Devil May Hare

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Devil May Hare Looney Tunes series
Title card of Devil May Hare.
Directed by	Robert McKimson
Story by	Sid Marcus
Voices by	Mel Blanc
Music by	Milt Franklyn
Animation by	Herman Cohen Phil DeLara Charles McKimson Rod Scribner
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	June 19, 1954
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	7 min.
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Devil May Hare, a 1953 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon was released on June 19th, 1954. This theatrical cartoon was directed by Robert McKimson and starred Mel Blanc playing the voices of Bugs Bunny, the Tasmanian Devil, and the turtle (thought to be Cecil Turtle, who'd been shelved years earlier, in 1947). In addition, Herman Cohen, Phil DeLara, and Rod Scribner are some of the other animators involved in the creation of Devil May Hare. This cartoon is released on both VHS as well as DVD. It was also released on DVD on the Looney Tunes — The Spotlight Collection Volume 1 (Premiere Edition).

1 Plot
2 Censorship
3 Quotes
4 External links

[edit] Plot

In this cartoon, Bugs Bunny is about to get attacked by the Tasmanian Devil just as he is looking in the encyclopedia and finds him in it. This cartoon, in fact, is the Tasmanian Devil’s first appearance in Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes cartoons. Bugs Bunny gets himself into this situation because he offers to help the disheveled Tasmanian Devil find his dinner.

The following quote illustrates Bugs’ realization that Tas is in fact a threat and danger to him: "Q..R..S..T, Tasmanian ... Here it is! 'A strong, murderous beast, jaws powerful as a steel-trap — has ravenous appetite — eats tigers, lions, elephants, buffaloes, donkeys, hippopotamuses, rhinoceroses, giraffes, octopuses, moose, ducks' . . . "

The Tasmanian Devil then appears next to him and interjects, "Rabbits," and handwrites it into the encyclopedia.

This is when Bugs Bunny realizes that he is in danger and that the Tasmanian Devil could in fact potentially attack and eat him. He then convinces him that he would not satify his appetite he tells him that groundhogs would do so, he hands him a shovel and ends up burying him thinking he's done with him he leaves suddenly the Tasmanian Devil taps his shoulder and udders the now famous words "What for you bury me in cold, cold ground?" and attacks him, Bugs then feigns smelling chicken nearby which excites Taz, he makes the chicken from liquid bubble gum and baking soda which Taz immediately devours he then starts hicupping and creates a giant bubble and begins to drift away, Bugs takes out a slingshot and shoots him down causing him to become entangled in the gum and gets caught in a tree branch and the gum stretchs and slams him against the branch repeatedly.

Next Bugs makes a pig out of an inflateable raft Taz swallows it and Bugs pulls the string causing the raft to inflate inside of him, then Bugs creates a deer out of wood he sees the Tasmanian Devil coming and climbs up a tree, Taz chomps down on the tree causing it to become smaller with each bite, Bugs diverts his attention to the crudely made wooden deer and tells him to knock it out with a giant slingshot as Taz pulls down on the slingshot Bugs takes out a saw and saws down the tree that is used for the slingshot causing Taz to go flying off into the distance knocking down many trees in the process.

Bugs laughs at him saying "What a maroon!" then a fawn appears next to him, he warns him of the Tasmanian Devil and tells it of how ugly and stupid he is Taz happens to hear this and says "Flattery will get you nowhere, and you can't fool me again" Bugs convinces him that the fawn is made of straw and Taz replies "But YOUR NOT!" and tries to bite his face off and starts to chase him with him devouring everything he comes across, Bugs hides in a tree hole and calls a delivery service and calls for a lonely female Tasmanian Devil whom Taz immediately falls in love with, Bugs pretends to be a minister and pronounces them Devil and Devilish, they ride off in the airplane that the lady Tasmanian Devil came on, Bugs ends the cartoon with the line "All the world loves a lover, but in this case I'll make an exception".

[edit] Censorship

After the Tasmanian Devil is floating skyward from a bubblegum bubble, Bugs uses a slingshot to get him down. When this cartoon aired on CBS, the part where Bugs uses the slingshot to get Taz down is cut, making it seem that the bubblegum bubble broke without provocation.