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Yosemite Sam
	; Say yer 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)
	File:TTA Yosemite.png; Tiny Toon Adventures
	; Space Jam
	File:BiA Yosemite.png; Looney Tunes: Back in Action
	; The Looney Tunes Show
	File:NLT Yosemite.png; New Looney Tunes
	File:LTC Yosemite.png; Looney Tunes Cartoons
	; Tiny Toons Looniversity

Revision as of 04:50, 7 May 2024

Yosemite Sam is western-type character and recurring antagonist in the Looney Tunes animated franchise. He is usually potrayed as one of Bugs Bunny's most agressive antagonists, and his archenemy in similar vein to Elmer Fudd. His voice was orignated by Mel Blanc using a Southern accent.

Sam first appeared as Bugs' antagonist in the 1945 Looney Tunes 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 a total of thirty-three 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 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-sized fellow; His height was first 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

The Bugs Bunny Show
Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends
Tiny Toon Adventures
Animaniacs (1993)
Duck Dodgers
Baby Looney Tunes
The Looney Tunes Show
New Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes Cartoons
Animaniacs (2020)
Tiny Toons Looniversity

Movies

Shorts

Looney Tunes
Merrie Melodies
- Hare Trigger
- Buccaneer Bunny
- Bugs Bunny Rides Again
- Along Came Daffy
- High Diving Hare
- Mutiny on the Bunny
- Big House Bunny
- Bunker Hill Bunny
- Rabbit Every Monday
- The Fair Haired Hare
- Ballot Box Bunny
- 14 Carrot Rabbit
- Hare Lift
- Southern Fried Rabbit
- Hare Trimmed
- Captain Hareblower
- Sahara Hare
- This Is A Life?
- Roman Legion-Hare
- Rabbitson Crusoe
- A Star Is Bored (cameo)
- Piker's Peak
- Dog Tales
- Knighty Knight Bugs
- Hare-abian Nights
- Wild and Woolly Hare
- Horse Hare
- From Hare to Heir
- Lighter Than Hare
- Prince Violent
- Honey's Money
- ShishkaBugs
- Devil's Feud Cake
- Dumb Patrol
- Pancho's Hideaway
- Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol
- Invasion of the Carrot Snatchers
- Carrotblanca
- From Hare to Eternity
- (Blooper) Bunny!
- Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas

Comics

Video games

Theme parks

Biography

Original shorts

Feuding with the Varmint Rabbit

Miscellaneous Feuds

It's a Looney, Looney, Looney, Looney, World

Fantastic Island

We're All a Little Looney

Come On and Slam! And Welcome to the Jam!

The Baby Looney Tunes Way

Duck Dodgers of the 24th and One Half Century

Back in Action

Yosemite Sam Gets Modern

Going Down the Rabbit Hole

Back to Basics

Slamming in the Serververse

Keeping Looniversity Safe

Yosemite Sam in the Funny Pages

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

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+|caption3= ''[[Space Jam (film)|Space Jam]]''
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+|caption7= ''[[Looney Tunes Cartoons]]''
+|image8= [[File:TTL Yosemite.png|300px]]
+|caption8= ''[[Tiny Toons Looniversity]]''
 }}
-'''Yosemite Sam''' is a recurring antagonist in the ''[[Looney Tunes (theatrical shorts)|Looney Tunes]]'' and ''[[Merrie Melodies (theatrical shorts)|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]].
+'''Yosemite Sam''' is western-type character and recurring antagonist in the ''[[Looney Tunes (franchise)|Looney Tunes]]'' animated franchise. He is usually potrayed as one of [[Bugs Bunny (character)|Bugs Bunny]]'s most agressive antagonists, and his archenemy in similar vein to [[Elmer Fudd]]. His voice was orignated by [[Mel Blanc]] using a Southern accent.
-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)|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|Warner Bros.]] cartoons.
+Sam first appeared as Bugs' antagonist in the [[1945]] ''[[Looney Tunes (theatrical shorts)|Looney Tunes]]'' short, ''[[Hare Trigger]]'', and has been subsequently shown many times in both the theatrical cartoons and the ''[[Looney Tunes (franchise)|Looney Tunes]]'' franchise, sometimes in different roles and other aliases. He appeared in a total of thirty-three shorts made between 1945 and [[1964]], during the original run of the [[Warner Bros. Cartoons|Warner Bros.]] cartoons.
 His protégé in ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' is [[Montana Max]].
 ==Character Description==
-{{quote|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]]}}
+{{quote|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.
-But despite his tough, formidable personality, Sam doesn't prove himself to be any brighter than Fudd when he encounters 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, or get himself into trouble through his stubbornness.
+In spite of his tough, formidable personality, Sam doesn't prove himself to be any brighter than Fudd when encountering 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.
+In some cartoons, (such as in ''[[From Hare to Heir]]'', ''[[Honey's Money]]'', and ''[[Dumb Patrol (1964 theatrical short)|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.
+Sam is very much a short-sized fellow; His height was first 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==
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 <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
 * ''[[Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies]]''
-* ''[[The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie]]''
+* ''[[The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie]]'' (cameo)
 * ''[[The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie]]''
 * ''[[Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales]]''
 * ''[[Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island]]''
-* ''[[Daffy Duck's Quackbusters]]''
 * ''[[Space Jam (film)|Space Jam]]''
+* ''[[Tweety's High Flying Adventure]]''
 * ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action (film)|Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]''
 * ''[[Bah Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas]]''
+* ''[[Looney Tunes: Rabbit's Run]]''
 * ''[[Space Jam: A New Legacy (film)|Space Jam: A New Legacy]]''
 </div>
 ===Shorts===
 <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
 * ''[[Looney Tunes (theatrical shorts)|Looney Tunes]]''
 * ''[[Merrie Melodies (theatrical shorts)|Merrie Melodies]]''
+** ''[[Hare Trigger]] ''
+** ''[[Buccaneer Bunny]]''
+** ''[[Bugs Bunny Rides Again]]''
+** ''[[Along Came Daffy]]''
+** ''[[High Diving Hare]]''
+** ''[[Mutiny on the Bunny]]''
+** ''[[Big House Bunny]]''
+** ''[[Bunker Hill Bunny]]''
+** ''[[Rabbit Every Monday]]''
+** ''[[The Fair Haired Hare]]''
+** ''[[Ballot Box Bunny]] ''
+** ''[[14 Carrot Rabbit]]''
+** ''[[Hare Lift]]''
+** ''[[Southern Fried Rabbit]]''
+** ''[[Hare Trimmed]]''
+** ''[[Captain Hareblower]]''
+** ''[[Sahara Hare]]''
+** ''[[This Is A Life?]]''
+** ''[[Roman Legion-Hare]]''
+** ''[[Rabbitson Crusoe]]''
+** ''[[A Star Is Bored]]'' (cameo)
+** ''[[Piker's Peak]]''
+** ''[[Dog Tales]]''
+** ''[[Knighty Knight Bugs]]''
+** ''[[Hare-abian Nights]]''
+** ''[[Wild and Woolly Hare]]''
+** ''[[Horse Hare]]''
+** ''[[From Hare to Heir]]''
+** ''[[Lighter Than Hare]]''
+** ''[[Prince Violent]]''
+** ''[[Honey's Money]]''
+** ''[[ShishkaBugs]]''
+** ''[[Devil's Feud Cake]]''
+** ''[[Dumb Patrol (1964 short)|Dumb Patrol]]''
+** ''[[Pancho's Hideaway]]''
+** ''[[Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol]]''
+** ''[[Invasion of the Carrot Snatchers]]''
+** ''[[Carrotblanca]]''
+** ''[[From Hare to Eternity]]''
+** ''[[(Blooper) Bunny!]]
+** ''[[Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas]]''
 </div>
 ===Comics===
 *
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 ==Biography==
-===Debut series===
+===Original shorts===
+====Feuding with the Varmint Rabbit====
+====Miscellaneous Feuds====
+===It's a Looney, Looney, Looney, Looney, World===
+===Fantastic Island===
 ===We're All a Little Looney===
-===Come On and Slam! and Welcome to the Jam!===
+===Come On and Slam! And Welcome to the Jam!===
+===The Baby Looney Tunes Way===
+===Duck Dodgers of the 24th and One Half Century===
+===Back in Action===
 ===Yosemite Sam Gets Modern===
 ===Going Down the Rabbit Hole===
+===Back to Basics===
+===Slamming in the Serververse===
+===Keeping Looniversity Safe===
+===Yosemite Sam in the Funny Pages===
 ===Yosemite Sam Sells Out===
 ==Development==
 ==Gallery==
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 ==Toys and merchandise==
 ==Behind the scenes==
-* His name is taken from Yosemite National Park in California.
+* 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==
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+[[Category:Warner Bros. Animation]]

Yosemite Sam
Say yer 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)
File:TTA Yosemite.png Tiny Toon Adventures
Space Jam
File:BiA Yosemite.png Looney Tunes: Back in Action
The Looney Tunes Show
File:NLT Yosemite.png New Looney Tunes
File:LTC Yosemite.png Looney Tunes Cartoons
Tiny Toons Looniversity