Porky Pig is an animated character in the Warner Bros. ''

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'' and '' Merrie Melodies'' series of cartoons. He was the first character created by the studio to draw audiences based on his star power, and the animators created many critically acclaimed shorts featuring the character. Even after he was supplanted by later characters, Porky continued to be popular with moviegoers and, more importantly, the Warners directors, who recast him in numerous everyman and sidekick roles. He is known for his signature line at the end of many shorts, "Th-th-th-that's all, folks!" This slogan (without stuttering) had also been used by both

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and Buddy and even Beans at the end of

cartoons. In contrast, the Merrie Melodies series used the slogan: ''So Long, Folks!'' until the mid-1930s when it was replaced with the same one used on the ''Looney Tunes'' series (when

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was the closing character, he would break the pattern by simply saying, in his Brooklynese accent, "And Dat's De End!"). He is the oldest continuing Looney Tunes character. Porky's most distinctive trait is a severe

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, for which he sometimes compensates by replacing his words; for example, "What's going on?" might become "What's guh-guh-guh-guh—...what's happening?" Porky's age varied widely in the series; originally conceived as an innocent seven-year-old piglet (explicitly mentioned as such in '' Porky's Preview''), Porky was more frequently cast as an adult, often being cast as the competent straight man in the series in later years. In the ending of many ''Looney Tunes'' cartoons, Porky Pig bursts through a

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head, and his attempt to close the show with "The End" becomes "Th-Th-The, Th-Th-The, Th-Th... That's all, folks!" Porky Pig appeared in 153 cartoons in the

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Early films

The character was introduced in the 100th short, ''

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'' (first released on March 2, 1935), directed by

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. Studio head Leon Schlesinger suggested that Freleng do a cartoon version of the popular '' Our Gang'' films. Porky only has a minor role in the film, but the fat little

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pig quickly became popular. Porky's name came from two brothers who were childhood classmates of Freleng, nicknamed "Porky" and "Piggy". Since Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising had left the studio in 1933, taking the studio's star character Bosko with them, ''Looney Tunes'' had been kept afloat by cartoons featuring the bland Buddy. Porky's introduction ushered Buddy out the door and pointed to things to come.

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was hired to the studio in 1935, and his film '' Gold Diggers of '49'' reused much of the cast from ''I Haven't Got a Hat'', albeit in wildly different roles. Porky transitioned from a shy little boy to an immensely fat adult. Though he was still in a supporting role, Porky got most of the laughs. The directors realized they had a star on their hands. Porky shared his stutter with the

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who originally played him, Joe Dougherty, who was actually a person who stuttered. Because Dougherty could not control his stutter, however, production costs became too high as his recording sessions took hours, and Porky's additional lines were done by Count Cutelli.

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replaced Dougherty in 1937. Blanc continued the stutter; however, it was harnessed for a more precise comedic effect (such as stumbling over a simple word only to substitute a longer word without difficulty, or vice versa). This is parodied in ''A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court'', where

struggles to pronounce the word "porcupine", which Porky pronounces with no trouble. ''

Porky's Duck Hunt ''Porky's Duck Hunt'' is a 1937 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon directed by Tex Avery. The cartoon was released on April 17, 1937, and stars Porky Pig and Daffy Duck, the latter making what is considered his first official appearance. Plot ...

'' was released in 1937, and Blanc officially became the permanent voice of Porky until his death in 1989. In later interviews, Blanc often said that he intended Porky's stutter to be suggestive of the grunting of actual pigs. ''Porky's Duck Hunt'' was also the first film of another

star, Daffy Duck. Porky Pig is currently voiced by

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Clampett's Porky

Porky starred in dozens of films in the late 1930s. The directors still did not have a grasp on the character, however; his appearance, age, and personality all varied from picture to picture. Several such cartoons show Porky as a child with parents: father Phineas ('' Porky the Rainmaker'', ''

Milk and Money ''Milk and Money'' is a 1936 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' animated short film directed by Tex Avery. The short was released on October 3, 1936, and stars Porky Pig. Plot A farmer is busy with hoeing while his son Porky is ploughing the fields wi ...

'', '' Porky's Poppa'', and ''Porky and Teabiscuit'') and an unnamed mother (''

Wholly Smoke ''Wholly Smoke'' is a 1938 Warner Bros. '' Looney Tunes'' cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin. The short was released on August 27, 1938, and stars Porky Pig. This episode teaches about the dangers of smoking. Plot The short starts with a man at c ...

'' and '' Porky's Hero Agency''). Bob Clampett finally pinned Porky down in 1939, making him a permanent young adult: cuter, slimmer, smarter, and eventually less of a stutterer. Also, some cartoons show Porky as an

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(''

'', '' Porky's Hare Hunt'', '' My Favorite Duck'', '' A Corny Concerto'', '' Duck Soup to Nuts'', ''

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'', ''

Daffy Duck Hunt ''Daffy Duck Hunt'' is a 1949 Warner Bros. '' Looney Tunes'' cartoon, directed by Robert McKimson. The cartoon was released on March 26, 1949, and stars Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and the Barnyard Dawg. Plot Porky and the Barnyard Dawg (from the Fo ...

'', '' Boobs in the Woods'', ''

Thumb Fun ''Thumb Fun'' is a 1952 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' short directed by Robert McKimson. The cartoon was released on March 1, 1952, and stars Daffy Duck and Porky Pig. Mel Blanc provided the voices for both of the characters. Plot Daffy scoffs at ...

'' and '' Cracked Quack''). Eventually, he settled into a kind persona. Clampett's Porky was an innocent traveler, taking in the wonders of the world—and in Clampett's universe, the world is a very weird place indeed. This principle is perhaps best demonstrated in '' Porky in Wackyland'', a film that sends Porky on a quest to find the last of the surreal Dodos, Yoyo Dodo. ''Porky in Wackyland'' was selected for preservation by the

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in 2000. In his commentary as part of the 1970s documentary film '' Bugs Bunny: Superstar'', Clampett said that his early version of

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had to be redesigned after his first picture because the producers thought he "looked naked". Meanwhile, as Clampett noted, nothing was ever made of the fact that "all those years, Porky never wore any pants!" However, Porky was seen with pants in ''

Porky's Badtime Story ''Porky's Badtime Story'' is a 1937 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon directed by Robert Clampett (his first short as director) and an uncredited Chuck Jones. The short was released on July 24, 1937, and stars Porky Pig and Gabby Goat. The s ...

'', ''

Tick Tock Tuckered ''Tick Tock Tuckered'' is a 1944 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon directed by Bob Clampett. The cartoon was released on April 8, 1944, and stars Porky Pig and Daffy Duck. This is a color remake of the cartoon '' Porky's Badtime Story'' (19 ...

'' and '' Brother Brat''.

As a sidekick

Porky's post at the pinnacle of the Warners' pantheon was short-lived. In 1937, the studio tried pairing Porky with various sidekicks, such as love interest

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, cantankerous foil

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, and a screwy black duck, Daffy. Daffy Duck, the creation of Tex Avery, was by far the most popular, eventually outshining even Porky. In fact, Friz Freleng satirized this phenomenon when he directed '' You Ought to Be in Pictures'' (1940), where Daffy convinces Porky to quit his job at Warner Bros. to find better-paying work elsewhere. In turn, Porky convinces studio head Leon Schlesinger to release him from his contract. After a highly unsuccessful foray into the real world, Porky returns happily to the studio that created him. To this day, Porky remains as a loyal sidekick while Daffy refuses to be a second banana to

, who rose to prominence shortly after Daffy. Porky always remained a sentimental favorite of the Warner directors. His mild-mannered nature and shy demeanor made him the perfect straight man for zanier characters such as Daffy. He still starred in a few solo cartoons as well, such as

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's '' Brother Brat''. Other cartoons dumbed Porky down and cast him as a duck hunter after Daffy, largely paralleling the

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pairings.

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perfected the Porky-as-straightman scenarios, pairing the pig with Daffy Duck in a series of film and television parodies such as ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Rocket Squad'', '' Deduce, You Say!'', '' The Scarlet Pumpernickel'' and ''

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''. Jones also paired Porky with

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in a series of cartoons in the late 1940s and early 1950s, in which Porky plays the curmudgeonly and naive owner of the cat and remains clueless that Sylvester is constantly saving him from homicidal mice, space aliens and other threats.

Later years

Porky was used in regular rotation in

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beginning in the 1960s, as was the rest of his ''Looney Tunes'' co-stars. A Saturday morning cartoon, '' The Porky Pig Show'', ran from 1964 to 1967. imdb.com – ''The Porky Pig Show''. In 1971, he starred in another show, '' Porky Pig and Friends''. Both of these programs were collections of old theatrical shorts. Porky also appeared in all the classic film-feature compilations in the 1970s and 1980s. Another such collection was the 1986 film, ''Porky Pig in Hollywood'', which ran in art and college theaters. Porky made two appearances in the

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/ Amblin film ''

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'' (1988). Firstly seen on a poster in Towntown advertising "Porky's All Beef Sausage", and secondly at the end of the film where he, being paired with Disney's Tinkerbell, has the duty of closing the movie with his famous line "Th-Th-Th-That's All Folks!". It was the last time that Mel Blanc voiced Porky before his death in 1989. 41st Annie Awards, Bob Bergen

In the 1990s animated series ''

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'', Porky appears as the mentor of Hamton J. Pig. He was voiced by

in "Animaniacs" and "Hero Hamton", Rob Paulsen in "The Wacko World of Sports", Noel Blanc in "Fields of Honey", "The Acme Bowl" and "Hero Hamton",

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in "Music Day", and

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in "It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special". Porky also made cameo appearances in '' Animaniacs'' (where he was voiced by Rob Paulsen in ”De-Zanitized”, Greg Burson in “The Warners' 65th Anniversary Special”, and Bob Bergen in “Suffragette City”) and '' Histeria!'' (where he was voiced by Billy West). Porky appears in the movie '' Space Jam'' (1996) and collaborates with Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd and Sylvester in challenging the Nerdlucks to a basketball game. He tries to get

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's autograph when the basketball star is first recruited to join the team and later plays for the Tune Squad in the game itself, scoring one basket. Porky tries to end the movie with his famous line but is prevented through the combined efforts of Bugs, Daffy and the Nerdlucks. He was voiced by

. Porky is the star of the Super NES video game '' Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday'' (1995). He also made appearances in the games '' Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal'', '' Looney Tunes: Marvin Strikes Back!'', '' Looney Tunes: Space Race'', '' Looney Tunes: Back in Action'', ''

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'' and '' The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout''. Bob Bergen reprises his role in these games. In the movie '' Looney Tunes: Back in Action'' (2003), Porky (Bob Bergen again) makes a cameo appearance alongside Speedy Gonzales, where they both lament their politically incorrect status. At the end of the movie, Porky tries to say his classic line, but stutters so much, the lights are turned off around him as the studio closes for the night; so an irritated Porky simply says, "G-g-go home, folks." Porky appears as a toddler version of himself in '' Baby Looney Tunes'' (2002), albeit only in the show's musical numbers. Petunia functioned as the show's more major pig character. Porky appears as the "Eager Young Space Cadet" in the animated series '' Duck Dodgers'' (2003–2005), again voiced by Bob Bergen. Porky has a descendant in ''

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'' (2005–2007) named Pinkster Pig (who was also voiced by Bob Bergen). Pinkster had been an old friend of Danger Duck ( Daffy Duck's descendant), but became a villain when he was adopted by Stoney and Bugsy (descendants of

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). Porky also appears in most episodes of

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's animated series '' The Looney Tunes Show'' (2011–2014), voiced again by

. He is still friends with Daffy Duck and often sucked into Daffy's schemes. Porky is also Daffy's nervous, fall guy buddy, similar to their relationship in classic comic books. It is also revealed in the show that in his high school years, he was a jock who bullied Daffy. In the documentary ''

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'' (2013), Bob Bergen explains how to recreate the pig's famous stutter, demonstrating how difficult it is to do it without practice. He finishes the segment by joking "Nobody lsecan do that, and that's why I have job security!" Porky appears in the

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movie '' Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run'' (2015), reprised by Bob Bergen. Porky Pig appears as a recurring character in '' New Looney Tunes'', voiced once again by Bob Bergen. Here, he is shown to be fatter, like some of his earlier appearances in the mid-1930s. Porky was first mentioned in "Dust Bugster", where he told Bugs about a television series whose name was not mentioned that led to Bugs binge-watching it. In the 2018

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and Looney Tunes comic crossovers, Porky appeared in a story which paired him with Lex Luthor. This version of Porky was the successful owner of a company named Porkybux before it was hacked and ran him out of business. He is later approached by Lex to be in charge of LexCorp's social media division and lets Lex get away with harassing his employees and stealing their sandwiches as repayment for the second chance. It is later revealed that Lex gave him the position so he could frame Porky when Lex used his social media website to steal important passwords from their users. Porky begins an autobiography in prison to expose Lex for his actions. In the backup story stylized more like Looney Tunes, Porky tries selling Acme office supplies to Lex, but ends up stopping Lex from defeating

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. Porky's latest appearance is in '' Looney Tunes Cartoons'', where he is once again voiced by Bob Bergen. His personality is based on the earlier shorts, however, his appearance is based on later shorts like ''The Looney Tunes Show'' for example. He is mostly paired with Daffy Duck who always drives him crazy. A humanoid version of Porky also appeared in Tom King's ''Batman/Elmer Fudd Special'', where he ran a bar called Porky's which often featured attendants that were humanoid versions of other Looney Tunes characters. The bar and Porky also made a cameo in Tom King's ''Batman'' series. Porky appears in the preschool series '' Bugs Bunny Builders'' which aired on

's Cartoonito block and

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, where he is once again voiced by Bob Bergen.

Trivia

*He appeared in the 100th and 200th shorts, "

", and "Injun Trouble (1938)", respectively.

"Blooper"

A short black-and-white cartoon was made in 1938 as part of a Warner Bros. blooper reel. It was shown on the Warner Bros. 50th Anniversary TV show. Porky is shown doing some carpentry work, pounding nails, when he smacks his thumb with the hammer. Grimacing in pain, he cries, "Oh, son of a bi-bi-, son of a bi-bi-, son of a bi-bi-bi-... gun!" He then turns to the viewers and says "Ha-ha-ha! You thought I was gonna say 's-s-son of a

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', didn't ya?" This short, so-called "

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" can also be found on the '' Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4'' of 2006, under the title ''Porky Pig Breakdowns of 1939'' (with several versions of the clip, making it look like a true "blooper"), and on an ''

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'' DVD box set, also released in 2006. Though the "blooper" was made a year before '' Gone with the Wind'' famously used the word in the line "

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", due to the

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the "blooper" was not shown publicly until the aforementioned special, which by that point FCC regulations softened enough for the word "bitch" to be used on television. The blooper was also shown as part of a package of other vintage bloopers on Warner Cable pay per view in the 80's. The blooper was animated by

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, widely considered as one of the best Looney Tunes animators of all time.

Voice actors

* Joe Dougherty (1935–1937) * Count Cutelli (1935–1937, additional lines) *

(1937–1989) * Gilbert Mack ( Golden Records records, ''Bugs Bunny Songfest'') * Richard Andrews (''Bugs Bunny Exercise and Adventure Album'') *

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'') *

(1990–present) * Rob Paulsen ('' Animaniacs'') *

(''Tiny Toon Adventures'') *

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'') * Billy West ('' Histeria!'', Sprint commercial, ''My Generation G...G...Gap'') * Gary Martin ('' Looney Tunes Take-Over Weekend'' promotions) *

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'') * Eric Bauza ('' Space Jam: A New Legacy'', ''Bugs and Daffy's Thanksgiving Road Trip'', '' The Day the Earth Blew Up'')

Reception

Porky was ranked number 47 on ''

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''s list of top 50 cartoon characters. He was shown on one of that issue's two covers in a

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scene with Duck Dodgers and '' The Powerpuff Girls''.

Notable films

See also List of cartoons featuring Porky Pig * ''

'' (1935) (debut) * '' Plane Dippy'' (1935) (first cartoon in his series) * ''

'' (1937) (first appearance with Daffy Duck) * '' Porky in Wackyland'' (1938) (inducted in the

for being culturally, historically and aesthetically significant) * ''

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'' (1946) (first appearance with Sylvester) * '' The Wearing of the Grin'' (1951) (final solo appearance) * '' Corn on the Cop'' (1965) (final short theatrical appearance with original footage) * '' Mucho Locos'' (1966) (with archive footage makes it his final short theatrical appearance) * ''

'' (1988) (cameo) * '' Space Jam'' (1996) * '' Looney Tunes: Back in Action'' (2003) (cameo) * '' Space Jam: A New Legacy'' (2021)

References

Bibliography

* Schneider, Steve (1990). ''That's All Folks!: The Art of Warner Bros. Animation''. Henry Holt & Co. * Solomon, Charles (1994). ''The History of Animation: Enchanted Drawings''. Random House Value Publishing.

External links

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