Cartoon Characters and Their Sidekicks Quiz

Answer: Baba Looey

Quick Draw McGraw is a cartoon horse created by Michael Maltese, William Hanna, and Joseph Barbera. He is depicted as a sheriff of the Old West and his partner is a small burro named Baba Looey. Quick Draw also has an alter ego called El Kabong who dresses up like Zorro and whacks his foes over the head with a guitar. "The Quick Draw McGraw Show" ran from 1959 to 1962. Re-runs of the show were shown frequently on the "Bozo Circus" show in the Chicago area.

Answer: Morocco Mole

"Secret Squirrel" is show about a cartoon squirrel who dresses in a stereotypical spy outfit consisting of a trench coat with multiple inside pockets that contain a variety of specialized guns and weapons. His hat has two holes in the front brim and it is pulled down over his eyes to act as a mask.

He is a crime fighter who works with his fez-wearing assistant Morocco Mole who looks and sounds like Peter Lorre.

Answer: Boo Boo

Yogi Bear is a cartoon bear that lives in fictional Jellystone Park where he delights in stealing picnic baskets from park visitors. His little buddy Boo Boo is always trying to warn Yogi to keep him out of trouble, but Yogi always tells Boo Boo that he's "smarter than the average bear." Yogi is always trying to stay one step ahead of Park Ranger Smith. Yogi was created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

Answer: Karate

Batfink is a cartoon crime fighting bat with metal wings and an internal location detector called "supersonic sonar radar" which he uses to home in on bad guys. Like Batman, Batfink has a direct link to the Chief of Police. Unlike Batman, Batfink doesn't wear a utility belt.

His Oriental sidekick named Karate carries all of the gadget weapons in the 'utility sleeve' of the robe that he wears. Karate chauffeurs Batfink around in a vehicle called the 'Battillac' much like Kato drives the Black Beauty for the Green Hornet.

Answer: Muttley

Dick Dastardly is a cartoon villain in the cartoon show "Wacky Races". Every show was about a different road race with contestants driving strangely built race cars. Dastardly drove a rocket powered car called the "Mean Machine" and always got way ahead of the other racers only to stop and set traps for them to slow them down.

His companion is a snickering henchman dog named Muttley. Dastardly's traps always backfire on him and he always ends up finishing last.

Answer: So So

Peter Potamus is a purple cartoon hippo who dresses in a safari outfit complete with pith helmet. He is an explorer and flies around in a hot air balloon with his little chimp partner So-So. The balloon they travel in doubles as a time machine. Peter has a secret weapon called the hippo hurricane holler which he uses to bowl things over when he needs to.

Answer: Droop-a-Long Coyote

Ricochet Rabbit is a cartoon rabbit who is the sheriff of a small town in the Wild West. His claim to fame is his high speed and ability to ricochet off of things in his way. Besides being able to outrun bullets, Ricochet's gun contains trick bullets that can stop in mid air and produce things like a mallet or stone tomahawk to whack the bad guys.

His deputy, Droop-a-Long, is a dimwitted, slow moving, slow talking coyote whose eyes are always covered up by his over sized hat.

Answer: Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent

"Beany and Cecil" is a cartoon about a boy who wears a beanie cap with a propeller that allows him to fly. His companion is a not-too-bright sea serpent named Cecil who is always called upon to rescue Beany from sticky situations.

Answer: Bullwinkle

"The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends" is a cartoon about the adventures of a flying squirrel and a dim-witted moose. Their main adversaries are Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale. They are two spies that speak with Russian accents. The show featured other cartoons such as "Dudley Do-Right", and "Peabody's Improbable History".

Some of the jokes in the cartoon were topical at the time which made the show interesting and funny to a lot of adults.

Answer: Sherman

"The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show" is a cartoon about a genius dog and his adopted boy who, in each episode, pick a point in history to travel to in a contraption called 'The Way Back Machine'. Every time they go back to a famous time in history, they show that things actually happened in an unknown funny manner. The show is a spin-off of the "Rocky & Bullwinkle" cartoon show.