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[[File:Night_of_the_Lepus.jpg|frame|[[Never Trust a Trailer|The movie is nowhere near as scary]] as [[Coming Attractions|this poster]]... [[Covers Always Lie|but you knew that, right?]]]]
{{quote|"''Attention! Attention! Ladies and gentlemen, attention! There is a herd of [[Killer Rabbit|killer rabbits]] headed this way and we desperately need your help!''"|'''Officer Lopez'''}}
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Eventually, Our Heroes drive the 'shambling hordes' over some electrified train tracks, and the viewer is left to imagine them spending the rest of their lives trying to convince people of how brave they were, saving the world from Thumper.
Interestingly, this movie was famously ''not'' featured on ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', despite the show having mentioned it a couple of times, indicating that its creators were aware of '''Giant Killer Bunny Rabbits'''. One can only assume they could not resolve the licensing issues (with a much more prominent studio than is usual among their targets)... or else they thought it would be just ''too'' easy. [[
It was, however, featured in the background of a scene in ''[[The Matrix]].'' In the brief scene where children are levitating blocks, the television in the background shows off a scene with '''Giant Killer Bunny Rabbits''' hopping down a street. This is even pointed out in the Rifftrax of ''[[The Matrix]]'' where they marvel at how huge the rabbits in the background are, so it looks like Mike Nelson and his friends finally got to riff on ''Night of the Lepus,'' even if it was for only one line.
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* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Albeit chances are you've [[Adaptation Displacement|never heard of the novel.]]
* [[Attack of the 50
* [[B-Movie]]: It's hard to believe a major studio (MGM) paid for this movie, let alone ponied up for a decent cast... but they did.
* [[Carnivore Confusion]] / [[Kill All Humans]]: The strictly-herbivorous rabbits lust for flesh after becoming giant-sized, and though they do attack some horses and cattle, man is the main dish on their menu. Is there a trope for animals completely altering their diet when they become giant/armored/whatever?
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* [[Hollywood Science]]: Hey, let's see what this totally unknown serum does to rabbits! Then we can leave a young child alone with them!
* [[Karma Houdini]]: No one ever calls out the little girl on switching the bunnies, or the boy who allowed the dosed-up one to escape.
* [[Kill It
* [[Monochrome Casting]]: There's only one black character in the entire movie (Dr. Leopold), and amazingly, [[Black Dude Dies First|he doesn't die.]]
* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: The trailer goes out of its way to avoid show any '''Giant Killer Bunny Rabbits''', which, in [http://www.cinemademerde.com/Night_of_Lepus.shtml this review], raises the question: if you realize '''Giant Killer Bunny Rabbits''' aren't scary, why would you still make a movie about them?
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** And people consider them this too. There's a great scene where one police officer interrupts a showing at a drive-in theater to ask for assistance in dealing with a herd of '''Giant Killer Bunny Rabbits'''. Not ONE person in the entire drive-in as much as raises an eyebrow and they all just immediately obey.
* [[The Seventies]]: And how!
* [[Shout
** Bits of footage also appear in the movie ''Natural Born Killers,'' mixed in with the other odd bits that spot the film here and there.
** Also appears in a flashback in an episode of [[Everybody Hates Chris]], explaining Julius' rabbit phobia.
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