Robot Rabbit
| Robot Rabbit | |
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | December 12, 1953 |
| Run time | 6:45 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Ralph James |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Carl Stalling |
| Story by | Warren Foster |
| Animation | Arthur Davis Manuel Perez Ken Champin Virgil Ross |
| Director(s) | I. Freleng |
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Robot Rabbit is the three hundred and twenty-fourth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on December 12, 1953. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Edward Selzer and directed by Friz Freleng.
When Elmer has had enough of Bugs Bunny's antics, he calls in the Acme Pest Control Agency for a robot to rid himself of the scwewy wabbit once and for all.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Elmer: Hewwo? Acme Pest Contwol? Well, I got a pest I want contwolled. What's that? A wobot pest contwoller with an ewectwonic bwain? Well, send one wide ovuh!
Mule: What'd I do?! What'd I do?!
Bugs: I can see this cigarette machine is gonna cause me no end of trouble!
Bugs: Ya know, someday these scientists are gonna invent somethin' that'll outsmart a rabbit.
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- Unites States
- Elmer Fudd's farm
- Construction site
- Unites States
Organizations
Objects
- Robot pest controller with electronic brain
- Bucket
- Wrench
- Piledriver
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.
Songs
- "In a Little Red Barn" - sung by Elmer at the beginning
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: December 12, 1953 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The part where the robot sifts the ground on a large sieve to catch Bugs is recycled animation from Rabbit Every Monday.
- This short contains a unique version of the "What's Up Doc?" theme, which sounds more mechanized and futuristic than the other versions.
- This is the last short to use the original Bugs Bunny mugshot, due to it being the last Bugs cartoon to use the larger color rings. The mugshot is absent in the first Bugs-centric cartoon to use the smaller color rings in the 1954 Merrie Melodies short, Captain Hareblower, while a new version of the mugshot was later used beginning with Bugs and Thugs.
Legacy
- The Hokey Wolf episode, "Robot Plot", was likely inspired by this short, and shares both a similar plot and title.
- The robot from this short would be reused in Nuts and Volts, but in a new visual design.
Home availability
- In the United States:
