The greatest cartoon antagonists?

[Art_from_Ark]

Who is your choice for the greatest pair of cartoon antagonists whose antics make it an absolute joy to watch (and pull for the good guy, or perhaps the bad guy)?

Bullwinkle-- Boris Badenov
Roadrunner-- Wile E. Coyote
Bugs Bunny-- Yosemite Sam
King Leonardo-- Itchy Brother/Biggie Rat
The Hunter-- The Fox
Klondike Kat-- Savoir Faire
Dudley Do-right-- Snidely Whiplash
Tom-- Jerry
Foghorn Leghorn-- Dog
Herman-- Catnip
Other

[MicaelS]

1. Black Spy vs. White Spy n/t

[NewJeffCT]

13. That was my first thought as well

[pinboy3niner]

2. The wascally wabbit's nemesis--Elmer Fudd

[hobbit709]

4. Actually Bugs was Elmer's nemesis.

[Art_from_Ark]

28. I liked the Elmer Fudd-- Bugs Bunny pairings

but for sheer joy at seeing two antagonists going at each other, nothing beat the Bugs- Yosemite Sam rivalry, I think.

[hobbit709]

3. Beany & Cecil--Dishonest John

[Art_from_Ark]

15. Dishonest John's signature laugh went something like "Yah-ah-ahhh"

In 1st grade or so, I asked another kid on the playground what his name was, and he said "Yahnt". Like the goofy 1st grader I was, I instinctively said "Yahnt-ah-ahh", and he reached back and slugged me.

[Demo_Chris]

5. Mr Burns vs Lisa

[GReedDiamond]

6. Tweety Pie - Sylvester...

[Art_from_Ark]

22. How could I forget Tweety and Sylvester?

And then of course, there was Pepe LePew and whatever cat he was falling in love with.

[annabanana]

7. fat freddy vs his cat . . .n/t

[Gidney N Cloyd]

8. Popeye vs Bluto (aka Brutus)

[Vashta Nerada]

9. I always rooted for Tom in Tom and Jerry.

Jerry always started the trouble. Tom just wanted to enjoy his nap.

[ScreamingMeemie]

11. Ha! I thought my dad was the only one!

He always rooted for Tom as well.

[Art_from_Ark]

16. I always rooted for Tom as well

After all, who wants a mouse running around their house?

[Glorfindel]

10. Roadrunner vs. Wile E. Coyote

sheer, inspired genius!

[NewJeffCT]

14. I might go with that one

after my initial thought of spy vs spy

[YankeyMCC]

12. Bugs and anyone

Daffy and Elmer
Foghorn and that little boy chicken (he brought any interaction with Dog to a whole other level
Coyote and Coyote (Roadrunner really wasn't the issue )
Popeye and Brutus

[Art_from_Ark]

17. There were 2 kids that Foghorn interacted with

One was Junior, the son of Widow Hen, who was a super genius and always got the best of Foghorn. The other was Henery Hawk, a pint-sized chickenhawk who was always trying to eat Foghorn.

[YankeyMCC]

35. I was thinking of junior but thank you

For reminding me of Henry, he wasgreat too

[jmowreader]

18. Animation, or print?

Animation...lots of good ones, Bullwinkle and Boris is fine

Print? How about Zebra and the Crocs?

[sakabatou]

19. Even though their runs were short

Spike and Vicious
Vash and Knives

[lame54]

20. Itchy and Scratchy

[Burma Jones]

21. Courageous Cat vs. Chauncey Frog

[HarveyDarkey]

23. Popeye and Bluto

[Stuart G]

24. Wilie E Coyote...

That inspired genius..with a lifelong contract with ACME CONTRAPTIONS...

Now, there is another reason I admire Wilie...with a special feeling...
I once met for a very few moments, his creator..
Chuck Jones at a presentation of some of his cartoon art. Couldn't have been for more than one minute, but for that moment, I was in the presence of greatness......it was in 1991. Still got his autograph from that moment.................

I wonder how many people he and his fellow artists and directors at Warner Bros made laugh?

[Brigid]

25. You mean Roadrunner and Coyote.

When we were kids, my dad and his dad used to sit there on Saturday mornings and just about kill themselves laughing at Roadrunner and Coyote on TV!

Oh, and Tom and Jerry.

[Stuart G]

26. Some mornings on school holidays in Chicago....in the 50s

We had cartoon shows at the local movie theaters.
25 cartoons for 25 cents..yes indeed.
Most were Warners and we sat there and watched for about 2 and half hours straight, no commercials, one right after another.
On the big movie screen..

We didn't think it was anything special. Now I know it really was..

[Art_from_Ark]

27. Sometime in the '60s, I think, that had morphed into one or two cartoons

before the feature film.

Bugs Bunny was by far the most popular cartoon at my hometown theater.

[Stuart G]

30. At least we did see the cartoons on large screens.

Some people have never seen a 7 minute cartoon on large screen. Bugs and Daffy or
Wiley and Roadrunner ..
I remember feeling so sorry for Elmer Fudd...He never seems to get the rabbit.
These toons really helped me to learn to laugh..Oh, I have a collection of about 1000 on disc, and tape. Many of the same ones I saw many years ago.


............Be very quiet...I am hunting rabbit ....shhhhhhhh......

[Art_from_Ark]

32. Elmer did get the rabbit once

in a take-off of a Wagnerian opera where he kept singing "kill the wabbit"

[Stuart G]

33. That cartoon is called, "What's Opera Doc"...here is a link:

It is considered one of the greatest toons ever produced by Warner's..It really is worth watching for about 6:45 .

Not a you tube link, but it works. and it is a wonderful cartoon...

http://vimeo.com/70265237.

[kwassa]

29. Krazy Kat, Ignatz, and Officer Pupp

the eternal love triangle

[Stuart G]

31. The Tweety Birds first antagonist was..............do you know...(not Slvester)...but two cats named

Babbat and Costello...knock off of Abbot and Costello..a cartoon that was..called..

"A Tale of Two Kittens".....a very mean Tweety Bird if you get a chance to see it....

[Stuart G]

34. Here it is, in technicolor : the two cats,and tweety..The cats are Babbat and Costello,,.the toon:.

Oh, and it is a very mean Tweety , much meaner than most of know:

[BlancheSplanchnik]

38. I always hated tweety! so mean to the kitty--and always got away with it.

Yecch. I always wanted to see him get what he deserved.

All those bully characters hiding behind sweet faces and hurting cats bothered me...

But Bugs was great....

[malthaussen]

36. Many candidates, but the greatest?

Roadrunner and Wile E. After all, the whole series was based on their conflict.

Let's not forget Snoopy and the Red Baron, though.

-- Mal

[valerief]

37. Stewie

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

39. What about these two?

Of course ya gotta be old to remember them