Muttley
Sign in to saveMuttley is a fictional dog created in 1968 by Hanna-Barbera Productions; he was originally voiced by Don Messick. He is the sidekick (and often foil) to the cartoon villain Dick Dastardly, and appeared with him in the 1968 television series Wacky Races and its 1969 spinoff, Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines. The character is known best for his mischievous, rasping laugh.
Key facts
- Character.voice
- Don Messick (1968–1991, 2020; Scoob!, archival laugh recordings)Billy West (1997–2021)Scott Innes (The Summer of Goodwill Passport)Daren Tillinger (Web Premiere Toons)Jeff Bergman (Boomerang UK bumper)Joe Alaskey (Duck Dodgers)Lewis MacLeod (Müller commercial)Terry Mynott (Dastardly and Muttley)Dana Snyder (Jellystone!)
- Character.first
- "See-Saw To Arkansas" (1968)
- Character.creator
- Iwao Takamoto
- Character.species
- Dog
- Character.gender
- Male
- Character.relatives
- Mumbly (cousin)
- Character.nationality
- American
- Character.series
- Wacky Races
- Character.image
- Muttley-picture.gif
- Character.caption
- Muttley as seen in Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
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Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Occupation
- co-driver
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Owned by
- Dick Dastardly
- Country of origin
- United States
- Creator
- Iwao Takamoto
- Voice actor
- Scott Innes
- Performer
- Lewis MacLeod
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- enemy
- Daphne Blake
- catchphrase
- Razzum' Frazzum'
- Commons category
- Muttley
- narrative role
- henchperson
- sidekick of
- Dick Dastardly
- significant person
- Dick Dastardly
- animal breed
- English Pointer
- subject has role
- cameo appearance
- inception
- 1968-09-14
- native label
- Muttley
- hashtag
- muttley
- present in work
- Dynomutt, Dog Wonder
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Characterization
- Muttley vs. Mumbly
- Other appearances
- See also
- References
Muttley is a fictional dog created in 1968 by Hanna-Barbera Productions; he was originally voiced by Don Messick. He is the sidekick (and often foil) to the cartoon villain Dick Dastardly, and appeared with him in the 1968 television series Wacky Races and its 1969 spinoff, Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines. The character is known best for his mischievous, rasping laugh.
==Characterization== thumb|Billy West (pictured in 2022), Muttley's voice actor Muttley first appeared in Wacky Races in 1968, as the sidekick of the accident-prone villain Dick Dastardly. While Dick was created as the equivalent of Professor Fate from the 1965 movie The Great Race, Muttley mirrored the film's character of Max Meen. Dastardly and Muttley were paired together in various later Hanna-Barbera series as bumbling villains.
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