Pooch the Pup is an anthromorphic dog created by Walter Lantz Productions during the black-and-white era of the studio's history. The character only appeared in thirteen cartoons.

Biography

In 1931, Walter Lantz was encountering slight financial troubles. One way to cope with the problems was to conceive a new series featuring a new character, thus leading to the appearance of Pooch the Pup. While Lantz went on to direct the Pooch the Pup shorts, his colleague Bill Nolan would focus on the long-running Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit is an anthropomorphic rabbit and animated cartoon character created by Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney for films distributed by Universal Pictures in the 1920s and 1930s...

 cartoons.

Pooch made his debut in The Athlete. Here, he was a white-furred bloodhound white long black ears. In Pin Feathers, he had black fur, making very similar to Oswald, except for his long, hairless tail.

Pooch's last hurrah was in She Done Him Right, a parody of a movie called She Done Him Wrong

She Done Him Wrong

She Done Him Wrong is a Pre-Code 1933 Paramount Pictures comedy romance film starring Mae West and Cary Grant. Others in the cast include Owen Moore, Gilbert Roland, Noah Beery, Sr., Louise Beavers and Rochelle Hudson....

. Following his retirement from the screen, Oswald was seen in two cartoons wearing a jacket similar to Pooch's. It was suggested that the two Oswald shorts were initially designed to feature Pooch.

Filmography

• "The Athlete" (08/29/1932)
• "The Butcher Boy
  The Butcher Boy (cartoon)
  The Butcher Boy is an animated cartoon by Walter Lantz Productions. It is the second of the thirteen Pooch the Pup cartoons.-Plot:Pooch operates a meat store in the city. One day, he receives an order by phone from his sweetheart, the girl coonhound, who preferred a stout chicken...
  
  " (09/26/1932)
• "The Crowd Snores" (10/24/1932)
• "The Under Dog" (11/07/1932)
• "Cats And Dogs" (12/05/1932)
• "Merry Dog" (01/02/1933)
• "The Terrible Troubadour" (01/30/1933)
• "The Lumber Champ" (03/13/1933)
• "Nature's Workshop" (06/05/1933)
• "Pin Feathers" (07/03/1933)
• "Hot And Cold" (08/14/1933)
• "King Klunk
  King Klunk
  King Klunk is a 1933 animated short subject, produced and directed by Walter Lantz. It stars Pooch the Pup, and is the twelfth of the thirteen cartoons featuring that character...
  
  " (09/04/1933)
• "She Done Him Right" (10/09/1933)

Note: One source listed "S.O.S. Icicle" (05/08/1933) as a separate cartoon, while another claimed it was a working title for "Hot & Cold".

See also

• List of Walter Lantz cartoons
• List of Walter Lantz cartoon characters