32 Facts About Yosemite Sam

Yosemite Sam is a cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of short films produced by Warner Bros.

Finally, Pancho's Hideaway features a Mexican villain who is designed much like Yosemite Sam but has a different accent.

Freleng created Yosemite Sam to be a more formidable adversary for Bugs Bunny.

Yosemite Sam is significantly tougher and more aggressive than Elmer Fudd when challenging Bugs Bunny.

Yosemite Sam is quicker to learn from his mistakes and never falls for the same ploy twice.

Yosemite Sam was depicted without six-gun pistols in Looney Tunes Cartoons on the streaming service, HBO Max.

Yosemite Sam is one of Bugs' toughest antagonists, proudly calling himself the meanest, toughest hombre in the West.

Yosemite Sam is a character more aggressive than Bugs' other regular antagonist, Elmer Fudd, given that Sam has a tougher accent, a higher, fiercer voice, and a more violent spirit, although he is portrayed as a bumbling fool in most of his appearances.

Yosemite Sam made appearances in several television specials in the 1970s and 1980s, and in three of the Looney Tunes feature-film compilations.

Yosemite Sam was the star of his own comic book series from 1970 to 1984, for a total of 81 issues.

Yosemite Sam was the main basis for the character of The Grump from DePatie-Freleng Enterprises's TV series Here Comes the Grump.

Yosemite Sam was one of the classic Looney Tunes characters who appeared as faculty members of Acme Looniversity in the 1990s animated series Tiny Toon Adventures.

Judge Yosemite Sam finds in favor of the ACME Corporation.

Yosemite Sam appeared along with Bugs Bunny in a number of Mirinda commercials in early 90s, most probably due to direct competition to Fanta, being advertised with Disney characters at that time.

Yosemite Sam appears in the movie Space Jam as a player for the Tune Squad.

Yosemite Sam appeared in The Warners 65th Anniversary Special and two episodes of 1995's The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries.

Yosemite Sam goes as far as betting a large sack of money to get the card, stealing Jeff Gordon's car, and even using a stick of Dynamite to beat DJ and Daffy.

Yosemite Sam plays the role of minor villain K'Chutha Sa'am in the Duck Dodgers animated TV series.

Yosemite Sam's descendant appears in Loonatics Unleashed, where he allied with Duece to trick Ace into giving him his sword.

Yosemite Sam appears in the video games Loons: The Fight for Fame, Taz: Wanted, Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle, The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2, Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 3, The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout, Bugs Bunny: Rabbit Rampage, Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble, Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time, Bugs Bunny and Taz: Time Busters, Sheep, Dog, 'n' Wolf, Looney Tunes B-Ball, Daffy Duck in Hollywood and the Looney Tunes: Back in Action video game.

In Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal, Yosemite Sam makes an appearance riding a railway cart on the Wild West level.

Yosemite Sam is depicted as being well meaning, but suffering anger problems.

In "Ridiculous Journey", it is revealed that Yosemite Sam has a cousin in Blacque Jacque Shellacque who Yosemite Sam enlisted to recover Sylvester, Tweety, and Tasmanian Devil after they were accidentally shipped to Alaska.

In "You've Got Hate Mail" after accidentally being sent an angry email by Daffy, Yosemite Sam decides to change his ways and proceeds to shave, sell his cowboy clothes, and become a normal suburbanite.

Yosemite Sam appears in the 2015 DTV movie Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run voiced by Maurice LaMarche.

Yosemite Sam's appearance has him depicted to having a larger moustache, a stout body and a different hat.

Yosemite Sam is often shown trying to commit crimes or obtain items where Bugs Bunny always thwarts him.

Yosemite Sam is shown to own a lot of cats at his house.

Yosemite Sam later appears as a recurring character in Looney Tunes Cartoons, voiced again by Fred Tatasciore, returning to a rivalry with Bugs Bunny in a similar way to their cartoons from the golden age of American animation.

The role of Yosemite Sam was originated by Warners Bros' principal voice man, Mel Blanc.

Yosemite Sam tried giving Sam a small voice but did not feel that it worked.

Archive recordings of Blanc as Yosemite Sam were used in the 1990 pinball game, Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball.