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Wally Walrus
Wally Walrus is a supporting antagonist who appeared in several films produced by Walter Lantz Productions in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.

History[]

Wally is an anthropomorphic walrus who, in most of his appearances, speaks with a pronounced Swedish accent (voiced by Jack Mather). In other appearances, such as The Reckless Driver, he sports a New York accent (voiced courtesy of Will Wright). 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 is often heard humming or singing the popular song My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean.

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Wally Walrus makes his debut in 1944's "The Beach Nut".

Wally's first appearance was opposite Woody in 1944's The Beach Nut. Character actors Jack Mather and Will Wright provided his voice alternately in the 40’s while Dallas McKennon 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 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 dark to light 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.

Appearances[]

Shorts[]

Woody Woodpecker cartoons[]

Musical Miniature cartoons[]

Andy Panda cartoons[]

Chilly Willy cartoons[]

Note: Early storyboards of Sliphorn King of Polaroo show Wally in the role of Jackson. For whatever reason, Wally was dropped and the character was played by a lion in the finished cartoon.

Commercials[]

The Woody Woodpecker Show[]

The New Woody Woodpecker Show[]

Season 1[]

Season 2[]

Season 3[]

Woody Woodpecker (2018)[]

Season 1[]

Season 2[]

Season 3[]

Video Games[]

Comics[]

Four Color[]

Walter Lantz New Funnies[]

  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 151 (1949)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 198 (1953)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 199 (1953)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 201 (1953)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 202 (1953)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 203 (1954)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 205 (1954)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 206 (1954)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 207 (1954)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 208 (1954)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 210 (1954)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 211 (1954)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 213 (1954)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 214 (1954)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 216 (1955)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 219 (1955)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 220 (1955)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 225 (1955)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 228 (1956)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 235 (1956)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 239 (1957)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 240 (1957)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 245 (1957)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 246 (1957)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 255 (1958)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 268 (1959)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 278 (1960)
  • Walter Lantz New Funnies 284 (1961)

Woody Woodpecker (Western Publishing)[]

March of Comics[]

  • March of Comics 109 (1954)
  • March of Comics 124 (1955)
  • March of Comics 454 (1979)

Andy Panda (comic book series)[]

  • Andy Panda (Dell) 32 (1955)
  • Andy Panda (Dell) 33 (1956)
  • Andy Panda (Dell) 39 (1957)
  • Andy Panda (Dell) 50 (1960)
  • Andy Panda (Dell) 51 (1960)
  • Andy Panda (Dell) 55 (1961)
  • Andy Panda (Dell) 56 (1961)
  • Andy Panda (Western Publishing) 06 (1974)
  • Andy Panda (Western Publishing) 17 (1977)
  • Andy Panda (Western Publishing) 19 (1977)

Woody Woodpecker (Harvey Comics)[]

  • Harvey - Woody Woodpecker 2 (1991)
  • Harvey - Woody Woodpecker 6 (1992)
  • Harvey - Woody Woodpecker 9 (1993)

Feature films[]

Other Merchandise[]

Trading Cards[]

Puzzles[]

Coloring Pages[]

Records[]

Pop culture references[]

  • In The Simpsons episode "What Animated Women Want", Homer puts two chopsticks in his mouth and says he is "Wally the kissing Walrus", a reference to Wally Walrus.
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Wally Walrus in Samurai Jack

  • A character parodying Wally Walrus has made a cameo in the fifth season episode "XCIX" of Samurai Jack on Adult Swim, and is once again voiced by Billy West using a similar voice to his other character Zoidberg on Futurama.
  • In the late 2010s, the character became an internet meme in Brazil called "Bolinha de Gorfe" based on a 5 second scene from the episode Bathing Buddies where Wally picks up Woody's golf ball that fell on his head and looks at it saying "bolinha de gorfe" (literally "little golf ball", but because of his accent he pronounces golf with an R instead of an L).

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Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp[]

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