Over time, though, the term's meaning has expanded to include Japanese-made cars exported to other countries. JDM, of course, refers to the Japanese Domestic Market-basically, cars that are only sold in Japan. Updated December 2021: Whether you're a fan of Japanese sports cars, looking to buy or import one, or just want to learn more about these highly popular cars, we've updated this list with our favorite JDMs every enthusiast needs to drive at least once in their life. It doesn't matter if they're into roaring V8s or prefer German precision engineering, very few car enthusiasts can resist the sound of a tuned K-series screaming as VTEC kicks in, or the throaty rumble of a well-tuned WRX. Touché Turtle works in the Jellystone Police Department as the chief of police.A lot of gearheads consider JDM cars a guilty pleasure.
Touché Turtle and Dum Dum both appear in the HBO Max original series Jellystone!.Touché Turtle appears in the Wacky Races episode "Slow and Steady", voiced by Billy West.Touché Turtle and Dum Dum both appeared in DC Comics Deathstroke/Yogi Bear Special #1 as captured animals alongside other Hanna-Barbera characters.He and Touché Turtle also make cameos in the video game adaption where Dum Dum is voiced again by Maurice LaMarche. Dum Dum makes an appearance in the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode "Mindless", voiced by Maurice LaMarche.Don Messick also voiced Touché Turtle in Yogi's Treasure Hunt.In those appearances, Touché Turtle was voiced by Don Messick due to the death of Bill Thompson in 1971 while Dum Dum had no dialogue. Touché Turtle and Dum Dum appeared in Yogi's Ark Lark and its spin-off series Yogi's Gang.“Rapid Rabbit” is available on DVD on disc 2 of The Best of Warner Bros.: Hanna-Barbera 25 Cartoon Collection. The first episode "Whale of a Tale" is available on the DVD Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960's Vol. Touché would politely excuse himself, duck into his shell, and take the call regardless of where he was at the time. Touché had adventures in the Old West and in medieval eras, as well as battling villains during the modern era of the 1960s.Ī running gag in nearly every episode showed him keeping a telephone inside his shell, and it would ring at inopportune moments when someone called for help. The series did not follow any lasting timeline or continuity.
Though not particularly bright, he was an accomplished fencer and could hold his own against other sword-fighting opponents. Dum Dum was more of a simple-minded follower in a smaller plumed hat and a scarf.ĭuring the run of the show, Touché Turtle used a standard fencing foil as a weapon. Touché was the brave (if not entirely competent) leader brandishing his trusty sword and exclaiming his catchphrase "Touché away!" He wore a plumed musketeer type hat. Touché Turtle (voiced by Bill Thompson, known for voicing Droopy) and his sheepdog sidekick Dum Dum (voiced by Alan Reed, known for voicing Fred Flintstone) were a pair of heroic fencers who battle villains and heroically save kings, queens, and others in distress. The show also included segments starring Wally Gator and Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har.įollowing its first airing there in 1962 as part of The New Hanna-Barbera Cartoon Series, Touché Turtle and Dum Dum was later repeated twice on the BBC in the UK as a standalone show during the 1970s and 1980s. Touché Turtle and Dum Dum is a television cartoon series that aired as one of the segments from the anthology show The New Hanna-Barbera Cartoon Series, produced by Hanna-Barbera.