Yosemite Sam

Yosemite Sam is a WB Studio character from the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies series. Yosemite Sam made a total of 46 appearances during the golden age of animation.

Overview
Yosemite Sam was voiced by Mel Blanc and his first appearance was in the cartoon Hare Trigger in 1945. Yosemite Sam would appear in a total of 46 cartoons during the golden age of animation with the final appearance in the cartoon Sunday Go To Harein' Time in 1964.

Appearance/Personality
Yosemite Sam is a human usually dressed as a cowboy with a red shirt, blue jeans, a yellow collar and a tan cowboy hat and cowboy boots with his best known quality of a ginger beard. Yosemite Sam has also been seen as a prison guard, warrior and even a captain but cowboy was the main occupation. Sam is usually on the loosing end of situations, Sam looses in roughly every episode in particular with Bugs Bunny. When Sam would appear alone or with another character he also looses like with Hippety Hopper, Goofy Gophers and one instance with Daffy Duck (he wins in one episode with him too). Sam also has a very bad temper. Sam was brought in to be a new foe to Bugs Bunny as they wanted someone a little tougher than Elmer Fudd. In the cartoon Buckaroo Bugs there is a cowboy character that looked like Sam without the beard, but the studio denied that being him and a proto-type.

1945/1964

 * Yosemite Sam appeared in 31 Looney Tune cartoons and 15 Merrie Melodie cartoons for a total of 46 cartoons.