Rabbit Romeo
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| Rabbit Romeo | |
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | December 14, 1957 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Arhtur Q. Bryan June Foray |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Milt Franklyn |
| Story by | Michael Maltese |
| Animation | Ted Bonnicksen George Grandpré |
| Director(s) | Robert McKimson |
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Rabbit Romeo is the four-hundredth and thirty-second Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on February 28, 1957. It was written by Michael Maltese, produced by Edward Selzer and John W. Burton and directed by Robert McKimson.
When Elmer is promised $5,000 for taking care of Millicent, a female rabbit from Slobovia, he learns that she needs companionship from another rabbit. Elmer decides to go on "wabbit" hunting to find the perfect mate for Milly, which turns out to be Bugs Bunny.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Bugs: Ain't I da lil' matchmaker, though? Eh-he-he-he-he-he-he-he...
Characters
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Organizations
Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Slobbovia (mentioned)
Objects
- Fishing rod
- Carrot
- Net
- Hunting rifle
- Electric fan
- Bunny costume
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: December 14, 1957
Behind the scenes
- This short is notable as one of the few pairings of Bugs and Elmer where the former is not hunted throughout the entire picture, despite Elmer using a hunting rifle every whenever Bugs tries to escape.
- It is also notable as for being one of the few cartoons where Bugs has a romantic interaction with another rabbit; the others being his one-time marriage in Hold the Lion, Please, in which he was married to Mrs. Bugs Bunny; and Hare Splitter, where he persues over Daisy Lou.
- In the case of this short, Bugs acts less commited towards Millecent's advances, unlike the other female rabbits he met.
- This is the first time John W. Burton is a co-producer of a Warner Bros short, he would eventually become a full-fledged producer the following year after Eddie Selzer's retirement.
- Rabbit Romeo is one of the few McKimson-directed shorts to have Michael Maltese as its writer.
- This is the last of the Merrie Melodies releases to use the 1957-59 blue color rings and the 1957-58 Warner Bros. Cartoons Inc. byline. However, the closing instead uses the rings from the 1955–56 production season. The next cartoon, Don't Axe Me, would be the first to have the 1957-59 rings on both sequences.
Legacy
- Despite only appearing in this short at first, Millicent would return in the television special Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet.
- It was also used in the Valentine's Day special Bugs Bunny's Cupid Capers
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- In the United States:
