History WesternAnimation / Snagglepuss

* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Snagglepuss does not wear shoes.

* DoorstopBaby: Snagglepuss finds an unexpected bundle of infant joy in his mailbox in "Having a Bowl," Turns out it's the nephew of his hunter nemesis Major Minor.

* DoorstopBaby: Snagglepuss finds an unexpected bundle of baby joy in his mailbox in "Having a Bowl," Turns out it's the nephew of his hunter nemesis Major Minor.

* AllGaysLoveTheater: His later persona presents him as a gay Southern Gothic playwright. Though with his hammy and theatrical personality, "Exit, stage left" (or "right") catchphrase, and AmbiguouslyGay depiction, he arguably embodies this trope in the early 1960s shorts as well.

* PlayingCyrano: Snagglepuss serves as vocal substitute in "Don't Know It Poet" to woo a lady for a noble. It backfires as the lady he wanted has moved and Snagglepuss wasted all his time romancing the wrong lady.

* TheToothHurts: The plot of "Snagglepuss Gets A Snaggletooth."
* ThreeShorts: Traditionally the second for ''[[WesternAnimation/YogiBear The Yogi Bear Show]]''.

** Happens to Lila in one short in which she thinks Snagglepuss and his brother Snaggletooth are the same person.
** Also happens in "Twice Shy" where Snagglepuss himself gets confused between wildlife hunter Major Minor and his twin brother, wildlife photogapher Sir Clyde.

* AGodAmI: His plan in the episode "A Snag in Time".

* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Orange in the WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw shorts, pink in his own shorts.

* IWarnedYou: In "Lion Tracks", the Major tried to make Snagglepuss clear out of his cave so a railway could go through, while Snagglepuss constantly tried to tell him there was a reason one couldn't go through apart from the cave being his home. [[NowYouTellMe It's only too late]] that the Major finds outs Snagglepuss was trying to tell him [[GravityIsAHarshMistress there was no place for tracks beyond his cave]].
* KangarooCourt: Snagglepuss presides over one and plays nearly every role in it in the short "Legal Eagle Lion"
* LeavingAudience: One cartoon had the character attempting to do Shakespeare in front of an audience of the Major's fellow adventurers at their club, but the audience left. This lets Snagglepuss escape.

* PlayingCyrano: Snagglepuss does this in one short to woo a lady for a noble. It backfires as the lady he wanted moved and Snagglepuss has wasted all his time romancing the wrong lady.

* RingAroundTheCollar: He wears a white collar as well as white cuffs, despite being naked otherwise.

* {{Expy}}: His voice is reminiscent of the more soft-spoken aspect of Bert Lahr's broad-ranging characterizations, specifically the [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Cowardly Lion]].
** The J. Evil Scientist Family includes a father based on Creator/PeterLorre and a mother based on Morticia of ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' in a similar fashion to the Gruesomes from ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Snagglepuss' voice was based on Bert Lahr, who played the Cowardly Lion in ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.
** Driving the similarity further, the "Murgatroyd" CatchPhrase was spoken by Lahr in the film ''Meet the People'' (1944).

* TwinSwitch: Happens to Lila in one short in which she thinks Snagglepuss and his brother Snaggletooth are the same person.

* DarkerAndEdgier: When Creator/DCComics began making "reboot" comics for various Hanna-Barbera properties in the mid-2010s, they reinvented ol' Snaggy as a gay Southern Gothic playright making a stand against the [[RedScare House Un-American Activities Committee]]. [[https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/6963972.html Seriously]].

!!Tropes:

* IWarnedYou: When the Major tried to make Snagglepuss clear out of his cave so a railway could go through, Snagglepuss constantly tried to tell him there was a reason one couldn't go through apart from the cave being his home. [[NowYouTellMe It's only too late]] that the Major finds outs Snagglepuss was trying to tell him [[GravityIsAHarshMistress there was no place for tracks beyond his cave]].

* AGodAmI: His plan in the episode "A Snag in Time"

* RingAroundTheCollar

* OffLikeAShot: He provided the page image.

Snagglepuss is a Creator/HannaBarbera cartoon character created in 1959 and voiced by Creator/DawsButler. He originally appeared in episodes of ''[[WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw The Quick Draw McGraw Show]]'' and became a ''[[WesternAnimation/YogiBear The Yogi Bear Show]]''. Snagglepuss lives in a cavern which he tries to make more habitable for himself. No matter what he does, he [[StatusQuoIsGod always winds up back where he started or worse off than before.]] Snagglepuss is chased in some episodes by the tiny hunter [[Creator/DonMessick Major Minor]].

* AdaptationalSexuality: Is gay in the ''ComicBook/HannaBarberaBeyond'' continuity, though this is reconciled by making Lila his beard.

* BowtiesAreCool: He wears a form of neckwear, even!

[[caption-width-right:160: “[[CatchPhrase Exit, stage left!]]”]]
'''Snagglepuss'''is a Creator/HannaBarbera cartoon character created in 1959 and voiced by Creator/DawsButler. He originally appeared in episodes of ''[[WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw The Quick Draw McGraw Show]]'' and became a ''[[WesternAnimation/YogiBear The Yogi Bear Show]]''. Snagglepuss lives in a cavern which he tries to make more habitable for himself. No matter what he does, he [[StatusQuoIsGod always winds up back where he started or worse off than before.]] Snagglepuss is chased in some episodes by the tiny hunter [[Creator/DonMessick Major Minor]].

First appearing in several episodes of ''[[WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw The Quick Draw McGraw Show]]'' and becoming a regular on ''[[WesternAnimation/YogiBear The Yogi Bear Show]]'', Snagglepuss is a Creator/HannaBarbera cartoon character created in 1959, voiced by Creator/DawsButler.

Snagglepuss lives in a cavern which he constantly tries to make more habitable for himself. No matter what he does, he [[StatusQuoIsGod always winds up back where he started or worse off than before.]] In some episodes, Snagglepuss is chased by the tiny hunter [[Creator/DonMessick Major Minor]].

* AdaptationDyeJob: In his earlier appearances, he was orange instead of pink, wore no collar or cuffs and was occasionally called “Snaggletooth."

** He typically appends the adverbial "... even" focus particle to synonyms, or sentences in general.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Before he got his own cartoons, he was orange with no collar or cuffs. He also appeared as the brown "Snaggletooth" in an Augie Doggie cartoon, "The Party Lion" (though confusion arises because his first appearance, ''[[WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw The Quick Draw McGraw Show]]'' episode "Lamb Chopped", he was called Snagglepuss, but referred to an unseen Snaggletooth as his brother).
** Snaggletooth would later show up in a Snagglepuss cartoon where he is pink like Snagglepuss. So perhaps Augie met the actual Snaggletooth.

* PlayingCyrano: Snagglepuss does this in one short to woo a lady for a noble. Which ends up backfiring as the lady he wanted moved and Snagglepuss has wasted all his time romancing the wrong lady.

* TwinSwitch: Happens to Lila in one short where she thinks Snagglepuss and his brother Snaggletooth are the same person.

* IWarnedYou: When the Major tried to make Snagglepuss clear out of his cave so a railway could go through, Snagglepuss constantly tried to tell him there was a reason one couldn't go through apart from the cave being his home. [[NowYouTellMe It's only too late]] that the Major finds outs Snagglepuss was trying to tell him that [[GravityIsAHarshMistress there's no place for tracks beyond his cave]].

* IWarnedYou: When the Major tried to make Snagglepuss clear out of his cave so a railway could go through, Snagglepuss constantly tried to tell him there was a reason one couldn't go through apart from the cave being his home. [[NowYouTellMe It's only too late]] that the Major finds outs that Snagglepuss was trying to tell him [[GravityIsAHarshMistress there's no place for tracks beyond his cave]].

* IWarnedYou: When the Major tried to make Snagglepuss clear out of his cave so a railway could go through, Snagglepuss constantly tried to tell him there was a reason one couldn't go through apart from the cave being his home. [[NowYouTellMe It's only too late]] that Major learns that Snagglepuss was trying to tell him that [[GravityIsAHarshMistress there's no place for tracks beyond his cave]].