Red (animated character)

Red Hot Riding Hood, also known as Red and Miss Vavoom in the 1990s, 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 usually makes 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".

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 until 2013.

History
According to Avery, the character originated in the army, where he helped the sergeant plan training films for the animators at MGM. When the film was finished, Avery got down to the projection room, where he always "ran the picture for the producer and the whole group". When the sergeant spotted the picture, much like the wolf, he roared. Word soon spread about the picture among the army. The version he showed was the uncensored version, which had a scene where the grandma marries the wolf and has children with him, and the Hays Office found that the scene strongly suggested bestiality. The scene was ultimately cut for the theatrical release.

The character was designed by Claude Smith and animated by Preston Blair, who said that the picture originally was just planned around the wolf and the grandmother (her design was inspired by the caricatures of Peter Arno), but they soon focused mainly on Red. In fact, the character was not rotoscoped, but was drawn from his imagination. The first cartoon, garnering 15,000 bookings, was so successful that it garnered various sequels, the first being The Shooting of Dan McGoo.

Jessica Rabbit of Who Framed Roger Rabbit was inspired by Red.

Television

 * Tom & Jerry Kids (1990–1993) as Miss Vavoom
 * Droopy, Master Detective (1993) as Miss Vavoom

Films

 * 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)

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)

Known voices
Red is voiced by the following characters


 * Sara Berner (Debut, 1943–1945) Speaking Voice
 * Connie Russell (Debut, 1943) Singing Voice
 * Colleen Collins (1945) Speaking Voice
 * Imogene Lynn (1945) Singing Voice
 * Ann Pickard (1945) Singing Voice
 * Teresa Ganzel (1990–1993) as Miss Vavoom
 * Grey DeLisle (1996, 2010–2013)