Editing Porky Pig (section)

==Clampett's Porky==
[[File:Clampett-Porky.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|[[Bob Clampett]]'s ''Porky Pig'' intro in 1938–1939]]
Porky starred in dozens of films in the late 1930s. The directors still did not have a grasp on the character, however; his appearance, age, and personality all varied from picture to picture. Several such cartoons show Porky as a child with parents: father Phineas (''[[Porky the Rainmaker]]'', ''[[Milk and Money]]'', ''[[Porky's Poppa]]'', and ''[[Porky and Teabiscuit]]'') and an unnamed mother (''[[Wholly Smoke]]'' and ''[[Porky's Hero Agency]]''). [[Bob Clampett]] finally pinned Porky down in 1939, making him a permanent young adult: cuter, slimmer, smarter, and eventually less of a stutterer. Also, some cartoons show Porky as an [[antagonist]] (''[[Porky's Duck Hunt]]'', ''[[Porky's Hare Hunt]]'', ''[[My Favorite Duck]]'', ''[[A Corny Concerto]]'', ''[[Duck Soup to Nuts]]'', ''[[Daffy Doodles]]'', ''[[Daffy Duck Hunt]]'', ''[[Boobs in the Woods]]'', ''[[Thumb Fun]]'' and ''[[Cracked Quack]]''). Eventually, he settled into a kind persona. Clampett's Porky was an innocent traveler, taking in the world's wonders—and in Clampett's universe, the world is a very weird place.<ref>[[Leonard Maltin|Maltin, Leonard]]. ''Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons'' (Revised Edition), 1987, Plume {{ISBN|978-0-452-25993-5}} ([[Softcover]]) {{ISBN|978-0-613-64753-3}} ([[Hardcover]]).</ref> This principle is perhaps best demonstrated in ''[[Porky in Wackyland]]'', a film that sends Porky on a quest to find the last of the surreal Dodos, Yoyo Dodo. ''Porky in Wackyland'' was selected for preservation by the [[National Film Registry]] in 2000.<ref name="registry">{{cite web|url=https://www.cs.cmu.edu/Unofficial/Movies/NFR-Titles.html|title=List of National Film Registry (1988–2003).|website=CMU.edu|access-date=August 2, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821132951/https://www.cs.cmu.edu/Unofficial/Movies/NFR-Titles.html|archive-date=August 21, 2006}}</ref>

In his commentary as part of the 1970s documentary film ''[[Bugs Bunny: Superstar]]'', Clampett said that his early version of [[Tweety]] had to be redesigned after his first picture because the producers thought he "looked naked". Meanwhile, as Clampett noted, nothing was ever made of the fact that "all those years, Porky never wore any pants!" However, Porky was seen with pants in ''[[Porky's Badtime Story]]'', ''[[Tick Tock Tuckered]]'' and ''[[Brother Brat]]''.
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