Devil May Hare

Devil May Hare
Looney Tunes (Bugs Bunny) series
Title card of Devil May Hare.
Directed by	Robert McKimson
Produced by	Edward Selzer
Story by	Sid Marcus
Voices by	Mel Blanc
Music by	Milt Franklyn
Animation by	Herman Cohen Phil DeLara Charles McKimson Rod Scribner
Studio	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date(s)	June 19, 1954 (USA)
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	7 minutes
Language	English

Devil May Hare is a 1954 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon was released on June 19, 1954. This theatrical cartoon was directed by Robert McKimson and starred Mel Blanc playing the voices of Bugs Bunny, the Tasmanian Devil, and the turtle. This short is featured on the Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection DVD box set, as well as the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 DVD box set. It also appeared in the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 Blu-ray box set alongside Bedevilled Rabbit, Ducking the Devil, Bill of Hare, and Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare.

This is the only Taz cartoon in the Spotlight Collection, the Golden Collection series, and the Looney Tunes series.

Bugs is spring cleaning until he notices a whole stampede of animals running away in fear. He manages to stop a turtle, who states that "a Tasmanian Devil is on the loose." Not knowing what a Tasmanian Devil is, Bugs goes back into his hole and looks in his encyclopedia. It describes Taz as a "strong, moiderous beast", with a "ravenous appetite" for eating several animals, though not including rabbits. Taz then appears next to him and interjects by writing "rabbits" in the book, getting Bugs' attention.

Bugs uses his charm to convince Taz to work together with him to look for groundhogs, before unsuccessfully attempting to bury the devil. Taz then attacks him, but Bugs feigns smelling chicken to escape. Bugs makes liquid chicken from bubble gum and bicarbonate of soda which Taz immediately devours and then starts hiccuping. He creates a giant bubble which Bugs blows into the air, and Taz begins to drift away. Bugs then shoots Taz down with a slingshot, causing him to become entangled in a tree branch.