Willie Brothers

Partners in Crime
Full Names	Phil, Gil and Bill
Alias	The Willies The Willie Brothers
Origin	Home on the Range
Occupations	Alameda Slim's nephews and henchmen
Powers/Skills	???
Hobbies	Stealing cows. Helping their uncle.
Goals	Help Slim with his evil plans (failed).
Crimes	Theft Animal cruelty Assisting a crime Conspiracy
Type of Villains	Dimwitted Siblings

The Willie Brothers (also known as The Willies) are supporting antagonists of Home on the Range. They are Alameda Slim's triplet of nephews and henchmen. Each one has rhyming names in their real names which are Phil, Gil, and Bill. 

They also appeared as bosses in the Home on the Range video game.

They were all voiced by Sam J. Levine.

Personalities

The Willies are dimwitted and slow, and they get often scolded and abused by Slim. Despite being villains, they seem to be dumb and not completely evil unlike their uncle, but, they do willingly help their uncle commit crimes. Furthermore, like their uncle, they show little concern about the well-being of the cows they steal.

Physical Appearance

The Willies are all skinny humans with blond hair, gray shirts, brown vests, gloves and pants and black boots. Each one wears brown derbies with colors of their bands matching their handkerchiefs around their necks.

Phil wears a red band, Gil wears a green band, and Bill wears a blue band. Said bands are the only way to tell them apart. 

Appearances

The Willie Brothers are first seen when Maggie, Mrs. Calloway, and Grace arrive at a cattle drive. When their uncle arrives, they greet him by saying, "Howdy, Slim!" Slim, however, silences his nephews and slaps them across the face before explaining that they have work to do. The Willies then manage to steal many herds of cattle during the "Yodel-Adle-Eedle-Idle-Oo" sequence, thanks to Slim's yodeling, as it subdues any bovine that hears it save Grace (due to her being tone-deaf).

The Willies are later seen at Echo Mine, their uncle's hideout. One of them is seen playing with a cootie catcher. When Slim arrives, he shouts at them to get their attention, and reveals his plan to buy Little Patch of Heaven after he auctions off all the other farms in the vicinity. When Slim dons his Yancy O'Del disguise, the Willies all exclaim in fear. One asks, "Who are you?" and another asks, "What did you do with Uncle Slim?" The first Willie tells the disguised Slim to put up his dukes, only for Slim to painfully squeeze his nephew's hand and slap him across the face before telling him it's Uncle Slim, and that he uses this disguise to sneak in the auctions and buy all the land. One of the Willies is later seen trying on Slim's disguise, causing his brothers to react in the same manner as before.

Later, Mr. Wesley arrives to buy the herds of cattle that Slim and the Willies have stolen earlier. At one point, they manage to rope Pearl's farm cows, who had journeyed to Echo Mine to try to capture Slim and use the reward money to save their farm from bankruptcy. However, the Willies are soon thwarted by Buck and Lucky Jack, who also manage to free all the stolen cattle that were harbored by Slim and the Willies. During the ensuing battle, Lucky Jack defeats one of the Willie Brothers by throwing a horseshoe from Buck at him. Another Willie comes after Buck with a shovel, but the latter manages to defeat him by using martial art skills. The three cows also join in the fray and battle the Willies together.

The defeated Willie Brothers are eventually locked in a train cart along with Rico and Mr. Wesley, who were also beaten up by Buck, Lucky Jack, and Pearl's cows. It is unknown what happened to the Willies afterwards, but it is presumed that they, along with Rico and Wesley, end up being arrested following Slim's arrest for their crimes; however, in case they were never found, they possibly starved to death locked in the train cart or they found a way to escape and fled.

Gallery

The Willies, Mr. Wesley and Rico's defeat.