Haredevil Hare

Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = Haredevil Hare
series = Looney Tunes (Bugs Bunny, Marvin the Martian)

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caption = The title card of "Haredevil Hare".
director = Charles M. Jones
story_artist = Michael Maltese
animator = Ben Washam Lloyd Vaughan Ken Harris Philip Monroe A.C. Gamer (effects)
voice_actor = Mel Blanc
musician = Carl Stalling
producer = Eddie Selzer
distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
studio = Warner Bros. Cartoons
release_date = July 24 1948 (USA)
color_process = Technicolor
runtime = 7 min (one reel)
movie_language = English
imdb_id = 0040422

"Haredevil Hare" is a 1948 Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. It stars Bugs Bunny and introduces Marvin the Martian — although he is unnamed in this film — along with his Martian dog, K-9. All the voices are done by Mel Blanc. Marvin's nasal voice for this first film is different from the later one he is most known for, which was similar to one that Blanc used for the emcee in "What's Cookin' Doc?", for just one line, where the emcee says, "Shall we give it to him, folks?"

The title is a play on "daredevil", although it has only a vague metaphorical connection to the plotline, as Bugs is a reluctant participant in the cartoons acrobatics.

The cartoon was directed by Chuck Jones and written by long-time accomplice Michael Maltese. It was animated by Ben Washam, Lloyd Vaughan, Ken Harris and Phil Monroe, with effects animation by A.C. Gamer. The music was scored by Carl Stalling and the backgrounds painted by Peter Alvarado, with layouts by Robert Gribbroek. This was also the latest-released WB cartoon to be purchased by Associated Artists Productions for distribution; marking the end of the so-called "pre-1948" era for Warner Bros. cartoons (it was also the only Marvin the Martian cartoon to be sold to a.a.p., all others were retained by WB).

This cartoon appears on disc 3 of the DVD set.

Summary

Bugs is tricked into being the first rabbit shot into space. When he lands on the moon he finds an unnamed Martian (later known as Marvin) set to blow up planet Earth. Bugs luckily defeats the Martian but has a bit of a problem afterwards when he is unable to leave the moon, having blown it up and reduced it to a crescent (from which he, the Martian and the dog precariously hang) to thwart the Martian. When the technicians contact him, asking for a statement to the press, he says the last line ever spoken in a "pre-1948" cartoon: GET ME OUT OF HERE!

Gags repeated in later cartoons

The part about Marvin wanting to blow up the Earth—and Bugs being a little slow to figure out that his planet is in danger—was later used in the cartoon "Hare-Way to the Stars." The part about the Moon getting blown up foreshadowed the end of the Daffy Duck cartoon "Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century."

ee also

* Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1940-1949)
* List of Bugs Bunny cartoons