The Mystery Cartoon Character Game, ongoing.

I thought of four possibilities, but two of them are already on the list, and there's no mention of either one becoming an anime character anyway. The only females from the Popeye universe not on the list are Alice The Goon and Sea Hag, but they don't quite fit the clues either. So I give up.

I guess the clues were too hard - or I got something wrong!

The unguessed character is ... Little Lulu!

1) Famous Studios made the theatrical series (1943-48); the TV series were Nippon Animation's Little Lulu to Chicchai Nakama (1976, released in the US in 1978 by ZIV International as Little Lulu and Her Friends) and Cinar/HBO's The Little Lulu Show (1995-99).

2) Animated commercials for Kleenex, and the live-action ABC Weekend Specials Little Lulu (1978) and The Big Hex of Little Lulu (1979)

3) Thomas "Tubby" Tompkins

4) Created in 1935 by Marjorie Henderson Buell for the Saturday Evening Post, to replace Carl Anderson's Henry, which had been taken up for syndication by Hearst.

5) Little Lulu to Chicchai Nakama was not a hit in Japan, and only 26 episodes were made. The characters, locations and plots remained the same as the comics, although the drawing style, with its thin trace-line, made the characters look more like the Peanuts than Marge's more solidly delineated characters.

6) Marjorie Henderson Buel signed herself "Marge"; in The Little Lulu Show Lulu was voiced by Tracy Ullman, whose TV show had previously introduced Marge Simpson and her family.

7) Famous Studios stopped making Little Lulu cartoons (for which they had to pay a licence fee to Marge) in 1948 and introduced their own character Little Audrey.

8) The Little Lulu Show used a more modern arrangement of the signature song from the Famous Studio shorts. ("Little Lulu, Little Lulu... with freckles on your chin ("skin" in the later version) ... Always in and out of trouble, but mostly always in...)

9) "...Using Daddy's necktie for the tail of your kite...using Mommy's lipstick for the letters you write... Though the clock says seven-thirty, it's really after ten - looks like Lulu's been repairing it again..."


I hope these clues will be clearer!

1) I'm a songwriter.
2) My surname was changed for the movie, but changed back for the TV series.
3) In the sequel I realise I've left somebody behind.

Thsi time, I have it! Roger Radcliffe, from "101 Dalmatians!"

1. He's a songwirter.

2. I don't quite understand this part.

3. In the sequel, "101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure," he accidentally leaves Patch behind.

Hooray!

Yes, it's Roger Radcliffe (or Dearly - see below).

To explain clue 2: In Dodie Smith's book the humans are just called Mr and Mrs Dearly. The Disney studio - perhaps because Dearly was too close to Lady and the Tramp's Jim Dear, or maybe just to make them sound more English - renamed them Anita and Roger Radcliffe. But in the live action film and the animated TV series they returned to the surname Dearly. (So Roger is both Roger Radcliffe and Roger Dearly.)

All yours, Em!

Thanks, Pete. Now here's one who's not only easy, but appropriate for tomorrow:

1. I'm one of more than 100 little inhabitants.

2. I'm also one of many classic cartoon characters voiced by the oldest living American voice actress.

3. My fellow citizens and others get a real bang out of my surprises!

Of course, it's Jokey Smurf!

1. There are at least 100 Smurfs in the village.
2. June Foray voiced Jokey. Foray is in her 90s, and is still voice acting.
3. A running gag, Jokey tends to bring others--Smurfs, enemies, anyone really a present. Once opened, the present blows up in their face and Jokey laughs over it.

Yes, Glowworm, it's he, and for all those reasons. So it's your turn now. Great job!

Thanks, Jokey was a pretty cool Smurf.

1. I have the name of a fairy tale character.
2. Much like that character, I'm a notorious killer.
3. The title of the short I am in is a play upon a well known song.

Can't think of any that match the clues. Perhaps another lucky person will get it.

More clues.
4. You know the old plot twist where the killer turns out to be inside the house the entire time? Yeah, somehow I've been unnoticed underneath the table.
5. I am 6 feet, 11 inches.
6. I keep trying to murder a pig.

Can't think of any characters of that length or height. I'll have to look real hard for the answer.

Of course! It's Bluebeard from Bye, Bye Bluebeard.

Bluebeard is from a Grimm's fairy tale.
He's a killer.
The only song I can think of is, Bye, Bye Baby (released in 1965, and the cartoon was out in 1949).
He was hiding under Porky's table.
5 and 6 are self-explanatory.

Yes it's Bluebeard. Also, the song in question is actually "Bye, Bye Blackbird", which is playing over the title card when the cartoon begins.

All righty then.

We are another duo.
We had an animated series.
We have been parodied in many cartoon shorts.

It just has to be Laurel And Hardy.

1. Self explanatory.

2. They had their own animated series, produced by Hanna-Barbera in 1966.

3. They were parodied in a number of shorts.

Yep, that is correct. You're up.

Thanks, Saltyboot. Now here's one who entered my mind just this morning:

1. I'm the designated mentor of a team of aquatic heroes.

2. My animated series is one of four cartoons that make up a comic strip.

3. When I transform, I sink my tusks into my work.

This sounds like it's out of my expertise. I'll need to do research.

I don't think this is the answer, but for the sake of a guess I'll posit Turmagar the Tuska from Thundercats.

Close, but no cigar, Pete. I'll provide the last three clues later.