Hyde and Hare

Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = Hyde and Hare
series = Looney Tunes
director = Friz Freleng| story_artist = Warren Foster| animator = Gerry Chiniquy
Arthur Davis
Virgil Ross
Ted Bonnicksen
| voice_actor = Mel Blanc
| musician = Carl Stalling
producer = Edward Selzer
distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
release_date = August 27 1955
color_process = Technicolor
runtime = 7 mins.
movie_language = English
imdb_id = 0048186

"Hyde and Hare" is a 1955 Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng. The cartoon pits Bugs against Dr. Jekyll, who continues to turn into Mr. Hyde. The title is a play on the expression "neither hide nor hair."

Plot

Bugs comes out of his rabbit hole in a city park every morning because a kind gentleman keeps coming to feed him a carrot. At first feigning a usual rabbit stance, Bugs eventually stands up and confides that he'd rather simply go home with the gentleman, since it would be easier on both of them. As the gentleman brings Bugs home, the camera pans up to see that the name above the apartment is for Dr. Jekyll.

Inside the house, Bugs gets used to his new surroundings. Dr. Jekyll comes across a bubbling potion that he knows he shouldn't drink, but he gives in and drinks the potion anyway. He then transforms into Mr. Hyde, with a monstrous green face and glowing red eyes. Bugs tries running from this monster, but soon the monster reverts back to Dr. Jekyll. Bugs, thinking that the monster is still after both of them, tries leading the doctor into various rooms and closets, with the eventual retransformation of the doctor into Mr. Hyde. This continues for a few minutes, until Dr. Jekyll decides that he's going to pour the rest of the formula down the drain. He goes into his lab, but finds only the empty beaker. The Doctor asks Bugs if he drank the potion; Bugs becomes insulted at the idea and leaves.

Walking back to his park, Bugs transforms into a monstrous green rabbit (which implies that he DID drink the formula). The ladies at the park who are busy feeding the pigeons see Bugs and run away screaming. Bugs looks at them and wonders, "Now what's eating THEM? Hmm! You'd think they never saw a rabbit before!"

Trivia

* In the cartoon, Bugs utters the phrase, "I wish my brother George was here" as he sits down to play a piano. The reference was to Liberace, who had a brother George.
* This is also the name of a hip-hop album by Del tha Funkee Homosapien, I Wish My Brother George Was Here of the same name.
*You can play Hyde Bugs in the video game.
*When Bugs first sees Mr. Hyde, he says Ralph Kramden's line to him, "You... are a mental case!"

ee also

* List of Bugs Bunny cartoons

External links

*imdb title|0048186
* [http://www.kevinmccorrytv.com/hyde2.html "Hyde and Hare": An Overlooked Masterpiece] - Written by Kevin McCorry