Meany, Miny, and Moe are animated characters created by Walter Lantz, who made their first appearance in the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon Monkey Wretches (1935).

[2] According to their theme song, the trio are "just three monkeys from the sticks / just a bunch of jungle hicks / but they know a lot of tricks".

At first portrayed as unclothed identical triplets in the Oswald cartoons, the monkeys began wearing clothes and behaving individually when they graduated to their own series.

In animation, the trio rarely speak coherent English, instead rapidly gibbering in an imitation of real-life monkeys.

While Meeny's name no longer exactly matched the word "meany", he was still portrayed as a wannabe tough guy.