Robot Rabbit

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Robot Rabbit
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-seventh 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

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Bugs Bunny Mel Blanc
Elmer Fudd Arthur Q. Bryan
Mule Mel Blanc


Locations

Organizations

Objects

  • Robot pest controller with electronic brain
  • Bucket
  • Wrench
  • Piledriver

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Songs

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

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