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While hunting rabbits, Elmer Fudd comes across Bugs Bunny, who tricks and harasses the hunter.While hunting rabbits, Elmer Fudd comes across Bugs Bunny, who tricks and harasses the hunter.While hunting rabbits, Elmer Fudd comes across Bugs Bunny, who tricks and harasses the hunter.
- Director
- Writer
- Stars
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 nominations total
Mel Blanc
- Bugs Bunny
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
Arthur Q. Bryan
- Elmer Fudd
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe producers' reaction to the gag of Bugs responding to a hunter pointing a gun at him with a confident casual remark, "What's up, Doc?" was so favorable that they decided to make that a standard element of future films featuring the character.
- GoofsWhen Elmer pulls a carrot out of his pocket, it has a single stem with no leafy material. He then lays it down by Bug's hole and creeps away to hide behind a tree. But when Bugs sticks his hand out to get the carrot, it has several stems and a lot of leafy material.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Elmer Fudd: [first occurence of this line] Be vewy, vewy qwiet. I'm hunting wabbits.
- Crazy creditsIn the 1944 Blue Ribbon reissue of this cartoon, when the WB shield zooms in the copyright notice briefly says MCMXLIV(1944) for a fraction of a second before changing to MCMXL(1940)!
- Alternate versionsWhen the cartoon was re-released as a Blue Ribbon re-issue, it was inadvertently retitled "The Wild Hare." Also, one of the names Elmer Fudd guesses was changed from Carole Lombard, who had recently died in a plane crash, to Barbara Stanwyck.
- ConnectionsEdited into Bugs Bunny Superstar (1975)
- SoundtracksYankee Doodle
(ca. 1755) (uncredited)
Traditional music of English origin
Featured review
The first REAL Bugs Bunny short.
Technically speaking, Bugs Bunny appeared in three other films before this one. However, the look and especially the sound of the Bunny were quite different. However, here he looks close to the classic rabbit and sounds just like him--but more importantly he acts like him, as he outsmarts Elmer Fudd again and again in this film.
As would be the case in many subsequent films, Elmer is out rabbit hunting and unfortunately his prey is a lot smarter than he is. Time and time again, he is defeated by the fast-thinking Bugs.
What makes this film outstanding is its historical importance as well as the beauty of the cartoon. The animation and especially the backgrounds are stunning--and much nicer than in later Bugs cartoons. Clever and worth seeing for any fan of animation.
As would be the case in many subsequent films, Elmer is out rabbit hunting and unfortunately his prey is a lot smarter than he is. Time and time again, he is defeated by the fast-thinking Bugs.
What makes this film outstanding is its historical importance as well as the beauty of the cartoon. The animation and especially the backgrounds are stunning--and much nicer than in later Bugs cartoons. Clever and worth seeing for any fan of animation.
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- planktonrules
- Jan 27, 2014
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- The Wild Hare
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- Runtime8 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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