Acrobatty Bunny

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Acrobatty Bunny Looney Tunes series
Bugs Bunny meets Nero
Directed by	Robert McKimson
Produced by	Edward Selzer
Story by	Warren Foster
Voices by	Mel Blanc
Music by	Carl W. Stalling
Animation by	Art Davis Richard Bickenbach Cal Dalton I.Ellis
Studio	Warner Bros. Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures (cinema)
Release date(s)	June 29, 1946
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	8 minutes
Preceded by	Kitty Kornered
Followed by	The Great Piggy Bank Robbery
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Acrobatty Bunny is a Warner Bros. cartoon released in 1946 as part of the Looney Tunes series, directed by Robert McKimson (his second), and starring Bugs Bunny (Mel Blanc).

An acrobat is a person skilled at high-wire or other high-in-the-air exploits, while "batty" is a slang term for "crazy" (as is "Bugs").

[edit] Plot synopsis

A circus is being set up just above Bugsy's rabbit hole, causing much noise and vibration. The Lion cage is set up directly above the hole, and the Lion takes deep sniffs (alternatively yanking Bugs towards the hole or throwing him back) to determine that the animal below is Bugs. When the Lion (whom Bugs eventually refers to as "Nero") roars again, Bugs comes to the surface to see what's going on, riding an elevator that makes twists and turns. Bugs tries to reason with the lion ("I'm the tenant downstairs, and there's entirely too much noise!"), but soon makes a hasty escape when Nero takes a swipe at him.

Nero manages to get out of his cage, and chases Bugs around the circus grounds. Bugs at one point ducks into a dressing room, coming out as a clown trying to convince Nero to laugh ("COME ON, LAUGH!"), which he eventually does - until Bugs takes some whacks at the lion with a wooden board. The lion then chases Bugs into the big top, where they swing around acrobat swings. Eventually, Bugs tricks Nero into a cannon and sets the cannon off, causing Nero to do a hula in his 'skirt' (complete with a lei from Bugs) while Bugs plays the ukelele to close the cartoon.