Rabbit Fire



1951 Looney Tunes short by Chuck Jones, featuring another attempt by Elmer Fudd to hunt Bugs Bunny, only with a new twist: this one also features Daffy Duck, and he and Bugs each spend the entire picture trying to get Elmer to shoot the other.

This short was very popular, featuring the famous "Duck season!", "Wabbit season!" scene, and establishing the rivalry between Bugs and Daffy. Rabbit Fire was the first in a trilogy of Bugs-Daffy-Elmer cartoons known as The Hunting Trilogy, the others being Rabbit Seasoning (1952) and Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1953).

This short is part of The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes list.


 * Duck Season! Rabbit Season!
 * One Bullet Left

For tropes common to all three shorts in The Hunting Trilogy, see that page.
 * Ass in a Lion Skin: Bugs pretends to be a duck; Daffy pretends to be a rabbit and a dog.
 * Attractive Bent Gender: Elmer falls for one of Bugs' female disguises again.
 * Bowdlerization: See the Hunting Trilogy page for information on what is frequently edited from this cartoon.
 * Duck Season! Rabbit Season!: Trope Namer.
 * Enemy Mine: Bugs and Daffy start working together towards the end.
 * Fridge Horror: Why does Bugs Bunny keep a book in his rabbit hole called "1000 Ways to Cook a Rabbit"?
 * He likes Body Horror novels.
 * Rule #1: Know thy enemy.
 * What other books would the hunters after him be carrying?
 * The Hunter Becomes the Hunted: At the end of the short, as Bugs and Daffy continue to pull away posters saying "Rabbit Season" and "Duck Season" alternately, each trying to convince Elmer to shoot the other, they finally reach the final poster, which reads "Elmer Season". In the next shot we see Bugs and Daffy dressed as hunters, carrying rifles and "hunting for Elmers".
 * Oh Crap: The look on Elmer's face when he realises that Bugs and Daffy have found a poster proclaiming it to be Elmer Season, and are giving him very evil grins indeed.
 * One Buwwet Weft: The Twope Namer.
 * Paper-Thin Disguise: Daffy as a hunting dog, which entails fake doggie ears and a plunger for a tail. Also, Bugs and Daffy disguising themselves as each other. And they all work!
 * Point That Somewhere Else: Bugs and Daffy move Elmer's rifle back and forth between the two of them during the Duck Season! Rabbit Season! routine.
 * Pun-Based Title : Like so many shorts involving Bugs.
 * Take a Third Option: The ending.
 * Wholesome Crossdresser
 * Wholesome Crossdresser