Petunia Pig

Petunia Pig is an animated cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros. She looks much like her significant other, Porky Pig, except that she wears a dress and has braided black hair.[4]

Petunia Pig
Looney Tunes character
First appearancePorky's Romance (April 3, 1937)
Created byFrank Tashlin
Voiced byBernice Hansen (1937–1939)
Mel Blanc (1937; 1973–1974)[1]
Shirley Reed (1937)
Bonnie Baker (1948)[2]
Gilbert Mack (1955)[3]
Jay Scheimer (1972)
June Foray (1976–1982)
Desirée Goyette (1986–1993)
Grey DeLisle (2001–2004)
Jodi Benson (2004)
Chiara Zanni (Baby Looney Tunes)
Katy Mixon (2013)
Bob Bergen (2014)
Jessica DiCicco (2018–present)
Eric Bauza (Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem)
In-universe information
SpeciesDomestic pig
GenderFemale
Significant otherPorky Pig

Biography

Petunia was introduced by animator Frank Tashlin in the 1937 short Porky's Romance.[5] The film is a parody of a 1932 Walt Disney cartoon called Mickey's Nightmare. Whereas Mickey Mouse marries his longtime girlfriend Minnie in that film, Porky's overtures toward Petunia bring him only the scornful laughter of his porcine paramour. Tashlin adopted Petunia as a regular member of Porky's entourage and featured her in two more cartoons: The Case of the Stuttering Pig and Porky's Double Trouble, both in 1937.

Bob Clampett was the only other Warner director to utilize Petunia after Tashlin left the studio in 1938. He first featured her in Porky's Picnic, a 1939 film that sees Porky tormented by his nephew Pinkie. Pinkie and Porky's encounters are always out of sight of Petunia, of course, so she blames Porky for everything that goes wrong as a result of Pinkie's activity. Petunia's largest role came in Clampett's 1939 short Naughty Neighbors.[6] The film borrows elements from both the famous feud between the Hatfields and McCoys as well as Romeo and Juliet as Porky and Petunia's love for each other is stymied by their respective hillbilly families' mutual hatred. Despite her more prominent role in the short, Petunia is only a supporting character; Porky remains the star.

As Porky's popularity was eclipsed in the late 1930s and early 1940s by brasher characters like Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny, he was relegated to a supporting player himself in new Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts. Petunia, already a bit player to Porky's lead, fared much worse. She still appeared occasionally in Warner's merchandising, but her tenure as a Warner Bros. player was mostly over.

Later appearances

Nevertheless, in modern years Petunia has enjoyed multiple new roles:

References
  1. "“Bugs Bunny in Storyland”: The Good, The Bad & the Bugs". Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  2. ""Bugs Bunny Sings" on Capitol Records". Retrieved 2017-11-22.
  3. "Golden Records’ “Bugs Bunny Songfest” (1961)". Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  4. Rovin, Jeff (1991). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals. Prentice Hall Press. p. 204. ISBN 0-13-275561-0. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  5. Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 55. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  6. Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 93. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  7. Hill, Jim. "Storyboards reveal what Marvin Acme's funeral in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" would have looked like". jimhillmedia.com. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
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