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* 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]].<ref>[[Meloday Iza|Iza, Melody]] ([[July 30]], [[2021]]) [https://twitter.com/izaart/status/1421143072029569027 "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.</ref>
* 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]].<ref>[[Meloday Iza|Iza, Melody]] ([[July 30]], [[2021]]) [https://twitter.com/izaart/status/1421143072029569027 "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.</ref>
* Baba Looey is renamed Pepe Trueno in the Spanish dub for 'Quick Draw McGraw'
* Baba Looey is renamed Pepe Trueno in the Spanish dub for 'Quick Draw McGraw'
** For '[[Jellystone!]]', Bobbie Louie is renamed to Pepa Trueno
** For ''[[Jellystone!]]'', Bobbie Louie is renamed to Pepa Trueno


==In popular culture==
==In popular culture==

Revision as of 05:42, 11 December 2021

Baba Looey
Baba Looey.png
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)
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Quick Draw McGraw
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Wacky Races
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Jellystone!

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 "Babysitter," he is seen at a morgue. In "Juror in Court," he and Quick Draw appear in a Kama Sutra book, performing the "Cowboy" position. In "Droopy Botox", his first alive appearance, he is a paperboy.

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

Based on a true story

Baba Looey makes a background cameo in Exit Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles. In the final issue, He's talking to someone on set of Quick Draw's animation studio.

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]
  • Baba Looey is renamed Pepe Trueno in the Spanish dub for 'Quick Draw McGraw'
    • For Jellystone!, Bobbie Louie is renamed to Pepa Trueno

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 did Quick Draw McGraw always hung around with that "freaky little mule", referring to Baba Looey.

References