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|caption=Zeke Wolf, the Disney version of the character, working as a street corner Santa in ''Mickey's Christmas Carol''.
 
|performer={{W|Kent Rogers}} {{s|(''One Ham's Family'')}}<br>{{W|Will Ryan}} {{s|(''Mickey's Christmas Carol'')}}
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</gallery>|performer={{W|Kent Rogers}} {{s|(''One Ham's Family'')}}<br>{{W|Will Ryan}} {{s|(''Mickey's Christmas Carol'')}}|appear=''[[One Ham's Family]]''<br>''[[Rudolph's Shiny New Year]]'' {{S|(cameo)}}<br>''[[Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Great Santa Claus Caper|The Great Santa Claus Caper]]''<br>''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]'' {{S|(Street corner Santa)}}<br>"[[Storybook Holiday]]"<br>''[[Shrek the Halls]]''}}
|appear=''[[One Ham's Family]]''<br>''[[Rudolph's Shiny New Year]]'' {{S|(cameo)}}<br>''[[Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Great Santa Claus Caper|The Great Santa Claus Caper]]''<br>''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]'' {{S|(cameo)}}<br>"[[Storybook Holiday]]"<br>''[[Shrek the Halls]]''}}'''The Big Bad Wolf''' is a fictional wolf who originated as a villain in several precautionary folkloric stories, including ''{{W|Little Red Riding Hood}}'', ''{{W|The Three Little Pigs}}'', ''{{W|The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids}}'', and ''{{W|Peter and the Wolf}}''. In each of these stories, he is always attempting to catch and eat the protagonists of the stories, but is defeated or killed in each one. As such, he is often a regular character in productions based on these tales as well as their spin-off material. Arguably the most famous version of the Wolf is the Disney character '''Zeke Midas Wolf''', first seen in the 1933 Silly Symphony ''Three Little Pigs''; Zeke would go on to appear in a few more animated shorts against the Pigs, and later starred in comic book stories alongside his son, Li'l Bad Wolf (who is actually a nice wolf in spite of the name). Other interpretations sometimes cast the Wolf as a good guy, such as in the ''Shrek'' films.
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a fictional wolf who originated as a villain in several precautionary folkloric stories, including ''{{W|Little Red Riding Hood}}'', ''{{W|The Three Little Pigs}}'', ''{{W|The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids}}'', and ''{{W|Peter and the Wolf}}''. In each of these stories, he is always attempting to catch and eat the protagonists of the stories, but is defeated or killed in each one. As such, he is often a regular character in productions based on these tales as well as their spin-off material. Arguably the most famous version of the Wolf is the Disney character '''Zeke Midas Wolf''', first seen in the 1933 Silly Symphony ''Three Little Pigs''; Zeke would go on to appear in a few more animated shorts against the Pigs, and later starred in comic book stories alongside his son, Li'l Bad Wolf (who is actually a nice wolf in spite of the name). Other interpretations sometimes cast the Wolf as a good guy, such as in the ''Shrek'' films.
   
 
Due to the many different interpretations of the Big Bad Wolf, he, like [[Santa Claus]] and [[Rudolph]], differs in portrayal in each of the Christmas specials that he appears in.
 
Due to the many different interpretations of the Big Bad Wolf, he, like [[Santa Claus]] and [[Rudolph]], differs in portrayal in each of the Christmas specials that he appears in.
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[[File:BigBadWolf.jpg|thumb|250px|The Wolf as he appeared in ''Rudolph's Shiny New Year''.]]
 
 
* ''[[Rudolph's Shiny New Year]]'' - The Big Bad Wolf makes a very brief, silent cameo as one of the [[Island of 1023 residents|residents of the Island of 1023]]. [[Rudolph (Rankin/Bass character)|Rudolph]] is shown asking him if he has seen [[Happy]] the Baby New Year anywhere, but he answers that he has not.
 
* ''[[Rudolph's Shiny New Year]]'' - The Big Bad Wolf makes a very brief, silent cameo as one of the [[Island of 1023 residents|residents of the Island of 1023]]. [[Rudolph (Rankin/Bass character)|Rudolph]] is shown asking him if he has seen [[Happy]] the Baby New Year anywhere, but he answers that he has not.
   

Revision as of 13:31, 10 June 2019

The Big Bad Wolf is a fictional wolf who originated as a villain in several precautionary folkloric stories, including Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs, The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids, and Peter and the Wolf. In each of these stories, he is always attempting to catch and eat the protagonists of the stories, but is defeated or killed in each one. As such, he is often a regular character in productions based on these tales as well as their spin-off material. Arguably the most famous version of the Wolf is the Disney character Zeke Midas Wolf, first seen in the 1933 Silly Symphony Three Little Pigs; Zeke would go on to appear in a few more animated shorts against the Pigs, and later starred in comic book stories alongside his son, Li'l Bad Wolf (who is actually a nice wolf in spite of the name). Other interpretations sometimes cast the Wolf as a good guy, such as in the Shrek films.

Due to the many different interpretations of the Big Bad Wolf, he, like Santa Claus and Rudolph, differs in portrayal in each of the Christmas specials that he appears in.

Appearances in Christmas specials

MGM

Rankin/Bass

Chuck Jones Productions

Disney

DreamWorks Animation

External links