Winona Rebecca "Winnie" Woodpecker is the love interest/best friend of Woody, the fictional character and the tetartagonist of the Woody Woodpecker series.
Story[]
Walter Lantz[]
Winnie first appeared in a Walter Lantz short, Real Gone Woody. In that short, Winnie had a date with Woody, but Buzz Buzzard stopped Woody because he wanted to go on a date with Winnie. She decides to take them both on a date, which causes a fight between the two birds. At the end, she rejects both of them and runs off with a singer bird.
She also appeared in International Woodpecker as the caveman woodpecker's girlfriend and as Fifi from Paris.
The New Woody Woodpecker Show years[]
Winnie later appeared in The New Woody Woodpecker Show among with Woody, Chilly Lilly, Chilly Willy, Splinter and Knothead, Wally Walrus, Ms. Meany and Buzz Buzzard. Winnie Woodpecker appeared in her own segment (like Woody, Chilly Willy and Splinter & Knothead). Her design was also revised. Unlike the original Walter Lantz series, she is Woody's best friend instead of his girlfriend. In "Spy-Guy", Winnie saves Woody from being robbed of a top-secret suitcase by Buzz Buzzard. In "Winnie's New Car", Winnie cracks Buzz Buzzard's auto theft ring and helps the judge see right through the evil buzzard's lies.
Appearance[]
Winnie’s appearance in the classics is much like Woody, except she is bare-handed and has a ponytail and dress. White gloves were later added to her design in various art cels. In the 1999 version, her ponytail is gone, and she still wears gloves, but now has her hair forward (resembling 1960s Woody Woodpecker) and only wears a red or orange mini skirt, making her topless and barefoot (however, her Universal Studios Hollywood appearance has her wearing a pink dress with pink slippers).
Quotes[]
Real Gone Woody[]
- Yes, Woody, this is Winnie. Sure, you may take me to the sock hop.
- I’m sorry, Buzzy, but he asked me first.
- Stop it, stop it, or I won’t go with either one of you!
- I know (giggles), we would all go together.
- Isn’t he just the most cruelly?
- Oh, Buzzy. Is Woody gone?
- Crazy.
- I bet you’re singing is out of this world.
The New Woody Woodpecker Show[]
- Wow! The medical field is so exciting! The action, the drama. "Nurse Winnie to emergency!" No. "Dr. Winnie to breathe, sir!" No, no! "She, for staffs Winnie to the OR! Stat!" I’m gonna find out about a career in medicine today!
- Hi, I wanna work here.
- It’s Winnie Woodpecker, and I’d like to become--
- Why no, sir. How could a layman be expected to know about a linear instrument designed to test the effect of the harmonic resonance on the rhombic area with an emphasis on the cordial nerve group?
- Oh, doctor, my first medical emergency!
- Test complete, doc! Am I ready to work in the ER?
- Doctor, this will be perfect training if I decide to go to the physical therapy department!
- What did you say?
- Doctor! (crying) Oh no! Hmm, what would they do on Woodpeck-ER? As I always say, when in doubt... improvise!
- That’s inflation for ya!
- Yes, another medical miracle performed by Winnie Woodpecker.
- Ooooh, when can I use these, doctor?
- I’m ready for my close-up, doctor.
- Oh no, doctor. I’m allergic to cats.
- But I sneeze, swell up, and itch all over!
- Doctor, now that you see I can handle any emergency situation that arises. What department will I be working in? Emergency room, ER, recovery, operating theater, whatever we do have better be in a hurry! After all, my time is valuable, and I--
- Well! I’m not so sure I even want to work in a hospital that has the likes of you on this staff!
- Harsh words, but a doctor has to assert herself. I’m going all the way to the top, doctor.
- Oh no you don’t, doctor! You’re not well enough to leave our care.
- In order to work in a hospital, you've got to have... patients! (laughs)
- Well, I sure could use the help. I'm swamped.
- Follow me, ladies. We’ll get you wash first.
- Oh yes, it’s just fine. (giggles) You just relax now.
- What happened? Now, I’ve lost all my best customers.
- I just don't understand how this happened. I didn't do anything differently today.
- So, that's what it was! He's no hairdresser. He's a hair 'un' dresser!
- If you wanna make it in the hair business, you got to know how to cut it. This buzzard's gonna get what's coming to him.
- Uh, are you ladies gonna be okay?