Operation: Rabbit
Operation: Rabbit
NR | 19 January 1952 (USA)
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Wile E. Coyote, genius, announces to Bugs Bunny that he is going to catch him and eat him, and then employs a variety of gadgets and plans in an attempt to do so.

Reviews
SincereFinest disgusting, overrated, pointless
Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.
Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
TheLittleSongbird I love Bugs Bunny and I like Wile E.Coyote, and I thoroughly enjoy their cartoons together on the whole. Yes even more so than the Raodrunner vs. Coyote cartoons, I like those too but these have more wit and personality. Operation:Rabbit is my personal favourite of their cartoons, it is simply brilliant. Whether it is the best Looney Tunes short, or one of their better ones, or even my favourite cartoon is up for debate still in my mind, but I cannot deny whatever the answer this cartoon is excellent. Great animation, energetic music, cracking pace, witty dialogue and wonderful sight gags are just a few things to like about Operation:Rabbit. Plus Bugs and Coyote work perfectly together, cunning Wile E.Coyote is wonderful with Bugs who is every bit his equal in terms of personality and Mel Blanc voices both characters brilliantly as he always does. Overall, brilliant and recommended. 10/10 Bethany Cox
ultramatt2000-1 A fine, but surprising, piece of work by Chuck Jones (read my "Batton Bunny" comment). Why is it surprising? Glad you asked, because this is the first time that Wile E. Coyote talk. Usually in the Road Runner cartoons their is no dialog but "Beep! Beep!" and Coyote holding signs to express himself. Here he meets Bugs Bunny, who uses his clever, but funny skills to stop the carnivore. So there is no choice but to put dialog in this cartoon. Since Bugs is used to foiling the plans of Elmer Fudd, Yosimite Sam, Rocky and Mugsy and Marvin the Martian, it is Wile E. Coyote's turn to have his plans foiled but the rabbit. I saw it on the "Bugs Bunny and Road Runner Show" back in the 80's on CBS. Good old days. Bottom line: I highly recommend it! Not rated, but a G would work perfectly.
MartinHafer I am about to say something that may shock many of you, so hold on tight! I never particularly liked the Wiley Coyote and Roadrunner cartoons. I think most of this is because although I loved Wiley Coyote, I always felt that the Roadrunner had almost zero personality. After a while, I really wanted to see Wiley catch and kill the Roadrunner! In light of this, I was THRILLED the first time I saw this cartoon. Not only is Wiley Coyote at his best, but he finally has a worthy opponent in the form of Bugs Bunny--who has mountains of personality. Wiley is at his best because he talks and shows himself to be a supremely smug jerk who calls himself "Wile E. Coyote--Genius" and asks Bugs to surrender without a fight because he is clearly outmatched by Wiley's brain power! It's great to see Bugs knock him down a few pegs by destroying all of Wiley's attempts to capture him! Violent fun for all.
Lee Eisenberg In a slight break from protocol, Chuck Jones, Michael Maltese, and Mel Blanc pit Wile E. Coyote - aka Supergenius - against Bugs Bunny. But, sure enough, Bugs has ways of avoiding capture...most of which involve Wile E. getting maimed somehow.The point is that no matter how hard he tries, Wile E. has no success in any field, whether going after the Road Runner or Bugs Bunny. And they play it to great effect. "Operation: Rabbit" is a classic just like the rest of the Looney Tunes cartoons from that era. Having Wile E. talk doesn't diminish the quality at all.Mud spelled backwards is dum. Exactly!
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