Rebel Rabbit

1949 animated short film by Robert McKimson

Rebel Rabbit is a 1949 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short featuring Bugs Bunny, in which Bugs is insulted that the current bounty prices are $50 for a fox, $75 for a bear, and only 2 cents for a rabbit.

Bugs Bunny

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  • Bugs Bunny was here!
  • South America, take it away!
  • A million bucks! Now, that's more like it. Bugs Bunny, King of the Beasts! (He thumps his chest passionately while he screams out a Tarzan yell)
  • (As he finds himself surrounded by delayed-action missiles) Ehh, could it be that I carried this thing too far? [the shells around him explode]
  • (in Alcatraz) Ehhhh, could be.

Dialogue

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[Bugs casually strolls into the Game Commissioner's office, and grabs him by the throat]

Bugs Bunny: Eh... WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA OF RABBITS BEING ONLY WORTH 2 CENTS?!
Game Commissioner: STOP STEAMING UP MY GLASSES!
Bugs Bunny: Never mind that. How come rabbits are only two cents? Huh?
Game Commissioner: Well, other animals are destructive, harmful, obnoxious to people. They do damage.
Bugs Bunny: Nyeh, tell me more, Doc.
Game Commissioner: Rabbits are sweet, furry little creatures. They wouldn't harm a hair on your head.
Bugs Bunny: Eh, get him. Hee hee. He don't know me very well, do he?
Game Commissioner: Rabbits are perfectly harmless, and the bounty stands at two cents!
Bugs Bunny: Oh, yeah?!
[He then grabs a pen, and sprays the Commissioner with ink. He then proceeds to repeatedly slash the pen across his face]
Bugs Bunny: Well, I'll show you a rabbit can be more obnoxious than anybody!
[Smashes the pen into the desk]
Bugs Bunny: You can't get away with it! You'll be hearing from me!
Southern Senator Congressman: I demands, I say, I demands a price on Bugs Bunny's head. Noggin, this is. That low down miserable good-for-nothin' hare must die! [slams desk]
Bugs Bunny: Hare! Die! Hair dye! That's a joke, son! Ya missed it! Admit it, son, I'm too fast for ya!

Voice cast

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  • Mel Blanc - Bugs Bunny / Postal Employee / Game Commissioner / Guard / Southern Senator
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