Rebel Rabbit

Rebel Rabbit is a 1949 Bugs Bunny cartoon, directed by Robert McKimson. It is an anomaly in the Bugs Bunny cartoons: In this one, Bugs is the aggressor, and he ends up losing the fight.

Plot

Template:Spoiler It starts out with Bugs noting that there are high bounties on various animals (such as $50 for a fox and $75 for a bear), only to be highly insulted by the two-cent bounty on rabbits. When a supercilious game department official explains to him that "rabbits are perfectly harmless, and the bounty stands two cents" (making one wonder why a bounty is offered in the first place), Bugs vows to prove that rabbits are the most dangerous animals around and storms out, declaring "You'll be hearing from me!" He starts his rampage by slamming the official's door so hard that the glass in it shatters.

In short order, he pulls stunts like filling in the Grand Canyon, swiping all the locks off the Panama Canal, painting barbershop-pole stripes on the Washington Monument, and sawing Florida off from the rest of the country.

After an angry Congressman demands action, only to be interrupted by Bugs himself, the cartoon then includes live-action footage of the entire War Department mobilizing against Bugs Bunny. Tanks come rumbling out of their garages, soldiers pour out of barracks, and bugles blow. Bugs, now content with the $1 million bounty on his head (although it is for him specifically, not rabbits in general), is snapped out of his daydreams by the whole Army coming after him. A series of shells land in a circle around him and he asks, "Could it be that I carried this thing too far?" After a mighty explosion, he winds up in Alcatraz, where he answers, "Eh, could be!".

Notes

This cartoon has been known to be difficult to find; however, it is currently released (with picture and sound restored and remastered) on the third Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD box.

See also

• List of Bugs Bunny cartoons

External links

• Rebel Rabbit at IMDb