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Vincent Alexander

Jul 16, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X

Who is everybody's favorite cartoon character that only appeared in one cartoon? Definitely Joe Bear from Tex Avery's ROCK-A-BYE BEAR is up there for me.

Michigan J. Frog, from 1955's ONE FROGGY EVENING, is probably the most beloved and iconic character to only appear in one cartoon. (There was a follow-up in 1995, but he only appeared once in the original run of Warner Bros. cartoons.)

Pete Puma, amazingly voiced by Stan Freberg, is another one who made such an impression that people forget he was only in one of the original Looney Tunes (1952's RABBIT'S KIN).

More obscure, but one of my all-time favorites: Humpty Bumpty the camel from PORKY IN EGYPT (voiced by Dave Weber). He has an amazing psychotic breakdown in the desert that really feels like a REN & STIMPY cartoon from 1938.

Another hilarious and incredibly drawn one-shot character: Boola the two-headed monster from POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS SINBAD THE SAILOR. Pioneering female animator Lillian Friedman animated many of this guy's scenes.

A Disney character I really like that they used once and then never again is the grasshopper Wilbur from 1939's GOOFY AND WILBUR. He has such an appealing Dick Huemer design and lots of personality. I would've liked to have seen him again.

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