Pooch the Pup explained

Pooch the Pup
First:	The Athlete (1932)
Last:	She Done Him Right (1933)
Species:	Dog
Gender:	Male
Creator:	Walter Lantz
Voice:	Joe Twerp (King Klunk; commentary voice)

Pooch the Pup is a cartoon animal character, an anthropomorphic dog, appearing in Walter Lantz cartoons during the studio's black-and-white era. The character appeared in 13 shorts made in 1932 and 1933.^[1]

Biography

In 1931, Walter Lantz was encountering slight financial troubles. One way to cope with the problems was to conceive a new series featuring a new character, thus leading to the appearance of Pooch the Pup. While Lantz went on to direct the Pooch the Pup shorts, his colleague Bill Nolan would focus on the long-running Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons.^[2]

When surprised about something, Pooch would say "Heh!" in a squeaky fashion. When his girlfriend is in trouble, he pounds his chest and makes a Tarzan-esque shout before moving.

Pooch made his debut in The Athlete. Here, he was a white-furred bloodhound with long black ears. In Pin Feathers, he had black fur, making him appear very similar to Oswald, except for his long, hairless tail.

Pooch's last short was in She Done Him Right, a parody of a movie called She Done Him Wrong. Following his retirement from the screen, Oswald was seen in two cartoons wearing a jacket similar to Pooch's. It was suggested that the two Oswald shorts were initially designed to feature Pooch.^[3]

Filmography

• The Athlete (August 29, 1932)^{[4] [5]}
• The Butcher Boy (September 26, 1932)^[6]
• The Crowd Snores (October 24, 1932)^[7]
• The Under Dog (November 7, 1932)^[8]
• Cats and Dogs (December 5, 1932)^[9]
• Merry Dog (January 2, 1933)^{[10] [11]}
• The Terrible Troubadour (January 30, 1933)^[12]
• The Lumber Champ (March 13, 1933)^[13]
• Nature's Workshop (June 5, 1933)^[14]
• Pin Feathers (July 3, 1933)^[15]
• Hot and Cold (August 14, 1933)^[16]
• King Klunk (September 4, 1933)^[17]
• She Done Him Right (October 9, 1933)^[18]

Note: One source listed S.O.S. Icicle (May 8, 1933) as a separate cartoon,^[19] while another claimed it was a working title for Hot & Cold.

See also

• List of Walter Lantz cartoons
• List of Walter Lantz cartoon characters

External links

• The Walter Lantz-o-Pedia

Notes and References

1. Book: Lenburg . Jeff . The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons . 1999 . Checkmark Books . 0-8160-3831-7 . 6 June 2020 . 121.
2. Web site: The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia: Cartune Profiles: Oswald the Lucky Rabbit . 2011-06-03 . Pietro Shakarian . The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110514220754/http://lantz.goldenagecartoons.com/profiles/oswald/ . 14 May 2011 . dmy-all.
3. Web site: The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia: 1933 . 2011-06-03 . The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110514201731/http://lantz.goldenagecartoons.com/1933.html . 14 May 2011 . dmy-all.
4. http://lantz.goldenagecartoons.com/1932.html The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia: 1932
5. https://archive.today/20120719012413/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/2494-Athlete.html The Athlete (1932) - from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series
6. https://archive.today/20120720082540/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/2478-Butcher_Boy.html The Butcher Boy (1932) - from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series
7. https://archive.today/20120727235657/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/2471-Crowd_Snores.html The Crowd Snores (1932) - from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series
8. https://archive.today/20120730111351/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/5156-Underdog.html The Underdog (The Under Dog) (1932) - from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series
9. https://archive.today/20120723122042/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/2653-Cats_And_Dogs.html Cats And Dogs (1932) - from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series
10. http://lantz.goldenagecartoons.com/1933.html The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia: 1933
11. https://archive.today/20120728161823/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/2797-Merry_Dog.html Merry Dog (1933) - from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series
12. https://archive.today/20120722070028/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/5153-Terrible_Troubadour.html The Terrible Troubadour (1933) - from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series
13. https://archive.today/20120720163345/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/2449-Lumber_Champ.html The Lumber Champ (1933) - from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series
14. https://archive.today/20120719044014/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/2779-Natures_Workshop.html Nature's Workshop (1933) - from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series
15. https://archive.today/20120907132443/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/2745-Pin-Feathers.html Pin-Feathers (1933) - from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series
16. https://archive.today/20120723011232/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/2862-Hot_And_Cold.html Hot And Cold (S.O.S. Icicle) (1933) - from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series
17. https://archive.today/20120722175452/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/2830-King_Klunk.html King Klunk (1933) - from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series
18. https://archive.today/20120721140843/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/2552-She_Done_Him_Right.html She Done Him Right (1933) - from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series
19. https://archive.today/20120720133344/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/2566-SOS_Icicle.html S.O.S. Icicle (1933) - from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series