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(→‎Appearances: Thanks for adding a list of his appearances in the shorts, but do we really need specifically add in his personas there? I don't think that last part's necessary.)
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* ''[[The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie]]'' (cameo)
* ''[[The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie]]'' (cameo)
* ''[[The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie]]''
* ''[[The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie]]''
* ''[[Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales]]'' (Sultan Sam)
* ''[[Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales]]''
* ''[[Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island]]'' (Pirate Sam and Duke of Yosemite)
* ''[[Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island]]'' (Pirate Sam and Duke of Yosemite)
* ''[[Space Jam (film)|Space Jam]]''
* ''[[Space Jam (film)|Space Jam]]''
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===Shorts and Personas===
===Shorts===
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* ''[[Looney Tunes (theatrical shorts)|Looney Tunes]]''
* ''[[Looney Tunes (theatrical shorts)|Looney Tunes]]''
* ''[[Merrie Melodies (theatrical shorts)|Merrie Melodies]]''
* ''[[Merrie Melodies (theatrical shorts)|Merrie Melodies]]''
* [[Stage Door Cartoon]] (Beta Design, as a Sherriff)
** ''[[Hare Trigger]] ''
* [[Hare Trigger]]  
** ''[[Buccaneer Bunny]]''
* [[Buccaneer Bunny]] (Sea Goin' Sam)
** ''[[Bugs Bunny Rides Again]]''
* [[Bugs Bunny Rides Again]]
** ''[[Along Came Daffy]]''
* [[Along Came Daffy]] (has a twin brother)
** ''[[High Diving Hare]]''
* [[High Diving Hare]]
** ''[[Mutiny on the Bunny]]''
* [[Mutiny on the Bunny]] (Shanghai Sam)
** ''[[Big House Bunny]]''
* [[Big House Bunny]] (Sam Shultz)
** ''[[Bunker Hill Bunny]]''
* [[Bunker Hill Bunny]] (Sam von Schmamm)
** ''[[Rabbit Every Monday]]''
* [[Rabbit Every Monday]]
** ''[[The Fair Haired Hare]]''
* [[The Fair Haired Hare]]
** ''[[Ballot Box Bunny]] ''
* [[Ballot Box Bunny]]  
** ''[[14 Carrot Rabbit]]''
* [[14 Carrot Rabbit]] (Chillicoot Sam)
** ''[[Hare Lift]]''
* [[Hare Lift]]
** ''[[Southern Fried Rabbit]]''
* [[Southern Fried Rabbit]] (Confederate Sam)
** ''[[Hare Trimmed]]''
* [[Hare Trimmed]] (Mr. Sam)
** ''[[Captain Hareblower]]''
* [[Captain Hareblower]] (Pirate Sam)
** ''[[Sahara Hare]]''
* [[Sahara Hare]] (Riff Raff Sam)
** ''[[This Is A Life?]]''
* [[This Is A Life?]]
** ''[[Roman Legion-Hare]]''
* [[Roman Legion-Hare]] (Roman Legion Sam, Captain of the Roman Guard)
** ''[[Rabbitson Crusoe]]''
* [[Rabbitson Crusoe]] (Samson Crusoe)
** ''[[A Star Is Bored]]'' (cameo)
* [[A Star Is Bored]] (cameo)
** ''[[Piker's Peak]]''
* [[Piker's Peak]] (Piker Sam)
** ''[[Dog Tales]]''
* [[Dog Tales]] (cameo from Piker's Peak)
** ''[[Knighty Knight Bugs]]''
* [[Knighty Knight Bugs]] (Black Knight Sam)
** ''[[Hare-abian Nights]]''
* [[Hare-abian Nights]] (Sultan Sam)
** ''[[Wild and Woolly Hare]]''
* [[Wild and Woolly Hare]]  
** ''[[Horse Hare]]''
* [[Horse Hare]] (Renegade Sam)
** ''[[From Hare to Heir]]''
* [[From Hare to Heir]] (Duke of Yosemite)
** ''[[Lighter Than Hare]]''
* [[Lighter Than Hare]] (Space Man Sam aka Yosemite Sam of Outer Space)
** ''[[Prince Violent]]''
* [[Prince Violent (or Prince Varmint]] (Sam the Terrible, Viking)
** ''[[Honey's Money]]''
* [[Honey's Money]] (Yosemite Sam's solo short)
** ''[[ShishkaBugs]]''
* [[ShishkaBugs]] (Royal Cook Sam)
** ''[[Devil's Feud Cake]]''
* [[Devil's Feud Cake]]  
** ''[[Dumb Patrol (1964 short)|Dumb Patrol]]''
* [[Dumb Patrol (1964]] (Baron Sam von Shpamm)
** ''[[Pancho's Hideaway]]''
* [[Pancho's Hideaway]] (Pancho Vanilla Sam)
** ''[[Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol]]''
* [[Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol]] (Sam Scrooge)
** ''[[Invasion of the Carrot Snatchers]]''
* [[Invasion of the Carrot Snatchers]]
** ''[[Carrotblanca]]''
* [[Carrotblanca]] (General Pandimodium)
** ''[[From Hare to Eternity]]''
* [[From Hare to Eternity]] (Buccaneer Sam)
** ''[[(Blooper) Bunny!]]
* [[(blooper) Bunny!]]
** ''[[Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas]]''
* [[Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas]] (Bonaparte Sam)


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Revision as of 19:12, 21 April 2024

Yosemite Sam
Yosemite Sam.png
Say your prayers, rabbit!
Species Human
Gender Male
Member of Tune Squad
Occupation Outlaw, cowboy, and many others
First appearance MM: "Hare Trigger (1945)
Played by Mel Blanc (1945-1983; 1989)
Joe Alaskey (1988-1992; 1995-1997; 2010-2011)
Jeff Bergman (1990-1992, 2014, 2021)
Charlie Adler (1990)
Greg Burson (1991-1997)
Maurice LaMarche (1992-2016)
Jim Cummings (1996-2000, 2014)
Bill Farmer (1996)
Frank Gorshin (1997)
Jeff Bennett (2003-2004)
Fred Tatasciore (since 2017)
Eric Bauza (2018)

Yosemite Sam is a recurring antagonist in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical shorts. He is one of Bugs Bunny's most agressive antagonists, and an archenemy of his alongside Elmer Fudd. His voice was orignated by Mel Blanc.

Sam first appeared as Bugs' antagonist in the 1945 short, Hare Trigger, and has been subsequently shown many times in both the theatrical cartoons and the Looney Tunes franchise, sometimes in different roles and other aliases. He appeared in 33 animated shorts made between 1945 and 1964, during the original run of the Warner Bros. cartoons.

His protégé in Tiny Toon Adventures is Montana Max.

Character Description

Why, everybody knows me. I'm Yosemite Sam! The meanest, toughest, rip-roaring-est, Edward Everett Horton-est hombre what ever packed a six-shooter! That's who I am!
― Yosemite Sam, Hare Trigger

Yosemite Sam is often depicted as a cowboy or an outlaw with a short, firery temper. In comparison to Elmer Fudd—who is often potrayed as a passive, yet bumbling antagonist—Sam is a much tougher foe to Bugs, and is potrayed as being mean-spirited, reckless, egotistical, and extremely violent. As such, he also has a tougher accent, and a higher, fiercer voice. Sam is a highly assertive person, proudly calling himself as "the roughest, toughest he-man stuffest hombre that's ever crossed the Rio Grande", among many other boastful titles. He is also quicker to learn from his mistakes and never falls for the same ploy twice.

In spite of his tough, formidable personality, Sam doesn't prove himself to be any brighter than Fudd when encountering with Bugs. His cantankerous noise contrasts the rabbit's calm demeanor. Sam's cockiness tends to get the best of him, portraying him as a bumbling idiot, with Bugs seeing that he is incapable of turning down a challenge. Sam is incredibly short-tempered and hates it when he is wrong; so much that he would either use his revolvers at random targets (which seem to comically not hit at anyone), or get himself into trouble through his stubbornness.

In some cartoons, (such as in From Hare to Heir, Honey's Money, and Dumb Patrol), he also has a foul mouth; cursing unintelligibly when angry and saying phrases like "rackin' frackin' varmint," either loudly or when mumbling to himself.

Sam is very much a short fellow in comparison to other people; His size was lampooned in the debut short Hare Trigger, where a train he tries to hold up passes right over him without harm. While Sam's basic character is that of a cowboy, he wears a black Domino mask to show that he is an outlaw. This is so associated with his persona that he even wears the mask in other roles such as a pirate, a riff, or a Viking. As a cowboy or in any other Western-type role, he wears a large cowboy hat, bandana and cowboy boots.

Appearances

TV series

Movies

Shorts

Comics

Video games

Theme parks

Biography

Debut series

We're All a Little Looney

Come On and Slam! and Welcome to the Jam!

Yosemite Sam Gets Modern

Going Down the Rabbit Hole

Yosemite Sam Sells Out

Development

Gallery

Main article: Yosemite Sam/Gallery

Toys and merchandise

Behind the scenes

  • His name is taken from Yosemite National Park in California.
  • Without his cowboy hat (or any kind of headwear), Yosemite's head varies from being a full set of hair or completely bald.

In popular culture

WARNING: The following section contains content that may be seen as mature or offensive to some readers. Reader discretion is advised.
  • In the Family Guy episode "Tale of a Third Grade Nothing", Sam is trying on pants when he suddenly shouts about how it's the most "tightest, penis-compressingest, sperm-killingest, testicle-grippingest" jeans he's ever tried on.
  • In the Drawn Together episode "Charlotte's Web of Lies", Sam can be seen in Ling Ling's support group next to Marvin the Martian.
  • In "Wooper", the Robot Chicken skit of the episode "Snarfer Image", Sam makes an short appearance after Elmer kills his future self, pleading him to "have what he's having" before being shot.

References