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Billy Boy ()


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A farmer is initially delighted to get a baby goat, but this soon turns to apprehension when he discovers that it eats literally anything (including, at one point, the animation artwork).

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Farmer (uncredited) (voice)

Directed by

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Tex Avery
Dick Lundy ... (uncredited)

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Heck Allen ... (story)
 
Jack Cosgriff ... (story) (uncredited)

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William Hanna ... co-producer (uncredited)
Fred Quimby ... producer

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Scott Bradley

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Jim Faris ... (uncredited)

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Carman Maxwell ... production manager (uncredited)

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Jim Faris ... sound editor (uncredited)

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Robert Bentley ... animator
Walt Clinton ... animator (as Walter Clinton)
Michael Lah ... animator
Ray Patterson ... animator
Grant Simmons ... animator
Ed Benedict ... character designer (uncredited) / layout artist (uncredited)
Gene Hazelton ... character designer (uncredited) / layout artist (uncredited)
Vera Ohman ... background artist (uncredited)

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Scott Bradley ... musical director (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

As a Southern farmer wolf sits down to breakfast, a knock comes on his front door. Opening it, he finds a baby billy goat in a basket. A note with the cute little fella says that he eats anything. As if to prove the note's point, the little goat quickly begins to eat up almost anything in the farmer's home. The farmer tries to keep the little goat, whom he calls "Billy Boy", under control, but Billy continues to eat to his heart's desire. After a little while, the farmer tries to dispose of little Billy Boy, and, at one point, sends him off along a nearby railway with the little goat eating up one of the metal rails. The farmer then settles in for some sleep, only to awaken sometime later, to find Billy is back (and the house eaten by him). Nonchalantly, the wolf straps Billy to a rocket and fires it to the moon. All seems okay, until Billy Boy ends up eating the moon, plunging the cartoon into darkness. The wolf then lights a match, wishing the audience good night.

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Also Known As
  • 何でもウメェー (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Droopy III (Finland)
  • Козлик Билли (Soviet Union, Russian title)
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  • 6 min
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Trivia Was originally created as a Barney Bear cartoon short, but it was reworked once Tex Avery returned from an absence at MGM, changing the protagonist from Barney Bear to the Southern Wolf. See more »
Goofs The windmill originally is shown next to the house, but in a later shot it is missing completely. [However, Billy ate the windmill.] After Billy eats the house, the formerly eaten windmill is now shown between the barns, not next to the house anymore. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Hello My BB (2021). See more »
Soundtracks Old MacDonald See more »
Quotes Farmer: Hey, Billy - break it up, son.
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