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Hong Kong Phooey was a 16-episode Hanna-Barbera animated series that first aired in 1974. The star, Hong Kong Phooey, is the secret alter-ego of Penrod Pooch, or Penry, a "mild-mannered" police station janitor.

A somewhat inept super-hero, Hong Kong Phooey was never without his "Hong Kong Book of Kung-Fu". However, this pretty much never helped him solve the case - unknowingly, he relied almost entirely on chance and the intervention of a long-suffering striped cat companion called Spot (who never spoke - only sighed). Hong Kong Phooey got his tip-offs from the police station where he worked as Penrod "Penry" Pooch, the mild mannered janitor. Usually on duty there were Rosemary the Telephone Operator ("Hallo hallo, police headquarters?") and Sergeant Flint. Whenever Penry heard of a crime taking place, he literally jumped into action, into a filing cabinet as a matter of fact, where he changed into his crime fighting gear. Hong Kong Phooey would travel from crime scene to crime scene in his ever adapting Kung Fu car. One "bong of the gong" and the Phooeymoblie would instantly change into a plane, a boat, a snowmobile... whatever was needed to save the day.

Sergeant Flint was very similar both in voice and appearance to Botch, assistant zoo-keeper at the Wonderland Zoo on Help! It's The Hair Bear Bunch!.

Hong Kong Phooey was voiced by Scatman Crothers, who was also the voice of Scat Cat in Disney's the Aristocats.

Hong Kong Phooey later appeared in Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics.

Cast

Scatman Crothers — Hong Kong Phooey/Penry
Kathy Gori — Rosemary
Joe E. Ross — Sergeant Flint
Don Messick — Spot

External links

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-:''For the small enclosed storage space, also known as a cupboard, see [[closet]].''
+'''''Hong Kong Phooey''''' was a 16-episode [[Hanna-Barbera]] [[animated series]] that first aired in [[1974]]. The star, Hong Kong Phooey, is the [[secret identity|secret]] [[alter-ego]] of Penrod Pooch, or Penry, a "mild-mannered" police station [[janitor]].
-The [[slang]] term "being in '''the closet'''" has been used to describe keeping secret one's [[human sexual behavior|sexual behaviors]] or [[sexual orientation|orientation]] disapproved of by society; typically [[homosexuality]] or [[bisexuality]], but also including [[transgender]] or [[transsexual]] people  and various [[paraphilias]].
+A somewhat inept super-hero, Hong Kong Phooey was never without his "Hong Kong Book of Kung-Fu". However, this pretty much never helped him solve the case - unknowingly, he relied almost entirely on chance and the intervention of a long-suffering striped cat companion called Spot (who never spoke - only sighed). Hong Kong Phooey got his tip-offs from the police station where he worked as Penrod "Penry" Pooch, the mild mannered janitor. Usually on duty there were Rosemary the Telephone Operator ("Hallo hallo, police headquarters?") and Sergeant Flint. Whenever Penry heard of a crime taking place, he literally jumped into action, into a filing cabinet as a matter of fact, where he changed into his crime fighting gear. Hong Kong Phooey would travel from crime scene to crime scene in his ever adapting Kung Fu car. One "bong of the gong" and the Phooeymoblie would instantly change into a plane, a boat, a snowmobile... whatever was needed to save the day.
-==Etymology==
-A "'''closeted'''" person originally referred only to [[lesbian]]s, [[gay]]s and [[bisexuality|bisexuals]] who kept their sexual orientation secret. The reason is usually that the person does not want to face the environment's [[homophobia]]. In many places in the world, coming out of the closet means losing one's job, home, family, friends, and religious and political membership. There is often also a real risk of being the victim of violent [[hate crime]].  The same factors apply to transpeople, compare [[transphobia]].
+Sergeant Flint was very similar both in voice and appearance to Botch, assistant zoo-keeper at the Wonderland Zoo on [[Help! It's The Hair Bear Bunch]]!.
-The term is derived from the [[metaphor]] of the "[[skeleton in the closet]]": a thing a person hides that they don't want to be found, but which is inevitably stumbled across. This often refers to a person's past love affairs and the like. In a homo- and transphobic society, homosexuality and transgender are understandably such skeletons, and are therefore closeted. Use of "the closet" without skeletal embellishment is almost universally reserved for the [[LGBT]] community and other covert sexualities.
+Hong Kong Phooey was voiced by [[Scatman Crothers]], who was also the voice of Scat Cat in [[Disney]]'s the [[Aristocats]].
-==Related terminology==
+Hong Kong Phooey later appeared in [[Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics]].
-* "Coming out of the closet" (often shortened to [[coming out]]) describes voluntarily making public one's sexual behaviors or orientation, or gender identity.
-* "Being '''out'''" means to not conceal one's sexual behaviors or orientation or gender identity.
-* "'''[[Outing]]'''" refers to deliberately publicizing the sexual behaviors, orientation or gender identity of another person who would prefer to keep this information secret, often maliciously or to make a political point.
-* A male still in the closet is refured to as a [[metrosexual]].
-==Other uses==
+==Cast==
+*[[Scatman Crothers]] &mdash; Hong Kong Phooey/Penry
-The term '''closet''' has also been used, seriously or not, to refer to other personal preferences; e.g. "John Doe is a closet [[postmodernism|postmodernist]], [[communist]], [[liberal]], etc."; likewise for ''to come out of the closet'', e.g. "John came out of the closet about his gambling addiction"; "Janice came out of the closet when she told everyone she secretly loved chocolate". This is part of a more general tendency towards taking sexual identity ''as'' identity.
+*[[Kathy Gori]] &mdash; Rosemary
+*[[Joe E. Ross]] &mdash; Sergeant Flint
-One use of this is in a concept called the "'''broom closet'''", that refers to people who hide the fact that they are [[Wicca]]ns for fear of social rejection and reprisals.  Activists for Wicca and general religious freedom and tolerance stress that the same problem of the regular closet concept also applies to this variant and encourage people to come out for the same reasons.
+*[[Don Messick]] &mdash; Spot
-==Related articles==
-* [[The Broom Closet]]
-* [[Down-low]]
-* [[Famous gay lesbian or bisexual people]]
-* [[Homophobia]]
-* [[Transphobia]]
-* [[LGB community]]
-* [[List of gay-related topics]]
-* [[National Coming Out Day]]
-* [[List of transgender-related topics]]
 ==External links==
+*[http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Hanna-Barbera_Studios/G-J/Hong_Kong_Phooey/index.html Big Cartoon DataBase: ''Hong Kong Phooey'']
-*[http://www.hrc.org/Template.cfm?Section=Coming_Out National Coming Out Project]
+*[http://www.wingnuttoons.com/Hong_Kong_Phooey.html List of episodes]
-==Reading==
-*''Epistemology of the Closet'' (reprinted 1992) by [[Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick]], ISBN 0520078748.
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+[[Category:Animated television series]]
-[[Category:Sexual orientation and society|Closet]]
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+[[Category:Hanna-Barbera and Cartoon Network Studios cartoons and characters]]
-[[Category:Metaphors|Closet]]
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