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, speaking) Connie Russell (1943, singing) Bea Benaderet (Wild and Woolfy) Imogene Lynn (1945, singing) Teresa Ganzel (1990-1993, as Miss Vavoom) Grey DeLisle (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

Red solo cartoons

#	Title	Release Date	Notes
1	Red Hot Riding Hood	May 8, 1943	Red's debut.
2	Swing Shift Cinderella	August 25, 1945
3	Uncle Tom's Cabaña	July 19, 1947
4	Little Rural Riding Hood	September 17, 1949	The final Red cartoon; reused footage from Swing Shift Cinderella

In other shorts

• Who Killed Who? (1943) (seen on the picture)
• The Shooting of Dan McGoo (1945) – in a Droopy cartoon
• Wild and Woolfy (1945) – in a Droopy cartoon
• The Hick Chick (1946) (cameo appearance as nurse (hen instead of human))
• Thanks a Latté (1999) (Cartoon Network Shorties, cameo)

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
• Bea Benaderet (Wild and Woolfy)
• Imogene Lynn (1945) Singing Voice
• Teresa Ganzel (1990–1994) as Miss Vavoom
• Grey DeLisle (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.