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The short begins with Bugs traveling on his way to the Coachella Valley for the "Big carrot festival, therin." but takes a wrong turn and winds up inside a bullfight arena, and becomes an unwitting victim of Toro the Bull and his horns. Bugs, indignant at this attack, immediately decides to turn the tables, taking up the role of matador and giving the bull his just desserts for the rest of the cartoon.
This cartoon is also notable for a bit of history behind its making, at least according to Chuck Jones: Jones' supervisor, Eddie Selzer, barged into Jones' office one day and announced, completely out of the blue, that "bullfights aren't funny!" Since Jones and his fellow animators [[Anti
This short is one of [[The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes]]. It can be found on ''[[Looney Tunes|Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 1]]''.
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* [[Bull Seeing Red]]: Subverted, in that Bugs flapping his cape leads a dazed Toro into following him around the arena in a sort of dance.
* [[Door Judo]]: Sets up Bug's [[Finishing Move]].
* [[Deadly Dodging]] - [[One
* [[Efficient Displacement]]: Toro leaves a bull-shaped hole through the matador's cape; Bugs leaves a rabbit-shaped one when Toro knocks him through a wall.
* [[Mickey Mousing]]: Most notably used when Bugs is mockingly slapping Toro.
* [[Second
* [[Shut Up Scary Thing]]: As seen in the page-image above.
* [[Slippery Skid]]: Used as part of Bug's finishing gambit.
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