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Wild and Woolfy (Western Animation)

Wild and Woolfy is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon, one of many directed by Tex Avery. Originally released on November 3, 1945, this cartoon stars Droopy and The Wolf. It is the fourth cartoon to feature Red Hot Riding Hood.

Taking place in The Wild West, this cartoon casts the Wolf as a bandit outlaw, Red as a cowgirl stage performer that gets kidnapped by him and Droopy as the hero of the picture.


"Wild and Woolfy" provides examples of:

  • Accidental Kiss: The Wolf keeps trying to kiss Red, but keeps accidentally kissing Droopy instead.
  • Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: Droopy's small horse is blue.
  • Behind a Stick: Both The Wolf and his horse pop their heads from behind the middle of a skinny tree shaped like the letter Y. Droopy comes out from behind it as well.
  • Breaking the Fourth Wall: The Wolf tells Droopy that "You've been a-dogging me all through this picture."
  • Cowboy Episode: For Droopy, The Wolf and Red.
  • Creator Cameo: This is one of a very few cartoons in the series where Bill Thompson did not voice Droopy, instead Tex Avery himself provided the voice. Tex also provided the voice of The Wolf's horse.
  • Damsel in Distress: Red after being kidnapped by The Wolf and later Droopy.
  • Elevator Gag: The Wolf rides one during the chase, that just happens to be built on the side of a cliff.
  • Evil Is Petty: Robbing an ice cream cart just for two ice cream bars definitely counts as petty.
  • Eye Pop: Of course, it happens when The Wolf first sees Red; his eyes bounce off the table and make the same sound as pingpong balls.
  • False Teeth Tomfoolery: When The Wolf halts his horse abruptly, The Wolf flies off while taking the horse's teeth with the reins.
  • Firing in the Air a Lot: Happens a lot given the setting, especially with The Wolf. Even Red is guilty of this.
  • Forceful Kiss: The Wolf tries to do this to Red, but is never successful.
  • Fur Is Clothing: A variation. To wade through a river, The Wolf's horse takes off the hooves of his back legs as if they were shoes, showing disturbingly human feet. The horse also pulls up the fur around his legs as if he was wearing pants.
  • Gag Ears: When The Wolf hears the posse coming after him, his ear turns into a human ear and becomes ridiculously big.
  • Head-and-Hip Pose: Just like in her other cartoons, Red does this pose multiple times.
  • Here We Go Again!: The cartoon ends with Droopy now kidnapping Red.
  • In-Scene Title Text: Instead of a title card, the opening credits are shown on several rock faces.
  • Metaphoric Metamorphosis: The Wolf pulls his guns on a bar patron that was trying to stand up to him and he literally turns chicken; a yellow chicken at that.
  • No Celebrities Were Harmed: In her only non-singing line ("My hero"), Red sounds very much like Mae West, who was basically the blueprint of sexy-sounding female cartoon voices in the era.
  • Not So Stoic: Normally stoic Droopy gives a big "yahoo" over Red giving him a Smooch of Victory, and also carries her away with a big smile on his face.
  • Our Slogan Is Terrible: "Rigor Mortis Saloon — Come in and get stiff."
  • Posse: Despite being afraid of The Wolf earlier, the saloon patrons all form a posse to chase after him and rescue Red.
  • Pun-Based Title: "Wild and Woolfy" is a play on the phrase "wild and woolly", a term that usually refers to the very wild nature of the Wild West.
  • Running Gag: Every time Droopy appears, The Wolf calls, "Hey, waiter!" and a waiter takes Droopy away to get conked in the head. This happens even during the climactic chase scene.
  • Smooch of Victory: Red delivers one to Droopy after he rescues her, which just excites him enough to kidnap her all over again.
  • Squashed Flat: The result of the Surprise Vehicle gag.
  • Standard Snippet: When the bar patron turns chicken, "Shortnin' Bread" can be heard.
  • Surprise Vehicle: The Wolf and his horse stop and look both ways when they come across a crossing, but a car still comes out of nowhere to run them over.
  • Tap on the Head: A Running Gag is The Wolf calling on a waiter to club Droopy on the head with a mallet and take him away, even at one point calling on him during a horse chase. At the end, Droopy clubs the Wolf back and calls upon the same waiter to carry him away.
  • Visual Pun: The sign warns The Wolf of there being a fork in the road and of course, he crashes into a giant metal fork.
  • "Wanted!" Poster: Directly after the credits, we see The Wolf's wanted poster on a cactus.

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