Rabbit Rampage
| Rabbit Rampage | |
|---|---|
| Looney Tunes (Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd) series | |
| Directed by | Charles M. Jones |
| Produced by | Edward Selzer |
| Story by | Michael Maltese |
| Voices by |
Mel Blanc Arthur Q. Bryan (credited) |
| Music by | Milt Franklyn |
| Animation by | Ben Washam |
| Layouts by | Ernie Nordli |
| Backgrounds by | Philip De Guard |
| Studio | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributed by |
Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date(s) | June 11, 1955 (USA) |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Hare Brush |
| Followed by | This Is a Life? |
Rabbit Rampage is a 1955 Bugs Bunny animated cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones and produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, which originally debuted on June 11, 1955. It is a spiritual successor (as well as a sequel) to Duck Amuck, in which Daffy Duck was teased by an off-screen animator, revealed at the end to be Bugs Bunny. In Rabbit Rampage, Bugs is similarly teased by another off-screen animator who is revealed to be Elmer Fudd.
The cartoon inspired a 1993 video game for the Super NES, Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage, which allows the player to control Bugs, following a similar plot. A few clips from this short were shown in a trailer for the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 DVD set (seen on the Looney Tunes: Back in Action DVD), but was not included as part of that set. The complete short was released on the Volume 6 set of the series as a "bonus" cartoon, but with the sound-effects track only.
When Bugs realizes who is in charge of the feature, he makes his desire not to be a victim to an animator who plans on making him look bad. With that said, Bugs is about to get back into his hole, but the animator erases it, causing Bugs to jump headfirst into the ground. After Bugs stands up, he restates his desire not to work with the animator, who puts yellow paint on Bugs' back, implying that Bugs is a coward. Bugs grabs the brush and breaks it in half.
Bugs emphatically states that he will report the animator to Warner Bros. and calls the animator a menace to society, while the animator draws a picket sign ("I won't work") in Bugs's left hand. When Bugs sees the sign, he throws it on the ground, off screen. Bugs asks if the animator is trying to get him fired, before explaining that he has become a good asset to the studio, which gives the animator time to draw another picket sign ("I refuse to live up to my contract"). After throwing away the last sign off-screen, Bugs returns, wiping off the yellow paint with a towel. Afterwards, Bugs agrees to work on the picture, but pauses once he sees that the animator drew a hat on his head, prompting Bugs to throw it on the ground, stating that the animator knows he's not supposed to wear a hat. In response, the animator draws a big pink women's hat, and Bugs throws it on the ground, too. This cycle continues with very ridiculous hats and wigs until Bugs gives up. The animator draws a rotated forest, and Bugs tries to get in his hole by climbing down a nearby tree. The animator draws an anvil on Bugs's tail, causing Bugs to fall on a street, later rolling into an empty area.
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