''Wild and Woolfy'' is a 1945 animated cartoon short, one of six cartoons in which

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was paired with a wolf as his acting partner. It is one of a very few cartoons in the series where Bill Thompson did not voice Droopy, instead

Tex Avery Frederick Bean "Tex" Avery (February 26, 1908 – August 26, 1980) was an American animator, cartoonist, director, and voice actor. He was known for directing and producing animated cartoons during the golden age of American animation. His mo ...

himself provided the voice.

Plot

In this western-themed cartoon,

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, now playing a cowboy criminal called "Joe" Wolf in this cartoon, kidnaps the

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singer, Red (played by Red Hot from ''

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'') from Rig-R-Mortis saloon, where their motto is "Come in and get stiff."

and a posse of cowboys doggedly follow him all over the Great Plains (mainly Droopy), but the wolf is far ahead. However, like in the previous cartoons, Droopy shows up in the places the wolf doesn't expect, forcing him to call for the waiter to keep Droopy away from him. Finally, in his hideout, the wolf, thinking Red is underneath a sheet, unveils it, and kisses Droopy, who happens to be underneath and sitting on a stack of books. Desperate, the wolf asks him just who the heck he is and why he kept following him throughout the cartoon. Droopy replies, "Why, haven't you heard? I'm the hero," and promptly knocks out the wolf. He calls for the waiter to take the wolf off to jail. After receiving a "My Hero" kiss from Red, Droopy goes crazy and kidnaps Red himself.

Voice cast

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(some lines), Horse *

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as Joe Wolf, Bar Patrons * Frank Graham as Race Caller *

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as Joe Wolf (howling; reused from ''

'') *

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and Ann Pickard as

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Notes

* ''Wild and Woolfy'' is basically a color remake of the 1935

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cartoon ''Towne Hall Follies'', also directed by Avery (albeit just credited in the other cartoon as a "lead animator") and it featured an identical storyline, despite being set in a different historical context.

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* 1945 films 1945 animated films 1945 short films 1940s American animated films 1940s animated short films 1940s Western (genre) comedy films Droopy Films directed by Tex Avery Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated short films Films scored by Scott Bradley Tex Avery's Big Bad Wolf films 1945 comedy films Films with screenplays by Henry Wilson Allen Films produced by Fred Quimby Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio short films Red (animated character) films {{short-animation-film-stub