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Witch Hazel (Looney Tunes)
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Witch Hazel is an animated cartoon
character
in the Warner Bros.
Looney Tunes
and Merrie Melodies
series of cartoons. Disney, MGM, Famous Studios, and the Little Lulu
comic book also had characters named Witch Hazel, and Rembrandt Films had one named Hazel Witch. This article is chiefly concerned with the character who appeared in Warner Bros. films.
" is a pun on the name of a North American shrub
and the herbal medicine derived from it. Animator
Chuck Jones
, of his own admission, got the idea of Witch Hazel from the Disney cartoon Trick or Treat (1952
), which featured a good-natured witch squaring off with Donald Duck
. Enamored of the character's voice characterization, provided by June Foray
, Jones developed his own Witch Hazel character for the Bugs Bunny
short Bewitched Bunny
(1954
). The story retells the classic fairy tale
"Hansel and Gretel
", and Witch Hazel, naturally, plays the witch who tries to cook and eat the children. Bugs Bunny witnesses her coaxing the children inside and saves the youths from Witch Hazel's clutches. However, once the witch realizes that Bugs is a rabbit
, she chases him to put him into her witch's brew. Bugs eventually uses Hazel's own magic against her and transforms her into a sexy female bunny, prompting the comment, "Oh sure, I know. But aren't they all witches inside?" As Jones was unable to get Foray to play the role, Bea Benaderet
supplied the witch's voice.
Despite their common name, Jones's Witch Hazel is a much different beast from her counterpart in the earlier Disney film. The Looney Tunes character is highly stylized. Her rotund, green-skinned body is wrapped in plain, blue dress and supported by twig-like legs. She has wild black hair from which hairpin
s fly and spin in midair, whenever she zooms off on her broom or cackles in glee over her next evil scheme, and she wears a crumpled black hat. Her nose and chin jut bulbously from her face, and her mouth sports a single tooth.
She's a more villainous creature than Disney's witch, as well; in Bewitched Bunny
the Looney Tunes Hazel lures children into her house to eat them, albeit in comically named recipes like "Waif Waffles" or "Moppet Muffins". Nonetheless, she is jovial and has a strong sense of humor; she frequently says things that cause her to break into hysterical, cackling laughter and can cackle at herself when she makes a blunder (i.e. when the broom she rides goes backwards and crashes into a wall: "Oh, we women drivers... I had the silly thing in reverse!")
Jones finally succeeded in wooing Foray into taking on the role of Witch Hazel for the 1956
cartoon Broom-Stick Bunny
. Foray had reservations about Jones "stealing" a character from Disney, but Jones knew that there was no way for Disney to establish ownership of the name since "witch hazel" is the name of an alcohol rub. Foray would perform the character for the final two cartoons in the series.
Broom-Stick Bunny
is usually cited as Jones' funniest Witch Hazel outing. The cartoon begins with Hazel asking the genie
of the magic mirror who is the ugliest (a plot similar to the one in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
). The scene cuts to Bugs trick-or-treating on Halloween
as a witch. When he visits the isolated house of Witch Hazel, she mistakes Bugs-in-witch-costume for the genuine article. Jealous that this newcomer is uglier than she, Witch Hazel invites the "witch" inside her strange home (beautifully rendered by layout artists Ernest Nordli and Philip DeGuard) for some "Pretty Potion" disguised as tea. Bugs removes his mask to drink, sending Witch Hazel into a frenzy & mad dash; it seems that a rabbit is the missing ingredient for her witch's brew. Hazel soon chases Bugs and captures him by tricking him with a carrot. Hazel was about to kill Bugs, but when she looked into his big sad eyes, she cried and said that he reminded her of her pet tarantula
Paul. Bugs tried to calm her down with a beverage (the Pretty Potion from earlier). In the end, Hazel takes the Pretty Potion, a fate worse than death for a woman who relishes her crone
liness. The potion transformed her into a beautiful, pink-skinned redhead (with a hairdo that, according to Foray, matched her own in a tribute to the actress). Now with an hour glass figure, she was wearing a tight sea-green/teal dress that showed off her legs and the top of her cleavage. Horrified at her appearance, she runs to the magic mirror and (in a newly softened voice matching her beautiful appearance) meekly asks if she was still ugly. The genie took a surprised look at her and said "Growl! Growl!" The genie falls instantly in love with this new version of Witch Hazel and tries to grab her. Hazel went on her broom and flew off into the night sky with the genie chasing after her on his magic carpet. Bugs then calls "Air Raid Headquarters" about them. Critics have praised the film's witty dialogue, written by Tedd Pierce
, such as Hazel's question to Bugs-in-costume, "Tell me, who undoes your hair? Why, it's absolutely hideous!"
Bugs Bunny was pitted against Witch Hazel in one final cartoon, A Witch's Tangled Hare
(1959
), a parody
of Macbeth
. This short was directed by Abe Levitow
, as Jones was probably off sick during production. Rabbit is once again the missing ingredient to Witch Hazel's brew, and Bugs happens to be in the area. Meanwhile, a William Shakespeare
look-alike observes the action in search of inspiration.
The 1963
Bugs Bunny short Transylvania 6-5000
features a brief, silent cameo appearance from Witch Hazel (or a character very similar to her), as Bugs transforms Count Blood Count, the cartoon's vampire
antagonist, into her through the use of a magic spell.
Once production shifted to DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
, Witch Hazel appeared in the 1966 cartoon A-Haunting We Will Go (1966 film), which also starred Daffy Duck
and Speedy Gonzales
.
Witch Hazel has since appeared in cameos in various Warner Bros. productions, such as the movie Space Jam
(1996
), the video games Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time
(in which she appears as a boss
and also appears on the cover of the game) and Looney Tunes Collector: Alert!
(2000), and one episode each of Animaniacs
(in a Rita and Runt episode), The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries
, Pinky & The Brain, Tiny Toon Adventures
, and Duck Dodgers
(which references Broom-Stick Bunny and where June Foray returns to do her voice). She was also featured as the lead antagonist in DC Comics
' 3-issue Bugs Bunny mini-series from 1990 (though at the end of the storyline, her appearance there is actually revealed to be a disguised Wile E. Coyote). She even made a cameo in the deleted "pig head scene" in Who Framed Roger Rabbit
, in which she can be seen flying around on her broomstick before she gets struck by lightning. She was used as an enemy in Scott Lowenstein's Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 4 and her silhouette can be seen on the cover of the game. Witch Hazel has a cameo in the video game adaptation of Looney Tunes: Back in Action
as a painting parodying the Mona Lisa
in the Louvre Museum.
introduces an identically designed character named Witch Lezah. Lezah ("Hazel" spelled backwards) is voiced by Roz Ryan
, who gives the character a pronounced African-American accent
. In the series, she is Gossamer's mother. Unlike the other characters, she is 100% serious all the time and gives advice that is not nonsensical. She has a contradictory relationship with Daffy as she once asked (and threatened) him into helping Gossamer make friends. However, once Gossamer has friends she asks Daffy to stay away from her son despite all his hard work in helping Gossamer gain friends, although the tone she says this in is one that could suggest she was just annoyed by Daffy demanding a reward for helping Gossamer.
Animation
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character
Fictional character
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in the Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
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Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and was Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. Since its first official release, 1930's Sinkin' in the Bathtub, the series has become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television...
and Merrie Melodies
Merrie Melodies
Merrie Melodies is the name of a series of animated cartoons distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures between 1931 and 1969.Originally produced by Harman-Ising Pictures, Merrie Melodies were produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions from 1933 to 1944. Schlesinger sold his studio to Warner Bros. in 1944,...
series of cartoons. Disney, MGM, Famous Studios, and the Little Lulu
Little Lulu
"Little Lulu" is the nickname for Lulu Moppett, a comic strip character created in the mid-1930s by Marjorie Henderson Buell. The character debuted in The Saturday Evening Post on February 23, 1935 in a single panel, appearing as a flower girl at a wedding and strewing the aisle with banana peels...
comic book also had characters named Witch Hazel, and Rembrandt Films had one named Hazel Witch. This article is chiefly concerned with the character who appeared in Warner Bros. films.
Character Biography
"Witch hazelWitch hazel
Witch hazel may refer to:*Witch-hazel , a genus of decorative shrubs in North America and east Asia*Witch hazel , an astringent topical medicine derived from the Hamamelis plant...
" is a pun on the name of a North American shrub
Shrub
A shrub or bush is distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and shorter height, usually under 5–6 m tall. A large number of plants may become either shrubs or trees, depending on the growing conditions they experience...
and the herbal medicine derived from it. Animator
Animator
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Chuck Jones
Chuck Jones
Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio...
, of his own admission, got the idea of Witch Hazel from the Disney cartoon Trick or Treat (1952
1952 in film
The year 1952 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* January 10 - Cecil B. DeMille's circus epic, The Greatest Show on Earth, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City....
), which featured a good-natured witch squaring off with Donald Duck
Donald Duck
Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created in 1934 at Walt Disney Productions and licensed by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor suit with a cap and a black or red bow tie. Donald is most...
. Enamored of the character's voice characterization, provided by June Foray
June Foray
June Foray is an American voice actress, best known as the voice of many animated characters...
, Jones developed his own Witch Hazel character for the Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny is a animated character created in 1938 at Leon Schlesinger Productions, later Warner Bros. Cartoons. Bugs is an anthropomorphic gray rabbit and is famous for his flippant, insouciant personality and his portrayal as a trickster. He has primarily appeared in animated cartoons, most...
short Bewitched Bunny
Bewitched Bunny
Bewitched Bunny is a Looney Tunes cartoon featuring Bugs Bunny directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. Jones created the character Witch Hazel which debuted in this episode. Witch Hazel later appeared in Broom-Stick Bunny , A Witch's Tangled Hare , and in A-Haunting We Will Go...
(1954
1954 in film
The year 1954 in film involved some significant events and memorable ones.-Events:*May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda...
). The story retells the classic fairy tale
Fairy tale
A fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features such folkloric characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. However, only a small number of the stories refer to fairies...
"Hansel and Gretel
Hansel and Gretel
"Hansel and Gretel" is a well-known fairy tale of German origin, recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812. Hansel and Gretel are a young brother and sister threatened by a cannibalistic hag living deep in the forest in a house constructed of cake and confectionery. The two children...
", and Witch Hazel, naturally, plays the witch who tries to cook and eat the children. Bugs Bunny witnesses her coaxing the children inside and saves the youths from Witch Hazel's clutches. However, once the witch realizes that Bugs is a rabbit
Rabbit
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world...
, she chases him to put him into her witch's brew. Bugs eventually uses Hazel's own magic against her and transforms her into a sexy female bunny, prompting the comment, "Oh sure, I know. But aren't they all witches inside?" As Jones was unable to get Foray to play the role, Bea Benaderet
Bea Benaderet
Bea Benaderet was an American actress born in New York City and raised in San Francisco, California. She is best remembered for her wide variety of television work, which included a starring role in the 1960s television series Petticoat Junction and Green Acres as Shady Rest Hotel owner Kate...
supplied the witch's voice.
Despite their common name, Jones's Witch Hazel is a much different beast from her counterpart in the earlier Disney film. The Looney Tunes character is highly stylized. Her rotund, green-skinned body is wrapped in plain, blue dress and supported by twig-like legs. She has wild black hair from which hairpin
Hairpin
A hair pin or hairpin is a long device used to hold a person's hair in place.Hairpins made of metal, ivory, bronze, carved wood, etc. were used in ancient Assyria and Egypt for securing decorated hairstyles. Such hairpins suggest, as graves show, that many were luxury objects among the Egyptians...
s fly and spin in midair, whenever she zooms off on her broom or cackles in glee over her next evil scheme, and she wears a crumpled black hat. Her nose and chin jut bulbously from her face, and her mouth sports a single tooth.
She's a more villainous creature than Disney's witch, as well; in Bewitched Bunny
Bewitched Bunny
Bewitched Bunny is a Looney Tunes cartoon featuring Bugs Bunny directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. Jones created the character Witch Hazel which debuted in this episode. Witch Hazel later appeared in Broom-Stick Bunny , A Witch's Tangled Hare , and in A-Haunting We Will Go...
the Looney Tunes Hazel lures children into her house to eat them, albeit in comically named recipes like "Waif Waffles" or "Moppet Muffins". Nonetheless, she is jovial and has a strong sense of humor; she frequently says things that cause her to break into hysterical, cackling laughter and can cackle at herself when she makes a blunder (i.e. when the broom she rides goes backwards and crashes into a wall: "Oh, we women drivers... I had the silly thing in reverse!")
Jones finally succeeded in wooing Foray into taking on the role of Witch Hazel for the 1956
1956 in film
The year 1956 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 5 - The Ten Commandments opens in cinemas and becomes one of the most successful and popular movies of all time, currently ranking 5th on the list of all time moneymakers * February 5 - First showing of documentary films by...
cartoon Broom-Stick Bunny
Broom-Stick Bunny
Broom-Stick Bunny is a Warner Brothers Looney Tunes short released in 1956 and directed by Chuck Jones.-Plot:As the short opens, it shows a plaque which states that Witch Hazel is a member of the Malevolent Order of Witches, an "A. F...
. Foray had reservations about Jones "stealing" a character from Disney, but Jones knew that there was no way for Disney to establish ownership of the name since "witch hazel" is the name of an alcohol rub. Foray would perform the character for the final two cartoons in the series.
Broom-Stick Bunny
Broom-Stick Bunny
Broom-Stick Bunny is a Warner Brothers Looney Tunes short released in 1956 and directed by Chuck Jones.-Plot:As the short opens, it shows a plaque which states that Witch Hazel is a member of the Malevolent Order of Witches, an "A. F...
is usually cited as Jones' funniest Witch Hazel outing. The cartoon begins with Hazel asking the genie
Genie
Jinn or genies are supernatural creatures in Arab folklore and Islamic teachings that occupy a parallel world to that of mankind. Together, jinn, humans and angels make up the three sentient creations of Allah. Religious sources say barely anything about them; however, the Qur'an mentions that...
of the magic mirror who is the ugliest (a plot similar to the one in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated film based on Snow White, a German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. It was the first full-length cel-animated feature in motion picture history, as well as the first animated feature film produced in America, the first produced in full...
). The scene cuts to Bugs trick-or-treating on Halloween
Halloween
Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...
as a witch. When he visits the isolated house of Witch Hazel, she mistakes Bugs-in-witch-costume for the genuine article. Jealous that this newcomer is uglier than she, Witch Hazel invites the "witch" inside her strange home (beautifully rendered by layout artists Ernest Nordli and Philip DeGuard) for some "Pretty Potion" disguised as tea. Bugs removes his mask to drink, sending Witch Hazel into a frenzy & mad dash; it seems that a rabbit is the missing ingredient for her witch's brew. Hazel soon chases Bugs and captures him by tricking him with a carrot. Hazel was about to kill Bugs, but when she looked into his big sad eyes, she cried and said that he reminded her of her pet tarantula
Tarantula
Tarantulas comprise a group of often hairy and often very large arachnids belonging to the family Theraphosidae, of which approximately 900 species have been identified. Some members of the same Suborder may also be called "tarantulas" in the common parlance. This article will restrict itself to...
Paul. Bugs tried to calm her down with a beverage (the Pretty Potion from earlier). In the end, Hazel takes the Pretty Potion, a fate worse than death for a woman who relishes her crone
Crone
The crone is a stock character in folklore and fairy tale, an old woman who is usually disagreeable, malicious, or sinister in manner, often with magical or supernatural associations that can make her either helpful or obstructing. She is marginalized by her exclusion from the reproductive cycle,...
liness. The potion transformed her into a beautiful, pink-skinned redhead (with a hairdo that, according to Foray, matched her own in a tribute to the actress). Now with an hour glass figure, she was wearing a tight sea-green/teal dress that showed off her legs and the top of her cleavage. Horrified at her appearance, she runs to the magic mirror and (in a newly softened voice matching her beautiful appearance) meekly asks if she was still ugly. The genie took a surprised look at her and said "Growl! Growl!" The genie falls instantly in love with this new version of Witch Hazel and tries to grab her. Hazel went on her broom and flew off into the night sky with the genie chasing after her on his magic carpet. Bugs then calls "Air Raid Headquarters" about them. Critics have praised the film's witty dialogue, written by Tedd Pierce
Tedd Pierce
Tedd Pierce , was an American animated cartoon writer, animator and artist. Pierce spent the majority of his career as a writer for the Warner Bros. "Termite Terrace" animation studio, working alongside fellow luminaries such as Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese. Pierce also worked as a writer at...
, such as Hazel's question to Bugs-in-costume, "Tell me, who undoes your hair? Why, it's absolutely hideous!"
Bugs Bunny was pitted against Witch Hazel in one final cartoon, A Witch's Tangled Hare
A Witch's Tangled Hare
A Witch’s Tangled Hare is a 1959 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short directed by Abe Levitow. In this cartoon Mel Blanc plays voice roles for Bugs Bunny, while June Foray voices Witch Hazel...
(1959
1959 in film
The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with Ben-Hur winning a record 11 Academy Awards.-Events:* The Three Stooges make their 190th and last short film, Sappy Bull Fighters....
), a parody
Parody
A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
of Macbeth
Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
. This short was directed by Abe Levitow
Abe Levitow
Abraham "Abe" Levitow was an American animator who worked at Warner Bros. Cartoons, UPA and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ....
, as Jones was probably off sick during production. Rabbit is once again the missing ingredient to Witch Hazel's brew, and Bugs happens to be in the area. Meanwhile, a William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
look-alike observes the action in search of inspiration.
The 1963
1963 in film
The year 1963 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* June 12 - Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton premieres at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City....
Bugs Bunny short Transylvania 6-5000
Transylvania 6-5000 (1963 film)
Transylvania 6-5000 is a short Merrie Melodies animated film directed by Chuck Jones and starring Bugs Bunny. Bugs demonstrates how to handle a pesky vampire with six simple magic incantations...
features a brief, silent cameo appearance from Witch Hazel (or a character very similar to her), as Bugs transforms Count Blood Count, the cartoon's vampire
Vampire
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
antagonist, into her through the use of a magic spell.
Once production shifted to DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
DePatie-Freleng Enterprises was a Hollywood-based animation production company, active from 1963 to 1981. They produced theatrical cartoons, animated series, commercials, title sequences and television specials. Notable among these is The Pink Panther film titles and cartoon shorts and the Dr....
, Witch Hazel appeared in the 1966 cartoon A-Haunting We Will Go (1966 film), which also starred Daffy Duck
Daffy Duck
Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, often running the gamut between being the best friend and sometimes arch-rival of Bugs Bunny...
and Speedy Gonzales
Speedy Gonzales
Speedy Gonzales is an animated caricature of a mouse in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He is portrayed as "The Fastest Mouse in all Mexico" with his major traits being the ability to run extremely fast and speaking with an exaggerated Mexican accent...
.
Witch Hazel has since appeared in cameos in various Warner Bros. productions, such as the movie Space Jam
Space Jam
Aside from Jordan, a number of NBA players and coaches appeared in the film. Larry Bird portrays a friend of Jordan who joins him for a game of golf. When the Monstars steal the NBA players' talent, they invade a game between the Phoenix Suns and the New York Knicks, causing the Knicks' Patrick...
(1996
1996 in film
Major releases this year included Scream, Independence Day, Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Twister, Mars Attacks!, Jerry Maguire and a version of Evita starring Madonna.-Events:...
), the video games Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time
Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time
Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time is a Looney Tunes video game for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation, released in 1999. Aditionally, a sequel, Bugs Bunny and Taz: Time Busters was made for the same consoles.-Plot:...
(in which she appears as a boss
Boss (video games)
A boss is an enemy-based challenge which is found in video games. A fight with a boss character is commonly referred to as a boss battle or boss fight...
and also appears on the cover of the game) and Looney Tunes Collector: Alert!
Looney Tunes Collector: Alert!
Looney Tunes Collector: Alert!, also known as Martian Alert, is a video game based on the Looney Tunes franchise for Game Boy Color.- Story :...
(2000), and one episode each of Animaniacs
Animaniacs
Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs, usually referred to as simply Animaniacs, is an American animated series, distributed by Warner Bros. Television and produced by Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation. The cartoon was the second animated series produced by the collaboration of Steven...
(in a Rita and Runt episode), The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries
The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries, produced by Warner Bros. Animation, is an animated television series which aired from 1995 to 2001 on Kids' WB and was later re-run on Cartoon Network...
, Pinky & The Brain, Tiny Toon Adventures
Tiny Toon Adventures
Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures, usually referred to as Tiny Toon Adventures or simply Tiny Toons, is an American animated television series created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation. It began production as a result of Warner Bros....
, and Duck Dodgers
Duck Dodgers
Duck Edgar Dumas Aloysius Eoghain Dodgers is the metafictional star of a series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. He is actually the famous cartoon star Daffy Duck, cast in the role of an intergalactic future hero....
(which references Broom-Stick Bunny and where June Foray returns to do her voice). She was also featured as the lead antagonist in DC Comics
DC Comics
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' 3-issue Bugs Bunny mini-series from 1990 (though at the end of the storyline, her appearance there is actually revealed to be a disguised Wile E. Coyote). She even made a cameo in the deleted "pig head scene" in Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1988 American fantasy-comedy-noir film directed by Robert Zemeckis and released by Touchstone Pictures. The film combines live action and animation, and is based on Gary K. Wolf's novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, which depicts a world in which cartoon characters...
, in which she can be seen flying around on her broomstick before she gets struck by lightning. She was used as an enemy in Scott Lowenstein's Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 4 and her silhouette can be seen on the cover of the game. Witch Hazel has a cameo in the video game adaptation of Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Looney Tunes: Back in Action is a 2003 American live action/animated adventure comedy film directed by Joe Dante and starring Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Timothy Dalton, and Steve Martin. The film is essentially a feature-length Looney Tunes cartoon, with all the wackiness and surrealism typical...
as a painting parodying the Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa is a portrait by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. It is a painting in oil on a poplar panel, completed circa 1503–1519...
in the Louvre Museum.
Witch Lezah
The 2011 animated series The Looney Tunes ShowThe Looney Tunes Show
The Looney Tunes Show is a packaged show, created for Cartoon Network, and broadcast from 2002 to 2005. It was produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The show featured cartoon shorts from the original Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoon series produced from 1930 to 1969.-External links:...
introduces an identically designed character named Witch Lezah. Lezah ("Hazel" spelled backwards) is voiced by Roz Ryan
Roz Ryan
Roz Ryan is an American actress. She has earned wide acclaim as an actress, singer and comedian.-Life and career:Ryan was born Rosalyn Bowen in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Gertrude and Thomas Bowen, who worked for the Board of Education. She is a 1969 graduate of Mackenzie High School...
, who gives the character a pronounced African-American accent
African American Vernacular English
African American Vernacular English —also called African American English; less precisely Black English, Black Vernacular, Black English Vernacular , or Black Vernacular English —is an African American variety of American English...
. In the series, she is Gossamer's mother. Unlike the other characters, she is 100% serious all the time and gives advice that is not nonsensical. She has a contradictory relationship with Daffy as she once asked (and threatened) him into helping Gossamer make friends. However, once Gossamer has friends she asks Daffy to stay away from her son despite all his hard work in helping Gossamer gain friends, although the tone she says this in is one that could suggest she was just annoyed by Daffy demanding a reward for helping Gossamer.