Bugs and Thugs
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | March 2, 1954 |
| Run time | 7:00 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Music composed by | Milt Franklyn |
| Story by | Warren Foster |
| Animation | Manuel Perez Ken Champin Virgil Ross Arthur Davis |
| Director(s) | I. Freleng |
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Bugs and Thugs is the three hundred and thirty-first Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on March 2, 1954. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Friz Freleng.
Bugs takes the wrong vehicle for a cab and is instead held hostage in a hideaway with two gangsters, Rocky and Mugsy.
Detailed summary
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Memorable quotes
Bugs: I don't mind sharin' da ride, but all this laundry... After all...
Rocky: Stop right there, rabbit. How much do you know?
Bugs: Who, me? Well, I know a lots of things! Two and two is four. Carson City is the capital of Nevada. George Washington was da foist President...
Rocky: Cut it! This guy knows too much, Mugsy... Take it for a ride...
Mugsy: Okay, boss!
Bugs: Rides? I just love rides, especially on a lovely spring day! There's nothin' like da motor ride to relax one. Through windin' roads past the green meadows and down shady lanes.
Rocky: (points gun at Bugs) Shut up.
Bugs: Shut up? Why soitenly! You don't think I'm da kind who would keep on blabbin'. Some people never know when to stop. When I'm told to shut up, I shut up...
Rocky: (points gun again) Shut up shuttin' up.
Rocky: Keep workin', rabbit.
Mugsy: Yeah, keep workin', rabbit!
Rocky: Shut up!
Mugsy: What'd I do, boss?
Rocky: I said button yer lip.
Mugsy: Oh okay, boss. (literally buttons his own lip) How's this, boss?
Cop: Alright, rabbit. Where's Rocky? Where is he hiding?
Bugs: He's not in this stove!
Cop: Oh-ho! He's hiding in the stove, eh?
Bugs: Would I turn on the gas if he was in there?
Cop: Hm, you might, rabbit. You might...
Bugs Well, uh, would I throw a light and match in there if he was in the-.
Rocky: OH NO, YA DON'T!
Bugs: Bugs Bunny, Private Eyeball speakin' – Thugs Thwarted, Arsonists Arrested, Bandits Booked, Forgers Found, Counterfeiters Caught, and Chiselers Chiseled.
Characters
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Organizations
Locations
- Earth
- United States
- City bank
- Nevada (mentioned)
- Carson City (mentioned)
- Rocky's hideout
- Detective agency office
- United States
Objects
- Stove
Vehicles
- '52 Acme car
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.
Crew credits
- Layouts: Hawley Pratt
- Backgrounds: Irv Wyner
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: March 2, 1954 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The MPAA certificate number is 16135.
- The shorts is a reworking of Freleng's previous cartoon, Racketeer Rabbit (1946).
Errors
Everlasting influence
- Mugsy would permanently become Rocky's sidekick in their next two appearances: The 1957 short, Bugsy and Mugsy and the 1963 Merrie Melodies short, The Unmentionables.
- Mugsy himself would later appear alone as a guard of Napoleon in Napoleon Bunny-part, and then as a cameo in Carrotblanca.
- This short would have a bank-themed stage inspired by the short in Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time.
- Both Rocky and Mugsy would become playable characters in Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem. In addition, one of Racketeer Rabbit's special attacks, Going Heavy, involves a gag used from this cartoon.
Critical reception
Home availability
- In the United States:
