| Foxy | |
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Real Name |
Foxy |
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First Appearance |
Lady, Play Your Mandolin! (1931) |
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Original Publisher |
Harman-Ising Productions |
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Created by |
Rudolf Ising |
Origin[]
Foxy is an black furred fox with visual similarities to Mickey Mouse. In his short-lived career, he has been a trolley engineer and a police officer, and has an unnamed girlfriend who has visual similarities to Minnie Mouse.
Public Domain Appearances[]
Public Domain Cartoons[]
- Lady, Play Your Mandolin! (1931)
- Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! (1931)
- One More Time (1931)
Notes[]
- Foxy has similarities to Mickey likely because Rudolf Ising and Hugh Harman formerly worked for Disney during the 1920s and helped developed the style associated with Disney.
- Foxy was subsequently replaced by a new character named Piggy, who only appeared in two shorts before getting scrapped as well.
- "Lady, Play Your Mandolin!" is the first Merrie Melodies cartoon.
- "Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!" reuses gags and story beats from the Oswald The Lucky Rabbit short "Trolley Troubles".
- All three of Foxy's shorts became public domain due to no copyright renewals on them being made in time.
- Foxy's unnamed female companion was retroactively given the name Roxy in the 1992 Tiny Toon Adventures episode "Two-Tone Town".