Pete Puma

Pete Puma
Species:	Puma
Gender:	Male
Debut appearance:	Rabbit's Kin (15 November 1952)
Created by:	Robert McKimson
Portrayed by:	Stan Freberg (1952–2010) Joe Alaskey (1990–1991) John Kassir (2011–2020) Jess Harnell (2015) Stephen Stanton (2021-present)

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

Origin

Bugs asking Pete who he is looking for

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 classic 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.

More recently, Pete has made occasional appearances in Tiny Toon Adventures as the Acme Looniversity janitor.

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.

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

Appearances

The classic shorts:

• "Rabbit's Kin"
• "Carrotblanca"
• "Pullet Surprise"

The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries episode:

• "Good Bird Hunting"

The films:

• Space Jam
• Tweety's High-Flying Adventure
• Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas

Tiny Toon Adventures episodes:

• "Looniversity Daze"
• "Who Bopped Bugs Bunny?"
• "Viewer Mail Day"
• "Going Places"

The Looney Tunes Show episodes:

• "Reunion"
• "Devil Dog"
• "To Bowl Or Not To Bowl"
• "Sunday Night Slice"
• "Working Duck"
• "The Muh-Muh-Muh-Murder" (cameo)
• "Point, Laser Point" (cameo)
• "Bobcats on Three!" (cameo)
• "You've Got Hate Mail" (cameo)
• "A Christmas Carol" (cameo)
• "Dear John"
• "Spread Those Wings and Fly" (cameo)
• "The Grand Old Duck of York" (cameo)
• "Best Friends Redux" (mentioned)
• "Super Rabbit"
• Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run

New Looney Tunes episodes:

• "Tweet Team"
• "DarkBat"
• "Puppy's Got Claws"
• "CinderPorker"
• "It Paint All It's Cracked Up to Be"
• "The Loonies"
• "The Legend of Burrito Monday"

Looney Tunes Cartoons shorts:

• "Happy Birthday Bugs Bunny!"
• "Puma Problems"

Gallery

Design for The Looney Tunes Show

Cameo appearance in Space Jam

New Looney Tunes

Tiny Toon Adventures