Bugs and Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons

Hold the Lion, Please

June 1942 •English

A lion wants to prove he's still "King of the Jungle" and, to prove it, he hunts rabbit.

Big House Bunny

April 1950 •English

Bugs Bunny escapes hunters by leaping into his rabbit hole and tunneling to safety. Unhappily he tunnels into the Sing Song prison where a sadistic prison guard named Sam Schultz refuses to accept that he's anything but one of the prisoners. Soon Bugs is in stripes, but it's the guard who will find prison life to be hell when Bugs Bunny is around to trick him into a cell, the hangman's noose, an electric chair and even into the warden's office, where Bugs will put a severe strain on the relationship between boss and underling. Finally, Sam decides that enough is enough.

Bully for Bugs

August 1953 •English

Bugs Bunny once again making that "wrong turn at Albuquerque" burrows into a bullring, where a magnificent bull is making short work of a toreador. The bull bucks Bugs out of the arena, prompting the bunny to declare "Of course you realize, this means war!" The deft Bugs' arsenal comes plenty packed, as he uses anvils, well-placed face slaps and the bull's horns as a slingshot. The bull fights back, using his horns as a shotgun barrel. The bull's comeback is short-lived; just after Bugs makes out his will, he lures the bull out of the arena, just in time to set up a rube-like device that leads to the bull's defeat.

High Diving Hare

April 1949 •English

Yosemite Sam tries to force Bugs Bunny to do a high-diving act when the regular act cancels.

Rabbit Seasoning

September 1952 •English

The cartoon finds a row of signs saying it's rabbit season ("If you're looking for fun, you don't need a reason. All you need is a gun, it's Rabbit Season!"). Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck again are arguing over which of them is “in season” (it is really Duck Season, as Daffy says in the beginning), while a befuddled Elmer Fudd tries to figure out which animal is telling the truth. Between using sneaky plays-on-words, and dressing in women's clothing (including a Lana Turner-style sweater), Bugs manages to escape unscathed, while Daffy repeatedly has his beak blown off, upside-down, and sideways by Elmer.

Rabbit of Seville

December 1950 •English

Behind the Hollywood Bowl stage which is playing the opera The Barber of Seville, Bugs Bunny flees into the backstage area with Elmer Fudd in close pursuit. Seeing his opportunity to fight on his terms, Bugs raises the curtain on Elmer, trapping him on stage. As the orchestra begins playing, Bugs comes into play as the barber who is going to make sure that Elmer is going to get a grooming he will never forget.

What's Opera, Doc?

July 1957 •English

Bugs is in drag as the Valkyrie Brunhilde, who is pursued by Elmer playing the demigod Siegfried.

Rabbit Fire

May 1951 •English

Daffy Duck and Bugs argue back and forth whether it is duck season or rabbit season. The object of their arguments is hunter Elmer Fudd.

Duck Amuck

February 1953 •English

The short-tempered Daffy Duck must improvise madly as the backgrounds, his costumes, the soundtrack, even his physical form, shifts and changes at the whim of the animator.

Bewitched Bunny

July 1954 •English

Bugs must rescue Hansel and Gretel from Witch Hazel's clutches.

Broom-Stick Bunny

February 1956 •English

On Halloween night, Bugs Bunny, masquerading as a witch, trick-or-treats at the creepy old mansion of Witch Hazel, who prides herself on being the ugliest witch of all.

Devil May Hare

June 1954 •English

The Tasmanian Devil is on the loose. Bugs offers to help him find his dinner.

Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare

March 1964 •English

Bugs and the Tasmanian Devil battle it out in a jungle hospital, with Bugs convincing Taz that he's sicker than he thinks.

Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century

July 1953 •English

Space hero Daffy battles Marvin the Martian for control of Planet X.

Long-Haired Hare

June 1949 •English

Bugs Bunny vs. a famous opera singer at the Hollywood Bowl.

Baby Bottleneck

March 1946 •English

As the baby boom commences, and with the delivery service overworked, Porky Pig and Daffy Duck are placed in charge of a baby preparation factory, where they help the stork keep up.

Hair-Raising Hare

May 1946 •English

A sneaker-wearing, hairy monster chases Bugs through a castle belonging to an evil scientist.

Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur

April 1939 •English

Casper Caveman is hungry, so he tries to hunt for a duck, Daffy Duck.

Best of Daffy Duck And Porky

November 2003 •French

Ali Baba Bunny

February 1957 •English

Bugs and Daffy get lost on the way to Pismo Beach, and find a cave full of treasure in the Arabian Desert, guarded by Hassan.