Henery Hawk

Henery Hawk is a Looney Tunes character. He was voiced by Mel Blanc.

Character Biography[]

Henery is a tiny, brown chicken hawk with a forelock of feathers.

Henery is very small, even compared to other chicken hawks, about the size of a sparrow or a baby owl; his parents are several times taller than Henery. From his size and eternal confusion as to what a chicken actually looks like, it can be assumed that he is very young, despite his boisterous gangster-style voice and attitude. His voice is a lot like that of Tweety, barring the speech impediment.

Henery is a blustery loudmouth with an oddball accent, which makes him a somewhat odd foil for Foghorn Leghorn. Many of the more "classic" protagonist/antagonist pairs feature characters that have opposing personalities, if not completely opposite ones.

In the typical Henery and Foghorn cartoon, Henery has struck out on his own for the first time, eager to capture and eat a chicken. Having led a rather sheltered life, however, he doesn't know what a chicken looks like—only that chicken hawks eat them. Because of his small size and lack of intelligence, Foghorn presumes that this diminutive, naive troublemaker is no real threat to anyone; however, seeing the potential for annoyance, he points Henery in the direction of Barnyard Dawg. The remainder of the cartoon is usually consumed by Dawg and Leghorn alternately assuring Henery that the other is a chicken and encouraging him to attack mercilessly. In "The Foghorn Leghorn", however, in which Foghorn tried to convince Henery that he was a chicken over Henery's belief that Foghorn was merely a "loudmouthed schnook", mainly because he is mislead by his grandfather on the false facts about chickens after a failed encounter with Foghorn.

Many cartoons ended with Henery capturing one or both of his tormentors, pragmatically shrugging his shoulders over whether his prey may or may not be an actual fowl. Typically, he would decide that one of them had to be a real chicken and would therefore knock them both out and take each. This also demonstrates that Foghorn had erroneously looked over the very real threat Henery presented because he could not look past his appearance. Unlike most Looney Tunes animal antagonists, who often fail to catch their prey, such as Wile E. Coyote and Sylvester, Henery often succeeds in capturing his prey, mostly Foghorn Leghorn. The only exception is his final cartoon "Strangled Eggs" (1961), where he receives a taste of his own medicine by getting chased by Foghorn who pretends to be a chickenhawk, even though Foggy still loses in the end.

Comics[]

In the comics from Dell/Western Publishing Henery Hawk had a series of comic/text stories in the pages of Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies and other comics. Most of the comic stories team Henery Hawk with his best friend, Ollie Owl.

Filmography[]

Cartoons[]

In other media[]

The films:

Space Jam (1996, cameo)
Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000, voiced by Joe Alaskey)

The Looney Tunes Show episodes:

"Chickenhawk" (Merrie Melodies segment, voiced by Damon Jones)
"Father Figures" (voiced by Ben Falcone)
"Christmas Rules!" (Merrie Melodies segment, voiced by Ben Falcone)

Looney Tunes Cartoons shorts:

"Happy Birthday Bugs Bunny!" (cameo)

Animaniacs episode:

Suffragette Song"

Gallery[]

References[]

↑ Barrier, Michael (1999). Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age (in en). Oxford University Press, page 480. ISBN 978-0195167290.
↑ Jones, Chuck (1989). "The Writers: The Slum Kid, the Scion, and Me", Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist (in en). Farrar Straus Giroux, page 114. ISBN 978-0374123482.
↑ https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/Bugs-Bunnys-Silly-Seals/
↑ https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Looney-Tunes-World-of-Mayhem/

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] Barrier, Michael (1999). Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age (in en). Oxford University Press, page 480. ISBN 978-0195167290.

[2] Jones, Chuck (1989). "The Writers: The Slum Kid, the Scion, and Me", Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist (in en). Farrar Straus Giroux, page 114. ISBN 978-0374123482.

[3] ttps://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/Bugs-Bunnys-Silly-Seals/

[4] ttps://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Looney-Tunes-World-of-Mayhem/

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