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'''''Chilly Willy''''' is a cartoon character created by the [[Walter Lantz]] Studio. He is a penguin whose original motivation consisted of a desire to find warmth, unable to stand the cold. He had a precursor in Pablo, the Cold-Blooded Penguin, a character with identical motivation. Pablo starred in a segment of ''[[The Three Caballeros]]'' (1944) but was a one-shot character. Animation buffs Giannalberto Bendazzi and Don Markstein dismissed Chilly as a mere [[Captain Ersatz|Clone]] of Pablo, but it is unclear whether Lantz was familiar with the earlier character. The idea of a penguin protagonist was reportedly suggested to him by mystery writer Stuart Palmer (1905-1968).

 

Chilly was revived in episodes of "The New Woody Woodpecker Show" (1999-2002) but did not return to prominence. The character was an also-ran in the comic book medium. He headlined nine issues from [[Dell Comics]] between 1956 and 1962, otherwise only receiving stories in the back pages of magazines featuring [[Woody Woodpecker]] as their main star.

 

== 1953 ==

* ''Chilly Willy'', directed by Paul J. Smith.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: In "I'm Cold", chilly lives in a village called "Colder'nell"

* [[Great White Hunter]]: Colonel Pot Shot. He has a vast collection of stuffed animals, each a trophy from a previous hunting expedition.

* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Colonel Pot Shot. With the name of the trope specifically mentioned in his description.

* [[Ironic Fear]]: Toyed with. Chilly hates the cold, and is always in fear of freezing to death. He is a penguin.

* [[Polar Bears and Penguins]]: Chilly's opponent from ''The Legend of Rockabye Point'' is a polar bear. Later shorts introduced Chilli's best friend, Maxie the Polar Bear.

* [[Stock Animal Diet]]: When Chilly is after food instead of warmth, the food tends to be fish.

* [[The Voiceless]]: Chilly has a voice in his original appearance, but he is completely silent in the two shorts by [[Tex Avery]]. In subsequent shorts, Chilly would either have regular conversations or stay silent for the duration.

 

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[[Category:The Fifties]]

[[Category:Western Animation]]

[[Category:Western Animation of the 1950s]]

[[Category:Western Animation of the 1960s]]

[[Category:Western Animation of the 1970s]]