The Ant Hill Mob



The Ant Hill Mob are seven short men in the Wacky Races. They were Clyde, Rug Bug Benny, Willy, Danny, Ring-A-Ding, Kurby and Mac. They later appeared in the spin-off series, Perils of Penelope Pitstop. Except for Clyde, each of them got a new name, they were now Snoozy, Zippy, Yak Yak, Dum Dum, Softy and Pockets.

Parody roles
They also appeared in many parodies on YouTube. Here is Eli J. Brown's list.

Thomas & Friends

 * Skarloey (For Rug Bug Benny/Snoozy)
 * Rheneas (For Willy/Zippy)
 * Sir Handel (For Danny/Yak Yak)
 * Peter Sam (For Ring-A-Ding/Dum Dum)
 * Rusty (For Kurby/Softy)
 * Duncan (For Mac/Pockets)
 * Duke (For Clyde)

TUGS
In Salty's Lighthouse, Snoozy and Pockets kepts their original roles, the rest were changed to.
 * Izzy Gomez (For Rug Bug Benny/Snoozy)
 * Billy Shoepack (For Willy/Zippy)
 * Puffa (For Danny/Yak Yak)
 * Boomer (For Ring-A-Ding/Dum Dum)
 * Little Ditcher (For Kurby/Softy)
 * Lord Stinker (For Mac/Pockets)
 * Jack the Grappler (For Clyde)
 * Zip (For Willy/Zippy)
 * Zug (For Danny/Yak Yak)
 * Z.B. (For Ring-A-Ding/Dum Dum)
 * Zak (For Kurby/Softy)
 * Zorran (For Clyde)

Trivia

 * Because the Ant Hill Mob were short men, that's was gave Eli J. Brown the idea to have them be the narrow-gauge engines for Thomas & Friends
 * HarveyTheCraneEngine used Clyde in his Wacky Races/TUGS Parody as Zorran, although Eli J. Brown didn't think that was a suiting role unless for Salty's Lighthouse. Having Clyde as Zorran was the only idea that originally came from HTCE that Eli used only in his Wacky Races/Salty's Lighthouse Parodies.