Pete Puma

On November 15 1952 Pete Puma made his first appearance a memorable one in Rabbit's Kin Merrie Melodies, directed by Robert McKimson, story by Tedd Pierce, animated by Charles McKimson, Herman Cohen, Rod Scribner, and Phil De Lara. Merrie Melodies end title Merrie Melodies is the name of a series of animated cartoons distributed by Warner Bros. ... Robert Bob McKimson, Sr. ... Edward Stacey Tedd Pierce III (August 12, 1906, – February 19, 1972), was an American animated cartoon writer, animator and artist. ...

Rabbit's Kin is one of the most popular cartoons of all time, and its one-shot villain, Pete Puma, is now quoted just as often as many star characters. A little bunny with a warp-speed high pitched voice is running from Pete Puma, until he stumbles down Bugs Bunny's rabbit hole. The little guy tells Bugs his problem, and Bugs agrees to help him out. Bugs then proceeds to play tricks on the lion, (voiced by Stan Freberg). When he asks Pete to stay for tea and asks how many 'lumps' of sugar he wants, he replies "Oh, three or four". Bugs mallets him and gives him four lumps on his head! Pete next tries to disguise himself as the little rabbit's mother. Once again, Bugs wants to have him for tea....but this time Pete declines the offer, "I don't want no TEA! It gives me a HEADACHE!" . Instead, Pete provides the coffee. The "lumps" gag repeats itself, only this time the puma has protection in the form of an "Acme Stove Lid" on his head. Bugs removes it with his "Acme Stovelid Lifter", revealing more knots on Pete's cranium. Pete grabs the little bunny and runs home to his cave...but Bugs shows up in a costume disguised as Pete's second cousin, Paul Puma. He asks how many lumps of firewood Pete wants, and after he says "Better make it a whooole lotta lumps", he catches himself. "Oh no ya don't", he says. "I'll help myself!" the cartoon ends with Pete beating himself on the head with a wooden mallet as Bugs takes the little bunny home. This cartoon shows that messing with Bugs Bunny is bad enough, but messing with his innocent relatives gets you into a whooole lotta trouble Bugs Bunny, as seen in the Looney Tunes short Rabbit Transit. ...

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