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Hare We Go is a 1951 Merrie Melodies short directed by Robert McKimson.

Title[]

The title is a play on the expression "here we go!"

Plot[]

In 1492, Christopher Columbus is arguing with the king of Spain about whether the world is round or flat. Eventually, the King kicks Columbus out of his palace. Queen Isabella of Castile speaks to Columbus from a window, offering him her jewels if he can prove the world is round. Bugs Bunny emerges from his rabbit hole and tells Columbus that he can prove that the world is round. He takes out a baseball and glove and throws the ball around the world. When the ball returns, it is covered with travel stickers from all over the globe, proving Columbus' claim. After this, Columbus sets sail around the round, and Bugs Bunny accompanies him as a mascot. The crew thinks Bugs Bunny is bad luck, and as time passes and there is no sight of land, these feelings grow stronger. When Columbus tells Bugs Bunny that they will hit land the next day, Bugs Bunny hurries to tell the crew and celebrate with them. The next day, they do not hit land, and many weeks pass. Stranded with little food at sea, the famished crew decides it is all Bugs Bunny's fault and plans to kill him and possibly eat him. Bugs tricks them into jumping overboard by having them look through a telescope pointed at paintings of landscapes. After this, all the boats that were following Columbus leave. Now it is only Bugs Bunny and Columbus. As Bugs Bunny serves Columbus the little portion of food left, Columbus pictures Bugs as a piece of meat and begins to chase him with the intent to kill and eat him. As this chase is going on, the boat hits land, and Bugs Bunny claims he found it. Then, Columbus claims that he found land first. Bugs says there is no use changing history for him.

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  • ABC airings cut the scene where King Ferdinand II of Spain hits Christopher Columbus on the head with a mallet and says, "She's flat like your head," during their debate on the shape of the world, making it look like Columbus was immediately thrown out.[3]

Notes[]

  • The working title was "Lucky Rabbit's Feat".
  • The portrayal of Christopher Columbus is a caricature of Fredric March's portrayal of him in the 1949 feature film Christopher Columbus.
  • This cartoon, alongside "Rabbit Every Monday" and "The Fair Haired Hare", are the only cartoons from 1951 to not get a Blue Ribbon reissue. Coincidentally, all of these cartoons star Bugs Bunny.

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References[]

  1. https://archive.org/details/1977motionpictur3311213libr/page/n142/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. (3 October 2022) Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2 (in en). BearManor Media, page 153. 
  3. http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-h.aspx

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Bugs Bunny Shorts
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1943 Tortoise Wins by a HareSuper-RabbitJack-Wabbit and the BeanstalkWackiki WabbitFalling Hare
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1945 Herr Meets HareThe Unruly HareHare TriggerHare ConditionedHare Tonic
1946 Baseball BugsHare RemoverHair-Raising HareAcrobatty BunnyRacketeer RabbitThe Big SnoozeRhapsody Rabbit
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1958 Hare-Less WolfHare-Way to the StarsNow, Hare ThisKnighty Knight BugsPre-Hysterical Hare
1959 Baton BunnyHare-abian NightsApes of WrathBackwoods BunnyWild and Woolly HareBonanza BunnyA Witch's Tangled HarePeople Are Bunny
1960 Horse HarePerson to BunnyRabbit's FeatFrom Hare to HeirLighter Than Hare
1961 The Abominable Snow RabbitCompressed HarePrince Violent
1962 Wet HareBill of HareShishkabugs
1963 Devil's Feud CakeThe Million HareHare-Breadth HurryThe UnmentionablesMad as a Mars HareTransylvania 6-5000
1964 Dumb PatrolDr. Devil and Mr. HareThe Iceman DuckethFalse Hare
1979 Bugs Bunny's Christmas CarolFright Before Christmas
1980 Portrait of the Artist as a Young BunnySpaced Out Bunny
1990 Box Office Bunny
1991 (Blooper) Bunny
1992 Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers
1995 Carrotblanca
1997 From Hare to Eternity
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