Difference between revisions of "Baba Looey"

Baba Looey
	; Baba in "Dynamite Fright."
Species	Burro
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Quick Draw McGraw; Snuffles; Yogi's Gang
Father	Not mentioned
Mother	Not mentioned
First appearance	QDMG: "Lamb Chopped" (1959)
Played by	Daws Butler (1959-1988); Neil Ross (1990-1991); Rob Paulsen (2000-2007); Jenny Lorenzo (2021)
	; Quick Draw McGraw
	; Wacky Races
	; Jellystone!

Revision as of 21:30, 29 November 2021

Baba Looey is an anthropomorphic Mexican burro who stars as a main character in the Quick Draw McGraw shorts. His voice was originated by Daws Butler using a Mexican accent.

In the Jellystone! reboot, Baba is a girl called Bobbie Louie, and is Cuban rather than Mexican. She is the head of Jellystone's Small Business Better Business Bureau of Small Business. She is voiced by Jenny Lorenzo.

Character description

Biography

Debut series

Yogi's Birthday Party

Kellogg's Corn Flakes

Crossover Era

It's Yogi's Gang

Yogi's Ark Lark

Yogi's Treasure Hunt

The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound

Yo, Yogi!

Jellystone!

I Am Weasel cameo

An elderly Baba Looey resides in an retirement home for cartoon sidekicks in the I Am Weasel episode "I Am My Lifetime"

Harvey Birdman

Baba Looey appears in the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode "Guitar Control," where he hangs out with Peanut. He is later accidentally killed by Peanut, who wanted to mess with Quick Draw's guitars. In "Droopy Botox," he is seen at the crematorium. In "Juror in Court," he and Quick Draw appear in a Kama Sutra book, performing the "Cowboy" position.

Wacky Races (2017) cameo

In the episode "The Wacky Always Races Twice," he played the role of one of the "Low Lives" that Penelope Pitstop had to avoid.

Baba in the Funny Books

Marvel's Laff-A-Lympics

Flintstones vist New York World's Fair

Scooby-Doo teams up with Quick Draw

Development

Gallery

Main article: Baba Looey/Gallery

Toys and merchandise

Behind the scenes

During production on Jellystone!, Melody Iza, herself a transgender artist, suggested for Baba to be turned into the transgender character of Bobbie mid production. Iza suggested the same change to Loopy De Loop and Squiddly Diddly.^[1]

In popular culture

On 'The Howard Stern Show, Executive Producer Gary De'llAlbate mistakenly called Baba Looey "Baba Booey" when discussing about how he wanted to purchase an animation cel of Quick Draw and Baba Looey. "Baba Booey" then became Gary's nickname on the show.
In the Drawn Together episode "Breakfast Food Killer," Baba Looey appears as Baba Booey who is waiting in line to become the next mascot of Quackers. He is seen jumping around and attacking people while yelling "Baba Booey."
In the Daria Episode "Lane Miserables", Trent asks Daria why Quick Draw McGraw hung around with that "freaky little mule", referring to Baba Looey.

References

^ Iza, Melody (July 30, 2021) "I got to do some concept designs for some characters early on, especially when we were trans-ing genders. Helped suggest Baba Looey become Bobbie Louise & Squiddly 💖💕🏳️‍⚧️". Twitter. Retrieved November 10, 2021.

[1] Iza, Melody (July 30, 2021) "I got to do some concept designs for some characters early on, especially when we were trans-ing genders. Helped suggest Baba Looey become Bobbie Louise & Squiddly 💖💕🏳️‍⚧️". Twitter. Retrieved November 10, 2021.

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 * On 'The Howard Stern Show'', Executive Producer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Dell%27Abate Gary De'llAlbate] mistakenly called Baba Looey "Baba Booey" when discussing about how he wanted to purchase an animation cel of Quick Draw and Baba Looey. "Baba Booey" then became Gary's nickname on the show.
 * In the ''Drawn Together'' episode "Breakfast Food Killer," Baba Looey appears as Baba Booey who is waiting in line to become the next mascot of Quackers. He is seen jumping around and attacking people while yelling "Baba Booey."
-* In the ''Daria'' Episode "Lane Miserables", Trent asks Daria why Quick Draw McGraw hung out with that "freaky little mule", referring to Baba Looey.
+* In the ''Daria'' Episode "Lane Miserables", Trent asks Daria why Quick Draw McGraw hung around with that "freaky little mule", referring to Baba Looey.
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