The Mystery Cartoon Character Game, now with 20% more ongoing.

Yep, good thing Frank became a doodle when he died.
Here's one that constantly invaded my childhood on television.
1. My owner arranges one of his employees to take care of me.
2. There is one thing though: I consider myself to be people.
3. At one point after getting ticked off one too many times, I talk to my owner on the telephone. It isn't English, but he understands me.

Some more clues.
4. The short I appear in is one of two in which someone else has taken over voicing a hunter with a lisp.
5. As I'd like to be treated as a person, not an animal, the employee ends up sleeping in the dog bed and having dog food for dinner.
6. A promotion is given to the employee for taking care of me, he goes up in the world--but I get to be the vice president of the company.

This is Rupert, the bosses dog that Elmer has to watch. From Dog Gone People.

Yes, this is Rupert from Dog Gone People. Nickelodeon used to play this one a lot as a kid.

I'm a dog who really hates cats.
I beat up on a kitten who was rescued from the cold.
When I went to heaven, I got arrested when grabbing some stakes.

I'll go ahead and put up the next set of clues.

After I got arrested, I was sent to a Saint to be judged.
Then I was sent to Hell for being cruel to the kitten.
The director was also known as Izzy.

Aha, had to go digging through the 600 set of Public Domain cartoons, but I found it: A Mutt In A Rut, featuring Dog Face, directed by I. Sparber. I think this is by the same outfit that gave us the Little Audrey series.

That's exactly it OUB! And good job sifting through those cartoons.

Thanks. But what is up with that woman of the house and her hokey Oirish accent? Nobody from that North Atlantic land mass speaks like that, not even when plastered.

Anyway, let's see if I can dig up a worthwhile character. Aha, here's one:

1) This character occurs only once to date in a completely animated feature film. No live people in this one, not even converted ones.

2) This character started out as a scientist, and has become a Mad Scientist. He's versed in quite a few disciplines, including molecular biology, nuclear physics, rocket propulsion and transmutation.

3) Apparently, these were merely minor studies for him: he attained his PhD in dance. This proves to be stupendously handy for his mission.

Intermediate clues time.

4) Once upon a time, this character was human. Not any more. In seeking to become indestructible, this character succeeded. He failed to account for side effects, though.

5) TV Tropes would call him The Smart Guy in a Five Man Band. Yes, this character has four cohorts that accompany him on critical missions.

6) This fellow is also the shortest of the group. This means he can get into narrow spaces with ease.

This is Dr. Cockroach from Monsters Vs. Aliens.

Yes, this is the Mad Scientist Doctor Cockroach from Dreamworks Animation's Monsters Versus Aliens. He tried to exploit the seeming invulnerable nature of cockroaches by fusing himself with one, a la The Fly. He does indeed come away pretty much indestructible, but also diminutive and buggy. Good point, GW, take the board.

Yeah, the bit about the dancing jogged my memory.
1. I'm a washed up former child actor.
2. No, time has not been kind to me.
3. Then again, since when is a show about a kid villain a good idea to begin with?

4. My robot doesn't quite understand what heist music is.
5. Everything about me screams the 80s--the hair, the shoulder pads, the bubblegum and rubix cubes.
6. Also, I use a keytar as a weapon.

Oh, the latest overdone villain in the Despicable Me franchise: Balthazar Bratt, from DM3 by Illumination Entertainment.

Yep, this is the washed up--former child star Balthazar Bratt from Despicable Me 3.

Nifty. Though I can't field a washed-up character, except possibly in the furthest sense of the term.

1) This character is in the Public Domain due to his longevity. He is immortal, after all.

2a) Among the many works that tapped this character, Walt Disney Pictures had a go at animating him. That'll be the source I'm using in this case.

2b) This character might be mistaken for Santa Claus, except he wears summer garb rather than winter wear, and his waistline has much less circumference than his torso.

3) Despite being large and powerful and even deathless, this character's son gets title billing. Perhaps Junior tends to throw tantrums?

Well, if I'm not mistaken, it' s Zeus, from "Hercules."

Oh, you're not mistaken, Em, not even ever-so-slightly. This is indeed mighty Zeus, father to Hercules, from the Disney animated feature Hercules. Good identifying, you're up.

Thanks, OUB. Time again for another untapped, overlooked one:

1. I only lasted for three cartoons.

2. I've been a piano man, a hillbilly, and a court jester.

3. When my creator left, I left with him, and wasn't seen again until the '90's.