Bewitched Bunny

Bewitched Bunny
Looney Tunes (Bugs Bunny/Witch Hazel) series
Bugs Bunny is unaware of his nemesis, Witch Hazel, planning to cook him for her supper.
Directed by	Charles M. Jones
Story by	Michael Maltese
Voices by	Mel Blanc Bea Benaderet (uncredited)
Music by	Carl Stalling
Animation by	Lloyd Vaughan Ken Harris Ben Washam
Layouts by	Maurice Noble
Backgrounds by	Philip DeGuard
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	July 24, 1954
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	6:56
Language	English

Bewitched Bunny is a Looney Tunes cartoon featuring Bugs Bunny directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. Jones created the character Witch Hazel who debuted in this cartoon. Witch Hazel later appeared in Broom-Stick Bunny (1956), A Witch's Tangled Hare (1959), and in A-Haunting We Will Go (1966). She also has a brief cameo appearance in Transylvania 6-5000 (1963).

That was also the final Looney Tunes cartoon to air on Cartoon Network, prior to 2009. This final airdate was on October 3, 2004.

The story begins with Bugs Bunny reading the classic fairy tale Hansel and Gretel. Witch Hazel plays the witch who tries to cook and eat the children. (Her cookbook has such recipes as "Waif Waffles", "Kiddie Kippers" and "Smorgas Boy".) Bugs witnesses Witch Hazel coaxing the children inside and goes in her house, disguised as a truant officer, and saves the youths from her clutches. The children both turn to Hazel as they leave and say in a thick German accent: "Ach - your mother rides a vacuum cleaner!"

However, once Hazel realizes that Bugs is a rabbit, she tries to cook him instead, using a carrot (filled with sleeping potion) as a lure. Bugs eats the carrot and falls asleep and Witch Hazel puts him into a roasting pan to make rabbit stew.

While the witch is occupied, a character resembling Prince Charming enters the house and kisses Bugs' hand. Bugs wakes up and says: "You're looking for Snow White, this is the story of HAHHN-sel and Gretel", and the Prince takes his leave, confused about how Hansel is pronounced. Then Hazel emerges from the basement and Bugs races down a nearby hallway to escape, but is trapped by Hazel. As she approaches, Bugs quickly finds a grenade full of her magic powder (in a case marked with the message "in case of emergency") and uses it to transform her into a gorgeous female bunny who has a feminine voice but still has Hazel's laugh.