Wally Gator

Wally Gator
Genre	Animated Comedy
Format	Animated television series
Voices of	Daws Butler Don Messick
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52
Production
Running time	24 minutes
Production company(s)	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	September 3, 1962 – August 30, 1963

Wally Gator is one of the segments from The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series. The other segments that compose this trilogy are Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har and Touché Turtle and Dum Dum. The segment consisted of 52 episodes over two seasons.

Plot

Wally Gator (voiced by Daws Butler impersonating Ed Wynn) is an anthropomorphic Cajun alligator. He is more comfortable when he is at home, in the city zoo. Mr. Twiddle (voiced by Don Messick) is the zookeeper that keeps a close watch on Wally because sometimes he escapes to check out what things are like outside.

Cast

• Daws Butler as Wally Gator
• Don Messick as Mr. Twiddle
• Mel Blanc as additional voices, such as Colonel Zachary Gator (ep. "Carpet Bragger")

Episodes

Main article: List of The Hanna–Barbera New Cartoon Series episodes

DVD release

A DVD set release of the series was originally announced for 2006 from Warner Bros. for the H-B classics collection but was later canceled due to the poor condition of the masters. In 2006, a Warner spokesperson said of the DVDs: "They were pulled because significant remastering work needed to be researched. We are exploring adding them back to the schedule next year." There has been no news since, but fans all over the world hope they do. The First Episode is available on the DVD set Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960's Vol. 2..

Wally Gator in other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: similar to English
• Spanish: El Lagarto Juancho
• French: similar to English
• Italian: similar to English
• Macedonian: Vali Gator (Вали Гатор)
• Japanese: "ワニのワリー (Wani no Wally)"
• Serbian: Lale Gator (Лале Гатор)
• Finnish: Allu Alligaattori, later Walligaattori
• Polish: similar to English
• Romanian: similar to English

Later appearances

Hanna-Barbera

• Wally Gator had appeared in Yogi's Ark Lark and its spin-off series Yogi's Gang.
• Wally Gator was a part of the Yogi Yahooeys on Laff-A-Lympics (1977–1978).
• In Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper, Wally Gator (alongside Magilla Gorilla and Yakky Doodle) was unable to help Yogi and his friends located J. Wellington Jones.
• Wally Gator has appeared in Yogi's Treasure Hunt.
• In Yogi's Great Escape, Yogi Bear encounters Wally Gator in the bayou where he was seen hiding out in an abandoned boat from zookeepers.
• In Wake, Rattle, and Roll, Wally Gator (voiced by John Mariano) is partnered with Magilla Gorilla in the "Fender Bender 500" segment.
• Wally Gator appeared as a teenager in Yo Yogi! voiced by Greg Burson.

Other appearances/references

• In the Enfants Directeurs episode "A Crocodile Day" A cool 3D plastic doll-like version of Wally Gator is "liberated" from the confines of the city zoo by a group of concerned citizens.
• In the A-Team episode "The Island" H. M. Murdock names a baby crocodile he found from a deserted World War II tank Wally Gator.
• In the Animaniacs episode "Hercule Yakko", Yakko asks Slappy if she's seen anything strange and she said, "I saw Wally Gator slam dance with a Smurf. Is that strange enough for you?".
• Wally Gator made a cameo appearance in the Team Umizoomi episode "The Aquarium Fix-it."
• Wally Gator appeared in The Powerpuff Girls episode, "Knock It Off" (which was produced by Hanna-Barbera), where he was giant-sized and nearly fell on top of New York City, but was saved by the first of Professor Dick Hardly's Powerpuff Girls Extreme from nearly injuring his toe.
• In the Aaahh!!! Real Monsters episode "Simon Strikes back" Wally Gator was among the poached monsters on Simon the Monster hunter's truck.
• In the Pinky and the Brain episode "Sea Mice" Wally Gator was briefly seen fishing.
• Wally made a cameo appearance in Sealab 2021 episode, "Fusebox".
• As with many classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons, Wally Gator was the subject of an episode of Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, voiced by Maurice LaMarche, where he is characterized as a backwoods hick railing against the establishment.
• In The Brady Bunch episode "Garage sale" a Wally Gator plush doll is seen amongst the toys in the box.
• In The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog episode "Zoobotik" there is an alligator bearing a resemblance to Wally Gator also in the episode "Magnificent Sonic" Wally's name is seen amongst the list of criminals Sonic has to turn in.
• In an episode of America's Funniest Home Videos a clip shows a man pushing a Wally Gator plush doll in a baby swing.
• Wally Gator also made a cameo appearance in a 2012 MetLife commercial entitled, "Everyone".
• Francisco, a character in T.U.F.F. Puppy, wears a hat resembling Wally Gator's, and is an alligator as well.

International Broadcast

• Chile
  • TVN (1975–1977,1984–1987)
  • Canal 13 (1978–1983,1988–1996)
• Latin America
  • Cartoon Network (1992–2000)
  • Boomerang (2000–2008, 2010–present)
  • Tooncast (2009–present) (in HB Hour)

See also

• List of works produced by Hanna-Barbera
• List of Hanna-Barbera characters
• The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series
• Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har
• Touché Turtle and Dum Dum

External links

• Big Cartoon DataBase: Wally Gator
• Toonopedia
• Wally Gator at the Internet Movie Database
• Wally Gator at TV.com