Little Red Riding Rabbit



Little Red Riding Rabbit is a 1944 Warner Bros Merrie Melodies cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng, and starring Bugs Bunny. This is the first time Mel Blanc receives a credit for a cartoon.

It is a parody of the Little Red Riding Hood story, in which Red, a typical 1940s teenage bobbysoxer with a very loud, grating voice, is bringing a rabbit [Bugs] to her grandma "to have". Of course, a big bad wolf is waiting for them.

This short is also No. 39 on The 50 Greatest Cartoons list. It also made it onto The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes list.


 * The Bad Guy Wins:
 * Never Mess with Granny: Though unseen, Red's grandmother is implied to be a Rosie the Riveter type who was out working a "swing" shift at Lockheed [an aircraft manufacturing company].
 * No Celebrities Were Harmed/Shout-Out: Red's voice is inspired by Cass Daley, a comic actress from screen and radio.
 * No Indoor Voice: Red
 * Road Sign Reversal: The wolf sends Red on the long way to Grandma's house.
 * Running Gag: Red interrupting Bugs and the wolf.
 * The Runt At the End: The wolf finds a bunch of other wolves in Grandma's bed and tells them to beat it. After he lies down he feels something stirring and finds a small wolf left over.
 * Scooby-Dooby Doors
 * Verbal Tic: Red ends a lot of her lines with the exclamation "Ta' Have!", just another thing that makes her so very irritating.
 * Wafer-Thin Mint: Bugs is about to add the literal last straw on the pile the wolf is holding when Red interrupts... which to Bugs is the metaphorical last straw.
 * Wartime Cartoon: Red's grandmother working at an aircraft factory.