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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Rabbit Fire''}}
{{Infobox movie
{{Infobox movie
|image= [[File:RabbitFire Lobby Card.png|300px]]
|image= [[File:RabbitFire Lobby Card.png|300px]]
|caption= Lobby Card
|caption= Lobby card
|prodcompany= [[Warner Bros. Cartoons]]
|prodcompany= [[Warner Bros. Cartoons]]
|distributor= [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]<br />[[The Vitaphone Corporation]]
|distributor= [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]<br />[[The Vitaphone Corporation]]
|released= [[May 19]], [[1951]]
|released= [[May 19]], [[1951]]
|run_time= 7:03
|run_time= 7:03
|starring= [[Mel Blanc]]
|starring= [[Mel Blanc]]<br />[[Arthur Q. Bryan]]
|producers= [[Edward Selzer]]
|music= [[Carl Stalling]]
|music= [[Carl Stalling]]
|story= [[Mike Maltese]]
|story= [[Mike Maltese]]
|director= [[Chuck Jones]]
|director= [[Charles M. Jones]]
|animation_director= Chuck Jones
|previous= The Fair-Haired Hare
|art_director= Chuck Jones
|next= Chow Hound
|previous= Early to Bet
|title_card= [[File:Rabbit Fire title card.png|300px]]
|next= Room and Bird
|title_card= [[File:Rabbit Fire TC.jpg|300px]]
}}
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'''Rabbit Fire''' is an [[1951]] ''[[Looney Tunes (theatrical shorts)|Looney Tunes]]'' theatrical short and is the first in ''[[The Hunting Trilogy]]''. It premiered in theaters on [[May 19]], [[1951]] and was written by [[Michael Maltese]] and directed by [[Chuck Jones]].
'''''Rabbit Fire''''' is the two hundred and eighty-seventh ''[[Looney Tunes (theatrical shorts)|Looney Tunes]]'' theatrical short. It was released by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] and [[The Vitaphone Corporation]] on [[May 19]], [[1951]]. It was produced by [[Edward Selzer]], written by [[Michael Maltese]] and directed by [[Chuck Jones]]. It is considered the first part of Jones' "hunting trilogy"—the other two cartoons being ''[[Rabbit Seasoning]]'' and ''[[Duck! Rabbit, Duck!]]''


Bugs and Daffy argue about who should Elmer Fudd get to shoot.
Bugs and Daffy argue about who should Elmer Fudd get to shoot.
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==Detailed summary==
==Detailed summary==
==Memorable quotes==
==Memorable quotes==
'''Daffy:''' Rabbit Season!<br>
'''Bugs''': Say, Doc. Are you tryin' to get yourself in trouble with da law? Dis ain't wabbit huntin' season.<br>
'''Bugs:''' Duck Season!<br>
'''Elmer''': It's not?<br>
'''Daffy:''' Rabbit Season!<br>
'''Bugs''': No, it's duck huntin' season.<br>
'''Bugs:''' Duck Season!<br>
'''Daffy''': That, sir, is an in-mitigated frab-rication! It's wabbit season!<br>
'''Daffy:''' Rabbit Season!<br>
'''Bugs''': Duck season! <br>
'''Bugs:''' Rabbit Season!<br>
'''Daffy''': Rabbit season!<br>
'''Daffy:''' Well I say it's Duck season, and I say FIRE!<br>
'''Bugs''': Duck season!<br>
'''Daffy:'''......let's try that again, shall we?
'''Daffy''': Rabbit season!<br>
'''Bugs:''': Duck season!<br>
'''Daffy''': Rabbit season!<br>
'''Bugs''': ''Rabbit'' season!<br>
'''Daffy''': Duck season!<br>
'''Bugs''': Rabbit season!<br>
'''Daffy''': Well, I say it's duck season, and I say fire!<br>
(''Elmer shoots Daffy in the beak, causing it to spin'')<br>
 
 
'''Daffy''': Hmph. Let's try that again...<br>
'''Bugs''': Ok.<br>
'''Daffy''': I'LL start it this time!<br>
'''Bugs''': Rrright!<br>
'''Daffy''': Rabbit season!<br>
'''Bugs:''': Duck season.<br>
'''Daffy''': Rabbit season!<br>
'''Bugs:''': ''Rabbit'' season.<br>
'''Daffy''': DUCK SEASON, FIRE!!<br>
(''Elmer shoots Daffy in the beak again, causing it to go behind his head'')<br>
 
 
'''Daffy''': Ok... This time, YOU start it.<br>
'''Bugs:''': Whatever you say... Wabbit.<br>
'''Daffy''': Duck! FIRE!!<br>
(''Elmer flips Daffy's head upside down by blasting it'')<br>
'''Daffy''': What's the matter? Everything's upside-down! That's strange. Can't make heads or tails of things.
 
 
'''Elmer''': Well, what do you know? No mowe buwwets.<br>
'''Bugs''': No more buwwets! Hey, laughin' boy! No more bullets.<br>
'''Daffy''': No more bullets? Here, let me see that thing...<br>
(''Elmer's rifle shoots in Daffy's face'')<br>
'''Elmer''': Well, what do you know? One buwwet weft.<br>
'''Bugs''': One buwwet left? Hey, laughin' boy! There was...<br>
'''Daffy''': I know, I KNOW!
 
 
'''Elmer''': I'm sowwy, fewwas, but I'm a vegetawian. I just hunt for the sport of it. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!<br>
'''Bugs''': Oh, yeah? Well, there's other sport besides huntin', ya know!<br>
'''Daffy''': Anyone for tennis?
 
 
'''Daffy''': You're despicable. Yes! You're despicable! And, and... and picable! And you're very, definitely despicable! How a person can get so, so despicable in one lifetime is-is beyond me! It isn't though I haven't met a lot of people. Goodness knows it isn't that! It isn't that's that! Goodness knows! It isn't-! It's... it's... despicable.
 
 
'''Bugs and Daffy''': Shhhhhhhhhh...<br>
'''Bugs''': Be vewy, vewy quiet. We're huntin' Elmers!<br>
'''Daffy''': Hah-hah-hah-hah-hah-hah-hah!
 
==Characters==
==Characters==
{{CastTop}}
{{CastTop}}
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|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Arthur Q. Bryan]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Arthur Q. Bryan]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Daffy Duck]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Daffy Duck (character)|Daffy Duck]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| Mel Blanc
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Mel Blanc]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Bugs Bunny]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Bugs Bunny (character)|Bugs Bunny]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| Mel Blanc
|style="background-color:#clear"| Mel Blanc
|-
|-
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* [[Earth]]
* [[Earth]]
** [[United States]]
** [[United States]]
***


==Objects==
==Objects==
 
* ''1000 Ways to Cook A Duck'' cookbook
**Recipe #1: Filet of Duck Bordelaise Madre De Butter
**Recipe #2: Duck Polonaise Under Glass
**Recipe #3: Barbequed Duck Meat with Broiled Duck Milanese
* ''1000 Ways to Cook A Rabbit'' cookbook
** Recipe #1: Rabbit Au Gratin De Gelatin under tubed leather
** Recipe #2: Chicken-fried Rabbit with Cottontail Sauce, Braised in Carrots


==Vehicles==
==Vehicles==
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==Production==
==Production==
[[File:Rabbit Fire Lobby Card V2.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Second lobby card.]]
===Development===
===Development===
The working title for this short was "What's Up Duck?"
The working title for this short was "What's Up Duck?"
===Filming===
===Filming===
==Music==
==Music==
The music was composed by [[Carl Stalling]].
The music was composed by [[Carl Stalling]].
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==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
* The story continues in "[[Rabbit Seasoning]]" and  "[[Duck! Rabbit, Duck!]]"
* The title is a play on "rapid fire." You're welcome.
* The short is a parody of how repetitive old cartoons were at the time.
* Daffy's new personality makes a debut here, from becoming a screwball, to a more greedy duck who longs for the spotlight
* Daffy's new personality makes a debut here, from becoming a screwball, to a more greedy duck who longs for the spotlight
* Daffy's catchphrase "You're despicable" makes a debut.
* Daffy's catchphrase, "You're despicable" makes its debut.
* Elmer's catchphrase "Be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits" makes a debut here.
 
==Errors==
==Errors==
*  
* When this cartoon was released on DVD, the audio pitch is significantly lower. The low-pitched version of the cartoon is still prevalent in subsequent TV airings and on home media releases.
==Everlasting Influence==
 
* The "Rabbit Season, Duck Season" gag would go on to be used in later Looney Tunes media like ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]'' and ''[[Space Jam: A New Legacy]]''
==Legacy==
** The gag would also be used in pop culture.
* This short is the first installment in what is considered Jones' "hunting trilogy." The story continues in ''[[Rabbit Seasoning]]'' and  ''[[Duck! Rabbit, Duck!]]''
* This short would be used in ''[[The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie]]''.
* The "Rabbit Season, Duck Season" gag would go on to be used in later ''[[Looney Tunes (franchise)|Looney Tunes]]'' media, including ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action (film)|Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]'' and ''[[Space Jam: A New Legacy (film)|Space Jam: A New Legacy]]''.
 
==In popular culture==
* Missy watches the short in the ''Young Sheldon'' episode "A Mother, a Child, and a Blue Man's Backside."
 
<gallery>
Missy watches Rabbit Fire.png|''Young Sheldon''.
</gallery>
 
==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
==In other languages==
==In other languages==
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==Home availability==
==Home availability==
*  
* [[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1]]
* [[Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2]]


==References==
==References==
[[Category:Warner Bros. Cartoons]] [[Category:Looney Tunes]] [[Category:Bugs Bunny series]] [[Category:Daffy Duck series]] [[Category:Bugs Bunny episodes]] [[Category:Daffy Duck episodes]] [[Category: Elmer Fudd episodes]]
[[Category:1952]]
[[Category:Bugs Bunny theatrical shorts]]
[[Category:Daffy Duck theatrical shorts]]
[[Category:Directed by Chuck Jones]]
[[Category:Elmer Fudd theatrical shorts]]
[[Category:Looney Tunes]]
[[Category:Written by Michael Maltese]]
[[Category:Warner Bros. Cartoons]]

Latest revision as of 03:34, 9 June 2024

Rabbit Fire
RabbitFire Lobby Card.png
Lobby card
Production company Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date May 19, 1951
Run time 7:03
Starring Mel Blanc
Arthur Q. Bryan
Producer(s) Edward Selzer
Music composed by Carl Stalling
Story by Mike Maltese
Director(s) Charles M. Jones
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Title card
Rabbit Fire title card.png

Rabbit Fire is the two hundred and eighty-seventh Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on May 19, 1951. It was produced by Edward Selzer, written by Michael Maltese and directed by Chuck Jones. It is considered the first part of Jones' "hunting trilogy"—the other two cartoons being Rabbit Seasoning and Duck! Rabbit, Duck!

Bugs and Daffy argue about who should Elmer Fudd get to shoot.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Bugs: Say, Doc. Are you tryin' to get yourself in trouble with da law? Dis ain't wabbit huntin' season.
Elmer: It's not?
Bugs: No, it's duck huntin' season.
Daffy: That, sir, is an in-mitigated frab-rication! It's wabbit season!
Bugs: Duck season!
Daffy: Rabbit season!
Bugs: Duck season!
Daffy: Rabbit season!
Bugs:: Duck season!
Daffy: Rabbit season!
Bugs: Rabbit season!
Daffy: Duck season!
Bugs: Rabbit season!
Daffy: Well, I say it's duck season, and I say fire!
(Elmer shoots Daffy in the beak, causing it to spin)


Daffy: Hmph. Let's try that again...
Bugs: Ok.
Daffy: I'LL start it this time!
Bugs: Rrright!
Daffy: Rabbit season!
Bugs:: Duck season.
Daffy: Rabbit season!
Bugs:: Rabbit season.
Daffy: DUCK SEASON, FIRE!!
(Elmer shoots Daffy in the beak again, causing it to go behind his head)


Daffy: Ok... This time, YOU start it.
Bugs:: Whatever you say... Wabbit.
Daffy: Duck! FIRE!!
(Elmer flips Daffy's head upside down by blasting it)
Daffy: What's the matter? Everything's upside-down! That's strange. Can't make heads or tails of things.


Elmer: Well, what do you know? No mowe buwwets.
Bugs: No more buwwets! Hey, laughin' boy! No more bullets.
Daffy: No more bullets? Here, let me see that thing...
(Elmer's rifle shoots in Daffy's face)
Elmer: Well, what do you know? One buwwet weft.
Bugs: One buwwet left? Hey, laughin' boy! There was...
Daffy: I know, I KNOW!


Elmer: I'm sowwy, fewwas, but I'm a vegetawian. I just hunt for the sport of it. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Bugs: Oh, yeah? Well, there's other sport besides huntin', ya know!
Daffy: Anyone for tennis?


Daffy: You're despicable. Yes! You're despicable! And, and... and picable! And you're very, definitely despicable! How a person can get so, so despicable in one lifetime is-is beyond me! It isn't though I haven't met a lot of people. Goodness knows it isn't that! It isn't that's that! Goodness knows! It isn't-! It's... it's... despicable.


Bugs and Daffy: Shhhhhhhhhh...
Bugs: Be vewy, vewy quiet. We're huntin' Elmers!
Daffy: Hah-hah-hah-hah-hah-hah-hah!

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Elmer Fudd Arthur Q. Bryan
Daffy Duck Mel Blanc
Bugs Bunny Mel Blanc


Locations

Objects

  • 1000 Ways to Cook A Duck cookbook
    • Recipe #1: Filet of Duck Bordelaise Madre De Butter
    • Recipe #2: Duck Polonaise Under Glass
    • Recipe #3: Barbequed Duck Meat with Broiled Duck Milanese
  • 1000 Ways to Cook A Rabbit cookbook
    • Recipe #1: Rabbit Au Gratin De Gelatin under tubed leather
    • Recipe #2: Chicken-fried Rabbit with Cottontail Sauce, Braised in Carrots

Vehicles

Production

Second lobby card.

Development

The working title for this short was "What's Up Duck?"

Filming

Music

The music was composed by Carl Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: May 19, 1951 in theatres

Behind the scenes

  • The title is a play on "rapid fire." You're welcome.
  • Daffy's new personality makes a debut here, from becoming a screwball, to a more greedy duck who longs for the spotlight
  • Daffy's catchphrase, "You're despicable" makes its debut.

Errors

  • When this cartoon was released on DVD, the audio pitch is significantly lower. The low-pitched version of the cartoon is still prevalent in subsequent TV airings and on home media releases.

Legacy

In popular culture

  • Missy watches the short in the Young Sheldon episode "A Mother, a Child, and a Blue Man's Backside."

  • Young Sheldon.

Critical reception

In other languages

Language Name Meaning

Home availability

References

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