Rabbit Rampage

Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = Rabbit Rampage
series = Bugs Bunny series
Looney Tunes


caption = The title card of "Rabbit Rampage".
director = Chuck Jones
story_artist = Michael Maltese
animator = Ben Washam
voice_actor = Mel Blanc
Arthur Q. Bryan (uncredited)
musician = Milt Franklyn
producer =
distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
release_date = June 11, 1955 (USA)
color_process = Technicolor
runtime = 6 minutes 56 seconds
movie_language = English
imdb_id =

"Rabbit Rampage" is a 1955 animated Bugs Bunny cartoon, released on June 11, 1955. It is essentially a sequel to "Duck Amuck", in which Daffy Duck was teased by an off-screen artist (revealed at the end to be Bugs); in "Rabbit Rampage", Bugs is similarly teased by another off-screen artist. This cartoon inspired a 1993 video game for Super NES, Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage, which follows a similar plot with the player controlling Bugs.

A few clips from this short were shown in a trailer for the ' DVD set (seen on the ' DVD), but was not included as part of that set. The complete short is currently scheduled for DVD release on the "" set of the series as a "bonus" cartoon. [http://www.cartoonbrew.com/old-brew/looney-tunes-vol-6-bonus-materials]

Plot

As the cartoon begins, the artist paints a woodland background, complete with a rabbit hole. The artist later erases the rabbit hole and moves it into the sky. Bugs later pops out and falls to the ground, later asking, "What's Up Doc?" Bugs later realizes who is in charge of the picture and prepares to dive back into his hole, but the artist erases it and he lands on the ground. Bugs states that he is not going to work with the artist, who puts yellow paint on his back. Bugs takes the brush and breaks it in half. He later states that he will report him to Warner Brothers, but the artist draws a picket sign in Bugs' hand saying, "I won't work". When Bugs sees the sign, he throws it on the ground. As Bugs asks what the artist is making him do, the artist draws another picket sign saying, "I will refuse to live up to my contract." Bugs then agrees to let him run the picture and Bugs tells him to cut out the silliness and to get started. The artist draws a hat on Bugs' head, but Bugs throws it on the ground, stating that he is not supposed to wear a hat. The artist draws another hat, and Bugs throws it on the ground, too. This cycle continues until Bugs states he is through. The artist draws an upside down world as Bugs tries to get to his hole. The animator draws an anvil on Bugs' tail, and Bugs falls on a street, later rolling into an empty area.

As Bugs yells at the animator, his head gets erased. The artist then draws a pumpkin head on Bugs' body. When Bugs asks for a rabbit head, the artist simply adds rabbit ears to the existing head. The artist erases the pumpkin head and then draws a tiny version of Bugs' head. Bugs does not realize it until he takes notice of his now-high-pitched voice ("Hey! What's the matter with my voice?!"). The artist then erases the tiny head and then draws Bugs' head, normal-sized--without ears. As Bugs asks, "Ears?" the artist draws human ears. Bugs asks again saying, "Not human ears...rabbit ears, long ones." but the artist draws long, long ears as Bugs says "Don't be so danged literal!" The artist then fixes the ears to make them normal length again. As Bugs walks away, the artist erases his tail. Bugs asks for his tail back, but the artist draws a horse's tail instead. When Bugs says a horse's tail "belongs on a horse", the artist erases Bugs' body and redraws him as a horse. When Bugs, standing up on two hind legs and eating a carrot, reminds the artist that his contract specifically states that he is to be drawn as a rabbit, the artist complies by erasing Bugs' horse body and drawing him as a hilariously abstract rabbit with big cheeks and feet. When Bugs warns him that they will both be out of work if the artist continues to draw him this way, he is drawn back to normal. Bugs daringly asks if the artist wants to draw him as a grasshopper, but he takes it back as the artist draws the brush near to him. Bugs attempts to make friends with the artist, but the artist draws two duplicates of Bugs, and Bugs pushes the duplicates out of the picture. As Bugs states that he will not leave his spot until the artist "gets the big boss", the artist paints Bugs on a railroad track with a train coming through a tunnel behind it. As the train passes, Bugs leans on a rock and states that there is only one way out. He jumps up and pulls down "THE END" card.

The camera pulls back to the artist, who turns out to be Elmer Fudd, who states with delight: "Well, anyway, I finawwy got even with that scwewy wabbit."

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