History WesternAnimation / HeckleAndJeckle

Together with the rest of the classic Terrytoons package, Heckle and Jeckle vanished from American TV in about 1990—because the USA Network, owner of the license, changed management and decided to simply sit on the cartoons. Ever since, the characters have slowly been sliding down the memory hole. Today, there are many who misremember the black birds as having been black stereotypes (much like Buzzy The Crow of FamousStudios or the crows in ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}''), even though their characterizations aren't actually ethnic at all.

* CleverCrows: Excellent examples of the trickster archetype, Heckle and Jeckle are able to overcome foes by outwitting them, breaking the rules, and generally having fun at other people's expense.

* BritishAccents

* DerangedAnimation: Any scene animated by Jim Tyer. Check out the scene in "Goony Golfers" as Jeckle uses a putter to move the hole around as Chesty tries to putt it in, and Chesty's subsequent loss of temper.

* Rival Romeos (!951)

* TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation: Until 1959, when they started making cartoons directly for television. Though it got hard to tell before then.

A classic Creator/{{Terrytoons}} cartoon, this animated show stars two identical wisecracking magpies, '''''Heckle and Jeckle'''''. One has a British accent, the other a New York one, and they are fast friends who are able to overcome foes by outwitting them, breaking the rules, and generally having fun at other people's expense.

* NonFatalExplosions: In "Thousand Smile Check Up," the bullying rival gas station owner [[HoistByHisOwnPetard ends up on a missile originally meant for the magpies' station.]] After it floats long enough for them to clean it and fill it up, the bulldog disappears into the horizon, creating a nuclear explosion complete with mushroom cloud.

* AmericanAccents

* {{Creator/Filmation}}: Produced the ''New Adventures of MightyMouse and Heckle & Jeckle''.

* NoFourthWall: in ''Pirate's Gold,'' after making off with a buccaneer's treasure, the taxman comes in at the end and glomps 99% of it:

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first cartoon listed, "The Talking Magpies," was actually a Farmer Al Falfa cartoon. The two magpies shown at the start are a married couple whose squabbling over their nest disturbs Al Falfa and his dog (an early version of Dimwit). As Heckle and Jeckle took their more known forms in "The Uninvited Pests," they were voiced by Syd Raymond (Jeckle's voice wasn't the familiar British accent; that would come when Ned Sparks took over as the birds' voices).

* {{Filmation}}: Produced the ''New Adventures of MightyMouse and Heckle & Jeckle''.

* CleverCrows: Heckle and Jeckle are able to overcome foes by outwitting them, breaking the rules, and generally having fun at other people's expense.

* RealityWarper: The magpies realize in ''The Power of Thought'' that they're just in a cartoon, and can do anything they want.
** Yet in ''Pirate's Gold,'' after making off with a buccaneer's treasure, the taxman comes in at the end and glomps 99% of it:

* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Zig-zagged in "Sappy New Year." The boys sign a pledge to give up practical jokes as a New Year's resolution, but when their attempts to do good deeds are misinterpreted as mischief, Heckle starts to revert back.

* FaceHeelTurn: As much of con artists, vagabonds and reprobates they were depicted as, Heckle and Jeckle could also use their wiles to combat bad guys. "Blue Plate Symphony," "Sno Fun" and "Hair Cut-Ups" are good examples. "Hair Cut-Ups" had them as barbers in the old west facing the outlaw Dangerous Dan. As noted in verse three of the cartoon's song:

** Zig-zagged in "Sappy New Year." The boys sign a pledge to give up practical jokes as a New Year's resolution, but when their attempts to do good deeds are misinterpreted as mischief, Heckle starts to revert back.
* {{Filmation}}: Produced the ''New Adventures of MightyMouse and Heckle & Jeckle''.
* TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation: Until 1959, when they started making cartoons directly for television. Though it got hard to tell before then.
* HappyRain: Done in ''The Rainmakers'', when they make it rain after a drought, and are given a parade in the rain.

* OneForSorrowTwoForJoy

* WheelOFeet: During any ChaseScene. Complete with spinning sound effects.

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A classic {{Terrytoons}} cartoon, this animated show stars two identical wisecracking magpies, '''''Heckle and Jeckle'''''. One has a British accent, the other a New York one, and they are fast friends who are able to overcome foes by outwitting them, breaking the rules, and generally having fun at other people's expense.

Many characters on other shows are known to enjoy watching HeckleAndJeckle, including [[HappyDays Fonzie]], [[LaverneAndShirley Lenny and Squiggy]], and [[{{Lost}} Jack, while imprisoned by the Others]].

* TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation: Averted to an extent with the TV-budget cartoons made from 1959 to 1961. The last Heckle & Jeckle cartoon, ''Messed-Up Movie Makers,'' was released in 1966.

* HeyItsThatVoice: [[FrankWelker Fred Jones]] voices Heckle and Jeckle in the Filmation series. Radio comedian Dayton Allen voiced them in their Terrytoons finale, ''Messed Up Movie Makers.''

-->'''Heckle:''' Ya can't escape it. Even in a cartoon.

-->'''Jeckle:''' My, things sure happen quickly in a cartoon, don't they?

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "Mechanical Trouble" was intended to be a 1964 cartoon. It was storyboarded but it never went beyond that.