Famous Cartoon Characters That Are Actually Based On Real People

Eh, What’s Up Clark Gable?

cartoon characters based on real people
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In the 1934 film, “It Happened One Night,” Clark Gable played Peter Wayne, an unemployed reporter, stranded on the side of the road who munches on a carrot. Cartoon designer Friz Freleng decided to add Gable’s mannerisms into the “Looney Tunes” character Bug’s Bunny.

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