Yakky Doodle
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Yakky Doodle is a fictional character created by Hanna-Barbera Productions. Yakky9;s name is an obvious takeoff of Yankee Doodle.

History

Yakky Doodle (voiced by Jimmy Weldon to sound similar to Donald Duck) is an anthropomorphic yellow duckling with green wings who lives with his best friend Chopper the bulldog. Yakky is always one to run into danger when it is most expected. This usually comes in the form of the show9;s main antagonist Fibber Fox or secondary villain Alfy Gator. Chopper defends his 9;9;Little Buddy9;9; fiercely, and is always ready to pound Fibber or any other enemy into oblivion if necessary. Yakky9;s tendency to put himself in great danger never draws a rebuke from Chopper, who presumably enjoys his protective role. One of Yakky9;s repeated line is 9;9;Are you my mama?9;9; One of Yakky9;s favorite songs he loved to sing, in a few episodes, was 9;9;Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay9;9;.

The 9;9;template9;9; for Yakky was Quacker, a similar duckling character voiced by Red Coffee, who9;d appeared in a number of classic Tom and Jerry cartoons, debuting in 19509;s 9;9;Little Quacker9;9;. Weldon, a former kids9; show host and ventriloquist, had based this character on his 9;9;partner9;9; Webster Webfoot. The same design was also used for a duckling in Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks Episode #48 9;9;A Wise Quack9;9; and as a blue duckling in Yogi Bear Episode #2 9;9;Slumber Party Smarty9;9; and Episode #18 9;9;Duck in Luck9;9; and as a purple duckling in 9;9;Loopy De Loop9;9; Episode 13 9;9;This is my Ducky Day9;9;. Yakky debuted on the 9;9;Gone To The Ducks9;9; episode of the 9;9;Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy9;9; segment of The Quick Draw McGraw Show. He later had his own segment on The Yogi Bear Show in 1961.