Snagglepuss Lion

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This article is about the character. For other uses, see Snagglepuss.
Snagglepuss Lion
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You may call me a "wild lion", but I am a great actor!
A thespian, even!
Species Mountain lion
Gender Male
Member of Yogi's Gang
Yogi's Treasure Hunters
Affiliation Mildew Wolf
Laff-A-Lympics
Father Not mentioned
Mother Not mentioned
Other relative(s) One cousin, Mr. Jinks[1]
First appearance QDMG: "Lamb Chopped" (1959)
Played by Daws Butler (1959-88)
Greg Burson (1990-91)
Dana Snyder (2021)
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Snagglepuss' early design in "Snagglepuss".
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Fender Bender 500
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Yo, Yogi!
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Wacky Races
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Jellystone!

Snagglepuss Lion is an anthropomorphic pink mountain lion and the title character in the Snagglepuss animated television shorts. His voice was originated by Daws Butler.

Obsessed with the fine arts, Snagglepuss is a self-proclaimed man (or lion) of sophistication. Although he is both a passionate poet and actor, being a wild animal meant that he spends most of his time chasing from hunters or escape from capture.

Character description

Snagglepuss is a pink mountain lion with an acorn-shaped head. His attire consists of a white shirt collar, a black string tie, and white shirt cuffs on his wrists.

Appearances

TV series

Movies

Specials

Shorts

Comics

Books

Video games

Biography

Brown Years

Quick Draw Takes on Snagglepuss

Snagglepuss is Snooper and Blabber's next case

The Doggies' Household Gets an Unwelcome Visitor

Pink Years

Snagglepuss Gets His Own Show

Yogi's Birthday Party

Crossover Era

It's Yogi's Gang
Yogi's Ark Lark
Laff-A-Lympics
Yogi's First Christmas
Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper
Casper's First Christmas
Yogi's Great Escape
Yogi's Treasure Hunt
The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound
Celebrating another 50 years! 50 years of fun!
Fender Bender 500
Yo, Yogi!

Harvey Birdman

Wacky Races (2017) cameo

Everyone's Back in Jellystone!

Snag Sells Out

In The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy episode "Irwin Gets a Clue," he's one of the Hanna Barbera characters ran over by Hoss Delgado's truck.

Kellogg's Corn Flakes

Snagglepuss in the Funny Books

Flintstones visit New York World's Fair
Snagglepuss Gets Serious

In Exit Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, Snagglepuss is a gay playwright at the height of the arms race in the 1950s. After losing his friend Huckleberry Hound to suicide and after his gay lover leaves for war, Snagglepuss outs himself and is blacklisted from the entertainment industry. He later joins Quick Draw McGraw's animation industry under the alias "Snaggletooth"

SCOOB!

A comic of Snagglepuss appeared in a younger Shaggy's room.[2]

Development

The character of Snagglepuss is based on actor Burt Lahr, who is perhaps best known as the Cowardly Lion in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.

Gallery

Main article: Snagglepuss Lion/Gallery

Toys and merchandise

Main article: Snagglepuss Lion/Toys

Behind the scenes

  • According to a 1982 calendar, he was born on September 30th.
  • In his first few appearances on The Quick Draw McGraw Show, he is depicted as more of an antagonist.
  • It is rumored by many that Snagglepuss could presumably be gay based on his flowery accent, his interest in theatrical and his lavender fur color.
    • Co-creator Joseph Barbera was in denial of the rumor, insisting that the character was modeled after Bert Lahr and was indeed not gay because "he beat his wife."[3] When in the Johnny Bravo writers room, he playfully threatened Steve Marmel's life when he insinuated Snagglepuss to be gay, warning him "A Sicilian never forgets."[3]
    • Ironically after Joe Barbera died, Snagglepuss was confirmed gay in both Exit Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles and Jellystone!, though both were their own canon.
  • In 1967, Looney Tunes made a character who bared similarities to that of Snagglepuss, the character was called "Cool Cat."
    • Interestingly, Hanna-Barbera also planned a character called "Toing Tiger," who was also pretty close to Snagglepuss, but this idea never went through.

In popular culture

  • In the Robot Chicken skit "Laff-A-Munich" segment of the episode "Ban on the Fun", Snagglepuss informs the world about the tragic fate of the Yogi Yahooeys after they were all killed by the Really Rottens, muttering the infamous phrase "They're all gone." He is never seen again after this scene, leaving his fate unknown. He is voiced by Victor Yerrid for this skit.
  • In the Saturday Night Live episode "Paul Rudd/Beyonce," Snagglepuss (played by Bobby Moynihan) was a guest on "Weekend Update," where he gives his thoughts on California's ban on same sex marriage. After being "outed" by Seth Myers, he reveals he is in a relationship with the Great Gazoo, (played by Will Forte).
  • In the 31st "Treehouse of Horror" segment "Into the Homer-verse" of The Simpsons, one of the many Homers features a one named Homer-Barbera, who changes into a parody of Snagglepuss, even saying "Heavens to Murgatroyd" and "Exit, stage left" when he leaves.
  • In Power Rangers Dino Fury, Slyther announces when he's leaving by saying, "Exit." But as an add-on in "The Matchmaker," when he upsets Void Knight, he says, "Exit, stage left."
  • In the Drawn Together episode "Gay Bash", Snagglepuss is present as Xander's Gay Bash. However, his face is blurred out, which is a parody of how reality shows will censor strangers who are not a part of the show.
  • In the New Looney Tunes episode "Bugs Bunny saves the Universe" After Bugs presses a button on Marvin the Martian's (referred to as Dank Diaper, a parody of Darth Vader from the Star Wars franchise, in this episode) lightsaber to enlarge it, Marvin yells "Heavens to Megatroyd!" as he struggles to hold it and destroy his own ship in the process.
  • In The Jackbox Party Pack 8 game "Wheel of Enormous Proportions", a question you can get is "Pick all characters from Hanna-Barbera" where Snagglepuss is listed as one of them.

References

  1. ^ The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera: "Augie Doggie's Cheery Day" (1977).
  2. ^ SCOOB! (2020).
  3. ^ a b Partible, Van (July 6, 2012). "Memories of Joe Barbera". Van Partible.com. Retrieved November 29, 2021.