Knights Must Fall

Knights Must Fall
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	July 16, 1949
Run time	7:00
Starring	Mel Blanc
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	Tedd Pierce
Animation	Ken Champin Virgil Ross Manuel Perez Gerry Chiniquy
Director(s)	I. Freleng
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Knights Must Fall is the three hundred and fifth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on October 7, 1949. It was written by Tedd Pierce and directed by Friz Freleng.

Bugs is forced to face Sir Pantaslot of Drop Seat Manor in a jousting duel.

Memorable quotes

Bugs: So it shouldn't be a total loss.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Bugs Bunny	Mel Blanc
Sir Pantaslot of Drop Seat Manor	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • England
    • Castle
      • Jousting arena

Objects

• Carrot

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: July 16, 1949 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The title is a pun on the 1937 film Night Must Fall'.

Everlasting influence

• In Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem, Bugs the Brave was inspired by this short and was used as a persona in the game. Sylvester the Brash's special attack "Breakneck Lance" is based on this cartoon as well.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • December 1, 2020: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection on Blu-ray.