Water, Water Every Hare
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | April 19, 1952 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc John T. Smith |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Carl Stalling |
| Story by | Michael Maltese |
| Animation | Ben Washam Ken Harris Philip Monroe Lloyd Vaughan Harry Love (Effects Animation) |
| Director(s) | Charles M. Jones |
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Water, Water Every Hare is the two hundred and ninety-ninth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on April 19, 1952. It was produced by Edward Selzer, written by Michael Maltese, and directed by Chuck Jones.
On a dark and stormy night, Bugs is drifted off to the castle of Dr. Frankenbeans, who upon nearly completing his giant robot, is in need of a living brain to finish it. But when Bugs makes a break for it, the evil scientist sends a red-hairy monster after Bugs.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Rudolf: RAWRRRR... squeak!
Mouse: I quit, too.
Bugs: Must've been a nightmare...
Rudolf: Oh, yeah? That's what you think!
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- Bugs' rabbit hole
- Dr. Frankenbeans' castle
Objects
- Bugs' mattress and blanket
- Dr. Frankenbeans' giant robot
- Mummy sarcophagus
- Key to monster's cell
- Dynamite sticks
- Vanishing fluid
- Trash can
- Mallet
- Rug
- Reducing oil
- Hare restorer
- Axe
- Glass jar of ether
Vehicles
- Rowboat
Production
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.
For this cartoon, Stalling punctuates the chase by playing a slow rendition of the "William Tell Overture."
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: April 19, 1952 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title is a pun based on the line from Samuel Colridge Taylor's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, "Water, water every where."
- This cartoon is a semi-remake of the 1946 Merrie Melodies short, Hair-Raising Hare.
Errors
- The axe that Dr. Frankenbeans throws at Bugs disappears once it shatters the bottle of ether.
- As Bugs says "Nighty-night" before falling asleep as he lands in a stream, part of his right foot briefly disappears. Furthermore, his tail switches colors for a split second as he starts to move down the stream.
- While this cartoon was restored for DVDs such as Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 and I Love Tweety, the audio has a noticeably lower pitch. The same issue also exists on certain streaming platforms.
Legacy
- This cartoon would have clips used as commercial segments for the Paranormalists at Large commercials during the feature film Daffy Duck's Quackbusters, which includes new animation of Bugs getting chased by Gossamer.
- Dr. Frankenbeans would return in the following video games: Taz: Escape from Mars, Looney Tunes Racing, Looney Tunes Dash, Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal and Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem.
Home availability
- In the United States:
