Gabby Goat

Gabby Goat is a minor character in the Looney Tunes series.

History[]

Golden Age[]

Ub Iwerks, who briefly joined Looney Tunes, created Gabby to be a sidekick for Porky Pig in the 1937 short "Porky and Gabby". The cartoon focuses on the title characters' camping trip, which is foiled by car trouble. Storyboard artist Cal Howard supplies Gabby's voice. Gabby looks like Porky with a beard, horns, and scowl.

Gabby's second appearance was "Porky's Badtime Story", where roommates Porky and Gabby are almost fired from their jobs for sleeping in and showing up late. They vow to get to sleep early that night, but various problems keep them awake all night. The third and final appearance of the character in the Golden Age of American Animation was in "Get Rich Quick Porky", where Porky and Gabby dig for oil.

The goat's chief characteristics are his irritability and short temper, traits that make him a natural foil for the shy, easy-going Porky. The concept did not play out as well as the animators would have liked; audiences felt that the goat's behavior was too offensive to be funny. Bob Clampett, Iwerks' successor after the latter left the studio, would also grow to dislike the character as a snobby sidekick, quickly resulting in his retirement after Iwerks left the studio.^[1] Clampett would end up replacing Gabby with the more popular Daffy Duck as Porky's sidekick; this is further established in "Tick Tock Tuckered", a Technicolor remake of "Porky's Badtime Story" with Gabby fully replaced by Daffy.

Gabby was planned to appear in "Porky's Party", based on the original storyboard.

Post-Golden Age[]

In Season 2 of New Looney Tunes, Gabby returned after nearly 80 years of absence from Looney Tunes media, and in his first appearance in color. He appears in "Gettin' Your Goat" and "Tweet Team". In Season 3's "Planet of the Bigfoots", he plays the monster who was attacking Bugs, Daffy, Elmer, and Bigfoot in the dark cave and reveals himself to be the guardian of the Rhombus Stone. In "CinderPorker", he is one of Petunia's intended suitors, serenading her. He is voiced by Bob Bergen and was also given a full redesign. He wears a hoodie instead of a sweater. His voice has changed to being more goat-like.^[2]

Filmography[]

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In other media[]

New Looney Tunes (2015-2020)

Video Games[]

Looney Tunes World of Mayhem

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Characters
Main Characters
Bugs Bunny (Prototype Bugs Bunny) • Daffy Duck • Elmer Fudd • Foghorn Leghorn • Lola Bunny (Honey Bunny) • Marvin the Martian (K-9) • Pepé Le Pew (Penelope Pussycat) • Porky Pig • Road Runner • Speedy Gonzales • Sylvester (Sylvester Jr.) • Taz • Tweety • Wile E. Coyote • Yosemite Sam
Recurring Golden Age Characters
1930s debuts	Bosko • Honey • Bruno • Foxy • Piggy • Goopy Geer • Buddy • Cookie • Beans • Little Kitty • Oliver Owl • Ham and Ex • Petunia Pig • Piggy Hamhock • Gabby Goat • Egghead • Big Bad Wolf • Little Red Riding Hood • Yoyo Dodo • Mrs. Daffy Duck • The Two Curious Puppies • Sniffles • Inki • Minah Bird
1940s debuts	Willoughby • Three Little Pigs • Cecil Turtle • Beaky Buzzard • Mama Buzzard • Leo the Lion • Babbit and Catstello • Conrad the Cat • Hubie and Bertie • Claude Cat • A. Flea • Three Bears • Schnooks • Hector the Bulldog • The Drunk Stork • Gossamer • Rocky • Barnyard Dawg • Henery Hawk • Charlie Dog • Bobo the Elephant • Goofy Gophers • The Dog • Wellington • Gruesome Gorilla • Hippety Hopper • The Talking Bulldog • The Crusher • The Supreme Cat • Playboy Penguin
1950s debuts	Melissa Duck • Frisky Puppy • Granny (Proto-Granny) • Miss Prissy (Emily the Chicken) • Sam Cat • Nasty Canasta • Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot • Spike and Chester • Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog • The Weasel • Witch Hazel • Tasmanian She-Devil • Ralph Phillips • Egghead Jr. • Mugsy • Jose and Manuel • The Honey-Mousers (Ralph Crumden, Ned Morton, Alice Crumden, Trixie Morton) • Instant Martians • Slowpoke Rodriguez • Pappy and Elvis • Blacque Jacque Shellacque
1960s debuts	Cool Cat • Colonel Rimfire • Merlin the Magic Mouse • Second Banana • Bunny and Claude
One-Off Golden Age Characters
1930s debuts	Owl Jolson
1940s debuts	The Gremlin • The Dover Boys (Tom Dover, Dick Dover, Larry Dover, Dora Standpipe, Dan Backslide) • Mr. Meek • Russian Dog • The Little Man from the Draft Board • Colonel Shuffle • Giovanni Jones
1950s debuts	The Martin Brothers • Pete Puma • George and Benny • Toro the Bull • Babyface Finster • Michigan J. Frog • Shropshire Slasher • Mot • Pablo and Fernando • Charles M. Wolf • Señor Vulturo • Mighty Angelo
1960s debuts	Hugo the Abominable Snowman • Nelly the Giraffe • Count Bloodcount • Spooky • Rapid Rabbit and Quick Brown Fox
Post-Golden Age Characters
Tiny Toon Adventures	Buster Bunny • Babs Bunny • Plucky Duck • Hamton J. Pig • Fifi La Fume • Shirley the Loon • Sweetie Bird • Elmyra Duff • Montana Max
Taz-Mania	Jean • Hugh • Molly • Jake • Dog the Turtle • Drew
Pinky and the Brain	Pinky • The Brain
Baby Looney Tunes	Floyd Minton
Duck Dodgers	Dr. I.Q. Hi • Captain Star Johnson • Commander X2
Loonatics Unleashed	Ace Bunny • Lexi Bunny • Danger Duck • Slam Tasmanian • Tech E. Coyote • Rev Runner
The Looney Tunes Show	Tina Russo
New Looney Tunes	Squeaks the Squirrel • Bigfoot • Barbarian • Boyd • Cal • Carl the Grim Rabbit • Claudette Dupri • Dr. Clovenhoof • Eagle Scout • Elliot Sampson • Horace the Horse • Ivana • Jack • Thes • Leslie P. Lilylegs • Miss Cougar • Pampreen Perdy and Paul Perdy • Rhoda Roundhouse • Shameless O'Scanty • Sir Littlechin • Slugsworthy the First • Squint Eatswood • Tad Tucker • Trey Hugger • Viktor • Winter Stag

[1] ttps://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/animator-breakdown-bob-clampetts-porkys-badtime-story-1937/

[2] ttp://www.bobbergen.com/images/Aug_26-27_2017_SF_Wkend_Animation_Workshop_with_Bob_Bergen_and_Collette_Sunderman.pdf

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