Willoughby (Looney Tunes)


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. 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, The Crackpot Quail, and Nutty News, as the lead dog of a fox hunting party. A fundamentally similar character, Laramore, appears in To Duck or Not to Duck, albeit with a fully brown coat of fur. Willoughby's brief career was essentially over before the end of World War II.

Appearances

  1. Of Fox and Hounds
  2. The Crackpot Quail
  3. The Heckling Hare
  4. Nutty News
  5. The Hep Cat
  6. Ding Dog Daddy
  7. An Itch in Time
  8. To Duck or Not to Duck
  9. Hare Force
  10. A Horse Fly Fleas
  11. Foxy by Proxy

    In other media

Willoughby was planned to be made as a cameo in the deleted scene "Acme's Funeral" from the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. He also appears with other animated characters scared when Casper appears at the funeral.