Bugs Bunny/YMMV

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  • Crazy Awesome
  • Ensemble Darkhorse: Was originally intended as a one-shot character.
  • Fandom Rivalry: Bugs and Mickey Mouse have been the face of two competing animation studios for decades and several pieces of satirical media have depicted the two as enemies... even though they've been known to parachute jump together.
  • Funny Aneurysm Moment: In "Falling Hare", Bugs narrowly stop the Gremlin from crashing into a pair of identical twin skyscrapers by flying in between them. Not sixty years later...
    • "Bugs and Thugs" episode had a scene where Rocky and Mugsy, two thugs, are thrown in the oven when word about the police officers were coming. First time, it was just Bugs pulling a prank on them. Then, an actual police officer shows up and the same thing happens... only for the duo to escape after thanks to the oven gag. Fast forward to 2015, where news outlet reported children being killed in a similar matter.
  • Hilarious in Hindsight: In 'Rebel Rabbit' bugs finds out that the reward for Foxes is $50, but the reward for rabbits is $.02. When he goes to Washington to complain about this, he's told its because Foxes are destructive, but rabbits are harmless...
  • Magnificent Bastard: Perhaps the most magnificent in all of animation.
  • Memetic Mutation: All together now; "What's up, doc?" Also, "Of course you realize, this means war."
  • Seinfeld Is Unfunny: "What's up, doc?" was much funnier upon release, because no one expected such a Casual Danger Dialogue.
  • Sophomore Slump: The second official Bugs cartoon, "Elmer's Pet Rabbit" is commonly regarded as one of the worst in the series, owning to Bugs's extreme Jerkass behavior, off-model use of yellow-colored gloves, a voice that doesn't sound anywhere close to his iconic semi-Brooklyn accent, as well as the sloppy timing that Chuck Jones's earlier efforts suffered from.
    • In fairness, "Elmer's Pet Rabbit" is only nominally considered to be a Bugs Bunny cartoon. Warner Bros. slapped a "Bugs Bunny" title card at the beginning of the cartoon to quickly exploit the unexpected success of the previous A Wild Hare. In actuality, both cartoons were in production at the same time using different variations of the goofy grey rabbit Looney Tunes had been using in numerous cartoons at that point. "Tortoise Beats Hare" is the more proper second Bugs cartoon.
  • Values Dissonance: "All This and Rabbit Stew", and most infamously, "Bugs Bunny Nips The Nips". The latter even got the first "Golden Age of Looney Tunes" laserdisc set recalled when it was included on it, replacing it with Racketeer Rabbit. If you can find an unaltered copy of that laserdisc set with the Nips cartoon on it, you've got a nice collectors item on your hands.