Yosemite Sam

Yosemite Sam, often shortened to just "Sam," is a loud western figure of Looney Tunes.

Origin
Yosemite Sam made his debut in the 1945 cartoon, Hare Trigger. However, Sam bears a resemblance to a character in Buckaroo Bugs, released in 1944, which would be seen as a prototype. Michael Maltese claims that he made Yosemite in the likeness of director Friz Freleng. When Elmer J. Fudd, who was Bugs Bunny's first enemy, proved to be too much of a softy for his target, Freleng decided he needed a tougher opponent and that's how Sam came along.

Design
Yosemite Sam is a small fellow with a big mouth. He is bad-tempered, often drawing his guns on anyone who dares to defy him. He is much like a character from a Western movie, wearing a cowboy hat and cowboy boots. He is reckling, very stubborn, and hates it when he's wrong and hates it so much, in fact, that he shoots bullets at random targets, but never hits anyone. He possesses a mean and somewhat vindictive streak. However, he has taken the roles of several other positions, such as a knight and mayor, but the miniature bandit is best known for his Western cartoons, even though his non-Western Knighty Knight Bugs cartoon won an Academy Award.

Rivalry
Sam has, on several accounts, attempted to rid himself of his arch nemesis, Bugs Bunny, but he has never succeeded, due to the brilliant cleverness and cunning of Bugs. No matter how many times he tries, Sam always seems to experience some form of pain or humiliation when he challenges Bugs. Bugs likes to call him Sam.

Filmography

 * Hare Trigger (debut)
 * Hare Tonic (cameo)
 * Along Came Daffy
 * Buccaneer Bunny
 * Bugs Bunny Rides Again
 * 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
 * Bugs and Thugs
 * Sahara Hare
 * This is a Life?
 * Roman Legion Hare
 * Rabbitson Crusoe
 * A Star is Bored
 * Piker's Peak
 * Knighty Knight Bugs
 * Hare-Abian Nights
 * Wild and Wooly Hare
 * Horse Hare
 * From Hare to Heir
 * Lighter Than Hare
 * Prince Violent
 * Shishkabugs
 * Devil's Feud Cake
 * Dumb Patrol
 * Who Framed Roger Rabbit (cameo)
 * Space Jam
 * Tiny Toon Adventures
 * Tweety's High Flying Adventure
 * Duck Dodgers
 * Looney Tunes: Back in Action
 * The Looney Tunes Show

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