Red (animated character)

Red 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 is usually making 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".[1]

Red
Red in the 1945 animated short Swing Shift Cinderella.
First appearance	Red Hot Riding Hood May 8, 1943
Created by	Tex Avery
Voiced by	Sara Berner (1943–1945) Connie Russell (1943; singing) Imogene Lynn (1945; singing) Teresa Ganzel (1990–1993) Grey DeLisle (1996, 2010–present)
In-universe information
Species	Human
Gender	Female

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 on.

Appearances

List of Appearances

#	Title	Release Date	Notes
1	Red Hot Riding Hood	May 8, 1943	Red's debut.
2	Who Killed Who?	June 19, 1943	Seen on the picture.
3	Big Heel-Watha	October 21, 1944	In a Screwy Squirrel cartoon; as Minnie Hot-Cha.
4	The Shooting of Dan McGoo	March 3, 1945	In a Droopy cartoon; reused animation from "Red Hot Riding Hood" (1943)
5	Swing Shift Cinderella	August 25, 1945
6	Wild and Woolfy	November 3, 1945	In a Droopy cartoon
7	The Hick Chick	June 15, 1946	As a nurse in the chicken form.
8	Uncle Tom's Cabaña	July 19, 1947
9	Little Rural Riding Hood	September 17, 1949	The final Red cartoon; reused footage from Swing Shift Cinderella
10	Trailer Chip	August 25, 1950	In a Chip 'n' Dale cartoon; with her bathing suit.
11	Two Chips and a Woman	February 9, 1952	In a Chip 'n' Dale cartoon.
12	The Cow-Chips	February 6, 1954	In a Chip 'n' Dale cartoon; reused animation from Wild and Woolfy (1945).

Television

• Tom & Jerry Kids (1990) as Miss Vavoom
• Droopy, Master Detective (1993) as Miss Vavoom[2]

Films

• Quest for Camelot (1998) (Cameo)
• Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010)
• Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse (2012)
• 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)
• Comics and Stories (1996) (Dark Horse Comics)

Voices

• Sara Berner (Debut, 1943–1945) Speaking Voice
• Connie Russell (Debut, 1943) Singing Voice
• Imogene Lynn (1945) Singing Voice
• Teresa Ganzel (1990–1994) as Miss Vavoom
• Grey DeLisle (1996, 2010–present)

References

1. Red at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016.
2. Erickson, Hal (2005). Television cartoon shows: an illustrated encyclopedia, 1949 through 2003. McFarland & Co. p. 289. ISBN 9780786422555.