Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long

*Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long*
Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long
	Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long's Title Card
Genre	Cartoon; Western
Created by	Hanna-Barbera
Directed by	William Hanna; Joseph Barbera
Starring	Ricochet Rabbit; Droop-a-long Coyote
Voices of	Don Messick; Mel Blanc
Theme music composer	Hoyt Curtin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	23
Production
Producers	William Hanna; Joseph Barbera
Running time	7 minutes per short
Production company	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
Network	First-Run Syndication
Release	January 14, 1964 –; December 4, 1966
Related
	The Magilla Gorilla Show; The Peter Potamus Show

Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long was a segment of Hanna-Barbera's The Magilla Gorilla Show, and later appeared on The Peter Potamus Show.

Background

Taking place in a Wild West setting, Ricochet Rabbit (voiced by Don Messick) worked as a sheriff in the town of Hoop 'n' Holler. Ricochet would bounce off stationary objects yelling "Bing-bing-bing!" His deputy Droop-a-Long Coyote (voiced by Mel Blanc impersonating Ken Curtis) was not as fast and was very clumsy.

In addition to his speed, which enabled him to outrun bullets, Ricochet used trick bullets against his opponents, including a bullet that would stop in mid-flight and strike the target with an impossibly oversized mallet, and another which would draw a target on his nose and punch it.

Ricochet Rabbit's catchphrase was "Ping, ping, PING!", followed by his name.

Episode list

#	Title	Animator
1	Atchison, Topeka, & Sam Jose
2	Good Little Bad Guy	Credited Animators: Kenneth Muse, George Goepper
3	Cradle Robber	Credited Animators: Kenneth Muse, George Goepper
4	West Pest	Credited Animators: George Goepper, Kenneth Muse
5	TV Show	Credited Animators: George Goepper, Kenneth Muse
6	Annie Hoaxley	Credited Animators: Kenneth Muse, George Goepper
7	School Daze	Credited Animator: Irv Spence
8	Sheepy Wolf	Credited Animators: George Nicholas, George Goepper
9	Big Thinker	Credited Animators: Jerry Hathcock, Ed Parks, Don Patterson
10	Two Too Many	Credited Animators: George Nicholas, George Goepper
11	Bad Guys Are Good Guys
12	Itchy-Finger Gun Slinger
13	Clunko Bunko
14	Slick Quick Gun
15	Mostly Ghostly	Credited Animators: Jerry Hathcock, Kenneth Muse
16	Will 'O The Whip
17	Cactus Ruckus	Credited Animators: Carlo Vinci, Hugh Fraser
18	Rapid Romance
19	El Loco, Loco, Loco, Loco, Diablo
20	Big Town Show Down
21	Space Sheriff
22	Red Riding Ricochet
23	Jail Break-In

Cast

Don Messick as Ricochet Rabbit
Mel Blanc as Droop-a-Long Coyote

Other appearances

Ricochet Rabbit and Droop-a-Long were seen in Yogi's Ark Lark.
Ricochet Rabbit and Droop-a-Long were seen in the opening title of Yogi's Gang.
Ricochet Rabbit made some appearances in Yogi's Treasure Hunt.
Ricochet Rabbit makes a portrait cameo in the "Agent Penny" episode of the "Super Secret Secret" Squirrel segment of 2 Stupid Dogs.
Ricochet Rabbit appears in the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode "X Gets the Crest" voiced by Mark Hamill. Droop-a-Long also makes a cameo.

In other languages

Italian: Tornado Kid e Sonnacchia
Dutch: Sheriff Altijd Raak Hebbes

References

External links

Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long episode guide on BCDB
Ricochet Rabbit at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on January 14, 2017.