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Porky Pig first appeared in the 1935 Merrie Melodies film "I Haven't Got a Hat."
Director Friz Freleng cast Porky in a small role, where the pig stumbled through a poetry recitation at a school recital.
This early Porky’s body was rounder, his face less expressive, and his movements more rigid.
Over eight decades, Warner Bros. artists reshaped Porky's design.
They trimmed his bulk, refined his facial features, and smoothed his animation.
The round, awkward schoolboy transformed into the quick-witted straight man who bounced jokes off Daffy Duck and closed cartoons with his signature stutter.
Joe Dougherty's natural stutter shaped Porky Pig's voice.
Dougherty spoke with a stutter in his daily life, and when he voiced Porky, he didn’t hold back.
Porky's halting speech caught viewers' attention.
His stutter became his trademark.
Mel Blanc started voicing Porky Pig in 1937.
His mastery of Porky's stutter—a precise pattern of repeated consonants followed by rushed words—defined the character's sound.
He voiced Porky until 1987, recording thousands of episodes.
In 1935, Porky Pig stuttered his way onto movie screens as a minor character in "I Haven't Got a Hat."
Within two years, his distinctive voice and expressive face drew more laughs than any other Looney Tunes character.
Warner Bros. responded by placing Porky's name directly in cartoon titles, starting with "Porky's Duck Hunt" in 1937.
The cartoon introduced Daffy Duck, but Porky's star power carried the show.
During 1930-1949, Porky Pig appeared in 153 Looney Tunes shorts, spending more screen time than Bugs Bunny or Daffy Duck.
His signature stutter and bowler hat featured in slapstick comedies, wild west adventures, and domestic mishaps.
Warner Brothers artists refined Porky from a pudgy farm pig into a round-bodied everyman who bounced through physical gags while maintaining his earnest charm.
By 1940, his "Th-th-that's all folks!" catchphrase closed every Looney Tunes cartoon.
In 1938, Porky Pig spoke the phrase "Th-Th-Th-That's all folks!" at the end of "Porky's Hare Hunt”.
While Porky initially delivered this line as a simple cartoon ending, the phrase grew beyond its roots—appearing at the close of hundreds of Looney Tunes shorts and becoming as recognizable to viewers as Mickey Mouse's ears or Superman's cape.
Porky Pig stutters through his lines while Daffy Duck sprays spit with every "Suffering succotash!"
Their decades-long partnership on screen works because Porky speaks carefully and thinks things through, while Daffy leaps before looking.
When Daffy schemes to get rich quick, Porky points out the obvious flaws.
When Porky hesitates too long, Daffy shoves him into action.
Porky Pig starred in 153 Looney Tunes shorts between 1935 and 1943.
By 1944, he appeared in fewer than 20 cartoons per year, as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck took center stage. Warner Bros. shifted Porky from leading roles to supporting parts—often playing the straight man to Daffy's chaos or the voice of reason in Bugs' schemes.
Porky Pig has appeared in Warner Bros. entertainment for over 85 years.
His work spans early black-and-white cartoons of the 1930s, color theatrical shorts through the 1960s, and TV shows like Tiny Toon Adventures in the 1990s.
In comic books, Dell Publishing featured Porky in over 200 issues between 1942 and 1962.
Recent video games like MultiVersus (2022) continue to include him as a playable character.
In 1971, Frito-Lay’s Ruffles potato chips hired Porky as their advertising mascot.
The commercials played on his distinctive stutter, having him say "R-R-Ruffles Have R-R-Ridges" in TV spots and print ads.
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