Mr. Jinks
Mr. Jinks | |
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Like, uhh... I'm just a cool cat, y'know! | |
Species | Cat (tabby) |
Gender | Male |
Affiliation | Pixie and Dixie |
Other relative(s) | One cousin, Snagglepuss Lion[1] |
Marital status | Married at one point |
Children | One son, Jinks Junior |
First appearance | P&D&MJ: "Cousin Tex" (1958) |
Played by | Daws Butler (1958-85) Greg Burson (1991) Billy West (2018) Jeff Bergman (2021) |
Wacky Races | |
Deathstroke/Yogi Bear Special | |
Jellystone! |
Mr. Jinks is an anthropomorphic tabby cat and the main antagonist of the Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks shorts of The Huckleberry Hound Show. His voice was originated by Daws Butler.
Jinks usually picks on the two mice, Pixie and Dixie, though he is sometimes a friend of the two.
Character description
Mr. Jinks is an orange, two-legged cat with tan highlights on his feet, hands, and mouth. The only piece of clothing he normally wears is a blue bow tie.
In terms of personality, Mr. Jinks is very laid back and confident. He speaks in a whimsical speech pattern, using beatnik slang and saying the word "like" in a majority of sentences he makes. As a house cat, he is determined to catch and clobber both Pixie and Dixie; he even relishes on catching the two mice (or "meeces" as he calls them) for his own good. Jinks is somewhat dimwitted at times, prone to falling on the duo's elaborate tricks. At the end of the cartoons, he yells his catchphrase, "I hate meeces to pieces!"
Despite their rivalry, Mr. Jinks, Pixie and Dixie do have a soft spot for one another. Jinks doesn't exactly understand why he chases them, but he believes that "cats are supposed to hate meeces".[2] Furthermore, he doesn't mean to cause any harm on the two in some instances.
Appearances
TV series
- Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks
- The Yogi Bear Show
- 4.17 "Yogi's Birthday Party"
- Laff-A-Lympics
- Yogi's Treasure Hunt
- 3.2 "Yogi's Heroes"
- 3.3 "The Attack of Dr. Mars"
- 3.5 "Goodbye, Mr. Chump"
- 3.7 "Yogi & the Beanstalk"
- The New Yogi Bear Show
- 5.38 "Bringing Up Yogi" (no lines)
- Yo, Yogi!
- 1.11B "Of Meeces and Men"
- Wacky Races
- 2.14 "The Trial of Dick Dastardly"
- Jellystone!
Movies
Shorts
Comics
- Laff-A-Lympics
- The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera
- Deathstroke/Yogi Bear Special
- #1A "Jellystone Dark"
Biography
Debut Series
Yogi's Birthday Party
Kellogg's Corn Flakes
Crossover Era
Laff-A-Lympics
Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper
Yogi's Treasure Hunt
Yo, Yogi!
In the episode "Of Meeces and Men," Jinks runs a local cheese store, but constantly tries to remove Pixie and Dixie, due to the fact that they eat his cheese on numerous occasions. He later teams up with Dickie Dastardly and Muttley, to get rid of the two mice, which they eventually do. After numerous failed attempts of trying to get them back into the cheese store, Yogi is able to separate the teamwork between Dickie and Jinks, and get Jinks to allow the mice back in.
Wacky Reboot
Everyone's Back in Jellystone!
In Jellystone!, he works as mayor Huckleberry's personal assistant. Unlike previous iterations, he is not paired up with, nor teamed up with Pixie and Dixie. In the episode "Business", Jinks reveals that he has romantic feelings towards Huck.
Jinks' in the Funny Books
Marvels' Laff-A-Lympics
Flintstones visit New York World's Fair
Development
Mr. Jinks—along with Pixie and Dixie—were created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera as part of The Huckleberry Hound Show. They were both modeled after Tom and Jerry, respectively; though Pixie and Dixie are comprised of two mice instead of one. Despite the similarities between these cartoons and those of Tom and Jerry, they were less violent due to the budgetary restraints Hanna-Barbera had at the time. Likewise, more emphasis was put on making the cartoons rich in witty dialogue—as opposed to visual gags like in their previous work.
Originally played by Daws Butler, Mr. Jinks' voice was modeled after actor Marlon Brando (notably his early film career in the 1950s).
Gallery
- Main article: Mr. Jinks/Gallery
Behind the scenes
- In the short "Jinks Junior," Jinks is implied to have a son, which also hints that he was married at one point.
In popular culture
- In The Ren & Stimpy Show episode "The Big Shot!," Stimpy becomes the co-star of Muddy Mudskipper, where they reenact one of the many chase sequences between Yogi and Ranger Smith, respectively. Muddy tells Stimpy to get his hand out of the picnic basket, while Stimpy spouts some random quotes like "I hate meeces to pieces!"
- In the Beast Wars: Transformers episode "Beast Wars (Part 1)," Rattrap says Cheetor's new beast mode looks tacky, which instigates an angry response that he'll cut meeces to pieces, something that Mr. Jinks said to Pixie and Dixie frequently.
References
- ^ The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera: "Augie Doggie's Cheery Day" (1977).
- ^ Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks: "Jinks Junior," season 1, episode 11 (1958).
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