Haredevil Hare

Haredevil Hare
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Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	July 24, 1948
Run time	7:03
Starring	Mel Blanc
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	Mike Maltese
Director(s)	Chuck Jones
Animation director(s)	Chuck Jones
Art director(s)	Chuck Jones
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Haredevil Hare is the two hundredth and forty-one Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on June 24, 1948. It was written by Michael Maltese and directed by Chuck Jones.

Bugs is tricked into being the first rabbit on the moon, where he encounters a Martian and his dog, who plan on blowing up the earth.

Memorable quotes

Bugs: Eh... Pardon me for botherin' ya, Marconi, but uh... did say you was blowin' up da earth?
Martian: Oh, yes I did.
Bugs: That's what you thought ya said. Well, adios! One man's meat is another man's poison, I always say. After all, it's his business if he wants to blow up da earth.
(Bugs stammers upon realizing the Martian's intentions)
Bugs: WOAH! You can't do dat! All da people I know are on da earth! Hmph, da nerve of dis character.
Martian: Oh dear, this is most inconvenient! Now I have to call out the reserves.

Control Center Technician: Have you prepared a statement for the press?
Bugs Bunny: Well, yes, I have prepared a statement: GET ME OUTTA HERE!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Bugs Bunny	Mel Blanc
Martian	Mel Blanc
K-9	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States

Music

The music was composed by Carl Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: July 24, 1948 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• This is marks as the first appearances of Marvin the Martian and K-9.
  • Marvin is unnamed in this short, but was later referred to as the Commander of Flying Saucer X-2 in The Hasty Hare (1952).
  • He also has a vastly different voice, with it being more nasally that usual.

Everlasting Influence

• Marvin returns in The Hasty Hare, with the voice we are all familiar with today.
  • Marvin himself would eventually become a popular character due to a sci-fi boom in the 1970s, following the release of the 1977 film Star Wars. Marvin would also be given his proper name in The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie in 1979.

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