Loopy De Loop

Loopy De Loop is an American animated theatrical series produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera after leaving MGM and opening their new studio, Hanna-Barbera Productions.<ref name="cartoon-scrapbook">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} Loopy De Loop Profile</ref> 48 cartoons were produced between 1959 and 1965, and released to theatres by Columbia Pictures.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It was one of the final theatrical cartoon series to be released by Columbia, as well as the only one to be produced by the studio.

Overview

Loopy (voiced by Daws Butler) is a gentleman wolf who mangles the English language in his bid to converse in a Franco-Canadian accent, and always wears a characteristic tuque knit cap and scarf. A self-appointed good Samaritan, he dauntlessly fights to clear the bad name of wolves and opens every short with his trademark introduction "I am Loopy De Loop, the good wolf." Though he is always kind and helpful, his exploits usually get him beaten up or chased out of town by the very people he has helped, all for no other reason than the prejudice of being a wolf.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Still, he never loses faith, and considers himself "kind, considerate and charming."<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

The character's name is a combination of plays on words:

• "Loop the loop" is a 360-degree back flip performed by airplane stunt pilots.
• Canis lupus is the Latin-based scientific name for the grey wolf species of the dog family, with the species' name of lupus being the basis for loup, the French word for wolf.
• "Loopy" is a synonym for "crazy" or "eccentric"

List of theatrical shorts

1959

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1960

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1961

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1962

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Television version

In 1969, Loopy's film shorts were gathered together into a syndicated television series, simply titled Loopy de Loop.

Cast

• Daws Butler as Loopy De Loop
• Other voices include Julie Bennett, Mel Blanc, Red Coffey, June Foray, Paul Frees, Don Messick, Howard Morris, Hal Smith, Arnold Stang, Jean Vander Pyl, Janet Waldo, Nancy Wible, and Doug Young.

Other appearances

• A brief scene from "Two Faced Wolf" appears in The Monkees' film Head.<ref>The HEAD page, from The Monkees Film & TV Vault</ref>
• Loopy appeared in the 1991 NBC series Yo Yogi!, voiced by Greg Burson. He appears as an employee and owner of The Picnic Basket at Jellystone Mall's food court.
• Loopy appeared in the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode "Juror in Court". He escapes from the prison along with many Harvey's clients, when his cases are sent to the review. It is unknown why he was there because he never appeared in the show before and was not a client of Harvey. Loopy also appears in a recap of the previous episode in "The Death of Harvey".
• A genderbend version of Loopy appears in the Max show Jellystone!<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Home media

On September 9, 2014, Warner Home Video (via Warner Archive) released Loopy De Loop: The Complete Collection on DVD in Region 1 as part of their Hanna–Barbera Classics Collection.<ref>'The Complete Collection' of the Theatrical-Shorts-turned-TV-Show! Template:Webarchive</ref>

In other languages

• Italian: Lupo de Lupis
• Brazilian Portuguese: Loopy Le Beau
• Portuguese: similar to English
• Spanish: Loopy de Loop, el lobo bueno
• Finnish: Hurmaava Hukka
• Serbian: Лупи Добрић, добри вук (Lupi Dobrić, dobri vuk)

External links

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• Loopy De Loop at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on November 16, 2015.
• Template:Usurped – Loopy De Loop
• The Big Cartoon Database – Loopy De Loop