Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 is a classical music piece written and composed by Franz Liszt.

This was heavily used in some cartoons like "Rhapsody Rabbit" and "Rhapsody in Rivets".

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In "Rhapsody in Rivets", the construction foreman "conducts" the workers while they build a skyscraper.
In "Back Alley Oproar", Sylvester hums the tune while annoying Elmer Fudd.
In "Rhapsody Rabbit", Bugs Bunny plays the tune on a piano while being annoyed by a mouse.
- Animation and music was used in "Wideo Wabbit".
"Daffy Duck's Rhapsody" was a song sung by Daffy to the tune of this.
In "Ballot Box Bunny", while Bugs puts dynamite in the watermelon an ant is carrying, the tune plays.
In "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", most likely as a tribute to its status as a staple of cartoon scores, the piece is played by Donald Duck and Daffy Duck as part of a "dueling pianos" stage act.
While Daffy eats all of Elmer's food in "Wise Quackers", the tune appears.
In "What's Up Doc?", a young Bugs Bunny plays this.
In "My Dream Is Yours", most of the "Freddie Get Ready" song is to the tune of this.
Elmer Fudd (and Sylvester) play this in "Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster".
"Hungarian Rhapsody" is one of the music pieces that can be played in "Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor" and one of the music pieces in "Looney Tunes: Space Race".
It can be heard in some of Pianist Daffy's Attacks in "Looney Tunes World of Mayhem".

The song plays at multiple points during "Whale Tales".
A shorter version of the tune is the score of the episode "Son of Looniversity Daze" segment: "C Sharp or B Flat".

Yakko, Wakko, Dot and the patrons of the ice cream store sing a song about the flavors of ice cream to the tunes during "Jokahontas".
The characters of "Wakko's Wish" sing "The Wishing Star" to this tune.

In The Simpsons episode "Penny-Wise Guys", while Lisa's class plays this tune, Bart says "I know this music! It was a Bugs Bunny!" referencing that it was heard in three Bugs Bunny cartoons.