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|caption1= Leave us not be hasty, [[Blabber Mouse|Blab]]!
|caption1= Leave us not be hasty, [[Blabber Mouse|Blab]]!
|species= Cat
|species= Cat
|gender= Male<br />Female in ''[[Jellystone!]]''
|gender= Male<br />Female<ref group="Note">In ''[[Jellystone!]]''</ref>
|team= [[Yogi's Gang]] in ''[[Yogi's Gang (TV series)|Yogi's Gang]]''<br />[[Yogi Yahooeys]] in ''[[Laff-A-Lympics (TV series)|Laff-A-Lympics]]<br />[[Yogi's Treasure Hunters]] in ''[[Yogi's Treasure Hunt]]''
|team= [[Yogi's Gang (team)|Yogi's Gang]]<ref group="Note">In ''[[Yogi's Gang]]''.</ref><br />[[Yogi Yahooeys]]<ref group="Note">In ''[[Laff-A-Lympics (TV series)|Laff-A-Lympics]]''</ref><br />[[Yogi's Treasure Hunters]]<ref group="Note">n ''[[Yogi's Treasure Hunt]]''.</ref>
|affiliation= [[Blabber Mouse]]
|affiliation= [[Blabber Mouse]]
|job= Private eye detective
|job= Private eye detective
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|mother= Not mentioned
|mother= Not mentioned
|married= Single
|married= Single
|first= [[Snooper and Blabber|S&B]]: "[[Puss n' Booty]]" ([[1959]])
|first= [[Snooper and Blabber|S&B]]: "[[Baby Rattled]]" ([[1959]])
|actor= [[Daws Butler]] (1959-[[1985|85]])<br />[[John Stephenson]] ([[1989]])<br />[[Rob Paulsen]] ([[1991]]-[[1993|93]])<br />[[Georgie Kidder]] ([[2021]])
|actor= [[Daws Butler]] (1959-[[1985|85]])<br />[[John Stephenson]] ([[1989]])<br />[[Rob Paulsen]] ([[1991]]-[[1993|93]])<br />[[Georgie Kidder]] ([[2021]], [[2024]])
|image2= [[File:YY Snooper.png|300px]]
|image2= [[File:YY Snooper.png|300px]]
|caption2= ''[[Yo, Yogi!]]''
|caption2= ''[[Yo, Yogi!]]''
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Snooper is a brown bipedal cat with a peach-colored snout and black nose. he wears a white trench coat, and a green deerstalker hat with a crosshatch pattern.
Snooper is a brown bipedal cat with a peach-colored snout and black nose. he wears a white trench coat, and a green deerstalker hat with a crosshatch pattern.


He is a hard-boiled private detective, and is usually accompanied by his innocent partner Blabber Mouse in many of their cases. He is characterized as having a "tough guy" personality, speaking in a New York accent and showing now signs of behavior beyond his mild-mannered qualities. Despite his sophisticated experience, however, Snooper isn't always super smart and would sometimes be the victim of circumstance due to his convoluted strategies not working as intended, or Blabber failing to do his instructions. Although Snooper would usually show mild annoyance towards these mishaps, Blabber idolizes him and never sees a fault in whatever he does. Snooper also has a habit of mispronouncing multisyllabic words, and in addition, has the occasional habit of making sarcastic asides.
He is a hard-boiled private detective, and is usually accompanied by his innocent partner Blabber Mouse in many of their cases. He is characterized as having a "tough guy" personality, speaking in Brooklyn accent and showing no signs of behavior beyond his mild-mannered qualities. Despite his sophisticated experience, however, Snooper isn't always super smart and would sometimes be the victim of circumstance due to his convoluted strategies not working as intended, or Blabber failing to do his instructions. Although Snooper would usually show mild annoyance towards these mishaps, Blabber idolizes him and never sees a fault in whatever he does. Snooper also has a habit of mispronouncing multisyllabic words, and in addition, has the occasional habit of making sarcastic asides.


While Snooper and Blabber are respectively a cat and mouse duo, they are otherwise working partners and do not at all exemplify an antagonism typical in cats and mice.
While Snooper and Blabber are respectively a cat and mouse duo, they are otherwise working partners and do not at all exemplify an antagonism typical in cats and mice.
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* ''[[Snagglepuss (segments)|Snagglepuss]]''
* ''[[Snagglepuss (segments)|Snagglepuss]]''
** 1.1 "[[Major Operation]]" (mentioned)
** 1.1 "[[Major Operation]]" (mentioned)
* ''[[Yogi's Gang (TV series)|Yogi's Gang]]'' (intro)
* ''[[Yogi's Gang]]'' (intro)
* ''[[Laff-A-Lympics (TV series)|Laff-A-Lympics]]''
* ''[[Laff-A-Lympics (TV series)|Laff-A-Lympics]]''
* ''[[Yogi's Treasure Hunt]]''
* ''[[Yogi's Treasure Hunt]]''
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** 1.11 "[[Spell Book]]"
** 1.11 "[[Spell Book]]"
** 1.25 "[[The Box Thief]]"
** 1.25 "[[The Box Thief]]"
** 2.8 "[[Girl, You My Friend!]]" (no lines)
** 2.9 "[[Jellystone Noir]]"
* ''[[Velma]]''
* ''[[Velma]]''
** 1.4 "[[Velma Makes the List]]" (mentioned)
** 1.4 "[[Velma Makes a List]]" (mentioned)
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</div>


===Movies===
===Movies===
* ''[[Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper]]''
* ''[[Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper (film)|Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper]]''
* ''[[The Good, the Bad and Huckleberry Hound (film)|The Good, the Bad and Huckleberry Hound]]'' (no lines)
* ''[[The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound (film)|The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound]]'' (no lines)
 
===Specials===
===Specials===
* ''[[Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration]]''
* ''[[Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration]]''
===Comics===
===Comics===
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====Yo, Yogi!====
====Yo, Yogi!====
===Super Secret Secret Squirrel===
===Super Secret Secret Squirrel===
In the episode "[[Agent Penny]]", he gets bored of Secret telling him about his adventures and makes an excuse to leave. Secret attempts to convince him and [[Blabber]] to stay fpr a game of Canasta but to no avail.
In the episode "[[Agent Penny]]," while [[Secret Squirrel (character)|Secret Squirrel]] is on his break, when he hangs out with Snooper and Blabber at the Underground Club, telling them about adventures, they get bored of it and makes an excuse to leave. Secret attempts to convince them to stay for a game of Canasta but to no avail.


===Wacky Reboot===
===Wacky Reboot===
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
{{Main|Super Snooper/Gallery}}
{{Main|Super Snooper/Gallery}}
==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
* In the Spanish dub of ''Snooper and Blabber'', Snooper was renamed Super Fisgón.
* In the Spanish dub of ''Snooper and Blabber'', Snooper was renamed Super Fisgón.
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==In popular culture==
==In popular culture==
* In the ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' skit "[[Laff-A-Munich]]" segment of the episode "Ban on the Fun," he is seen alongside [[Blabber Mouse|Blabber]] questioning the [[Great Fondoo]] about the murders of the [[Yogi Yahooeys]], after they killed Fondoo for not answering their question, they didn't appear on screen again, leaving their fate unknown.
* In the ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' skit "[[Laff-A-Munich]]" segment of the episode "Ban on the Fun," he is seen alongside [[Blabber Mouse|Blabber]] questioning the [[Great Fondoo]] about the murders of the [[Yogi Yahooeys]], after they killed Fondoo for not answering their question, they didn't appear on screen again, leaving their fate unknown.
==Notes==
<references group="Note" />


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 20:44, 15 April 2024

Super Snooper
Super Snooper.png
Leave us not be hasty, Blab!
Species Cat
Gender Male
Female[Note 1]
Member of Yogi's Gang[Note 2]
Yogi Yahooeys[Note 3]
Yogi's Treasure Hunters[Note 4]
Affiliation Blabber Mouse
Occupation Private eye detective
Works for Super Snooper Detective Agency
Father Not mentioned
Mother Not mentioned
Marital status Single
First appearance S&B: "Baby Rattled" (1959)
Played by Daws Butler (1959-85)
John Stephenson (1989)
Rob Paulsen (1991-93)
Georgie Kidder (2021, 2024)
YY Snooper.png
Yo, Yogi!
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Wacky Races
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Deathstroke/Yogi Bear Special
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Jellystone!

Super Snooper, also known simply as just Snooper, is an anthropomorphic detective cat and the main protagonist in the Snooper and Blabber animated television shorts. He has a partner named Blabber Mouse, and works for the Super Snooper Detective Agency. He is also the straight man of the pair, acting more or less the one in command to the various oddball cases they are into. Snooper's voice was originated by Daws Butler.

Character description

Snooper is a brown bipedal cat with a peach-colored snout and black nose. he wears a white trench coat, and a green deerstalker hat with a crosshatch pattern.

He is a hard-boiled private detective, and is usually accompanied by his innocent partner Blabber Mouse in many of their cases. He is characterized as having a "tough guy" personality, speaking in Brooklyn accent and showing no signs of behavior beyond his mild-mannered qualities. Despite his sophisticated experience, however, Snooper isn't always super smart and would sometimes be the victim of circumstance due to his convoluted strategies not working as intended, or Blabber failing to do his instructions. Although Snooper would usually show mild annoyance towards these mishaps, Blabber idolizes him and never sees a fault in whatever he does. Snooper also has a habit of mispronouncing multisyllabic words, and in addition, has the occasional habit of making sarcastic asides.

While Snooper and Blabber are respectively a cat and mouse duo, they are otherwise working partners and do not at all exemplify an antagonism typical in cats and mice.

Appearances

TV series

Movies

Specials

Comics

Biography

Debut Series

Yogi's Birthday Party

Crossover Era

Laff-A-Lympics

Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper

Yogi's Treasure Hunt

Snooper's cameo.

The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound

Yo, Yogi!

Super Secret Secret Squirrel

In the episode "Agent Penny," while Secret Squirrel is on his break, when he hangs out with Snooper and Blabber at the Underground Club, telling them about adventures, they get bored of it and makes an excuse to leave. Secret attempts to convince them to stay for a game of Canasta but to no avail.

Wacky Reboot

In the episode "The Wacky Always Races Twice," he played the role of one of the "Low Lives" that Penelope Pitstop had to avoid.

Everyone's Back in Jellystone!

In the Jellystone! reboot, Snooper is a girl. She is voiced by Georgie Kidder.

Snooper in the Funny Books

Marvels' Laff-A-Lympics

Flintstones visit New York World's Fair

Cartoon Network Presents

Development

Daws Butler's Super Snooper voice is an amalgam of both comic actor Ed Gardner,[1] best recognized for starring as Archie on the radio sitcom Duffy’s Tavern, and actor Tom D'Andrea.[2]

Gallery

Main article: Super Snooper/Gallery

Behind the scenes

  • In the Spanish dub of Snooper and Blabber, Snooper was renamed Super Fisgón.
    • For Jellystone, Fisgón was renamed to Fisgóna.

In popular culture

  • In the Robot Chicken skit "Laff-A-Munich" segment of the episode "Ban on the Fun," he is seen alongside Blabber questioning the Great Fondoo about the murders of the Yogi Yahooeys, after they killed Fondoo for not answering their question, they didn't appear on screen again, leaving their fate unknown.

Notes

  1. ^ In Jellystone!
  2. ^ In Yogi's Gang.
  3. ^ In Laff-A-Lympics
  4. ^ n Yogi's Treasure Hunt.

References

  1. ^ Bahir Browsh, Jared (December 26, 2021). Hanna-Barbera: A History, page 47. McFarland Books. Retrieved March 27, 2023
  2. ^ Evanier, Mark (Febuary 9, 2001). "Point of View: Daws Butler Part 2" (originally published of Comics Buyer's Guide. News From Me. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
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