Muttley

Muttley
Species	Dog (mixed breed)
Gender	Male
Member of	Vulture Squadron
Affiliation	Dick Dastardly Klunk Zilly
Goals	Assisting Dick on cheating the Wacky Races Catch Yankee Doodle Pigeon
Other relative(s)	One cousin, Mumbly One aunt, Mrs. Mumbly
First appearance	WR: "See-Saw to Arkansas" (1968)
Played by	Don Messick (1968–91, 2020) Billy West (2006, 2008, 2017-2020) Dana Snyder (2024)
File:D&M Muttley.png Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines
File:YTH Muttley.png Yogi's Treasure Hunt
Fender Bender 500
Yo, Yogi!
Wacky Races Forever
Peugeot commercial
File:WRL Muttley.png Wacky Raceland
File:WR 2017 Muttley.png Wacky Races
File:D&M DC Muttley.png Dastardly & Muttley
Scoob!
Jellystone!

Muttley is a talking anthropomorphic dog and the secondary antagonist of the Wacky Races animated franchise. His voice was originated by Don Messick.

In his debut series, Muttley is the sidekick of Dick Dastardly, the driver of the Mean Machine (designated #00), and a villainous cheater who competes in the Wacky Races. The duo's usual strategy is to succeed by setting all kinds of traps for the other racers to trip on; but most of them end up backfiring and leave the two at a constant disadvantage. Muttley is most recognizable for his wheezing laugh, which usually happens at the expense of Dastardly's failings.

Character description

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Appearances

TV series

• Wacky Races (1968)
  • 1.1A "See-Saw to Arkansas"
  • 1.1B "Creepy Trip to Lemon Twist"
  • 1.2A "Why Oh Why Wyoming"
  • 1.2B "Beat the Clock to Yellow Rock"
  • 1.3A "Mish Mash Missouri Dash"
  • 1.3B "Idaho a Go Go"
  • 1.4A "The Baja-Ha-Ha Race"
  • 1.4B "Real Gone Ape"
  • 1.5A "Scout Scatter"
  • 1.5B "Free Wheeling to Wheeling"
  • 1.6A "By Rollercoaster to Upsan Downs"
  • 1.6B "The Speedy Arkansas Traveller"
  • 1.7A "The Zippy Mississippi Race"
  • 1.7B "Traffic Jambalaya"
  • 1.8A "Hot Race at Chillicothe"
  • 1.8B "The Wrong Lumber Race"
  • 1.9A "Rhode Island Road Race"
  • 1.9B "The Great Cold Rush Race"
  • 1.10A "Wacky Race to Ripsaw"
  • 1.10B "Oils Well That Ends Well"
  • 1.11A "Whizzin' to Washington"
  • 1.11B "The Dipsy Doodle Desert Derby"
  • 1.12A "Eeny, Miny Missouri Go!"
  • 1.12B "The Super Silly Swamp Sprint"
  • 1.13A "The Dopey Dakota Derby"
  • 1.13B "Dash to Delaware"
  • 1.14A "Speeding for Smogland"
  • 1.14B "Race Rally to Raleigh"
  • 1.15A "Ballpoint, Penn. or Bust!"
  • 1.15B "Fast Track to Hackensack"
  • 1.16A "The Ski Resort Road Race"
  • 1.16B "Overseas Hi-Way Race"
  • 1.17A "Race to Racine"
  • 1.17B "The Carlsbad or Bust Bash"
• Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines
• Pound Puppies
  • 1.9 "Mount Muttmore" (cliff sculpture)
• Yogi's Treasure Hunt
• Yo, Yogi!
• Uncle Grandpa
  • 2.21 "Uncle Grandpa Retires"
• Wacky Races (2017)
• Jellystone!
  • 1.12 "Lady Danjjer: Is It Wrong to Long for Kabong?" (mentioned)
  • 2.6 "LAFF Games"

Movies

• The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound (no lines)
• Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon (poster)
• Top Cat Begins (drawing)
• Scoob!
• Space Jam: A New Legacy (no lines)

Specials

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

Shorts

• Wacky Races Forever

Comics

• Wacky Races
• Laff-a-Lympics
  • Issue #13:" No Laff-a-Lympics Today!"
• Hanna-Barbera Presents
  • Issue #2A: "Madcap Manhattan Motoring"
  • Issue #2B: "Trekking to Tanzania"
  • Issue #7A: "Desert Victory"
  • Issue #7B: "The Jaded Japanese Jaunt!"
• Cartoon Network Presents
  • Issue #7A: "Drag Racing"
  • Issue #7B: "Out of the Blue and Into the Red"
  • Issue #11A: "Fair Play"
  • Issue #15A: "Drive and Driveability"
  • Issue #15B: "Media Madness"
  • Issue #18A: "The Murgatroid Asteroid"
  • Issue #18B: "Oil's Well That Ends Well"
• Wacky Raceland
• Dastardly & Muttley
• Scooby-Doo! Team-Up
  • Issue #44: "Just Plane Scared"

Books

• The Official Guide: Penelope Pitstop

Video games

• Wacky Races
• Wacky Races: Crash & Dash (Wii)
• Wacky Races: Crash & Dash (DS)

Biography

Funtastic Treasure Hunt

Muttley's cameo.

Yo, Yogi!

As a puppy, Muttley does very little aside from simply snicker at Dickie's failures.

Wacky Races: The Next Generation

Years after the original races, Dick Dastardly and Muttley take part in new races, but this time work for Mr. Viceroy, in some sinister plot that was never revealed because the series only existed as a five minute pilot pitch.

New York Love

A dumpster in New York City has a design of his face laughing and wearing a crown.

Everyone's Back in Jellystone!

In the episode "Lady Danjjer: Is It Wrong to Long for Kabong?," Loopy mentions her first kiss was with Muttley and apparently he was a bad kisser.

Muttley Sells Out

In the Pound Puppies episode "Secret Agent Pup," Clawfinger drives to his base in Mount Muttmore, which has the faces of Muttley, Huckleberry, Scooby, and Doggie Daddy sculpted into it.

In the Duck Dodgers episode "M.M.O.R.P.D.," Duck Dodgers briefly turns into Muttley. He even does his laugh.

In the Uncle Grandpa episode "Uncle Grandpa Retires," Dastardly and Muttley are watching the Big Fat Race go by, with Dastardly rooting for Evil Wizard, and Muttley snickers.

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  Evil Wizard's biggest fans.

Development

The original model sheets for Muttley had his name as both Muttley and Sniffer.

Gallery

Main article: Muttley/Gallery

Behind the scenes

• In the Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines episode "Sappy Birthday," his birthday is revealed to be on April 16.

In popular culture

• In "My Husband Next Door," an episode of the British sitcom George & Mildred, George is on holiday time at home and wants to spend it watching TV instead of helping Mildred plan on redecorating the lounge, which starts off with watching Wacky Races, but Mildred says he can do without Dastardly and Muttley for once.
• In The Simpsons episode "Children of a Lesser Clod," Comic Book Guy is shown wearing a Muttley T-shirt to a basketball match at the YMCA.
• BBC Two's Dead Ringers TV series has an episode (yes, "an episode," #lostmedia) that merges Top Gear with Wacky Races. Jeremy Clarkson, the host of Top Gear, is now Dick Dastardly riding in the Mean Machine chasing Penelope to over her car and be the pretty one. With the help of his babe magnet and Muttley also appearing as a traffic guard to stop her.
• In the Teen Titans episode "Crash," Gizmo mumbles, "Razzle frazzle Titans," after Robin accidentally shoots him into Cyborg's butt instead of his brain where he should've been sent to remove a computer virus. It happens again at the end of the episode, when both Gizmo and the virus exit Cyborg's body, with Gizmo still in his shrunken state, leaving him to be chased by the virus.
• In the Family Guy episode "April in Quahog," Peter isn't having a good time at jury duty, making a joke about the vending machines being out of order, too, which makes Brian snicker like Muttley, while also wearing an aviator cap and scarf, as Muttley did in Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines.
• In the Japanese manga Super Mario 4 Koma Manga Theater, Dastardly and Muttley are seen in the background of a panel.

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Dead Ringers (radio)

• "Episode 4" (series 2): There is a sketch called Police Crash Bang Wallop (also a parody of Police Camera Action!), presented by Alistair Stewart, in which Lazy Luke and Blubber, Professor Pat Pending, and Dick and Muttley are described as a bunch of boy racers who are flagrantly disregarding the rules of the road. They are said to be repentant, although Dick says, "Drat and double drat," followed by Muttley's snicker and laugh.
• "Episode Three" (series 5): In response to Elton John singing a non-Disney song, Phil Collins also sings a non-Disney song set to the tune of "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)," about Dick losing against the Ant Hill Mob, the Mean Machine being cut in half, and punching Muttley in the nose when Muttley laughs at him. In typical fashion, we then hear Dick ask for Muttley's help, who just laughs.

South Park

Main article: South Park

• "Handicar:" Dastardly and Muttley are reported by CNN to be making a comeback in the new Wacky Races, which uses photos of their regular younger selves, but in the present, they have both grown old. During the race, they naturally attempt to cheat by cutting down trees to block the other racers. It doesn't work and their car ends up being hijacked by Nathan and Mimsy.
• "South ParQ Vaccination Special:" The duo of Dastardly and Muttley celebrate the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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