Name someone referenced more in animation than Peter Lorre.You can't.
Literally who? Should I ask my grandpa?
>>77742862
>Peter Lorre
In the Simpsons, Lost Souls boat.
What other references?
>>77743254
I remember some from Looney Toons
Satan?
>>77742862
How come modern animation doesn't reference Steve Buscemi like they did peter lorre.
Groucho Marx perhaps?
>>77743382
They're both good actors with those bugged out eyes, but Buscemi doesn't have the kind of voice that Lorre does, just an accent.
> that fucking lamp in Brave Little Toaster
Fuck this dude.
>>77742862
Weird Al.
>>77743254
there was also a character in The Brave Little Toaster based on him.
>>77743254
The worm in Corpse Bride
>>77743044
Your grandpa was born in 1959. I think Peter Lorre predates him by a bit.
>>77743361
Someone who actually existed.
>>77742862
Jack Nicholson.
>>77743611
OH SNAP.
>>77742862
Duuuh, oh boy, my ooooown littuhl Peter Lorre! I will name him George and I will hug him and pet him and squeeze him!If fictional characters count, anyway.
>>77743402
this but only because of the gag glasses
Fun trivia: Nazis wanted Lorre due to him being a famous Jew, but he hid in a Paris hotel. It was 1933, so they couldn't invade the hotel to get him.
An American director friend of his snuck him out, and Alfred Hitchcock paid for him to escape to America.
>>77743254
Hey Arnold.
>>77743727
This is a good point. Does this still happen or has the Lennie and George trope died off? No recent examples are coming to mind.
>>77743254
I know Scooby-Doo did a ton of shit with him
>>77742862
His fucking face always scared the shit out of me when i was a kid
Has he been referenced in any animation made more recently than the 60s?
>>77743879
It faded a long time ago. The book came out in 1937 and was pretty popular (and IIRC the movie version of Lon Chaney was made really soon after the book) so audiences at the time would be fairly familiar with it.
These days most people can probably tell you they've heard of Of Mice and Men but wouldn't be able to tell you what it's about.
>>77744041
corps bride
>>77743783
Also fact: Lorre starred as a Japanese Detective, Mr.Moto for 8 films during 1937-1939.
>>77744041
brave little toaster 1989
I feel like Looney Tunes referenced Jerry Colonna more than they did him.
But I'm not sure.
>>77742862
eat at joes?
Abraham Lincoln
>>77744041
In addition to the other examples, there's Cad Bane from The Clone Wars, whose voice is a deliberate imitation of Peter Lorre
>>77743783
Deepest Lorre.
>>77744197
He was fairly frequent but nowhere near Lorre's level.
>>77743911
I remember Scooby Doo having a lot of Don Knotts, even some of the newer stuff, but I don't recall Peter Lorre in anything Scooby Doo related.
>>77744291
I remember a bunch of ghosts in scooby doo were doing imitations of his voice
>>77744291
i thought you said dog knots
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>>77744291
johnny bravo even had don knotts
but im gonna raise the stakes
>nobody even mentioning arnold schwartzeneggar
If it was a late 80's/90's cartoon, regardless of genre, there was an arnie character at some point.
or in fairly oddparents' case, was a character.
>>77743254
Ren from Ren and Stimpy and Cutman from the Mega Man cartoon's voices were inspired by Lorre's.
>>77744313
Well it's been a long time since I saw any classic Scooby Doo, so it could've just been lost on me at the time.
>>77744291
>>77744331
Even the Johnny Bravo / Scooby Doo crossover featured Don Knotts, at the unmasking scene (inbetween Bigfoot and John Barbera).
Bela Lugosi's Dracula is pretty much the standard for almost all pre-Twilight vampires in animation.
>>77742862
Marlon Brando as Don Corleone for any mafia boss.
>>77744342
>Rainer Wolfcastle
>Jorgen
What other characters are straight up Ahnahld references/pastiches?
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>>77744331
>>77744408
I remember there was a pit bull on Tiny Toons that was a blatant Arnold parody
I think he might've even been named Arnold
>>77744221
In what universe is Cad Bane a Peter Lorre impression
>>77744510
It's more apparent if you listen to him without the electronic modulation.
>>77744530
IIRC the cast or producers also said that Cad Bane was inspired by Lorre, but I can't remember who said it or what, so take with a grain of salt.
It is difficult to hear, and I think that ultimately Bane comes off more as a cowboy than Lorre. It comes through only a few times.
>>77744061
it's a sad ass book
>>77744331
>>77744380
now that you mention Johnny, reminds me Elvis has also been referenced a lot in cartoons.
>>77744738
>Elvis has also been referenced a lot in cartoons.
He is the King, so he doesn't count.
>>77744291
Yeah what the fuck was with Scooby Doo and Don Knotts? It felt like he was in every other episode.
>>77744221
Cad Bane is a star wars version of Lee Van Cleef's Angel Eyes/The Man in Black from The Good The Bad and the Ugly
the voice is just because Burton has a limited range
Gonna sound like a dumbass here for a second.
Did anyone else as a kid not know Peter Lorre was a real person?
Hunter S. made such a huge splash on our collective consciousness that he would be reborn as Uncle Duke, Spider Jerusalem, Col. Hunter Gathers, and Rango
>>77744380
I can't remember if it was made during Seth McFarlane's tenure on Johnny Bravo, but I recall a later episode featuring Don Knotts, the Blue Falcon, Weird Al, and Seth Green
>>77742862
>Name someone referenced more in animation than Peter Lorre.
i cant. he even spread to video games and nipponland
>>77745002
I remember catching on to seeing the same character across cartoons, but having to ask my mom who it wasand every time I could never remember his name
>>77745014
and dale gribble
>>77745002
I didn't knew who he was, but it was very obvious that Looney Tunes was referencing real life actors whenever a character looked like a grotesque caricature instead of a potato headed human like Elmer. Or a straight up accurate rendition.
I did recognize Humphrey Bogart, but not much anyone else.
>>77744900
The Lorre impression is by Lucas's request. It's not something that happened accidentally, Lucas actually said "I want this character to sound like Peter Lorre."
He did the same thing with Ziro the Hutt/Truman Capote.
>>77745002
I think most of us didn't, at least as kids. We wouldn't have had any real exposure to him since he died before we were born and not a lot of his movies got frequent air time on cable.
>>77744900
Speaking of Star Wars and The Good The Bad and the Ugly, upon seeing these images I always thought it was supposed to be imperial stormtrooper pastiche of Blondie / Eastwood.
But apparently he is an actual character? I don't follow SW so I don't know. Did they intentionally make him look like Blondie, or was that just a coincidence?
>>77744331
Now post the Johnny Bravo episode with the computer generated Mark Hamill
>>77745203
Coincidence.
Also it's a she.
>>77745060
That makes me very upset.
>>77745203
she. that there's a chicktrooper.
>>77745218
>>77745227
So, she's not a clone? She's post clone storm troopers?
>>77745215
>Now post the Johnny Bravo episode with the computer generated Mark Hamill
He could also post the Freakazoid episode with the actual Mark Hamill.
... Freakazoid was also pretty damn cameo heavy in retrospect. Clinton appeared like every other episode.
>>77744221
Cad Bane is Lee Van Cleef, what the fuck are you on about?
>>77745002
I just thought, "Oh, it's Igor," every time I saw him.
>>77745250
Episode 7. Cpt Phasma is a New Order officer. Wears shiny chrome Storm trooper armor and hooded cape.
In looney toons, he's probably number one.
>>77745292
The voice. Can you not read?
>>77745292
Wait, did you think that's what Lee Van Cleef sounded like?
>>77745002
Oddly enough, I could tell he was supposed to be real just because of the bizarre disconnect whenever he was referenced.
>>77745119
Have you ever seen Hollywood Steps Out, which is literally 50 of those in a row?
>>77744380
Don Knotts was a background character in Mystery Inc.
>>77745916
I don't think I did, plus even if I did, I didn't knew many Hollywood actors at age 6 when Cartoon Network launched.
I don't even know how I managed to recognize Bogart - but I think it was because they specifically named him in that episode (unlike in others where he just asked for a spare dollar for an American who is down on his luck).
And that episode I posted the screencap of was shown quite a lot. I don't remember Hollywood Steps Out being shown that often, if ever. Probably because it was 50 years out of date at the time.
>>77745014
He wasn't Rango, it was just Johnny Depp doing a very tiny bit of what he did in Fear And Loathing. It's Hunter filtered like three times, and at that point, is it really Hunter?
>>77745002
>>77745178
THE GUY DIED 30 YEARS BEFORE MOST OF /CO/ WAS BORN.
>>77744167
>flower scene
>>77746024
Strange, I remember them showing WWII propaganda stuff and that was even more egregiously outdated.
>>77746032
Depp is an incarnation of Hunter as well though.
>>77745002
No, most 90s kids did not know who Peter Lorre was. I'm sure they also didn't know who Jean Harlow was either.
>>77744221
Don't forget this guy.
>>77744291
Didn't that movie with the ghost pirates on the cruise ship have a character that was obviously a Peter Lorre knockoff?
>>77744331
That must have been around the same time when Knotts did that piece of shit Pleasantville.
>>77744221
>>77744144
Now I really wanna see the Mr. Moto movies. I rented a few of the books from the library. I kind of like the concept behind them.
>>77742862
Who does the "X is the craziest people!" gag. Because Looney Tunes seemed to get a lot of mileage out of that.
>>77743254
In the episode of The Tick where He and Arthur team up with American Maid to stop Chairface Chippendale, the villain whom Tick forcefeeds is intended to sound like Peter Lorre (since in the comic, that villain was called "The-Guy-That-Looks-Just-Like-Peter-Lorre").
>>77744199
Might as well bring up 'Killroy was here'
>>77742862
>>77745119
I just wish I could draw real life like this. Would you consider it caricature? Bah, I should just dig out that 'Fun with a Pencil' book by Loomis and start drawing again.
>>77744452
Yeah.
http://tinytoons.wikia.com/wiki/Arnold_the_Pit_Bull
>>77744572
Jabberjaw's voice is based on Curly's, for a start.
>>77745290
Don't forget Johnathan Harris.
>>77746478
Lew Lehr.
>>77745916
How many can you recognize, /co/?
https://vimeo.com/110793112
All of the cameos are listed here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Steps_Out
>>77745060
And if English dubbing of anime counts, this character had a Peter Lorre-esque voice.
>>77745060
>he even spread to video games
Oh yeah, they did this in Crash Bandicoot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P37y3CogpJE
>>77744354
Ren is Peter Lorre, and Stimpy is Larry Fine.
>>77742862
Does Rankin Bass count?
>>77746185
Every time.
>>77743657
>>77744167
>tfw the movie referenced them both
>air conditioner voiced by Phil Hartman
>people thought he was actually Jack Nicholson
>>77743254
Pretty much this
>>77743402
This was my first thought as well.
Or JFK.
>>77744041
Aladdin
>>77743490
>Did you hear that?!
>They want to know how to escape! Heh!
That movie was something else.
>>77744061
There was a remake with Gary Sinise in the 90s.
Not as much but I'd say a close contender was Don Knotts
>>77746323
Does he SOUND like Peter Lorre, though? Cad Bane does.
You kids. Lorre is in Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon, plus a zillion crappy B movies that pop up every October. We will never be rid of him, even though his best monster is in German (the pedo murderer in Fritz Lang's M).
There's only one challenger to Lorre and he's finally fading out. I'll bet you never heard if Jimmy Durante. I'll bet you can't sing any of his songs. I'll bet you don't know any of his fifty illusion catchphrases. I'll bet you don't know he is the basis for Big Spike in Tom & Jerry and the proboscis monkey in the Powerpuff movie. But I'll bet you know that a man with a bulbous nose must turn in profile and yell, "Ha-cha-cha-cha!"
>>77750326
I'll bet you can tell me how to turn off the fucking autocorrect though. Look at this fucking shit.
>>77745300
are you me?
>>77750326
Wasn't he the narrator in Frosty the Snowman too?
>>77750486
Yup. That's him.
>>77743254
WE'LL SEE WHO EES OBSOLEET
>>77750326
>"Ha-cha-cha-cha!"
I didn't know anything else you were talking about, but I do know this.
Crap.
>>77750326
The Simpsons educated me on Jimmy Durante, so don't worry about that.
>>77743879
South Park?
>>77751334
that's it. The big retard, right?
>>77750326
The average person today probably can't name many Golden Age Hollywood stars by name, but if you go to Los Angeles, they're still widely venerated and seen as an integral part of the movie industry's history.
>>77750326
Marilyn Monroe probably won't be going anywhere anytime soon either.
I once played an educational computer game where the narrator talked in peter Lorre voice. It was the same series as that blue robot that solved puzzles. Can't remember the name, but they had the grades in their title.
>>77744331
>Nobody noticed Donald Trump
>Nobody mentioned Frank Sinatra yet
Allow me to do it.
>>77744572
lol Ren was Peter Lorre mixed with Kirk Douglas and he acted like Mo
and John K loved Billy West doing Stimpy as Larry
it all comes together
but Boris Karloff as Frankenstein is just as referenced as all the other examples
>>77744331
>Seth Macfarlane and Butch Hartman both work on Johnny Bravo
>specifically the Adam West episode
>both use him as a regular character on their shows
Does Bing get referenced much outside of golden age cartoons?
>>77742862
Peter Lorre had a lot of background cameos and quick pop-on gags, but I can't help but feel that Jackie Gleason was referenced more. Characters based on Jackie definitely got more screen time.
>>77754427
Taz-Mania had Taz's dad and uncle in parodies of the Crosby/Hope road movies.
>>77754427
He does inhomestuck
>>77742862
Don't know if it's a fair comparrison, but I'm pretty sure Nixon has been referenced more, and certainly more than any other president.
Hitler too i suppose.
Ren's voice.
>>77744572
Even though it was trying it to say the series wouldn't work with a 3rd character, which I agree with, this still made for a good parody.
>>77744167
1987. Also, that's a great song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOeK0Ig-H9g
>>77742862
Abraham Lincoln.
>>77744228
You got me good
>>77743783
The Nazi propoganda film "The Eternal Jew" would use footage from the dilm M of Peter Lorre's final rant as the murderer as evidence that Jews are mad killers
>>77742862
Ed Wynn.
>>77742862
Hitler?
>>77744228
>>77751747
FRANKIE!
