Hong Kong Phooey (character)


 * This article is about the main title character. For the TV series, see Hong Kong Phooey (TV series). For other uses, see Hong Kong Phooey.

Hong Kong Phooey, also known as Penry Pooch, is a masked anthropomorphic superhero dog and the main title character of the Hong Kong Phooey animated television series. His voice was originated by Scatman Crothers.

Often referred to as the "number one super hero guy", Penry uses his Hong Kong ego in stopping criminals with his martial arts skills, though he seems to be a clownish amateur in that. Hong Kong is assisted by his pet cat, Spot, who usually brings up a helping hand in his cases. When not in his superhero persona, he works as a janitor in a police station headed by Sergeant Flint and Rosemary.

Character description
Penry Pooch disguises himself as Hong Kong Phooey by jumping into a filing cabinet. In doing so he always gets stuck, but is later freed by Spot hitting the cabinet. Once disguised, Hong Kong gets equipped with the shapeshifting Phooeymobile.

When fighting crime, he relies on his copy of The Hong Kong Book of Kung Fu, an instruction handbook on various martial arts moves, although most of his techniques involve striking a pose and attempting to land a blow on enemies like a flying kick, for example. In spite of Hong Kong's less than steallar displays of kung fu, he always keeps a victory against his opponents, although it is Spot who always did most of the work for him, which he is unaware of.

Hong Kong Phooey acts cool and collected, but is seemingly unaware of his own incompetence. He comes across as a clumsy idiot at times, and even creates accidents to those around him. Though he has a passion to fight for truth and justice, he is still laid back by always keeping a calm mood. This is evident with his identity as Penry Pooch, who keeps quietly alert for most of the time while the Metro City police station is focused on stopping a criminal.

Additionally, Hong Kong Phooey is a light brown dog with floppy ears that are a darker shade of brown. He wears a red and white martial arts outfit with a yellow belt, and has a black domino mask wrapped in front of his face. As Penry, his janitor uniform consists of a white backwards cap and a light blue, long-sleeves shirt.

TV series

 * Hong Kong Phooey
 * Laff-A-Lympics
 * Super Secret Secret Squirrel
 * 1.8 "Agent Penny" (no lines)
 * Wacky Races
 * 1.39 "Hong Kong Screwy"

Movies

 * Hong Kong Phooey
 * Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon (poster)
 * Top Cat Begins (picture and graffiti)
 * Scoob!

Specials

 * The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo (no lines)

Shorts

 * Web Premiere Toons
 * "Hong Kong Phooey"
 * "Everyone" (no lines)

Comics

 * Hong Kong Phooey
 * Laff-A-Lympics
 * Cartoon Network Presents
 * #8B "War is Huck"
 * #20C "A Wok On the Wild Side"
 * Scooby-Doo! Team-Up
 * #26 "Enter the Dragon, Exit Scooby-Doo!"
 * Black Lightning/Hong Kong Phooey Special
 * #1A "Revenge of the God Fist"

Books

 * Here Comes Scooby-Doo

Video games

 * Hanna-Barbera's Turbo Toons

Hong Kong Gets the CGI (Test) Treatment
In it, Hong Kong delivers three crooks outside the Metro City police station, with a message that reads, "Kompliments of Hong Kong Phooey." He is proud of the good deed as he is everyone's "Number one super guy." But Spot, who Kong Kong refers to as "Cat," isn't so sure. He tries to impress Spot with karate moves and using nunchucks, although he only hurts himself. He then celebrates by drinking from a toilet in a public restroom because he thinks it's an "automatic refilling bowl." Spot tells him the truth, but he only goes to a urinal to wash it out before eating a "mint" he finds at the bottom.

Hong Kong Sells Out
In the "Super Secret Secret Squirrel" episode "Agent Penny," Hong Kong can be seen at the bar that Secret goes to.

In the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode "A Scooby-Doo Halloween, one of the people attending the party is Curtis wearing a Hong Kong Phooey costume.

In popular culture

 * In the Animaniacs segment "Back in Style," Chun-King Fooey is mentioned to have lost ratings by adding the Warner siblings.
 * In the Family Guy episode "I Never Met the Dead Man," Peter can't resist the urge to jump into a children's ball pit at Cheesie Charlie's, shouting out "Hong Kong Phooey!" as he does.
 * In the Malcolm in the Middle episode "Future Malcolm," Malcolm reveals he got Leonard a job interview with Craig by giving him a Hong Kong Phooey lunch box.
 * In The Cleveland Show episode "Wheel! Of! Family!," Robert and Dee Dee christen their newly adopted Chinese son, changing his name from Quang Quang to Hong Kong Phooey. Robert asks Cleveland if he remembers him, but Cleveland responds back with "Was that the Pinker Panther?"
 * In The Goldbergs episode "Kara-te," Murray called Barry's karate performance for the talent show a "Hong Kong Phooey act."

Comic Book Men

 * "To the Bat Cave:" Walt says his favorite talking dog is Hong Kong Phooey.
 * "Dukes of Jersey:" Kevin Smith used Hong Kong Phooey as an example of being a fan of something, but wouldn't be so drastic as to get a tattoo of a show he may later have no interest in.
 * "KITT and Caboodle:" Walt mentions how Hong Kong Phooey was created during the kung fu craze of the 1970s.

Robot Chicken

 * "S&M Present:" To avenge the deaths of his bandmates in NSNYC at the hands of the Yakuza, Joey "The Fat One" Fatone enters a Yakuza tournament, with his first challenger being Hong Kong, voiced by Seth Green. Hong Kong is an exceptional fighter, but is killed after Joey distracts Hong Kong with a ball.
 * "Ban on the Fun:" During the Laff-A-Munich sketch. Hong Kong Phooey helps out the Scooby Doobies in killing the Really Rottens after the murders of the Yogi Yahooeys. After seeing Dread Baron and Mumbly blown up by Captain Caveman, he dies; presumably he killed himself.