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{{Infobox character
| name = Snagglepuss
| series = [[The Quick Draw McGraw Show]] ''and'' [[The Yogi Bear Show]]
| image = Snagglepuss.png
| image_size = 225px
| creator = [[William Hanna]]<br>[[Joseph Barbera]]
| first = “Lamb Chopped” (''[[The Quick Draw McGraw Show]]'', 1959)
| voice = [[Daws Butler]] (1959–1988)<ref name="Murgatroyd" /><br>Frank Milano (''Songs of Yogi Bear and his Pals'' LP (1961))<ref name="Snag record 1">{{cite web|title=Frank Milano – Songs Of Yogi Bear And His Pals (1961, Vinyl)|year=1961 |url=https://www.discogs.com/Frank-Milano-Songs-Of-Yogi-Bear-And-His-Pals/release/9079537|publisher=Discogs|access-date=May 8, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Snag record 2">{{cite web|title=Total TeleVision Cartoons – on Records|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/total-television-cartoons-on-records/|website=cartoonresearch.com|access-date=8 May 2021}}</ref><br>[[Greg Burson]] (1989–2002)<br>[[Billy West]] (commercials, ''[[Wacky Races (2017 TV series)|Wacky Races]]'')<br>Earl Kress (''Hanna-Barbera Cartoon Sound FX'' (1994))<ref name="Snag record 3">{{cite web|title=No Artist – Hanna-Barbera Cartoon Sound FX (1994, CD)|year=1994 |url=https://www.discogs.com/No-Artist-Hanna-Barbera-Cartoon-Sound-FX/release/923247|publisher=Discogs|access-date=May 8, 2021}}</ref><br>[[Jeff Bergman]] (Cartoon Network commercials, 1999–present)<br>[[Scott Innes]] (2003, 2012)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.onescottshop.com/about|title=The Official Scott Innes Scooby-Doo Mega Store and More...|website=www.onescottshop.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scoobyaddicts.com/|title=ScoobyAddicts.com|website=ScoobyAddicts}}</ref><br>[[Stephen Stanton]] ([[MetLife]] commercial)<br>[[Victor Yerrid]] (''[[Robot Chicken]]'')<br>[[Chris Edgerly]] (''[[Drawn Together]]'')<br>[[Tom Kenny]] (''[[Evil Con Carne]]'', ''[[Wacky Races (2017 TV series)|Wacky Races]]'')<br>[[Dana Snyder]] (''[[Jellystone!]]'')<ref name="Jellystonedebut">{{cite web |last=Hemmert |first=Kylie |title=Jellystone!: Hanna-Barbera Characters Return in HBO Max Original Animated Series |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/trailers/1179885-jellystone-hanna-barbera-characters-return-in-hbo-max-original-animated-series |website=Comingsoon.net|date=June 24, 2021}}</ref><br>
| gender = Male
| alias = Snaggletooth
| species = [[Puma (species)|Puma]]
| family = 
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'''Snagglepuss''' is a fictional cartoon character who debuted in [[prototype]] form on ''[[The Quick Draw McGraw Show]]'' in 1959 and was established as a studio regular by 1961.<ref name="Markstein">{{cite web |url=http://www.toonopedia.com/snaggle.htm |title=Snagglepuss |first=Donald D.|last=Markstein|publisher=[[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]|archive-date=May 28, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240528044635/https://www.webcitation.org/6r9YGF9At?url=http://toonopedia.com/snaggle.htm |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="cartoon-scrapbook">{{cite web |url=http://www.cartoonscrapbook.com/S/snagglepuss1961.htm |website=Cartoon Scrapbook |title=Snagglepuss |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708065117/http://www.cartoonscrapbook.com/S/snagglepuss1961.htm |archive-date=2012-07-08}}</ref> A light pink [[anthropomorphic]] [[Puma (species)|puma]] sporting an [[upturned collar]], shirt [[cuff]]s, and [[bow tie]], Snagglepuss enjoys the finer things in life and shows a particular affinity for the [[theatre]]. His stories routinely break the [[fourth wall]] as the character addresses the audience in self-[[narrator|narration]], [[soliloquy]], and [[asides]]. As originally voiced by [[Daws Butler]],<ref name="Murgatroyd" /> Snagglepuss seeks quasi-[[William Shakespeare|Shakespearean]] turns of phrase. Some of his [[camp (style)|campy]] verbal mannerisms became [[catchphrase]]s: "Heavens to [[Murgatroyd]]!", "Exit, [[Blocking (stage)#Stage directions|stage left]]!", and using emphatic "even" at the end of sentences.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sennett |first1=Ted |title=The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity |date=1989 |publisher=Studio |isbn=978-0670829781 |url=https://archive.org/details/artofhannabarber00teds/page/62/mode/2up |access-date=2 June 2020 |pages=63–64}}</ref>

==History==
A pink puma known as "Snaggletooth", featuring the eventual character's general manner and [[Bert Lahr]]–inspired voice but without collar or cuffs, first appeared on television in ''[[The Quick Draw McGraw Show]]'' in 1959.<ref name="Markstein"/><ref name="cartoon-scrapbook"/> The character subsequently appeared in a supporting role in ''[[Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy]]'' and ''[[Snooper and Blabber]]''.<ref name="cartoon-scrapbook"/> Under the revised name of Snagglepuss, the character appeared in his own series of shorts in 1961 as a regular segment on ''[[The Yogi Bear Show]]'', featuring in 32 episodes.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |page=933}}</ref> He later appeared in other Hanna-Barbera shows, including ''[[Yogi's Gang]]'' (1973), as a co-host in ''[[Laff-A-Lympics]]'' (1977–78), ''[[Yogi's Treasure Hunt]]'' (1985), and as a [[teenager]] in ''[[Yo Yogi!]]'' (1991).

Snagglepuss's appearance in a 1960s run of [[Kellogg's]] [[breakfast cereal|cereal]] [[television commercial]]s prompted [[lawsuit|legal action]] by actor [[Bert Lahr]], who said the similarity of the character's voice to his own could lead viewers to the false conclusion that Lahr himself had endorsed the product. As part of the settlement, the disclaimer "Snagglepuss voice by Daws Butler" was required to appear on each commercial. This made Butler one of the few voice artists to receive screen credits in a TV commercial.<ref name="newsfromme.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.newsfromme.com/2010/04/15/todays-video-link-90-2/ |website=News From ME (Mark Evanier's blog) |title=Today's Video Link |date=April 15, 2010}}</ref>

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

==Character description==
Snagglepuss lives in a [[Rock shelter|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 [[Bert Lahr]], especially the more mellow moods of Lahr's [[Cowardly Lion]] in the 1939 film ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''.<ref name="Murgatroyd" />

Snagglepuss has three signature [[catchphrase]]s. His most famous is his perpetual exclamation "Heavens to Murgatroyd!"<ref name="Murgatroyd">{{cite web|url=http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/heavens-to-murgatroyd.html|title=Heavens to Murgatroyd|last=Martin|first=Gary|date=1996–2009|access-date=2009-08-22}}</ref> Before dashing offscreen to make an escape or run an errand, Snagglepuss announces the move in the form of a theatrical [[Blocking (stage)#Stage directions|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!").<ref>{{cite web |title=Snagglepuss: early avatar of emphatic ''even'' |url=http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=7571 |work=Language Log |first=Mark |last=Liberman |date=October 6, 2013}}</ref>

The character's pink color, lilting voice, and theatrical manner led some viewers to interpret Snagglepuss as stereotypically [[gay]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hughes|first1=William|title=New comic series reimagines Snagglepuss as a gay 1950s playwright|url=https://www.avclub.com/article/new-comic-series-reimagines-snagglepuss-gay-1950s--249454|website=AV Club|access-date=2 February 2017|date=31 January 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Snagglepuss Chronicles is the first great comic book of 2018|last=Abad-Santos|first=Alex|url=https://www.vox.com/2017/12/22/16795830/the-snagglepuss-chronicles-comic-review|date=17 December 2017}}</ref>

==List of episodes==
{{Main|List of The Yogi Bear Show episodes}}
{{columns-list|colwidth=18em|
# Major Operation / 1961-01-30
# Feud for Thought / 1961-02-06
# Live and Lion / 1961-02-13
# Fraidy Cat Lion / 1961-02-20
# Royal Ruckus / 1961-02-27
# The Roaring Lion / 1961-03-06
# Paws for Applause / 1961-03-13
# Knights and Daze / 1961-03-20
# The Gangsters All Here / 1961-03-27
# Having a Bowl / 1961-04-03
# Diaper Desperado / 1961-04-10
# Arrow Error / 1961-04-17
# Twice Shy / 1961-04-24
# Cloak and Stagger / 1961-05-01
# Remember Your Lions / 1961-05-08
# Remember the Daze / 1961-05-15
# Express Trained Lion / 1961-09-16
# Jangled Jungle / 1961-09-23
# Lion Tracks / 1961-09-30
# Fight Fright / 1961-10-07
# Lions Share Sheriff / 1961-10-14
# Cagey Lion / 1961-10-21
# Charge That Lion / 1961-10-28
# Be My Ghost / 1961-11-04
# Spring Hits a Snag / 1961-11-11
# Legal Eagle Lion / 1961-11-18
# Don't Know It Poet / 1961-11-25
# Tail Wag Snag / 1961-12-02
# Rent and Rave / 1961-12-09
# Footlight Fright / 1961-12-16
# One Two Many / 1961-12-23
# Royal Rodent / 1961-12-30
}}

==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-Star Laff-A-Lympics|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 film]]s 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 [[Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration|''A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration: 50 Years of Hanna-Barbera'']] (1989).
* 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 (theatre)|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|date=November 2014}}
* Snagglepuss made a non-speaking cameo in the ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'' episode "Peanut Puberty".
* Snagglepuss starred in an eight-page [[DC Comics]]' story within ''Suicide Squad/Banana Splits Annual'' #1 by writer [[Mark Russell (writer)|Mark Russell]] and artist Mike Feehan. The eight-page story was then followed by a 6-issue comic miniseries ''[[Exit, Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles]]'' (also by Mark Russell) with the first issue released on January 3, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dccomics.com/comics/exit-stage-left-the-snagglepuss-chronicles-2018/exit-stage-left-the-snagglepuss-chronicles-1|title=EXIT STAGE LEFT: THE SNAGGLEPUSS CHRONICLES #1|date=16 October 2017|website=DC|access-date=30 March 2019}}</ref> The comic depicted Snagglepuss as a [[gay]] [[playwright]] living in 1950s New York City whose career featured parallels to that of [[Tennessee Williams]] and was also given a male human lover named Pablo who he was in a closeted relationship with. The comics also featured [[Huckleberry Hound]] and [[Quick Draw McGraw]] as supporting characters who were also in a gay relationship that were initially supportive of Snagglepuss only for their own lives to fall to ruin due to a McCarthyist purge which ends up putting Huckleberry in jail.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hilobrow.com/2017/01/23/this-look-at-those-cavemen-go/|title=THIS: Look at those cavemen go – HiLobrow|access-date=8 February 2017}}</ref> The comic later won a [[GLAAD Award]] for Outstanding Comic Book.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/exit-stage-left-snagglepuss-chronicles-2019-glaad-media-award/|title=Syndicated Comics|first=Samantha|last=Puc|date=29 March 2019|access-date=30 March 2019}}</ref>
* Snagglepuss appears in the ''[[Wacky Races (2017 TV series)|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/hbo-max-looney-tunes-jellystone-the-fungies-tig-n-seek-kids-family-series-1202771895/|title=HBO Max Sets New Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Robert Zemeckis Hybrid Series 'Tooned Out', More For Kids & Family Slate|first1=Patrick|last1=Hipes|date=October 29, 2019}}</ref> He is also gay, according to Melody Iza.<ref>{{Cite tweet |last=Iza |first=Melody |user=izaart |number=1421252179919216640 |date=July 30, 2021 |title=While we didn't get to be explicit about it, we definitely believe they're happily married |language=en |access-date=October 25, 2021 |link=https://twitter.com/izaart/status/1421252179919216640 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730233149/https://twitter.com/izaart/status/1421252179919216640 |archive-date=July 30, 2021 |ref=}}</ref>
* A new Snagglepuss animated series is currently in development, to be voiced by [[Jim Parsons]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/jim-parsons-interview-big-bang-theory-netflix-hollywood-spoiler-alert-1235271413/ | title=Jim Parsons Embraces Being a "Late Bloomer" | website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | date=December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cbr.com/big-bang-theory-jim-parsons-voice-snagglepuss-animated-project/ | title=Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons to Voice Snagglepuss in New Animated Project | date=December 2022}}</ref>

===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 Simpson|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 [[MetLife]] commercial in 2012, titled "Everyone". In a [[Making-of|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 "[[Weekend Update]]" segment on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' (November 15, 2008), [[Bobby Moynihan]] appears in costume as Snagglepuss to comment on California's [[2008 California Proposition 8|ban]] on [[same-sex marriage]]. During the segment, Snagglepuss is "[[outed]]" by anchor [[Seth Meyers]] and then confesses that his [[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 (2020 TV series)|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==
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==External links==
* [https://archive.today/20120730164248/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Hanna-Barbera_Studios/U-Z/The_Yogi_Bear_Show/Snagglepuss/index.html Big Cartoon DataBase: Snagglepuss]
* [http://www.wingnuttoons.com/Snagglepuss.html Wingnut Toons: List of episodes]
* [https://archive.today/20130105074007/http://www.tvacres.com/cats_lions_snagglepuss.htm TV Acres: Snagglepuss]
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120708065117/http://www.cartoonscrapbook.com/S/snagglepuss1961.htm The Cartoon Scrapbook]}} – Information and details on Snagglepuss.
* {{Internet Archive film|id=snagglepuss}}

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