Bedevilled Rabbit
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| Bedevilled Rabbit | |
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | April 13, 1957 |
| Run time | 6:58 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Milt Franklyn |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Animation | George Grandpré Ted Bonnicksen Keith Darling |
| Director(s) | Robert McKimson |
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Bedevilled Rabbit is the four hundred and twenty-third Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on April 13, 1957. It was written by Tedd Pierce, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Robert McKimson.
When Bugs Bunny winds up in the jungles of Tasmania, he must elude the most dangerous predator of all the animal kingdom, the Tasmanian Devil.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Bugs: She's a nice lady... EEUUUGGHH!
Characters
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Organizations
Locations
Objects
- Carrot crate
- Tasmania booklet
- "Wild Turkey Surprise" trap
- Bear trap
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: April 13, 1957 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The working title for this cartoon was "Hare Deviled", which was a hair/hare pun on "Hair deviled."
- This was the second Taz cartoon, three years after the first cartoon that debuted him Devil May Hare. Edward Selzer had previously ordered McKimson to cease using the character, feeling that he would be too violent for children and unlikable for parents, but reversed the decision when Jack Warner asked what happened to him.
- Several elements of this cartoon (specifically the opening scene involving Taz's entrance) were borrowed heavily from Devil May Hare.
- The Tasmanian She-Devil calls Taz "Claude", while he called her "Rosebud"; the latter is likely a reference to the name used in the 1941 film Citizen Kane.
- This is the second and final classic appearance of the Tasmanian She-Devil.
Errors
- When this cartoon was first restored on the Looney Tunes Super Stars' Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire DVD, the cartoon had been cropped to widescreen. For its later release on the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 Blu-ray and DVD, it was reverted back to its original full screen format.
Legacy
- Most of this cartoon was used in the Thanksgiving TV special Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet, but with a redubbed scene where Bugs tells Taz that he should not serve rabbit on Thanksgiving, but instead serve "Wild Turkey Surprise".
- The Tasmanian She-Devil's visual appearance from this cartoon, as well as Bugs' She-Devil disguise, are used in as playable characters in Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem.
Home availability
- In the United States:
- August 10, 2010: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Super Stars' Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire on DVD.
- July 21, 2011: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 on Blu-ray and DVD.
