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Many characters on other shows are known to enjoy watching [[Heckle and Jeckle]], including [[Happy Days|Fonzie]], [[Laverne and Shirley|Lenny and Squiggy]], and [[Lost|Jack, while imprisoned by the Others]].
Together with the rest of the classic Terrytoons package, Heckle and Jeckle vanished from American TV in about 1990—because the USA Network, owner of the license, changed management and decided to simply sit on the cartoons. Ever since, the characters have slowly been sliding down the memory hole. Today, there are many who misremember the black birds as having been black stereotypes (much like Buzzy The Crow of [[Famous Studios]] or the crows in ''[[
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* The Talking Magpies (1946)
* The Uninvited Pests (1946)
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* Messed Up Movie Makers (1966)
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* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: The first cartoon listed, "The Talking Magpies," was actually a Farmer Al Falfa cartoon. The two magpies shown at the start are a married couple whose squabbling over their nest disturbs Al Falfa and his dog (an early version of Dimwit). As Heckle and Jeckle took their more known forms in "The Uninvited Pests," they were voiced by Syd Raymond (Jeckle's voice wasn't the familiar British accent; that would come when Ned Sparks took over as the birds' voices).
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: As much of con artists, vagabonds and reprobates they were depicted as, Heckle and Jeckle could also use their wiles to combat bad guys. "Blue Plate Symphony," "Sno Fun" and "Hair Cut-Ups" are good examples. "Hair Cut-Ups" had them as barbers in the old west facing the outlaw Dangerous Dan. As noted in verse three of the cartoon's song:
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A-lookin' for some harmless cowboy to blast.
And so met his downfall as all bad men should
By two tenderfoot barbers who trimmed him for good. }}
** Zig-zagged in "Sappy New Year." The boys sign a pledge to give up practical jokes as a New Year's resolution, but when their attempts to do good deeds are misinterpreted as mischief, Heckle starts to revert back.
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* [[Happy Rain]]: Done in ''The Rainmakers'', when they make it rain after a drought, and are given a parade in the rain.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Are they ever!
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Frank Welker|Fred Jones]] voices Heckle and Jeckle in the Filmation series. Radio comedian Dayton Allen voiced them in their Terrytoons finale, ''Messed Up Movie Makers.''
* [[Landmark Sale]]: Someone tries to sell the magpies the Brooklyn Bridge, and they turn him down—because they already own it!
* [[Name and Name]]
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* [[Reality Warper]]: The magpies realize in ''The Power of Thought'' that they're just in a cartoon, and can do anything they want.
** Yet in ''Pirate's Gold,'' after making off with a buccaneer's treasure, the taxman comes in at the end and glomps 99% of it:
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** ''The Lion Hunt'' has them changing scenes and modes of transportation four times in a fifteen second spurt en route to Africa:
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* [[Talking Animal]]
* [[Tricksters]]
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