The Mystery Cartoon Character Game, ongoing-ier.

Sorry, Pete, but I can't say I've heard of this one. Someone else probably has.

Could this be Mona Simpson, Homer's mom from The Simpsons? She started out as a classic nuclear housewife, but her hormones kicked in at the sight of "Broadway" Joe Namath, and she joined a hippie commune. By chance, Mona encounters Homer in a cemetery, and they begin to reconnect. That is, until her past catches up to her, Mister Burns rats her out, and Mona goes on the lam again. "Mother Simpson" from the 7th season.

Well, that's a pretty good answer - Mona had an affair with lifeguard Mason Fairbanks before leaving Abe and abandoning her son to become a hippie. And although dead and cremated, she lives on in Homer's dreams. But the character I'm thinking of lacks Mona's intellect and political activism, and is much more of a hedonist. She is also a worse mother than Mona, and remains alive and enjoying her wanton lifestyle. So she fits the clues closer than Mona does.

More clues...

4) I fail to make it as an actress.
5) I believe I was Cleopatra in a past life.
6) My (largely forgotten) feature film is derived from a newspaper column via a gramophone record.

I still can't say I've heard of this one.

Ah, we've gone down this alleyway before, and I just needed to remember what that film and character's name were.
It's Mehitabel frome Shinbone Alley--something I've never heard of until you brought up Archy earlier in this game.

It is indeed the alley cat Mehitabel, voiced by Carol Channing, from John Wilson's Shinbone Alley (1971).

1) She is an alley cat. Archy thinks she is worthy of better things and tries to persuade her to become a respectable housecat - but when she does she has to reject him - cockroaches are not allowed in the house. Of course, she hates having to be on best behaviour and eventually reverts to type. At the end of the film Archy comes to accept her for the way she is.

2) She abandons her kittens and would have let them drown if Archy hadn't come to their rescue.

3) From the lyrics of Mehitabel's song Toujours Gai:

My youth I shall never forget
But there's nothing I really regret
The years I have poured down the drain
Have sparkled like golden champagne

It's cheerio my deario
Prance and pirouette
It's cheerio my deario
There's life in me yet
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4) Feline impresario Tyrone T. Tattersall (John Carradine) lures Mehitabel away with the promise of making her a star, but loses interest when he finds she has no talent.

5) She believes in reincarnation, which is why she is unsurprised when Archy explains he was a human poet who committed suicide.

6) The stories of Archy and Mehitabel appeared in the daily column written by Don Marquis, originally in The Evening Sun, starting in 1916. The musical Shinbone Alley, words by Joe Darion and music by George Kleinsinger, first appeared in 1954 as a Columbia Records concept album featuring Channing and Eddie Bracken. It had a short Broadway run (49 performances) in 1957 with Eartha Kitt as Mehitabel, and a TV version was broadcast in 1960 with Tammy Grimes.

Well remembered, Glowworm! Your point and your turn!

Thanks, a lot of times I like to read up on the stuff I don't know much about, it then becomes rather handy for later.
Here's one.
1. I am a ruthless Frenchman
2. I show up in 2 shorts.
3. In my first short I am trying to steal someone's gold, in the second one, I am damming the river.

You got me stumped on this one.

This is that Quebecois Blacque Jacques Shellacque, he whose deck of cards includes two Tens of Spades and a 21 of Hearts. Bend the rules much, Jacques?

Oh, and I've rebuilt the tracking sheet from a May 2015 copy. So, no more worry about score miscounting. OUB is back to full strength.

Blacque Jacques Shellacque from "Bonanza Bunny" and "Wet Hare"--except Bugs had that 21 card--nice job cheating, Bugs.
Also, When I first saw "Bonanza Bunny" as a kid on the Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show, I used to think the short was extremely short--later on, I discovered that that was due to ABC butchering it to death-no explosive telephones, and certainly no pulling the cork out of one's very explosive popgun.

Actually, that 21 card came from Jacques' deck; Bugs Bunny was simply dealt it. Then again, he could have pulled a Henry Gondorf switcheroo. "Four Jacks."

Hmm, this part of the UCL is kinda thin. I think I'll feed it.

1) This character first occurs in an animated feature film that played in theaters. She reappears, along with her associates, in several subsequent direct-to-video features. It's a Cash Cow Franchise.

2) Much like Alexandra Cabot, this character is thorny, difficult and conceited. However, she never strays into villain territory. That whole "I'm better than you" mentality was instilled in her by her father.

3) This character is not human. Nope, not her. Humans weren't around that long ago.

Would you believe you made this one way too easy? It's Cera, from all the "Land Before Time" films.

Spot on, EI. This is Cera the young triceratops from Don Bluth's The Land Before Time, plus all the sequels cranked out by Spoilberg's Amblimation. Her father orders her away from Littlefoot, saying, "Come, Cera. Three-horns don't associate with long-necks." Nice parenting there, dude.

Anyway, I'll award you a modern +1, and let you quiz us up.

Thanks, OUB. Time for another untapped vein:

1. We've been seen in movie theaters for many decades.

2. We just sing, parade across the screen, and encourage you to go out there and buy us.

3. Although we've never starred in our own movie, we've had cameos in several live action films.

This sound like the snacks, Gum, Popcorn, Candy, and Soda from Let's All Go to the Lobby.

Saltyboot, I'd buy those for you if I could. You're absolutely right. Good job. .

The first two clues are self-explanatory. The characters have had "cameos" in live action movies like "Grease," and "One Crazy Summer."

So it's your turn again.

Don't forget this amusing Simpsons version of it!

Thanks, now here's one I scrounged up.

I have a safe job as a newspaper columnist.
I moved my family into a nice home, despite my lawyer's warnings.
I miss my old job as a thief.

This guy has me totally stumped.

Ok, three more then.

Being angry that I stole their produce, the farmers took my wife's nephew.
All of us animals are forced into the sewers.
After rescuing the nephew, we found an even better place at the end of the tunnel.