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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.

 

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* [[Angry Guard Dog]]: Mostly averted. Smedley is essentially a guard dog in most of his roles. He is rarely actually angry, mostly calm and determined.

* [[Bad Boss]]: Smedley tends to have a different boss in each episode. But they all have common points in being verbally abusive to him, several were physically abusive, and Colonel Pot Shot seemed eager to shoot at his employee. A common joke of the series is that Smedley is trying to rationalize and excuse their behavior.

* [[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]]