Slappy Squirrel

Slappy Squirrel (voiced by Sherri Stoner) is a character on the Warner Brothers cartoon show Animaniacs. She was first seen in episode 3 in the cartoon titled Slappy Goes Walnuts, which originally aired September 15, 1993. She is a gray squirrel and usually is wearing a green hat decorated with a drooping white gardenia. She also always carries a pink purse and a green umbrella with her that she occasionally uses to hit other characters with.

She was ostensibly a major cartoon star during animation's Golden Age back in the 1930s and 1940s. Though there was never a "Slappy" character before Animaniacs premiered, her character, physical-comedy schtick, and her frequent asides to the viewing audience are probably based on Tex Avery's short-lived character Screwy Squirrel.

Now a bitter, cranky old woman who lives in a hollow tree with her nephew, Skippy Squirrel, who loves to hear her tell stories about her days of stardom. Skippy usually accompanies her on her adventures; his optimism and naïveté sometimes irritate Slappy, but she still shows a genuine affection for him.

Her former co-star and cinematic arch-enemy Walter Wolf harbors a grudge against Slappy, both for repeatedly defeating him (violently) on film and for becoming a big star, albeit now a faded one. He has also enlisted the help of her other ex-nemeses, including Sid the Squid and Beanie the Brain-Dead Bison. All of these characters, much like Slappy, are showing signs of advanced age and senility.

In addition to Walter's occasional attempts at revenge, Slappy must occasionally endure more mundane annoyances such as a cloyingly perky new neighbor or the emotional trauma Skippy endures after watching Bumbie, a thinly-veiled version of Bambi. With this particular problem she tells Skippy that Bumbie's mother was played by an old friend of hers, Vina Walleen who is a cartoon doe and also like Walter Wolf, Sid The Squid, Beanie The Brain-Dead Bison and Slappy herself she is very elderly. She manages to convince Skippy she played Bumbie's mother by morphing into the character, but it doesn't last long and when she morphes back she complains that she can't do it as well as she used to.

Slappy has also blown film critics to bits for giving poor reviews to her cartoons and (inexplicably) humbled an arrogant Daniel Boone.

Slappy easily outsmarts whatever foes she faces (who are almost universally dimwitted in addition to being decrepit), exacting revenge with exaggerated cartoon violence and usually reminiscing about "classic" (but fictional) film appearances of her youth. Her catchphrase "Now that’s comedy!", was usually delivered after visiting grave physical injury and humiliation upon her opponents.

She appeared in the following cartoons (excluding cameos and brief appearances as part of an ensemble cast):

• Episode 3- Slappy Goes Walnuts
• Episode 8- Bumbie's Mom
• Episode 13- Little Old Slappy from Pasadena
• Episode 16- Hurray for Slappy
• Episode 27- I Got Yer Can
• Episode 36- Critical Condition
• Episode 45- ...And Justice for Slappy
• Episode 50- `Twas the Day Before Christmas
• Episode 51- Frontier Slappy
• Episode 58- Smell Ya Latter
• Episode 59- Woodstock Slappy
• Episode 62- Scare Happy Slappy
• Episode 64- No Face Like Home
• Episode 70- Nutcracker Slappy
• Episode 71- Three Tenors and You're Out
• Episode 72- Rest in Pieces
• Episode 73- Gimme a Break
• Episode 74- Method to Her Madness
• Episode 79- My Mother the Squirel
• Episode 81- Soccer Coach Slappy
• Episode 82- One Flew Over the Cuckoo Clock
• Episode 92- Bully for Skippy
• Episode 94- The Christmas Tree
• Episode 97- Sunshine Squirrels