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Encyclopedia > Gossamer (Looney Tunes)
Gossamer and Bugs Bunny in Hair-raising Hare (1946)

Gossamer is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. The character is a hairy, red monster. His rectangular body is perched on two giant tennis shoes, and his face, which resembles a heart shape, is composed of only two oval-shaped eyes and a wide mouth, with two hulking arms ending in dirty, clawed fingers. The monster's main trait, however, is bright red hair. In fact, a gag in the 1980 short Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24 1/2th Century lampoons this by revealing that Gossamer is, in fact, composed entirely of hair. Image File history File links Gossamer. ... Image File history File links Gossamer. ... Bugs Bunny is an Academy Award-winning animated rabbit who appears in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated films produced by Warner Bros. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The bouncing ball animation (below) consists of these 6 frames. ... A cartoon is any of several forms of illustrations with varied meanings that evolved from its original meaning. ... Warner Bros. ... Looney Tunes opening title Looney Tunes is a Warner Brothers animated cartoon series which ran in many movie theatres from 1930 to 1969. ... Merrie Melodies end title Merrie Melodies is the name of a series of animated cartoons distributed by Warner Bros. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... An athletic shoe is a generic name for a shoe designed for sporting activities. ... Duck Dodgers is the fictional star of a series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. ...


Animator Chuck Jones introduced the monster character in the 1946 film Hair-Raising Hare. In it, Bugs Bunny is lured to the lair of a mad scientist who wants to use the rabbit for his experiments. The monster (here called "Rudolph", Gossamer's orange twin brother) serves as the scientist's henchman, trying desperately to capture the bunny. This plot was repeated in the 1952 Jones short Water, Water Every Hare, in which the character was again referred to as "Rudolph." The monster would remain dormant for many decades until Jones used the character once more in Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24 1/2th Century in 1980. This is the first cartoon where the character is called "Gossamer", and is so named by Marvin the Martian. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Chuck Jones in 1976 Charles Martin Chuck Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hair-Raising Hare is a 1945 Warner Bros. ... Bugs Bunny is an Academy Award-winning animated rabbit who appears in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated films produced by Warner Bros. ... Caucasian, male, aging, crooked teeth, messy hair, lab coat, spectacles/goggles, dramatic posing, beaker with strange colored liquid — one popular stereotype of a mad scientist. ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Water, Water Every Hare is a Looney Tunes cartoon made in 1952 featuring Bugs Bunny and Gossamer. ... This page is about the cartoon character. ...


Gossamer has also appeared in a cameo role in a number of recent Warner Bros. productions. He appeared in 1990s episodes of Tiny Toon Adventures, for example ("Duck Treck"), and he appears briefly in the 1996 movie Space Jam. He has also featured in a number of episodes of The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries. He was also the boss of the "Haunted Castle" level in the Looney Tunes video game Taz: Escape from Mars. He was a boss in Taz: Wanted. Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures (also known as Tiny Toon Adventures or Tiny Toons) is an American animated television series created and produced as a collaborative effort between Steven Spielberg and Warner Bros. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries is an animated television series which aired between 1995 and 2000 on Kids WB, and was later re-run on Cartoon Network. ...


In recent years, Warner Bros. marketers seem to have seized upon the character. Gossamer's image is available on all sorts of Warners merchandise, from T-shirts to ballcaps to plush toys. This sort of marketing helped propel The Tasmanian Devil to newfound stardom, and it is seemingly helping Gossamer's popularity to some extent. It remains unclear whether Gossamer will become one of the more popular Looney Tunes characters, as has Taz, or if he will remain relatively obscure in lizzietown. In 2001 Gossamer returned in the Sheep Raider video game. He (or a descendent) also appears in the Loonatics Unleashed series as a wrestling rival for Slam Tasmanian named Gorlop, who hails from "the planet Gossamer". A younger Gossamer appeared in an episode of Baby Looney Tunes as a helper in Pepe Le Pew's garden. “Taz” redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Loonatics Unleashed is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. ... Baby Looney Tunes is an American animated television series that shows Looney Tunes characters as toddlers. ... Pepe Le Pew in the short Little Beau Pepe. ...


A clip in the deleted scenes featurette on the Looney Tunes: Back in Action DVD features Gossamer being harassed by Kate Houghton (Jenna Elfman), suggesting that Gossamer was planned to make an appearance in the film, but it was deleted. However, a full look at this scene is not shown in the full deleted scenes clips on the DVD-ROM. Looney Tunes: Back in Action was a 2003 Warner Bros. ... Size comparison: A 12 cm Sony DVD+RW and a 19 cm Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. ... Jenna Elfman (born September 30, 1971, in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American television and film actress. ... DVD is an optical disc storage media format that is used for playback of movies with high video and sound quality and for storing data. ...


Trivia

In the flash cartoon Halloween Potion-ma-jig on the Homestar Runner website, the character Strong Mad is dressed as an orange version of Gossamer. It has been suggested that World of Homestar Runner, Bubs, Coach Z, Homsar, The King of Town, Marzipan (Homestar Runner), Pom Pom (Homestar Runner), Homestar Runner (character), Strong Bad, Strong Mad, Strong Sad, The Cheat (Homestar Runner), The Poopsmith, and Trogdor be merged into this article or section. ... Strong Mad is a character in the Homestar Runner series. ...


At Dragon*Con 2007 in Atlanta, GA, an attendee was dressed as Gossamer, a testament to this character's continued popularity.


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Gossamer (Looney Tunes) at AllExperts (477 words)
Gossamer is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons.
In fact, a gag in the 1980 short Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24 1/2th Century lampoons this by revealing that Gossamer is, in fact, composed entirely of hair.
A clip in the deleted scenes featurette on the Looney Tunes: Back in Action DVD features Gossamer being harassed by Kate Houghton (Jenna Elfman), suggesting that Gossamer was planned to make an appearance in the film, but it was deleted.
Gossamer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (102 words)
Gossamer (Looney Tunes), a character in the Looney Tunes cartoons
The Gossamer Condor and Gossamer Albatross, both human-powered aircraft
Gossamer (Band), Gothic rock band, active from 1995 to 2003.
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