Hugo the Abominable Snowman is a character in the ''

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'' franchise.

Personality

Hugo is a large, rather naive, and easily fooled abominable snowman who really likes bunny rabbits. He likes to name his pets "George" and tried on two occasions to make

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his pet. He seems to be an actual snowman, as he melted when exposed to the sun too long. His character is a takeoff on Lennie Small from ''

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''. "George" refers to Lennie's friend George Milton.

History

Hugo first appears in the episode ''

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'' when Bugs and

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run into him after accidentally traveling to the

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. When Bugs later brings Hugo to

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, Hugo cuddles Daffy again while sweating which ends with Hugo melting. In ''

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'', it was shown that he was captured by

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and brought to

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where Marvin attempted to give Bugs to him as a pet. With help from Bugs, Hugo turned against Marvin the Martian and placed him in his wristwatch. Hugo then tossed the spaceship that Marvin brought Bugs in towards Earth like a frisbee in order for Bugs to get back to Earth.

Later appearances

Hugo made brief appearances in ''

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'', voiced by

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. Hugo appears in '' The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries'' episode "Yodel Recall", voiced by

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. Hugo appeared in '' Tweety's High-Flying Adventure'', voiced by Frank Welker. He had a different colour scheme here instead of his usual white and was also shown to like cats as well as rabbits as he hinders

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's attempt to catch

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. Hugo appeared in '' Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal''. Hugo was also a boss enemy in '' Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday''. He appears at the end of The Alps where Porky Pig has to damage him by jumping on his head once he bends over to throw a snowball at Porky. Once he's defeated, he falls asleep. Hugo is credited as Monster Max in the credits. Hugo appears in '' The Looney Tunes Show'', voiced by

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. In "It's a Handbag", his picture is seen in a police notebook. In "Ridiculous Journey", Sylvester, Tweety, and Taz run into Hugo the Abominable Snowman who was running from

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. Hugo tells the three of them to take the train tracks south while he heads north.

References

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