Yosemite Sam

Yosemite Sam
Looney Tunes character

First appearance	Stage Door Cartoon (early version) December 16, 1944 Hare Trigger (official version) May 5, 1945
Created by	Friz Freleng
Voiced by	Mel Blanc (1945–1983; 1989) Joe Alaskey (1988–1992; 2010–2011) Jeff Bergman (1990–1992) Charlie Adler (1990) Maurice LaMarche (1992–present) Greg Burson (1994) Jim Cummings (1996–2014) Bill Farmer (1996) Jeff Bennett (2003–2004) (see below)
Information
Full name	Samuel Rosenbaum
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Occupation	prospector, cowboy, sailor and many others

Yosemite Sam is an American animated cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The name is somewhat alliterative and is inspired by Yosemite National Park. Along with Elmer Fudd, he is the de facto archenemy of Bugs Bunny. He is commonly depicted as an extremely aggressive gunslinging prospector, , pirate, or cowboy with a hair-trigger temper and an intense hatred of rabbits, Bugs particularly. In cartoons with non-Western themes, he uses various aliases, including "Chilkoot Sam" (named for the Chilkoot Trail; Sam pronounces it "Chilli-koot") in 14 Carrot Rabbit (although in the same cartoon, when he tries to gain Bugs Bunny's trust, he cleverly invents alias "Square-deal Sam"), "Riff Raff Sam" in Sahara Hare, "Sam Schultz" in Big House Bunny, "Seagoin' Sam" in Buccaneer Bunny, "Shanghai Sam" in Mutiny on the Bunny, and "Sam Von Schamm the Hessian" in Bunker Hill Bunny and many others. During the Golden Age of American animation, Yosemite Sam appeared in 33 shorts.