The Top Ten Worst Cartoon Characters of all Time, Part 4

We're now diving into the depths of despair as we continue to list the Top Ten Worst Cartoon Characters of all Time.  We are now moving onto number four, which means after this we'll be listing the top three....  Please do what you can to refrain from hitting the play button on the videos.   Like a bad accident, once you look you may find yourself not looking away.  Please find something else to watch as we proceed onto number four...

10.  Baby Huey
9.    Squiddly Diddly
8.    Buzzy the Crow
7.    Hippity Hopper
6.    Loopy De Loop
5.    Go Go Gophers
4.    The Blue Racer

Depatie-Freleng produced some pretty bad cartoons at the end of their existence, any one of which would qualify as one of the "Worst Cartoon Characters of all time"  I chose the Blue Racer due to fact that A) it's racially insensitive as well as being a bad series and B) I could find a video on line.

Depatie-Freleng was a studio that got its start from the remains of the old Warner Bros. Cartoon Studio.  Friz Freleng teamed up with former WB cartoon producer Dave Depatie to form their own studio, DFE.  They started with commercial work, and were eventually approached by Blake Edwards to produce a title sequence for his Pink Panther film.  The titles were so successful that DFE soon spun the panther off into a series of cartoon for United Artist.  The studio enjoyed success with the Pink Panther cartoons, and eventually produced other cartoon series such as The Inspector and The Ant and the Aardvark.   However, as they went on to produce more cartoon stars, the quality began to slip more and more with each subsequent series.   The last few cartoon series they produced all had the same attributes:  Good design, good music and some decent animation, but lousy concepts and unfunny scripts.   Among the cartoons were:

The Tijuana Toads, which were later renamed (and redubbed) for television as the Texas Toads. 

Sheriff Hoot Kloot, who was modeled after a spokesman for Dodge Trucks...   I kid you not.

The Dogfather.   This was Depatie Freleng's last theatrical series...  Although in television they would go on to create Crazylegs Crane, MisterJaw, and others...

And finally, we get to the Blue Racer.   The Blue Racer was a snake, based on actual snakes found in the Northern United States.   The Blue Racer claims to be the "Fastest Snake in the World" and is usually shown zipping through the scenic backgrounds.   The Blue Racer has no name and very little personality, so the cartoons live and die by the scripts and gags that the writers came up with for this character.   Unfortunatley, most of the cartoons die a painful death.   To add insult to injury, many of the cartoons have the Blue Racer chasing a Japanese Beetle in an effort to make a meal out of the insect.   The beetle is, of course, the most racial insensitive portrayal the writers can come up with...  which you can judge by yourself by watching the snake's debut cartoon, Hiss and Hers, released in 1972.



I admit, this series should have ranked slightly higher....   but I had a hard time finding samples.   To make up for it, as an added bonus, today only, we offer the last Depatie Freleng Dogfather cartoon...   Medicur, from 1976.