| “ | *snickers* | „ |
| ~ Muttley's iconic laugh. |
| “ | Snazza frazza rashin' fashin' Rick Rastardly! | „ |
| ~ Muttley grumbling. |
Muttley is the secondary antagonist of the Hanna-Barbera Universe.
He is an anthropomorphic dog whose race is unknown, as well as the faithful and unfaithful minion of Dick Dastardly.
He has a wheezy laugh that is mostly heard at Dastardly's expense and Dastardly would sometimes retaliate by thumping Muttley on the head causing Muttley to grumble.
He was voiced by the late Don Messick, who also voiced the Mouth of Sauron in Rankin-Bass' 1980 adaptation of Return of the King, and is currently voiced by Billy West.
Biography[]
Muttley made his first appearance in the famous cartoon of the year 1968, Wacky Races. He appears to be the sidekick of the villain Dick Dastardly. Dastardly and Muttley later had their own spin off show called Dastardly & Muttley in their Flying Machines and were paired together as villains later on in further Hanna-Barbera programmes, such as Yogi's Treasure Hunt.
Muttley as the name says by itself, is a mixed breed dog, as he is identified in Wacky Races as a bloodhound, pointer, Airedale and a hunting dog. In an episode from Flying Machines named Sappy Birthday, Muttley shows a calendar, where he reveals that April 16 is his birthday.
Though Dastardly's faithful companion, there are times when Muttley dislikes him as much as everyone else because of his bossy, controlling, or anything negative, harsh, ill treatment and slave driving. So he occasionally grumbled and cursed him behind his back and laughs when ever he sees his master getting his comeuppance. His tail can also be used as a propeller to stop him from falling.
In Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines, Muttley is shown to be a hoarder of medals as he is always asking Dastardly for one for obeying his commands or whenever he tries to save him from falling. If Dastardly didn't have one, he would purposely drop him. If he is given a medal he will give sighs of delight before floating in the air and land back on the ground, though Dastardly would often rip the medals off his chest as a punishment for his incompetence. However Muttley sometimes bites the hand of anyone who tries to take the medals away from him.
He also has a great imagination as seen in the segment Magnificent Muttley where he imagines himself as a hero in roles such a Pirate, Cowboy, Astronaut and Superhero with Dastardly as the villain.
Scoob![]
- Main article: Muttley (Scoob!)
Muttley appears in the Hanna-Barbera Cinematic Universe installment Scoob!, with Billy West reprising the role.
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- In comics and merchandise, Muttley is colored green instead of his natural color, similar to his look in Scooby's Laff-A-Lympics.
- The first episode of Dastardly and Muttley and their Flying Machines reveals that Muttley's birthday is on April 16th.
- Though he and Dick Dastardly feud a lot, the two are actually great friends. An example of this is in the episode, Peter Imperfect, where Muttley gets depressed when Dick Dastardly's personality gets warped, turning him into a bland good guy.
- In the episode of the 2017 series "Swap Meet", he stayed in Tiny's body throught the entire race. (That is, until Brick fell onto the lever due to Bella leaving his body.)