"Red Rodent Hood"", ""Speedy Gonzales"", and ""A Pizza Tweety Pie"" can be seen in the introduction. The film was released on DVD in the USA on April 28, 2009 from Warner Home Video.Special features included three bonus cartoons: ""Box-Office Bunny"", ""From Hare to Eternity"" and ""Pullet Surprise"". The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (credited onscreen as Friz Freleng's Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie) is a 1981 American animated package film with a compilation of classic ""Looney Tunes""/""Merrie Melodies"" Warner Bros. cartoon shorts and animated bridging sequences produced by Friz Freleng, hosted"
"Elmer's Pet Rabbit Elmer's Pet Rabbit is a 1941 Merrie Melodies cartoon. The short was released on January 4, 1941. Starring Elmer Fudd and, ostensibly, Bugs Bunny, it is the first cartoon in which the name Bugs Bunny is given (on a title card, edited onto the end of the opening title following the success of ""A Wild Hare""), but the rabbit is also somewhat the same as the one seen and heard in ""Elmer's Candid Camera"" and other pre-Bugs shorts. It was directed by Chuck Jones (his first cartoon featuring Bugs Bunny) and written by Rich Hogan. Voices are"
"production of that cartoon wrapped up, though that cartoon had the rabbit carry the pre-""Wild Hare"" characteristics. Bugs Bunny's personality continued to evolve over the years, from a largely ""screwball"" character (a la Daffy Duck), to a mixture of ""screwball"" and ""everyman"" characteristics. His definitive design was created in 1943 by Bob Clampett, who requested one of his animators, Bob McKimson, to create new model sheets of Bugs for the short Tortoise Wins by a Hare. Bugs' define look would be adopted by each unit slowly (though Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson and Friz Freleng had slight variations). Bugs' look was"
"Easter Yeggs Easter Yeggs is a ""Looney Tunes"" animated short originally released theatrically on June 28, 1947, featuring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. The title is a play on ""Easter eggs"" and on ""yegg"", a slang term for a burglar or safecracker. Bugs Bunny finds the Easter Bunny (also called the ""Easter Rabbit"" throughout this cartoon) sitting on a rock, crying. The Easter Bunny tells Bugs that his feet are sore, so he cannot deliver the Easter eggs. Bugs takes up the job, not knowing that, every year, the Easter Bunny gets some ""dumb bunny"" to do his work for"
"drawn beautifully. He has thrilled and made many generations laugh. He is tops."" Some have noted that comedian Eric Andre is the nearest contemporary comedic equivalent to Bugs. They attribute this to, ""their ability to constantly flip the script on their unwitting counterparts."" American use of the term ""Nimrod"" to mean ""idiot"" is attributed (in ""Garner's Modern American Usage"") entirely to Bugs's expostulation ""What a Nimrod!"" to describe the inept hunter Elmer Fudd. Bugs Bunny Bugs Bunny is an animated cartoon character, created in the late 1930s by Leon Schlesinger Productions (later Warner Bros. Cartoons) and voiced originally by Mel"
"Rabbit Stew"", was produced before this film. Additionally, it was the fifth cartoon for Bugs and the 55th cartoon Avery directed at Warner Bros. The Merrie Melodies opening sequence also featured the first usage of the Warner Bros. shield logo zooming in with a carrot-munching Bugs Bunny lying on top of it. Here, after the zoom-in and a couple of bites of his carrot, Bugs pulls down the Merrie Melodies title screen like it is a shade. Instead of Elmer Fudd, Bugs is hunted by a dog named Willoughby, but the dog falls for every trap Bugs sets for him"
"as their nitrogen-rich manure and their high-protein milk. Production industries have developed domesticated rabbit breeds (such as the well-known Angora rabbit) to efficiently fill these needs. Rabbits are often used as a symbol of fertility or rebirth, and have long been associated with spring and Easter as the Easter Bunny. The species' role as a prey animal with few defenses evokes vulnerability and innocence, and in folklore and modern children's stories, rabbits often appear as sympathetic characters, able to connect easily with youth of all kinds (for example, the Velveteen Rabbit, or Thumper in Bambi). The rabbit often appears in"
"front door, to which Elmer slams shut. Elmer, briefly relieved that he is finally rid of Bugs, then receives a large Easter egg delivery from a postman. Upon opening it, an impossibly large litter of baby Bugs Bunnies who say ""Eh, what's up Doc?"" in unison begin to leap around the house. Friz Freleng, the man most responsible for developing Bugs' personality, was the director of this short cartoon. This short film was written by Michael Maltese and animated by Richard Bickenbach. The music was selected, composed and arranged by Carl W. Stalling with sound effects and editing by Treg"
"Rabbit Rampage Rabbit Rampage is a 1955 Bugs Bunny Warner Bros. animated cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones which was originally released on June 11, 1955. It is a spiritual successor to ""Duck Amuck"", in which Daffy Duck was teased by an off-screen animator, revealed at the end to be Bugs Bunny. In ""Rabbit Rampage"", Bugs is similarly teased by another off-screen animator who is revealed at the end to be Elmer Fudd. The cartoon inspired a 1993 video game for the Super NES, ""Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage"", which allows the player to control Bugs, following a similar plot. A few"
"yet unnamed, embryonic rabbit was later named in an early model sheet as ""Bugs' Bunny"". A new drawing of a redesigned rabbit had been requested by the story department as described by Virgil Ross, the animator of ""A Wild Hare"" in an interview published in ""Animato"" magazine issue #19. Animator Ben ""Bugs"" Hardaway inadvertently christened him when ""his casual sketch of a proposed rabbit character"" was labeled ""Bugs's Bunny"" by a fellow employee, as described in the ""Encyclopædia Britannica"". When Freleng returned to Warner Bros. in 1939, Hardaway was demoted back to storyman, while Tex Avery eventually created his own"
"Beanstalk Bunny Beanstalk Bunny is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon released on 12 February 1955. The cartoon's story is derived from the classic fairy tale ""Jack and the Beanstalk"" and stars Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck as Jack, and Elmer Fudd as the giant. The cartoon was directed by Chuck Jones. The story begins with Daffy Duck in the role of Jack summing up recent events: Frustrated with having traded his cow for the three beans, Daffy tosses them away and they land in Bugs Bunny's rabbit hole. A beanstalk erupts shortly after, and Daffy decides to climb it for"
"Duck! Rabbit, Duck! Duck! Rabbit, Duck! is a 1953 ""Merrie Melodies"" comedy cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones, and starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd. It is the sequel to ""Rabbit Seasoning"", and the third (along with ""Rabbit Fire"") and final entry in Jones' ""hunting trilogy"" (the only major difference in format between this film and the others is that it takes place during the middle of winter). Produced by Eddie Selzer for Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., the short was released to theaters in 1953 by Warner Bros. Pictures. This is the only film in the trilogy where Bugs"
"Brown, what will you give me if I let you down?"" The rider stuck in the air offers an imaginary payment of grandiose proportions (e.g., ""every Barbie doll ever,"" ""the Moon and all the stars""). Buster Brown Buster Brown was a comic strip character created in 1902 by Richard F. Outcault. Adopted as the mascot of the Brown Shoe Company in 1904, Buster Brown, his sweetheart Mary Jane, and his dog Tige, an American Pit Bull Terrier, were well-known to the American public in the early 20th century. The character's name was also used to describe a popular style of"
"Southern Fried Rabbit Southern Fried Rabbit is a Looney Tunes cartoon by Warner Bros. starring Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam. Directed by Friz Freleng, the animated short was first released on May 2, 1953. In it, Bugs Bunny attempts to shake off Yosemite Sam (here, cast as a Civil War-era Confederate colonel), who is preventing him from crossing the Mason–Dixon line. A severe drought has ruined the carrot crop in Bugs Bunny's northern home. Upon learning of a boom crop in Alabama, Bugs decides to happily make the trip to the fertile soils. After a lot of walking, he exhaustedly"
"on the Easter Bunny, leaving the hapless hen-fruit handler hanging high up in a tree. Bugs' parting shot: ""Remember, Doc, keep smiling!"" (in reference to Mel Blanc's Happy Postman from the radio version of ""The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show""). The cartoon irises out as Bugs starts laughing. Easter Yeggs Easter Yeggs is a ""Looney Tunes"" animated short originally released theatrically on June 28, 1947, featuring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. The title is a play on ""Easter eggs"" and on ""yegg"", a slang term for a burglar or safecracker. Bugs Bunny finds the Easter Bunny (also called the"
"Acrobatty Bunny Acrobatty Bunny is a Warner Bros. cartoon released in 1946 as part of the ""Looney Tunes"" series, directed by Robert McKimson (his second), and starring Bugs Bunny and Nero the Lion. A circus is being set up just above Bugs' rabbit hole, causing much noise and vibration. The lion cage is set up directly above the hole, and the lion takes deep sniffs (alternatively yanking Bugs towards the hole or throwing him back) to determine that the animal below is Bugs. When the lion (whom Bugs eventually refers to as ""Nero"") roars again, Bugs comes to the surface"
"by Merrill De Maris. The comic strip had started by introducing a new character, not based on any previous Disney animated short. The character was Bucky Bug, an anthropomorphic insect whose creation is credited to Duvall and Taliaferro. Bucky Bug would continue to be the star of the comic strip until March 4, 1934. He was the second Disney character (after Mickey Mouse) to become the star of his own comic strip series. The Bucky Bug stories were typical for a funny animal series, though every character was either an insect or another type of invertebrate. The initial storyline of"
"him. (The Easter Bunny characterization is taken from Mel Blanc's ""Happy Postman"" radio character, including the ironic catch phrase ""Keep Smiling!"") The first house the ""joyous bunny"" visits bears a name by the door: Dead End Kid, and the mean little red-haired kid who lives inside throws the egg at Bugs' face, bites him in the leg and beats Bugs up before body-slamming him on the floor - all the while demanding, ""I wanna Easter egg! I wanna Easter egg! I wanna Easter egg!"" Bugs loses his cool and grabs the kid's arm. Unfortunately, Dead End Kid screams that Bugs"
"character Christopher Robin was based. The rest of Christopher Robin Milne's toys – Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, and Tigger – were incorporated into Milne's stories. Two more characters, Owl and Rabbit, were created by Milne's imagination, while Gopher was added to the Disney version. Christopher Robin's toy bear is on display at the Main Branch of the New York Public Library in New York City. Christopher Milne had named his toy bear after Winnie, a Canadian black bear he often saw at London Zoo, and ""Pooh"", a swan they had met while on holiday. The bear cub was purchased from"
"The First Easter Rabbit The First Easter Rabbit is an animated Easter television special that premiered April 9, 1976 on NBC and later aired on CBS. Created by Rankin/Bass, it tells the story of the Easter Bunny's origin. The special is loosely based on the children's book ""The Velveteen Rabbit"" by Margery Williams. Burl Ives did the narration for this special which also featured the song ""Easter Parade"". Following 1964's ""Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"", this is the second Rankin/Bass special to be narrated by Burl Ives. Stuffy (voiced by Robert Morse) is a stuffed rabbit, given to a little girl"
"The Adventures of Brer Rabbit The Adventures of Brer Rabbit is a book, a play, and a film inspired by the Uncle Remus stories. The central character's actual name is Br'er Rabbit (short for Brother Rabbit), but in the title ""Br'er"" is simplified as ""Brer"". The book's full title is """" and was written by Julius Lester, and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Lester received the Coretta Scott King Award in 1988 for this work. A one-act play entitled ""The Adventures of Brer Rabbit"" was written by Gayle Cornelison. The play was first performed in 1977 at the California Theatre Center"
"subsequent cartoon short cast Bugs as the motivator behind the famous jump. Bugs Bunny is standing at the base of the famous Brooklyn Bridge, (about half a mile from the southern end of the actual street called the Bowery), telling an old man a story, in carnival-barker style, about how and why Steve Brody jumped off the bridge in July 1886 in the form of pictures: Brody had a terrific run of luck...all bad. He decided he needed a good luck charm...ideally, a rabbit's foot. But he couldn't find one in the city, so he tried looking in the country"
"and the ""Bugs Bunny: Winner By A Hare"" laserdisc. Rabbit Seasoning Rabbit Seasoning is a 1952 ""Merrie Melodies"" cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones, and starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd. It is the sequel to ""Rabbit Fire"", and the second entry in the ""Hunting trilogy"" directed by Jones and written by Michael Maltese (the only major difference in format between them is that ""Rabbit Seasoning"" takes place during the spring, while ""Rabbit Fire"" takes place in autumn. The third cartoon, ""Duck! Rabbit, Duck!"", takes place in the winter). Produced by Edward Selzer for Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., the"
"There also exists a Br'er Rabbit story that is closer to the Eastern versions. In this story, Br'er Rabbit initiates the panic but does not take part in the mass flight, although Br'er Fox does. In this case it is Br'er Terrapin that leads the animals back to question Br'er Rabbit. Henny Penny Henny Penny, more commonly known in the United States as Chicken Little and sometimes as Chicken Licken, is a European folk tale with a moral in the form of a cumulative tale about a chicken who believes the world is coming to an end. The phrase featured"
"Yosemite Sam Yosemite Sam is an American animated cartoon character in the ""Looney Tunes"" and ""Merrie Melodies"" series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The name is somewhat alliterative and is inspired by Yosemite National Park. Along with Elmer Fudd, he is the de facto archenemy of Bugs Bunny. He is commonly depicted as an extremely aggressive gunslinging prospector, outlaw, pirate, or cowboy with a hair-trigger temper and an intense hatred of rabbits, Bugs particularly. In cartoons with non-Western themes, he uses various aliases, including ""Chilkoot Sam"" (named for the Chilkoot Trail; Sam pronounces it ""Chilli-koot"") in ""14 Carrot"
"Rabbit Fire Rabbit Fire is a 1951 ""Looney Tunes"" (reissued as a 1960 Blue Ribbon ""Merrie Melodies"") cartoon starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd. Directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese, the short is the first film in Jones' ""hunting trilogy""—the other two films being ""Rabbit Seasoning"" and ""Duck! Rabbit, Duck!"". It is also the first film to feature a feud between Bugs and Daffy. Produced by Edward Selzer for Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., the short was released to theaters on May 19, 1951 by Warner Bros. Pictures and is often considered among Jones' best and"
"Rabbit of Seville Rabbit of Seville is a Warner Bros. ""Looney Tunes"" theatrical cartoon short released in 1950. It was directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. The cartoon, in a plotline reminiscent of ""Stage Door Cartoon"", features Bugs Bunny being chased by Elmer Fudd into the stage door of the Hollywood Bowl, whereupon Bugs tricks Elmer into going onstage, and participating in a break-neck operatic production of their chase punctuated with gags and accompanied by musical arrangements by Carl Stalling, focusing on Rossini's overture to ""The Barber of Seville"". Stalling's arrangement is notable in that the overture's"
"Chocolate bunny A chocolate bunny or chocolate rabbit is a piece of chocolate in the shape of a rabbit, usually stylized, and generally hollow. It is in some ways a variant of the chocolate Easter egg, being made in a mould in the same manner, both the egg and the rabbit symbolise new life, and spring. Specifically the production of such eggs for Easter is related to the Easter bunny. Chocolate bunnies come in many different figures, hence there is a wide variety of recipes for different kinds of chocolate bunnies. Chocolate bunnies can be eaten frozen, in pieces, and"
"Buster Brown Buster Brown was a comic strip character created in 1902 by Richard F. Outcault. Adopted as the mascot of the Brown Shoe Company in 1904, Buster Brown, his sweetheart Mary Jane, and his dog Tige, an American Pit Bull Terrier, were well-known to the American public in the early 20th century. The character's name was also used to describe a popular style of suit for young boys, the Buster Brown suit, that echoed his own outfit. The character of Buster Brown was loosely based on Granville Hamilton Fisher, a son of Charles and Anna Fisher of Flushing, New"
"Rabbit's Kin Rabbit's Kin is a ""Merrie Melodies"" animated short released on November 15, 1952. It was directed by Robert McKimson and written by Tedd Pierce. The cartoon was animated by Charles McKimson, Herman Cohen, Rod Scribner, Phil DeLara and Keith Darling. The music was scored by Carl Stalling while the layouts and backgrounds were done by Robert Givens and Richard H. Thomas, respectively. Mel Blanc performs the voice of Bugs Bunny and Shorty Rabbit, while Stan Freberg voiced Bugs' new enemy Pete Puma, doing an imitation of the character Frank Fontaine introduced on The Jack Benny Show named John"
"of the film, Kemco decided to use Bugs Bunny, due to him and Roger Rabbit both being rabbits, making it easier for Kemco to modify the ""Roger Rabbit"" game and release it outside Japan as ""The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle"". For the Game Boy version, Kemco's license to develop and/or publish video games based on ""Who Framed Roger Rabbit"" became outdated; however, they still had the license to create Disney-based video games, which they used to create ""Mickey Mouse"" for Game Boy. An early beta version of the game shows the working title as ""Bugs Bunny Fun House"". ""The Bugs"
"from the sales of the Darrell Lea chocolate bilbies. Australian children's book author and illustrator Irena Sibley produced three Easter Bilby books between 1994 and 2000 including the best selling ""The Bilbies' First Easter"", published by Silver Gum Press in 1994. In 1993, Australian children's author Jeni Bright wrote the story of ""Burra Nimu, the Easter Bilby"". It tells how Burra, a shy but brave little bilby, decides to save the land from the rabbits and foxes who are ruining it. Burra and his family and friends gather together for a wonderful time painting Easter eggs to give to the"
"Elmer had dug up in the opening scene. Upswept Hare Upswept Hare is a 1952-animated Merrie Melodies cartoon released in 1953 and re-issued in 1961 as a Blue Ribbon featuring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. The story opens at night with an unseen Bugs preparing to go to sleep. A highway is in the background and immediately after Bugs retires Elmer Fudd drives up because he has seen a rare desert flower next to Bugs' hole that he wants to put in his tropical garden. Elmer does not notice the rabbit hole and is unaware of Bugs' presence, but he"