Hugo the Abominable Snowman Hugo the Abominable Snowman Hugo the Abominable Snowman is a character in the Looney Tunes franchise. Hugo is a large, rather naive, and easily fooled abominable snowman who really likes bunny rabbits. He likes to name his pets "George" and tried on two occasions to make Bugs Bunny his pet. He seems to be an actual snowman, as he melted when exposed to the sun too long. His character is a takeoff on Lennie Small from "Of Mice and Men". "George" refers to Lennie's friend George Milton. Hugo first appears in the episode "The Abominable Snow Rabbit" when Bugs and
Of Mice and Men (opera) Lennie's pathetic inability to stay out of trouble. In the opening scene, they are once again fleeing the police and this provokes a reenactment of one of their almost daily rituals: exasperation and angry threats from George, followed by injured feelings and sulking from Lennie, and eventually yet another reconciliation. Lennie has a mouse with him which he has killed by petting it. George forces him to surrender the dead mouse and, when George throws it away, Lennie protests, telling George of his love for soft things he can stroke and pet. Lennie is consoled by the promise of live