A Wild Hare is considered by most to be Bugs Bunny's first film appearance, though he wasn't named until the next cartoon short, Elmer's Pet Rabbit. A Wild Hare is also the first appearance of Bugs' arch-nemesis, Elmer Fudd. Both characters' catchphrases were uttered for the first time in this short ("Ehh,what's up, doc?" and "Be vewy, vewy quiet: I'm hunting wabbits!") and the designs for each were established, along with their voices and personalities.
While animators refined Bugs' appearance in later shorts, Elmer Fudd would undergo extreme modifications only to return to the general appearance first shown in A Wild Hare. The short was nominated for an Academy Award, against Puss Gets the Boot, the first Tom & Jerry cartoon, but both lost.
Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd both turned 70 yesterday -- July 27th, 2010.
© C Harris Lynn, 2010
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