Skippy Explained

Skippy may refer to:

People

• Skippy (nickname), a list of people

Arts and entertainment

• Skippy (comic strip), an American strip published from 1923 to 1945.
  • Skippy (film), based on the comics strip, released in 1931 and starring Jackie Cooper
  • Skippy (radio series), a 1930s children's radio show based on the comic strip
• Skippy (dog), who portrayed Asta in The Thin Man film series (name changed to Asta after the first movie)
• Irwin "Skippy" Handelman, a recurring character on the American TV series Family Ties
• Skippy, a character and a segment title in Sunday Lovers, a 1980 anthology film
• The title character of Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, a live-action Australian television series
• , animated television series
• Skippy, one of the Fun Girls, recurring characters on the American TV series The Andy Griffith Show
• Daniel "Skippy" Juster, the title character of Skippy Dies, a 2010 tragicomic novel by Paul Murray
• Skippy Squirrel, a character from Animaniacs
• Skippy, a rabbit in Disney's Robin Hood.
• "Skippy" (two versions), on the album Thelonious Monk Blue Note Sessions

Other uses

• Skippy (peanut butter), an American brand
• Skippy (X), in computers a window management tool for X11
• Common name for Pseudocaranx georgianus, a fish found in Australia

See also

• Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments, often pronounced "skippy"