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{{Infobox character
| name = Bugs Bunny
| series = ]/]
| image = Bugs Bunny.svg
| first = {{nowrap|'']''}} (as Happy Rabbit)<ref name="Adamson">{{Cite book|title=Bugs Bunny: 50 Years and Only One Grey Hare|first=Joe|last=Adamson|year=1990|publisher=Henry Holt|isbn=0-8050-1855-7}}</ref><br/>April 30, 1938<br/>{{nowrap|'']''}} (as Bugs Bunny)<ref name="Adamson"/><br/>July 27, 1940
| creator = ], ], ] (prototypes)<br>], ] (official)<br>], ] (redesigns)
| color = #cccccc
| lbl1 = Birthday
| data1 = February/March <small>(according to his zodiac)</small><ref>{{Cite episode |title="Bugs Bunny Saves the Universe" |episode-link= |url=http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/new-looney-tunes/episode-guide/EP02794137?aid=zap2it |access-date=January 30, 2018 |series=] |series-link= |first= |last= |network= ] |station= |date= |season=2 |series-no= |number= |minutes= |time=7:33 |transcript= |transcript-url= |quote="Oh! I'm a Pisces" |language=English}}</ref>
| lbl2 = Height
| data2 = {{convert|99|cm|ftin}} (3'3") {{small|(literally only one inch taller than Lola Bunny)}} <br/> {{convert|121|cm|ftin}}, also known as 4'0" {{small|(counting his ears)}}
| species = ]<ref name="Bugs' true species">{{cite web|url=https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/bugs-bunny-rabbit-or-hare.htm|title=Is Bugs Bunny a Rabbit or a Hare?|accessdate=October 20, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Biography on differences between hares and rabbits">{{cite web|url=https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/12/141219-rabbits-hares-animals-science-mating-courtship|title=What's the Difference Between Rabbits and Hares?|accessdate=October 20, 2018}}</ref> with ]<ref name="Bugs' true species"/><ref name="Biography on differences between hares and rabbits"/>
| gender = Male
| significantother = ] <small>(original concept)</small><br>] <small>(since '']'')</small>
| relatives = ] {{small|(nephew)}}
| voice = ] (1940–1989)<br>] (1990–1993; 1998; 2003; 2011–present)<!-- Bergman has not been the voice continuously since 1990: he did the voice initially until 1993, in 1998 for a Cartoon Network bumper called ''Pride of the Martians'', and has been the regular current voice again since 2011 --><br>] (1991–1997)<!-- Burson voiced the character first in 1991, and last in 1997; do not add 1991–2003, as he was not doing the voice anymore Billy West was --><!-- Do not change any dates without a reliable source --><br>] (1996–2006)<br>] (2000–2011)<!-- Do not change any dates without a reliable source --><!-- Alaskey did not do the voice until his death: he last voiced the character for an interactive game in 2011 --><br>] (2018–present)<br>(])<!-- Do not change any dates without a reliable source -->
}}

'''Bugs Bunny''' is an ] character, created in the late 1930s by ] (later ]) and ] originally by ].<ref name="BTVA">{{cite web | url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Mel-Blanc/ | title=Mel Blanc | accessdate=2013-02-05 | publisher=Behind the Voice Actors}}</ref> Bugs is best known for his starring roles in the '']'' and '']'' series of animated ]s, produced by ] Though a similar character debuted in the WB cartoon '']'' (1938) and appeared in a few subsequent shorts, the definitive character of Bugs is widely credited to have made his debut in director ]'s ]-nominated film '']'' (1940).<ref name="Adamson"/>

Bugs is an ] gray and white ] who is famous for his flippant, ] personality. He is also characterized by a ] accent, his portrayal as a ], and his catch phrase "Eh... What's up, doc?" Due to Bugs' popularity during the ], he became an American ] and the official ] of ]. He can thus be seen in the older Warner Bros. company logos.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17874931 |title=Bugs Bunny: The Trickster, American Style |publisher=NPR |work=] Sunday | date=January 6, 2008|accessdate=2011-04-10}}</ref>

Since his debut, Bugs has appeared in various short films, feature films, compilations, TV series, music records, comics, video games, award shows, ]s, and commercials. He has also appeared in more films than any other cartoon character,<ref name="Guinness">{{cite web |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-1/most-portrayed-character-in-film/ |title=Most Portrayed Character in Film |date=May 2011 |website=] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204104441/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-1/most-portrayed-character-in-film |archivedate=February 4, 2012}}</ref> is the ninth most-portrayed film personality in the world,<ref name="Guinness"/> and has his own star on the ].<ref name="Hollywood">{{cite web|title=Bugs Bunny|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/bugs-bunny|publisher=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce|accessdate=28 June 2012}}</ref>

==Development==
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According to ], who later wrote and drew the first Bugs Bunny comic ] and the first Bugs ], "Bugs was not the creation of any one man; however, he rather represented the creative talents of perhaps five or six directors and many cartoon writers. In those days, the stories were often the work of a group who suggested various gags, bounced them around and finalized them in a joint story conference."<ref>Chase Craig recollections of "Michael Maltese," Chase Craig Collection, CSUN</ref> A rabbit with some of the personality of Bugs, though looking very different, was originally featured in the film '']'', released on April 30, 1938. It was co-directed by ] and an uncredited ] (who was responsible for the initial design of the rabbit). This cartoon has an almost identical plot to Avery's '']'' (1937), which had introduced ]. ] is again cast as a hunter tracking a silly prey who is more interested in driving his pursuer insane and less interested in escaping. ''Hare Hunt'' replaces the little black duck with a small white rabbit. The rabbit introduces himself with the odd expression "Jiggers, fellers," and ] gave the character a voice and laugh much like those he would later use for ]. The rabbit character was popular enough with audiences that the ] staff decided to use it again.<ref name="Brittanica">{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9095426/Bugs-Bunny |title='Bugs Bunny'&#39| work=Encyclopædia Britannica |publisher=Britannica.com |date= |accessdate=2009-09-20}}</ref> According to ], Hardaway and Dalton had decided to dress the duck in a rabbit suit.<ref name="Walz"/> The white rabbit had an oval head and a shapeless body. In characterization, he was "a rural ]". He was loud, zany with a goofy, ] laugh. Blanc provided him with a ] voice.<ref name="Barrier2">Barrier (2003), p. 359-362</ref>

The rabbit comes back in '']'' (1939), directed by ], where he is the pet rabbit of ] Sham-Fu the Magician. Two dogs, fleeing the local dogcatcher, enter his absent master's house. The rabbit harasses them but is ultimately bested by the bigger of the two dogs. This version of the rabbit was cool, graceful, and controlled. He retained the guttural laugh but was otherwise silent.<ref name="Barrier2"/>

The rabbit's third appearance comes in '']'' (1939), directed again by Dalton and Hardaway. This cartoon—the first in which he is depicted as a gray bunny instead of a white one—is also notable as the rabbit's first singing role. ], lead animator on the film, gave the character a name. He had written "Bugs' Bunny" on the model sheet that he drew for Hardaway.<ref name="Brittanica"/><ref name="Barrier"/> In promotional material for the cartoon, including a surviving 1939 presskit, the name on the model sheet was altered to become the rabbit's own name: "Bugs" Bunny (quotation marks only used, on and off, until 1944).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/rare-1938-looney-tunes-book-found |title=Leading the Animation Conversation » Rare 1939 Looney Tunes Book found! |publisher=] |date=2008-04-03 |accessdate=2009-09-20 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216141745/http://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/rare-1938-looney-tunes-book-found |archivedate=2008-12-16 |df= }}</ref> In his autobiography, Blanc claimed that another proposed name for the character was "Happy Rabbit."<ref name="Blanc"/> In the actual cartoons and publicity, however, the name "Happy" only seems to have been used in reference to Bugs Hardaway. In ''Hare-um Scare-um'', a newspaper headline reads, "Happy Hardaway."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gregbrian.tripod.com/hidden/hid04.html |title=Looney Tunes Hidden Gags |publisher=Gregbrian.tripod.com |date= |accessdate=2009-09-20}}</ref> Animation historian ] disputes that "Happy Rabbit" was ever used as an official name, believing that the only usage of the term was from ] himself in humorous and fanciful tales he told about the character's development in the 1970s and 1980s; the name "Bugs Bunny" was used as early as August 1939, in the ], in a review for the short '']''.<ref>{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} "...With gun and determination, he takes to the field and tracks his prey in the zany person of "Bugs" Bunny, a true lineal descendant of the original Mad Hatter if there ever was one..."</ref>

Thorson had been approached by ], head of the story department, and asked to design a better rabbit. The decision was influenced by Thorson's experience in designing hares. He had designed Max Hare in '']'' (Disney, 1936). For Hardaway, Thorson created the model sheet previously mentioned, with six different rabbit poses. Thorson's model sheet is "a comic rendition of the stereotypical fuzzy bunny". He had a pear-shaped body with a protruding rear end. His face was flat and had large expressive eyes. He had an exaggerated long neck, gloved hands with three fingers, oversized feet, and a "smart aleck" grin. The end result was influenced by ]' tendency to draw animals in the style of cute infants.<ref name="Walz"/> He had an obvious Disney influence, but looked like an awkward merger of the lean and streamlined Max Hare from '']'' (1935), and the round, soft bunnies from '']'' (1937).<ref name="Barrier2"/>

In Jones' '']'' (1940), the rabbit first meets ]. This time the rabbit looks more like the present-day Bugs, taller and with a similar face—but retaining the more primitive voice. ''Candid Camera'''s Elmer character design is also different: taller and chubbier in the face than the modern model, though ]'s character voice is already established.

===Official debut===
]'' (1940)]]
While '']'' was the first Warner Bros. cartoon to feature a Bugs Bunny-like rabbit, '']'', directed by ] and released on July 27, 1940, is widely considered to be the first official Bugs Bunny cartoon.<ref name="Adamson"/><ref>] (2003), , Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-19-516729-0}}</ref> It is the first film where both Elmer Fudd and Bugs, both redesigned by ], are shown in their fully developed forms as hunter and tormentor, respectively; the first in which ] uses what would become Bugs' standard voice; and the first in which Bugs uses his catchphrase, "What's up, Doc?"<ref name="Avery">{{Cite book|last=Adamson|first=Joe|title=Tex Avery: King of Cartoons|location=]|publisher=Da Capo Press|year=1975|isbn=0-306-80248-1}}</ref> ''A Wild Hare'' was a huge success in theaters and received an ] nomination for ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0148142.html |title=1940 academy awards |accessdate=2007-09-20}}</ref>

For the film, Avery asked Givens to remodel the rabbit. The result had a closer resemblance to Max Hare. He had a more elongated body, stood more erect, and looked more poised. If Thorson's rabbit looked like an infant, Givens' version looked like an adolescent.<ref name="Walz">Walz (1998), p. 49-67</ref> Blanc gave Bugs the voice of a city slicker. The rabbit was as audacious as he had been in ''Hare-um Scare-um'' and as cool and collected as in ''Prest-O Change-O''.<ref name="Barrier2"/>

Immediately following on ''A Wild Hare'', ]'s '']'' (1940) features a ] by Bugs, announcing to the audience that 750 rabbits have been born. The gag uses Bugs' ''Wild Hare'' visual design, but his goofier pre-''Wild Hare'' voice characterization.

The second full-fledged role for the mature Bugs, ]' '']'' (1941), is the first to use Bugs' name on-screen: it appears in a title card, "featuring Bugs Bunny," at the start of the film (which was edited in following the success of ''A Wild Hare''). However, Bugs' voice and personality in this cartoon is noticeably different, and his design was slightly altered as well; Bugs' visual design is based on the prototype rabbit in ''Candid Camera'', but with yellow gloves and no buck teeth, has a lower-pitched voice and a more aggressive, arrogant and thuggish personality instead of a fun-loving personality. After ''Pet Rabbit'', however, subsequent Bugs appearances returned to normal: the ''Wild Hare'' visual design and personality returned, and Blanc re-used the ''Wild Hare'' voice characterization.

'']'' (1941), directed by ], became the second Bugs Bunny cartoon to receive an Academy Award nomination.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0148172.html |title=1941 academy awards |accessdate=2013-02-10}}</ref> The fact that it didn't win the award was later spoofed somewhat in '']'' (1944), in which Bugs demands a recount (claiming to be a victim of "]") after losing the Oscar to ] and presents a clip from ''Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt'' to prove his point.<ref name="Globat Login">{{cite web|url=http://www.davemackey.com/animation/wb/1944.html|title=Globat Login|publisher=|access-date=2013-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211112058/http://www.davemackey.com/animation/wb/1944.html|archive-date=2013-02-11|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref>

===World War II===
By 1942, Bugs had become the number one star of ''Merrie Melodies''. The series was originally intended only for one-shot characters in films after several early attempts to introduce characters (], ], and ]) failed under ]–]. By the mid-1930s, under ], ''Merrie Melodies'' started introducing newer characters. '']'' (1942) shows a slight redesign of Bugs, with less-prominent front teeth and a rounder head. The character was reworked by ], then an animator in Clampett's unit. The redesign at first was only used in the films created by Clampett's unit, but in time it would be taken up by the other directors, with Freleng and ] the first. When McKimson was himself promoted to director, he created yet another version, with more slanted eyes, longer teeth and a much larger mouth. He used this version until 1949 (as did ] for the one Bugs Bunny film he directed, '']'') when he started using the version he had designed for Clampett. Jones would come up with his own slight modification, and the voice had slight variations between the units.<ref name="Barrier"/> Bugs also made cameos in Avery's final Warner Bros. cartoon, '']''.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lehman|first=Christopher P.|year=2008|url=https://books.google.com/?id=xMWhTUFFuqoC&pg=PA73&lpg=PA73&dq=%22any+bonds+today%22+%22bugs+bunny%22+theatrical+cartoon|title=The Colored Cartoon: Black Representation in American Animated Short Films, 1907–1954|location=Amherst, Massachusetts|publisher=University of Massachusetts Press|page=73|accessdate=2009-02-25 | isbn=978-1-55849-613-2}}</ref>

Since Bugs' debut in ''A Wild Hare'', he appeared only in color ''Merrie Melodies'' films (making him one of the few recurring characters created for that series in the Schlesinger era prior to the full conversion to color), alongside Elmer predecessor Egghead, ], ], and Elmer himself. While Bugs made a cameo in '']'' (1943), this was his only appearance in a black-and-white ''Looney Tunes'' film. He did not star in a ''Looney Tunes'' film until that series made its complete conversion to only color cartoons beginning in 1944. '']'' was Bugs' first film in the ''Looney Tunes'' series and was also the last Warner Bros. cartoon to credit Schlesinger (as he had retired and sold his studio to Warner Bros. that year).<ref name="Globat Login"/>

Bugs' popularity soared during ] because of his free and easy attitude, and he began receiving special star billing in his cartoons by 1943. By that time, Warner Bros. had become the most profitable cartoon studio in the United States.<ref>"". ''AnimationUSA.com''. Retrieved July 22, 2008.</ref> In company with cartoon studios such as Disney and ], Warners pitted its characters against ], ], ], and the ]. '']'' (1944) features Bugs at odds with a group of Japanese soldiers. This cartoon has since been pulled from distribution due to its depiction of Japanese people.<ref name=bcdb>{{bcdb|3765|Bugs Bunny Nips The Nips}}</ref> One ] ] film saved from destruction features the voice of Mel Blanc in "Tokyo Woes"<ref>{{Citation|last=Leon Schlessinger|title=Tokyo Woes|url=https://archive.org/details/TokyoWoes|access-date=May 22, 2017}}</ref> (1945) about the propaganda radio host ]. He also faces off against ] and Hitler in '']'' (1945), which introduced his well-known reference to ] as he mistakenly winds up in the ] of ] instead of ], ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://blog.bcdb.com/cartoon-day-herr-meets-hare-5572/|title=Herr Meets Hare|publisher=BCDB|date=2013-01-10|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130215142153/http://blog.bcdb.com/cartoon-day-herr-meets-hare-5572/|archivedate=2013-02-15|df=}}</ref> Bugs also appeared in the 1942 two-minute U.S. ]s commercial film '']'', along with Porky and Elmer.

At the end of '']'' (1943), Bugs appears wearing a ] dress blue uniform. As a result, the Marine Corps made Bugs an honorary Marine ].<ref>] by ] for '']'' on the '']'' (2005).</ref> From 1943 to 1946, Bugs was the official mascot of ], ], where thousands of aerial gunners were trained during World War II. Some notable trainees included ] and ]. Bugs also served as the mascot for 530 Squadron of the 380th Bombardment Group, ], ], which was attached to the ] and operated out of Australia's ] from 1943 to 1945, flying ] bombers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://380th.org/380-History.html |title=History of the 380th Bomb Group |publisher=380th.org |date= |accessdate=2010-01-07}}</ref> Bugs riding an air delivered torpedo served as the squadron logo for Marine Torpedo/Bomber Squadron 242 in the Second World War. Additionally, Bugs appeared on the nose of B-24J #42-110157, in both the 855th Bomb Squadron of the 491st Bombardment Group (Heavy) and later in the 786th BS of the 466th BG(H), both being part of the 8th Air Force operating out of England.
]) in the closing to '']'' (1945) and '']'' (1946).]]

In 1944, Bugs Bunny made a cameo appearance in '']'', a ] film produced by rival studio ]. In this cameo (animated by McKimson, with Blanc providing the usual voice), Bugs (after being threatened at gunpoint) pops out of a rabbit hole, saying his usual catchphrase; after hearing the orchestra play the wrong theme song, he realizes "Hey, I'm in the wrong picture!" and then goes back in the hole.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/36556-Jasper_Goes_Hunting.html |title=''Jasper Goes Hunting'' information |publisher=Bcdb.com |date= |access-date=September 20, 2009}}</ref> Bugs also made a cameo in the ] short '']'', in which he is found stowed away in the titular private's belongings; his only spoken line is his usual catchphrase.

Although it was usually Porky Pig who brought the ''Looney Tunes'' films to a close with his stuttering, "That's all, folks!", Bugs replaced him at the end of '']'' and '']'', bursting through a drum just as Porky did, but munching on a carrot and saying in his Bronx/Brooklyn accent, "And that's the end!"

===Post-war era===
After World War II, Bugs continued to appear in numerous Warner Bros. cartoons, making his last "Golden Age" appearance in '']'' (1964). He starred in over 167 theatrical short films, most of which were directed by Friz Freleng, Robert McKimson, and Chuck Jones. Freleng's '']'' (1958), in which a medieval Bugs trades blows with ] and his fire-breathing dragon (which has a cold), won an ] (becoming the first Bugs Bunny cartoon to win said award).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0148765.html |title=1958 academy awards |accessdate=2007-09-20}}</ref> Three of Jones' films — '']'', '']'', and '']'' — compose what is often referred to as the "Rabbit Season/Duck Season" trilogy and were the origins of the rivalry between Bugs and Daffy Duck.<ref>] ] for Disc One of '']'' (2005).</ref> Jones' classic '']'' (1957), casts Bugs and Elmer Fudd in a parody of ]'s '']''. It was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States ] and selected for preservation in the ] in 1992, becoming the first cartoon short to receive this honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/film/titles.html|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing - National Film Preservation Board|publisher=}}</ref>

In the fall of 1960, ] debuted the prime-time television program '']''. This show packaged many of the post-1948 Warners cartoons with newly animated wraparounds. After two seasons, it was moved from its evening slot to reruns on Saturday mornings. ''The Bugs Bunny Show'' changed format and exact title frequently but remained on network television for 40 years. The packaging was later completely different, with each cartoon simply presented on its own, title and all, though some clips from the new bridging material were sometimes used as filler.<ref>"{{cite web |url=http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/tv/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-11-12 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202172431/http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/tv/ |archivedate=2010-12-02 |df= }}". ''Looney Tunes on Television''. Retrieved November 7, 2010.</ref>

===Later years===
] in the intro to '']'' (1960–2000).]]
Bugs did not appear in any of the post-1964 ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' films produced by ] or ], nor did he appear in the lone ''Looney Tunes'' ] produced by ]. He would not appear in new material on-screen again until '']'' aired in 1976.

From the late 1970s through the early 1990s, Bugs was featured in various animated specials for network television, such as '']'', '']'', ''],'' and '']''. Bugs also starred in several theatrical compilation features during this time, including the ] distributed documentary '']'' (1975)<ref>''You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story'' (2008), p. 255.</ref><ref>WB retained a pair of features from 1949 that they merely distributed, and all short subjects released on or after September 1, 1948; in addition to all cartoons released in August 1948.</ref> and Warner Bros.' own releases: '']'' (1979), '']'' (1981), '']'' (1982), and '']'' (1988).

In the 1988 ] comedy, '']'', Bugs appeared as one of the inhabitants of Toontown. However, since the film was being produced by ], Warner Bros. would only allow the use of their biggest star if he got an equal amount of screen time as Disney's biggest star, ]. Because of this, both characters are always together in frame when onscreen. ''Roger Rabbit'' was also one of the final productions in which Mel Blanc voiced Bugs (as well as the other ''Looney Tunes'' characters) before his death in 1989.

Bugs later appeared in another animated production featuring numerous characters from rival studios: the 1990 drug prevention TV special '']''.<ref>{{cite news|title= Cartoon special: Congressmen treated to preview of program to air on network, independent and cable outlets. |publisher= The Los Angeles Times|date=1990-04-19|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1990-04-19/entertainment/ca-2260_1_bugs-bunny|accessdate=2010-08-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Children's TV: On Saturday, networks will simulcast 'Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue,' an animated feature on drug abuse. |publisher= The Los Angeles Times|date=1990-04-20|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1990-04-20/entertainment/ca-1433_1_drug-abuse|accessdate=2010-08-24 | first=Sharon | last=Bernstein}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Hollywood and Networks Fight Drugs With Cartoon |publisher=New York Times|date=1990-04-21|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/21/movies/hollywood-and-networks-fight-drugs-with-cartoon.html|accessdate=2010-08-29}}</ref> This special is notable for being the first time that someone other than Blanc voiced Bugs and Daffy (both characters were voiced by ] for this). Bugs also made guest appearances in the early 1990s television series '']'', as the principal of Acme Looniversity and the mentor of ]. He made further cameos in Warner Bros.' subsequent animated TV shows '']'', ''],'' and '']''

Bugs returned to the silver screen in '']'' (1991). This was the first Bugs Bunny cartoon since 1964 to be released in theaters and it was created for Bugs' 50th anniversary celebration. It was followed by ''],'' a cartoon that was shelved from theaters,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.karmatoons.com/what.htm|title=Karmatoons - What I have Done|publisher=}}</ref> but later premiered on ] in 1997 and has since gained a cult following among animation fans for its edgy humor.<ref>{{cite web|last=Knight |first=Richard |url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/movies/archives/2001/0101/010126.html |title=Consider the Source |publisher=Chicagoreader.com |date= |accessdate=2009-09-20}}</ref><ref></ref><ref>]. ] for ''(Blooper) Bunny'' on Disc One of the '']''.</ref>

In 1996, Bugs and the other ''Looney Tunes'' characters appeared in the live-action/animated film, '']'', directed by ] and starring ] superstar ]. The film also introduced the character ], who becomes Bugs' new love interest. ''Space Jam'' received mixed reviews from critics,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/space_jam/|title=Space Jam|work=]|publisher=]|accessdate=2011-12-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|date=1996-11-17|url=http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117911460 |title=Space Jam|work=]|publisher=]|accessdate=2011-12-02}}</ref> but was a box office success (grossing over $230 million worldwide).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=spacejam.htm|title=Space Jam (1996)|work=]|publisher=]|accessdate=2011-12-02}}</ref> The success of ''Space Jam'' led to the development of another live-action/animated film, '']'', released in 2003 and directed by ]. Unlike ''Space Jam'', ''Back in Action'' was a ],<ref name="AnimatedMovieGuide">{{cite book|authorlink=Jerry Beck|last=Beck|first=Jerry|title=The Animated Movie Guide|year=2005}}</ref> though it did receive more positive reviews from critics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/looney_tunes_back_in_action/|title=Looney Tunes: Back in Action|publisher=]|accessdate=2008-01-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/looney-tunes-back-in-action|title=Looney Tunes: Back in Action Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More|publisher=]|accessdate=2008-01-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031114/REVIEWS/311140303/1023|title=Looney Tunes: Back in Action :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews|publisher=Rogerebert.suntimes.com|accessdate=October 29, 2012|date=2003-11-14}}</ref>

In 1997, Bugs appeared on a ], the first cartoon to be so honored, beating the iconic Mickey Mouse. The stamp is number seven on the list of the ten most popular U.S. stamps, as calculated by the number of stamps purchased but not used. The introduction of Bugs onto a stamp was controversial at the time, as it was seen as a step toward the 'commercialization' of stamp art. The postal service rejected many designs and went with a postal-themed drawing. Avery Dennison printed the Bugs Bunny stamp sheet, which featured "a special ten-stamp design and was the first self-adhesive ] issued by the ]."<ref> ] ].</ref>

===More recent years===
A younger version of Bugs is the main character of ''],'' which debuted on ] in 2001. In the action comedy '']'', his definite descendant Ace Bunny is the leader of the Loonatics team and seems to have inherited his ancestor's Brooklyn accent and comic wit.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/06/arts/television/06loon.html |title=It's 2772. Who Loves Ya, Tech E. Coyote? |accessdate=2010-10-30 |author=George Gene Gustines |date=2005-06-06 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>

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In 2011, Bugs Bunny and the rest of the ''Looney Tunes'' gang returned to television in the Cartoon Network sitcom, '']''. The characters feature new designs by artist Jessica Borutski. Among the changes to Bugs' appearance were the simplification and enlargement of his feet, as well as a change to his fur from gray to a shade of ] (though in the second season, his fur was changed back to gray).<ref> - Jessica Borutski</ref> In the series, Bugs and Daffy Duck are portrayed as best friends as opposed to their usual pairing as rivals. At the same time, Bugs is more openly annoyed at Daffy's antics in the series (sometimes to the point of aggression), compared to his usual carefree personality from the original cartoons. Bugs and Daffy are close friends with Porky Pig in the series, although Bugs tends to be a more reliable friend to Porky than Daffy is. Bugs also dates Lola Bunny in the show despite the fact that he finds her to be "crazy" and a bit too talkative at first (he later learns to accept her personality quirks, similar to his tolerance for Daffy). Unlike the original cartoons, Bugs lives in a regular home which he shares with Daffy, ] (whom he treats as a pet dog) and ], in the middle of a ] with their neighbors Yosemite Sam, ], and ].

In 2015, Bugs starred in the direct-to-video film '']'',<ref>{{cite web|last1=King|first1=Darryn|title=Bugs Bunny to Return in Direct-to-Video ‘Rabbits Run’|url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/dvd/bugs-bunny-to-return-in-direct-to-video-rabbits-run-112739.html|publisher=Cartoon Brew|accessdate=May 5, 2015|date=May 5, 2015}}</ref> and later returned to television yet again as the star of Cartoon Network and ]'s comedy series '']'' (formerly ''Wabbit'').<ref name=WabbitVariety>{{cite news|last=Steinberg|first=Brian|title=Cartoon Network To Launch First Mini-Series, New Takes on Tom & Jerry, Bugs Bunny|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/cartoon-network-to-launch-first-mini-series-new-takes-on-tom-jerry-bugs-bunny-1201128603/|work=Variety.com|publisher=Variety Media, LLC|accessdate=March 13, 2014|date=March 10, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/bugs-bunny-scooby-doo-boomerang-1201530384/|title=Bugs Bunny, Scooby-Doo Return in New Shows to Boost Boomerang|first=Brian|last=Steinberg|date=29 June 2015|publisher=}}</ref>

Bugs has also appeared in numerous ]s, including the ''Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle'' series, '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', ''Scooby Doo and Looney Tunes: Cartoon Universe,'' ''Looney Tunes Dash'' and ''Looney Tunes World of Mayhem''.

==Personality and catchphrases==
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{{quote box|align=left|width=30em|quote="Some people call me cocky and brash, but actually I am just self-assured. I'm nonchalant, im&shy;perturbable, contemplative. I play it cool, but I can get hot under the collar. And above all I'm a very 'aware' character. I'm well aware that I am appearing in an animated car&shy;toon....And sometimes I chomp on my carrot for the same reason that a stand-up comic chomps on his cigar. It saves me from rushing from the last joke to the next one too fast. And I sometimes don't act, I react. And I always treat the contest with my pursuers as 'fun and games.' When momentarily I appear to be cornered or in dire danger and I scream, don't be consoined – it's actually a big put-on. Let's face it, Doc. I've read the script and I al&shy;ready know how it turns out."|source=—] on Bugs Bunny, written in ].<ref name="WBCharDesign"/>}}

Bugs Bunny is characterized as being clever and capable of outsmarting anyone who antagonizes him, including ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and a host of others.

Bugs almost always wins these conflicts, a plot pattern which recurs in ''Looney Tunes'' films directed by ]. Concerned that viewers would lose sympathy for an aggressive protagonist who always won, Jones arranged for Bugs to be bullied, cheated, or threatened by the ]s while minding his own business, justifying his subsequent antics as retaliation or self-defense. He's also been known to break the ] by "communicating" with the audience, either by explaining the situation (e.g. "Be with you in a minute, folks!"), describing someone to the audience (e.g. "Feisty, ain't they?"), clueing in on the story (e.g. "That happens to him all during the picture, folks."), explaining that one of his antagonists' actions have pushed him to the breaking point ("Of course you realize, this means war."), admitting his own deviousness toward his antagonists ("Ain't I a stinker?"), etc.

Bugs will usually try to placate the antagonist and avoid conflict, but when an antagonist pushes him too far, Bugs may address the audience and invoke his catchphrase "Of course you realize this means ''war!''" before he retaliates, and the retaliation will be devastating. This line was taken from ] and others in the 1933 film '']'' (1933) and was used again in the next Marx Brothers film '']'' (1935).<ref name="Duck Soup">{{cite web|url=http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/d/duck-soup-script-transcript-marx.html |title=Transcript of ''Duck Soup'' |publisher=Script-o-rama.com |date= |accessdate=2009-09-20}}</ref> Bugs would pay homage to Groucho in other ways, such as occasionally adopting his stooped walk or leering eyebrow-raising (in '']'', for example) or sometimes with a direct impersonation (as in '']''). Other directors, such as ], characterized Bugs as altruistic. When Bugs meets other successful characters (such as Cecil Turtle in ''Tortoise Beats Hare'', or the Gremlin in '']''), his overconfidence becomes a disadvantage.

Bugs' nonchalant carrot-chewing standing position, as explained by Freleng, Jones and ], originated in a scene from the film '']'' (1934), in which ]'s character Peter Warne leans against a fence, eating carrots rapidly and talking with his mouth full to ]'s character. This scene was well known while the film was popular, and viewers at the time likely recognized Bugs Bunny's behavior as ]. Coincidentally, the film also features a minor character, Oscar Shapely, who addresses Peter Warne as "Doc", and Warne mentions an imaginary person named "Bugs Dooley" to frighten Shapely.<ref name="filmsite">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmsite.org/itha.html |title=''It Happened One Night'' film review by Tim Dirks |publisher=Filmsite.org |date= |accessdate=2009-09-20}}</ref>

{{quote box|align=right|width=30em|quote="'What's up Doc?' is a very simple thing. It's only funny because it's in a situation. It was an all Bugs Bunny line. It wasn't funny. If you put it in human terms; you come home late one night from work, you walk up to the gate in the yard, you walk through the gate and up into the front room, the door is partly open and there's some guy shooting under your living room. So what do you do? You run if you have any sense, the least you can do is call the cops. But what if you come up and tap him on the shoulder and look over and say 'What's up Doc?' You're interested in what he's doing. That's ridiculous. That's not what you say at a time like that. So that's why it's funny, I think. In other words it's asking a perfectly legitimate question in a perfectly illogical situation."|source=—] on Bugs Bunny's catchphrase "What's up Doc?"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/chuck-jones|author=Sito, Tom|date=17 June 1998|title='Chuck Jones Interview' |publisher=] |accessdate=4 October 2013}}</ref>}}
The carrot-chewing scenes are generally followed by Bugs' most well-known catchphrase, "What's up, Doc?", which was written by director ] for his first Bugs Bunny film, '']'' (1940). Avery explained later that it was a common expression in his native Texas and that he did not think much of the phrase. When the cartoon was first screened in theaters, the "What's up, Doc?" scene generated a tremendously positive audience reaction.<ref name="Avery"/> As a result, the scene became a recurring element in subsequent cartoons. The phrase was sometimes modified for a situation. For example, Bugs says "What's up, dogs?" to the antagonists in '']'', "What's up, Duke?" to the knight in ''],'' and "What's up, prune-face?" to the aged Elmer in '']''. He might also greet Daffy with "What's up, Duck?" He used one variation, "What's all the hub-bub, bub?" only once, in ''].'' Another variation is used in '']'' when he greets a ]-wielding Marvin the Martian saying "What's up, ]?"

Several Chuck Jones films in the late 1940s and 1950s depict Bugs travelling via cross-country (and, in some cases, intercontinental) tunnel-digging, ending up in places as varied as Barcelona, Spain ('']''), the ] ('']''), and ] ('']'') all because he "knew (he) shoulda taken that left toin at ]." He first utters that phrase in '']'' (1945), when he emerges in the ], a cartoon seldom seen today due to its blatantly topical subject matter. When ] says to Bugs, "There is no Las Vegas in 'Chermany'" and takes a potshot at Bugs, Bugs dives into his hole and says, "Joimany! Yipe!", as Bugs realizes he is behind enemy lines. The confused response to his "left toin" comment also followed a pattern. For example, when he tunnels into Scotland in '']'' (1948), while thinking he is heading for the ] in ], it provides another chance for an ethnic joke: "Therrre arrre no La Brrrea Tarrr Pits in Scotland!" (to which Bugs responds, "Scotland!? Eh...what's up, Mac-doc?"). A couple of late-1950s/early-1960s cartoons of this ilk also featured Daffy Duck travelling with Bugs ("Hey, wait a minute! Since when is ] inside a cave?").

==Voice actors==
The following are the various vocal artists who have voiced Bugs Bunny over the last 75-plus years for Warner Bros.' animated productions:
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Mel Blanc voiced the character for almost 50 years, from Bugs' debut in the 1940 short '']'' until Blanc's death in 1989. Blanc described the voice as a combination of ] and ] accents; however, ] claimed that he asked Blanc to give the character not a New York accent ''per se'', but a voice like that of actor ], who frequently appeared in supporting roles in the 1930s and whose voice might be described as ].<ref name="Barrier">{{Cite book|title=Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age|last=Barrier|first=Michael|date=2003-11-06|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=United States|isbn=978-0-19-516729-0|page=672}}</ref> In Bugs' second cartoon '']'', Blanc created a completely new voice for Bugs, which sounded like a ] impression, but the directors decided the previous voice was better. Though Blanc's best known character was the carrot-chomping rabbit, munching on the carrots interrupted the dialogue. Various substitutes, such as ], were tried, but none of them ''sounded'' like a carrot. So for the sake of expedience, he would munch and then spit the carrot bits into a ] rather than swallowing them, and continue with the dialogue. One often-repeated story, which dates back to the 1940s,<ref>. Retrieved 2018-07-30.</ref> is that Blanc was allergic to carrots and ''had'' to spit them out to minimize any allergic reaction — but his autobiography makes no such claim.<ref name="Blanc">{{Cite book|last=Blanc|first=Mel|first2=Philip|last2=Bashe|title=That's Not All, Folks!|location=Clayton South, VIC, Australia|publisher=Warner Books|year=1989|isbn=0-446-51244-3}}</ref> In fact, in a 1984 interview with ], co-author of ''The Magic Behind The Voices: A Who's Who of Voice Actors'', Blanc emphatically denied being allergic to carrots.

;Others
* ''']''' ('']'', ''Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', ''Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes'', ''Bugs Bunny's Creature Features'', '']'', ''Pride of the Martians'', ], '']'', '']'', '']'' and various video games)<ref name="Bugs Bunny at BTVA">{{cite web|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Looney-Tunes/Bugs-Bunny/|title=Voice(s) of Bugs Bunny|publisher=}}</ref>
* ''']''' (''Bugs Bunny's 50th Anniversary'' bumper, ''Tiny Toon Adventures'')<ref name="Birthday">{{cite web|title=Warner Bros. Bugs Bunny 50th Birthday Song Bumper|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VdGrRsh0ErE|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=26 June 2018|author=Miguel Valdes-Haltli|date=19 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="Bugs Bunny at BTVA"/>
* ''']''' (''Tiny Toon Adventures'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', ''Bugs 'N Daffy'' intro)<ref name="Bugs Bunny at BTVA"/>
* ''']''' (''Tiny Toon Adventures'')<ref name="Bugs Bunny at BTVA"/>
* ''']''' ('']'', '']'', ''Quest for Camelot Sing-a-Longs'', ''Looney Tunes Sing-a-Longs'', '']'', various video games and webtoons)<ref name="Bugs Bunny at BTVA"/>
* ''']''' ('']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', ''Looney Tunes ClickN READ Phonics'', ] ''Looney Tunes'' ],<ref><br> '']''. September 27, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2016.</ref> various video games and webtoons)<ref name="Bugs Bunny at BTVA"/>
* ''']''' ('']'', '']'')<ref name="Bugs Bunny at BTVA"/>
* ''']''' ('']'')<ref name="Bugs Bunny at BTVA"/>
* ''']''' (''], ]'')

== Comics ==
=== Comic books ===
Bugs first appeared in ] in 1941, in '']'' #1, published by ]. Bugs was a recurring star in that book all through its run, which was 153 issues until July 1954. ] (and its ] imprint) published 245 issues of a Bugs Bunny comic book from Dec. 1952/Jan. 1953 to 1983. The company also published 81 issues of the joint title ''] and Bugs Bunny'' from December 1970 to 1983. During the 1950s Dell also published a number of Bugs Bunny spinoff titles.

Creators on those series included ], ],<ref>, ''Who's Who of American Comics Books, 1928–1999''. Accessed Nov. 28, 2018.</ref> ],<ref>, ''Who's Who of American Comics Books, 1928–1999''. Accessed Nov. 28, 2018.</ref> ],<ref>, ''Who's Who of American Comics Books, 1928–1999''. Accessed Nov. 28, 2018.</ref> ], John Liggera,<ref>, ''Who's Who of American Comics Books, 1928–1999''. Accessed Nov. 28, 2018.</ref> ], Veve Risto, Cecil Beard, Pete Alvorado, ], ], ], Lynn Karp, Pete Llanuza, Pete Hansen, Jack Carey, Del Connell, Kellog Adams, Jack Manning, ], Tom McKimson, Joe Messerli, Carlos Garzon, ], Sealtiel Alatriste, Sandro Costa, and Massimo Fechi.

The German publisher Condor published a 76-issues Bugs Bunny reprint series in the mid-1970s. ] published a weekly reprint series in the mid-1990s.

=== Comic strip ===
The ''Bugs Bunny'' ] ran for more than 50 years, from 1942 to 1993, syndicated by the ]. It started out as a ] and in 1948 became a daily strip. The strip originated with ], who did the first five weeks before leaving for military service in ].<ref name=lam>, Lambiek's ''Comiclopedia''. Accessed Nov. 28, 2018.</ref> ] illustrated the strip from 1942 to 1944.<ref>, ''Who's Who of American Comics Books, 1928–1999''. Accessed Nov. 28, 2018.</ref> The creators most associated with the strip are writers ] (1947–1979)<ref>, ''Who's Who of American Comics Books, 1928–1999''. Accessed Nov. 28, 2018.</ref> & ] (1950–1969),<ref>, ''Who's Who of American Comics Books, 1928–1999''. Accessed Nov. 28, 2018.</ref> and artist ], who worked on it from 1947 to 1979.<ref>, ''Who's Who of American Comics Books, 1928–1999''. Accessed Nov. 28, 2018.</ref> Other creators associated with the Bugs Bunny strip include ], Carl Buettner, Phil Evans, ] (1952), Tom McKimson, ], Frank Hill, Brett Koth, and Shawn Keller.<ref name="enc">], ''Encyclopedia of American Comics''. New York, Facts on File, 1992. {{ISBN|9780816025824}} pp. 33-4,37,57,73-74,106,262-263.</ref>

==Reception and legacy==
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Like ] for ], Bugs Bunny has served as the mascot for ] and its various divisions. According to '']'', Bugs has appeared in more films (both short and feature-length) than any other cartoon ], and is the ninth most-portrayed film personality in the world.<ref name="Guinness"/> On December 10, 1985, Bugs became the second cartoon character (after Mickey) to receive a star on the ].<ref name="Hollywood"/>

He also has been a pitchman for companies including ] and ]. His Nike commercials with ] as "Hare Jordan" for the Air Jordan VII and VIII became precursors to '']''.<ref>{{YouTube|id=Sc61UtYUgbs|title=1992 - Nike - Michael Jordan & Bugs Bunny}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|id=2URMB4NGbo8|title=1993 - Nike - Michael Jordan & Bugs Bunny}}</ref> As a result, he has spent time as an honorary member of ], including having Jordan's Jumpman logo done in his image. In 2015, as part of the 30th anniversary of Jordan Brand, Nike released a mid-top Bugs Bunny version of the Air Jordan I, named the "Air Jordan Mid 1 Hare", along with a women's equivalent inspired by ] called the "Air Jordan Mid 1 Lola", along with a commercial featuring Bugs and ].<ref> Nike</ref>

In 2002, '']'' compiled a list of the 50 greatest cartoon characters of all time as part of the magazine's 50th anniversary. Bugs Bunny was given the honor of number 1.<ref name="CNNBugs">{{Cite news|title=Bugs Bunny tops greatest cartoon characters list |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/30/cartoon.characters/index.html |publisher=CNN.com |date=2002-07-30 |accessdate=2008-02-27 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208043937/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/30/cartoon.characters/index.html |archivedate=February 8, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|work=CNN.com |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/30/cartoon.characters.list/index.html |title=List of All-time Cartoon Characters |accessdate=April 11, 2007 |date=July 30, 2002 |publisher=CNN |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603034915/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/30/cartoon.characters.list/index.html |archivedate=June 3, 2009 |df= }}</ref> In a ] broadcast on July 31, 2002, a ''TV Guide'' editor talked about the group that created the list. The editor also explained why Bugs pulled top billing: "His stock...has never gone down...Bugs is the best example...of the smart-aleck American comic. He not only is a great cartoon character, he's a great comedian. He was written well. He was drawn beautifully. He has thrilled and made many generations laugh. He is tops."<ref>{{Cite news|work=CNN.com|title=CNN LIVE TODAY: 'TV Guide' Tipping Hat to Cartoon Characters|accessdate=April 11, 2007|date=July 31, 2002|publisher=CNN|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0207/31/lt.20.html}}</ref> Some have noted that comedian ] is the nearest contemporary comedic equivalent to Bugs. They attribute this to, "their ability to constantly flip the script on their unwitting counterparts."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/eric-andres-nearest-comedic-equivalent-may-be-bugs-bunn-1820120833|title=Eric Andre's nearest comedic equivalent may be Bugs Bunny|last=Neilan|first=Dan|work=The A.V. Club|access-date=2017-11-10|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Notable films===
{{see also|List of Bugs Bunny cartoons}}

* '']'' (1938) - prototype debut
* '']'' (1940) - official debut; Oscar nominee
* '']'' (1941) - Oscar nominee
* '']'' (1957) - voted #1 of the ] of all time and inducted into the ]
* '']'' (1958) - Oscar winner
* '']'' (1964) - final regular cartoon
* '']'' (1988) - first, and so far, only appearance in a ] film; appeared alongside Disney's mascot, ], for the first time
* '']'' (1996) - appeared alongside ] superstar, ]
* '']'' (2003) - most recent feature-length ] appearance

===Language===
American use of the term '']'' to mean "idiot" is attributed (in '']'') entirely to Bugs's expostulation "What a Nimrod!" to describe the inept hunter Elmer Fudd.<ref>Garner, Bryan A. (3rd Edition, 2009). ''Garner's Modern American Usage'', p. liii. Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0-19-538275-7}}.</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Film in the United States|Cartoon|Biography}}
* '']''
* '']''
* ]

==References==
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