He is commonly depicted as an extremely aggressive, gunslinging outlaw, pirate or cowboy with a hair-trigger temper and an intense hatred of rabbits, Bugs in particular. His name is taken from Yosemite National Park. Yosemite Sam is a cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of short films produced by Warner Bros. Prospector, cowboy, sailor, gunslinger, pirate, and many others Samuel Michelangelo Rosenbaum (The Looney Tunes Show only)