Charlie Dog

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Charlie Dog
Mixed-breed dog
GenderMale

Charlie Dog (also known as Rover, Charlie, and sometimes Charles the Dog) is an

Warner Brothers Looney Tunes series of cartoons. The character was featured in nine cartoons between 1941 and 1958. He is generally characterized as a friendly wise guy.[2]

Development

Bob Clampett minted the scenario that Charlie Dog would later inherit in his cartoon short Porky's Pooch, first released on 27 December 1941.[3] In that cartoon, a homeless hound pulls out all the stops to get adopted by bachelor Porky Pig. Mel Blanc provided the dog's gruff, Brooklyn-Bugs Bunny-like voice and accent which became Charlie's standard voice.

History

As he did for other Looney Tunes characters,

Dog Gone South (26 August 1950)[8] which sees Yankee Charlie searching for a fine gentleman of the Southern United States,[9] and A Hound for Trouble (28 April 1951)[10] which sends Charlie to Italy where he searches for a master who speaks English
.

In these cartoons, Charlie Dog is defined by one desire: to find himself a master. To this end, Charlie is willing to pull out all the stops, from pulling "the big soulful eyes routine" to boasting of his pedigree ("Fifty percent

mutt who rarely realizes that his own aggressive obnoxiousness is sabotaging his appeal to any potential guardian. He is called "the most obnoxious salesman on four legs". He believes that everybody needs a dog to call their own, and he tackles all sorts of schemes to find a home.[11]
Especially in the Porky Pig shorts, the pig would usually try to mail him out of the country, usually accompanied by Porky laughing evilly and maniacally, only to have Charlie return dressed in the costume of that place he was sent, which would make Porky even more determined to get rid of him.

Charlie has a verbal quirk which recurs. If a word contains another word in full, he will say it like that...vege-TABLE. Immi-GRANT.

Charlie makes a brief cameo appearance (via re-used animation from Often an Orphan) in the

Bob McKimson-directed short Dog Tales (1958). Jones shelved the Charlie Dog series of films in the 1950s, along with characters he had himself introduced, such as The Three Bears and Hubie and Bertie. He was turning his efforts to new characters, such as Pepé Le Pew and Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner
.

The

Frisky Puppy character that Jones paired with Claude Cat
in several '50s shorts bears a close physical resemblance to Charlie.

Later appearances

Recent Warner Brothers merchandising and series and films such as episodes of

The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries in the episode Yelp (here performed by Joe Alaskey), and Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000) in Italy have brought Charlie back out of retirement. In Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), he can be spotted playing poker with other Looney Tunes dogs and at the end of the film bringing Bugs a plate of fruit, and in Space Jam: A New Legacy
(2021), he can be seen briefly in Bugs Bunny's flashback leaving Tune World way in the front row with other Looney Tunes.

Charlie Dog made a cameo in The Looney Tunes Show episode "Father Figures." He was seen in a pet store where he was attacked by Henery Hawk (who was looking for a chicken at the time when Porky Pig was being a father figure to him). Charlie Dog appears in Looney Tunes Cartoons (voiced by Eric Bauza) in the episode "Adopt Me".

References

  1. ^ "Charlie Dog". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  2. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7
    . Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2
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  4. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2
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  5. ^ [1] All about Charlie Dog! on ChuckJones.com
  6. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2
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  7. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2
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  8. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2
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  9. ISBN 978-1-64722-137-9
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  10. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2
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  11. ^ "Charlie Dog".

External links

All about Charlie Dog on Chuck Jones Official Website.

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