Season 4 • Episode 9
LatestA strong showbiz flea wants to retire and he comes across Pixie and Dixie, and they send him inside of Jinks' fur.
Pixie & Dixie and Mr. Jinks is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon that featured as a regular segment of the television series The Huckleberry Hound Show from 1958 to 1961.
Writing
Mr. Jinks' 'I hate meeces to pieces' — iconic catchphrase energy.
Creators
Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This segment helped establish the 'cat vs. mice' template that Tom & Jerry would later perfect — Hanna-Barbera basically prototyped their own competition.
Mr. Jinks' voice was inspired by Marlon Brando's Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire — yes, they made a cartoon cat do method acting.
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