History Creator / TexAvery

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar and CensorDecoy: Avery and his animators would occasionally put some risqué jokes in their cartoons. In order to get this stuff passed the censors they combined it with some outrageously risqué stuff that would never get passed. As they expected the outrageously risqué stuff was never used, but some of the milder stuff now DID get greenlit, simply because it looked more innocent in comparison.

** "You know what? That makes me mad." - Droopy

* WolfWhistle: Tex's cartoons are known for this.

While Avery's career in theatrical animation began and ended at the Creator/WalterLantz studio, it's his six years at Warners and twelve-year tenure with [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]] that made him a revered figure to animation buffs. His filmography produced several milestones: Tex directed the first WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck short, "WesternAnimation/PorkysDuckHunt" (1937) and the first "true" WesternAnimation/BugsBunny cartoon "WesternAnimation/AWildHare" in 1940, creating with them The KarmicTrickster and [[ScrewySquirrel Screwball]] character tropes; his MGM variations of these characters, WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}}, Screwy Squirrel, and George and Junior respectively, have had similar longevity, as has the risqué "WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood" series.

* ScrewySquirrel: [[TropeNamer duh]].

* PantyShot:
** Red in ''Wild And Wolfy''
** The girl flea in ''What Price Fleadom''
** The ice skater in ''Land of the Midnight Fun''

* HelloNurse: Another trope Tex Avery helped codify.

* AnnoyingLaugh: Screwy Squirrel.
** Avery himself provided a distinctive belly-laugh that can be heard in a number of his shorts.

While Avery's career in theatrical animation began and ended at the Creator/WalterLantz studio, it's his six years at Warners and twelve-year tenure with [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]] that made him a revered figure to animation buffs. His filmography produced several milestones: Tex directed the first WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck short, "WesternAnimation/PorkysDuckHunt" (1937) and the first "true" WesternAnimation/BugsBunny cartoon "WesternAnimation/AWildHare" in 1940, creating with them The KarmicTrickster and [[ScrewySquirrel Screwball]] character tropes; his MGM variations of these characters, WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}}, Screwy Squirrel and George and Junior respectively, have had similar longevity, as has the risqué "WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood" series.

While Avery's career in theatrical animation began and ended at the Creator/WalterLantz studio, it's his six years at Warners and twelve-year tenure with [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]] that made him a revered figure to animation buffs. His filmography produced several milestones: Tex directed the first WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck short, "WesternAnimation/PorkysDuckHunt" (1937) and the first "true" WesternAnimation/BugsBunny cartoon "WesternAnimation/AWildHare" in 1940, creating with them The KarmicTrickster and [[ScrewySquirrel Screwball]] character tropes; his MGM variations of these characters, WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}} and Screwy Squirrel respectively, have had similar longevity, as has the risqué "WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood" series.

* AnimationBump: Tex's later years on Looney Tunes got a significant upgrade in animation from his earlier shorts. Comparing shorts like WesternAnimation/PorkysDuckHunt and WesternAnimation/AWildHare is a day and night experience. Then he left for MGM, and the animation on his shorts got better than ever.

Frederick Bean "Tex" Avery (February 26, 1908 – August 26, 1980) is widely considered the original animated cartoon gag-man, famous for employing [[WildTake wild takes]], BreakingTheFourthWall, lampshading [[BornInTheTheatre medium conventions]], and stretching every joke to its [[CrossesTheLineTwice comedic limit]]. Sure, there were gags in cartoons before Tex, if you are particularly tickled by [[WesternAnimation/LadyPlayYourMandolin a fox]] in BlackFace being [[LiteralAssKicking smacked on the ass by stuff]]; but it was Tex's arrival at [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Warner Bros.]], and his hand-picked staff of animators and directors, that defined what we now call UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation.

While Avery's career in theatrical animation began and ended at the Creator/WalterLantz studio, it's his six years at Warners and twelve-year tenure with MGM that made him a revered figure to animation buffs. His filmography produced several milestones: Tex directed the first WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck short, "WesternAnimation/PorkysDuckHunt" (1937) and the first "true" WesternAnimation/BugsBunny cartoon "WesternAnimation/AWildHare" in 1940, creating with them The KarmicTrickster and [[ScrewySquirrel Screwball]] character tropes; his MGM variations of these characters, WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}} and Screwy Squirrel respectively, have had similar longevity, as has the risqué "WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood" series.

* Speaking of Animals Film/{{Down on the Farm|1941}}

* WesternAnimation/AllThisAndRabbitStew: One of the WesternAnimation/CensoredEleven, and the only one featuring a major WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes character (Bugs Bunny)PublicDomain.

* Speaking of Animals Down on the Farm

* CouldntFindALighter: At the end of ''One Droopy Knight'', WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}} keeps the dragon he defeated to light his cigars.

* AccordionMan

* BloodlessCarnage

* GravityIsAHarshMistress
* HardHead

* LiteralAssKicking

* MeatOVision

* WildTake: TropeCodifier.

Finally, despite the name, he had no involvement in ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyWorldOfTextAvery'', and was in fact long dead when that show aired. The show was produced as a "tribute" to the man himself, and ''was'' endorsed by his daughter Nancy Avery but...well, see that show's trope page for more.

* ''''[[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones The Flintstone Comedy Show]]'': Story editor for the ''Dino and Cavemouse'' segments.

** 1939's WB short ''Thugs With Dirty Mugs'': Eddie G. Robbemsome stops counting his money long enough to do an impersonation of radio personality Fred Allen for us.
** 1940's ''Holiday Highlights'' - which features scenes illustrating each of the major U.S. holidays - has the narrator playing a practical joke by not having any scene for April Fool's Day; while he laughs and keeps saying, "Fooled You!", a title card shows up on the screen that reads, "[[Radio/FibberMcgeeAndMolly Tain't Funny, [=McGee=]!]] - The Management".

Frederick Bean "Tex" Avery (1908–1980) is widely considered the original animated cartoon gag-man, famous for employing [[WildTake wild takes]], BreakingTheFourthWall, lampshading [[BornInTheTheatre medium conventions]], and stretching every joke to its [[CrossesTheLineTwice comedic limit]]. Sure, there were gags in cartoons before Tex, if you are particularly tickled by [[WesternAnimation/LadyPlayYourMandolin a fox]] in BlackFace being [[LiteralAssKicking smacked on the ass by stuff]]; but it was Tex's arrival at [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Warner Bros.]], and his hand-picked staff of animators and directors, that defined what we now call UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation.

* The Singing Sap: An WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit short. First cartoon where he is credited as an animator.

* Confidence: Another Oswald Rabbit short where he is credited as an animator.

* Chris Columbus Jr.: Mentioned working on the lengthy cannon scene; possibly directed it.

* Towne Hall Follies: Directed it, but was uncredited.
* Quail Hunt: Directed it, but was uncredited.

* A Day At The Zoo PublicDomain.
* Thugs with Dirty Mugs
* Believe It Or Else
* Dangerous Dan Mcfoo
* Detouring America
* Land of the Midnight Fun
* Fresh Fish
* Screwball Football
* The Early Worm Gets the Bird PublicDomain.

* Cross Country Detours
* The Bear's Tale
* A Gander at Mother Goose
* Circus Today

* Ceiling Hero
* Wacky Wild Life
* Of Fox and Hounds
* Holiday Highlights

* The Crackpot Quail
* Haunted Mouse PublicDomain.

* Porky's Preview PublicDomain.
* The Heckling Hare
* Aviation Vacation

* The Bug Parade
* The Cagey Canary

* Aloha Hooey
* Crazy Cruise

!1951

* WesternAnimation/SymphonyInSlang

* I'm Cold: Second in the WesternAnimation/ChillyWilly series of shorts.

* Crazy Mixed-Up Pup
* The Legend of Rockabye Point. Third Chilly Willy short.

'''NOT''' to be confused with ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyWorldOfTexAvery'', which is a "[[InNameOnly Homage]]" to the original cartoons. [[FanonDiscontinuity And the less said about it, the better]].

* The Blow-Out
* Plane Dippy
* I'd Love to Take Orders From You

* Porky the Rain Maker
* The Village Smithy
* Milk and Money
* Don't Look Now
* Porky the Wrestler

* Picador Porky
* I Only Have Eyes For You

* Ain't We Got Fun

* Egghead Rides Again
* A Sunbonnet Blue
* Porky's Garden PublicDomain.
* I Wanna Be A Sailor PublicDomain.
* The Sneezing Weasel
* Little Red Walking Hood

* The Penguin Parade
* The Isle of Pingo Pongo: One of the WesternAnimation/CensoredEleven.
* A Feud There Was
* Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas

* Cinderella Meets Fella
* Hamateur Night PublicDomain.
* The Mice Will Play

* AWildHare