Skiddoo is one of Felix the Cat's friends. Skiddoo is to Felix as Costello is to Abbott. He adds unspoken background sight gags to many of Felix's adventures.
Official Website Description[]
Personailty[]
Skidoo is shown to be mischevious, and has a knack for causing trouble. he also is shown to be greedy as he stole the Sacred Cheese just to make some money. he also adds background gags in some episodes.
Biography[]
Skiddo debut in the first Felix cartoon "Feline Follies" where he and a group of mice, trespass into Felix's house and dranked all the milk in the fridge. and he and the other mice make a huge mess, and leave the house. When Felix's owner get's home shes shocked to see the mess, and assumes it was Felix and kicks the cat out of the house, leaving Felix to be homeless. in other silent era cartoons he was just a background character and a generic mouse. despite not appearing in the Joe Oriolo Felix cartoons, he does appear on the website and has a character profile for him. along with the other characters. Skidoo also appeared a few times in The Twisted Tales of Felix the cat, first appearing in the episode Space time Twister. he appear in The Sludge King pt 1, where he is a mice in a animation studio. he appears as the antagonist in "The Petrfied cheese". where he stole the sacred cheese, which led to Felix and Shamus, tracking him down, however at the end he along with Felix and Shamus run from a group of mummies who want the cheese back. he also appeared in "Middle aged Felix" where he and a group of mice are construcitng a building. he also appears in "Wet Paint" where he becomes the antagonist and messes with Felix by using the paint. he also appears in "Shocking Story" where he wanted the viewers to see him dance, only for Felix to crush him with the magic bag.
Trivia[]
- While Skidoo never appeared in the Oriolo cartoons , the official website for the series implies that he does exist in that universe, but just never got to appear. However, he appears in 2023 graphic novel confirming his existence.
- His appearance in inconsistent due to him being a minor character in the series. Sometimes he has black fur, while other times he's depicted as having gray fur.
- Sometimes, he's just a generic mouse in the silent cartoons, while on other occasions he's a mutual friend of Felix.
- His name is a play on "23-Skidoo!", an antiquated phrase for "Leave somewhere quickly", or in layman's terms, "Get lost!", which is what many people would do to a mouse like him.
- He briefly becomes this in the Twisted Tales episode "The Petrified Cheese", where he instigates the conflict of the cartoon by stealing the cheese. That said, he's more of a pest than a menace, and he's in the same boat as Felix and Shamus H. Goldcrow in the end when they're attacked by mummies who want the cheese back.
Gallery[]
- Main article: Skiddoo/Gallery