The Lost Toons: Foxy

 
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Today we will be looking at the most Mickey-Mousesque character that ever was created!

Update: 12/24/13: Actually, there is characters that tops Foxy
in Mickey-Mouseque. They were two characters from the long-
forgotten Van Beuren studio. Their names are Milton and Rita 
Mouse. Milton and Rita started out looking like little teeny mice,
but when Mickey Mouse came to popularity, they redesigned the
characters. Now when Disney saw these cartoons, he was furious.
He sued Van Beuren for "copying Mickey Mouse". Disney later
admits that he did get inspired from the mice in Aesop Fables 
cartoons, produced by the same studio. Milton and Rita only 
appeared in three shorts, Circus Capers, Uncle Tom and Little
Eva, and The Office Boy.

Foxy

The Lost Toons  Present     Foxy
Foxy looked almost exactly like Mickey Mouse.
Probably the only differences were his pointy
ears, his bushy tail, and his voice (he didn't
speak with a falsetto voice, but he had a
baritone voice).

Creator(s): Hugh Harmen and Rudolph Ising

Created in: 1931

First appeared in: Lady Play Your Mandolin

Last appeared in: One More Time

Characters in Foxy cartoons: Foxy (the star), Roxy (Foxy's girlfriend, named Roxy in the Tiny Toon Adventure episode, Two-Toned-Town

Voiced by: unknown

Fun Facts: Foxy only starred in three Merrie Melodies shorts. Lady Play Your Mandolin, the first short, was also the first Merrie Melodies short ever created. Smile, Darn Ya, Smile, the second short, had a similar plot to the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short Trolley Troubles. One More Time, the third and final short to have Foxy in it had a cops-and-robbers sort of theme to it.

Modern projects: Foxy was seen with his girlfriend Roxy and another old Merrie Melodies character, Goopy Geer in the Tiny Toons Adventure episode Two-Tone-Town.

Catch phrase: "So long, folks!"

Filmography: WB: W Lady Play Your Mandolin,  Smile, Darn Ya, Smile,  One More Time

Hope you enjoy my post about Foxy! Next I will be reviewing the first Looney Tunes cartoon ever, Sinkin' in the Bathtub!

Sincerely,
       
               Tai Jackson