
Yankee Doodle Pigeon is a character in Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines.
About Yankee Doodle[]
He is a patriotic American homing pigeon carrying a mail bag, and a bugle which he always plays to announce his presence in defiance of the Vulture Squadron, and to mock their ineptitude.
He was once caught but was accidentally released.[1]
Trivia[]
- In the accompanying comic book of the series unlike the cartoon, there were times where the Vulture Squadron succeeded in stopping Yankee Doodle Pigeon, although most of them were Pyrrhic Victories
- The squad accidentally caught Yankee Doodle Pigeon with ice cubes only to find nothing but moths in his satchel
- The squad salted his tail to retrieve his satchel only for it to contain a puzzle that read 'Sucker!' while the real message was in his helmet.
- Dastardly once hypnotized Yankee Doodle Pigeon during a 1-day truce in order to work for the Squadron.
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