Hubie and Bertie
| Hubie and Bertie | |
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| Looney Tunes character | |
Bertie & Hubie in Mouse Wreckers.
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| First appearance | The Aristo-Cat (1943) |
| Created by | Chuck Jones |
| Voiced by |
Tedd Pierce (Hubie, 1943) Michael Maltese (Bertie, 1943) Mel Blanc (Hubie, 1946-1951) Stan Freberg (Bertie, 1946-1951) Jim Cummings (Hubie, 1995-2000) Jeff Bennett (Bertie, 1995-2000) Bob Bergen (1996) Joe Alaskey (2003-2005) |
| Information | |
| Species | Deer mouse |
| Annoyances Enemies |
Cats |
Hubie and Bertie are animated cartoon mouse characters in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Hubie and Bertie represent some of animator Chuck Jones' earliest work that was intended to be funny rather than cute.
All of their cartoons were given Blue Ribbon reissues.
Jones introduced Hubie and Bertie in the short The Aristo-Cat, first released on June 19, 1943. The plot of the cartoon would serve as the template for most future Hubie/Bertie outings: a character with some mental illness or degree of naïveté (here, a cat who doesn't know what a mouse looks like) is psychologically tormented by the pair. They tell the hungry cat that he is a lion and a bulldog his prey, leading to several painful encounters for the cat.
Hubie and Bertie as designed by Jones are nearly identical mice with long snouts, large ears, and big, black noses. The two are anthropomorphic, walking on their stubby hind legs and using their forelimbs as arms. They are primarily distinguished by their color: one is brown with a lighter-colored belly and face, while the other is gray. (Which mouse is which color changes from film to film.) Hubie has a Brooklyn accent. Bertie has large buck teeth, and a habit of responding to Hubie with "Yeah-yeah, sure-sure!" or snickering "Riot!" if Hubie has just proposed some scheme with comic potential.
Mel Blanc voiced Hubie. While historians differ on who voiced Bertie in the initial cartoon, Stan Freberg voiced him subsequently.
Bertie made a cameo in Odor-able Kitty.
Trap Happy Porky (February 24, 1945) was their second appearance. Nameless, indistinguishable except for color, they appear only in the first act, stealing food from a Porky in nightshirt & cap. They are silent except for a single "I'm only three and a half years old", and retreat when a cat shows up.
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