Droopy - MGM Filmography

MGM Filmography

# Film Director(s) Producer(s) Original release date Notes
1 Dumb-Hounded Tex Avery Fred Quimby March 20, 1943 Droopy's first appearance, here named Happy Hound. He would not take on his more familiar name until the next cartoon in the series, The Shooting of Dan McGoo.
2 The Shooting of Dan McGoo Tex Avery Fred Quimby March 3, 1945 With the popularity of Happy Hound in Dumb Hounded, the character returns, but with a new name: Droopy Dog. This name stuck.
3 Wild and Woolfy Tex Avery Fred Quimby November 3, 1945
4 Northwest Hounded Police Tex Avery Fred Quimby August 13, 1946 Director Tex Avery parodies the processes of cartooning and cinema: in one sequence, the fleeing wolf runs so fast that he has to hold onto the sprocket holes of the film frame just to keep himself in the picture.
5 Señor Droopy Tex Avery Fred Quimby April 9, 1949 The American-born Lina Romay who appears in live action in this cartoon should not be confused with an actress with the same name who appeared in several porn and horror films in the 1970s and 1980s.
6 Wags to Riches Tex Avery Fred Quimby August 13, 1949 Remade as Millionaire Droopy (1951). Droopy and Spike's master dies and his will is read. The will states that his fortune goes to his favorite dog. Spike's jaw drops to the floor when he hears that the favorite dog is Droopy. In the event of Droopy's death, the estate will revert to Spike. Spike's subsequent attempts to get rid of Droopy then go hilariously wrong. This cartoon includes the TIM.....ber tree gag.
7 Out-Foxed Tex Avery Fred Quimby October 12, 1949
8 The Chump Champ Tex Avery Fred Quimby November 4, 1950
9 Daredevil Droopy Tex Avery Fred Quimby March 31, 1951 The scene in which Spike is left in blackface after a dynamite stick explodes on him has been edited out of modern releases.
10 Droopy's Good Deed Tex Avery Fred Quimby May 5, 1951 This is one of the most heavily edited cartoons on TV. In the version currently televised, there are four major edits:
  1. Spike getting struck by lightning, leaving him in blackface, fades out before the audience can see the result.
  2. Droopy's line, "Hey, Blackie, any more babes in there?", after the wooden shack goes up in flames, leaving Spike in blackface, is cut.
  3. The scene in which the rich gentleman rewards Spike for returning his hat by handing Spike a seemingly endless stream of cash is trimmed. The two are blown up by a bomb, which was planted by Spike himself earlier during the scene. Originally, the two were transformed into black caricatures in tattered clothing. The rich man's cultured voice ("10, 15, 20 ...") turns into a stereotypical black voice who proclaims "...eleventy billion ... and two bits!", throwing torn pieces of money in the air. On TV, the scene now ends as the bomb explodes.
11 Droopy's "Double Trouble" Tex Avery Fred Quimby November 17, 1951
12 Caballero Droopy Dick Lundy Fred Quimby September 27, 1952
13 The Three Little Pups Tex Avery Fred Quimby December 26, 1953 This was the first appearance of Tex Avery's Southern-accented wolf.
14 Drag-a-Long Droopy Tex Avery Fred Quimby February 20, 1954
15 Homesteader Droopy Tex Avery Fred Quimby July 10, 1954 The Homesteader Droopy title card is almost identical to the Wild and Woolfy title card.
16 Dixieland Droopy Tex Avery Fred Quimby December 4, 1954 Not produced as a CinemaScope cartoon; produced as Academy ratio (1:1.3); projected at up to 1:1.75.
17 Deputy Droopy Tex Avery
Michael Lah		 Fred Quimby October 28, 1955
18 Millionaire Droopy Tex Avery William Hanna
Joseph Barbera		 September 21, 1956 A Cinemascope remake of Wags To Riches.
19 Grin and Share It Michael Lah William Hanna
Joseph Barbera		 May 17, 1957 Michael Lah's first shot as solo director, and the first Droopy cartoon directed by Lah.
20 Blackboard Jumble Michael Lah William Hanna
Joseph Barbera		 October 4, 1957 All the kids in this short are modeled on miniature Droopys. None of the miniature Droopys speak.
21 One Droopy Knight Michael Lah William Hanna
Joseph Barbera		 December 6, 1957 Produced in CinemaScope.
22 Sheep Wrecked Michael Lah William Hanna
Joseph Barbera		 February 7, 1958
  • Produced in CinemaScope.
  • The Southern Wolf's last appearance.
23 Mutts About Racing Michael Lah William Hanna
Joseph Barbera		 April 4, 1958 Produced in CinemaScope.
24 Droopy Leprechaun Michael Lah William Hanna
Joseph Barbera		 July 4, 1958
  • The last Droopy theatrical cartoon.
  • Produced in CinemaScope

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