Big Bad Wolf

You may also be looking for MGM's variation of the same character known as the Wolf, or McWolf, when Hanna-Barbera had the character during Tom & Jerry Kids.

Big Bad Wolf
Little Red Riding Huck
Species	Wolf
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Three Little Pigs
Father	Not mentioned
Mother	Not mentioned
Played by	Little Red Riding Huck, Hoodwinked Bear, Oinks and Boinks, and Hokey Dokey: Daws Butler Kooky Loopy: Arnold Stang
File:Big Bad Wolf (YB 211).png Hoodwinked Bear
File:Big Bad Wolf (YB 301).png Oinks and Boinks
File:Big Bad Wolf (Hokey Wolf).png Hokey Dokey
Kooky Loopy

The Big Bad Wolf is the main antagonist who appears in several fairy tales, including the Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood. He has appeared several different times in Hanna-Barbera cartoons, although he has a new design through each appearance.

Character description

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Appearances

TV series

• Huckleberry Hound
  • 1.21 "Little Red Riding Huck"
• Yogi Bear
  • 2.11 "Hoodwinked Bear
  • 3.01 "Oinks and Boinks
• Hokey Wolf
  • 1.2 "Hokey Dokey"
• Dexter's Laboratory
  • 2.5A "Dee Dee Locks and the Ness Monster"

Shorts

• Loopy De Loop
  • 18. "Kooky Loopy"

Behind the scenes

• The archetype for the Big Bad Wolf has roots in European folklore, in which wolves were often depicted as malevolent and dangerous. This was especially evident in various tales, including Aesop's fables such as Peter and the Wolf, and the collected stories of Grimm's Fairy Tales, including Little Red Riding Hood. This archetype has since become a generic stand-in for a predatory antagonist in many stories.
  • In the context of Hanna-Barbera cartoons, the Big Bad Wolf was also influenced by his portrayal in Disney's 1933 Silly Symphony short, The Three Little Pigs, which provided a more anthropomorphized take on the character.
• Tex Avery's Wolf character is inspired by the Big Bad Wolf archetype, but with a more trademark personality that invoked many of Avery's gags.
• Loopy De Loop is an inversion of the standard Big Bad Wolf character, where instead of acting antagonistic towards innocent humans, Loopy attempts to be nice with them in hopes of clearing his species' reputation.