Buddy had various designs throughout the course of his career. In "Buddy's Beer Garden", he wore a jacket with a small bow tie and long pants. After Warner Bros. rejected the short, animator Tom Palmer redesigned the character into a younger boy with trousers, a polo shirt, and a large cap, as seen in "Buddy's Day Out." Because Tom Palmer was fired, the early design of Buddy was reused for "Buddy's Showboat." Friz Freleng gave the character another design, which was nearly identical to Earl Duvall's except he is smaller and does not wear a jacket. Ben Hardaway later redesigned Buddy to look more like his predecessor, Bosko.