History WesternAnimation / HeckleAndJeckle

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Heckle and Jeckle could've gotten out of a jam if they just flew away since they're, you know, ''birds'', but that would result in a shorter and [[RuleOfFunny less funny]] cartoon.

Together with the rest of the classic Terrytoons package, Heckle and Jeckle haven't been seen much on television lately, their last appearance in animation being ''WesternAnimation/{{Curbside}}'', an unsuccessful pilot for an AnimatedAnthology series centered on Terrytoons characters that had the framing device of Heckle and Jeckle hosting a talk show, with Heckle voiced by Toby Huss and Jeckle voiced by Bobcat Goldthwait.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: ''You'' try finding another cartoon that stars even one Magpie, much less two as the lead characters.

* LandmarkSale: Someone tries to sell the magpies the Brooklyn Bridge, and they turn him down—because they already own it!

* TheCameo: Heckle and Jeckle have a guest appearance in the Filmation ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse'' episode "Around the World in 80 Ways" and a cameo in the Bakshi episode "Mighty's Wedlock Whimsy."

---> '''Cat'''(aside comment when a certain pair of magpies swoop in): Aah more boids! this IS my lucky day!

* FallingIntoJail: "The Super Salesman" ends with Heckle and Jeckle falling into a jail cell.

* CarnivoreConfusion: At least two cartoons, "The Stowaways" and "The Rainmakers", depict Heckle and Jeckle having eaten a roast chicken.[[note]]Note that in real life, magpies are known to pray on the chicks of other birds too.[[/note]]

* CarnivoreConfusion: At least two cartoons, "The Stowaways" and "The Rainmakers", depict Heckle and Jeckle having eaten a roast chicken.

* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: Heckle dresses Jeckle in drag to impersonate a millionaire's long-lost girl friend in "Blind Date."

* {{Tricksters}}
** And ConMan
*** With some SnakeOilSalesman

Together with the rest of the classic Terrytoons package, Heckle and Jeckle vanished from American television circa 1990—because the Creator/USANetwork, 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 Creator/FamousStudios or the crows in ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}''), even though their characterizations aren't actually ethnic at all.

* UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents

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

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Are they ever!

* NameAndName

* TalkingAnimal
* ThievingMagpie

* VagabondBuddies

* '' Landing (1949)

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.

* The Talking Magpies (1946)
* The Uninvited Pests (1946)
* [=McDougal's=] Rest Farm (1947)
* Happy Go Lucky (1947)
* Cat Trouble (1947)
* The Intruders (1947)
* Flying South (1947)
* Fishing by the Sea (1947)
* The Super Salesman (1947)
* The Hitch Hikers (1947)
* Taming the Cat (1948)
* A Sleepless Night (1948)
* Magpie Madness (1948)
* Out Again In Again (1948)
* Free Enterprise (1948)
* Goony Golfers (1948)
* The Power of Thought (1948)
* The Lion Hunt (1949)
* The Stowaways (1949)
* Happy Landing (1949)
* Hula Hula Land (1949)
* Dancing Shoes (1949)
* The Fox Hunt (1950)
* A Merry Chase (1950)
* King Tut's Tomb (1950)
* Bulldozing the Bull (1951)
* The Rainmakers (1951)
* Steeple Jacks (1951)
* 'Sno Fun (1951)
* Rival Romeos (1951)
* Off to the Opera (1952)
* House Busters (1952)
* Moose on the Loose (1952)
* Movie Madness (1952)
* Hair Cut-Ups (1953)
* Pill Peddlers (1953)
* Ten Pin Terrors (1953)
* Bargain Daze (1953)
* Log Rollers (1953)
* Blind Date (1954)
* Satisfied Customers (1954)
* Blue Plate Symphony (1954)
* Miami Maniacs (1955)
* Pirate's Gold (1957)
* Wild Life (1959)
* Trapeze, Pleeze (1960)
* Mint Men (1960)
* Deep Sea Doodle (1960)
* Stunt Men (1960)
* Thousand Smile Checkup (1960)
* Sappy New Year (1961)
* Messed Up Movie Makers (1966)[[/folder]]

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Together with the rest of the classic Terrytoons package, Heckle and Jeckle vanished from American TV in about 1990—because the Creator/USANetwork, 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 Creator/FamousStudios or the crows in ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}''), even though their characterizations aren't actually ethnic at all.

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 Creator/FamousStudios or the crows in ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}''), even though their characterizations aren't actually ethnic at all.

---> Cat(aside comment when a certain pair of magpies swoop in): Aah more boids! this IS my lucky day!

---> (The cat's aside comment when a certain pair of magpies swoop in): Aah more boids! this IS my lucky day!