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[[File:MrMagoo_6559.jpg|frame|"Oh, Magoo! You've done it again!"]]
 
Quincy Magoo, a nearsighted old gentleman voiced by character actor [[GilligansGilligan's Island|Jim Backus]], created in the waning years of [[The Golden Age of Animation]], is the most popular character created by the [[Columbia Cartoons|UPA animation studio]]. Most of the humor in Mr. Magoo's cartoons came from his [[Blind Mistake|visual handicap]]. Aside from his animated shorts and assorted TV specials, Mr. Magoo has appeared in:
* ''1001 Arabian Nights'', a 1959 feature film<ref>the first of only two produced at UPA, the other being ''[[Gay Purr-ee]]''</ref>, a version of ''[[Aladdin (Literaturenovel)|Aladdin]]'' with Magoo as Aladdin's uncle;
* ''Mr. Magoo's [[Yet Another Christmas Carol|Christmas Carol]]'', a 1962 hour-long [[Christmas Special]], an [[Animated Adaptation]] of [[Charles Dickens (Creator)|Charles Dickens]]' ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' ([[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|obviously]]);
* ''The Mr. Magoo Show'' in the 1960s, later rerun on [[USA Network]];
* ''[http://www.archive.org/details/afana_jose_inside_magoo Inside Magoo]'', a 1960 [[Quarter Hour Short]] sponsored by the American Cancer Society;
* ''The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo'', a 1964 prime-time series on [[NBC]], in which Magoo re-enacted famous literary works;
* ''What's New, Mr. Magoo?'', a 1977 [[Saturday Morning Cartoon]] on [[CBS]]<ref>made by [[De Patie DePatie-Freleng Enterprises]]; UPA had gone out of business by that point</ref>;
* A [[Live Action Adaptation]] starring Leslie Nielsen.
* ''Kung Fu Magoo'', a 2010 animated film by Mexican studio Anima Estudios<ref>produced in English, obviously</ref> where Magoo and his nephew go evil-busting during the supervillain olympics.
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* [[Blind Driving]]: Magoo in his [[Cool Car]].
* [[Blind Mistake]]: The central element of Magoo's comedy.
** When Magoo took on the role of [[Don Quixote (Literature)|Don Quixote]], this became the mechanism by which he identified his Dulcinea.
* [[Blind Without'Em]]: Not only is Magoo blind without glasses, he never had'em in the first place. This is the cause of much of his trademark comedy, although it is toned down somewhat when he is portraying a character other than himself, such Ebenezer Scrooge. The original shorts revealed that Magoo uses a huge magnifiying glass when he's reading at home and owns a pair of glasses, but refuses to wear them out of stubborn pride.
* [[Cameo]]: [[Gerald McBoing-Boing]] appeared in several of the shorts, and portrayed Tiny Tim in ''Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol''.