Egghead Jr. is a character in the animated cartoon '' Looney Tunes'', created by Robert McKimson in the 1950s. He debuted in 1954's ''

Little Boy Boo ''Little Boy Boo'' is a 1954 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' animated short directed by Robert McKimson. The cartoon was released on June 5, 1954, and features Foghorn Leghorn, Miss Prissy and Egghead Jr. The cartoon was one of several in the Fo ...

'', and made two subsequent Looney Tunes appearances in 1955's '' Feather Dusted'' and 1960's ''Crockett-Doodle-Doo''.

History

Egghead Jr. is a large-headed and very intelligent baby chick and appeared in several shorts with bumptious

Foghorn Leghorn Foghorn Leghorn is a cartoon rooster who appears in ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoons and films from Warner Bros. Animation. He was created by Robert McKimson, and starred in 29 cartoons from 1946 to 1964 in the golden age of A ...

(also a character directed by McKimson and voiced by Mel Blanc). The only child of

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, a widow hen, Egghead Jr. was

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ish and never talked (though he mumbled when he counted playing

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with Foghorn in ''Little Boy Boo''). Egghead Jr. has the strange ability to accomplish virtually anything, simply by writing out physics theorems, then performing the action proposed thereby. Foghorn would try to teach him to play games like

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and cowboys and Indians, with the intent that he act more like a typical boy, but invariably resulting in bodily injury for Foghorn. It was previously noted that Egghead Jr. was also in the 1959 cartoon ''

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'', but this was the character Junior Rooster. Egghead Jr. had no relation to Egghead, a human character that appeared in the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' shorts of the 1930s.

Later appearances

In 1991, Egghead Jr. appeared in the ''

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'' episode "Hog-Wild Hamton." He's Hamton J. Pig's neighbor and he doesn't like being disturbed. So when a wild party hosted by Plucky Duck takes place at Hamton's house while his parents are away and the guests refuse to keep the noise down, Egghead takes matters into his own hands by launching a missile that destroyed his house. Egghead Jr. later hands Ed McMayhem a note telling him that he is studying for a very important exam and requests that he stop his laughing. Ed continues to laugh and Egghead Jr. pokes him in the left knee cap causing him pain in the knee. Egghead Jr. also makes a cameo in the ''

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'' episode "Star Warners." He makes a cameo in ''

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'' watching Michael Jordan. Egghead Jr. appears in the direct-to-video film ''

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'' as part of the team of birds following

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's journey around the world. Egghead Jr. appears in the ''

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'' episode "Corporate Pigfall." Egghead Jr. appears in ''

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''. He appears as a caroler alongside

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, Barnyard Dawg Jr., and Porky Pig's daughter Priscilla. Egghead Jr., now renamed "Eggbert", makes frequent appearances in the ''Looney Tunes'' series published by DC.

References

Looney Tunes characters Fictional chickens Fictional mute characters Film characters introduced in 1954 {{Looney-tunes-stub