Willie Whopper

1933 – 1934 14 cartoons

Willie Whopper was Ub Iwerks' second cartoon series with a lead character he created. Distributed by MGM, the series was fairly short-lived.

Cartoons

The Air Race

January 1, 1933 Theatrical Series Ub Iwerks Studio, P. A. Powers

Willie Whopper tells how he was challenged to the National Air Race by a pompous baron. Many daredevils of the sky also compete for the honor. Willie not only wins the airplane race, but al…
Play Ball

September 16, 1933 Theatrical Series Ub Iwerks Studio, P. A. Powers

Willie spins a yarn about how he got to pitch a World Series baseball game, helping a lesser-known team (the Chicago Cubs) beat the New York Yankees and one of their top hitters, Babe Ruth.…
Spite Flight

October 14, 1933 Theatrical Series Ub Iwerks Studio, P. A. Powers

Willie enters an airplane race to win the $1,000 prize and help his girlfriend's mother pay off the mortgage. A hitchhiking angel on a cloud gives the middle finger to a passing airplane! (…
Stratos Fear

November 11, 1933 Theatrical Series Ub Iwerks Studio, P. A. Powers

Surrealistic sci-fi fantasy in which Willie becomes a zeppelin and floats to a planet where scientists talk backward and musical instruments play themselves.
Davy Jones' Locker

January 13, 1934 Theatrical Series Ub Iwerks Studio, P. A. Powers

While fishing with his girl, Willie tangles with denizens of the deep, including a vast and menacing Poseidon figure and a drunken pirate (Davy Jones), who swills hooch while slamming his p…
Hell's Fire

February 17, 1934 Theatrical Series Ub Iwerks Studio, P. A. Powers

Willie Whopper and his dog journey to hell, where they quickly become Satan's partners-in-crime torturing Prohibition.
Robin Hood, Jr.

March 10, 1934 Theatrical Series Ub Iwerks Studio, P. A. Powers

Willie is on a roll with another tall tale about how he- as Robin Hood- saved Maid Marion from marrying Prince John. An "Eastern Union" telegram from Maid Marion reads: "Held prisoner at 'I…
Insultin' The Sultan

April 14, 1934 Theatrical Series Ub Iwerks Studio, P. A. Powers

Willie's girlfriend is sold to the Sultan (by mistake) as a belly dancer. Will Willie rescue the fine maiden?
Reducing Creme

May 19, 1934 Theatrical Series Ub Iwerks Studio, P. A. Powers

While paying a visit to a drug store, Willie and Mary see an ad for a reducing cream. Mary suggest to her boyfriend that he should use it to lose some weight. Willie disagrees and relates a…
Rasslin' Round

June 1, 1934 Theatrical Series Celebrity Productions, Inc.

Shoeshine boy Willie recalls to one of his customers how he had once beaten the wrestling champ (the dreaded Masked Marvel) in the ring, totally oblivious to the fact that his customers is…
The Cave Man

July 6, 1934 Theatrical Series Ub Iwerks Studio, P. A. Powers

While paying a visit to the Natural History Museum, Willie relates a tall tale about how he saved his girlfriend Mary from a dinosaur. Willie, in flashback, is a Tarzan-like character in th…
Jungle Jitters

July 24, 1934 No. . MPAA: 03872 Theatrical Series Ub Iwerks Studio, P. A. Powers

Stranded on a tropical island, Willie meets a topless hula-dancing girl! There's also some rather politically incorrect fun with black native cannibals. Both Willie and the cannibal king ha…
The Good Scout

September 1, 1934 Theatrical Series Ub Iwerks Studio, P. A. Powers

Willie, appearing as a fat Boy Scout, tells a story with jazzy music on the soundtrack. He's at a Scout camp, and the Scoutmaster asks him how he got on for doing his good deeds. He tells t…
Viva Willie

September 20, 1934 Theatrical Series Ub Iwerks Studio, P. A. Powers

While playing cowboys and Indians, Willie and his friend stop outside the local movie theater. They see a poster for the latest film, "Viva Villa." Willie tells his friends how he once capt…