Additional Characters
In the episodes I've Got Ants in My Plans and Odd Ant Out, the Aardvark tussled against a rival Green Aardvark (also voiced by Byner) with a "tough-guy" attitude, similar to the way Sylvester fought other cats over Tweety in several of Freleng's earlier shorts at Warner Bros. Pictures. Because many Warner alumni worked for DFE, many plots were recycled in the latter studio's cartoons. In Technology, Phooey, the Aardvark utilizes a computer (Byner, impersonating Paul Lynde) to help think up ideas to catch the ant, very similar in concept to a Chuck Jones short with Wile E. Coyote. In addition, From Bed to Worse borrows heavily from the Looney Tunes short Greedy For Tweety.
There were additional minor characters in the series. Among them were the following:
- Cousin Term the Termite (Rough Brunch)
- Cousin Aunt Minerva, one of the Gi-Ants (The Ant From Uncle)
- Tiny the Elephant and Roland (from another DePatie-Freleng series, Roland and Rattfink) as Charlie Ant's lodge brothers (Mumbo Jumbo)
- Tiger, voiced by Marvin Miller (Scratch a Tiger)
- a Boris Karloff-sounding scientist (Science Friction)
- a nurse at an animal hospital, voiced by Athena Lorde (From Bed to Worse)
- an anteater-eating shark (Isle of Caprice)
- a nearsighted lifeguard who mistakes the Aardvark for a dog (Dune Bug)
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