Spaced Out Bunny is a 1980 Looney Tunes short directed by Chuck Jones and Phil Monroe.
Plot[]
While walking in a forest, Bugs Bunny wonders aloud how everyone is out to get everyone else; this is illustrated by hostile behavior as Bugs interacts with, among other things, a rock and a butterfly. He sees a carrot and begins to eat it, unaware that it is a trap set by Marvin the Martian.
Marvin's purpose for capturing Bugs with what Marvin explains is an "ACME Rack and Pinion Super Tranquilizing Carrot" is to provide a playmate for Hugo the Abominable Snowman on Mars. After Bugs awakens and realizes where he is, Marvin explains his rationale before turning Hugo loose on Bugs. "Oh no, not again!" cries Bugs. Hugo reprises his intention to "hug him and squeeze him and name him George." Bugs regains the upper hand on his captors by suggesting to Hugo that he needs a robot; Marvin attempts to get away but Hugo reaches into the spaceship and repeats, "I will call him George." When an agitated Marvin demands that Hugo cease his behavior, saying "I am not now nor have I ever been a robot," an angry Hugo spanks Marvin. "Not a robot, George? Then I shall have to punish you good."
Bugs whispers in Hugo's ear, suggesting something that Marvin would be good at. On Hugo's wrist, he proudly displays his new "Mickey Martian" wristwatch. Bugs climbs into the spacecraft and asks Hugo to practice his Frisbee toss by hurling the ship toward the Earth. As Bugs travels back home, he states that he shouldn't believe in any strange carrots before admitting he is also a "flying object lesson."
Television[]
New titles would be created for The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show and Merrie Melodies with full credits starting in 1992, which were also used in the VHS tape "Marvin the Martian: Space Tunes". However, from Cartoon Network's airing in 1997 onward, including the newly restored version in 2020 and all airings on MeTV, the title used is from The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show 1983.
- Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over (1980)
- The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show (1983–1985)
- The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (1986–1990)
- Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends [Syndication and Fox] (1990–1994) New titles
- That's Warner Bros.! (1995–1996) New titles
- Bugs 'n' Daffy [The WB] (1996–1998) Uses Merrie Melodies titles with Bugs 'n' Daffy fanfare
- The Bugs and Daffy Show [Cartoon Network] (1997–2004)
- The Bugs Bunny Show [TBS] (1997)
- The Looney Tunes Show [Cartoon Network] (2001–2004)
- Looney Tunes on Boomerang (2003–2005; 2013–present)
- Looney Tunes on Cartoon Network (2011–2015)
- Toon In With Me [Me TV] (2021–present)
- Bugs Bunny and Friends [Me TV] (2021–present)
Availability[]
Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over
Looney Tunes Presents Marvin the Martian & K-9: 50 Years on Earth!
![(1999) VHS Looney Tunes Presents Marvin the Martian: Space Tunes [reissued version]](/wiki/File:Space_Tunes.jpg "Space Tunes.jpg (47 KB)")
Looney Tunes Presents Marvin the Martian: Space Tunes [reissued version]
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5, Disc Four (part of Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over)
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1, Disc Three (no opening or closing titles)
Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes Marvin the Martian Space Tunes Double Feature (same as the 1998 VHS)
Streaming[]
Notes[]
- The cartoon was part of the television special Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over on CBS, which aired 21 May 1980.
- This short marks the first time Marvin is officially named; in the previous theatrical cartoons, he was unnamed.
- This short is also where Hugo the Abominable Snowman from "The Abominable Snow Rabbit" is officially named as well.
- "Spaced Out Bunny" is the last Warner Brothers-released short to have Mel Blanc voicing Bugs.
- The Mickey Martian watch is a reference to the Mickey Mouse watch. It is also a reference to the pocket watch ending gag from "Beanstalk Bunny".
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