The Mystery Cartoon Character Game, ongoing.

It certainly is!

1) Dinky (= small) Doodle (= drawing)!
2) Walter Lanz usually appears in live-action sequences in the Dinky Doodle films, as their "boss". For scenes where he interacts with animation the frames of film were printed off as 8" x 10" prints and filmed with the animation cels overlaid.
3) Lantz later got the job of setting up a cartoon studio for Universal, who had decided to take over the production of their star Oswald the Lucky Rabbit from Charles Mintz. Eventually he got the chance to take over ownership of the studio from Universal.
4) Bobby Bumps and Dreamy Dud were both cartoon series about a boy and his dog produced by Bray before Walter Lantz (together with Clyde Geronimi) came up with Dinky Doodle.
5) Lantz returned to the old premise that Fleischer and others had used in the early days, of showing a cartoon character coming to life on the drawing board and interacting in the "real" world.
6) John Bray's studio.



Walter Lantz and Dinky Doodle in a publicity still from The House That Dinky Built (1925), the 7th Dinky Doodle cartoon.












A well-earned point, and over to you, Saltyboot!

Thanks, I was about to give up!

I've been in one animated short, and many other adaptations.
The short I appear in predates the live action movie that's still famous today.
I'm known by my title, however I do have a name. A really, really long name.

Sorry. Can't put my finger on this one.

Hmm, I was thinking of the Little King from the Betty Boop short, but he recurred in one or two other short cartoons.

There's also the Prince from Cinderella, who was adapted into a stage production by Rodgers and Hammerstein. He had oodles of titles preceding his name. However, Cinderella is a feature film, not an animated short film.

Gotta keep thinking on this one. Better buy more aspirins.

Some more.

In the short, I magically make a chicken appear.
Then her smallest egg kept growing and growing!
I'm not the main character, but my “name title” is the title of the cartoon.

Sorry, but I still don't have it. The only one I can think of was never in a live action film.

It's the Wizard of Oz--I've heard of this short--it's from 1933

Sorry for the delay and yes, it is the Wizard of Oz from the Ted Eshbaugh short (1933).

The Wizard of Oz books has been adapted in many ways.
This short was made 6 years before the famous The Wizard of Oz live action movie.
His title is the Wizard, but his actual name is Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs. (told you it was long!)
The rest of the clues are obvious.

Take it away Glowworm.

Thanks, last year when Oz the Great and Powerful came out, my newspaper had an article in it mentioning a bunch of different film versions on the Wizard of Oz--including this cartoon--complete with the youtube address to view it. I had never heard of it before then, and wanted to check it out--but wound up not doing so after some viewers mentioned how loosely this short was based off the story. The giant egg clue cinched it for me.

Anyhow, due to a long and busy day at the Renaissance Festival in New York, I will post a character sometime tomorrow morning.

As promised, here we go.

1. I take offense at being used as a garbage can.
2. I challenge the offender to a joust.
3. I start off well but ultimately lose to him.

Forsooth! This is Sir Pantsalot of Drop Seat Manor, from the Bugs Bunny short Knights Must Fall (1949)

Yeah, like I said, I was at a Renaissance Festival yesterday, so this seemed appropriate. I enjoy this short a lot.

1. The very first thing Bugs does in this short is use Sir Pantsalot as a garbage can. Of course, the knight is not happy about this.
2. Self explanatory.
3. Sir Pantsalot is actually quite good at first at defeating Bugs--but of course the crafty rabbit prevails in the end.

How about this one...

1) I am based on a popular comedian of the day.
2) I star in 2 shorts - the title of the first describes me, while the title of the second is a pun on one of the comedian's catchphrases.
3) In the first film I confound a crow, and in the second I fool fish.

No idea here. I'll definitely have to look this one up.

I've got it! It's that worm based off Jerry Colonna from two Looney Tunes shorts.

1. As I just mentioned, the worm is based off Jerry Colonna.
2. The first short was "The Wacky Worm" (a short that disturbed me as a child, due to the crow's face turning green from eating too many apples--also, that worm was kind of creepy.) the second short was "Greetings bait" a take on Colonna's catchphrase "Greetings, Gates."
3. The first short has a crow chasing him, the second one has him working for a fisherman in order to catch fish.

Laughing at "Oscar Zoroaster Padraig Isaac Norman Henkel Emmanuel Ambrose Diggs." His initials spell out "OZ PINHEAD."

^ LOL, I didn't notice the Pinhead part! Good catch.

"Grreetings, Gate - let's celebrate!" Glowworm has correctly identified the wacky worm and scored a point!
Mel Blanc, of course, provided the Colonna-style voice.

All yours, Glow!

Thanks, got one.

1. I am turned down by a snobby music star.
2. I show up that night for some revenge.
3. My revenge ends when I accidently lose part of my disguise.

Hate to say it, but I'm stumped again.