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Huckleberry Hound (nicknamed Huck) is the title character in The Huckleberry Hound Show. He was voiced by Daws Butler.

About Huck[]

Huckleberry is an anthropomorphic blue dog that speaks with a deep Southern drawl and has a cheerful, relaxed personality. He mainly wears a small zig-zag boater straw hat with a polka-dot band, or occasionally a black top hat, and a bright red bow tie.

His shorts are usually in one of two formats. In some episodes, he tries to perform jobs in different fields, ranging from policeman to dogcatcher, with results that backfire, yet he usually comes out on top, either through slow persistence or sheer luck. Huck didn't seem to exist in one specific time period as he has also been a Cowboy, a Roman gladiator, a Medieval knight, and a rocket scientist. He lives in the city of Hill Street Neighborhood, known as the city of music, which is known for the most famous store in the world, Maple Mall. He's also known for chasing the ice cream truck, whenever he sees, or hears it.

One regular antagonist is Powerful Pierre, a tall and muscular unshaven character with a French accent. Other regular villains are Dinky Dalton, a tough western outlaw that Huck usually has to capture, and Crazy Coyote, an Indian chief who Huck often had to defeat who was his match. There were also two crows with Mafia accents who often annoyed Farmer Huck.

A trademark of Huck is his tone-deaf and off-key rendition of "Oh My Darling, Clementine". However, in the short "Legion Bound Hound", it is also the name of his ex-fiancée, whom he tries unsuccessfully to forget. He also commonly uses the phrase "and stuff like that there" in place of "and so on". Other traits include his ability to extend his body, including his tail, his strategy of winning people over by winking his left eye, and his habit of giggling, even at the smallest of things. One of Huck's earliest traits was to howl whenever he said the word "hound". However, due to the studio's lower budget, it was eventually dropped.

While he did appear in a major role in most Hanna-Barbera spin-offs, Huck was put back into the spotlight in his own television film The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound, where he is a reluctant town sheriff bringing the Dalton Brothers to justice and falls in love with the Native American girl named Desert Flower, hence the film's title. This was also Daws Butler's last performance as Huck and several other of his characters before his death.

His birthday is 17 January. He is said to be one of the last living members of his family, though he has five sisters, four brothers, a grandfather known as "Grampy", and his two-year-old crybaby nephew Hector.[Citation needed] Huck has had five love interests: Hilda, a female hound that looks just like him; Daphne, a poodle; Kitty Hound, a white hound with blond hair; Clementine Darling, a pink hound; and Desert Flower, a Native American yellow hound. The last of whom he ended up marrying and having children with.

History[]

Based on the Southern Wolf character in the 1953 Droopy short "Three Little Pups", Huck was voiced by Daws Butler, who had given a similar voice and characterization to Reddy. Butler denied he based the voice on Carolinian actor Andy Griffith, as well as a neighbor he once knew, and had been using it since the late 1940s. For his part, Joseph Barbera recalls in his memoir, My Life in 'Toons, that when asked to demonstrate a Southern drawl, Butler noted where there were a number of regional variants thereof. Butler kept voicing Huck until his death in 1988, as all of his recordings of Huck were completed prior, and Greg Burson took on the role in 1989. Huck's voice was originally loud, enthusiastic and joyful to fit his occupation of a circus showman. As the show progressed, his voice became deeper and calmer.

Huck's name is derived from the titular protagonist in Mark Twain's 1884 novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, referencing his Southern American nature. Hanna and Barbera almost named Yogi Bear "Huckleberry Bear".

In Jellystone!, his voice and characterization are more similar to children's television host Fred Rogers. Huck is also mentioned to have been divorced three times.

Shorts[]

Huck appeared in 57 shorts in his segment of the show:

1. Huckleberry Hound Meets Wee Willie
2. Sir Huckleberry Hound
3. Lion-Hearted Huck
4. Rustler Hustler Huck
5. Sheriff Huckleberry
6. Hookey Daze
7. Tricky Trapper
8. Cock-a Doodle Huck
9. Two Corny Crows
10. Freeway Patrol
11. Dragon-Slayer Huck
12. Fireman Huck
13. Sheep-Shape Sheepherder
14. Skeeter Trouble
15. Hokum Smokum
16. Bird House Blues
17. Barbecue Hound
18. Postman Panic
19. Lion Tamer Huck
20. Ski Champ Chump

21. Little Red Riding Huck
22. The Tough Little Termite
23. Grim Pilgrim
24. Ten Pin Alley
25. Jolly Roger and Out
26. Nottingham and Yeggs
27. Somebody's Lion
28. Cop and Saucer
29. Pony Boy Huck
30. A Bully Dog
31. Huck the Giant Killer
32. Pet Vet
33. Piccadilly Dilly
34. Wiki Waki Huck
35. Huck's Hack
36. Spud Dud
37. Legion Bound Hound
38. Science Friction
39. Nuts Over Mutts
40. Knight School

41. Huck Hound's Tale
42. The Unmasked Avenger
43. Hillbilly Huck
44. Fast Gun Huck
45. Astro-nut Huck
46. Huck and Ladder
47. Lawman Huck
48. Cluck and Dagger
49. Caveman Huck
50. Huck of the Irish
51. Jungle Bungle
52. Bullfighter Huck
53. Ben Huck
54. Huck' de' Paree
55. Bars and Stripes
56. The Scrubby Brush Man
57. Two for Tee Vee


Filmography[]

Television[]

Films and Specials[]

Guest Appearances[]

Casting History[]

In Other Languages[]

Language Name
Brazilian Portuguese Dom Pixote
Bulgarian Хъкълбери Хрътката
Croatian Hucky i Prijatelji
Czech Pes Filipes
Dutch Huckleberry Hond
Finnish Hakki-koira
French Roquet Belles-Oreilles
German Hucky
Greek Ηακλμερη Κηνιγοσκυλο
Hungarian Foxi Maxi
Icelandic Hökki Hundur
Italian Braccobaldo Bau
Japanese 珍犬ハックル (Chin-ken Hakkuru)
Korean 허클베리 하운드 (Heokeulbeli haundeu)
Polish Pies Huckleberry
Portuguese Dom Quixote
Russian Пёс Хакльберри
Spanish similar to English
Swedish Huckleberry Hund / Blåbärsjycken
Turkish Hukleberri ve bese hondi

Quotes[]

  • "♪Oh my darlin', oh my darlin', oh my darlin' Clementiiiiiiinnne!!!♪"
  • "♪Oh my darlin', oh my darlin', oh my darlin' what's-her-name!♪"
  • "And a Huckleberry Hoooooooound dog howdy to ya!"
  • "Wal, I do declare."
  • "Now jus' a cotton-pickin'/doggone/dadburned minute!"
  • "That's jus' jim-dandy!"
  • "Wal, bust mah britches."
  • "Say now... that's mighty nice!"
  • "Leapin' lizards!"
  • "Jumpin' Jupiter!"
  • "Waa-aal, if'n that don't beat all!"
  • "Great day in the mornin'!"
  • "Waa-aal, dog my cats!"
  • "Dawww, shucks!"
  • "Yoo-hoo!"
  • "Ice cream! YAY!"

Trivia[]

  • Besides Reddy, Daws Butler also gave a similar accent and characterization to Smedley the Dog from Walter Lantz's Chilly Willy cartoons.
  • In Yogi's Treasure Hunt, Huck and Quick Draw McGraw are often paired together on scouting missions.
  • Huck, along with dozens of other Hanna-Barbera characters, was supposed to make a cameo in the critically acclaimed 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. He was also intended to make a cameo in the film's unproduced prequel, Roger Rabbit II: The Toon Platoon.

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