Humphrey the Bear
A fat, dumb, freeloading bear who lives in Brownstone National Park and is always on the lookout for an easy meal. Humphrey tended to run afoul of Donald Duck and fussy ranger J. Audubon Woodlore.
The Humphrey cartoons have been aptly described as "belly-laugh" shorts by Leonard Maltin, as they feature a broader, wilder style of comedy than the usually cute or coy gags typically associated with the Classic Disney Shorts.
Not to be confused with the star of the Australian children's show Here's Humphrey.
Filmography:
1950
- Hold That Pose (Goofy cartoon)
1954
- Grin and Bear It
1955
- Bearly Asleep
- Rugged Bear
- Beezy Bear
1956
- Hooked Bear (One of only two shorts in his own series)
- In the Bag (One of only two shorts in his own series)
- Donald's Grizzly Guest
- Donald's Fish Fry
- Hot Tub Humphrey
- Survival of the Woodchucks
Media Featuring Humphrey
Television shows
- The Mickey Mouse Club
- Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
- Goof Troop
- Mickey Mouse Works/House of Mouse
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (Cameo appearance in one episode)
Humphrey the Bear provides examples of the following tropes:
- Beary Funny
- Big Eater: When he can get food, that is.
- Catch Phrase: A very distinctive "heh".
- Everything's Worse with Bears: Well, sort of. Humphrey may make life harder for those around him, but he's a pest rather than an actual threat.
- Expy: Not Humphrey himself, but when Humphrey's creator Jack Hannah left Disney for Walter Lantz, he created a new character named Fatso Bear, who was more or less identical to Humphrey.
- The Golden Age of Animation
- Wrong Type of Mammal Mammaries: Rare male example.
- The Unintelligible: Humphrey's speech consists of grunts, mumbles, and whines.