The Wacky Wabbit is a 1942 Merrie Melodies short directed by Bob Clampett.
Plot
A fat Elmer Fudd is singing "Oh! Susanna" while prospecting for gold to donate to the war effort: "Oh, Susanna, don't you cwy for me, I'm gonna get me wots of gold, "V for Victowy!", not to mention a "Buy US Savings Bonds and Stamps" sign.
Bugs Bunny appears during the second verse and finishes it with Elmer, singing harmony. From that point on, Bugs pesters Elmer without apparent provocation, from burying Elmer in the hole he was digging, to cutting off Elmer's suspenders and revealing the girdle he's wearing: "Don't waugh. I'll bet pwenty of you men wear one of these."
Instead of fleeing, Elmer turns toward revenge, especially when he observes that Bugs has a gold-filled tooth: "I'm came hewe for gold, and I'm gonna get it!" A fight ensues, and Elmer comes up the apparent "winner", holding up a gold tooth, saying, "Euweka! Gold at wast! Heh-heh-heh-heh!" Elmer grins and laughs his usual laugh, and at the same time Bugs mocks Elmer with the same words, dropped-"r" and laugh, revealing that his tooth is intact and that Elmer is holding his own knocked-out gold tooth.
Notes
- Much like "Wabbit Twouble" directed by Bob Clampett the previous year, this short features Bugs as the aggressor provoking Elmer for no apparent reason.
- Fat Elmer would wear a girdle with his underwear again in "Fresh Hare".
- A short clip from this cartoon appears in the opening credits of the Futurama episode "Love's Labour Lost in Space".
- This is one of the pre-1948 shorts to fall into the public domain as United Artists, the copyright holder of the pre-1948 shorts at the time, failed to renew the copyright in time.
- Additionally, since the short has fallen into the public domain, it can be found on various unauthorized VHS tapes and DVDs in varying quality. It can also be found on video streaming websites.
- This short with "Peck Up Your Troubles", and the reissues of "The Merry Old Soul", "Booby Hatched", "Tick Tock Tuckered", and "Trap Happy Porky" all have a special 1941-55 MM ending cue. Both USA and EU dubbed versions keep the original end cue, unlike most special ending cues.
- According to one of Cartoon Network's 2001 June Bugs marathon bumpers, after this cartoon's release, animation director Chuck Jones explicitly established a rule in future Bugs Bunny cartoons that Bugs Bunny must always be provoked in order to give the rabbit a valid reason to torment his enemies, as opposed to Bugs tormenting them for no reason whatsoever like in this one.[1]
Availability
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies 3
The Bugs Bunny Cartoon Show
The Bugs Bunny Cartoon Show
The Bugs Bunny Video Show
The Bugs Bunny Video Show
Merrie Melodies
Cartoon Collection II, Vintage Warner Bros. Cartoons
Cartoon Classics Vol. 1
Wacky Wabbit
Cartoon Favorites 3
Kartoon Klassics Vol. 7
Bugs Bunny
Over One Hour of Cartoons Volume 1
Bugs Bunny Vol. 1
Bugs Bunny Vol. II
Daffy Duck (1987)
Bugs Bunny Volume 2
Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny
Elmer!
Bugs Bunny
Cartoon Moviestars: Elmer!
Cartoon Moviestars: Bugs! and Elmer!
Inside Termite Terrace Volume II
Bugs Bunny in Corny Concerto
Over 1 Hour Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny Vol II
Bugs Bunny Volume 2
Bugs Bunny The Wacky Wabbit
Felix the Cat
Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny Vol. 2
Cartoon Marathon Vol. 1
Elmer Fudd 116
Bugs Bunny
Cartoon Superstars Volume 4
Cartoon Time Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny and Friends
Bugs Bunny Volume 2
Embassy 2000 Elmer Fudd
Cartoon Classics... in Color Volume 3
Bugs Bunny Volume 1
Fabulous Cartoon Funnies Volume 2
2 Hour Babysitter Volume 1
Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny Volume 2
25 Classic Volume III
50 Classic Volume II
Bugs Bunny 50th Anniversary Special
Cartoon Carnival Vol. 1
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Vol. 2, Side 5: Bob Clampett
One Hour Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny 2
Bugs Bunny & Friends
Bugs Bunny Volume 2
Daffy Duck and Friends
The Best of Bugs
Bugs Bunny
Babysitter Cartoon Bonanza Volume 2
Bugs Bunny and Friends Volume 2
Cartoon Crazys Volume 2
Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Volume 7: Welcome to Wackyland (1995 Turner dubbed version)
Cartoon Explosion Vol. 1
Bugs Bunny and Friends Vol 4
Bugs Bunny and Friends Vol 9
Cartoon Festival Volume 2
Cartoon Festival Volume 5
Bugs Bunny & Friends
World's Funniest Cartoons Volume One
Bugs Bunny! That Wacky Wabbit
Bugs Bunny Playhouse Vol. 1
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5, Disc Three
The Wackiest Cartoons of All Time! Volume 3
Streaming
Gallery
References
External Links
- The Wacky Wabbit at SuperCartoons.net
- The Wacky Wabbit at B99.TV
Preceded by Any Bonds Today? |
Bugs Bunny Cartoons 1942 |
Succeeded by Hold the Lion, Please |