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Gossamer, originally called Rudolph or simply just Monster, is a character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons.

About Gossamer

The character is often a hairy, red monster, although in The Looney Tunes Show, he was more of an orange tone. He has two giant tennis shoes, and his face is composed of only two oval-shaped eyes and a wide mouth. He has two hulking arms ending in dirty, clawed fingers. The monster's main trait, however, is his red hair. In fact, a gag in the 1980 short "Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24Ā½th Century" lampoons this by revealing that Gossamer is, in fact, composed entirely of hair.

The director Chuck Jones introduced the monster character in the 1946 short "Hair-Raising Hare". In it, Bugs Bunny is lured to the lair of Dr. Lorre, who wants to use the rabbit for his experiments. The monster serves as the scientist's henchman, trying desperately to capture Bugs. This plot was then repeated in the 1952 Jones short "Water, Water Every Hare" (here called "Rudolph").

The monster would remain dormant for many decades until Jones used the character once more in "Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24Ā½th Century" in 1980. This is the cartoon which canonized the character's name as "Gossamer."

He was in a 1990 episode of Tiny Toon Adventures ("Duck Treck"), and he appears briefly in the 1996 movie Space Jam. He is also featured in a number of episodes of The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries, most notably "A Game of Cat and Monster!", where he was revealed to be a transformed Colonel Rimfire.

Gossamer's image is available on all sorts of Warners merchandise, from T-shirts to ball caps to plush toys.

A clip in the deleted scenes featurette on the Looney Tunes Back in Action DVD features Gossamer being harassed by Kate Houghton, suggesting that Gossamer was planned to make an appearance in the film, but it was deleted. However, a full look at this scene is not shown in the full deleted scenes clips on the DVD-ROM.

He starred in the series The Looney Tunes Show, voiced by Kwesi Boakye, where he is the young son of Witch Lezah.

Gossamer appeared as part of the Tune Squad lineup in Space Jam A New Legacy, even absorbing Wet-Fire with his mass of hair and later being wrung out by Foghorn.

Gossamer appears in Bugs Bunny Builders as a friend of the Looney Builders.

Gossamer will appear in Tiny Toons Looniversity.

Filmography

The classic shorts:

The Tiny Toon Adventures episodes:

The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries episodes:

The films:

The Webtoons:

The Looney Tunes Show episodes:

Wabbit/New Looney Tunes short:

Looney Tunes Cartoons shorts:

Bugs Bunny Builders

Tiny Toons Looniversity

Notes

  • Despite being named Rudolph in "Water, Water Every Hare", he was widely known as The Tennis-Shoe Monster until being renamed Gossamer in 1980.
  • In Loonatics Unleashed, Gossamer has a planet named after him, where his descendant Gorlop resides.

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Characters
Major Characters
Barnyard Dawg ā€¢ Beaky Buzzard ā€¢ Bosko ā€¢ Bugs Bunny ā€¢ Cecil Turtle ā€¢ Charlie Dog ā€¢ Claude Cat ā€¢ Daffy Duck ā€¢ Elmer Fudd ā€¢ Foghorn Leghorn ā€¢ Gossamer ā€¢ Granny ā€¢ Hector the Bulldog ā€¢ Henery Hawk ā€¢ Hippety Hopper ā€¢ Hubie and Bertie ā€¢ Lola Bunny ā€¢ Goofy Gophers ā€¢ Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot ā€¢ Marvin the Martian ā€¢ Michigan J. Frog ā€¢ Miss Prissy ā€¢ Penelope Pussycat ā€¢ PepĆ© Le Pew ā€¢ Pete Puma ā€¢ Porky Pig ā€¢ Ralph Wolf ā€¢ Road Runner ā€¢ Sam Sheepdog ā€¢. Sniffles ā€¢ Speedy Gonzales ā€¢ Sylvester ā€¢ Sylvester Jr. ā€¢ Taz ā€¢ Tweety ā€¢ Wile E. Coyote ā€¢ Witch Hazel ā€¢ Yosemite Sam
Secondary Characters
Blacque Jacque Shellacque ā€¢ The Crusher ā€¢ Carl the Grim Rabbit ā€¢ Giovanni Jones ā€¢ Yoyo Dodo ā€¢ Tasmanian She-Devil ā€¢ Melissa Duck ā€¢ Hugo the Abominable Snowman ā€¢ Spike and Chester ā€¢ Nasty Canasta ā€¢ The Gremlin ā€¢ Private Snafu ā€¢ Petunia Pig ā€¢ Playboy Penguin ā€¢ Shropshire Slasher ā€¢ Count Bloodcount ā€¢ Mama Buzzard ā€¢ Colonel Shuffle ā€¢ Egghead Jr. ā€¢ Owl Jolson ā€¢ Toro the Bull ā€¢ Rocky and Mugsy ā€¢ Minah Bird ā€¢ Inki ā€¢ Beans ā€¢ Little Kitty ā€¢ Ham and Ex ā€¢ Oliver Owl ā€¢ Piggy ā€¢ Gabby Goat ā€¢ Buddy ā€¢ Honey ā€¢ Slowpoke Rodriguez ā€¢ The Three Bears ā€¢ Foxy ā€¢ K-9 ā€¢ A. Flea ā€¢ Construction Worker ā€¢ Frisky Puppy ā€¢ Ralph Mouse ā€¢ Honey Bunny ā€¢ Roxy ā€¢ The Martin Brothers ā€¢ Ralph Phillips ā€¢ Clyde Bunny ā€¢ Fauntleroy Flip ā€¢ Dr. I.Q. Hi ā€¢ Gruesome Gorilla ā€¢ Sloppy Moe ā€¢ Hatta Mari ā€¢ The Weasel ā€¢ Wiloughby ā€¢ The Two Curious Puppies ā€¢ Cool Cat ā€¢ Babbit and Catstello ā€¢ Instant Martians ā€¢ Bobo the Elephant ā€¢ Colonel Rimfire ā€¢ Smokey the Genie ā€¢ Jose and Manuel ā€¢ Merlin the Magic Mouse ā€¢ Conrad the Cat ā€¢ Angus MacRory ā€¢ Banty Rooster ā€¢ Thes ā€¢ Shameless O'Scanty ā€¢ Three Little Pigs ā€¢ Tom Turkey ā€¢ Goopy Geer ā€¢ Nelly the Giraffe ā€¢ Ala Bahma ā€¢ Dr. Lorre ā€¢ Cottontail Smith ā€¢ Bunny and Claude ā€¢ Claude Hopper ā€¢ The Hep Cat ā€¢ The Drunk Stork
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