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Curiously, the series didn't run particularly long in theaters, but it was popular enough to be adapted into a hit comic book series by Creator/DCComics, which ran for an impressive 20 years. Of note, said comic book was also the origin of the ''ComicBook/StanleyAndHisMonster'' series, which started its life as a back-up feature in 1966.

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Curiously, the series didn't run particularly long in theaters, but it was popular enough to be adapted into a hit comic book series by Creator/DCComics, which ran for an impressive 20 years. Of note, said comic book was also the origin of the ''ComicBook/StanleyAndHisMonster'' series, which started its life as a back-up feature in 1966.1966, until it briefly took over the comic as the main feature until the series' cancellation in 1968.
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Curiously, the series didn't run particularly long in theaters, but it was popular enough to be adapted into a hit comic book series by Creator/DCComics, which ran for an impressive 20 years.

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Curiously, the series didn't run particularly long in theaters, but it was popular enough to be adapted into a hit comic book series by Creator/DCComics, which ran for an impressive 20 years.
years. Of note, said comic book was also the origin of the ''ComicBook/StanleyAndHisMonster'' series, which started its life as a back-up feature in 1966.
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Screwy Squirrel is getting cut plus this is ZCE


* ScrewySquirrel: The Crow.
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* The Magic Fluke (1949): Second UPA Fox and Crow.

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* The Magic Fluke WesternAnimation/TheMagicFluke (1949): Second UPA Fox and Crow.
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* Robin Hoodlum (1948): First of the three UPA Fox and Crows.

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* Robin Hoodlum WesternAnimation/RobinHoodlum (1948): First of the three UPA Fox and Crows.Crows. (Also the first UPA theatrical short ever.)
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moving The Other Darrin to Trivia page.


* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/MelBlanc provided the voices of the title characters in their first cartoon. He was replaced by Frank Graham for subsequent cartoons.
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Curiously, the series didn't run particularly long in theaters, but it was popular enough to be adapted into a hit comic book series, which ran for an impressive 20 years.

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Curiously, the series didn't run particularly long in theaters, but it was popular enough to be adapted into a hit comic book series, series by Creator/DCComics, which ran for an impressive 20 years.
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* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/MelBlanc provided the voices of the title characters in their first cartoon. He was replaced by Frank Graham for subsequent cartoons.
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Creators are not tropes


* MelBlanc: Provided the voices of the title characters in their first cartoon.
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A series of animated short subjects created for ColumbiaPictures by their [[Creator/ColumbiaCartoons Screen Gems cartoon outlet.]] The shorts are centered around the eponymous characters, Fauntleroy Fox and Crawford Crow.

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A series of animated short subjects created for ColumbiaPictures Creator/ColumbiaPictures by their [[Creator/ColumbiaCartoons Screen Gems cartoon outlet.]] The shorts are centered around the eponymous characters, Fauntleroy Fox and Crawford Crow.
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After this, the series branched out to become a more standard-issue gag series, lasting for several more shorts. When United Productions of America (Creator/{{UPA}}) took over cartoon production for Columbia, they did three Fox and Crow shorts out of contractual obligation before retiring the characters for good to concentrate on their own creations, like WesternAnimation/MrMagoo and WesternAnimation/GeraldMcBoingBoing.

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After this, the series branched out to become a more standard-issue gag series, lasting for several more shorts. When United Productions of America (Creator/{{UPA}}) took over cartoon production for Columbia, [[ContractualObligationProject they did three Fox and Crow shorts out of contractual obligation obligation]] before retiring the characters for good to concentrate on their own creations, like WesternAnimation/MrMagoo and WesternAnimation/GeraldMcBoingBoing.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The three UPA shorts completely disregarded the series' established formula. "Robin Hoodlum" is a Robin Hood parody with Fauntleroy as Robin; "The Magic Fluke" has Crawford being loyal to Fauntleroy, even after he rejects him; and "Punchy De Leon" has the duo as con artists, rather than just Crawford.
* StiffUpperLip: Parodied on "Robin Hoodlum". Robin's Merry Men act like stuffy upper class Brits, and they only get alarmed when Robin is [[ASpotOfTea late for tea]].


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* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: Prince John speaks this way in "Robin Hoodlum".
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The first film in the series, ''The Fox and the Grapes'', was directed by ex-WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes veteran Creator/FrankTashlin, and was an experimental short in using a classic "blackout gag" format: this makes it feel like a woodland precursor to Creator/ChuckJones' later [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Road Runner]] cartoons--Jones even cited that short as an influence on the series! The plot established the relationship between the duo, with the dim-witted Fauntleroy going about his business, only for the crow to decide to pester him for the sake of it.

After this, the series branched out to become a more standard issue gag series, lasting for several more shorts. When United Productions of America (Creator/{{UPA}}) took over cartoon production for Columbia, they did three Fox and Crow shorts out of contractual obligation before retiring the characters for good to concentrate on their own creations, like WesternAnimation/MrMagoo and WesternAnimation/GeraldMcBoingBoing.

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The first film in the series, ''The Fox and the Grapes'', was directed by ex-WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes veteran Creator/FrankTashlin, and was an experimental short in using a classic "blackout gag" format: this makes it feel like a woodland precursor to Creator/ChuckJones' later [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Road Runner]] cartoons--Jones even cited that short as an influence on the his series! The short's plot established the relationship between the duo, with the dim-witted Fauntleroy going about his business, only for the crow to decide to pester him for the sake of it.

After this, the series branched out to become a more standard issue standard-issue gag series, lasting for several more shorts. When United Productions of America (Creator/{{UPA}}) took over cartoon production for Columbia, they did three Fox and Crow shorts out of contractual obligation before retiring the characters for good to concentrate on their own creations, like WesternAnimation/MrMagoo and WesternAnimation/GeraldMcBoingBoing.
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The first film in the series, ''The Fox and the Grapes'', was directed by ex-WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes veteran Creator/FrankTashlin, and was an experimental short in using a classic "blackout gag" format: this makes it feel like a woodland precursor to the Creator/ChuckJones [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Road Runner]] cartoons--Jones even cited that short as an influence on the series! The plot established the relationship between the duo, with the dim-witted Fauntleroy going about his business, only for the crow to decide to pester him for the sake of it.

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The first film in the series, ''The Fox and the Grapes'', was directed by ex-WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes veteran Creator/FrankTashlin, and was an experimental short in using a classic "blackout gag" format: this makes it feel like a woodland precursor to the Creator/ChuckJones Creator/ChuckJones' later [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Road Runner]] cartoons--Jones even cited that short as an influence on the series! The plot established the relationship between the duo, with the dim-witted Fauntleroy going about his business, only for the crow to decide to pester him for the sake of it.
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Curiously, the series didn't run particular long in theaters, but it was popular enough to recieve a hit comic series, which ran for an impressive 20 years.

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Curiously, the series didn't run particular particularly long in theaters, but it was popular enough to recieve be adapted into a hit comic book series, which ran for an impressive 20 years.
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'''''The Fox And The Crow''''' is a series of short subjects created for ColumbiaPictures by their [[Creator/ColumbiaCartoons Screen Gems cartoon outlet.]] The shorts are centered around the eponymous characters, Fauntleroy Fox and Crawford Crow.

The first film in the series, "The Fox and the Grapes" was directed by ex-WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes veteran Creator/FrankTashlin, and was an experimental short in using a classic "blackout gag" format: this makes it feel like a woodland precursor to the Creator/ChuckJones [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Road Runner]] cartoons--Jones even cited that short as an influence on the series! The plot established the relationship between the duo, with the dim-witted Fauntleroy going about his business, only for the crow to decide to pester him for the sake of it.

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'''''The Fox And The Crow''''' is a A series of animated short subjects created for ColumbiaPictures by their [[Creator/ColumbiaCartoons Screen Gems cartoon outlet.]] The shorts are centered around the eponymous characters, Fauntleroy Fox and Crawford Crow.

The first film in the series, "The ''The Fox and the Grapes" Grapes'', was directed by ex-WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes veteran Creator/FrankTashlin, and was an experimental short in using a classic "blackout gag" format: this makes it feel like a woodland precursor to the Creator/ChuckJones [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Road Runner]] cartoons--Jones even cited that short as an influence on the series! The plot established the relationship between the duo, with the dim-witted Fauntleroy going about his business, only for the crow to decide to pester him for the sake of it.
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* ArborealAbode: Crawford would often be shown living inside a tree, sometimes with an elevator inside.
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* CanonImmigrant: The characters are part of the comic series ComicBook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew: Like most of DCComics's old funny animal characters, the Fox and The Crow officially inhabit the cartoon universe of [[TheMultiverse Earth-C]].

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* CanonImmigrant: The characters are part of the comic series ComicBook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew: Like most of DCComics's Creator/DCComics's old funny animal characters, the Fox and The Crow officially inhabit the cartoon universe of [[TheMultiverse Earth-C]].
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'''''The Fox And The Crow''''' is a series of short subjects created for ColumbiaPictures by their [[ColumbiaCartoons Screen Gems cartoon outlet.]] The shorts are centered around the eponymous characters, Fauntleroy Fox and Crawford Crow.

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'''''The Fox And The Crow''''' is a series of short subjects created for ColumbiaPictures by their [[ColumbiaCartoons [[Creator/ColumbiaCartoons Screen Gems cartoon outlet.]] The shorts are centered around the eponymous characters, Fauntleroy Fox and Crawford Crow.
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* TheNounAndTheNoun
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* InsuranceFraud: "Unsure Runts" has Crawford trying to damage Fauntleroy's home insurance in a series of attempts to cheat him out of his money (i.e. [[ManmadeHouseFlood flooding his house with a hose]], etc.), culminating in him blowing up Fauntleroy's house with a bunch of dynamites underneath it.

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* InsuranceFraud: "Unsure Runts" has Crawford trying to damage Fauntleroy's home insurance in a series of attempts to cheat him out of for his money (i.e. [[ManmadeHouseFlood [[ManMadeHouseFlood flooding his house with a hose]], etc.), culminating in him blowing up Fauntleroy's house with a bunch of dynamites underneath it.
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* InsuranceFraud: "Unsure Runts" has Crawford trying to damage Fauntleroy's home insurance in a series of attempts to cheat him out of his money (i.e. [[MadMadeHouseFlood flooding his house with a hose]], etc.), culminating in him blowing up Fauntleroy's house with a bunch of dynamites underneath it.

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* InsuranceFraud: "Unsure Runts" has Crawford trying to damage Fauntleroy's home insurance in a series of attempts to cheat him out of his money (i.e. [[MadMadeHouseFlood [[ManmadeHouseFlood flooding his house with a hose]], etc.), culminating in him blowing up Fauntleroy's house with a bunch of dynamites underneath it.
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Not sure that's the right way to write it, let alone if I chose the better of two tropes.

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* CameraAbuse: At the end of "Way Down Yonder In the Corn", Fauntleroy (disguised as "Sidney Scarecrow") chases Crawford (who also disguised himself a scarecrow earlier) all over places as revenge for tricking him into being blown up in a safe, and then they end up fighting on a roller coaster until Crawford tells Fauntleroy how he's a great straight man and they both reconcile by shaking hands - only for the roller coaster to drive them towards the camera (as they hold each other for dear life) and smash into the screen. Cue [[LogoJoke smash cut to the Columbia torch lady]] and thus ends the cartoon.


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* DreamWeaver: "The Dream Kids" is about Crawford wrecking Fauntleroy's dream by stealing his [[GirlOfMyDreams dream girlfriend]] (a female fox). Also crosses with DreamWalker.


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* InsuranceFraud: "Unsure Runts" has Crawford trying to damage Fauntleroy's home insurance in a series of attempts to cheat him out of his money (i.e. [[MadMadeHouseFlood flooding his house with a hose]], etc.), culminating in him blowing up Fauntleroy's house with a bunch of dynamites underneath it.
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* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: The UPA shorts are drastically more fantastical or imagination-based than all the previous shorts.

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* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: The UPA shorts are drastically more fantastical or imagination-based than all the previous other shorts.
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* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: The UPA shorts are drastically more fantastical or imagination-based than all the previous shorts.
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* JerkAss: Fauntleroy can be this at times.

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* JerkAss: Fauntleroy can be this at times. He also falls into BreakTheHaughty.
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* ButtMonkey: Fauntleroy, always being tricked by [[HeroAntagonist Crawford]] into abusive antics or blackmail due to his "sucker"-ness.

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* ButtMonkey: Fauntleroy, always being tricked by [[HeroAntagonist Crawford]] into blackmail or abusive antics or blackmail due to his "sucker"-ness.[[TooDumbToLive "sucker"-ness]].

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* [[AlliterativeName Alliterative Names]]: The eponymous duo.

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* [[AlliterativeName Alliterative Names]]: {{Alliterative Name}}s: The eponymous duo.duo.
* ButtMonkey: Fauntleroy, always being tricked by [[HeroAntagonist Crawford]] into abusive antics or blackmail due to his "sucker"-ness.


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* JerkAss: Fauntleroy can be this at times.

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