Huckleberry Hound (character)

This article is about the character. For other uses, see Huckleberry Hound.

Huckleberry Hound
Huck in "Astro-Nut Huck."
Species	Dog (bloodhound)
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Yogi's Gang Yogi's Treasure Hunters Yogi Yahooeys Ding-a-Ling Ka-Pow Iddy Biddy Buddy Jellystone
Other relative(s)	Unnamed great-great grandson
Marital status	Single Husband to Desert Flower in The Good, the Bad and Huckleberry Hound
Children	One son, Huckleberry Hound, Jr. Three unnamed children in The Good, the Bad and Huckleberry Hound
First appearance	HH: "Huckleberry Hound Meets Wee Willie" (1958)
Played by	Daws Butler (1958-88) Greg Burson (1990) Greg Berg (1991) Jim Conroy (2021)
Yo, Yogi!
Wacky Races
Jellystone!

Huckleberry Hound is an anthropomorphic bloodhound and the main title character of The Huckleberry Hound Show. His voice was originated by Daws Butler.

In the Jellystone! reboot, Huckleberry is the mayor of the titular town.

Character description

Huckleberry Hound is a bipedal dog with a light blue fur coat. His head has a mostly square structure and part of his muzzle is peach-colored. His eyes are sleepy and have droopy eyelids on them. He also has a black tip on his short tail. Although Huck's clothing varies in each appearance, the one element that stayed mostly consistent is his red bow tie. Various promotional images depicted him with a cooked boater hat, but this is usually not present in most media.

Huck's personality is chill, relaxing and well-intended. He speaks in a distinctive Southern drawl, talking in a way that is laid-back and calm. Although he tends to be lethargic at times, Huck is nonetheless a charming person due to his positive demeanor. Huck's signature tune is the western folk ballad "Oh My Darling, Clementine", but his rendition can be best described as tone-deaf and inaccurate.

In The Huckleberry Hound Show, Huck acted as the host to present the cartoons in each episode, like a showman doing a circus performance. He appeared in wraparounds and bridging segments, where he shared a spotlight with Yogi Bear, Pixie and Dixie, Mr. Jinks; and in seasons 3-4, Hokey Wolf. In his own cartoon segments, Huck assumes a different role and occupation in every episode. His main goal in life is to complete a task in his position seamlessly, but his attempts often backfire in dire consequences. Huck's calm personality, however, kept him from being bothered, shrugging these fates as nothing more than a little mishap. Sometimes, his dumb luck would lead him to unintended success.

Appearances

TV series

• Huckleberry Hound
  • 1.1 "Huckleberry Hound Meets Wee Willie"
  • 1.2 "Lion-Hearted Huck"
  • 1.3 "Tricky Trapper"
  • 1.4 "Sir Huckleberry Hound"
  • 1.5 "Sheriff Huckleberry"
  • 1.6 "Rustler Hustler Huck"
  • 1.7 "Freeway Patrol"
  • 1.8 "Cock-a-Doodle Huck"
  • 1.9 "Two Corny Crows"
  • 1.10 "Fireman Huck"
  • 1.11 "Dragon-Slayer Huck"
  • 1.12 "Hookey Daze"
  • 1.13 "Skeeter Trouble"
  • 1.14 "Sheep-Shape Sheepherder"
  • 1.15 "Barbecue Hound"
  • 1.16 "Hokum Smokum"
  • 1.17 "Bird House Blues"
  • 1.18 "Postman Panic"
  • 1.19 "Ski Champ Chump"
  • 1.20 "Lion Tamer Huck"
  • 1.21 "Little Red Riding Huck"
  • 1.22 "The Tough Little Termite"
  • 2.1 "Ten Pin Alley"
  • 2.2 "Grim Pilgrim"
  • 2.3 "Jolly Roger and Out"
  • 2.4 "Somebody's Lion"
  • 2.5 "A Bully Dog"
  • 2.6 "Nottingham and Yeggs"
  • 2.7 "Huck, the Giant Killer"
  • 2.8 "Cop and Saucer"
  • 2.9 "Pony Boy Huck"
  • 2.10 "Pet Vet"
  • 2.11 "Picadilly Dilly"
  • 2.12 "Wiki Waki Huck"
  • 2.13 "Huck's Hack"
  • 3.1 "Spud Dud"
  • 3.2 "Legion Bound Hound"
  • 3.3 "Science Friction"
  • 3.4 "Nuts Over Mutts"
  • 3.5 "Huck Hound's Tale"
  • 3.6 "The Unmasked Avenger"
  • 3.7 "Fast Gun Huck"
  • 3.8 "Hillbilly Huck"
  • 3.9 "Lawman Huck"
  • 3.10 "Huck and Ladder"
  • 3.11 "Astro-Nut Huck"
  • 3.12 "Cluck and Dagger"
  • 3.12 "Knight School"
  • 3.14 "Fast Gun Club"
  • 4.1 "Caveman Huck"
  • 4.2 "Huck of the Irish"
  • 4.3 "Jungle Bungle"
  • 4.4 "Bullfighter Huck"
  • 4.5 "Ben Huck"
  • 4.6 "Huck dé Paree"
  • 4.7 "Two for Tee Vee"
  • 4.8 "Bars and Stripes"
  • 4.9 "The Scrubby Brush Man"
• Loopy De Loop
  • 1.35 "Not in Nottingham" (mentioned)
• Yogi's Gang
• Yogi's Treasure Hunt
• Fender Bender 500
• Yo, Yogi!
• The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
  • 4.2B "Irwin Gets a Clue" (no lines)
• Wacky Races
  • 2.32 "Slow and Steady"
• Animaniacs
  • 1.2C "Suffragate City" (no lines)
• Jellystone!

Movies

• Yogi's Ark Lark
• Casper's First Christmas
• Yogi's First Christmas
• Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper
• Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose

Specials

• Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration
• The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo (no lines)

Comics

• Huckleberry Hound (Dell Comics)
• Huckleberry Hound (Gold Key Comics)
• Huckleberry Hound (Charlton Comics)
• Laff-A-Lympics
• Cartoon Network Christmas Spectacular
  • #1C "Mail Must Go Through"
• Exit Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles
• Green Lantern/Huckleberry Hound Special
  • #1 "The Test"

Books

• Hokey Wolf and Ding-a-Ling featuring Huckleberry Hound
• Huckleberry Hound: The Case of the Friendly Monster

Video games

• Hanna-Barbera's Turbo Toons

Biography

Crossover Era

Fender Bender 500

Huck was paired up with Snagglepuss, and was the driver of the Half Dog Half Cat Halftrack, which was designed to be a portable stage.

Huck Sells Out

In The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy episode "Irwin Gets a Clue," he's one of the Hanna Barbera characters ran over by Hoss Delgado's truck.

Huck in the Funny Books

The Not So Funny Books

In Exit Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, he is a closeted gay man who is best friends with Snagglepuss. After being outed and assaulted by his lover Quick Draw McGraw during the Stonewall raid, he commits suicide.

Gallery

Main article: Huckleberry Hound (character)/Gallery

Toys and merchandise

Main article: Huckleberry Hound (character)/Toys

Behind the scenes

• According to a 1982 calendar, he was born on January 17th.

In popular culture

• In the Robot Chicken "Laff-A-Munich" skit of the episode "Ban on the Fun," he is seen among the other Yogi Yahooeys teammates to be killed by the Really Rottens in a Munich-themed style.
• In the Daria episode "Lane Miserables," Trent mentions watching Huckleberry as a kid, noting that he and Huckleberry Finn don't have a lot in common. Daria then points out that Huckleberry was more of a closer.
• In The Simpsons episode "Behind the Laughter," Huckleberry, voiced by Karl Wiedergott, confesses that he was so gay, but he couldn't tell anyone.
• Huckleberry is Freddy Funko's co-host on The Freddy Funko Show.