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'''''Foghorn Leghorn''''' is a recurring character of the [[Looney Tunes]] and [[Merrie Melodies]] short subjects, created by [[Robert McKimson]]. Despite only starring in 28 short cartoons between [[The Golden Age of Animation|1946]] and [[The Dark Age of Animation|1963]], he is still considered a major star of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons.
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Foghorn considers himself the life of the party. He demonstrates this by tricking baby chickenhawks out of capturing him, abusing Mandrake the barnyard dog by beating him with a wooden board and painting his tongue green, or babysitting a genius chick named Eggbert in order to cozy up to his widow hen mother.
Foghorn made several appearances in ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'', made a cameo in the ending of ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'', and appeared in two of the 1990s [[Chuck Jones]] shorts. He also appeared in ''[[
Currently, ol' Foggy's appearances are infrequent, aside from commercial work for KFC
* [[Walky Talky Hawky]] (1946)
* Crowing Pains (1947)
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* Mother was a Rooster (1962)
* Banty Raids (1963)
* False Hare (1964): A [[Bugs Bunny]] cartoon, but Foggy makes a cameo.
* The Yolk's On You (1980): Cameo, part of Daffy Duck's Easter Egg-Citement
* [[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]] (1988): Cameos in the ending.
* Superior Duck (1996): Cameo appearance.
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* Pullet Surprise (1997)
* Tweety's High-Flying Adventuure (2000)
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* [[Bratty Half
* [[Breakout Character]]: The original short was meant to be a vehicle for Henery Hawk, but the "loud
* [[Crazy Prepared]]: "Fortunately, I keep mah feathers numbered for just such an emergency!" This joke [[If It Was Funny the First Time|was used in ''two'' cartoons.]]
* [[The Dark Age of Animation]]
* [[Dragged Into Drag]]: In ''Banty Raids'', Foghorn is [[Bound and Gagged|bound and beak-tied]] and forcibly dressed in drag by a machine, then married to a horny bantam rooster.
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** The second Foggy short ''Crowing Pains'' features the only instance of [[Sylvester Cat and Tweety Bird|a certain black cat]] living on the farm.
* [[Escalating War]]: Many cartoons centered on the perpetual Foghorn vs. Mandrake back-and-forth. Which character starts the conflict varies from toon to toon, but Foggy usually ends up getting the worst of it.
* [[I Resemble That Remark]]: [[The Marx Brothers| Groucho Marx]] may be the [[Trope Namer]], but Foggy could well be the [[Trope Codifier]].
* [[If It Was Funny the First Time]]: The joke he makes about keeping his feathers numbered was used in at least two cartoons.
* [[The Golden Age of Animation]]
* [[Goofy Print Underwear]]: In one cartoon when his feathers are blown off he is shown to have polka-dotted boxers underneath them.
* [[Jerkass]]: To an extent, Foghorn is an obnoxious loudmouth and a [[Screwy Squirrel|prankster]], but does have [[Jerk
* [[Leitmotif]]: "Camptown Races" for ol' Foggy, either played on the soundtrack or sung by Foghorn himself.
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Foghorn" describes the character's loud, overbearing voice, and leghorn describes a breed of chicken. And both are intended to resemble "Claghorn", the original inspiration for the character.
* [[The Millennium Age of Animation]]
* [[Motor Mouth]] Aaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnd how!
* [[No Indoor Voice]]: Take a wild guess, I say, a WILD GUESS.
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* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]: Henery Hawk, who is a speck compared to the mammoth Leghorn, yet can clobber him and effortlessly drag him!
** In ''Walky Talky Hawky'', Henery drags off in a line Foghorn, Barnyard Dog and ''a horse''.
* [[The Renaissance Age of Animation]]
* [[Rolling Pin of Doom]]: Miss Prissy tries this in order to get a husband in one cartoon. After she tries it on Foggy, he advises her, "You're going about it all wrong. You don't bat 'em on the bean with a rolling pin. ''(Aside, to the camera)'' [[Deadpan Snarker| ''That'' comes later]]."
* [[Rube Goldberg Device]]: Occasionally either Foghorn or Mandrake gets dragged through one of these or has theirs backfire on them.
* [[Screwy Squirrel]]: Foghorn seems to enjoy pulling pranks on the dog responsible for keeping him and the other chickens safe, for no reason at all. Although, sometimes the dog ''is'' the one who starts it...
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* [[Strictly Formula]]: Averted for the most part. While his bouts with Henery Hawk often utilized a recurring formula, Foghorn's shorts were rather diverse compared to a lot of other characters in the ''Looney Tunes'' series, never quite sticking to one running scenario for more than two or three instances.
* [[Talks Like a Simile]]: "Nice girl, but about as sharp as sack of wet mice."
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Foggy and Barnyard Dawg, sometimes.
** Also clearly applies to Foggy and his old college roommate, Rhode Island Red; in the one episode where he shows up, Foggy does ''everything'' he can to get the guy to leave, except just telling him to leave, suggesting the trope applies to them. Indeed, Red is pretty annoying.
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