The Mystery Cartoon Character Game, ongoing-ier.

Gosh, that's terrible, Salty. All at once, with no warning. When my mother passed away in 1991, it was a slow decline with lung cancer.

It's going to be a difficult time no matter what, but there will be plenty of nice folks that can give some help, us included. Just ask.

Thank you for all the kind words. It's very much appreciated.

Oh dear, better make this real easy.

7) Debuted on Friday 7 August 1981 in theaters. Not re-released until issues with recording labels were ironed out.

8) Made in Canada, distributed by Columbia Pictures. Canada? No wonder we never heard of it.

9) This animation is not radioactive, despite a name apropos of the Lanthanide / Actinide group.

Ah, I've got it now. It's Harry Canyon, the cabbie from "Heavy Metal." And contrary to your statement. I have heard of it. Just never saw it.

Same here, heard of this one--but never saw it.

Yes, this is Harry Canyon the cabbie from one story arc of Heavy Metal, produced through the Canadian Film Development Corporation. I was being tongue-in-cheek about Canada, the land of snow, pine forests, peculiar lumberjacks and desperate moose. All the music track artists that furnished audio for the movie ... well, their labels kept the film bottled for years until almost none were left intact to dispute its release to tape and disc. I'll award Em another fine +1, and control of the board.

Thanks. OUB. Time for another truly untapped one:

1. I'm part of a made for TV Disney clan that includes a character posted in the A to Z game, and twin siblings named after a pair of gospel singers.

2. My own first name was "coined," you might say.

3. My animated series was the first to have an episode devoted to Kwanzaa.

I'm running out of clues here, so here are the last three:

4. My friends desert me when I need them the most.

5. I'm 14 when my series begins, and 16 when it ends with a made for TV movie.

6. In this movie, my family and I contend with evil clones of ourselves--created by putting our DNA into peanuts!

This must be Penny Proud from The Proud Family.

You're absolutely right, Pete. It is Penny Proud. Now to explain the clues:

1. "The Proud Family" aired on the Disney Channel from 2001-2005.

2. Her twin siblings, Bebe and Cece are named after Bebe and Cece Winans, well-known gospel singers.

3. There was an episode called "Seven Days Of Kwanzaa--" the first episode of any animated series to focus on this.

4. Her friends abandon her in times of trouble.

5. Self-explanatory.

6. "The Proud Family Movie" had them dealing with clones of themselves spawned from peanuts. Pretty weird, if you ask me.

So you're up again, Pete. Good job.

I bring a festive offering:

1) The snow on my fur gives my master an idea.
2) My disguise has to be reduced.
3) I get the first slice.

Too easy, Pete. It's the Grinch's dog, Max.

Didn't seem too easy to me. In fact, I'd call those clues ingenious. My thinking ran toward a dog that had to pose as a snowman or an angora cat so that he and his hobo master can mooch off some decent family at dinner. No, no, EmeraldIsle; PeterHale's clues are splendid, you just happen to be brilliant.

That's the trouble with clues - too easy if you get 'em, too difficult if you don't!

Yes, it's Max, as he appeared in the 1966 cartoon...

"All I need is a reindeer..." The Grinch looked around.
But, since reindeer are scarce, there was none to be found.
Did that stop the old Grinch? No! The Grinch simply said,
"If I can't find a reindeer, I'll make one instead!"
So he called his dog, Max. Then he took some red thread,
And he tied a big horn on the top of his head.
Then he loaded some bags And some old empty sacks,
On a ramshackle sleigh And he hitched up old Max.​

That's all Dr Seuss has to say about him - but Chuck Jones seized upon Max and built up his part, to act as a counterpoint to the Grinch, and add humour to the tale.

1) Having backed into a snowdrift, Max energes with a snowy Santa-hat and beard, giving the Grinch "A WONDERFUL, AWFUL IDEA!"
2) The "big horn on the top of his head" proves too heavy, and has to be pruned.
3) When the Grinch carves the "roast beast" at the end of the film, he gives the first slice to little Cindy-Lou, who sets the plate down in front of Max.

Well spotted, Emeraldisle - back to you!

Thanks, Pete. How about this one?

1. I start out as a friend of the title character.

2. Like everyone else, I'm impressed with his flying skills, but end up bullying him when I discover his secret.

3. I'm named for an incendiary object.

Didn't think this one would be hard. Here are three more clues:

4. My coach is mentioned by name in a classic poem, and is also named after a celestial object.

5. Like most of the other characters, I was created for the animated special.

6. Like the title character, I find myself attracted to females of my species.

Oh, of course! It's Fireball from Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer ( Rankin/Bass 1964).

Great job, Pete. You nailed it again. So take another turn. All clues are self-explanatory.

Here is one that I thought I put up last year - but it's not on the list, so I must have had it ready and never got to use it!

1) I hear that Santa needs me (though people try to tell me I've got it wrong).
2) I am kidnapped by someone with a grudge against Christmas.
3) Although I do not act like others of my species it is my species' ability that saves the day (twice).

I found the answer, but someone else should supply it.