The Mystery Cartoon Character Game, now with 20% more ongoing.

Got one.
1. The short I appear in is a parody of a classic poem involving a fight in a saloon over a girl.
2. I am the title character and not at all deadly like the title and the narrator proclaim.
3. This short was made by a director who would revisit it 6 years later with a more well known dog in my role.

I got it! Dangerous Dan McFoo.

Yes, this is Dangerous Dan McFoo from the Merrie Melodies short of the same name.
1. This short is a parody of the poem "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" by Robert Service
2. Dan McFoo is a little dog voiced by Arthur Q. Bryan--basically using what would soon be his "Elmer Fudd" voice.
3. Tex Avery made a second short similar to this one in 1945 called "The Shooting of Dan McGoo" for MGM starring Droopy as the title character.

Thanks, Glowworm. Now for another no-brainer:

1. I'm a bad guy named after a playing card.

2. My current animated movie is based on a comic book, and rated R to boot.

3. In my newest movie, which opened today, I'm part of a squad.

It's the Joker. I was going to use this one too.

Sorry to have stolen your thunder, but at least you got it right. Good job. Next one's all yours.

Thanks, I got one now.

I'm a hard worker, but the other character is lazy and just wants to play.
In one animated short, I show him mercy.
In an older short, I let him freeze to death!

I haven't a clue about this guy. Hopefully, someone else will get it.

There is the old fable of Aesop about the ant and the grasshopper. The ant labored all summer to storehouse enough supplies for the winter, while the grasshopper idled away, believing he could get what he needed at his leisure. Boy, did that 'hopper get whammied by reality. Though I can''t put my finger on a specific cartoon, this sounds mightily like one that Van Beuren Studios would produce, back when they were still solvent.

I'm going to give this one to you because you're right about the fable. It is indeed the ant and the grasshopper. Specifically the Ant. In the Disney version, the ant shows him mercy. However, in the Starevich version (1911), the ant lets the grasshopper starve to death!

Aw, you shouldn't've done that, Salty. Because now I'm going to loose this character:

1) This character started out in the comics, and got adapted into an animated feature. And then into another animated feature. Total: 2.

2) This character survives to the end of the first feature, though not by much. An explosion leaves him hospitalized but alive.

3) This character dies during the second feature film. However, it's not permanent: this character has a good reason to not stay dead.

Intermediate clues time.

4) Neither feature film has Disney-class animation. Not even close. Nevertheless, this character's debut film achieved a milestone for animation in cinema. "I'm number one!"

5) Back to the comics side: this character's creator disliked what Hollywood did with him, resulting in this character's comics self being killed ... with an ice pick through his skull!

6) Fair Play Rule: this character is not human. He lives in cities, goes to parties, mixes with friends, meddles in politics ... all kinds of human stuff. He's a surrogate human with fur and a tail.

I just can't find the right character. Maybe someone else has seen these films.

Cupcake clues time, don't be shy.

7) This character is an anthropomorphic cat: upright stance, no shoes, feline head and a tail.

8) Fur pattern is ragged stripes, much like Garfield by Jim Davis, only much taller and no belly paunch.

9) His most distinguishing feature? His "kitten-maker." Barbie Doll Anatomy gets averted, and how!

If I know my cartoon kitties as well as I do, this one is Fritz The Cat.

Yes, this is Fritz the Cat, originally created by Robert Crumb. Fritz The Cat was produced in 1972, and was directed by Ralph Bakshi; The Nine Lives of Fritz The Cat was produced in 1974 and was directed by Robert Taylor. Having nine lives means getting killed isn't all that permanent. Fritz The Cat, at the time of its release, was the first animated feature film given the austere X rating by the MPDAA. Robert Crumb reviled how his cat was scripted, and chose to have a jealous ostrich-girl drive an ice pick into Fritz's head, killing him.

There aren't that many untapped cartoons left for this game; pardon me for choosing the most un-virgin-y virgin animation. Fritz is still worth a +1 no matter what.

You're forgiven, OUB. Now for one that's been totally ignored:

1. I'm bigger than the title hero, and eventually fight him in the boxing ring.

2. I steal cows so that my subjects can have milk.

3. I also kidnap someone to milk those cows.

I know exactly who this is, but I'll shut up and let someone nice answer.

These clues should make it easier:

4. I live on another planet.

5. My adversary defeats me by moving too fast for me to hit him.

6. When banished, I vow revenge. However, the series was cancelled, so my story arc never had a sequel.

No takers on this one? Gee, can't let this guy go to waste.

This is Overcat, supreme ruler of planet Feline. He came to Earth when all the milk wells on his world ran dry, and began absconding Earth's cows. Overcat was thwarted by his antithesis, Underdog.