Animated Li'l Wolf & Grandma Duck appearances

[xephyr@cwnet.com]

Lars Jensen said [RE: "The Porker's Court"]:
> Large Nasty (at least in the Danish version) at one point 
> refers to his brother Big Bad Wolf...
>
> We never learn the cub's name or his relation (if any) to 
> Nasty. I think it's pretty clear, though, that his personality
> is different from Li'l Wolf's. Also, he looks nothing like Li'l
> and wears totally different clothes. And the grown-up wolf is
> Large Nasty, rather than Big Bad.

Based on your description, it might be better to consider the
Wolf and Cub as a version of Zeb (Zeke's brother) and his son,
Li'l Wolf's cousin Izzy.  

> Why would this be Li'l Wolf, rather than some generic wolf
> cub invented for the occasion? I'm genuinely puzzled. Does
> anybody have a source for him being Li'l?

There's nothing to say that these characters weren't created
for this one occassion, and there's nothing official saying they
are Zeke & Li'l Wolf or Zeb & Izzy, it's just speculation based 
who they seem to represent in the Disney universe.  When April,
May & June made their debut on HOM, they had ponytails and looked
very different from their portrayals in the comics.  HDL, also,
changed many times for various cartoon appearances, etc. 
Fortunately, in their cases, we are informed directly by the
cartoon who they are.  In other cases, we get to see characters
we recognize, but we aren't always explicitly informed of their
Disney identity through the actual cartoon, especially if they
are just hanging out in the background (such as when Grandma
Duck makes her various cameos).

> > The rest are fan speculation, but, IMHO, still valid since 
> > the fans are the only ones who probably care. :-)
>
> If the animators didn't care, then why did they bother giving
> Grandma Duck those cameos?

Sure the animators cared enough to include them, but that wasn't
my point.  Rather, *continued interest*, such as who appeared when
and where, are more the concerns or interest of fans than say,
Disney corporate or non-fans of the shows/comics/characters which
is why "unofficial" list are usually developed.

Thanks,

Rich Bellacera


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