Favorite Bugs Bunny "owned" short

[tb4000]

There have been a few Looney Tunes shorts featuring Bugs where his rival has basically gotten the better of him throughout or at the end of the film, and these I like because you get to see a whole different side of him, not just the smart aleck, cool under pressure character he's known for. Is there a favorite you have?

[Brandon Pierce]

There are a few missing from this list such as "Rebel Rabbit" and "Hare Brush".

[Toony Loon]

"Falling Hare" definitely. That was one of my favorite Clampett shorts, simply for the animation.

[TnAdct1]

Can we include the episode of the Angry Video Game Nerd in which he beats up Bugs Bunny?

[Brandon Pierce]

Personally I consider anytime Bugs is voiced by Billy West, as Bugs getting "owned".

[Speedy Boris]

"Hare Brush". Elmer finally gets the upper hand on Bugs. "I may be a screwy wabbit, but I'm not going to Alcatwaz!" Funny ending, and I like how Freleng experimented with the Elmer/Bugs formula.

[Silverstar]

The short with Bugs playing "Hungarian Rhapsody" at the piano was Friz Freleng's Rhapsody Rabbit.

I'd like to add Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears to the list. Bugs flatters Mama Bear so she won't clobber him, but it works against him, since she begins pursuing him romantically for the remainder of the short.

[Jave]

Here are some other shorts in which Bugs loses and not yet mentioned.

Haredevil Hare: Blows up the moon, and is left hanging in space along with Marvin and K-9.

Rabbit Rampage: Admits defeat towards the mysterious animator, and ends the cartoon before it's too late.

Half-Fare Hare: Crashes into a tunnel while standing on top of a train.

Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare: Builds up a robot to give Taz a beating, but it malfunctions and gives him a beating as well.

8-Ball Bunny: Goes crazy after realizing he brought Playboy penguin to the South Pole for nothing. (I would have voted for this one had it been on the poll)

Hyde and Hare: Drinks a potion that turns him into a monster.

There are a couple which I probably missed. There are also some cartoons which are debatable, since he doesn't "win" in the traditional sense but he still seems comfortable with the results (such as "Baton Bunny" or "Foxy by Proxy").

[PeppeRaskell1]

I chose "Falling Hare," too. I never was a big fan of the "Tortoise vs. Hare" trilogy.

[Anarky]

Which came first: Duck Amuk or Rabbit Rampage? Either way, Duck Amuk is funnier since it's Daffy losing his cool in epic fashion.

I love the Tortoise trilogy. Actually, I can only recall 2 eps. Guess I'll have to dig into my LT dvds for the 3rd. Cecil owns Bugs...and that's a good thing.:D

[DarthGonzo]

"Porky's Pig Feat" sees Bugs imprisoned in the same hotel Porky and Daffy are stuck in.

"Ehh, don't work do they?"

[George3000]

Which came first: Duck Amuk or Rabbit Rampage?"Duck Amuck" first came out in 1953. "Rabbit Rampage" was released in 1955.

[Eric B]

Then you have Captain Hareblower (I think that's the right one) where his match trick on Yosemite Sam finally backfires on him. (with Sam having fled already).

[tb4000]

I forgot the one where he creates the Frankenstein monster type robot to beat up Taz and it ends up turning on him.

[Brandon Pierce]

I forgot the one where he creates the Frankenstein monster type robot to beat up Taz and it ends up turning on him.
"Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare"

[ROBOTRON]

"Duck Amuck" first came out in 1953. "Rabbit Rampage" was released in 1955.

Haha...I'd vote for that one.:D

[Tinytooncrazy]

I like the cecil torise cartoons but how about What Opera Doc with the famous ending with Emar holding Bugs and Bugs turning to the camera and saying "Well what do you expect from an Opera."

[Blackstar]

I like the cecil torise cartoons but how about What Opera Doc with the famous ending with Emar holding Bugs and Bugs turning to the camera and saying "Well what do you expect from an Opera."

Actually, Bugs' line was "Well, what do you expect from opera, a happy ending?"

Anyway, I don't know if that one counts, since Bugs and Elmer were obviously just role playing in "What's Opera, Doc?"

[warnerbroman]

I'd like to add Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears to the list. Bugs flatters Mama Bear so she won't clobber him, but it works against him, since she begins pursuing him romantically for the remainder of the short.and I rember how disturbing mama bear was *shudder*

[Speedy Boris]

I have to say, as much as I like "Hare Brush", the tortoise/hare trilogy was awesome. Cecil Turtle remains one of my all-time favorite LT characters, simply because he's one of the very few able to outsmart Bugs. And is so cool-headed about it, too.

[Lavenderpaw]

Do the ones with Daffy Duck count?

[Silverstar]

I have to say, as much as I like "Hare Brush", the tortoise/hare trilogy was awesome. Cecil Turtle remains one of my all-time favorite LT characters, simply because he's one of the very few able to outsmart Bugs. And is so cool-headed about it, too.

Growing up, a lot of the kids I knew hated Cecil for that very reason: basically, they believed that Bugs was by design supposed to be infallible, and no one should be able to outsmart him. Ever.

What they failed to realize is that for Bugs to be relatable and likable, he has to get served once in a while. Characters who never screw up and always win aren't very interesting, and people can't identify with them for the simple fact that nobody's perfect. During his later career Bugs developed into far too suave a character; it got to the point where all he did was chomp on his carrot with his eyes partly shut and deliver clever asides to the audience. That's why while I love Bugs, I've always preferred Daffy; he has inherent flaws and failings and he has as many losses as he has victories. Daffy struggles to join the mainstream and at the same time resists it, and thus earns our sympathy for his conflicted ordeal. For many years Daffy has been a sort of a alter ego of mine.

[Blackstar]

Do the ones with Daffy Duck count?

They would only count if Bugs ever lost in them, and I can't recall any Bugs vs Daffy short in which Bugs came out the loser.

The closest thing to that which I can recall is "Porky Pig's Feat" (1943), in which Daffy and Porky are being held captive in a luxury hotel because they ran up a big bill and are unable to pay it. They spend the entire short trying to escape, to no avail. In the last scene, Porky suggests calling Bugs Bunny, who they believe is able to get out any situation. Daffy calls Bugs on the phone (Bugs greets him by saying "What's up, duck?") and explains their situation, and when they tell Bugs that their attempts to escape have thus far been failures, we discover that Bugs is likewise being kept in the hotel. "Don't work, do they?" So even though Bugs doesn't triumph in the end of this short, he's not pitted against Daffy, although this is the 1st time that Daffy and Bugs appeared in a short together.

[Eric B]

Growing up, a lot of the kids I knew hated Cecil for that very reason: basically, they believed that Bugs was by design supposed to be infallible, and no one should be able to outsmart him. Ever.

What they failed to realize is that for Bugs to be relatable and likable, he has to get served once in a while. Characters who never screw up and always win aren't very interesting, and people can't identify with them for the simple fact that nobody's perfect. During his later career Bugs developed into far too suave a character; it got to the point where all he did was chomp on his carrot with his eyes partly shut and deliver clever asides to the audience. That's why while I love Bugs, I've always preferred Daffy; he has inherent flaws and failings and he has as many losses as he has victories. Daffy struggles to join the mainstream and at the same time resists it, and thus earns our sympathy for his conflicted ordeal. For many years Daffy has been a sort of a alter ego of mine.
The formula was not so much one character being "infallible", but rather the bully being defeated, and the victim being infallible.
So Bugs as a woodland Rabbit was initially the prey, when pitted against a hunter or carnivorous animals. Yet when pitted against a tortoise, and the issue is speed and not dinner, the rabbit now falls into that traditional role of the "bully" who in the natural world has the advantage, but in the topsy-turvy world of cartoons must get beaten. That's how that is decided. Then you have the gremlin, who is also a smaller, eaven punier character than the rabbit, and Bugs becomes the antagonist there as well.

[DarthGonzo]

The formula was not one character being "infallible", but trather the bully being defeated, and the victim being infallible.
So Bugs as a woodland Rabbit was initially the prey, when pitted against a hunter or carnivorous animals. Yet when pitted against a tortoise, and the issue is speed and not dinner, the rabbit now falls into that traditional role of the "bully" who in the natural world has the advantage, but in the topsy-turvy world of cartoons must get beaten. That's how that is decided. Then you have the gremlin, who is also a smaller, eaven punier character than the rabbit, and Bugs becomes the antoagonist there as well.

Same as in "Rhapsody Rabbit", with Bugs up against a little mouse.

[warnerbroman]

Has there ever been a short where Micky Mouse lost?

[Taylor Karras]

Tortuise Beating the Hare. Nuff' Said.

[Steve Carras]

Busg "owned" many shorts....(LOL) yeah, I know what the lsits refers to. "
Rabbnit Rampage", becuase of a ertain OTHER cartoon starring a cartoonist Chuck J. had directed recvently as of that time.

[Tobias]

I think Bug's ultimate ownage came in 'Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story'.

[Kazuya Prower]

Has there ever been a short where Micky Mouse lost?

Yes, at the end of his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy" (1928), Minnie leaves Mickey for trying to get fresh with her. Later in the year in "The Barn Dance", Minnie dumps Mickey in favor of Pete. A rejected Mickey then cries to the audience. This short is well known for Pete winning and Mickey losing.

[Jeff Harris]

That one short when Bugs gets rattled that rabbits are only worth a few cents and he purposely declares war on the United States by doing all sorts of things, including filling the Grand Canyon, stealing the locks off the Panama Canal, and, my favorite, sawing Florida off at the border and kicking it off the country. Congress put a million-dollar bounty on Bugs, who then declares himself the King of the Beasts.

Of course, the military might of the USA unleashed hell and put him in a maximum security federal prison.

Can't think of the name of the short, but that one was insane.

Also Rabbit Rampage would have been better if Daffy had been the animator rather than Elmer.

[Speedy Boris]

That one short when Bugs gets rattled that rabbits are only worth a few cents and he purposely declares war on the United States by doing all sorts of things, including filling the Grand Canyon, stealing the locks off the Panama Canal, and, my favorite, sawing Florida off at the border and kicking it off the country. Congress put a million-dollar bounty on Bugs, who then declares himself the King of the Beasts.

Of course, the military might of the USA unleashed hell and put him in a maximum security federal prison.

Can't think of the name of the short, but that one was insane. "Rebel Rabbit". I love that short too; it's funny and McKimson's unit put out some great animation.

"STOP STEAMING UP MY GLASSES!"

[Boy Wonder]

With the exception of Falling Hare, Bugs was a heel (bad guy, and yeah, I just used a wrestling term in a cartoon forum lol) in all those cartoons. I like them all for the same reason: puts Bugs in a different light, and makes him ANGRY. And I mean ANGRY! Mice, tortoises, and gremlins, OH MY!

[Linkpre]

I think for me personally, it was between the first two "Tortoise Vs. Hare" shorts. Cecil Turtle was a very cool character, probably one of the few to really irritate Bugs.

[Old Guy]

I never was a big fan of the "Tortoise vs. Hare" trilogy.

Why? Those were awesome. Even as a kid I thought it was great that Bugs Bunny got his butt kicked. Don't misunderstand me. I love Bugs Bunny...but it was just nice to see something different.

[Steve Carras]

The one of the choices posted (an "Other" option at least should have been there) on the list that I picked was the most popular so far, "Falling Hare". I also like the later "Duck Amuck" remake for some reason not listed, "Rabbit Rampage"(WTF? Steve just listed a "Duck Amuck" reversaL? Yup; AH DID!!))