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American animated character (1943-) Fictional character

Red
"Wolfie" and Red in the 1945 animated short Swing Shift Cinderella.
First appearance	Red Hot Riding Hood May 8, 1943
Created by	Tex Avery
Designed by	Claude Smith
Voiced by	Sara Berner (1943–1945) Connie Russell (1943; singing) Imogene Lynn (1945–1947; singing) Ann Pickard (1945; singing) Teresa Ganzel (1990–1993) Grey Griffin (1996, 2010–2013)
In-universe information
Species	Human
Gender	Female

Red Hot Riding Hood, also known as Red and Miss Vavoom in the 1990s, is an American animated character, created by Tex Avery, who appears in several MGM short films and Tom and Jerry films. She is a fictional nightclub singer and dancer who usually makes all men in the room crazy, especially a Wolf character who—in vain—tries to seduce and chase her. Red debuted in MGM's Red Hot Riding Hood (May 8, 1943), a modern-day variant of the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood".

She appeared in seven animated shorts in the Golden age of American animation, and was revived to appear in many Hanna-Barbera TV cartoon series from the 1990s until 2013.

History

According to Avery, the character originated in the army, where he helped the sergeant plan training films for the animators at MGM. When the film was finished, Avery got down to the projection room, where he always "ran the picture for the producer and the whole group". When the sergeant spotted the picture, much like the wolf, he roared. Word soon spread about the picture among the army. The version he showed was the uncensored version, which had a scene where the grandma marries the wolf and has children with him, and the Hays Office found that the scene strongly suggested bestiality. The scene was ultimately cut for the theatrical release.

The character was designed by Claude Smith and animated by Preston Blair, who said that the picture originally was just planned around the wolf and the grandmother (her design was inspired by the caricatures of Peter Arno), but they soon focused mainly on Red. In fact, the character was not rotoscoped, but was drawn from his imagination. The first cartoon, garnering 15,000 bookings, was so successful that it garnered various sequels, the first being The Shooting of Dan McGoo.

Jessica Rabbit of Who Framed Roger Rabbit was inspired by Red.

Appearances

Shorts

#	Title	Release Date	Notes
1	Red Hot Riding Hood	May 8, 1943	Red's debut.
2	Who Killed Who?	June 19, 1943	Cameo, seen on the picture.
3	Big Heel-Watha	October 21, 1944	In a Screwy Squirrel cartoon; as Minnie Hot-Cha in unmasked native american indian form.
4	The Shooting of Dan McGoo	March 3, 1945	In a Droopy cartoon
5	Swing Shift Cinderella	August 25, 1945	As Cinderella
6	Wild and Woolfy	November 3, 1945	In a Droopy cartoon
7	The Hick Chick	June 15, 1946	Cameo, as a nurse in hen form.
8	Uncle Tom's Cabaña	July 19, 1947	As Little Eva
9	Little Rural Riding Hood	September 17, 1949	The final Red's Theatrical cartoon, Reused footage from Swing Shift Cinderella
10	Thanks a Latte	1999	Cameo, In production with Cartoon Network

Television

Tom & Jerry Kids (1990–1993) as Miss Vavoom
Droopy, Master Detective (1993) as Miss Vavoom

Films

Quest for Camelot (1998) (Cameo)
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010)
Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse (2012) as Maid Marian
Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure (2013)

Video games

Droopy's Tennis Open (2002) as Bubbles Vavoom

Comics

Wolf & Red (1995) (Dark Horse Comics)
Droopy (1995) (Dark Horse Comics)
San Diego Comic Con Comics (1995) #4 (Dark Horse Comics)
Screwball Squirrel (1995) (Dark Horse Comics)
Comics and Stories (1996) (Dark Horse Comics)

Known voices

Red is voiced by the following characters

Sara Berner (Debut, 1943–1945) Speaking Voice
Connie Russell (Debut, 1943) Singing Voice
Colleen Collins (1945) Speaking Voice
Imogene Lynn (1945) Singing Voice
Ann Pickard (1945) Singing Voice
Teresa Ganzel (1990–1993) as Miss Vavoom
Grey DeLisle (1996, 2010–2013)

References

Red at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016.
Floraine, Place-Verghnes (2006). "4: Facing Contemporary Politics". Tex Avery : a unique legacy, 1942-1955. John Libbey Publishing. p. 61.
Barrier, Michael (2009-03-03). "COMMENTARY : Tex Messaging". Retrieved 2022-06-30.
Red Hot Riding Hood Concept Drawings by Preston Blair Group of 4 (MGM, 1943).... (Total: 4 Original Art)
Maltin, Leonard (1980). Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons. McGraw-Hill. pp. 287–289. ISBN 0-07-039835-6.
Animation Anecdotes #361
"Q & A with Gary Wolf". JimDavies.org. Archived from the original on 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
Erickson, Hal (2005). Television cartoon shows: an illustrated encyclopedia, 1949 through 2003. McFarland & Co. p. 289. ISBN 9780786422555.

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Hanna-Barbera

Original
productions

1950s debuts	The Ruff and Reddy Show (1957–1960) The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958–1961) The Quick Draw McGraw Show (1959–1961)
1960s debuts	The Flintstones (1960–1966) The Yogi Bear Show (1961–1962) Top Cat (1961–1962) The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series (1962–1963) The Jetsons (1962–1987) The Magilla Gorilla Show (1963–1967) Jonny Quest (1964–1965) The Peter Potamus Show (1964–1966) The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show (1965–1968) Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles (1966–1968) Space Ghost and Dino Boy (1966–1968) The Space Kidettes (1966–1967) Birdman and the Galaxy Trio (1967–1969) The Herculoids (1967–1968) Shazzan (1967–1969) Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor (1967–1969) The Fantastic Four (1967–1968) Samson & Goliath (1967–1968) The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (1968–1970) The Adventures of Gulliver (1968–1969) The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1968–1969) Wacky Races (1968–1970) The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (1969–1971) Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (1969–1971) Cattanooga Cats (1969–1971) Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969–1978)
1970s debuts	Where's Huddles? (1970) Josie and the Pussycats (1970–1971) The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971–1972) Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! (1971–1972) The Funky Phantom (1971–1972) The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (1972) Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972–1974) The Flintstone Comedy Hour (1972–1973) The Roman Holidays (1972) Sealab 2020 (1972) The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972–1974) Speed Buggy (1973) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids (1973) Yogi's Gang (1973) Super Friends (1973–1974) Goober and the Ghost Chasers (1973–1975) Inch High, Private Eye (1973–1974) Jeannie (1973–1975) The Addams Family (1973) Hong Kong Phooey (1974) Devlin (1974) These Are the Days (1974–1975) Valley of the Dinosaurs (1974–1975) Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch (1974–1975) The New Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape/Mumbly Show (1975–1977) The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976–1977) Clue Club (1976–1977) Jabberjaw (1976–1978) Taggart's Treasure (1976) Fred Flintstone and Friends (1977–1978) Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (1977–1979) CB Bears (1977–1978) The Skatebirds (1977–1978) The All-New Super Friends Hour (1977–1978) The All New Popeye Hour (1978–1983) Yogi's Space Race (1978–1979) Challenge of the Superfriends (1978) The New Fred and Barney Show (1979) Fred and Barney Meet the Thing (1979) Casper and the Angels (1979–1980) The New Shmoo (1979) Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1980) The World's Greatest SuperFriends (1979–1980) Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo (1979–1980)
1980s debuts	The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980–1982) The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show (1980–1982) Space Stars (1981–1982) The Kwicky Koala Show (1981–1982) Trollkins (1981–1982) The Smurfs (1981–1989) The Flintstone Funnies (1982–1984) The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour (1982–1983) Jokebook (1982) The Gary Coleman Show (1982) Shirt Tales (1982) Pac-Man (1982) The New Scooby Doo Mysteries (1983–1985) The Biskitts (1983–1985) Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show (1984–1985) Paw Paws (1985–1986) Yogi's Treasure Hunt (1985–1988) Galtar and the Golden Lance (1985–1986) The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (1985–1986) The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985) The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (1985–1992) The New Adventures of Jonny Quest (1986–1987) Pound Puppies (1986–1987) The Flintstone Kids (1986–1987) A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988–1991) The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (1988) The New Yogi Bear Show (1988) Fantastic Max (1988) The Further Adventures of SuperTed (1989) Paddington Bear (1989)
1990s debuts	Tom & Jerry Kids (1990–1994) Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990–1996) The Pirates of Dark Water (1991–1993) Yo Yogi! (1991) Fish Police (1992) The Addams Family (1992) Droopy, Master Detective (1993–1994) The New Adventures of Captain Planet (1993–1996) SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron (1993–1994) 2 Stupid Dogs (1993–1995) Dumb and Dumber (1995–1996) Cave Kids (1996) The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996–1997)

Cartoon Network
productions

What a Cartoon! (1995–1997)
Dexter's Laboratory (1996–1997)
Johnny Bravo (1997–2002)
Cow and Chicken (1997–1999)
I Am Weasel (1997–2000)
The Powerpuff Girls (1998–2002)

Founders

Amusement
attractions

Comics

Hanna-Barbera Beyond

Other media