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Caricatures of famous celebrities have long appeared in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies. Among the stars that have been so immortalized are:
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- A Tale of Two Kitties - as cats named Babbit and Catstello
- Tale of Two Mice - as mice named Babbit and Catstello
- Hollywood Canine Canteen - as dogs named Babbit and Catstello
- The Mouse-Merized Cat - as mice named Babbit and Catstello
Fred Allen
- Toy Town Hall - as a jack-in-the-box
- Thugs with Dirty Mugs - imitated by Edward G. Robemsome
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos - as a fox named Mr. Growlin'
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson
- Goofy Groceries - Jack Bunny, in blackface, does an imitation of him and says, "My, oh my! Tattletale gray!"
- Bacall to Arms - Bogey Gocart, in blackface, does an imitation of him and says, "My, oh my! I can work for Mr. Benny now!"
- Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner - a man who sounds like him says, "My, oh my!" after the moth eats his pants
- Malibu Beach Party - as Winchester
- The Mouse That Jack Built - as a mouse voiced by himself
- Slap Happy Pappy - a chick that comes out of a black egg sounds like him
- Meet John Doughboy
- The Mouse-Merized Cat - Catstello does an impression of him when he is hypnotized by Babbit
- Patient Porky - the elevator operator is a caricature of him
- Pilgrim Porky - the cook is a caricature of him
- I Taw a Putty Tat - Sylvester, in blackface, does an imitation of him and says, "Uh-Oh! Back to the kitchen. I smell something burning!" before passing out.
- The Sheepish Wolf - A lone black sheep from the herd of white sheep who talks like him warns the dimwitted sheepdog about the truth that the "sheep" indeed is the wolf in disguise.
- Curtain Razor - Briefly heard from just one line of dialogue ("Throw the phone, boss!") as one of the turtle's 1000 voice impersonations.
George Arliss
Louis Armstrong
Edward Arnold
- Have You Got Any Castles? - Diamond Jim Brady is a caricature of him
Jean Arthur
Fred Astaire
Mischa Auer
Lauren Bacall
- Bacall to Arms - as Laurie Be-Cool
- Slick Hare
Elaine Barrie
John Barrymore
- The CooCoo Nut Grove
- Malibu Beach Party
- A Star is Hatched
- Porky's Road Race
Lionel Barrymore
- The CooCoo Nut Grove
- Fresh Fish - the teacher fish's voice of based off of his
- Hot Cross Bunny - Bugs Bunny does an imitation of him
Freddie Bartholomew
- The Major Lied 'Til Dawn
- Porky's Road Race
- A Star is Hatched
- Have You Got Any Castles? - the three boys on the cover of Little Men are caricatures of him
Wallace Beery
Jack Benny
- Slap Happy Pappy - as Jack Bunny
- I Love to Singa - as Jack Bunny
- Malibu Beach Party - as Jack Bunny
- Goofy Groceries - as Jack Bunny
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos - as Jack Bunny
- Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur - the character Casper Caveman is based off of him and speaks like him
- Hollywood Daffy
- The Mouse That Jack Built - as a mouse voiced by himself
- What's Up Doc?
- Meet John Doughboy
Edgar Bergen
- Cracked Ice - Charlie McCarthy (impersonated by Danny Webb) is the voice of the person who heckles W.C. Squeals
- Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid - The character Beaky Buzzard is based on Mortimer Snerd
- Hollywood Canine Canteen - as a dog with Charlie McCarthy
Milton Berle
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos - as Milton Squirrel
Ben Bernie
- The CooCoo Nut Grove - as Ben Birdie
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos - as Ben Birdie
Joe Besser
- Birth of a Notion - a duck that Daffy meets at the end is an impersonation of him
- Book Revue - the Big Bad Wolf does an impression of him at the end
- Hollywood Daffy - the studio guard is an imitation of him
- Hollywood Canine Canteen - as a dog
- Rabbit Fire - the elephant's voice is based off of his
Joan Blondell
- A Star is Hatched
Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart appears in:
- Hollywood Steps Out
- Bacall to Arms - as Bogey Gocart
- Slick Hare
- 8 Ball Bunny
Charles Boyer
- What's Cookin' Doc? - Bugs Bunny imitates him
- Odor-able Kitty - the character Pepé Le Pew is based on him
Joe E. Brown
Fanny Bryce
- Malibu Beach Party
- Quentin Quail - A baby quail named Toots portrays a caricature of Fanny Brice's character Baby Snooks.
James Cagney
- Porky's Pastry Pirates - the bee is a caricature of him
- Hollywood Steps Out
- Malibu Beach Party
Cab Calloway
- Clean Pastures
- Have You Got Any Castles?
- Swooner Crooner - as a rooster
- Wholly Smoke - a pipe cleaner sings like him after he sticks his head in a pipe
- Porky at the Crocadero - Porky does an impression of him
Eddie Cantor
- Slap Happy Pappy - as Eddie Cackler
- Farm Frolics - impersonated by a horse who is asked to do a "canter"
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos - as Eddie Gander
- What's Up Doc?
- Billboard Frolics
- Porky's Naughty Nephew
Charlie Chaplin
- Porky's Road Race
- Hollywood Daffy - Daffy impersonates him when he tries to sneak onto the Warmer Brothers set
- A Star is Hatched
- Holiday for Shoestrings - as an elf
- Hollywood Capers
- Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name - Buddy, as a merman, imitates him
Ronald Colman
Jerry Colonna
- Daffy Doodles
- Hollywood Steps Out
- Prehistoric Porky - as a vulture
- The Wacky Worm - as a worm
- What's Cookin' Doc? - Bugs Bunny does an impression of him
- Hollywood Canine Canteen - as a dog
- Russian Rhapsody - as a gremlin
- The Hep Cat - the cat does an impression of him and says two of his famous catchphrases, "I can dream, can't I?" and "Well, something new has been added!"
- Greetings Bait - as a worm
- The Wise Quacking Duck - Daffy imitates him as a fortune teller
- The Bug Parade - as a grasshopper
- Detouring America - as a cowpuncher
Bill Comstock
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos - his character, Tizzie Lish, from Al Pearce's radio show is caricatured as a fish named Tizzie Fish
- Jungle Jitters - the Queen's voice is an imitation of Comstock's character Tizzie Lish from Al Pearce's radio show
Gary Cooper
Bing Crosby
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos - as Bing Crowsby
- Hollywood Steps Out
- Bingo Crosbyana - the titular character is a parody of him
- Swooner Crooner - as a rooster
- Slap Happy Pappy - as a chicken
- Curtain Razor - as a parrot
- Hollywood Daffy - Daffy impersonates him while trying to sneak onto the Warmer Brothers set
- The Mouse-Merized Cat - Catstello does an impression of him when he is hypnotized by Babbit
- What's Cookin' Doc? - Bugs Bunny does an impression of him
- The Old Grey Hare - Bing appears on the newspaper and it reads that his horse hasn't come in yet
- Hollywood Canine Canteen - as a dog
- Catch as Cats Can - as a parrot
- What's Up Doc?
- Wholly Smoke - as a cigar
- Let It Be Me - as Mr. Bingo
- Crosby, Columbo and Vallee
- The Penguin Parade - as Bong Crisby
Cass Daley
- Little Red Riding Rabbit - Little Red Riding Hood's voice is based off of her
- Brother Brat - Baby Butch/Percy's mother's voice is based off of her
Bette Davis
- She Was an Acrobat's Daughter - as Bette Savis
- Hollywood Daffy
- Malibu Beach Party
Andy Devine
- Slap Happy Pappy - as a chicken
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos - as Andy Bovine
- Malibu Beach Party
- Egghead Rides Again - Red's voice is an imitation of him
Tommy Dorsey
- Book Revue - a caricature of him appears on the cover of Brass
- Hollywood Canine Canteen - as Tommy Dorgy
Jimmy Durante
- Hollywood Daffy - he appears as himself and Daffy impersonates him while trying to sneak onto the Warmer Brothers set
- Curtain Razor - Briefly heard is Durante's signature laugh as one of the turtle's 1000 voice impersonations.
- Swooner Crooner - as a rooster
- A Gruesome Twosome - as a cat
- Baby Bottleneck - as the Drunk Stork
- Book Revue
- Hollywood Canine Canteen - as Schnauser Durante
- Bosko's Picture Show
- Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs - the queen does an imitation of him
- Bosko in Person - Bosko does an impression of him
Deanna Durbin
Stepin Fetchit
- All This and Rabbit Stew - the black hunter's appearance and mannerisms are based off of him
- Clean Pastures
- The Major Lied 'Til Dawn - one of the slaves is a caricature of him
- Porky the Fireman
- Jungle Jitters
- Porky's Road Race
W.C. Fields
- The CooCoo Nut Grove - as a pig
- Book Revue
- Cracked Ice - as W.C. Squeals
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos - as W.C. Fieldmouse
- At Your Service Madame - as W.C. Squeals
- Porky's Road Race
- Little Blabbermouse - the mouse conductor is a caricature of him
- Have You Got Any Castles?
- Shop, Look and Listen - the mouse conductor is a caricature of him
- A Star is Hatched
- Merlin the Magic Mouse - the titular character is a caricature of him
Henry Fonda
Errol Flynn
Clark Gable
Clark Gable appears in:
- Hollywood Steps Out
- The CooCoo Nut Grove
- Porky's Tire Trouble - as one of Flat Foot Flookey's impressions
- Have You Got Any Castles?
- Malibu Beach Party
- Porky's Road Race
- Speaking of the Weather
- Little Pancho Vanilla
- A Star is Hatched
- The Film Fan
- Jungle Jitters - the Queen visualizes the salesman with his head replaced by Gable's
- He Was Her Man
Greta Garbo
- Porky's Road Race
- Hollywood Steps Out
- Malibu Beach Party
- Speaking of the Weather
- Have You Got Any Castles?
- The CooCoo Nut Grove
- Bosko in Person - Honey does an impression of her
- Porky's Five & Ten - a fish impersonates her
- A Star is Hatched
Judy Garland
Benny Goodman
- Book Revue - as the Pie-Eyed Piper
- Hollywood Canine Canteen - as Boney Goodman
- Porky at the Crocadero - Porky does an impersonation of him
Bert Gordon
- Hare Ribbin' - the Russian dog is a caricature of his Mad Russian character
- Slap Happy Pappy - a cow does an impression of him and says his catchphrase, "How do you do-o-o-o?"
- Kristopher Kolumbus Jr. - the chief does an impression of him and says his catchphrase, "How do you do-o-o-o?"
- Circus Today - a gorilla does an impression of him and says his catchphrase, "How do you do-o-o-o?"
- Awful Orphan - Charlie Dog dresses as a Russian and says his catchphrase, "How do you do-o-o-o?"
- Porky's Movie Mystery - the police chief greets Porky, as Mr. Motto, by saying his catchphrase, "How do you do-o-o-o?"
- Russian Rhapsody - a gremlin does an impression of him
- Paying the Piper - the Supreme Cat does an impression of him
- Fresh Fish - the Whim-Wham Whistling Shark does an impression of him and says, "How do you do-o-o-o?"
Cary Grant
Wendell Hall
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos - as Wendell Howl
Ernie Hare
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos - as Ernie Bear
Phil Harris
Richard Haydn
- Super Rabbit - Professor Canafrazz's voice is an imitation of him
- Hobby Horse-Laffs - Giggleswick's voice is an imitation of him
Rita Hayworth
Sonja Henie
Katherine Hepburn
- The CooCoo Nut Grove - as Miss Heartburn
- Horton Hatches the Egg - Mayzie impersonates Hepburn throughout the picture
- Little Red Walking Hood - Little Red Riding Hood's voice is based off of her
- Holiday Highlights - The girl in the Valentine's Day segment speaks in Hepburn's voice
- What's Cookin' Doc? - Bugs Bunny does an impression of her
- A Star is Hatched - Emily the Chicken's voice is based off of her
- Fresh Fish - a starfish does an impression of her
- Elmer's Pet Rabbit - Bugs Bunny does an impression of her
Hugh Herbert
- The CooCoo Nut Grove
- Speaking of the Weather
- Porky's Tire Trouble - as one of Flat Foot Flookey's impressions
- Porky's Movie Mystery - as the Invisible Man's phantom
- Confederate Honey - Stoneball Jackson is a caricature of him
- The Hardship of Miles Standish - the titular character is a caricature of him
Bob Hope
- Malibu Beach Party
- Hollywood Canine Canteen - as a dog
Leslie Howard
Al Jolson
- Any Bonds Today? - Bugs Bunny does an impression of him in blackface
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos - as Al Goatson
- I Love to Singa - as Owl Jolson
- Swooner Crooner - as a rooster
- Tin Pan Alley Cats - as a duck
- Curtain Razor - as a duck
- Porky in Wackyland and Dough for the Do-Do - as a duck that repeats the word "Mammy!" over and over
- Clean Pastures
- Porky's Preview - a caricature of him performs "September in the Rain" in the grand finale of Porky's movie
- What's Up Doc?
- September in the Rain
Billy Jones
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos - as Billy Goat
Boris Karloff
- Porky's Road Race - as Borax Karoff
- Hollywood Steps Out
- What's Cookin' Doc? - Bugs Bunny does an imitation of his performance as Frankenstein's monster
Danny Kaye
- Book Revue - Daffy imitates him throughout the cartoon
Buster Keaton
Ruby Keeler
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos - as Ruby Squealer
Kay Kyser
- Africa Squeaks - voiced by himself as Cake-Icer
- Slap Happy Pappy - as a chicken voiced by himself from reused audio from Africa Squeaks
- Hollywood Steps Out
- Malibu Beach Party
- Hollywood Canine Canteen - as Kaynine Kyser
Veronica Lake
- Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner - The Black Widow Spider wears a disguise that looks like her when she tries to seduce the moth
- Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears - Mama Bear dresses like her to seduce Bugs Bunny
Dorothy Lamour
- Hollywood Steps Out
- Aloha Hooey - the character Laylani is based off of her
- Hollywood Canine Canteen - as a dog
Charles Laughton
- Porky's Road Race
- Have You Got Any Castles? - William Bligh is a caricature of him
- Buccaneer Bunny - Bugs disguises himself as Captain Bligh (effecting the voice and thick-lipped appearance of Charles Laughton in his portrayal of Bligh in Mutiny On The Bounty)
- Roman Legion-Hare - Emperor Nero is a caricature of actor Charles Laughton who played him in 1932's The Sign of the Cross.
- Shishkabugs - The Spoiled King is a caricature of him
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
- The CooCoo Nut Grove - Stan Laurel appears as a monkey and Oliver Hardy appears as a pig
- Hollywood Steps Out - Oliver Hardy appears dancing with two women
- The Case of the Stuttering Pig - Uncle Solomon is a caricature of Oliver Hardy
- Hollywood Canine Canteen - both of them appear as dogs
- The Timid Toreador - Oliver Hardy is caricatured as a pig
- The Organ Grinder - the monkey does imitations of both of them
- Holiday for Shoestrings - as elves
- Porky's Road Race
- Porky's Five & Ten - as fish
- Hop, Skip and a Chump - as crows
- Hollywood Capers - Oliver Hardy appears
Lew Lehr
- Porky in Egypt - Humpty Bumpty imitates him and says, "Camels is the cwaziest peoples!"
- Russian Rhapsody - at the end, Adolf Hitler imitates him and says, "Nutzies is the cwaziest peoples!"
- The Sour Puss - the shark imitates him and says, "Pussy cats is the cwaziest peoples!"
- Porky's Snooze Reel - Porky imitates him throughout the dog show
- Scaredy Cat - One of the killer mice imitates him and says, "Pussy cats is the cwaziest peoples!"
- Daffy Duck Hunt - Daffy Duck imitates him and says, "Duck hunters is the cwaziest peoples!"
Mary Livingston
- Malibu Beach Party
- The Mouse That Jack Built - as a mouse voiced by herself
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos
Peter Lorre
- Hollywood Steps Out
- Birth of a Notion
- Hair-Raising Hare
- Horton Hatches the Egg - as a fish
- Racketeer Rabbit - as Hugo
- Carrotblanca - Tweety portraying his role in the original film the cartoon is based on
Jimmie Lunceford
The Marx Brothers
- Hollywood Steps Out - Groucho Marx is disguised as a woman who Clark Gable follows and Harpo Marx also appears giving Greta Garbo a hotfoot and popping Sally Strand's bubble with a slingshot
- The CooCoo Nut Grove - Groucho Marx and Harpo Marx, as a bird, appear
- Porky's Hare Hunt - the rabbit quotes Groucho Marx and says, "Course you know that this means war!"
- Elmer's Pet Rabbit - Bugs quotes Groucho Marx and says, "Of course you know that this means war!"
- Slick Hare - Bugs and Elmer dress up like Groucho and Harpo respectively
- Bosko's Knight-Mare
Victor Mature
- The Hep Cat - the cat's face turns into a caricature of him when he claims be a "gorgeous hunk of man"
Victor McLaglen
- Have You Got Any Castles? - The Informer is a caricature of him
The Mills Brothers
Vaughn Monroe
- Swooner Crooner - as a rooster
Grace Moore
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos - as Grace Moose
Victor Moore
- Ain't That Ducky - the hunter is a caricature of him and is voiced by him
Helen Morgan
Paul Muni
- Have You Got Any Castles? - Louis Pasteur is a caricature of him
Edna May Oliver
- Porky's Road Race
- The Hardship of Miles Standish - Priscilla is a caricature of her
- The CooCoo Nut Grove
- Porky's Tire Trouble - as one of Flat Foot Flookey's impressions
Harry Parke
- Daffy Duck & Egghead - the turtle's voice based off of him
Al Pearce
- Little Red Walking Hood - the Big Bad Wolf imitates Al Pearce's door-to-door salesman character Elmer Blurt
- Jungle Jitters - the salesman's voice is an imitation of Pearce's character Elmer Blurt
Gregory Peck
Joe Penner
- Toy Town Hall
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos - as Joe Penguin
- My Green Fedora - Peter Rabbit imitates him
- Cinderella Meets Fella
- Daffy Duck & Egghead - Egghead's voice is an imitation of him
- Porky's Duck Hunt
Lily Pons
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos - as Lily Swans
Dick Powell
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos - as Dick Fowl
- A Star is Hatched
William Powell
Tyrone Power
George Raft
- The CooCoo Nut Grove
- Hollywood Steps Out
- Malibu Beach Party
- Ali-Baba Bound - the spy is a caricature of him
Sally Rand
- Hollywood Steps Out - as Sally Strand
Martha Raye
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos - as Moutha Bray
Bill Robinson
Edward G. Robinson
Edward G. Robinson appears in:
- Racketeer Rabbit - as Rocky
- Hollywood Steps Out
- The CooCoo Nut Grove
- Porky's Tire Trouble - as one of Flat Foot Flookey's impressions
- What's Cookin' Doc? - Bugs Bunny does an impression of him
- Hollywood Canine Canteen - as a dog
- Thugs with Dirty Mugs - as Edward G. Robemsome
- A Star is Hatched
- Hush My Mouse - as a cat
- Fox Pop (cameo)
Ginger Rogers
Cesar Romero
Mickey Rooney
Lanny Ross
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos - as Lanny Hoss
Ann Sheridan
Frank Sinatra
- Swooner Crooner - as a rooster
- Book Revue
- The Mouse-Merized Cat - Catstello does an impression of him when he is hypnotized by Babbit
- Slick Hare
- Curtain Razor - as a rooster
- Catch as Cats Can - as a canary
- Hollywood Canine Canteen - as a dog
Red Skelton
- Wacky Blackout - the woodpecker is based on the Mean Widdle Kid
- Buckaroo Bugs - Red Ryder is based on Clem Kadiddlehopper and Sheriff Dead-Eye
- The Daffy Duckaroo - Little Beaver's voice is based on Clem Kadiddlehopper and the character Daisy June shares the same name as Clem's girlfriend
- Hare Splitter - Casbah Rabbit is an imitation of Clem Kadiddlehopper and his crush Daisy Lou is a parody of Clem's girlfriend Daisy June
C. Aubrey Smith
Ned Sparks
- Malibu Beach Party
- Prehistoric Porky - as a vulture
- Hollywood Steps Out
- Slap Happy Pappy - as a chicken
- The CooCoo Nut Grove
- Fresh Fish - as a crab
- Goofy Groceries - as a crab
- Speaking of the Weather
- Have You Got Any Castles? - Rip Van Winkle's appearance and voice is based off of his
James Stewart
- Hollywood Steps Out
- Elmer's Pet Rabbit - Bugs' voice is an imitation of him
Leopold Stokowski
- She Was an Acrobat's Daughter - as Maestro Stickoutski
- Hollywood Steps Out
- Slick Hare
- Hollywood Canine Canteen - as a dog
- Long-Haired Hare - Bugs Bunny dresses like him wearing a wig similar to his and is referred to as Leopold by the orchestra members
- Speaking of the Weather - as Leopold Stickoutski
Lewis Stone
The Three Stooges
Robert Taylor
- Malibu Beach Party
- Jungle Jitters - the Queen visualizes the salesman with his head replaced by Taylor's
Spencer Tracy
Arthur Treacher
Sophie Tucker
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos - as Sophie Turkey
Lupe Velez
Fats Waller
- Tin Pan Alley Cats
- Clean Pastures
- September in the Rain
- The Isle of Pingo Pongo
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos - as Fats Swallow
- The Penguin Parade - as Fats Walrus
Johnny Weissmuller
- The CooCoo Nut Grove
- Hollywood Steps Out
- Hollywood Daffy
- Gorilla My Dreams
- A Star is Hatched
- Speaking of the Weather
Mae West
- The CooCoo Nut Grove
- A Star is Hatched
Jane Withers
- Have You Got Any Castles? - the three girls on the cover of Little Women are caricatures of her
Walter Winchell
- The CooCoo Nut Grove - as Walter Windpipe
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos - as Walter Finchell
- Slap Happy Pappy - as a bird
- Speaking of the Weather - as Walter Snitchell
- Herr Meets Hare - The news reporter reporting on Fatso Goerring at the beginning is a voice imitation of him
Alexander Woollcott
- Have You Got Any Castles?
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos - as Owl Kott