Pete Puma

Pete Puma Background information Species: Puma Gender: Male Debut appearance: Rabbit's Kin (November 15, 1952) Created by: Robert McKimson Portrayed by: Stan Freberg (1952–2010) Joe Alaskey (1990–1991) John Kassir (2011–present) Jess Harnell (2015)

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Pete Puma is a character from Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts.

Origin

Pete made his debut on November 15, 1952 in Rabbit's Kin, a Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Robert McKimson, from a story by Tedd Pierce. Animation was by Charles McKimson, Herman Cohen, Rod Scribner, and Phil De Lara. Though Pete Puma made only three appearances, in Rabbit's Kin and in Pullet Surprise, he is often vividly remembered by cartoon fans, especially for his bizarre, inhaled, almost choking laugh (based on comedian Frank Fontaine's "Crazy Guggenheim" character). His inhaled chortling sound is "Ihhhhhhhh!". In Rabbit's Kin, Pete is chasing a young rabbit named "Shorty", who asks Bugs Bunny for help. Bugs is eager to oblige, and subjects Pete to some of his trademark pranks. Pete Puma's voice was used (though not by Freberg) in a Sylvester cartoon titled Mouse and Garden, in 1960.

Stan Freberg provides commentary for Rabbit's Kin on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, but spends most of his time simply repeating Pete Puma's lines in the Pete Puma voice, instead of providing any real insight on the creative process.

Appearances

More recently, he has made occasional appearances on Tiny Toon Adventures as the Acme Looniversity janitor, episodes of The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries, co-starred with Foghorn Leghorn in Pullet Surprise (voiced again by Stan in all of these appearances), made a cameo appearance in the crowd scenes of Space Jam, Carrotblanca (as a waiter), and is a supporting character in the Looney Tunes comic books.

The Looney Tunes Show

Pete Puma made several appearances in The Looney Tunes Show (such as being a zookeeper, a past friend of Daffy's, working at Pizzarriba, being on a bowling team, etc).

New Looney Tunes

Pete Puma first appears in the New Looney Tunes two-part episode Tweet Team as one of Sylvester's minions.

Personality

• Hungry
• Stupid
• Funny
• Goofy
• Clever
• Forgetful

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Characters
Major Characters
Barnyard Dawg • Beaky Buzzard • Bugs Bunny • Cecil Turtle • Charlie Dog • Claude Cat • Daffy Duck • Elmer Fudd • Foghorn Leghorn • Gossamer • Granny • Hector the Bulldog • Henery Hawk • Hippety Hopper • Hubie and Bertie • Lola Bunny • Goofy Gophers • Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot • Marvin the Martian • Michigan J. Frog • Miss Prissy • Penelope Pussycat • Pepé Le Pew • Pete Puma • Porky Pig • Ralph Wolf • Road Runner • Sam Sheepdog •. Sniffles • Speedy Gonzales • Sylvester • Sylvester Jr. • Taz • Tweety • Wile E. Coyote • Witch Hazel • Yosemite Sam
Secondary Characters
Blacque Jacque Shellacque • Bosko • The Crusher • Carl the Grim Rabbit • Giovanni Jones • Yoyo Dodo • Tasmanian She-Devil • Melissa Duck • Hugo the Abominable Snowman • Spike and Chester • Nasty Canasta • The Gremlin • Private Snafu • Petunia Pig • Playboy Penguin • Shropshire Slasher • Count Bloodcount • Mama Buzzard • Colonel Shuffle • Egghead Jr. • Owl Jolson • Toro the Bull • Rocky and Mugsy • Minah Bird • Inki • Beans • Little Kitty • Ham and Ex • Oliver Owl • Piggy • Gabby Goat • Buddy • Honey • Slowpoke Rodriguez • The Three Bears • Foxy • K-9 • A. Flea • Construction Worker • Frisky Puppy • Ralph Mouse • Honey Bunny • Roxy • The Martin Brothers • Ralph Phillips • Clyde Bunny • Fauntleroy Flip • Dr. I.Q. Hi • Gruesome Gorilla • Sloppy Moe • Hatta Mari • Businessman • The Weasel • Wiloughby • The Two Curious Puppies • Cool Cat • Babbit and Catstello • Instant Martians • Bobo the Elephant • Colonel Rimfire • Smokey the Genie • Jose and Manuel • Merlin the Magic Mouse • Conrad the Cat • Angus MacRory • Banty Rooster • Thes • Shameless O'Scanty • Three Little Pigs • Tom Turkey • Goopy Geer • Nelly the Giraffe • Ala Bahma • Dr. Lorre • Cottontail Smith • Bunny and Claude • Claude Hopper • The Hep Cat • The Drunk Stork