Bully for Bugs
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| Bully for Bugs | |
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | August 8, 1953 |
| Run time | 7:03 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Music composed by | Carl Stalling |
| Story by | Mike Maltese |
| Animation | Ben Washam Lloyd Vaughan Ken Harris |
| Director(s) | Charles M. Jones |
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Bully for Bugs is the three hundred and twenty-first Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on August 8, 1953. It was written by Michael Maltese, and directed by Chuck Jones.
Bugs takes a wrong turn at Albuquerque and winds up in a bullfight arena where he must make a Matador of himself to fight a bull.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Bugs: Ah, me public.
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- Mexico
- United States (indirectly mentioned)
- New Mexico (indirectly mentioned)
- Albuquerque (mentioned)
- New Mexico (indirectly mentioned)
Organizations
Objects
- Anvil
- Giant rubber band and boulder
- Shotgun rifle
- Acme Elephant Bullets
- Axle Grease Canister
- Acme Glue
- Sandpaper
- TNT Canister
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: August 8, 1953 in theatres
Behind the scenes
Errors
- When this short was released on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 DVD set, the audio pitch is significantly lower. This error is also prevalent in some of the other subsequent home media releases.
Everlasting influence
- This short would be used in "The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie" and a small clip from this short was also used in "Hare-abian Nights".
- This short would be used in a variety of video games such as Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage, Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble and Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time.
- Bugs' guise as a matador would be used in Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem.
Critical reception
In other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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Home availability
- In the United States:
- October 28, 2003: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 on DVD.
- Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1
- November 15, 2011: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 on Blu-Ray.
- In Japan:
- April 6, 2001: Warner Home Video releases I Love Tweety: Volume 1 on DVD.
