Chilly Lilly – Chilly Willy (Chilly Lilly?)
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Chilly_Lilly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilly_Willy
https://woodywoodpecker.fandom.com/wiki/Chilly_Lilly
Chilly Lilly is Duchess Carwalina’s “Bullied Handmaiden.” She wants to stay in Walruskberg, in order to rid herself of the Duchess and make some new friends.
Chilly Willy is a cartoon character, a diminutive penguin. He was created by director Paul Smith for the Walter Lantz studio in 1953, and developed further by Tex Avery in the two subsequent films following Smith’s debut entry. The character soon became the second most popular Lantz/Universal character, behind Woody Woodpecker. Fifty Chilly Willy cartoons were produced between 1953 and 1972.
Chilly Willy appeared in 50 theatrical short subjects produced by Lantz from 1953 to 1972, most of which involve his attempts to stay warm, and often meeting opposition from a dog named Smedley (voiced by Daws Butler in his “Huckleberry Hound” voice). Smedley has a large mouth and sharp-pointed teeth (which he shows off when yawning), but is never shown viciously trying to bite Chilly or anyone else with them. There were times, however, when Chilly and Smedley got along, as they did in Vicious Viking and Fractured Friendship, but Chilly never referred to Smedley by name. Most times that Chilly was in opposition with Smedley, it wound up with the two of them being friends at the end. Chilly was more of a nuisance to Smedley than an enemy, often showing up where Smedley is working, usually for some mean employer. Many times, the notion of a plot was extremely weak, appearing to be a random collection of loosely related gags as opposed to a coherent story.
Addendum 3/15/2024 – Ashley D. pointed out there WAS a Chilly Lilly character associated with Chilly Willy.
Chilly Lilly is a girl penguin that appears in the episode “Chilly Lilly” of the New Woody Woodpecker Show (Fox Kids 1999 – 2002). She and Chilly Willy are in love and try to be together, despite the persistence with Smedley that they are not meant for each other. At the end of the episode, Smedley is hauled off by a yeti who was a previous “match” for Chilly Willy and the two penguins are seen hugging each other surrounded by hearts.
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