Wally Walrus

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Wally Walrus
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Wally Walrus makes his debut in 1944's The Beach Nut.
First appearanceThe Beach Nut (1944)
Last appearanceSpeed Demon Mountain (2002)
Created byWalter Lantz
Portrayed byHans Conried (1944-1948)
William Demarest (1946-1948)
Dallas McKennon (1953)
Paul Frees (1947-1948, 1953, 1961)
Daws Butler (in "Spook-A-Nanny")
Billy West (1999-2002)
In-universe information
AliasesHe likes a Meatball
RelativesWilly Walrus (Wally's nephew)

Wally Walrus is a fictional animated cartoon character who appeared in several films produced by Walter Lantz Productions in the 1940s and '50s.

Wally is an anthropomorphic walrus who, in most of his appearances, speaks with a pronounced Swedish accent (voiced by Hans Conried). In other appearances, such as The Reckless Driver, he sports a New York accent (voiced courtesy of William Demarest). Wally is rather slow-witted at times, and prone to anger when provoked. For many years, Wally was the primary foil for Woody Woodpecker, bearing roughly the same relationship to that character as Elmer Fudd had to Bugs Bunny in Warner Brothers' animated shorts from the same era.

Wally's first appearance was opposite Woody in 1944's The Beach Nut. Character actors Hans Conried, William Demarest, and Paul Frees provided his voice alternately in the 40’s while Dal McKennon, Frees, and Daws Butler took on the role from 1951 onward. He continued to be featured in Lantz cartoons through 1948's Wacky-Bye Baby, at which time he was more or less replaced by Buzz Buzzard as Woody Woodpecker's primary foil. He would then make a few brief appearances in some 1950s cartoons like Puny Express, Sleep Happy, The Woody Woodpecker Polka, What's Sweepin' and Buccaneer Woodpecker. Wally also appeared, opposite Chilly Willy, in a pair of 1961 shorts (voiced by Frees); as well as in a Woody TV special, Spook-a-Nanny (voiced by Butler). Wally would years later reappear as a regular character on The New Woody Woodpecker Show in 1999 voiced by Billy West (who also played Woody). However, his classic period was 1944-1948.

Wally continued to make appearances in Lantz comic books and on other licensed merchandise. An unidentified background character resembling Wally also made a cameo appearance amongst the crowd of Toons during the final scene of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

The character's appearance changed somewhat over the years, with a complexion that ranged from Negroid dark to Caucasian flesh-tone and tusks that got variously smaller, larger, disappeared entirely, and reappeared. A frequent animation goof in The New Woody Woodpecker Show was to draw the mouth separate from the tusks, so it appeared they were protruding from Wally's nostrils.

Wally Walrus appearances

Willy Walrus

Willy Walrus
First appearanceJust Say Uncle (1999)
Last appearanceStuck on You (2000)
Created bySean Roche
Portrayed byRob Paulsen
In-universe information
RelativesWally Walrus (uncle).

Willy Walrus is a character from the 1999 revival. He only appears in these 2 episodes, "Just Say Uncle" & "Stuck on You."

Hinga

Hinga
First appearanceFrankenWoody (2000)
Last appearanceInfrequent Flyer (2002)
Created byDiane A. Crea
Portrayed byJennifer Hale

Hinga is a one shot character in The New Woody Woodpecker Show. She originally appeared in the episode "FrankenWoody and then returned in "Infrequent Flyer." She started out as a brown anthropomorphic fox creature, but was completly redisgened as a human character.


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