Cartoon Names

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:13 pm

Bugs Bunny--Warner Brothers cartoonist Bugs Hardaway submitted preliminary sketches for "a tall, lanky, mean rabbit" for a cartoon called "Hare-um Scare-um---and someone labeled the drawing "Bug's Bunny." Hardaway's mean rabbit was never used--but the name was given to the bunny in the cartoon "A Wild Hare."

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:34 am

Casper The Friendly Ghost; Cartoonist Joe Oriolo's daughter was afraid of ghosts---so he invented one that wouldn't scare her. "We were looking for a name that didn't sound threatening," he said.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 8:36 am

Chip & Dale--Disney animator Jack Hannah was meeting with colleagues to pick names for his two new chipmunk characters. His assitant director happened to memtion Thomas Chippendale, the famous furniture designer. 'Immediately," Hannah remembers, I said That's it ! That's their names!"

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 9:32 am

Mickey Mouse Walt Disney wanted to name the character Mortimer Mouse---but his wife hated the name. "Mother couldn't explain why the name grated; it just did," Disney's daughter Diane remembers. Disney wanted the character's name to begin with the letter M (to go with mouse) and eventually decided on Mickey.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:29 am

Porky Pig

According to creator Bob Clampett: " Someone thought of two puppies named Ham and Ex, and that started me thinking. So after dinner one night, I came up with Porky and Beans. I made a drawing of this fat pig, which I named Porky. and a little black cat named Beans."

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:53 pm

Rocky and Bullwinkle: Rocky was picked because it was "just a square-sounding kid's name--Bullwinkle was named after Clarence Bulwinkle, a used car dealer from Berkely, California.

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 9:27 pm

Emer Fudd: Inspired by a line in a 1920s song called "Mississippi Mud" The line: It's a treat to meet you on the Mississippi Mud--Uncle Fund.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:30 pm

Foghorn Leghorn--Modeled after Senator Claghorn, a fictional politician in comedian Fred Allen's radio show.

mustang_lvr · Post by **mustang_lvr** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:46 pm

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:12 pm

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:52 am

mustang_lvr · Post by **mustang_lvr** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:13 pm

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 5:12 am

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 4:09 pm

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:59 pm

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:00 pm

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:28 pm

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu May 08, 2008 8:03 pm

1987chieftains · Post by **1987chieftains** » Mon May 26, 2008 7:17 pm

BEAVIS N BUTTHEAD

Charley Hustle · Post by **Charley Hustle** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:20 am

Snagglepuss.............

SoutheasternOhioPreps.com

Cartoon Names

Cartoon Names

Re: Cartoon Names

Re: Cartoon Names

Re: Cartoon Names

Re: Cartoon Names

Re: Cartoon Names

Re: Cartoon Names

Re: Cartoon Names

Re: Cartoon Names