Hickory, Dickory, and Doc are fictional cartoon characters created by

Alex Lovy Alexander Lovy (September 2, 1913 – February 14, 1992) was an American animator. He spent the majority of his career as an animator and director at Walter Lantz Productions. He was later a producer at Hanna-Barbera, and also supervised the car ...

for

Walter Lantz Productions Walter Lantz Productions was an American animation studio. It was in operation from 1928 to 1949 and then from 1950 to 1972, and was the principal supplier of animation for Universal Pictures. The studio was originally formed as Universal Carto ...

. Lovy would feature the trio in three cartoons until his departure in 1960.

Jack Hannah John Fredrick Hannah (January 5, 1913 – June 11, 1994) was an American animator, writer and director of animated shorts. He worked for Disney and Walter Lantz. Biography Hannah was born on January 5, 1913, in Nogales, Arizona. After attend ...

would soon feature Doc in his six more cartoons soon afterwards.

History

Alex Lovy first introduced Hickory, Dickory, and Doc in the 1959 cartoon ''Space Mouse'', in which Doc attempts to sell the mice to

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as test animals. Lovy's shorts mainly follow the contemporary cat-and-mouse chase formula of the time, with Doc usually failing to catch the more cunning Hickory and Dickory. These cartoons also featured the bulldog character Cecil, who often beats up Doc whenever he falls victim to his failed chases. Lovy would eventually leave Lantz for

Hanna-Barbera Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ( ; formerly known as H-B Enterprises, Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. and H-B Production Co.), simply and commonly known as Hanna-Barbera, was an American animation studio and production company, which was acti ...

in 1960, with his role of director soon taken by

. Hannah would continue to use Doc is six more cartoons without Hickory and Dickory, instead pairing him with a loyal bulldog companion named Champ. Hannah's shorts put much more emphasis on Doc's city life, as he schemes with Champ to find ways to make a quick buck. Doc and Champ lastly appeared in ''Corny Concerto'' (1962) before they were retired. Three of the cartoons, "Mouse Trapped" (Hickory, Dickory, and Doc,) "Pest Of Show" and "Doc's Last Stand" (Doc and Champ,) were released as 8mm and 16mm home movie editions by

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with the star character renamed Dynamo Doc.

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