Pete Puma
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| Pete Puma in Rabbit's Kin | |
| First appearance | Rabbit's Kin (1952) |
| Voiced by | Stan Freberg |
Pete Puma is a cartoon puma, voiced by Stan Freberg. He first debuted in the November 15, 1952 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 one Merrie Melodies appearance, 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 Buster Rabbit by some fans, though in the cartoon Bugs repeatedly calls him 'Shorty'), who asks Bugs Bunny for help. Bugs is eager to oblige, and subjects Pete to some of his trademark pranks.
More recently, he has made occasional appearances on Tiny Toon Adventures (as the Acme Looniversity janitor), The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries, co-starred with Foghorn Leghorn in Pullet Surprise (voiced again by Freberg in all of these appearances), made cameo appearances in Space Jam and Carrotblanca, and is a supporting character in the Looney Tunes comic books.
