Hokey Wolf (character)

This article is about the main title character. For the TV series, see Hokey Wolf (TV series).

Hokey Wolf (character)
File:Hokey Wolf.png Hokey Wolf in "Lamb-Basted Wolf".
Species	Wolf (Timber)
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Ding-a-Ling Yogi Yahooeys Yogi's Gang
Father	Not mentioned
Mother	Unnamed mother mentioned in "Movies are Bitter than Ever".
Other relative(s)	Unnamed Great-Uncle mentioned in Jellystone Jollies issue 10: "The Roughing It Bit".
Marital status	Single
First appearance	HW: "Tricks and Treats"
Played by	Daws Butler (1961-1988) Matt Hurwitz (1991)
Hokey Wolf and Ding-a-Ling featuring Huckleberry Hound
File:Hokey Wolf - HB-AAL.png Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
Deathstroke/Yogi Bear Special

Hokey Wolf is the smooth-talking title character in the Hokey Wolf shorts. He was voiced by Daws Butler impersonating Phil Silvers. He is often considered the main antagonist in some of his appearances through out the years.

Hokey will also appear in the upcoming HBO Max original series Jellystone!

Character description

He is a greedy, lazy, slacking con-artist wolf, trying to avoid work by getting the money and food out of other people himself in which, he would constantly go around conning people. Usually, he sets up his "victims" by taking advantage of them, mostly by complementing them on their talent, skill or performance, so they would fall in Hokey's trap, then he pulls the full cover over them by stealing their "needs" for himself. this would usually backfire in the end with the person he conned either shooting at him with a gun or violently beat him up.

During his misadventures, he would usually be followed by his faithful sidekick, Ding-a-Ling, a younger, smaller, slightly dim wolf who wants to follow in his "hero's" con-artist footsteps and would cheer him on during his schemes.

In later appearances, Hokey appears by himself, less villainous and less willing to con others, but still has some villainous actions up his sleeve.

In addition, he is a timber wolf with brown fur, a peach snout and a black nose, usually depicted wearing a violet colored pork pie hat, a white collar, and a teal bow tie.

Appearances

TV series

• Hokey Wolf (appeared in all 28 episodes)
• The Yogi Bear Show
  • 2.7 "Yogi's Birthday Party"
• Yogi's Gang
• Laff-A-Lympics (appeared in all 24 episodes)
• Yogi's Treasure Hunt
  • 1.7 "Yogi and the Unicorn"
  • 2.6 "The Great American Treasure"
  • 2.8 "The Moaning Liza"
  • 3.1 "Snow White & the 7 Treasure Hunters"
  • 3.2 "Yogi's Heroes"
  • 3.3 "The Attack of Dr. Mars"
  • 3.4 "20,000 Leaks Under the Sea"
  • 3.5 "Goodbye, Mr. Chump"
  • 3.6 "Yogi Bear on the Air"
  • 3.7 "Yogi and the Beanstalk"
  • 3.8 "The Greed Monster"
• Yo, Yogi!
  • 1.6 "Super Duper Snag"
  • 1.8 "Polly Want a Safe Cracker"

Specials

• Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration

Movies

• Yogi's Ark Lark
• Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper
• The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound

Comics

• Huckleberry Hound (Dell Comics)
• Flintstones vist New York World's Fair
• Yogi and his Toy
• Laff-A-Lympics from Marvel (appeared in all 13 issues)

Biography

Crossover Era

Laff-A-Lympics

When Yogi was asked by has buddies at Hanna-Barbera to gather teammates for the Yogi Yahooeys, Yogi thought about his old friend Hokey. Yogi tracked Hokey down to a place called "Lazy Lake", where he offering the fish a free demonstration of frying pans. When asked about joining the team, Hokey's response went some like "How many sheep are in it for me?".

Funtastic Treasure Hunt

In the episode "Yogi and the Unicorn", he first appears when Huckleberry Hound comes to drop off the "goodies" to him, after Huckleberry reveals who he is to Hokey, they go off outside to look for the unicorn.

In the episode "The Great American Treasure", he makes a cameo in the audience, while watching an interview with the Treasure Hunters.

In the episode "The Moaning Liza", he plays the role of the judge, after Snagglepuss is accused of stealing the Moaning Liza, after Snagglepuss is found guilty, he sentences Snagglepuss to death.

In the episode "Snow White & the 7 Treasure Hunters", he acts as the mirror of the "Snow White" story.

In the episode "Yogi's Heroes", he is the host of the interview with Yogi Bear and Dick Dastardly.

In the episode "The Attack of Dr. Mars", after Dr. Mars reveals that the earth will blow up in an interview, Hokey runs off to hide in a bunker.

In the episode "20,000 Leaks Under the Sea", he takes the role as the judge after El Kabong hits Mike Walnuts on the head by mistake.

In the episode "Goodbye, Mr. Chump", he plays the role of the game show host while the Treasure Hunters are trying to get Quick Draw back to normal.

In the episode "Yogi Bear on the Air", he and Mr. Jinks, as doctors, try to figure out what's wrong with a woman.

In the episode "Yogi and the Beanstalk", he attempted to kidnap Magnifico the Great's wife, Melody, only for him to be eaten by an uncannily large, Peter Potamus. Later, he is nearly arrested by Officer Dibble for his crime, but manages to trick Dibble into thinking he'll become a star, in which Dibble's response is "Wait till Top Cat here's about this!".

In the episode "The Greed Monster", he appears in a fantasy when Huckleberry and Quick Draw become famous singers.

Hokey in the Funny Books

Yogi is framed for sheep-stealing

In "Don't Give up the Sheep" Hokey steals a sheep from a farmer who was given permission by the government to have his sheep at Jellystone and frames Yogi for it. Later, he begins to feel guilty for framing Yogi and decides to return the sheep, only for the farmer to chase him away with a cane.

Yogi and his Toy

In "Wild Bees" story of issue 23, Hokey comes up with a scheme by selling a beehive to Huckleberry, despite Huck not owning any bees and having no use for it. Hokey then tries to get more money out of Huck by getting wild bees and selling them to Huck, after sticking his cane in the beehive, the bees become angry with him and start chasing him, however Huck manages to catch the bees with the beehive Hokey sold him earlier. After trying once more to get money out of Huck, the bees recognized his voice and didn't forget what he did earlier, and definitely won't let him get away from them again, causing them to lift the hive up in the air (much like a rocket) and fall on Hokey's head, then started stinging him as he ran off, making him learn his lesson in the end.

In "Ding's Old Banger" story of issue 27, Hokey scams Ding-a-Ling by selling Ding an old car that's engine doesn't even work, later however, the garbage man buys the car and renames it "Ding's Thing", after this, it was a happy ending for everyone (except Hokey), Ding-a-Ling got his money back, the garage man had a new car and Hokey got his tail scorched by the garage man's new car, which severed him right for cheating.

Toys and merchandise

R. Dakin & Co.

Main: R. Dakin & Co.

• Hokey Wolf Dakin figure (1971)

Hokey Wolf Dakin figure with removable hat, collar and bowtie.

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Gallery

Main article: Hokey Wolf/Gallery

Behind the scenes

• In a coloring book, Hokey's birthday cake has six candles indicating he is six years old (40 in wolf years).

In popular culture

• In the Samurai Jack episode "Aku's Fairy Tales", the wolf is a parody of Hokey.