The Wacky Wabbit
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The Wacky Wabbit is a Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series. It was released on May 2,1942. It was directed by Bob Clampett. It stars Bugs Bunny (voiced by Mel Blanc) and Elmer Fudd (voiced by Arthur Q. Bryan).
[edit] Plot summary
The cartoon begins with the fattened version of Elmer Fudd prospecting for gold, singing "Oh! Susanna", except that instead of 1849, the cartoon is set during World War II, with the implication that Elmer hopes to donate the gold to the war effort: "Oh, Susanna, don't you cry for me, 'cause I'm going to dig up wots of gold, 'V for Victowy!"
Bugs Bunny appears during the second verse and finishes it with Elmer, singing harmony. From that point on, in a role reversal from the usual, Bugs pesters Elmer without apparent provocation, as he did in Wabbit Twouble.
Instead of fleeing, this time Elmer turns toward revenge, especially when he observes that Bugs has a gold-filled tooth: "I'm came hewe for gold, and I'm gonna get it!" A furious fight ensues, and Elmer comes up the apparent winner, holding up a gold tooth, saying, "Euweka! Gold at wast!" Elmer grins and laughs his usual laugh, and at the same time Bugs mocks Elmer with the same words, dropped-"r" and laugh, revealing that his own tooth is intact and that Elmer is holding his own knocked-out gold tooth. Iris out.
