Baba Looey

## Chronology

### First Appearance

* Taking the Bullet ( Blazin’ Trails chapter 8;Blazin’ Trails Redux season 1, episode 8)
* Unlikely Savior (Blazin’ Trails: Red Scorpion’s Sting, episode 6)
* Have Guitar, Will Travel (Blazin’ Trails Alter episode 4)

### Last Appearance

* So Long, Droopy (Blazin’ Trails chapter 31)
* Happy Trails, Sheriff ( Blazin’ Trails Redux season 7, episode 32)
* Roam West, Cowboys ( Blazin’ Trails: Red Scorpion’s Sting, episode 15)

**Baba Looey** is a Mexican burro who hails from the city of Acapulco, Mexico. Separated from his family at a young age, he was part of the animal trade and was forced to work for the Morales brothers as a pack mule. His life of forced servitude came to an end when he was rescued by Quick Draw McGraw, who at the time was working as a bounty hunter. Since then, he has become the mustang’s constant companion, and serves alongside him as deputy, and later deputy marshal in the series.

Originally touted as an important guest star, he and Quick Draw only made two appearances in the original series. He would later receive some more focus in the reboot, *Blazin’ Trails Redux*, during seasons 3 and 4. He is also one of the main protagonists in *Blazin’ Trails: Red Scorpion’s Sting*.

## Personality

Baba Looey's one of the kindest people one could meet, although he can be quite exasperated with Quick Draw's stupidity at times. He usually tries to express his own opinion, but Quick Draw usually ignores him or takes credit for the ideas, much to Baba's annoyance. Sometimes, he makes some snide remarks about Quick Draw behind his back, but he quickly takes them back when Quick Draw catches him. He sympathizes with those who sacrifice their lives for the right thing, or who were forced to do the wrong thing. Another trait of Baba Looey's is his loyalty; he will never betray his friends or his cause no matter how much he's hurt or tortured.

## Trivia

* Baba Looey has had the least changes to his personality and overall portrayal, a trait that he shares with Huckleberry Hound, Hokey Wolf, Ding-a-Ling and Yogi Bear. His portrayal for Blazin’ Trails is lifted from iheartgod175’s other Western fan fiction series, *The Ghost of Huckleberry Hound*—namely, its sequel, *Have Guitar, Will Travel*, where he has more of a role:
	+ In the cartoon, he’s often presented as having more common sense than Quick Draw (although he too has occasional lapses in judgement) and didn’t shy away from making sly remarks about Quick Draw’s lack of intelligence, but stuck with him anyway. Both series keep this part of his character as it’s key to his dynamic with Quick Draw.
	+ His backstory, where he was a pack mule, was lifted from Have Guitar, Will Travel. Blazin’ Trails explains that he was actually sold into this trade at a young age, and as such, doesn’t know his family. He was thwarted in his escape in Red Scorpion’s Sting, and was barely saved from execution by Quick Draw, who was tracking down a group of animal traders and was tasked to round up two of their most notorious ones.
	+ His rivalry and hatred for the Morales brothers was
* His backstory and how he became Quick Draw’s assistant is eerily similar to how Olivier Coyote became Ricochet I’s deputy. Unlike the former, this didn’t end in tragedy.
* He is one of the few Hanna-Barbera characters who doesn’t have an official “birthday”. He does in this series, and in one chapter of Red Scorpion’s Sting, Quick Draw and Ricochet throw him a birthday party.
	+ Originally, iheartgod175 had Baba Looey’s birthday on May 5th, or Cinco de Mayo. After doing more research on the holiday and other important holidays in Mexican culture, she changed his birthday to September 16th, which is Mexico’s Independence Day and the most important holiday of the year for Mexico. This makes him one of a few characters in the series to have a birthday that falls on a holiday.