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Gossamer is an animated character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He is a large, hairy, orange[3] or red[4][5] monster. His body is perched on two giant tennis shoes, and his heart-shaped face is composed of only two oval eyes and a wide mouth, with two hulking arms ending in dirty, clawed fingers. The monster's main trait is his uncombed, orange hair. He originally was voiced by Mel Blanc and has been voiced by Frank Welker, Maurice LaMarche, Joe Alaskey, Jim Cummings, Kwesi Boakye, Eric Bauza and currently Fred Tatasciore.

Gossamer
Looney Tunes character
Gossamer and Bugs Bunny in
Hair-Raising Hare
First appearanceHair-Raising Hare (1946)
Created byChuck Jones
Michael Maltese
Designed byBob Givens
Voiced byMel Blanc (1946–1980)
Frank Welker (1990)
Maurice LaMarche (1995, 2002)
Jim Cummings (1996–2006)
Joe Alaskey (2000–2001)
Kwesi Boakye (2011–2014)
Eric Bauza (2018)[1]
Fred Tatasciore (2020–present)[2]
In-universe information
SpeciesMonster
GenderMale

The word gossamer means any sort of thin, fragile, transparent material. In particular, it can refer to a kind of delicate, sheer gauze or a light cobweb. The name is meant to be ironic because the character is large, menacing, and destructive.[6]


History


Animator Chuck Jones introduced the unnamed monster in the 1946 cartoon Hair-Raising Hare.[7] In it, Bugs Bunny is lured to the lair of a mad scientist (a caricature of actor Peter Lorre).[8][9] The monster serves as the scientist's henchman.

Part of this plot was repeated in the 1952 Jones cartoon Water, Water Every Hare[10] in which the monster's character is referred to as "Rudolph" or simply "Monster". In need of a live brain for his giant robot, the mad scientist (this time a caricature of Boris Karloff) releases Rudolph from his chamber on a mission to capture Bugs Bunny; the monster shows a sudden burst of joyousness and quickly sets out when the mad scientist promises the reward of "spider goulash" for capturing the rabbit.

The monster next appears in Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century in 1980. This is the first cartoon where the character is called "Gossamer", and is so named by Marvin the Martian.[7] Jones gave the monster this name "because he's the opposite looking of gossamer. He's a big, hairy thing."[6]

In the 1995 short film, Carrotblanca, Gossamer is seated at a table.


Other appearances


Gossamer also has appeared in various Warner Bros. productions:


References


  1. "Gossamer". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  2. "Looney Tunes Cartoons Characters Revealed in New HBO Max Images". Collider. 5 May 2020.
  3. "Gossamer".
  4. Colavito, Jason (2007-11-12). Knowing Fear: Science, Knowledge and the Development of the Horror Genre. McFarland. p. 257. ISBN 978-0-7864-3273-8.
  5. Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew (2016-04-01). The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters. Routledge. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-317-04426-0.
  6. Korkis, Jim. "The Return of Duck Dodgers". Outré magazine. Vol. 1, no. 7. p. 86.
  7. Beck, Jerry, ed. (2020). The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons. Insight Editions. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-64722-137-9.
  8. Greenberg, Harvey Roy (2004). "Heimlich Maneuvers: On A Certain Tendency of Horror and Speculative Cinema". In Shneider, Steven Jay (ed.). Horror Film and Psychoanalysis: Freud's Worst Nightmare. Cambridge University Press. p. 130. ISBN 9781139453684.
  9. Youngkin, Stephen D. (2005). "Being Slapped and Liking It". The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre. University Press of Kentucky. p. 214. ISBN 9780813137001.
  10. Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. pp. 234–235. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.



На других языках

- [en] Gossamer (Looney Tunes)

[es] Gossamer

Gossamer es un personaje de dibujos animados de las series de Warner Bros. Looney Tunes y Merrie Melodies. El personaje es un monstruo peludo, naranja rojizo. Su cuerpo está posado sobre dos zapatillas de tenis gigantes, y su cara en forma de corazón está compuesta de solo dos ojos ovalados y una boca ancha, con dos brazos enormes que terminan en dedos con garras. El rasgo principal del monstruo es el brillante cabello anaranjado sin peinar. Originalmente fue doblado por Mel Blanc y posteriormente por Frank Welker, Maurice LaMarche, Joe Alaskey, Jim Cummings y Kwesi Boakye .

[fr] Gossamer

Gossamer est un monstre de cartoon créé par Chuck Jones en 1946 dans le film de Warner Bros Dîner de monstres, mettant en scène le lapin Bugs Bunny.

[it] Gossamer (personaggio)

Gossamer (in italiano chiamato anche Delizia e noto inizialmente come Rudolph) è un personaggio delle serie animate Looney Tunes e Merrie Melodies prodotti dalla Warner Bros. È un grosso mostro rosso peloso, il suo corpo rettangolare basa su due enormi scarpe da ginnastica e la sua faccia ha solo due grandi occhi ovali e una bocca larga. Le braccia finiscono con dita artigliate. La sua caratteristica principale è data però dagli spettinatissimi capelli rossi. In una gag del cortometraggio Duck Dodgers e il ritorno del XXIV secolo e mezzo si fa della satira a proposito del fatto che Gossamer sia fatto interamente di capelli. Era originariamente doppiato da Mel Blanc, poi da Joe Alaskey e Jim Cummings.


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