Petunia Pig

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Petunia Pig
Looney Tunes character
Petunia Pig.svg
First appearance Porky's Romance (1937)
Created by Frank Tashlin
Voiced byShirley Reed (1937–1939) [1]
Mel Blanc (1937, [1] 1973–1974) [2]
Bonnie Baker (1948) [3]
Gilbert Mack (1955) [4]
Jay Scheimer (1972)
June Foray (1976–1982)
Vera Baudey (1984) [5] [6]
Desirée Goyette (1986)
Grey DeLisle (2001–2004)
Chiara Zanni ( Baby Looney Tunes ; 2002–2005)
Jodi Benson (2004)
Katy Mixon (2013)
Jessica DiCicco (2018–2020)
Eric Bauza (2018)
Lara Jill Miller (2021–2023)
Alex Cazares (2022–present) [7]
Candi Milo (2024) [8] [9]
Developed by Bob Clampett
David Gemmill
Caroline Director [10]
In-universe information
Species Domestic pig
Gender Female
Significant other Porky Pig

Petunia Pig is an animated cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros. She looks much like her significant other, Porky Pig, except that she wears a dress and has pigtailed black hair. [11]

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Biography

Petunia was introduced by animator Frank Tashlin in the 1937 short Porky's Romance . [12] The film is arguably a parody of Mickey's Nightmare , a 1932 Walt Disney cartoon; whereas Mickey Mouse dreams of a marriage made difficult by dozens of annoying kids, Porky's nightmare-marriage also involves a scornful Petunia treating him badly. Tashlin adopted Petunia as a regular member of Porky's entourage and featured her in two more cartoons: The Case of the Stuttering Pig and Porky's Double Trouble , both in 1937.

Bob Clampett was the only other Warner director to utilize Petunia after Tashlin left the studio in 1938. He first featured her in Porky's Picnic , a 1939 film that sees Porky tormented by his nephew Pinkie. Pinkie and Porky's encounters are always out of sight of Petunia, of course, so she blames Porky for everything that goes wrong as a result of Pinkie's activity. Petunia's largest role came in Clampett's 1939 short Naughty Neighbors . [13] The film borrows elements from both the famous feud between the Hatfields and McCoys as well as Romeo and Juliet as Porky and Petunia's love for each other is stymied by their respective hillbilly families' mutual hatred.

By the early 1940s, Porky's popularity had been eclipsed by the brasher characters of Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny. Porky was relegated to a supporting player or straight man to Daffy in most of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts of this era. Petunia, already a bit player to Porky's lead, fared much worse; her tenure as a major Warner Bros. character was effectively over.

Although Petunia made only a handful of appearances in Warner Bros. cartoons, she continued to appear frequently in Warner's merchandising, with a major presence in comic books for the entire 1941-1984 run of Western Publishing (Dell, Gold Key and Whitman Comics) Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies comics, Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny and various other titles. Often featured in Porky's stories, she sometimes co-starred with Bugs Bunny and occasionally had a story of her own. Pinkie, renamed "Cicero" for the comic books, was depicted as being Petunia's young cousin as well as Porky's nephew. Petunia was portrayed in the comics as a determined, bossy, and occasionally pretentious character, similar to the early Tashlin depiction, though with a genuine affection towards Porky. In early years, she was often rivals with Bugs, who enjoyed pranking and humbling her.

Later appearances

Nevertheless, in modern years Petunia has appeared in multiple new roles:

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