maurice LaMarche]]. He is seen seeking a settlement after a cosmetic surgeon injected him with too much [[Botulinum toxin|botox]] (a [[running gag]] in this episode was the fact that Droopy was often seen crying despite having a huge grin frozen on his face, a reverse of the classic cartoons where a sad-faced Droopy often said, "You know what? I'm happy"). A memorable Cartoon Network promotional spot featured Droopy (voiced by Don Messick) and Shaggy from Hanna-Barbera's ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'' parodying a dialog scene between Jules and Vincent in ''[[Pulp Fiction]]''.

A three-issue Droopy comic book miniseries was released in the mid-1990s by [[Dark Horse Comics]].

==Voice actors==
The following is the list of [[voice actors]] who have portrayed Droopy, the years they regularly voiced the character, and the films and/or television series they did the voice in:
*[[Bill Thompson (voice actor)|Bill Thompson]] (1943, 1945, 1949, 1951–1958; ''[[Dumb-Hounded]]'', ''[[The Shooting of Dan McGoo]]'' (one line reused from ''Big Heel-Watha''), ''Señor Droopy'', ''Out-Foxed'', ''The Chump Champ'', ''[[Daredevil Droopy]]'', ''Droopy's Good Deed'', ''[[Droopy's Double Trouble]]'', ''Caballero Droopy'', ''The Three Little Pups'', ''Drag-A-Long Droopy'', ''Homesteader Droopy'', ''[[Dixieland Droopy]]'', ''Deputy Droopy'', ''Grin and Share It'', ''Blackboard Jumble'', ''One Droopy Knight'', ''Sheep Wrecked'', ''Mutts About Racing'', ''Droopy Leprechaun'')
*[[Tex Avery]] (1943, 1945–1946, 1955; enthusiastic screaming in ''Dumb-Hounded'', ''The Shooting of Dan McGoo'', ''[[Wild and Woolfy]]'', ''[[Northwest Hounded Police]]'', ''Deputy Droopy'')<ref name="droopyvoice">{{Cite web|title=Didn't Tex Avery do a lot of the voices in his cartoons?|url=https://www.newsfromme.com/iaq/iaq08/|publisher=News From ME|access-date=July 8, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Tex voice">{{cite web|title="Hello All You Happy Tax Payers": Tex Avery's Voice Stock Company|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/hello-all-you-happy-tax-payers-tex-averys-voice-stock-company/|website=cartoonresearch.com|access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref><ref name="CartoonVoices">{{cite book |last1=Scott |first1=Keith |title=Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2 |date=3 October 2022 |publisher=BearManor Media |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Pinto Colvig]] (1945; howling in ''The Shooting of Dan McGoo'' (reused from ''[[Red Hot Riding Hood]]''))<ref name="CartoonVoices"/>
*[[Don Messick]] (1949–1950, 1956, 1989–1993, 1997; ''Wags to Riches'', ''The Chump Champ'', ''Millionaire Droopy'', ''[[Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration]]'', ''[[Tom & Jerry Kids]]'', ''[[Tom and Jerry: The Movie]]'', ''[[Droopy, Master Detective]]'', [[Cartoon Network]] bumpers)
*[[Daws Butler]] (1955; ''Deputy Droopy'')<ref name="droopyvoice"/><ref name="Butler">{{cite web|title=RADIO ROUND-UP: Fibber McGee and Molly and The Great Gildersleeve|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/radio-round-up-fibber-mcgee-and-molly-and-the-great-gildersleeve/|website=cartoonresearch.com|access-date=7 November 2020|date=13 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="CartoonVoices"/>
*[[Frank Welker]] (1980, 2002; ''[[The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show]]'', ''[[Cartoon Network (Latin American TV channel)|Scooby Month]]'' promotion)<ref name="Cartoon Network">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/Cartoon-Network/Droopy/|title=Voice(s) of Droopy in Cartoon Network|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-08-30}}</ref>
*[[Richard Williams (animator)|Richard Williams]] (1988–1989; ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'', ''[[Roger Rabbit short films#Tummy Trouble|Tummy Trouble]]'')
*[[Corey Burton]] (1990–present; ''[[Roger Rabbit short films#Roller Coaster Rabbit|Roller Coaster Rabbit]]'', ''[[Roger Rabbit short films#Trail Mix-Up|Trail Mix-Up]]'')
*[[Billy West]] (1996–1997; ''[[The Tex Avery Show]]'' promotion, ''[[Cartoon Network|Bloopers of the Cartoon Stars]]'')<ref name="Cartoon Network"/>
*[[Marc Silk]] (1997; Cartoon Network bumpers)<ref name="Marc Silk">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVklcb971Uw&t=777s|title=The Many Character Voices of Marc Silk|date=November 6, 2023 |publisher=YouTube|access-date=12 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[Jeff Bergman]] (1999–2010, 2017–present; ''[[Cartoon Network|Thanks a Latté]]'',<ref name="Cartoon Network"/> ''[[Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes]]'', ''[[Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory]]'', ''[[Tom & Jerry (2021 American film)|Tom & Jerry]]'')
*Daren Tillinger (2001; ''[[Cartoon Network|Web Premiere Toons]]'')<ref name="Web Premiere">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/shorts/Web-Premiere-Toons/|title=Web Premiere Toons|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-08-30}}</ref>
*[[Jeff Bennett (voice actor)|Jeff Bennett]] (2002; ''[[Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring]]'')
*[[Maurice LaMarche]] (2003–2004; ''[[Cartoon Network|Cartoon Network NBA All-Star Slam]]'', ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'')
*[[Joe Alaskey]] (2004, 2010–2016; [[Boomerang (British and Irish TV channel)|Boomerang]] UK and Ireland bumpers,<ref name="Boomerang">{{cite web|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=hyEn0vy4UrI&t=2s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/hyEn0vy4UrI |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Boomerang Germany - Christmas Ident 2010|date=December 21, 2010 |publisher=YouTube|access-date=September 29, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ''[[Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz]]'', ''[[Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse]]'', ''[[Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure]]'', ''[[Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest]]'', ''[[Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz]]'')
*[[Don Brown (voice actor)|Don Brown]] (2006; ''[[Tom and Jerry Tales]]'' (season 1))
*[[Michael Donovan]] (2007; ''Tom and Jerry Tales'' (season 2))
*[[Joey D'Auria]] (2018; ''[[The Tom and Jerry Show (2014 TV series)|The Tom and Jerry Show]]'')

Voiced by in unofficial material:
*[[Seth MacFarlane]] (2009, 2014, 2017; ''[[Family Guy]]'')<ref name="Family Guy">{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Family-Guy/Droopy/|title=Voice of Droopy in Family Guy|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-09-23}}</ref>
*[[Jim Meskimen]] (2012; ''[[Mad (TV series)|Mad]]'')<ref name="Mad">{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Mad/Droopy-Dog/|title=Voice of Droopy in Mad|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-09-23}}</ref>

==Filmography==
The Droopy cartoons were directed by [[Tex Avery]] (1943–1955), [[Dick Lundy (animator)|Dick Lundy]] (1952), [[Michael Lah]] (1955–1958) and [[William Hanna]] and [[Joseph Barbera]] (1956), at the [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio]] in Hollywood, California. All cartoons were released to theaters by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]. [[Fred Quimby]] was the producer of the first 17 cartoons from 1943 to 1955. Quimby retired in 1955 and from 1956 to 1958, Hanna and Barbera produced the cartoons until MGM closed the cartoon studio in 1957, and the last cartoon was released in 1958. Most of these cartoons were produced in the standard [[Academy ratio]] (1.37:1); seven cartoons were produced in widescreen [[CinemaScope]] format only.

Like any other studio, MGM reissued and edited its cartoons when re-released to theaters. Many pre-1951 cartoons were reissued with [[Perspecta|Perspecta Sound]], which was introduced in 1954. MGM also reissued its cartoons before the introduction of Perspecta Sound. Because of the [[1965 MGM vault fire]], only backup prints of pre-1951 MGM cartoons exist.

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|''[[Dumb-Hounded]]''
|rowspan="11" | [[Tex Avery]]
|rowspan="17" | [[Fred Quimby]]
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|March 20, 1943
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|''[[The Shooting of Dan McGoo]]''
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|March 3, 1945
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|''[[Wild and Woolfy]]''
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|November 3, 1945
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|''[[Northwest Hounded Police]]''
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|August 3, 1946
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|''Señor Droopy''
|'''Story:''' Rich Hogan<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/joe-adamson-tex-avery-king-of-cartoons-1975/page/225/mode/1up |title=Joe Adamson - Tex Avery, King of Cartoons (1975)}}</ref>
'''Animation:''' Grant Simmons, Walter Clinton, Bob Cannon, Michael Lah, Preston Blair<ref name=":0" />

'''Music:''' Scott Bradley<ref name=":0" />
|April 9, 1949
|Guest appearance of [[Lina Romay (singer)|Lina Romay]] in a live-action sequence in the end.
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|''Wags to Riches''
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|August 13, 1949
|Remade as ''Millionaire Droopy'' (1956)
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|''Out-Foxed''
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|November 5, 1949
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|''The Chump Champ''
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|November 4, 1950
| Released posthumously after [[Frank Graham]]'s death two months prior to the project
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|''[[Daredevil Droopy]]''<ref name="Thegreatcartoondirectors">{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The great cartoon directors |date=1983 |publisher=McFarland & Company Incorporated Pub |isbn=978-0-89950-036-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l85ZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Droopy%22+-wikipedia |access-date=4 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
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|March 31, 1951
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|''Droopy's Good Deed''
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|May 5, 1951
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|''[[Droopy's Double Trouble]]''
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|November 17, 1951
|Introduction of Droopy's twin brother, Drippy
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|''Caballero Droopy''
|[[Dick Lundy (animator)|Dick Lundy]]
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|September 27, 1952
|Only Droopy cartoon directed by Dick Lundy
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|''The Three Little Pups''
|rowspan="4"| Tex Avery
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|December 26, 1953
|Live-action sequence
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|''Drag-a-Long Droopy''
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|February 20, 1954
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|''Homesteader Droopy''<ref name="Thegreatcartoondirectors"/>{{Rp|72–73}}
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|July 10, 1954
|Introduction of Droopy's infant son, Dripple (as Droopy Jr.)
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|''[[Dixieland Droopy]]''
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|December 4, 1954
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|''Deputy Droopy''
|Tex Avery<br />[[Michael Lah]]
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|October 28, 1955
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|''Millionaire Droopy''
|[[William Hanna]]<br />[[Joseph Barbera]]<br />Tex Avery
|rowspan="7"| William Hanna<br />Joseph Barbera
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|September 21, 1956
|CinemaScope remake of ''Wags To Riches''. Tex Avery is given director credit as the cartoon retains the soundtrack and timing from ''Wags to Riches'' with revised animation and backgrounds. Only Droopy cartoon directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
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|''Grin and Share It''
|rowspan="6"| Michael Lah
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|May 17, 1957
| rowspan="2" |Produced in CinemaScope
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|''Blackboard Jumble''
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|October 4, 1957
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|''[[One Droopy Knight]]''
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|December 6, 1957
|Produced in CinemaScope <br /> Nominated–[[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1958 |title=The 30th Academy Awards (1958) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 21, 2011 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706094132/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/30th-winners.html |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|''Sheep Wrecked''
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|February 7, 1958
| rowspan="3" |Produced in CinemaScope
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|''Mutts About Racing''
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|April 4, 1958
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|''Droopy Leprechaun''
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|July 4, 1958
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==Cameos==
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|June 22, 1988
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|''Tummy Trouble''
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|June 23, 1989
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|''Roller Coaster Rabbit''
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|June 15, 1990
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|''Trail Mix-Up''
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|March 12, 1993
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|''[[Tom and Jerry: The Movie]]''
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|July 30, 1993
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|''[[Tom & Jerry (2021 American film)|Tom & Jerry]]''
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|February 26, 2021
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==Home media==
*Seven Droopy shorts on VHS as ''The Adventures of Droopy'' released in 1989.
*Six Droopy shorts on VHS as ''Here Comes Droopy!'' released on October 10, 1990.<ref>{{cite web |title=Here Comes Droopy (VHS, 1990) for sale online |url=https://www.ebay.com/p/3151661 |website=eBay |access-date=26 December 2019 |language=en-us}}</ref>
*Four Droopy shorts on VHS as ''Droopy and Company'' released on February 29, 1992.<ref>{{cite web |title=Droopy & Company [VHS] |url=https://www.ebay.com/itm/362428310430?nordt=true&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2546137.m43663.l10137 |website=eBay |access-date=26 December 2019}}</ref>
*Seventeen Droopy shorts on LaserDisc as ''The Compleat Tex Avery'' released on January 13, 1993.<ref>{{cite web |title=LaserDisc Database - Compleat Tex Avery, The [ML102681] |url=https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/21525/ML102681/Compleat-Tex-Avery-The |website=www.lddb.com |access-date=26 December 2019}}</ref>
*On May 15, 2007, [[Warner Home Video]] released all of Droopy's MGM cartoons on DVD as ''Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection'', complete and uncut.<ref name="dvd">{{cite web|url=https://mgm.com/WHVPORTAL/Portal/product.jsp?OID=19030|title=MGM Home Entertainment product information for ''Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection (DVD)''|publisher=mgm.com|access-date=2007-06-15}}</ref> The seven Droopy cartoons produced in CinemaScope were released in their original widescreen versions, instead of the [[pan and scan]] versions regularly broadcast on television.<ref name="dvd2">Back of DVD box for ''Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection''.</ref>
*On February 18, 2020, four Droopy shorts appeared uncut and digitally restored in HD on ''[[Tex Avery Screwball Classics]]: Volume 1''  Blu-ray from [[Warner Archive Collection]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thedigitalbits.com/item/tex-avery-screwball-vol1-bd|title=Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1 (Blu-ray Review)|first=Bill|last=Hunt|date=January 31, 2020|website=The Digital Bits}}</ref> An additional six Droopy cartoons appeared uncut and digitally restored on ''Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 2'' released on December 15, 2020. An additional five Droopy cartoons appeared uncut and digitally restored on ''Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 3'' released on October 5, 2021.

These cartoons can also be found as extras on DVDs of classic Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films of the period:
*''[[Wild and Woolfy]]'' is on the DVD of ''[[Thrill of a Romance]]''
*''[[Northwest Hounded Police]]'' is on the DVD of ''[[Courage of Lassie]]''
*''[[Wags to Riches]]'' is on the DVD of ''[[The Barkleys of Broadway]]''
*''Senor Droopy'' is on the DVD of ''[[That Midnight Kiss]]''
*''Out Foxed'' is on the DVD of ''[[Madame Bovary (1949 film)|Madame Bovary]]''
*''The Chump Champ'' is on the DVD of ''[[Pagan Love Song]]''
*''[[Droopy's Double Trouble]]'' is on the DVD of ''[[Royal Wedding]]''
*''[[Dixieland Droopy]]'' is on the DVD of ''[[The Long, Long Trailer]]''
*''Blackboard Jumble'' is on the DVD of ''[[Blackboard Jungle]]''
*''Millionaire Droopy'' is on the DVD of ''[[High Society (1956 film)|High Society]]''
*''Deputy Droopy'' is on the DVD of ''[[It's Always Fair Weather]]''
*''The Three Little Pups'' is on the DVD of ''[[The Band Wagon]]''

==See also==
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*''[[The Tom & Jerry Comedy Show]]''
*''[[Tom & Jerry Kids]]''
*''[[Tom and Jerry Tales]]''
*''[[Droopy, Master Detective]]''
*''[[Droopy's Tennis Open]]''
*''[[Little Rosey|The Rosey and Buddy Show]]''

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.texavery.com/ Tex Avery Tribute Website]
*[http://www.toonopedia.com/droopy.htm Droopy Dog] at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]. [https://archive.today/20240527202703/https://www.webcitation.org/6hGkqtnGZ?url=http://toonopedia.com/droopy.htm Archived] from the original on May 5, 2016.

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