Pixie & Dixie and Mr. Jinks
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Pixie & Dixie and Mr. Jinks are Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters who were featured on a regular segment of the television series The Huckleberry Hound Show from 1958 to 1962. It starred two mice, Pixie and Dixie, and a cat, Mr. Jinks (a.k.a. Jinksy). Pixie was voiced by Don Messick, and Dixie and Mr. Jinks were voiced by Daws Butler. Dixie, appropriately, talked with a southern twang.
It has been suggested that Jinks' laconic drawl was in some ways inspired by actor Marlon Brando, though the similarity is a distant one, at best.
The origin of Mr. Jinks' name is unclear, as he seemed to accrue bad luck ("jinx") rather than delivering it. It might be a vague reference to an old Broadway play, Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines.
In many ways the shorts resemble Hanna and Barbera's earlier better-known creation, Tom & Jerry, which also featured a warring cat and mouse (sometimes two) in a domestic setting. However without Tom and Jerry's more lavish budget for full animation, the Jinks team had to rely on funny dialogue and voices to carry the cartoon's humor. The cartoon was also somewhat less violent, and unlike the somewhat sinister Tom, the headstrong Jinks was, in reality, too stupid to pose much of a real threat to the mice.
Pixie & Dixie and Mr. Jinks is probably best remembered for Mr. Jinks' ungrammatical lament, "I hate those 'meeses' to pieces!".
Pixie & Dixie and Mr. Jinks in other languages
- Brazilian Portuguese: Plic, Ploc & Chuvisco
- Hungarian: Inci és Finci
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