Red Riding Hood 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, a modern-day variant of the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood".
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.
Impact[]
When Red's debut premiered in a theater in Iselin, NJ, the crowd went wild with whistles and applause. When the short ended, the crowd shouted to for the theater manager to play it again. The manager canceled another scheduled short to make room for Red Hot Riding Hood to be replayed. After a second viewing the audience called for it to be played again. The manager had to stick to the cinema schedule for the rest of the evening but promised that he would play it a third time after the night was over. Approximately 150 fans stuck around for the third screening.
Red has gone on to inspire many lusciously animated women over the years. Most famously Jessica Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Appearances[]
Shorts[]
- Red Hot Riding Hood (1943)
- Who Killed Who? (1943) (cameo in picture)
- The Screwy Truant (1945) (cameo as the original Little Red Riding Hood)
- Swing Shift Cinderella (1945)
- The Shooting of Dan McGoo (1945) (as Lady Lou)
- Wild and Woolfy (1945) (as Lou)
- The Hick Chick (1946) (cameo as a hen)
- Uncle Tom's Cabaña (1947) (as Little Eva)
- Little Rural Riding Hood (1949) (cameo in picture, stock footage from Swing Shift Cinderella)
- Thanks a Latté (1999) (cameo)
Shows[]
- Tom & Jerry Kids Show (1990-1993) (as Miss Vavoom)
- Droopy, Master Detective (1993) (as Miss Vavoom)
Comics[]
- Wolf & Red (1995)
- Droopy and the Red Baron (1995)
- Screwball Squirrel (1995)
- Droopy (1995)
- Comics and Stories (1996)
Movies[]
- Quest for Camelot (1998) (cameo)
- Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010)
- Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse (2012) (as Maid Marian)
- Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure (2013) (as Red Fairy)
Video Games[]
- Droopy's Tennis Open (2002) (as Bubbles Vavoom)
Censorship[]
In the 1950s, the “Seal of Good Practice” Television Code rejected Red from TV due to her risqué nature. The Code was disbanded in 1983.