Hong Kong Phooey cartoon character

The main character Hong Kong Phooey is a clownishly clumsy secret alter ego of Penrod “Penry” Pooch, ^{working at a police station as a “mild-mannered” janitor under the glare of Sergeant Flint (“Sarge”). He transforms himself into Hong Kong Phooey upon running into a magic filing cabinet despite always getting stuck – and unstuck by his cat Spot – and once transformed, gets equipped with the “Phooeymobile” vehicle that transforms itself into a boat, a plane, or a telephone booth depending on the circumstances by banging his gong or changes automatically whenever necessary. He fights crime relying on his copy of The Hong Kong Book of Kung Fu, but he succeeds only thanks to his cat Spot who provides a solution to the challenges or they are solved by himself as result of a comically unintended side effect of his conscious efforts. Background was designed by Lorraine Andrina and Richard Khim.}

 

Hong Kong Phooey cartoon character

Hong-Kong-Phooey-cartoon-character

Each episode begins with Rosemary, the telephone operator, getting a call (and routinely saying “Hallo, hallo, this is Rosemary the telephone operator, the lovely lassie with the classy chassis”) and explaining the crime to the Sergeant Flint, upon which Penry does the routine of transforming himself into the superhero whom Rosemary has a crush on. Despite this, even when he crashes into, harms, or otherwise inconveniences a civilian, the passer-by feels honored as opposed to annoyed or embarrassed, such as when he drove the Phooeymobile through wet cement, splattering the workers, who responded that it was an honor to have a whole day’s work ruined by “the great Hong Kong Phooey.”

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Hong Kong Phooey cartoon character