Of Fox and Hounds

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{{Infobox film

| name = Of Fox and Hounds

| director = Fred Avery

| producer = Leon Schlesinger

| story = Dave Monahan

| starring =

| animator = Charles McKimson

| background_artist =

| music = Carl W. Stalling

| editing =

| distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures

| studio = Warner Bros. Cartoons

| released = {{Film date|1940|12|7}}

| color_process = Technicolor (3-hue)

| runtime = {{Duration|m=9|s=19}}

| language = English

}}

Of Fox and Hounds is a 1940 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies directed by Tex Avery.{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |last2=Friedwald |first2=Will |title=Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0894-2 |page=110}} The short was released on December 7, 1940, and introduces Willoughby the Dog.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/104/mode/2up |pages=104–106}} Avery performed the voice of Willoughby, and Mel Blanc voiced George the Fox and the bear's yells. The short is an attempt to duplicate the success of the 1940 Bugs Bunny short A Wild Hare by giving another anthropomorphic animal the same unflappable demeanor.{{cite book |last1=Schneider |first1=Steve |title=That's All, Folks! : The Art of Warner Bros. Animation |date=1988 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0889-6 |page=67}} The names of Tex Avery, Dave Monohan, Carl W. Stalling, and possibly Charles McKimson intentionally draft numbers in the credits.