Dinky Duck
Dinky Duck is a Terrytoons cartoon character who first appeared in the 1939 animated short The Orphan Duck.[1] Unlike fellow Terrytoons characters Mighty Mouse, silly Gandy Goose and the magpie duo Heckle and Jeckle, Dinky never became popular, appearing in a total of only 15 cartoons between 1939 and 1957.[2]
For most of his appearances, Dinky was a young black duck who lived on a farm with other ducks, chickens and other typical farm animals. Sometimes he was an orphan who simply wanted a place to call home; on other occasions, he would perform some heroic deed and help restore calm to the barnyard when adult animals quarreled.
The early Dinky Duck cartoons had Dinky making a sharp quacking noise, while the later ones gave a young voice to Dinky. Several of the cartoons had a singing chorus that gave an introduction to the upcoming story.
Dinky's final appearance was in It's a Living, a CinemaScope cartoon, in which he sheds his cute farmyard duck persona and instead takes on the role of a disgruntled animation actor who quits his cartoon character job to try his hand in television commercial acting.[3]
Dinky was going to have a cameo in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but rights to the character could not be obtained in time.
Dinky was a supporting character in the 1999 pilot Curbside. Dinky was also portrayed as female in that version.[4]
References
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 73. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Rovin, Jeff (1991). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals. Prentice Hall Press. p. 67. ISBN 0-13-275561-0. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "It's a living (1957)" at IMDb
- ^ https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/101602-Curbside
External links
- Dinky Duck at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015.
- Dinky Duck Cartoon Philmography at The Big Cartoon Database
- The Orphan Duck, 1939 cartoon (first animation where this character featured)
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