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Col. Grogg is a fictional, anthropomorphic poodle created for the animated television series Tale Spin. He appears in the episode War of the Weirds and was voiced by Michael Bell. The Three Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. ... Anthropomorphism, also referred to as personification or prosopopeia, is the attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, forces of nature, and others. ... The poodle is a breed of dog; specifically, it is a gun dog noted for its ability in the water and bird hunting skills. ... Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... Disneys TaleSpin is a half-hour Disney animated series that first aired as part of The Disney Afternoon. ...


Grogg is an extremely paranoid and overzealous army colonel who believed that aliens were invading the Earth, thanks to a hoax perpetuated by Baloo and Kit Cloudkicker. Paranoid redirects here. ... Army (from French armée) can, in some countries, refer to any armed force (for example, the Peoples Liberation Army of China consists of ground force, navy and air force branches). ... Insignia of a United States Air Force Colonel Colonel is a military rank, usually the highest below general grades, and just above Lieutenant Colonel. ... Aliens in the plural may refer to more than one of several types of aliens, such as extraterrestrial beings or those foreign to a place The Aliens was the name of Roky Ericksons backing band Aliens is a 1986 film starring Sigourney Weaver and the sequel to Alien Aliens... Earth, also known as the Earth, Terra, and (mostly in the 19th century) Tellus, is the third planet outward from the Sun. ... A hoax is an attempt to trick an audience into believing that something false is real. ... Baloo and Mowgli Baloo is the fictional sleepy old brown bear featured in In Rudyard Kiplings The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book. ... Disneys TaleSpin is a half-hour Disney animated series that first aired as part of The Disney Afternoon. ...


Grogg took action to thwart what he honestly thought was the oncoming horde, but with help from Wildcat (posing as a rocket scientist name Dr. Svendri Gesundheit) and Rebecca Cunningham, Baloo and Kit were able to make General Tumult (the Colonel's uncle) believe that Grogg had gone insane, getting him demoted to the rank of private. Rocket Science refers to a number of topics: Rocket Science is the name of an Australian rock band Rocket Science is a musical album by Hugh Blumenfeld rocket science, is the the study of Rockets and rocketry. ... Disneys TaleSpin is a half-hour Disney animated series that first aired as part of The Disney Afternoon. ... Uncle may refer to: A family relationship, see Cousin chart Blind Uncle Gaspard Dutch uncle Kill Uncle My Uncle Benjamin Rich Uncle Pennybags Royal Uncle Cao The Man from U.N.C.L.E. the eponymous character from the Uncle series Uncle Albert Uncle Anesthesia Uncle Ben Uncle Buck Uncle... INSANE is a proprietary INteractive Streaming ANimation Engine developped by LucasArts. ... A private is a military soldier of the lowest military rank. ...


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Grogg (Strange Tales) (1190 words)
Somehow, Grogg came to dwell underground in Russia, and became a part of local legends in the area.
Grogg was launched to Mars, in the hopes that if the Russians did reach Mars before America, they would have to deal with him there.
Grogg was colored green-ish in his Howling Commandos appearances, but except for that (and that he was called Grog), it's the same character.
Colonel - All About All (600 words)
Colonel [ˈkɜːrnl] is both a military rank and civilian title, used by nearly every country in the world.
The rank of Colonel is one of the oldest in existence, dating as far back to the time of the Roman Empire.
By the time of the late 19th century, Colonel was a professional military rank and typically held by an officer in command of a regiment.
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