Screwy Squirrel

Screwy Squirrel
MGM Cartoons character
Screwy Squirrel seen in "Screwball Squirrel" (1944)
First appearanceScrewball Squirrel
April 1, 1944
Last appearanceLonesome Lenny
March 9, 1946
Created byTex Avery
Designed byClaude Smith
Voiced byWally Maher (1944–1946)
William Hanna (1944)
Pinto Colvig (1945)
Charlie Adler (1993)
Jeff Bergman (2004)
Paul Reubens (2013)
Sean Kenin (2019–2021)
In-universe information
AliasScrewball Squirrel
Screwy the Screwball Squirrel
SpeciesAmerican red squirrel
GenderMale

Screwy Squirrel (also known as Screwball Squirrel) is an animated cartoon character, an anthropomorphic squirrel created by Tex Avery for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Among some of the more outrageous cartoon characters, Screwy's feats include pulling objects out of thin air, doubling himself, and breaking the fourth wall, all the while uttering a characteristic cackling laugh. The character was not as successful as Avery's Droopy was at this time, appearing in only five cartoons: Screwball Squirrel (1944), Happy-Go-Nutty (1944), Big Heel-Watha (1944), The Screwy Truant (1945), and Lonesome Lenny (1946).[1]

  1. ^ Adamson, Joe, Tex Avery: King of Cartoons, 1975, Da Capo Press