Inki

Inki is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Inki is a little African boy who usually dresses in a simple loincloth, armband, legband, earrings, and a bone through his hair. He never speaks, and his usual pastime seems to be hunting jungle creatures. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. ... Warner Bros. ... Looney Tunes opening title Looney Tunes is a Warner Brothers animated cartoon series which ran in many movie theatres from 1930 to 1969. ... Merrie Melodies end title Merrie Melodies is the name of a series of animated cartoons distributed by Warner Bros. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... A loincloth is a one-piece garment, sometimes kept in place by a belt, which covers the genitals and, at least partially, the buttocks. ...

Animator Chuck Jones first used the character in the 1939 short "Little Lion Hunter". The character's look was designed by Disney veteran Charlie Thorson. The plot of the cartoon focuses on little Inki out hunting, oblivious to the fact that he is being hunted himself by a hungry lion. As such, it is very similar to "Little Hiawatha", a Silly Symphonies cartoon Thorson had worked on in 1937. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Chuck Jones in 1976 Charles Martin Chuck Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ... The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... Charles Gustav Thorson (born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on 29th August 1890; died in Vancouver, British Columbia on 7th August 1966), birth name Karl Gustaf Stefanson, was a political cartoonist, character designer, childrens book author and illustrator of icelandic decent. ... Binomial name Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758) Distribution of Lions in Africa Synonyms Felis leo (Linnaeus, 1758) The lion (Panthera leo) is a mammal of the family Felidae and one of four big cats in the genus Panthera. ... The redrawn (from 1930) opening title for the first Silly Symphony cartoon, The Skeleton Dance (1929). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Jones' officially named the character in the next film, "Inki and the Lion" (1941), another jungle hunting scenario. This cartoon introduces a strange, minimalist character in an expressionless mynah bird. The bird hops in time to Felix Mendelssohn's "Fingal's Cave Overture", totally oblivious to any obstacles or dangers. Inki once again runs afoul of a lion, only to be saved by the bizarre bird. The cartoon is still mostly cute Disney-esque fluff^{[citation needed]}, but its more aggressive tone and unconventional humor show that Jones was already moving out of his "cute" phase. For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... † See also Starling, Oxpecker The mynas are part of the family Sturndidae, along with the starlings and oxpeckers. ... Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born and known generally as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3, 1809 – November 4, 1847) was a German composer and conductor of the early Romantic period. ... Mendelssohns original sketch of the overture, contained in the letter to Fanny, 1829. ... The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ...

"Inki and the Lion" was a surprise hit, and Jones brought Inki and the mynah bird back in three more cartoons: "Inki and the Minah Bird" (1943), "Inki at the Circus" (1947), and "Caveman Inki" (1950). As Jones moved further toward the humor-centered cartoons for which he is famous, however, he retired Inki along with other Disney-inspired characters like Sniffles. Inki's final film was "Caveman Inki" in 1950. 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Sniffles is an animated cartoon and comic book character in the Warner Bros. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...

The Inki films are rarely seen today. Although the jungle boy character was never intended as a derogatory stereotype of Africans, he is easily viewed that way. The shorts featiring African Boy were shown as part of Cartoon Network's The Chuck Jones Show. Cartoon Network is an American cable television network created by Turner Broadcasting which primarily shows animated programming. ...

An episode of Animaniacs paid homage to Inki, or more specifically the mynah bird. The Goodfeathers are having a bad day and see the mynah bird caged in a pet shop. They think they can cheer themselves up by laughing at the mynah bird's ugliness. The Goodfeathers then realize the mynah bird, while ugly, is not stupid, as "Fingal's Cave Overture" begins playing, and as in the Inki cartoons, the mynah bird lets himself out of his cage, moves in tune to the music, and kicks them into a streetlight, then returns to his cage. Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs, usually referred to as the shorter title Animaniacs, is an American animated television series, distributed by Warner Bros. ... The Goodfeathers, from left to right: Bobby, Squit, and Pesto. ...