Rabbit's Kin
Rabbit's Kin
| 15 November 1952 (USA)
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Shorty, a school-age rabbit with a high-pitched voice, jumps into Bugs Bunny's rabbit hole to escape the clutches of the villainous, but extremely stupid, Pete Puma, whose distinctive speech climaxes in an ear-splitting screech. Pete tries to trick Bugs and Shorty with an exploding cigar. Doesn't work. The cigar says "El Explodo" right on the wrapper. He tries to trick them by disguising himself as Shorty's mother. Doesn't work either. His rabbit ears are leaves that are inelegantly affixed to his hat. How can this poor, pathetic puma win the day? Smarter opponents than he have failed to outwit the wily Bugs Bunny.

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GamerTab That was an excellent one.
SpunkySelfTwitter It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.
Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.
Married Baby Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?
JohnHowardReid "Bugs Bunny", "Shorty/Buster Bunny", "Pete Puma". Director: ROBERT McKIMSON. Story: Tedd Pierce. Animation: Charles McKimson, Herman Cohen, Rod Scribner, Phil De Lara. Lay-outs: Robert Givens. Backgrounds: Richard M. Thomas. Voice characterizations: Mel Blanc. "Pete Puma" voiced by Dtan Freberg. Music director: Carl W. Stalling. Color by Technicolor. Producer: Edward Selzer. Copyright 16 December 1952 (in notice: 1951) by The Vitaphone Corp. A Warner Bros. "Merrie Melodies" cartoon. U.S. release 15 November 1952. 7 minutes. COMMENT: Despite some splendid character animation - the freewheeling, gobbledegook-spruiking Buster/Shorty is especially endearing - this is a very mild offering in which Bugs outwits a not overbright puma. Bugs really needs someone more aggressively stupid as a foil. The pace is reasonably fast (though somewhat ambling by Warner Bros cartoon standards), the gags mild, familiar and/or predictable.
Michael_Elliott Rabbit's Kin (1952) *** 1/2 (out of 4) The dimwitted Pete Puma (a lion) chases a baby rabbit into a hole not knowing that Bugs Bunny lives there. Of course Bugs has a few tricks up his sleeve to teach the dumb lion. This is yet another classic entry in the series that manages to be very funny even though I can't stand one of the characters. The film's biggest weakness to me is the young rabbit who I just find too annoying to really be entertained by him. Outside of that this short offers up many laughs and a lot of the credit has to go to the Puma character. The dumbness of this character is top notch and the running joke involving lumps are priceless. The ending with Puma giving himself lumps is hysterical as are many of the teaching methods of Bugs.
ccthemovieman-1 "Shorty," a little rabbit, comes racing into Bugs' hole seeking shelter and help. A ferocious monster, according to the fast-talking little hare, is after him. Bugs figures it is "Pete Puma," and goes to investigate. Sure enough, it is, and Pete -with a funny voice - tells Bugs he's after a little rabbit who is going to eat. Bugs asks him, "Wouldn't you rather have a big rabbit?"Bugs then torments the poor, dumb sap, which is how the orange puma is portrayed. I'll tell ya, this Puma was a funny guy. He dresses up as Shorty's mother, trying the lure the little one, and is hilarious. However, poor Pete isn't smart enough to pull off any ploy...and pays the price each time.Puma's voice (by Stan Freberg) was probably the highlight of this so-so cartoon. Using English subtitles to translate the super-speed-voice little rabbit helped, too.
drmark7 Priceless dialog: Bugs: "How many lumps you want?" Pete Puma: "Oh, better give me a lotta lumps. A *WHOLE* lotta lumps... (After realizing his mistake) No thanks, I'll do it myself."Did you know that the character and voice of "Pete Puma" in the Warner Brothers cartoon "Rabbit's Kin" was based on Frank Fontaine's character of "Crazy Guggenheim." Pete's voice was provided by Stan Freberg. Freberg reprised this voice in another Warners cartoon (as Pete!) and in 1990 as Pete on "Tiny Toon Adventures."
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