Scrappy
{{short description|Cartoon character}}
{{other uses}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox character
| name = Scrappy
| first = Yelp Wanted (July 16, 1931)
| last = The Little Theatre (February 7, 1941)
| creator = Dick Huemer
| voice = Dick Huemer (1931–1933)
Leone LeDoux (1935–1940)
Sara Berner (1940–1941)
| lbl1 = Appearance
| gender = Male
}}
Scrappy is a cartoon character created by Dick Huemer for Charles Mintz's Screen Gems Studio (distributed by Columbia Pictures). A little round-headed boy,{{cite book|last1=Mitchell-Waite|first1=Antony|last2=Mitchell-Waite|first2=Joanne|title=Laurel & Hardy's Animated Antics A-Z|date=2013|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=9781291619256|page=37|edition=3rd|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lTIKBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA37|language=en}} Scrappy often found himself involved in off-beat neighborhood adventures. Usually paired with his little brother Oopy (originally Vontzy), Scrappy also had an on-again, off-again girlfriend named Margy and a Scotty dog named Yippy. In later shorts the annoying little girl Brat and pesky pet Petey Parrot also appeared.
Huemer created the character in 1931, and he remained aboard Mintz's studio until 1933. With Huemer's departure, his colleagues Sid Marcus and Art Davis assumed control of the series. The final regular entry in the series, Scrappy's Rodeo was released in 1939. Scrappy would continue to appear in the Phantasies and Fables series. The final cartoon featuring Scrappy, The Little Theatre, was released on February 7, 1941.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/132/mode/2up |pages=132–133}}
Shorts
| class="wikitable" |
| Film
!Original release date |
|---|
| Yelp Wanted |
| The Little Pest |
| Sunday Clothes |
| The Dog Snatcher |
| Showin Off
|November 11, 1931|November 11, 1931 |
| Minding the Baby |
| Chinatown Mystery
|January 4, 1932 |
| Treasure Runt
|February 25, 1932 |
| Railroad Wretch
|March 31, 1932 |
| The Pet Shop
|April 28, 1932 |
| Stepping Stones
|May 17, 1932 |
| Battle of the Barn
|May 31, 1932 |
| Fare-Play
|July 2, 1932 |
| Camping Out
|August 10, 1932 |
| The Black Sheep
|September 17, 1932 |
| The Great Bird Mystery
|October 20, 1932 |
| Flop House
|November 9, 1932 |
| The Bad Genius
|December 1, 1932 |
| The Wolf at the Door
|December 29, 1932 |
| Sassy Cats
|January 25, 1933 |
| Scrappy's Party |
| The Beer Parade
|March 4, 1933 |
| The False Alarm
|April 22, 1933 |
| The Match Kid
|May 9, 1933 |
| Technoracket
|May 20, 1933 |
| The World's Affair
|June 5, 1933 |
| Movie Struck
|September 8, 1933 |
| Sandman Tales
|October 6, 1933 |
| Hollywood Babies
|November 10, 1933 |
| Scrappy's Auto Show
|December 8, 1933 |
| Scrappy's Art Gallery
|January 12, 1934 |
| Scrappy's Television
|January 29, 1934 |
| Aw, Nurse
|March 9, 1934 |
| Scrappy's Toy Shop
|April 13, 1934 |
| Scrappy's Dog Show
|May 18, 1934 |
| Scrappy's Theme Song
|June 15, 1934 |
| Scrappy's Relay Race
|July 7, 1934 |
| The Great Experiment
|July 27, 1934 |
| Scrappy's Expedition
|August 27, 1934 |
| Concert Kid
|November 2, 1934 |
| Holiday Land
|November 9, 1934 |
| Happy Butterfly
|December 20, 1934 |
| The Gloom Chasers
|January 18, 1935 |
| The Gold Getters
|March 1, 1935 |
| Graduation Exercises
|April 12, 1935 |
| Scrappy's Ghost Story |
| The Puppet Murder Case
|June 21, 1935 |
| Scrappy's Big Moment
|July 28, 1935 |
| Scrappy's Trailer
|August 29, 1935 |
| Let's Ring Doorbells
|November 7, 1935 |
| Scrappy's Boy Scouts
|January 2, 1936 |
| Doctor Bluebird
|February 5, 1936 |
| Scrappy's Pony
|March 16, 1936 |
| Scrappy's Camera Troubles
|June 5, 1936 |
| Playing Politics
|July 8, 1936 |
| In My Gondola
|September 3, 1936 |
| Looney Balloonists
|September 24, 1936 |
| The Merry Mutineers
|October 2, 1936 |
| Dizzy Ducks
|November 28, 1936 |
| Puttin' Out the Kitten
|March 26, 1937 |
| Scrappy's Band Concert
|April 29, 1937 |
| Scrappy's Music Lesson
|June 4, 1937 |
| I Want to Be an Actress
|July 18, 1937 |
| Canine Capers |
| The Fire Plug
|October 16, 1937 |
| The Clock Goes Round and Round
|November 6, 1937 |
| Scrappy's News Flashes
|December 8, 1937 |
| The New Homestead
|January 7, 1938 |
| Scrappy's Trip to Mars
|February 4, 1938 |
| Scrappy's Playmates
|March 27, 1938 |
| The City Slicker
|July 8, 1938 |
| The Early Bird
|September 16, 1938 |
| Happy Birthday
|October 7, 1938 |
| Scrappy's Added Attraction
|January 13, 1939 |
| Scrappy's Side Show
|March 3, 1939 |
| A Worm's Eye View
|April 28, 1939 |
| Scrappy's Rodeo
|June 2, 1939 |
| The Charm Bracelet
|September 1, 1939 |
| Millionaire Hobo
|November 24, 1939 |
| Park Your Baby
|December 22, 1939 |
| Man of Tin
|February 23, 1940 |
| Practice Makes Perfect
|April 5, 1940 |
| Fish Follies
|May 10, 1940 |
| The Pooch Parade
|July 19, 1940 |
| A Peep In The Deep
|August 23, 1940 |
| School Boy Dreams
|September 24, 1940 |
| The Little Theatre
|February 7, 1941 |
Note: "Holiday Land", "Doctor Bluebird", "In My Gondola", and "The Merry Mutineers" are all a part of the Color Rhapsody series, and all shorts starting with "The Charm Bracelet" are either a part of the Phantasies or Fables series.
References
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External links
- [https://www.scrappyland.com/blog/animania1/ Harry McCracken's Scrappyland]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110214132823/http://columbia.goldenagecartoons.com/ The Columbia Crow's Nest via The Wayback Machine]
Category:Film characters introduced in 1931
Category:Animated characters introduced in 1931
Category:Film series introduced in 1931
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Category:Male characters in animation
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