Trivia / Red Hot Riding Hood

• Executive Meddling: A couple of gags had to be toned down by order of The Hays Code, such as one in which steam escapes from the wolf's collar as he's watching Red. They also forbade the original ending, in which Granny marries the wolf at a Shotgun Wedding and the two of them take their half-human, half-wolf children to see Red at the nightclub, because it suggested bestiality and depicted marriage in a negative light.
• Missing Episode: Although the censors demanded the short be censored (including the ending), it was said that the uncut version of the short was made, but sent to the troops during World War II (as The Hays Code only dealt with content issues in civilian movies and animation shorts). Avery collected uncut versions of his cartoons and a still from the lost ending was shown on an episode of Toon Heads, so there might be a chance that the uncut version is out there.
• Non-Singing Voice: Red's singing was provided by Connie Russell, while her Katharine Hepburn-esque speaking was provided by Sara Berner. The wolf's howling was done by Pinto Colvig who was best known for voicing Goofy.
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  • Tex Avery's previous studio, Warner Bros., plagiarized Wolfie with an Expy in "Bacall to Arms".
  • The Mask contains quite a few shout-outs to this short in particular. The main character is even shown watching the short on TV, and he owns a Wolfie statuette.
  • Andre Norton had a line in one of her books where a character reacts to an unexpected discovery by quoting the second title card.
  • The character of Lena Hyena from Who Framed Roger Rabbit was mostly inspired by the Grandma character from this short. Red’s design was the main inspiration for Jessica Rabbit as well.
  • In the film adaptation of Into the Woods, the Wolf is designed to look like the one in the original cartoon.
  • In Turning Red, Mei's Wolf Whistle was inspired by Wolfie's reaction to Red.
• Wolverine Publicity: Due to Red's inherently appealing nature and popularity, her appearances on the Droopy DVD set are played up to where she is prominently displayed in much of the packaging, even though she only appears in two of the cartoons included on the set!

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