In the "Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties" segment ("Faithful Dog"), the silent film-style on-screen "credits" include:
Griffith Park is a sprawling municipal park in Los Angeles. Rudd Weatherwax was an animal trainer notable for training the dogs used in the Lassie films and TV series (a particularly appropriate reference for this episode). "Bertha Nation" is a play on the title of D.W. Griffith's landmark silent epic The Birth of a Nation (1915). "Clod Hopper" is a play on the word "clodhopper", which could mean a large, clunky shoe or a clumsy rustic person .
- "Wilds of Canada" played by Griffith Park
- Dudley Doright played by Rudd Weatherwax
- Nell Fenwick played by Bertha Nation
- Snidely Whiplash played by Clod Hopper.
Griffith Park is a sprawling municipal park in Los Angeles. Rudd Weatherwax was an animal trainer notable for training the dogs used in the Lassie films and TV series (a particularly appropriate reference for this episode). "Bertha Nation" is a play on the title of D.W. Griffith's landmark silent epic The Birth of a Nation (1915). "Clod Hopper" is a play on the word "clodhopper", which could mean a large, clunky shoe or a clumsy rustic person .
In the "Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties" segment, "Faithful Dog", Dudley sits in a movie theater and watches a movie about "the greatest Mountie of them all", "Ranthrew of the Mounted", along with his canine companion, Faithful Dog. This is a spoof of the 1920s-1930s boys' adventure books and stories of "Renfrew of the Royal Mounted", written by Laurie York Erskine. The fictional adventures of Sgt. Douglas Renfrew were adapted for both radio and film. The film series paired Renfrew with trusty canine companions: Lightning in the first film, Renfrew of the Royal Mounted (1937), and King in the second, On the Great White Trail (1938). (In a separate parallel between the franchises, the female lead in the third "Renfrew" film, Fighting Mad (1939), is named Ann Fenwick, while the female lead in the "Dudley Do-Right" cartoons is named Nell Fenwick.)
Additionally, a separate radio and television franchise from the 1930s-1950s, "Challenge of the Yukon" (radio)/Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1955) (TV), featured the adventures of a Mountie and his faithful dog, Yukon King.
Additionally, a separate radio and television franchise from the 1930s-1950s, "Challenge of the Yukon" (radio)/Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1955) (TV), featured the adventures of a Mountie and his faithful dog, Yukon King.