Eh...what's up, Mac-doc?"). Storyline A satire of "The Mickey Mouse Club" sees Buster suffering at the hands of a pumped-up Arnold at the gym in "Buffed Bunny," Dizzy receiving justice at the hands of fate after squashing bugs in "Squish," and Babs driving away all her friends with … Times Bugs helped Buster and/or his friends, Times Buster and/or his friends saved Bugs, Times Bugs got angry at Buster and/or his friends. Although it was usually Porky Pig who brought the Looney Tunes films to a close with his stuttering, "That's all, folks! He did, however, have two cameo appearances in the 1974 Joe Adamson short A Political Cartoon; one at the beginning of the short, and another in which he is interviewed at a pet store. He made further cameos in Warner Bros.' subsequent animated TV shows Taz-Mania, Animaniacs, and Histeria! The role of Babs Bunny was given to Tress MacNeille. Bugs was a recurring star in that book all through its 153-issue run, which lasted until July 1954. Bugs' nonchalant carrot-chewing standing position, as explained by Freleng, Jones and Bob Clampett, originated in a scene from the film It Happened One Night (1934), in which Clark Gable's character Peter Warne leans against a fence, eating carrots rapidly and talking with his mouth full to Claudette Colbert's character. They are also no relation to Bugs Bunny, their mentor and favorite teacher at school (although in Fields of Honey, Babs goes mad looking for a female mentor and eventually finds one: Honey, a forgotten actress from the old Boskocartoons). The end result was influenced by Walt Disney Animation Studios' tendency to draw animals in the style of cute infants. Tags: tiny-toons, dennis-salvatier, lil-bffs, thats-all-folks, bugs-bunny Tiny Bunnies Posters and Art. Bugs would sometimes help Buster (along with his friends) when they are in trouble. Other times, Buster (along with his friends) would help Bugs when he's in trouble. "[9] A rabbit with some of the personality of Bugs, though looking very different, was originally featured in the film Porky's Hare Hunt, released on April 30, 1938. By that time, Warner Bros. had become the most profitable cartoon studio in the United States. For 1943's Tortoise Wins by a Hare, he created yet another version, with more slanted eyes, longer teeth and a much larger mouth. And I always treat the contest with my pursuers as 'fun and games.' He has also appeared in more films than any other cartoon character,[7] is the 9th most-portrayed film personality in the world,[7] and has his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Additionally, Bugs appeared on the nose of B-24J #42-110157, in both the 855th Bomb Squadron of the 491st Bombardment Group (Heavy) and later in the 786th BS of the 466th BG(H), both being part of the 8th Air Force operating out of England. He had written "Bugs' Bunny" on the model sheet that he drew for Hardaway. Buster and Babs are best friends and despite their similar appearance and shared surname, they are "No relation!" And I sometimes don't act, I react. Yipe! Blanc provided him with a hayseed voice. Charlie Thorson, lead animator on the film, gave the character a name. (The episode begins with a view of various colored rabbit ears, in a parody of The Mickey Mouse Club, and the camera moves downwards to reveal Buster's face. Bugs almost always wins these conflicts, a plot pattern which recurs in Looney Tunes films directed by Chuck Jones. The series was originally intended only for one-shot characters in films after several early attempts to introduce characters (Foxy, Goopy Geer, and Piggy) failed under Harman–Ising. 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Cartoons", Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier, Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends, Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation, The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bugs_Bunny&oldid=1001795125, Articles with dead external links from November 2018, Articles with permanently dead external links, Articles with dead external links from January 2021, Wikipedia pages semi-protected against vandalism, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles needing additional references from July 2017, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 21 January 2021, at 11:04. [131][132] As a result, he has spent time as an honorary member of Jordan Brand, including having Jordan's Jumpman logo done in his image. Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure, "What's the Difference Between Rabbits and Hares? Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt (1941), directed by Friz Freleng, became the second Bugs Bunny cartoon to receive an Academy Award nomination. Roger Rabbit was also one of the final productions in which Mel Blanc voiced Bugs (as well as the other Looney Tunes characters) before his death in 1989. In 2015, as part of the 30th anniversary of Jordan Brand, Nike released a mid-top Bugs Bunny version of the Air Jordan I, named the "Air Jordan Mid 1 Hare", along with a women's equivalent inspired by Lola Bunny called the "Air Jordan Mid 1 Lola", along with a commercial featuring Bugs and Ahmad Rashad. Let's face it, Doc. [38][39][40] This special is notable for being the first time that someone other than Blanc voiced Bugs and Daffy (both characters were voiced by Jeff Bergman for this). [134][135] In a CNN broadcast on July 31, 2002, a TV Guide editor talked about the group that created the list. Bugs has also appeared in numerous video games, including the Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle series, Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout, Bugs Bunny: Rabbit Rampage, Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble, Looney Tunes B-Ball, Looney Tunes Racing, Looney Tunes: Space Race, Bugs Bunny Lost in Time, Bugs Bunny and Taz Time Busters, Loons: The Fight for Fame, Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal, Scooby Doo and Looney Tunes: Cartoon Universe, Looney Tunes Dash, and Looney Tunes World of Mayhem. [20], For the film, Avery asked Givens to remodel the rabbit. This show packaged many of the post-1948 Warners cartoons with newly animated wraparounds. It also came on a Twin Pack CD bundled with Wacky Races in … The phrase was sometimes modified for a situation. to describe the inept hunter Elmer Fudd. [19] As a result, the scene became a recurring element in subsequent cartoons. No relation. ", After World War II, Bugs continued to appear in numerous Warner Bros. cartoons, making his last "Golden Age" appearance in False Hare (1964). [54] In the series, Bugs and Daffy Duck are portrayed as best friends as opposed to their usual pairing as rivals. When Bugs meets other successful characters (such as Cecil Turtle in Tortoise Beats Hare, or the Gremlin in Falling Hare), his overconfidence becomes a disadvantage. One often-repeated story, which dates back to the 1940s,[68] is that Blanc was allergic to carrots and had to spit them out to minimize any allergic reaction — but his autobiography makes no such claim. Tiny Toon Adventures Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Images are continuous and have an order ( front, back, sides, etc. Another variation is used in Looney Tunes: Back in Action when he greets a blaster-wielding Marvin the Martian saying "What's up, Darth?". He can thus be seen in the older Warner Bros. company logos. In 2011, Bugs Bunny and the rest of the Looney Tunes gang returned to television in the Cartoon Network sitcom, The Looney Tunes Show. The characters feature new designs by artist Jessica Borutski. [49][50][51], In 1997, Bugs appeared on a U.S. postage stamp, the first cartoon to be so honored, beating the iconic Mickey Mouse. It was an all Bugs Bunny line. [10] According to Friz Freleng, Hardaway and Dalton had decided to dress the duck in a rabbit suit. I do not own any rights associated with this video!Song cover by Citizen. [133], In 2002, TV Guide compiled a list of the 50 greatest cartoon characters of all time as part of the magazine's 50th anniversary. Bugs Bunny was given the honor of number 1. ", "Bugs Bunny: The Trickster, American Style", "Leading the Animation Conversation » Rare 1939 Looney Tunes Book found! Warning: Not suitable for those easily offended. Bugs Bunny on it.) It saves me from rushing from the last joke to the next one too fast. Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips (1944) features Bugs at odds with a group of Japanese soldiers. [29] Bugs riding an air delivered torpedo served as the squadron logo for Marine Torpedo/Bomber Squadron 242 in the Second World War. —Bob Clampett on Bugs Bunny, written in first person.[60]. WB retained a pair of features from 1949 that they merely distributed, and all short subjects released on or after September 1, 1948; in addition to all cartoons released in August 1948. He was written well. He is tops. mentor student rabbits bugs_bunny looney_tunes tiny_toon_adventures buster_bunny For my next mentor and student fan art, is the wascawwy wabbit and Warner Bros. mascot himself, Bugs Bunny and his protégé, Buster Bunny. Bugs is disappointed in Buster, telling him that he is developing the wrong muscle (poking him in the stomach) and that rabbits have to strengthen their heads. [138], Warner Bros. theatrical cartoon character, "Some people call me cocky and brash, but actually I am just self-assured. After Pet Rabbit, however, subsequent Bugs appearances returned to normal: the Wild Hare visual design and personality returned, and Blanc re-used the Wild Hare voice characterization. [23], Since Bugs' debut in A Wild Hare, he appeared only in color Merrie Melodies films (making him one of the few recurring characters created for that series in the Schlesinger era prior to the full conversion to color), alongside Elmer predecessor Egghead, Inki, Sniffles, and Elmer himself. I'm well aware that I am appearing in an animated cartoon....And sometimes I chomp on my carrot for the same reason that a stand-up comic chomps on his cigar. He first utters that phrase in Herr Meets Hare (1945), when he emerges in the Black Forest, a cartoon seldom seen today due to its blatantly topical subject matter. He is voiced in The New Looney Tunes Show by Charlie Adler.. He is also characterized by a Brooklyn accent, his portrayal as a trickster, and his catch phrase "Eh...What's up, doc?". He also faces off against Hermann Göring and Hitler in Herr Meets Hare (1945), which introduced his well-known reference to Albuquerque as he mistakenly winds up in the Black Forest of 'Joimany' instead of Las Vegas, Nevada. According to Guinness World Records, Bugs has appeared in more films (both short and feature-length) than any other cartoon character, and is the ninth most portrayed film personality in the world. He was loud, zany with a goofy, guttural laugh. "[137], 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!" [11] He had an obvious Disney influence, but looked like an awkward merger of the lean and streamlined Max Hare from The Tortoise and the Hare (1935) and the round, soft bunnies from Little Hiawatha (1937).[12]. While Bugs made a cameo in Porky Pig's Feat (1943), this was his only appearance in a black-and-white Looney Tunes film. Also, in the tradition of cartoon censorship, whenever h… to the antagonists in A Hare Grows in Manhattan, "What's up, Duke?" Buster Bunny is the main protagonist of the 1990 animated Warner Bros series Tiny Toon Adventures. [56][57], In 2020, Bugs began appearing on the HBO Max streaming series Looney Tunes Cartoons. Blanc described the voice as a combination of Bronx and Brooklyn accents; however, Tex Avery claimed that he asked Blanc to give the character not a New York accent per se, but a voice like that of actor Frank McHugh, who frequently appeared in supporting roles in the 1930s and whose voice might be described as New York Irish. This style was used and established by Tex Avery. The following are the various vocal artists who have voiced Bugs Bunny over the last 80 years for both Warner Bros. official productions and others: Mel Blanc voiced the character for almost 50 years, from Bugs' debut in the 1940 short A Wild Hare until Blanc's death in 1989. Buster bunny is one of the main characters of Tiny Toon Adventures, he is based off Bugs Bunny. [8], He also has been a pitchman for companies including Kool-Aid and Nike. While Porky's Hare Hunt was the first Warner Bros. cartoon to feature a Bugs Bunny-like rabbit, A Wild Hare, directed by Tex Avery and released on July 27, 1940, is widely considered to be the first official Bugs Bunny cartoon. [47] The success of Space Jam led to the development of another live-action/animated film, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, released in 2003 and directed by Joe Dante. Bugs also dates Lola Bunny in the show despite the fact that he finds her to be "crazy" and a bit too talkative at first (he later learns to accept her personality quirks, similar to his tolerance for Daffy). Bugs is best known for his starring roles in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated short films, produced by Warner Bros. [32] Jones' classic What's Opera, Doc? He not only is a great cartoon character, he's a great comedian. "The Voice Artist's Spotlight on Twitter: "Greg Burson was the go-to guy for all voices in all of the Looney Tunes games developed by Sunsoft. Bugs Bunny is a Looney Tunes star who now teaches at Acme Looniversity. (The tombstone reads R.I.P. Avery explained later that it was a common expression in his native Texas and that he did not think much of the phrase. Since when is Pismo Beach inside a cave?"). Shop bugs bunny posters and art prints created by independent artists from around the globe. "[52], A younger version of Bugs is the main character of Baby Looney Tunes, which debuted on Kids' WB in 2001. The confused response to his "left toin" comment also followed a pattern. He had a pear-shaped body with a protruding rear end. Bugs also starred in several theatrical compilation features during this time, including the United Artists distributed documentary Bugs Bunny: Superstar (1975)[36][37] and Warner Bros.' own releases: The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979), The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981), Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982), and Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988). [17], Thorson had been approached by Tedd Pierce, head of the story department, and asked to design a better rabbit. The Tiny Toons are at the very top of the balcony, unable to get a good view of the stage. 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