Snagglepuss

Snagglepuss is a

Butler reused his Snagglepuss voice for two other Hanna-Barbera characters: Jonathan Wellington "Mudsy" Muddlemore from The Funky Phantom and Brutus The Lion from The Roman Holidays.

Character

Snagglepuss lives in a cavern, which he constantly tries to make more habitable for himself. No matter what he does, however, he always winds up back where he started or worse off than he was before. In some episodes, Snagglepuss is chased by Major Minor (voiced by Don Messick), a tiny-sized hunter. A few episodes involved him trying to court a lioness named Lila (voiced by Jean Vander Pyl) but who always rejected his advances for being too boorish or pathetic.

Butler's voicing of the character recalls the work of actor

Snagglepuss has three signature catchphrases. His most famous is his perpetual exclamation "Heavens to Murgatroyd!"^[1] Before dashing offscreen to make an escape or run an errand, Snagglepuss announces the move in the form of a theatrical stage direction, saying "Exit, stage left/right/up/down!". Finally, Snagglepuss tends to add the word "even" for emphasis at the ends of sentences:

• After emphasizing a previous statement ("Somebody hurt! In dire pain, even!").
• After stating a synonymous phrase ("On account of I must be a little rusty. Stale, even").
• In a grammatically correct way, though out of order in the sentence ("I wonder if he knows my telephone number, even").
• Simply added as an exclamation ("Heavens to Murgatroyd! A veritabububble frankenmouse monster, even!").^[13]

The character's pink color, lilting voice, and theatrical manner led some viewers to interpret Snagglepuss as stereotypically gay.^[14] This implication was echoed over the years in many parodies, then seriously explored in the 2018 comic miniseries Exit, Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles from DC Comics, part of their Hanna-Barbera Beyond initiative.^[15]

Titles

Other appearances

Hanna-Barbera

• Snagglepuss appeared in Yogi's Ark Lark (1972) and Yogi's Gang (1973). In Yogi's Gang, he is often referred to as a tiger and not a mountain lion.
• Snagglepuss acted as a co-host with Mildew Wolf from the Cattanooga Cats segment "It's the Wolf" on Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics and Scooby's All-Stars (1977–79).
• Snagglepuss made a special guest appearance at a celebrity roast honoring Fred Flintstone in the TV special Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue (1978).
• Snagglepuss also appeared in the animated holiday specials Casper's First Christmas (1979), Yogi's First Christmas (1980) and Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper (1982).
• Snagglepuss was a regular in Yogi's Treasure Hunt.
• Snagglepuss appeared in four television films which were part of the Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10 series:
  • Yogi's Great Escape (1987)
  • Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose (1987)
  • The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound (1988)
• Snagglepuss appeared in A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration: 50 Years of Hanna-Barbera (1989), voiced by Greg Burson.
• In the "Fender Bender 500" segment of Wake, Rattle, and Roll, Snagglepuss was paired up with Huckleberry Hound as they drove a monster truck called the Half-Dog, Half-Cat, Half-track; it resembled a portable stage, which was perfectly appropriate for both Huck and Snag.
• Snagglepuss was featured as a teenager in Yo Yogi!, again voiced by Greg Burson.
• Snagglepuss was seen in a Cartoon Network Rap in 1995.^{[citation needed]}
• Snagglepuss made a non-speaking cameo in the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode "Peanut Puberty".
• Snagglepuss starred in an eight-page
  GLAAD Award for Outstanding Comic Book.^[18]
• Snagglepuss appears in the Wacky Races episode "Much Ado About Wacky".
• Snagglepuss appears in Jellystone!, voiced by Dana Snyder. He appears as one of the many residents in the cartoon town of Jellystone where he works for the entertainment industry.^[19] He is also gay, according to Melody Iza.^[20]
• A new Snagglepuss animated series is currently in development, to be voiced by Jim Parsons.^[21][22]

Non-Hanna-Barbera

• In The Simpsons episode "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" (April 28, 1994), Miss Hoover reminds Ralph Wiggum that he once reported seeing Snagglepuss outside in the hallway. Ralph responds, "he was going to the bathroom". In the other episode "Lady Bouvier's Lover" (May 12, 1994), Comic Book Guy shows Bart a cel of Snagglepuss as an example of a cel that is actually worth something, as opposed to the cel of Scratchy's arm that Bart was trying to sell to him.
• Snagglepuss appeared in the Robot Chicken episode "Ban on the Fun", voiced by Victor Yerrid. In the "Laff-A-Munich" skit, he is seen on a television set, telling the audience about the disappearance of the Yogi Yahooeys.
• In the adult animated sitcom Drawn Together, Snagglepuss is featured in the episode "Gay Bash", but his face is blurred, referencing how strangers are blurred on reality programs. He was voiced by Chris Edgerly.
• Snagglepuss made a brief cameo in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy episode "Irwin Gets a Clue", being hit by Hoss Delgado's truck.
• Snagglepuss made two cameos in a
  behind the scenes video, Snagglepuss (voiced by Stephen Stanton
  ) acts and rehearses in front of the director of the ad, only for the director to tell him he does not have any speaking roles in the ad, and in response, Snagglepuss storms out of the trailer.
• On a Season 34: Episode 8 "
  domestic partner is fellow Hanna-Barbera cartoon character The Great Gazoo, who also makes a cameo played by Will Forte
  .
• Snagglepuss made a cameo appearance in the Animaniacs revival segment "Suffragette City".
• Snagglepuss made several cameos in the Teen Titans Go! episode "Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary".

See also

• List of Hanna-Barbera characters
• List of works produced by Hanna-Barbera
• The Yogi Bear Show

References