My contract clearly states that I'm always to be drawn as a rabbit. The animator draws an anvil on Bugs' tail, causing Bugs to fall on a street, later rolling into an empty area. It is the cartoon threesome of "Hare Brush", "Rabbit Rampage", and "Hyde and Hare" that tends to "count" in this study of Bugs' seeming 1955 "deconstruction" by directors Friz Freleng and Chuck Jones. Was not a horse a form that Bugs was forced to endure in "Rabbit Rampage"? He is frightened, terrified by the axe-swinging, gun-firing alter-ego of his meek, mild host, and himself consumes the concoction of the duplicitous doctor and becomes a clawed, shaggy, and green variant of his proper image. "Hare Brush" posited a coherent basis for deserved downfall within the same cartoon. A few clips from this short were shown in a trailer for the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 DVD set (seen on the Looney Tunes: Back in Action DVD), but was not included as part of that set. It was obviously inspired by this short, both in title and plot. Note that adding the Platinum Collection to this diagram does not affect how many episodes are added! It belongs on a horse. Devil's Feud Cake (MM, Freleng) - Starring Sam. "Rabbit Rampage" is essentially a reprise of the premise of the successful 1953 "Duck Amuck", the subjecting of a cartoon character to the mischief of an antic animator. In most cases, however, his jerkassery is usually provoked by the, A trademark. Uploaded by And it could be that the hopping foretells untoward conduct for Bugs in an adventure to come, implying that Bugs has within him an inferiority that could be manifested by the same behaviour if he is in some way incited to waive his dignity. Like many of his peers, Bugs' origins are unclear. Athena-1, this is Control. Bugs then grabs the brush and breaks it in half. Subsequently, in "Rabbit Rampage", there is a manipulation of Looney Tune and Merrie Melodie convention contrary to Bugs and the bunny hereby again rendered a loser, through a series of unflattering physical "make-overs". Horse Hare (LT, Freleng) - Starring Sam. The DVD variants of the Platinum Collection volumes are missing the third special features disc, but many of the special features overlap with the Golden Collection. Director Ben "Bugs" Hardaway introduced the notion of this character as a "scwewy wabbit" in "Porky's Hare Hunt" (1938). 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. Bugs says "nave" instead of "nave" at least once, but also says "nave", so at least this one is likely intentional. Jungian psychology is an academically accepted premise for examining duality and conflict in the human mind, and as Bugs has the intelligence and mental traits of a man in addition to his rabbit heritage, it is somewhat persuasive in proposing a linear-time connection between the events of "Hyde and Hare" and "Knight-Mare Hare". The short was released on June 11, 1955, and stars Bugs Bunny. Bugs is mortified- and by the character whom he has abashed for the longest time. (1957), Elmer has been endowed with the powers of a Wagnerian demigod, but Bugs, garbed like the Valkyrie Brunhilde, humiliates Elmer for most of that cartoon, and when Elmer believes that he has "killed the wabbit" and sobs as he remorsefully carries the limp bunny in his arms, the audience learns that Bugs is not really dead and is faking the cadaverous condition solely for dramatic, opera-ending effect. However, as the saying goes, the pen is mightier than the sword and Bugs find himself at the mercy of the animator . heckling hare humour, those have been convincingly described in hindsight by childfree by choice. What's the big idea? Contents 1 Title 2 Plot There are significant diminishing returns once the Golden and Super Stars Collections are owned. When Bugs sees the sign, he panics and throws it on the ground, off-screen. Now with his ears back, Bugs walks away again, only to have his tail erased. web pages Bugs attempts to make friends with the animator, promising that they could do something popular. This page was last edited on 2 May 2022, at 18:31. Volume 6 of the Spotlight Collection adds one unique episode: Rabbit Rampage, resulting in 99.6% of the available episodes being owned. Search the history of over 797 billion 2023. 1955 was a fascinating year for Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies. Before him, The Marx Brothers were the premier American tricksters, and traces of their influence can be found in many of his best known mannerisms. Athena-1, come in. Half-Fare Hare (MM, McKimson) - with caricatures of Jackie Gleason and Art Carney as Ralph Cramden and Ed Norton. While not as a big of a success as Duck Amuck, the short has been fairly popular. Now, the dragon, which Bugs has unwittingly though assuredly won the right to fight in the knight's stead. In the short "Super-Rabbit," Bugs becomes a Marine at the end. Adding the Platinum Collection results in 507 uniques for 93% coverage. Web. The Venn diagrams below have the Golden & Super Stars Collections or the Golden, Platinum, and Super Stars Collections grouped as one set to show how the standalone discs add to the unique episode count. What worked for Daffy in spite of- or because of- the duck's frantic protests, is abnormal for Bugs. Who's responsible for this now? and after a hypnotized Bugs answers that he is, they take him away for income tax evasion, and Elmer (as Bugs) says. At one point Bugs even mimics Yosemite Sam by using the word "idjit." Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol (Freleng) - Starring Sam and Porky. This continues with increasingly ridiculous hats and wigs until Bugs gives up after a giant top hat is painted over him. In issue #94 of the Looney Tunes comic (November 2002), Bugs Bunny gets back at Daffy Duck by making him the victim, in switching various movie roles, from Duck Twacy in Who Killed Daffy Duck," a video game character, and a talk show host, and they always wind up with Daffy starring in Moby Dick (the story's running gag). Not really a baby, just a midget bank robber in disguise. Might he not be fallible in some major way? He is consigned by his business subordinates to the Fruit Cake Sanitarium- It's Full of Nuts, for treatment of his delusion that he is Bugs Bunny, dressed in grey with pointy ears, chomping carrots, and asking, "What's up, Doc?". Besides, neither Sam nor Bugs reach the desired goal when "Piker's Peak" finishes. While in the sanitarium, Elmer is in a bed and being fed carrots- exactly what will be Bugs' desire in his "pet" adoption by Dr. Jekyll in "Hyde and Hare". Directed By Chuck Jones. It should be noted that in his Bugs impersonation, Elmer hops "on all fours", something that Bugs will do in a regressive fashion in "Hyde and Hare". Bugs argues with the cartoonist who creates him over how he should be drawn. A 175-lb. After disposing of the last sign off-screen, Bugs returns, wiping off the yellow paint with a towel. Contents 1 Plot 2 Availability 2.1 Streaming 3 Goofs 4 Notes 5 Gallery 5.1 TV Title Cards 6 External Links 7 References Plot An animator paints a woodland background, complete with a rabbit hole. And then comes physical "make-overs", unflattering and repulsive, again with Bugs as a loser and Elmer victorious, and as the one man who could have total control over Bugs- Bugs' animator- and who does to Bugs what Bugs has done to Daffy. 1955 was, of course, the middle of a decade. McKimson directed not a single Bugs Bunny film released in 1955. The trilogy of cartoons in which Bugs is removed from or falls from the position for which he is selected for honour in the same year's "This is a Life? His name derives either from Hardaway's model sheets were said to have been tagged with "Bugs' Bunny" or the contemporary Brooklyn slang "bugs", meaning "crazy". "Piker's Peak" nevertheless emphasises a danger that one faces when concentrating on a cartoon or number of cartoons within a large series and attempting to arrive at credible conclusions from observations of those particular cartoons. action game. After an inconruous and possibly ironic interlude on a television stage, Bugs "REALLY goes too far", condescending to "on-all-fours", primitive bunny hopping totally unbecoming for him, a deception for which he admits shame but proceeds nonetheless to commit, becoming an uncharacteristically ignorant and thoroughly terrified "pet" to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and undergoing a gruesome change (physical and probably also behavioural) by Jekyll's potion- all brought about because of his unchecked desire for the carrot. A few clips from this short were shown in a trailer for the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 DVD set (seen on the Looney Tunes: Back in Action DVD), but was not included as part of that set. This is the transcript of the Sonic X episode, "Missile Wrist Rampage". genre. Tumble down the rabbit hole with Alice in pursuit of the elusive White Rabbit to discover a fantastic realm where nothing makes sense. The cartoon inspired a 1993 video game for the Super NES, A few clips from this short were shown in a trailer for the. A retrospective, as was done with recycled cartoon footage in an earlier Bugs film, "His Hare-Raising Tale" (1951). "Roman Legion-Hare" was the final Bugs Bunny film of 1955, and with it one is inclined to say that "deconstruction" and subsequent renewal was completed. Due to what may be described as the most bizarre reversal of roles ever put on film, Elmer becomes Bugs, and Bugs becomes Elmer, with the consequences of their confrontation inversely incurred. We've found 16 scripts matching Rabbit Rampage. This page is for all transcripts of the episodes of the anime series Sonic X. Rabbit Rampage is a 1955 Bugs Bunny animated cartoon in the Looney Tunes catalogue, directed by Chuck Jones and produced by Warner Bros. It is a spiritual successor (as well as a sequel) to Duck Amuck, in which Daffy Duck was teased by an off-screen animator, revealed at the end to be Bugs Bunny. Be the first one to, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). taylor47bradley. Rabbit Rampage is a 1955 Bugs Bunny animated cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones and produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, which originally debuted on June 11, 1955. Please let us know or ask our community and we'll try to help you out. An "economy" cartoon whose production in the vicinity of Bugs' "deconstruction" in 1955 was probably dictated less by creative impulses and more by finances. Animation, which originally debuted on June 11, 1955. 1 reference. But Bugs is never again "deconstructed" like in the cartoon trilogy of 1955. Bill of Hare (MM, McKimson) - Starring Taz. When Bugs sees the sign, he throws it on the ground, off screen. 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. One of six Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies shorts to use a stock music soundtrack (due to a then-ongoing musician's strike), and the only classic Bugs Bunny short to have Elmer Fudd voiced by someone other than Arthur Q. Bryan, with Dave Barry instead voicing him. Bugs in "Rabbit's Feet" comes off as shamelessly flirting with Wile E. Coyote with all of the kissing, cuddling and idle chit-chatting he does. Bugs moves his finger over one of the ears and says "Not human ears my friend. An animator paints a woodland background, complete with a rabbit hole. The short revolves around another Bugs, Daffy, and Elmer team-up in which Daffy is trying to save his skin again only to be foiled by Elmer's typical incompetence . Bugs' right leg disappears for a frame when he's in the posture he had after falling from his hole. title. Whatever possessed directors Friz Freleng and Chuck Jones to do this with their animation studio's star creation may never be specified beyond fanciful speculation, but a succession of cartoon shorts deviating from the accepted pattern for Bugs Bunny rolled off of the animator drawing boards at Warner Brothers for theatrical release in the months of 1955, and thus, that year for Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies warrants much more examination and appreciation than it has been known to receive. could simply be understood for what it is. Once Bugs discovers this latest act of vandalism, he taps one foot impatiently, pointing at the spot where his head existed. About; Blog; Projects; Help; Donate. The animator erases the pumpkin head and then draws a tiny version of Bugs' head. [man on radio] Athena-1. Movies. However, such unpleasant occurrences did not negate Bugs' deserved victories in those cases. And that's because Bugs was inside the machine every time. Originally Released on June 11, 1955. He then takes notice of his high-pitched voice. The clashes for Bugs in "Knight-Mare Hare" are three. Mutiny on the Bunny (LT, Freleng) - Starring Sam. He becomes the patient in Elmer's stead in the sanitarium, permitting Elmer, now at liberty, to hop out of the psychiatric hospital, to live his delusion in the woodland. He smacks his hand against his face and realizes that his head is now small. After Bugs asks "Ears? Parodied in "Apes of Wrath", where after the drunken, In "Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare", Bugs trick Tasmanian Devil into thinking he's the father to a newborn baby, to which Taz gives him a cigar. 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