Screwy Squirrel
| Screwy Squirrel | |
|---|---|
| MGM Cartoons character | |
Screwy Squirrel seen in "Screwball Squirrel" (1944) | |
| First appearance | Screwball Squirrel April 1, 1944 |
| Last appearance | Lonesome Lenny March 9, 1946 |
| Created by | Tex Avery |
| Designed by | Claude Smith |
| Voiced by | Wally 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 | |
| Alias | Screwball Squirrel Screwy the Screwball Squirrel |
| Species | American red squirrel |
| Gender | Male |
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).