Yosemite Sam
Yosemite Sam ( ) is a
cartoon character in the ''
Looney Tunes'' and ''
Merrie Melodies'' series of short films produced by
Warner Bros. His name is taken from
Yosemite National Park in California. He is an adversary of
Bugs Bunny and his
archenemy alongside
Elmer Fudd. He is commonly depicted as a mean-spirited and extremely aggressive, gunslinging
outlaw or
cowboy with a
hair-trigger temper and an intense hatred of rabbits, Bugs in particular. In cartoons with non-Western themes, he uses various aliases, including "Chilkoot Sam" (named for the
Chilkoot Trail; Sam pronounces it "Chilli-koot") and "Square-deal Sam" in ''
14 Carrot Rabbit'', "Riff Raff Sam" in ''
Sahara Hare'', "Sam Schultz" in ''
Big House Bunny'', "Seagoin' Sam" in ''
Buccaneer Bunny'', "Shanghai Sam" in ''
Mutiny on the Bunny'', "Von Schamm the
Hessian" in ''
Bunker Hill Bunny'', "Baron Sam von Schpamm" in ''
Dumb Patrol'', and
many others. During the
golden age of American animation, Yosemite Sam appeared as antagonist in 33 animated shorts made between 1945 and 1964.
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