Miss Mam'selle Hepzibah

Miss Mam'Selle Hepzibah is a fictional character, an anthropomorphic skunk from the classic Walt Kelly comic strip, Pogo. In the animated film, Pogo's Special Birthday Special, she was voiced by June Foray. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (846x576, 163 KB) Mamselle Seducing Pogo Originally found at http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (846x576, 163 KB) Mamselle Seducing Pogo Originally found at http://www. ... A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... Anthropomorphism, also referred to as personification or prosopopeia, is the attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, forces of nature, and others. ... Genera Conepatus Mydaus Mephitis Spilogale Skunks are moderately small mammals, usually with black-and-white fur, belonging to the family Mephitidae and to the order Carnivora. ... Walter Crawford Kelly, Jr (August 25, 1913 - October 18, 1973), known simply as Walt Kelly, was a cartoonist notable for his comic strip Pogo featuring characters that inhabited a portion of the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia. ... Pogo as drawn by Walt Kelly. ... June Foray (born September 18, 1917) is an extremely versatile voice actor who has worked for most of the studios which produced animated films since the 1940s. ...

Miss Mam'Selle Hepzibah is a female Cajun skunk, though a little more of the French persuasian. The curvacious Hepzibah was supposedly modelled after creator Walt Kelly's former mistress and, eventually, second wife. Her fur is the standard black and white skunk color scheme, though her hair is completely white. She wears a short skirt just about everywhere she goes, though she has several with varying patterns. This article is about an ethnic culture. ... Walter Crawford Kelly, Jr (August 25, 1913 - October 18, 1973), known simply as Walt Kelly, was a cartoonist notable for his comic strip Pogo featuring characters that inhabited a portion of the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia. ...

Personality and Character History

Like most animated skunks, in addition to being French, Hepzibah is also very flirtatious. She has a crush on star-character Pogo, and is rarely very shy about it. A running gag within the comic had to do with the citizens of the swamplands wondering when Pogo and Hepzibah would get married; much to the discomfort of the shy-by-nature Pogo Possum. Pogo as drawn by Walt Kelly. ...

Miss Mam'selle Hepzibah flirting with the shy Pogo Possum.

Though a bit on the flirty side, Hepzibah is generally a very sweet, gentle skunkette with a charming personality. Her most notable trademark is her mind-boggling speech patterns. Speaking in a form of (extremely) broken English, figuring out exactly what she is trying to say can be a bit perplexing. Her less-than-perfect mastery of the English language also tends to result in the loss of subtlety to her feelings; usually expressed most often, and awkwardly, when courting the timid Pogo. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (648x648, 73 KB) MamSelle Hepzibah flirting with Pogo Originally found at http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (648x648, 73 KB) MamSelle Hepzibah flirting with Pogo Originally found at http://www. ...

As if to contrast Hepzibah's sweet and sunny attitude, the perpetually-grumpy Porky Pine, another denizen of the swamp, is very much in love with her. Though, being the grouch that he is, telling her so does not always come easy, especially considering that Hepzibah seems to only have eyes for Pogo. In the animated movie, Pogo's Special Birthday Special, he did manage to express his feelings in a gentle way, presenting her a magnificent gift which he'd accidentally tied to his finger and carried around all day. Hepzibah was more-than-pleased.

References and Homages

Though not as well-known as other fictional skunks, Miss Mam'Selle Hepzibah was popular-enough to inspire an homage by author Chris Claremont in the Marvel Comic series The Uncanny X-Men. A humanoid skunk-woman named Hepzibah of the Starjammers would prove to be a returning character to the title (though the skunk-aspect of her character would eventually be dropped in favor of her becoming a catgirl). Chris Claremont (born November 30, 1950 in London, England, United Kingdom) is a comic book writer, best known for his 16-year (1976-1991) stint on Uncanny X-Men, during which the series became one of the comic book industrys most successful properties. ... Marvel Comics, sometimes called by the nickname House of Ideas, is an American comic book company. ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... Hepzibah is a character in the Marvel comics X-men series of comic books. ... The Starjammers are a fictional team of space pirates from the pages of the X-Men comic books published by Marvel Comics. ... Felicia A catgirl is a woman or girl with cat ears, a cat tail, or other feline accoutrements on an otherwise human-shaped body; they are found semi-commonly in anime and manga either as a form of cosplay or actual body parts, as well as in a few video...