Halloween History Test

 

Okay class, put your books away.  It's time for a pop quiz.

As you know, Halloween is just around to corner.  To that end, I decided to throw this pic out there, not only since it's topical in terms of the season, but also to throw a little challenge your way.  Think you know your animation history?  Fine.  Let's put your knowledge to the test.

Who here can give me the name of this character who was introduced to Saturday morning television audiences in the 1980s?

Even people from my generation might have trouble with this one.  She only ever made two appearances and wasn't around long enough for boys of that time to grow into their "hot for teacher" phase.  Of course, for most of us, cartoon characters wouldn't truly be considered sex symbols until Jessica Rabbit came bouncing into our lives.  But I digress.

For those of you looking at her design and thinking she must be a Hanna-Barbera creation, I can see why you'd think so.  Most would.  In fact, the studio that put her on TV was actually founded by former Hanna-Barbera employees.  And of course, it didn't help that every other studio was trying to emulate Hanna-Barbera at that time, seeing as how, with the exception of Marvel, they were pretty much the only game in town.  Disney wouldn't become a major player in TV animation for another 10 years (about the same amount of time it would take for Warner Bros. to realize they had to start coming out with some new material and couldn't just keep recycling their Looney Toons library forever).  But this character isn't exclusively a cartoon creation.  The cartoons were actually inspired by a small series of children's books that were published 10 years earlier and can still be found today.  Her animated exploits exist mostly as a low-res curiosity on Youtube.  But either way, you can find her if you look.

Think you know the answer?  I've placed plenty of clues here in the Description and even in the tag words.  You won't find the answer in the tags, though, or even in the file name.  However, if you decide that you've met your match, I did hide the answer in this pic, which you should be able to find, if your eyesight's good enough.  Still, I hope you enjoy the pic, regardless.

Happy Halloween! ^_^