Bugs Bunny#Personality and catchphrases

{{Main article|Development of Bugs Bunny}}

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According to Chase Craig, who wrote and drew the first Bugs Bunny comic Sunday pages and the first Bugs comic book, "Bugs was not the creation of any one man; however, he rather represented the creative talents of perhaps five or six directors and many cartoon writers including Charlie Thorson.{{Cite book|title=Cartoon Charlie: The Life and Art of Animation Pioneer Charles Thorson|last=Walz|first=Eugene|publisher=Great Plains Publications|year=1998|isbn=0-9697804-9-4|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cartooncharlieli0000walz/page/26 26]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/cartooncharlieli0000walz/page/26}} In those days, the stories were often the work of a group who suggested various gags, bounced them around and finalized them in a joint story conference."Chase Craig recollections of "Michael Maltese," Chase Craig Collection, CSUN A prototype Bugs rabbit with some of the personality of a finalized Bugs, though looking very different, was originally featured in the film Porky's Hare Hunt, released on April 30, 1938. It was co-directed by Ben "Bugs" Hardaway and an uncredited director Cal Dalton (who was responsible for the initial design of the rabbit). This cartoon has an almost identical plot to Avery's Porky's Duck Hunt (1937), which had introduced Daffy Duck. Porky Pig is again cast as a hunter tracking a silly prey who is more interested in driving his pursuer insane and less interested in escaping. Hare Hunt replaces the little black duck with a small white rabbit. According to Friz Freleng, Hardaway and Dalton had decided to "dress the duck in a rabbit suit". The white rabbit had an oval head and a shapeless body. In characterization, he was "a rural buffoon". Mel Blanc gave the character a voice and laugh much like those he later used for Woody Woodpecker. He was loud, zany with a goofy, guttural laugh.Barrier (2003), p. 359-362 The rabbit character was popular enough with audiences that the Termite Terrace staff decided to use it again.{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9095426/Bugs-Bunny |title='Bugs Bunny'' |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |publisher=Britannica.com |access-date=September 20, 2009 |archive-date=June 3, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603234611/http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9095426/Bugs-Bunny |url-status=live }}

The rabbit comes back in Prest-O Change-O (1939), directed by Chuck Jones, where he is the pet rabbit of unseen character Sham-Fu the Magician. Two dogs, fleeing the local dogcatcher, enter the rabbit's absent master's house. The rabbit harasses them but is ultimately bested by the bigger of the two dogs. This version of the rabbit was cool, graceful, and controlled. He retained the guttural laugh but was otherwise silent.

The rabbit's third appearance comes in Hare-um Scare-um (1939), directed again by Dalton and Hardaway. This cartoon—the first in which he is depicted as a gray bunny instead of a white one—is also notable as the rabbit's first singing role. Charlie Thorson, lead animator on the film, gave the character a name. He had written "Bug's Bunny" on the model sheet that he drew for Hardaway. In promotional material for the cartoon, including a surviving 1939 presskit, the name on the model sheet was altered to become the rabbit's own name: "Bugs" Bunny (quotation marks only used, on and off, until 1944).{{cite web |url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/rare-1938-looney-tunes-book-found |title=Leading the Animation Conversation » Rare 1939 Looney Tunes Book found! |publisher=Cartoon Brew |date=April 3, 2008 |access-date=September 20, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216141745/http://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/rare-1938-looney-tunes-book-found |archive-date=December 16, 2008 }}

In his autobiography, Blanc claimed that another proposed name for the character was "Happy Rabbit." In the actual cartoons and publicity, however, the name "Happy" only seems to have been used in reference to Bugs Hardaway. In Hare-um Scare-um, a newspaper headline reads, "Happy Hardaway."{{cite web |url=http://gregbrian.tripod.com/hidden/hid04.html |title=Looney Tunes Hidden Gags |publisher=Gregbrian.tripod.com |access-date=September 20, 2009 |archive-date=July 19, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719090532/http://gregbrian.tripod.com/hidden/hid04.html |url-status=live }} Animation historian David Gerstein disputes that "Happy Rabbit" was ever used as an official name, arguing that the only usage of the term came from Mel Blanc himself in humorous and fanciful tales he told about the character's development in the 1970s and 1980s; the name "Bugs Bunny" was used as early as August 1939, in the Motion Picture Herald, in a review for the short Hare-um Scare-um.[https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/fr/cp0/e15/q65/29063817_10155118585791736_588041259190017920_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=0b5e3d028ec9db5a26026dec84ed71ee&oe=5B3A7194 Motion Picture Herald: August 12, 1939]{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} "...With gun and determination, he takes to the field and tracks his prey in the zany person of "Bugs" Bunny, a true lineal descendant of the original Mad Hatter if there ever was one..."

Thorson had been approached by Tedd Pierce, head of the story department, and asked to design a better look for the rabbit. The decision was influenced by Thorson's experience in designing hares. He had designed Max Hare in Toby Tortoise Returns (Disney, 1936). For Hardaway, Thorson created the model sheet previously mentioned, with six different rabbit poses. Thorson's model sheet is "a comic rendition of the stereotypical fuzzy bunny". He had a pear-shaped body with a protruding rear end. His face was flat and had large expressive eyes. He had an exaggerated long neck, gloved hands with three fingers, oversized feet, and a "smart aleck" grin. The result was influenced by Walt Disney Animation Studios' tendency to draw animals in the style of cute infants. He had an obvious Disney influence, but looked like an awkward merger of the lean and streamlined Max Hare from The Tortoise and the Hare (1935) and the round, soft bunnies from Little Hiawatha (1937).

In Jones' Elmer's Candid Camera (1940), the rabbit first meets Elmer Fudd. This time the rabbit looks more like the present-day Bugs, taller and with a similar face—but retaining the more primitive voice. Candid Camera's Elmer character design is also different: taller and chubbier in the face than the modern model, though Arthur Q. Bryan's character voice is already established.

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While Porky's Hare Hunt was the first Warner Bros. cartoon to feature what would become Bugs Bunny, A Wild Hare, directed by Tex Avery and released on July 27, 1940, is widely considered to be the first official Bugs Bunny cartoon.Barrier, Michael (2003), [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0195167295 Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107054433/http://www.amazon.com/dp/0195167295 |date=November 7, 2015 }}, Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-19-516729-0}} It is the first film where both Elmer Fudd and Bugs, both redesigned by Bob Givens, are shown in their fully developed forms as hunter and tormentor, respectively; the first in which Mel Blanc uses what became Bugs' standard voice; and the first in which Bugs uses his catchphrase, "What's up, Doc?"{{Cite book|last=Adamson|first=Joe|title=Tex Avery: King of Cartoons|location=New York City|publisher=Da Capo Press|year=1975|isbn=0-306-80248-1}} A Wild Hare was a huge success in theaters and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cartoon Short Subject.{{cite web |url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0148142.html |title=1940 academy awards |access-date=September 20, 2007 |archive-date=October 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027131607/http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0148142.html |url-status=live }}

For the film, Avery asked Givens to remodel the rabbit. The result had a closer resemblance to Max Hare. He had a more elongated body, stood more erect, and looked more poised. If Thorson's rabbit looked like an infant, Givens' version looked like an adolescent.Walz (1998), p. 49-67 Blanc gave Bugs the voice of a city slicker. The rabbit was as audacious as he had been in Hare-um Scare-um and as cool and collected as in Prest-O Change-O.

Immediately following on A Wild Hare, Bob Clampett's Patient Porky (1940) features a cameo appearance by Bugs, announcing to the audience that 750 rabbits have been born. The gag uses Bugs' Wild Hare visual design, but his goofier pre-Wild Hare voice characterization.

The second full-fledged role for the mature Bugs, Chuck Jones' Elmer's Pet Rabbit (1941), is the first to use Bugs' name on-screen: it appears in a title card, "featuring Bugs Bunny," at the start of the film (which was edited in following the success of A Wild Hare). However, Bugs' voice and personality in this cartoon is noticeably different, and his design was slightly altered as well; Bugs' visual design is based on the earlier version in Candid Camera and A Wild Hare, but with yellow gloves, as seen in Hare-Um Scare-Um, and no buck teeth, has a lower-pitched voice and a more aggressive, arrogant and thuggish personality instead of a fun-loving personality. After Pet Rabbit, however, subsequent Bugs appearances returned to normal: the Wild Hare visual design and personality returned, and Blanc re-used the Wild Hare voice characterization.

Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt (1941), directed by Friz Freleng, became the second Bugs Bunny cartoon to receive an Academy Award nomination.{{cite web |url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0148172.html |title=1941 academy awards |access-date=February 10, 2013 |archive-date=January 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130223725/http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0148172.html |url-status=live }} The fact that it did not win the award was later spoofed somewhat in What's Cookin' Doc? (1944), in which Bugs demands a recount (claiming to be a victim of "sa-bo-TAH-gee") after losing the Oscar to James Cagney and presents a clip from Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt to prove his point.{{cite web|url=http://www.davemackey.com/animation/wb/1944.html|title=Globat Login|access-date=January 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211112058/http://www.davemackey.com/animation/wb/1944.html|archive-date=February 11, 2013|url-status=dead}}

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By 1942, Bugs had become the number one star of Merrie Melodies. The series was originally intended only for one-shot characters in films after several early attempts to introduce characters (Foxy, Goopy Geer, and Piggy) failed under Harman–Ising. By the mid-1930s, under Leon Schlesinger, Merrie Melodies started introducing newer characters. Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942) shows a slight redesign of Bugs, with less-prominent front teeth and a rounder head. The character was later reworked by Robert McKimson, then an animator in Clampett's unit, for Tortoise Wins by a Hare (1943), with more slanted eyes, longer teeth and a much larger mouth. The redesign at first was only used in the films created by Clampett's unit, but in time it was taken up by the other directors, with Freleng and Frank Tashlin the first. McKimson would use another version of the rabbit by Jean Blanchard until 1949 (as did Art Davis for the one Bugs Bunny film he directed, Bowery Bugs) when he started using the version he had designed for Clampett. Jones came up with his own slight modification, and the voice had slight variations between the units. Bugs also made cameos in Avery's final Warner Bros. cartoon, Crazy Cruise.{{Cite book|last=Lehman|first=Christopher P.|year=2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xMWhTUFFuqoC&q=%22any+bonds+today%22+%22bugs+bunny%22+theatrical+cartoon&pg=PA73|title=The Colored Cartoon: Black Representation in American Animated Short Films, 1907–1954|location=Amherst, Massachusetts|publisher=University of Massachusetts Press|page=73|access-date=February 25, 2009 | isbn=978-1-55849-613-2}}

Since Bugs' fifth appearance in A Wild Hare, he appeared in color Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies films (making him one of the few recurring characters created for the series in the Schlesinger era prior to the full conversion to color), alongside Egghead, Inki, Sniffles, and Elmer Fudd (who actually co-existed in 1937 along with Egghead as a separate character). While Bugs made a cameo in Porky Pig's Feat (1943), this was his only appearance in a black-and-white Looney Tunes film. He did not star in a Looney Tunes film until that series made its complete conversion to only color cartoons beginning in 1944. Buckaroo Bugs was Bugs' first film in the Looney Tunes series and was also the last Warner Bros. cartoon to credit Schlesinger (as he had retired and sold his studio to Warner Bros. that year).

Bugs' popularity soared during World War II because of his free and easy attitude, and he began receiving special star billing in his cartoons by 1943. By that time, Warner Bros. had become the most profitable cartoon studio in the United States."[http://www.animationusa.com/resources/aboutwb.html Warner Bros. Studio biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090524120920/http://www.animationusa.com/resources/aboutwb.html |date=May 24, 2009 }}". AnimationUSA.com. Retrieved July 22, 2008. In company with cartoon studios such as Disney and Famous Studios, Warners pitted its characters against Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Francisco Franco, and the Japanese. Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips (1944) features Bugs at odds with a group of Japanese soldiers. This cartoon has since been pulled from distribution due to its depiction of Japanese people.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} One US Navy propaganda film saved from destruction features the voice of Mel Blanc in "Tokyo Woes"{{Citation|last=Leon Schlessinger|title=Tokyo Woes|url=https://archive.org/details/TokyoWoes|access-date=May 22, 2017}} (1945) about the propaganda radio host Tokyo Rose. He also faces off against Hermann Göring and Hitler in Herr Meets Hare (1945), which introduced his well-known reference to Albuquerque as he mistakenly winds up in the Black Forest of 'Joimany' instead of Las Vegas, Nevada.{{Cite news|url=http://blog.bcdb.com/cartoon-day-herr-meets-hare-5572/|title=Herr Meets Hare|publisher=BCDB|date=January 10, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130215142153/http://blog.bcdb.com/cartoon-day-herr-meets-hare-5572/|archive-date=February 15, 2013}} Bugs also appeared in the 1942 two-minute U.S. war bonds commercial film Any Bonds Today?, along with Porky and Elmer.

At the end of Super-Rabbit (1943), Bugs appears wearing a United States Marine Corps dress blue uniform. As a result, the Marine Corps made Bugs an honorary Marine master sergeant.Audio commentary by Paul Dini for Super-Rabbit on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 (2005). From 1943 to 1946, Bugs was the official mascot of Kingman Army Airfield, Kingman, Arizona, where thousands of aerial gunners were trained during World War II. Some notable trainees included Clark Gable and Charles Bronson. Bugs also served as the mascot for 530 Squadron of the 380th Bombardment Group, 5th Air Force, U.S. Air Force, which was attached to the Royal Australian Air Force and operated out of Australia's Northern Territory from 1943 to 1945, flying B-24 Liberator bombers.{{cite web |url=http://380th.org/380-History.html |title=History of the 380th Bomb Group |publisher=380th.org |access-date=January 7, 2010 |archive-date=July 31, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731125736/http://380th.org/380-History.html |url-status=live }} Bugs riding an air delivered torpedo served as the squadron logo for Marine Torpedo/Bomber Squadron 242 in the Second World War. Additionally, Bugs appeared on the nose of B-24J #42-110157, in both the 855th Bomb Squadron of the 491st Bombardment Group (Heavy) and later in the 786th BS of the 466th BG(H), both being part of the 8th Air Force operating out of England.

In 1944, Bugs Bunny made a cameo appearance in Jasper Goes Hunting, a Puppetoons film produced by rival studio Paramount Pictures. In this cameo (animated by McKimson, with Blanc providing the usual voice), Bugs (after being threatened at gunpoint) pops out of a rabbit hole, saying his usual catchphrase; after hearing the orchestra play the wrong theme song, he realizes "Hey, I'm in the wrong picture!" and then goes back in the hole.{{cite web|url=http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/36556-Jasper_Goes_Hunting.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723161315/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/36556-Jasper_Goes_Hunting.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 23, 2012 |title=Jasper Goes Hunting information |publisher=Bcdb.com |access-date=September 20, 2009}} Bugs also made a cameo in the Private Snafu short Gas, in which he is found stowed away in the titular private's belongings; his only spoken line is his usual catchphrase.

Although it was usually Porky Pig who brought the Looney Tunes films to a close with his stuttering, "That's all, folks!", Bugs replaced him at the end of Hare Tonic and Baseball Bugs, bursting through a drum just as Porky did, but munching on a carrot and saying, in his Bronx/Brooklyn accent, "And that's the end!"

After World War II, Bugs continued to appear in numerous Warner Bros. cartoons, making his last "Golden Age" appearance in False Hare (1964). He starred in over 167 theatrical short films, most of which were directed by Friz Freleng, Robert McKimson, and Chuck Jones. Freleng's Knighty Knight Bugs (1958), in which a medieval Bugs trades blows with Yosemite Sam and his fire-breathing dragon (which has a cold), won an Academy Award for Best Cartoon Short Subject (becoming the first and only Bugs Bunny cartoon to win said award).{{cite web |url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0148765.html |title=1958 academy awards |website=Infoplease |access-date=September 20, 2007 |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216212855/http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0148765.html |url-status=live }} Three of Jones' films—Rabbit Fire, Rabbit Seasoning and Duck! Rabbit, Duck!—compose what is often referred to as the "Rabbit Season/Duck Season" trilogy and were the origins of the rivalry between Bugs and Daffy Duck.Michael Barrier's audio commentary for Disc One of Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 (2005). Jones' classic What's Opera, Doc? (1957), casts Bugs and Elmer Fudd in a parody of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen. It was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 1992, becoming the first cartoon short to receive this honor.{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/film/titles.html|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing - National Film Preservation Board|website=Library of Congress|access-date=December 30, 2017|archive-date=April 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407133410/http://www.loc.gov/film/titles.html|url-status=live}}

In the fall of 1960, ABC debuted the prime-time television program The Bugs Bunny Show. This show packaged many of the post-1948 Warners cartoons with newly animated wraparounds. Throughout its run, the series was highly successful, and helped cement Warner Bros. Animation as a mainstay of Saturday-morning cartoons. After two seasons, it was moved from its evening slot to reruns on Saturday mornings. The Bugs Bunny Show changed format and exact title frequently but remained on network television for 40 years. The packaging was later completely different, with each cartoon simply presented on its own, title and all, though some clips from the new bridging material were sometimes used as filler.{{cite web |url=http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/tv/ |title=Looney Tunes On Television |last1=McCorry |first1=Kevin |last2=Cooke |first2=Jon |access-date=2010-11-12 |website=The Ultimate Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202172431/http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/tv/ |archive-date=2010-12-02}}

Bugs did not appear in any of the post-1964 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies films produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises or Seven Arts Productions, nor did he appear in Filmation's Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies. He did, however, have two cameo appearances in the 1974 Joe Adamson short A Political Cartoon; one at the beginning of the short where he campaigns on behalf of equal rights for cartoon characters everywhere, and another in which he is interviewed at a pet store, where he is on sale as an "Easter Rabbit". Bugs was animated in this short by Mark Kausler.{{cite web|title="A Political Cartoon": Looking back at the 1974 short film featuring Bugs Bunny|url=http://nightflight.com/a-political-cartoon-looking-back-the-1974-short-film-that-featured-bugs-bunny/|publisher=Night Flight Plus|access-date=April 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002050234/http://nightflight.com/a-political-cartoon-looking-back-the-1974-short-film-that-featured-bugs-bunny/|archive-date=October 2, 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Animation Anecdotes #258|url=http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/animation-anecdotes-258/|publisher=Cartoon Research|access-date=May 6, 2019|archive-date=September 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928020347/https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/animation-anecdotes-258/|url-status=live}} He did not appear in new material on-screen again until Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals aired in 1976.

From the late 1970s through the early 1990s, Bugs was featured in various animated specials for network television, such as Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet, Bugs Bunny's Easter Special, Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales, and Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over. Bugs also starred in several theatrical compilation features during this time, including the United Artists distributed documentary Bugs Bunny: Superstar (1975)You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008), p. 255.WB retained a pair of features from 1949 that they merely distributed, and all short subjects released on or after September 1, 1948; in addition to all cartoons released in August 1948. and Warner Bros.' own releases: The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979), The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981), Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982), and Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988).

In the 1988 live-action/animated comedy Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Bugs appeared as one of the inhabitants of Toontown. However, since the film was being produced by Disney, Warner Bros. would only allow the use of their biggest star if he got an equal amount of screen time as Disney's biggest star, Mickey Mouse. Because of this, both characters are always together in frame when onscreen. Roger Rabbit was also one of the final productions in which Mel Blanc voiced Bugs (as well as the other Looney Tunes characters) before his death in 1989.{{cite web|last1=Seibold|first1=Witney|title=Warner Bros. Had One Rule For Its Biggest Characters In Who Framed Roger Rabbit|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/movies/warner-bros-had-one-rule-for-its-biggest-characters-in-who-framed-roger-rabbit/ar-AA1A3qrF|date=March 1, 2025|publisher=MSN|access-date=March 12, 2025}}

Bugs later appeared in another animated production featuring numerous characters from rival studios: the 1990 drug prevention TV special Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue.{{cite news|title= Cartoon special: Congressmen treated to preview of program to air on network, independent and cable outlets.|newspaper= The Los Angeles Times|date= April 19, 1990|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-19-ca-2260-story.html|access-date= August 24, 2010|archive-date= October 26, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121026100825/http://articles.latimes.com/1990-04-19/entertainment/ca-2260_1_bugs-bunny|url-status= live}}{{cite news|title= Children's TV: On Saturday, networks will simulcast 'Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue,' an animated feature on drug abuse.|newspaper= The Los Angeles Times|date= April 20, 1990|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-20-ca-1433-story.html|access-date= August 24, 2010|first= Sharon|last= Bernstein|archive-date= October 26, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121026100838/http://articles.latimes.com/1990-04-20/entertainment/ca-1433_1_drug-abuse|url-status= live}}{{cite news|title=Hollywood and Networks Fight Drugs With Cartoon|newspaper=New York Times|date=April 21, 1990|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/21/movies/hollywood-and-networks-fight-drugs-with-cartoon.html|access-date=August 29, 2010|archive-date=October 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001032243/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/21/movies/hollywood-and-networks-fight-drugs-with-cartoon.html|url-status=live}} This special is notable for being the first time that someone other than Blanc voiced Bugs and Daffy (both characters were voiced by Jeff Bergman for this). Bugs also made guest appearances in the early 1990s television series Tiny Toon Adventures, as the principal of Acme Looniversity and the mentor of Babs and Buster Bunny. He made further cameos in Warner Bros.' subsequent animated TV shows Taz-Mania, Animaniacs, and Histeria!

Bugs returned to the silver screen in Box-Office Bunny (1991). This was the first Bugs Bunny cartoon since 1964 to be released in theaters and it was created for Bugs' 50th anniversary celebration. It was followed by (Blooper) Bunny, a cartoon that was shelved from theaters,{{cite web|url=http://www.karmatoons.com/what.htm|title=Karmatoons - What I have Done|access-date=January 25, 2019|archive-date=January 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116134533/http://www.karmatoons.com/what.htm|url-status=live}} but later premiered on Cartoon Network in 1997 and has since gained a cult following among animation fans for its edgy humor.{{cite web |last=Knight |first=Richard |url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/movies/archives/2001/0101/010126.html |title=Consider the Source |publisher=Chicagoreader.com |access-date=September 20, 2009 |archive-date=December 16, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216140031/http://www.chicagoreader.com/movies/archives/2001/0101/010126.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101484/|title=(Blooper) Bunny!|date=August 2, 1991|via=IMDb|access-date=July 21, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612063248/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101484/|url-status=live}}Ford, Greg. Audio commentary for (Blooper) Bunny on Disc One of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1. Later that year, Bugs appeared in Yakety Yak, Take it Back, a live-action/animated all-star public service music video produced by Warner Bros. Animation for the Take it Back Foundation. This music video features various celebrities, including Pat Benatar, Natalie Cole, Charlie Daniels, Lita Ford, Quincy Jones, B. B. King, Queen Latifah, Kenny Loggins, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Bette Midler, Randy Newman, Tone Lōc, Ozzy Osbourne, Brenda Russell, Al B. Sure!, Ricky Van Shelton, Barry White, and Stevie Wonder, along with Melba Moore as herself and the voice of Tibi the Take it Back Butterfly, Dr. John as himself and the voice of Yakety Yak, Derrick Stevens as the voice of MC Skat Kat, and Squeak as the voice of Fatz.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcOrTY-4nWs | title=Yakety Yak - Take It Back (1991) | website=YouTube | access-date=October 2, 2023 | archive-date=October 6, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006080743/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcOrTY-4nWs | url-status=live }}

In 1996, Bugs and the other Looney Tunes characters appeared in the live-action/animated film, Space Jam, directed by Joe Pytka and starring NBA superstar Michael Jordan. The film also introduced the character Lola Bunny, who becomes Bugs' new love interest. Space Jam received mixed reviews from critics,{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/space_jam/|title=Space Jam|work=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Flixster|access-date=December 2, 2011|archive-date=January 13, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113201726/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/space_jam/|url-status=live}}{{cite journal|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|date=November 17, 1996|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117911460 |title=Space Jam|journal=Variety|publisher=Reed Business Information|access-date=December 2, 2011}} but was a box office success (grossing over $230 million worldwide).{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=spacejam.htm|title=Space Jam (1996)|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=December 2, 2011|archive-date=December 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227215435/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=spacejam.htm|url-status=live}} The success of Space Jam led to the development of another live-action/animated film, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, released in 2003 and directed by Joe Dante. Unlike Space Jam, Back in Action was a box-office bomb,{{cite book|author-link=Jerry Beck|last=Beck|first=Jerry|title=The Animated Movie Guide|url=https://archive.org/details/animatedmoviegui0000beck|url-access=registration|year=2005}} though it did receive more positive reviews from critics.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/looney_tunes_back_in_action/|title=Looney Tunes: Back in Action|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=January 29, 2008|archive-date=August 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140806150439/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/looney_tunes_back_in_action/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/looney-tunes-back-in-action|title=Looney Tunes: Back in Action Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More|website=Metacritic|access-date=January 29, 2008|archive-date=March 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323164407/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/looney-tunes-back-in-action|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031114/REVIEWS/311140303/1023|title=Looney Tunes: Back in Action :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews|publisher=Rogerebert.suntimes.com|access-date=October 29, 2012|date=November 14, 2003|archive-date=June 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605194610/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20031114%2FREVIEWS%2F311140303%2F1023|url-status=dead}}

In 1997, Bugs appeared on a U.S. postage stamp, the first cartoon to be so honored, beating the iconic Mickey Mouse. The stamp is number seven on the list of the ten most popular U.S. stamps, as calculated by the number of stamps purchased but not used. The introduction of Bugs onto a stamp was controversial at the time, as it was seen as a step toward the 'commercialization' of stamp art. The postal service rejected many designs and went with a postal-themed drawing. Avery Dennison printed the Bugs Bunny stamp sheet, which featured "a special ten-stamp design and was the first self-adhesive souvenir sheet issued by the U.S. Postal Service."[https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/art-of-the-stamp-the-artwork-stamps-with-a-story/looney-tunes-bugs-bunny Looney Tunes: Bugs Bunny stamp.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727171239/https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/art-of-the-stamp-the-artwork-stamps-with-a-story/looney-tunes-bugs-bunny |date=July 27, 2023 }} National Postal Museum Smithsonian.

A younger version of Bugs is the main character of Baby Looney Tunes, which debuted on Kids' WB in 2001. In the action-comedy Loonatics Unleashed, his definite descendant Ace Bunny is the leader of the Loonatics team and seems to have inherited his ancestor's Brooklyn accent and rapier wit.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/06/arts/television/06loon.html |title=It's 2772. Who Loves Ya, Tech E. Coyote? |access-date=October 30, 2010 |author=George Gene Gustines |date=June 6, 2005 |work=The New York Times |archive-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212204542/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/06/arts/television/its-2772-who-loves-ya-tech-e-coyote.html |url-status=live }}

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In 2011, Bugs Bunny and the rest of the Looney Tunes gang returned to television in the Cartoon Network sitcom, The Looney Tunes Show. The characters feature new designs by artist Jessica Borutski. Among the changes to Bugs' appearance were the simplification and enlargement of his feet, as well as a change to his fur from gray to a shade of mauve (though in the second season, his fur was changed back to gray).[http://jessicaborutski.blogspot.com/2010/04/yes-i-can-finally-blog-about-my.html Yes!! I can finally Blog about my Redesign of "The Looney Tunes Show"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119051231/http://jessicaborutski.blogspot.com/2010/04/yes-i-can-finally-blog-about-my.html |date=January 19, 2012 }} - Jessica Borutski In the series, Bugs and Daffy Duck are portrayed as best friends as opposed to their usual pairing as friendly rivals. At the same time, Bugs is more vocally exasperated by Daffy's antics in the series (sometimes to the point of anger), compared to his usual level-headed personality from the original cartoons. Bugs and Daffy are friends with Porky Pig in the series, although Bugs tends to be a better friend to Porky than Daffy is. Bugs also dates Lola Bunny in the show despite the fact that he finds her to be "crazy" and a bit too talkative at first (he later learns to accept her personality quirks, similar to his tolerance for Daffy). Unlike the original cartoons, Bugs lives in a regular home which he shares with Daffy, Taz (whom he treats as a pet dog) and Speedy Gonzales, in the middle of a cul-de-sac with their neighbors Yosemite Sam, Granny, and Witch Hazel.

In 2015, Bugs starred in the direct-to-video film Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run,{{cite web|last1=King|first1=Darryn|title=Bugs Bunny to Return in Direct-to-Video 'Rabbits Run'|url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/dvd/bugs-bunny-to-return-in-direct-to-video-rabbits-run-112739.html|publisher=Cartoon Brew|access-date=May 5, 2015|date=May 5, 2015|archive-date=October 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021232050/https://www.cartoonbrew.com/dvd/bugs-bunny-to-return-in-direct-to-video-rabbits-run-112739.html|url-status=live}} and later returned to television yet again as the star of Cartoon Network and Boomerang's comedy series New Looney Tunes (formerly Wabbit).{{cite news|last=Steinberg|first=Brian|title=Cartoon Network To Launch First Mini-Series, New Takes on Tom & Jerry, Bugs Bunny|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/cartoon-network-to-launch-first-mini-series-new-takes-on-tom-jerry-bugs-bunny-1201128603/|work=Variety.com|publisher=Variety Media, LLC|access-date=March 13, 2014|date=March 10, 2014|archive-date=March 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311140254/http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/cartoon-network-to-launch-first-mini-series-new-takes-on-tom-jerry-bugs-bunny-1201128603/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/bugs-bunny-scooby-doo-boomerang-1201530384/|title=Bugs Bunny, Scooby-Doo Return in New Shows to Boost Boomerang|first=Brian|last=Steinberg|date=June 29, 2015|access-date=December 13, 2017|archive-date=December 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222105254/https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/bugs-bunny-scooby-doo-boomerang-1201530384/|url-status=live}}

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In 2020, Bugs began appearing on the HBO Max streaming series Looney Tunes Cartoons. His design for this series primarily resembles his Bob Clampett days, complete with yellow gloves and his signature carrot. His personality is a combination of Freleng's trickery, Clampett's defiance, and Jones’ resilience, while also maintaining his confident, insolent, smooth-talking demeanor. Bugs is voiced by Eric Bauza, who is also the current voice of Daffy Duck and Tweety, among others.{{cite web |last=Porter |first=Rick |title='Looney Tunes' Update, Hanna-Barbera Series Set at HBO Max |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/looney-tunes-update-hanna-barbera-series-set-at-hbo-max-1250825 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 29, 2019 |access-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-date=October 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030002637/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/looney-tunes-update-hanna-barbera-series-set-at-hbo-max-1250825 |url-status=live }} In 2020, the USPS issued a new set of Bugs stamps. This was a part from a collection honoring the classic Looney Tunes characters. Bugs is presented there in a range of comical positions and facial expressions.{{cite web|url=https://findyourstampsvalue.com/news/some-famous-cartoon-and-animation-characters-on-stamps|title=Some Famous Cartoon and Animation Characters on Stamps|publisher=FindYourStampsValue.com |date=2024-08-09}} Bugs made his return to movie theaters in the 2021 Space Jam sequel Space Jam: A New Legacy, this time starring NBA superstar LeBron James.{{Cite tweet |user=SpringHill |number=1098763688083746816 |date=Feb 21, 2019 |title=July 16, 2021 🎥🏀🥕 #SaveTheDate |access-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328065535/https://twitter.com/SpringHillEnt/status/1098763688083746816 |archive-date=March 28, 2019 |url-status=live}} In 2022, a new pre-school animated series titled Bugs Bunny Builders aired on HBO Max and Cartoonito. He is again voiced by Eric Bauza.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-02 |title="Bugs Bunny Builders" Join Looney Tunes Mania |url=https://www.koin.com/everydaynorthwest/bugs-bunny-builders-join-looney-tunes-mania/ |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=KOIN.com |language=en-US |archive-date=August 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802000603/https://www.koin.com/everydaynorthwest/bugs-bunny-builders-join-looney-tunes-mania/ |url-status=live }} Bugs has also appeared in numerous video games, including the Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle series, Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout, Bugs Bunny: Rabbit Rampage, Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble, Looney Tunes B-Ball, Looney Tunes Racing, Looney Tunes: Space Race, Bugs Bunny Lost in Time, Bugs Bunny and Taz Time Busters, Loons: The Fight for Fame, Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal, Scooby Doo and Looney Tunes: Cartoon Universe, Looney Tunes Dash, Looney Tunes World of Mayhem and MultiVersus.

{{quote box|width=30em|quote="Some people call me cocky and brash, but actually I am just self-assured. I'm nonchalant, im­perturbable, contemplative. I play it cool, but I can get hot under the collar. And above all I'm a very 'aware' character. I'm well aware that I am appearing in an animated car­toon....And sometimes I chomp on my carrot for the same reason that a stand-up comic chomps on his cigar. It saves me from rushing from the last joke to the next one too fast. And I sometimes don't act, I react. And I always treat the contest with my pursuers as 'fun and games.' When momentarily I appear to be cornered or in dire danger and I scream, don't be consoined – it's actually a big put-on. Let's face it, Doc. I've read the script and I al­ready know how it turns out."|source=— Bob Clampett on Bugs Bunny, written in first person.}}

Bugs Bunny's fast-talking speech pattern was inspired to a degree by the character of Oscar Shapely in the 1934 film It Happened One Night. In the film, Shapely addresses Clark Gable's character Peter Warne as "Doc", and Warne mentions an imaginary person named "Bugs Dooley" to frighten Shapely.{{cite web |url=http://www.filmsite.org/itha.html |title=It Happened One Night film review by Tim Dirks |publisher=Filmsite.org |access-date=September 20, 2009 |archive-date=November 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081106032508/http://www.filmsite.org/itha.html |url-status=live }} Referring to the same film, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones and Bob Clampett all claimed that Bugs' nonchalant carrot-chewing style came from a scene where Gable's character eats a carrot while talking.{{Cite book|last=Hahn|first=Matthew|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ls5ADwAAQBAJ&q=bugs+bunny+clark+gable&pg=PA32|title=The Animated Marx Brothers|date=November 15, 2017|publisher=BearManor Media|language=en}}

{{quote box|align=right|width=30em|quote="'What's up Doc?' is a very simple thing. It's only funny because it's in a situation. It was an all Bugs Bunny line. It wasn't funny. If you put it in human terms; you come home late one night from work, you walk up to the gate in the yard, you walk through the gate and up into the front room, the door is partly open and there's some guy shooting under your living room. So what do you do? You run if you have any sense, the least you can do is call the cops. But what if you come up and tap him on the shoulder and look over and say 'What's up Doc?' You're interested in what he's doing. That's ridiculous. That's not what you say at a time like that. So that's why it's funny, I think. In other words it's asking a perfectly legitimate question in a perfectly illogical situation."|source=— Chuck Jones on Bugs Bunny's catchphrase "What's up Doc?"{{cite web|url=http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/chuck-jones|author=Sito, Tom|date=17 June 1998|title=Chuck Jones Interview|publisher=Archive of American Television|access-date=4 October 2013|archive-date=October 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215743/http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/chuck-jones|url-status=live}}}}

The carrot-chewing scenes are generally followed by Bugs' most well-known catchphrase, "What's up, Doc?", which was written by director Tex Avery for his first Bugs Bunny film, A Wild Hare (1940). Avery explained later that it was a common expression in his native Texas and that he did not think much of the phrase. Back then "doc" meant the same as "dude" does today. When the cartoon was first screened in theaters, the "What's up, Doc?" scene generated a tremendously positive audience reaction.{{Cite web|url=https://texashillcountry.com/whats-up-doc-tex-avery/|title=What's Up, Doc? A Look at the Texas Roots of Tex Avery and Bugs Bunny|date=December 18, 2020|access-date=April 8, 2022|archive-date=May 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527211101/https://texashillcountry.com/whats-up-doc-tex-avery/|url-status=live}}

Another catchphrase associated with the character's tendency to play the trickster is "Ain't I a stinker", an acknowledgement that he engages in unfair tactics.William J. Jackson, [https://books.google.com/books?id=yc52BgAAQBAJ&pg=PT33 American Tricksters: Thoughts on the Shadow Side of a Culture's Psyche] (2014), p. 33: "One of his famous lines is, 'Ain't I a stinker'", It was first used as early as the 1940s in shorts like the 1942 The Wacky Wabbit. This was notably exhibited in the 1953 short, Duck Amuck, in which Daffy Duck endures various humiliations at the hands of the unseen cartoonist, who in the end is revealed to be Bugs Bunny, who then says this line.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bIaCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT163|title=Animated Personalities: Cartoon Characters and Stardom in American Theatrical Shorts|first=David|last=McGowan|date=February 26, 2019|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=978-1-4773-1746-4 |via=Google Books}}Jim Gigliotti, [https://books.google.com/books?id=NplTDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA80 Who Was Chuck Jones?] (2017), p. 80.

The following are the various vocal artists who have voiced Bugs Bunny over the last 80-plus years for both Warner Bros. official productions and others:

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Mel Blanc voiced the character for 52 years, from Bugs' debut in the 1938 short Porky's Hare Hunt until Blanc's death in 1989. Blanc described the voice he created for Bugs in 1940's A Wild Hare as a combination of Bronx and Brooklyn accents; however, Tex Avery claimed that he asked Blanc to give the character not a New York accent per se, but a voice like that of actor Frank McHugh, who frequently appeared in supporting roles in the 1930s and whose voice might be described as New York Irish.{{Cite book|title=Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age|last=Barrier|first=Michael|date=November 6, 2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=United States|isbn=978-0-19-516729-0|page=672}} In Bugs' following cartoon, Elmer's Pet Rabbit, Blanc created a completely new voice for Bugs, which sounded like a Jimmy Stewart impression, but the directors decided the previous Wild Hare voice was better. Though Blanc's best known character was the carrot-chomping rabbit, munching on the carrots interrupted the dialogue. Various substitutes, such as celery, were tried, but none of them sounded like a carrot. So, for the sake of expedience, Blanc munched and then spit the carrot bits into a spittoon, rather than swallowing them, and continued with the dialogue. One often-repeated story, which dates back to the 1940s,{{cite web|title=Warner Club News (1944)|url=http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/warner-club-news-1944/|website=cartoonresearch.com|access-date=July 30, 2018|archive-date=July 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717113617/http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/warner-club-news-1944/|url-status=live}} is that Blanc was allergic to carrots and had to spit them out to minimize any allergic reaction, but his autobiography makes no such claim.{{Cite book|last1=Blanc|first1=Mel|first2=Philip|last2=Bashe|title=That's Not All, Folks!|location=Clayton South, VIC, Australia|publisher=Warner Books|year=1989|isbn=0-446-51244-3|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/thatsnotallfolks00blan}} In fact, in a 1984 interview with Tim Lawson, co-author of The Magic Behind The Voices: A Who's Who of Voice Actors, Blanc emphatically denied being allergic to carrots.

• Ben Hardaway (as an early iteration of Bugs; one line in Porky's Hare Hunt){{Cite web|title=Point of View: Moose and Squirrel|url=https://www.newsfromme.com/pov/col295/|publisher=News From ME|quote=Blanc did Bugs from the start, all through the various prototype versions. One brief exception is Bugs' line, "Of course you know, this means war" in Porky's Hare Hunt. That one line was done by director-storyman Ben "Bugs" Hardaway.|postscript=Ben Hardaway did one of prototype Bugs' lines in Porky's Hare Hunt.|access-date=February 1, 2022|archive-date=February 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201054732/https://www.newsfromme.com/pov/col295/|url-status=live}}
• Bob Clampett (vocal effects and additional lines in A Corny Concerto and Falling Hare){{cite book|last1=Scott|first1=Keith|title=Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2|date=October 3, 2022|publisher=BearManor Media|language=en}}
• Gilbert Mack (Golden Records records, Bugs Bunny Songfest){{Cite web|title=Bugs Bunny on Record|url=https://www.newsfromme.com/2004/11/09/bugs-bunny-on-record/|publisher=News From ME|access-date=August 7, 2020|archive-date=September 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916203439/https://www.newsfromme.com/2004/11/09/bugs-bunny-on-record/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Golden Records' "Bugs Bunny Songfest" (1961)|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/golden-records-bugs-bunny-songfest-1961/|website=cartoonresearch.com|access-date=August 8, 2020|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804004924/https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/golden-records-bugs-bunny-songfest-1961/|url-status=live}}
• Dave Barry (Golden Records records, Bugs Bunny Easter Song and Mr. Easter Rabbit, Bugs Bunny Songfest){{cite web|title=78 RPM - Golden Records - USA - R191|url=https://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/r191|publisher=45worlds|access-date=August 8, 2020|archive-date=December 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213090526/https://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/r191|url-status=live}}
• Daws Butler (imitating Groucho Marx and Ed Norton in Wideo Wabbit)
• Ricky Nelson (singing "Gee Whiz, Whilikins, Golly Gee" in an episode of The Bugs Bunny Show){{cite web|title=Celebrities that you're surprised were never caricatured in a classic cartoon.|url=https://animesuperhero.com/forums/threads/celebrities-that-youre-surprised-were-never-caricatured-in-a-classic-cartoon.3082401/|publisher=Anime Superhero News|access-date=December 23, 2020|archive-date=January 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127214029/https://animesuperhero.com/forums/threads/celebrities-that-youre-surprised-were-never-caricatured-in-a-classic-cartoon.3082401/|url-status=dead}}
• Jerry Hausner (additional lines in Devil's Feud Cake, The Bugs Bunny Show and some commercials){{cite web|title=The Thad Review: "Looney Tunes Collector's Choice" Vol. 4|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-thad-review-looney-tunes-collectors-choice-vol-4/|website=cartoonresearch.com|access-date=November 24, 2024}}
• Larry Storch (1973 ABC Saturday Mornings promotion){{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/ABC/Bugs-Bunny/|title=Voice(s) of Bugs Bunny in ABC|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-12-16|archive-date=December 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204223735/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/ABC/Bugs-Bunny/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=ABC Saturday Mornings 1973 promotion|url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/161346744015168/permalink/1875884255894733|publisher=Facebook|access-date=December 14, 2020|archive-date=January 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110143739/https://www.facebook.com/groups/161346744015168/permalink/1875884255894733|url-status=live}}
• Mike Sammes (Bugs Bunny Comes to London){{cite web|title=Bugs Bunny's "British Invasion" on Records|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/bugs-bunnys-british-invasion-on-records/|website=cartoonresearch.com|access-date=August 8, 2020|archive-date=August 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812100927/https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/bugs-bunnys-british-invasion-on-records/|url-status=live}}
• Noel Blanc (radio shows, commercials, The Looney Tunes Revue,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJeySvo5HVA&t=761s|title=Mel Blanc visits Gadgets in the Eastwood Mall (Home of The Looney Tunes Revue and Sammy Sands) (1982)|date=January 15, 2025|publisher=YouTube|access-date=May 12, 2025}} one line in Rabbit-cadabbra,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ1AgGk4y1M&t=157s|title=Rabbitcadabbra - Magic Mountain 7-18-85|date=March 12, 2021|publisher=YouTube|access-date=May 10, 2021|archive-date=August 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230802094425/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ1AgGk4y1M&t=157s|url-status=live}} You Rang? answering machine messages,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jIsuSu8NSA&t=98s|title=You Rang? Answering Machine Messages Bugs Bunny|date=April 3, 2020|publisher=YouTube|access-date=July 7, 2022|archive-date=July 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707132021/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jIsuSu8NSA&t=98s|url-status=live}} vocal effects in Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball, 2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400){{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tH9Q-mqN4A&t=418s|title=2001 Chevy Monte Carlo 400 [5/16]|date=December 6, 2010|publisher=YouTube|access-date=September 10, 2024}}
• Peter Leeds ("Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" in Blue Peter){{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyn4KJzbL3c|title=Banana Boat Song with Bugs Bunny and Speedy Gonzales|date=June 27, 2008|publisher=YouTube|access-date=31 October 2023|archive-date=July 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731181111/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyn4KJzbL3c|url-status=live}}
• Richard Andrews (Bugs Bunny Exercise and Adventure Album){{cite web|title=Bugs Bunny Breaks a Sweat|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/bugs-bunny-breaks-a-sweat/|website=cartoonresearch.com|access-date=8 August 2020|archive-date=August 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805222749/https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/bugs-bunny-breaks-a-sweat/|url-status=live}}
• Gilbert Grilli (1984 "I'm Glad That I'm Bugs Bunny" and "What's Up Doc?" covers){{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/5783714-Bugs-Bunny-This-Is-It|title=Bugs Bunny – This Is It (1984, Vinyl)|date=September 22, 1984|publisher=Discogs|access-date=6 September 2023|archive-date=September 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906221641/https://www.discogs.com/release/5783714-Bugs-Bunny-This-Is-It|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9jiBMOPuDw&t=42s|title=This Is It|date=April 5, 2020|publisher=YouTube|access-date=6 September 2023|archive-date=September 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906222536/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9jiBMOPuDw&t=42s|url-status=live}}
• Bob Bergen (ABC Family Fun Fair){{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/ABC-Family-Fun-Fair/|title=ABC Family Fun Fair|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2021-03-16|archive-date=April 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417202731/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/ABC-Family-Fun-Fair/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=ABC Family Fun Fair planned at city mall|url=http://newsok.com/article/2196583|access-date=July 7, 2021|work=The Oklahoman|date=August 23, 1987}}
• Darrell Hammond ("Wappin'")
• Jeff Bergman (62nd Academy Awards, Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue, The Earth Day Special, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Tiny Toon Adventures, Box Office Bunny, Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster, (Blooper) Bunny, Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes, Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers, Bugs Bunny's Creature Features, Special Delivery Symphony,{{cite book|title=Special Delivery Symphony (Looney Tunes Discover Music) Paperback – 31 Dec. 1993|id={{ASIN|0943351588|country=uk}}}} Pride of the Martians, The Looney Tunes Show, Scooby Doo & Looney Tunes Cartoon Universe: Adventure, Looney Tunes Dash, Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run, Wun Wabbit Wun,{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Wun-Wabbit-Wun/|title=Wun Wabbit Wun|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=January 14, 2022|archive-date=January 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115044623/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Wun-Wabbit-Wun/|url-status=live}} New Looney Tunes, Daffy Duck Dance Off,{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Daffy-Duck-Dance-Off/|title=Daffy Duck Dance Off|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=November 27, 2021|archive-date=January 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115152805/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Daffy-Duck-Dance-Off/|url-status=live}} Ani-Mayhem,{{cite web|title=Voice(s) of Bugs Bunny in Ani-Mayhem|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Ani-Mayhem/Bugs-Bunny/|website=Behind The Voice Actors|access-date=30 August 2020|archive-date=January 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115051040/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Ani-Mayhem/Bugs-Bunny/|url-status=live}} Meet Bugs (and Daffy),{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Meet-Bugs-And-Daffy/|title=Meet Bugs (And Daffy)|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=January 14, 2022|archive-date=January 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115045311/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Meet-Bugs-And-Daffy/|url-status=live}} Space Jam: A New Legacy,{{Cite news|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/development-space-jam-2-to-film-on-west-coast-mr-mercedes-driving-toward-season-3-more|title=Development: Space Jam 2 to film on West Coast; Mr. Mercedes driving toward Season 3; more|last=Weiss|first=Josh|date=November 19, 2018|work=SYFY WIRE|access-date=November 20, 2018|language=en|archive-date=November 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120043708/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/development-space-jam-2-to-film-on-west-coast-mr-mercedes-driving-toward-season-3-more|url-status=dead}} Tiny Toons Looniversity,{{cite news|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/tiny-toons-looniversity-exclusive-tease|title='TINY TOONS' REBOOT ON HBO MAX WILL FEATURE A 'DUMBLEDORE'-ESQUE BUGS BUNNY, RETURN TO LOONIVERSITY|last=Weiss|first=Josh|date=July 15, 2021|work=SYFY WIRE|access-date=August 6, 2021|language=en|archive-date=July 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715192220/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/tiny-toons-looniversity-exclusive-tease|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tiny-toons-looniversity-teaser-trailer-190000496.html|website=Yahoo|title=Tiny Toons Looniversity Teaser Trailer Previews Reboot Series|first=Maggie|last=Paz|date=April 20, 2023|access-date=April 22, 2023|archive-date=April 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421003125/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tiny-toons-looniversity-teaser-trailer-190000496.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CtzAtvCrD5Z/|title=[Tiny Toons cast announcement]|first=Bob|last=Bergen|work=Instagram|date=June 22, 2023|accessdate=June 22, 2023|archive-date=June 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622154445/https://www.instagram.com/p/CtzAtvCrD5Z/|url-status=live}}{{cite press release|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2023/06/22/meet-the-all-star-voice-cast-for-tiny-toons-looniversity-435213/20230622cartoon01/|title=Meet the All-Star Voice Cast for "Tiny Toons Looniversity"|publisher=Cartoon Network|via=The Futon Critic|date=June 22, 2023|access-date=June 22, 2023}} various commercials){{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Looney-Tunes/Bugs-Bunny/|title=Bugs Bunny Voices (Looney Tunes)|website=Behind The Voice Actors|access-date=August 28, 2022|archive-date=August 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828075054/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Looney-Tunes/Bugs-Bunny/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/Cartoon-Network/Bugs-Bunny/|title=Voice(s) of Bugs Bunny in Cartoon Network|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2021-03-09|archive-date=December 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205031341/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/Cartoon-Network/Bugs-Bunny/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/Boomerang/Bugs-Bunny/|title=Voice(s) of Bugs Bunny in Boomerang|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-08-08|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114232343/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/Boomerang/Bugs-Bunny/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/Ad-Council|title=Ad Council|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2021-03-09|archive-date=March 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304094112/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/Ad-Council/|url-status=live}}
• Keith Scott (Bugs Bunny's 50th Anniversary bumper,{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/Porky-Pig-1990/|title=Porky Pig (1990)|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-07-04|archive-date=August 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815135619/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/Porky-Pig-1990/|url-status=live}} Bugs Bunny demonstration animatronic,{{cite web|title=Flashback: Movie World Turns 25|url=https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/flashback-feature-warner-bros-movie-world-celebrates-25-years-since-starstudded-opening/news-story/dadc88ab7fd6e425719c6491017098a3|publisher=Gold Coast Bulletin|access-date=11 July 2020|archive-date=June 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602024426/https://insight.adsrvr.org/track/up?adv=vrges6n&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.goldcoastbulletin.com.au%2Fsubscribe%2Fnews%2F1%2F%3FsourceCode%3DGCWEB_WRE170_a%26dest%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.goldcoastbulletin.com.au%252Fnews%252Fgold-coast%252Fflashback-feature-warner-bros-movie-world-celebrates-25-years-since-starstudded-opening%252Fnews-story%252Fdadc88ab7fd6e425719c6491017098a3%26memtype%3Danonymous%26mode%3Dpremium%26v21suffix%3D414-b&upid=f5t6dlt&upv=1.1.0|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Australian Theme Park Exhibit/Mall Interactive Animatronics 1980s onwards|date=November 30, 2017|url=https://vimeo.com/245278431|publisher=Vimeo|access-date=11 July 2020|archive-date=January 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127214026/https://vimeo.com/245278431|url-status=live}} Looney Tunes Musical Revue,{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Looney-Tunes-Musical-Revue/|title=Looney Tunes Musical Revue|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-07-10|archive-date=July 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712041623/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Looney-Tunes-Musical-Revue/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=06 Looney Tunes Stage Show_0001|date=March 29, 2010|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/25236560@N05/7168214035/in/album-72157630022703299|publisher=Flickr|access-date=20 July 2020|archive-date=October 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014035533/https://www.flickr.com/photos/25236560@N05/7168214035/in/album-72157630022703299|url-status=live}} The Christmas Looney Tunes Classic Collection,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoZBGwez5pw&t=54s|title=The Christmas Looney Tunes Classic Collection (Music Cassette): Performed by Keith Scott|date=December 16, 2023|publisher=YouTube|access-date=13 January 2024|archive-date=January 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113165548/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoZBGwez5pw&t=54s|url-status=live}} Spectacular Light and Sound Show Illuminanza,{{cite web|title=Spectacular Light and Sound Show Illuminanza|url=https://facebook.com/wbmw25/videos/1636864629953777/|publisher=Facebook|access-date=11 July 2020|archive-date=July 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714150426/https://www.facebook.com/wbmw25/videos/1636864629953777/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Warner-Bros-Movie-World-Illuminanza/|title=Warner Bros. Movie World Illuminanza|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2021-03-09|archive-date=April 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417022426/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Warner-Bros-Movie-World-Illuminanza/|url-status=live}} Looney Tunes: We Got the Beat!,{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Looney-Tunes-Whats-Up-Rock/|title=Looney Tunes: What's Up Rock?|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-07-10|archive-date=October 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001182502/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Looney-Tunes-Whats-Up-Rock/|url-status=live}} Looney Tunes: What's Up Rock?!,{{cite web|title=New Looney Tunes show unveiled at Movie World|url=https://www.leisuremanagement.co.uk/detail.cfm?pagetype=detail&subject=news&codeID=85143|publisher=Leisure Management|access-date=20 August 2020|archive-date=November 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127170416/https://www.leisuremanagement.co.uk/detail.cfm?pagetype=detail&subject=news&codeID=85143|url-status=live}} Looney Tunes on Ice, Looney Tunes LIVE! Classroom Capers,{{cite web|title='CLASSROOM CAPERS'|url=http://alastairfleming.com/?portfolio=looney-tunes|publisher=Alastair Fleming Associates|access-date=7 December 2020|archive-date=May 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527193038/http://alastairfleming.com/?portfolio=looney-tunes|url-status=live}} Christmas Moments with Looney Tunes, The Looney Tunes Radio Show,{{cite web|title=That Wascally Wabbit|url=http://www.ianheydon.com/that-wascally-wabbit/|access-date=15 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317112128/http://www.ianheydon.com/that-wascally-wabbit/|archive-date=17 March 2012}}{{cite web|title=The Day I Met Bugs Bunny|url=http://www.ianheydon.com/category/the-day-i-met-bugs-bunny/|publisher=Ian Heydon|access-date=9 October 2020|archive-date=October 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027111532/http://www.ianheydon.com/category/the-day-i-met-bugs-bunny/|url-status=live}} Looney Rock, Looney Tunes Christmas Carols,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9iBvjR64DA| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/J9iBvjR64DA|archive-date=2021-12-11|url-status=live|title=Looney Tunes featuring Santa Claus, Lauren & Andrew - Carols by Candlelight 2013|date=December 25, 2013|publisher=YouTube|access-date=16 November 2020}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|title=Looney Tunes Christmas Carols|url=https://www.kzone.com.au/article/looney-tunes-christmas-carols-520822|publisher=K-Zone|access-date=16 November 2020|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116093720/https://www.kzone.com.au/article/looney-tunes-christmas-carols-520822|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Carols by Candlelight|date=December 24, 2013|url=https://nationalboyschoir.com.au/carols-by-candlelight-3/|publisher=National Boys Choir of Australia|access-date=16 November 2020|archive-date=October 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029225338/https://nationalboyschoir.com.au/carols-by-candlelight-3/|url-status=live}} various commercials){{cite web|title=Keith Scott: Down Under's Voice Over Marvel|url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/keith-scott-down-unders-voice-over-marvel-0|publisher=Animation World Network|access-date=July 2, 2020|archive-date=July 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702193941/https://www.awn.com/animationworld/keith-scott-down-unders-voice-over-marvel-0|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Keith Scott|url=https://gracegibsonradio.com/keith-scott/|publisher=Grace Gibson Shop|access-date=July 4, 2020|archive-date=July 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704212115/https://gracegibsonradio.com/keith-scott/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Keith Scott - "The One-Man Crowd"|url=http://www.keithscott.com/bio.html|publisher=Keith Scott|access-date=8 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916224159/http://www.keithscott.com/bio.html|archive-date=16 September 2020}}
• Greg Burson (1990 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, speaking in Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball, Tiny Toon Adventures, Looney Tunes River Ride, Yakety Yak, Take It Back, Mrs. Bush's Story Time,{{cite web|title=The Mrs. Bush's Story Time Podcast|url=https://podcast.app/the-mrs-bushs-story-time-podcast-p1192821?page=2|publisher=Podcast App|access-date=September 6, 2024}} Yosemite Sam and the Gold River Adventure!, The Toonite Show Starring Bugs Bunny,{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/The-Toonite-Show-Starring-Bugs-Bunny/|title=The Toonite Show Starring Bugs Bunny|website=Behind The Voice Actors|access-date=November 28, 2021|archive-date=November 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128013659/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/The-Toonite-Show-Starring-Bugs-Bunny/|url-status=live}} Taz-Mania, Bugs Bunny: Rabbit Rampage,{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Bugs-Bunny-Rabbit-Rampage/|title=Bugs Bunny: Rabbit Rampage|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-12-06|archive-date=April 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401090707/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Bugs-Bunny-Rabbit-Rampage/|url-status=live}} Animaniacs, The Bugs Bunny Wacky World Games,{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Bugs-Bunny-Wacky-World-Games/|title=Bugs Bunny Wacky World Games|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-10-01|archive-date=November 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128013654/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Bugs-Bunny-Wacky-World-Games/|url-status=live}} Acme Animation Factory,{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Acme-Animation-Factory/|title=Acme Animation Factory|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-12-06|archive-date=October 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022070812/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Acme-Animation-Factory/|url-status=live}} Have Yourself a Looney Tunes Christmas, Looney Tunes B-Ball,{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Looney-Tunes-B-Ball/|title=Looney Tunes B-Ball|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-12-06|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030030523/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Looney-Tunes-B-Ball/|url-status=live}} 67th Academy Awards, Carrotblanca, Bugs 'n' Daffy intro, From Hare to Eternity, Warner Bros. Kids Club,{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Warner-Bros-Kids-Club/|title=Warner Bros. Kids Club|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-09-27|archive-date=October 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006124832/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Warner-Bros-Kids-Club/|url-status=live}} Bugs Bunny's Learning Adventures, Looney Tunes: What's Up Rock?!, Looney Tunes: Back in Action animation test,{{cite web|title=Zac Vega on Twitter: "Here's what appears to be an animation test by THE Eric Goldberg himself for "Looney Tunes: Back in Action." Voices by Greg Burson."|url=https://twitter.com/ZaccaryVega/status/1378554580904992771|publisher=Twitter|access-date=September 8, 2022|archive-date=September 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904053621/https://twitter.com/ZaccaryVega/status/1378554580904992771|url-status=live}} various commercials)
• John Blackman (Hey Hey It's Saturday){{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Hey-Hey-Its-Saturday/|title=Hey Hey It's Saturday|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2021-06-06|archive-date=June 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606133249/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Hey-Hey-Its-Saturday/|url-status=live}}
• Russell Calabrese (vocal effects in (Blooper) Bunny and Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers){{cite web|title=ANIMATOR|url=http://www.rcartwerks.com/RCArtwerks/ANIMATOR.html|publisher=Russell Calabrese Artwerks|access-date=July 21, 2024}}
• John Willyard (1992 Six Flags Great Adventure commercial){{cite web|title=Bob Bergen PT1 EP21|date=May 26, 2013|url=http://www.vobuzzweekly.com/episodes/25/84/Bob-Bergen-PT1-EP21.html|publisher=VO Buzz Weekly|access-date=August 17, 2024|archive-date=June 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601121543/http://www.vobuzzweekly.com/episodes/25/84/Bob-Bergen-PT1-EP21.html|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/Six-Flags-Parks/Bugs-Bunny/|title=Voice(s) of Bugs Bunny in Six Flags Parks|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-08-23|archive-date=December 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205013339/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/Six-Flags-Parks/Bugs-Bunny/|url-status=live}}
• Marcus Deon Thomas ("Dynamite"){{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/164924-Daffy-Duck-Feat-Bugs-Bunny-Dynamite|title=Daffy Duck Feat. Bugs Bunny – Dynamite (1992, Vinyl)|date=August 2, 1992|publisher=Discogs|access-date=2 June 2023|archive-date=June 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602195819/https://www.discogs.com/release/164924-Daffy-Duck-Feat-Bugs-Bunny-Dynamite|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4yh5iVE0WM&t=20s|title=Daffy Duck Feat. Bugs Bunny - Dynamite (Official Video - HQ)|date=August 7, 2012|publisher=YouTube|access-date=2 June 2023|archive-date=June 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602200310/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4yh5iVE0WM&t=20s|url-status=live}}
• Mendi Segal (Bugs & Friends Sing the Beatles, The Looney West){{cite web|title=Joe Alaskey and Looney Tunes on Records|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/joe-alaskey-and-looney-tunes-on-records/|website=cartoonresearch.com|access-date=23 August 2020|archive-date=July 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729175036/https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/joe-alaskey-and-looney-tunes-on-records/|url-status=live}}{{cite book|title=The Looney West. (Musical CD, 1996)|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/670529500|publisher=WorldCat|oclc=670529500|access-date=August 23, 2020}}
• Billy West (Space Jam, Bugs & Friends Sing Elvis,{{cite web|url=https://vgmdb.net/album/95259|title=Bugs & Friends Sing Elvis|website=VGMdb|access-date=November 26, 2021|archive-date=November 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127051323/https://vgmdb.net/album/95259|url-status=live}} Histeria!, Warner Bros. Sing-Along: Quest for Camelot, Warner Bros. Sing-Along: Looney Tunes, The Looney Tunes Rockin' Road Show,{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/The-Looney-Tunes-Rockin-Road-Show/|title=The Looney Tunes Rockin' Road Show|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-09-28|archive-date=November 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128004838/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/The-Looney-Tunes-Rockin-Road-Show/|url-status=live}} Crash! Bang! Boom! The Best of WB Sound FX,{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1435805-Various-Crash-Bang-Boom-The-Best-Of-WB-Sound-FX|title=Various – Crash! Bang! Boom! The Best Of WB Sound FX (2000, CD)|date=August 15, 2000|publisher=Discogs|access-date=28 October 2023|archive-date=October 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028211628/https://www.discogs.com/release/1435805-Various-Crash-Bang-Boom-The-Best-Of-WB-Sound-FX|url-status=live}} The Looney Tunes Kwazy Christmas,{{cite web|url=https://vgmdb.net/album/102993|title=THE LOONEY TUNES KWAZY CHRISTMAS|website=VGMdb|access-date=December 7, 2021|archive-date=December 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207090159/https://vgmdb.net/album/102993|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mUIszFNo-7ikHrmH8PDry8vOh1tBwiPMs&feature=gws_kp_album&feature=gws_kp_artist|title=A Looney Tunes Kwazy Christmas|website=YouTube Music|access-date=May 31, 2021|archive-date=June 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214159/https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mUIszFNo-7ikHrmH8PDry8vOh1tBwiPMs&feature=gws_kp_album&feature=gws_kp_artist|url-status=live}} screaming in Looney Tunes: Back in Action,{{cite web|title=Sebastián Ortiz Ramírez on Twitter: "I'll say this fast. Billy West and Jeff Bennett recorded dialogue for Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck in "Looney Tunes: Back in Action". Later on in post-production it was ADR'd by Joe Alaskey, but a lot of Bennett's "Woo-hoo!" as Daffy were kept in the film."|url=https://twitter.com/SebastianGOR3/status/1681474167781175297|publisher=Twitter|access-date=July 20, 2023|archive-date=July 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720220148/https://twitter.com/SebastianGOR3/status/1681474167781175297|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=AsoGirl29 on Twitter: "Bugs Bunny's screams don't sound like Joe Alaskey, pretty sure it's Billy West's in fact."|url=https://twitter.com/AsoGirl29/status/1681565669333118976|publisher=Twitter|access-date=July 20, 2023|archive-date=July 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720221855/https://twitter.com/AsoGirl29/status/1681565669333118976|url-status=live}} Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas, A Looney Tunes Sing-A-Long Christmas,{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-looney-tunes-sing-a-long-christmas-mw0000750274|website=AllMusic|title=A Looney Tunes Sing-A-Long Christmas|first=James|last=Monger|access-date=November 26, 2021|archive-date=November 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125175040/https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-looney-tunes-sing-a-long-christmas-mw0000750274|url-status=live}} various video games, webtoons, and commercials)
• Joe Alaskey (Chasers Anonymous, Gatorade commercial, Tweety's High-Flying Adventure, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Looney Tunes: Back in Action (video game), Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas, Looney Tunes webtoons, Daffy Duck for President, Aflac commercial, Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal, Justice League: The New Frontier, Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor, Looney Tunes: Laff Riot pilot,{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/laff-riot|title=Laff Riot (full Unaired Pilot)|date=November 4, 2009}} Looney Tunes Dance Off,{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Looney-Tunes-Dance-Off/|title=Looney Tunes Dance Off|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=November 27, 2021|archive-date=November 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128013654/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Looney-Tunes-Dance-Off/|url-status=live}} TomTom Looney Tunes GPS,{{cite web|last1=Bartlett|first1=Jeff|title=Eh, what's up, Doc? TomTom offers Looney Tunes voices for GPS navigators|url=http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2010/09/eh-what-s-up-doc-tomtom-offers-looney-tunes-voices-for-gps-navigators/index.htm|date=September 27, 2010|publisher=Consumer Reports|access-date=September 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607174958/http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2010/09/eh-what-s-up-doc-tomtom-offers-looney-tunes-voices-for-gps-navigators/index.htm|archive-date=June 7, 2017}} Looney Tunes ClickN READ Phonics)
• Samuel Vincent (Baby Looney Tunes, Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure)
• Robert Smigel (Saturday Night Live Season 28, Ep. 14){{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Saturday-Night-Live/Bugs-Bunny/|title=Voice of Bugs Bunny in Saturday Night Live|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=December 3, 2021|archive-date=December 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204055552/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Saturday-Night-Live/Bugs-Bunny/|url-status=live}}
• Eric Goldberg (Looney Tunes: Back in Action (additional lines), Looney Tunes: Back in Action interview){{cite web|title=Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) - Trivia|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318155/trivia|publisher=IMDb|access-date=8 August 2020|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112020147/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318155/trivia|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjtiFRSgSt4&t=39s|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/AjtiFRSgSt4|archive-date=2021-12-11|url-status=live|title='Looney Tunes: Back in Action' Interview|date=February 3, 2015|publisher=YouTube|access-date=August 8, 2020}}{{cbignore}}
• Seth MacFarlane (Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, Family Guy){{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/Family-Guy-Presents-Stewie-Griffin-The-Untold-Story/Bugs-Bunny/|title=Voice of Bugs Bunny in Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-08-08|archive-date=January 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127214033/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/Family-Guy-Presents-Stewie-Griffin-The-Untold-Story/Bugs-Bunny/|url-status=live}}
• Bill Farmer (Robot Chicken){{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Robot-Chicken/Bugs-Bunny/|title=Voice of Bugs Bunny in Robot Chicken|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-08-08|archive-date=July 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724221324/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Robot-Chicken/Bugs-Bunny/|url-status=live}}
• James Arnold Taylor (Drawn Together)
• Kevin Shinick (Mad){{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Mad/Bugs-Bunny/|title=Voice of Bugs Bunny in Mad|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-08-08|archive-date=October 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026020539/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Mad/Bugs-Bunny/|url-status=live}}
• Gary Martin (Looney Tunes All-Stars promotions, Looney Tunes Take-Over Weekend promotion, Looney Tunes Marathon promotion)
• Todd Michael Thornton (Rapid T. Rabbit and Friends){{cite web|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=HXf9c1EzyjA|title=Rapid T. Rabbit and Friends Show #676|date=April 16, 2019|publisher=YouTube|access-date=May 12, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=MGu6BtWJ_Mg&t=55s|title=Rapid T. Rabbit and Friends Show #706|date=April 16, 2019|publisher=YouTube|quote=Assisting the Guest: Todd Michael Thornton.|access-date=May 12, 2025}}
• Eric Bauza (Looney Tunes World of Mayhem,{{cite web|title=Bugs Bunny|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Looney-Tunes-World-of-Mayhem/Bugs-Bunny/|website=Behind The Voice Actors|access-date=30 August 2020|archive-date=January 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127214032/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Looney-Tunes-World-of-Mayhem/Bugs-Bunny/|url-status=live }} Looney Tunes Cartoons, Bugs Bunny in The Golden Carrot, Space Jam: A New Legacy (as Big Chungus),{{cite web|title=Sebastián Ortiz Ramírez on Twitter: "You know, I never knew, noticed or realized until now that Eric Bauza did Bugs's Voice when he turned into Big Chungus on Bugs's Introduction scene in "Space Jam: A New Legacy"."|url=https://twitter.com/SebastianGOR3/status/1448038897208942595|publisher=Twitter|access-date=May 30, 2022|archive-date=May 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529232220/https://twitter.com/SebastianGOR3/status/1448038897208942595|url-status=live}} Space Jam: A New Legacy live show, Bugs and Daffy's Thanksgiving Road Trip,{{cite web|website=Variety|title=Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck Star in First Looney Tunes Scripted Podcast Series (Podcast News Roundup)|url=https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/bugs-bunny-daffy-duck-podcast-thanksgiving-roundup-1235117578/|first=Todd|last=Spangler|date=November 22, 2021|access-date=November 23, 2021|archive-date=November 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123170913/https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/bugs-bunny-daffy-duck-podcast-thanksgiving-roundup-1235117578/amp/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/show/1DQHfRbx5y5Ko3eNn4ijrL?si=a2nDccC5TGSjjSrMFeU6KQ|website=Spotify|title=Bugs & Daffy's Thanksgiving Road Trip|access-date=November 22, 2021|archive-date=November 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123174734/https://open.spotify.com/show/1DQHfRbx5y5Ko3eNn4ijrL?si=a2nDccC5TGSjjSrMFeU6KQ|url-status=live}} MultiVersus,{{cite web|title=MultiVersus: Shaggy, Batman & Arya Stark join Warner Bros crossover game|date=November 18, 2021|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/technology/gaming/multiversus-release-date/|website=Radio Times|first=Rob|last=Leane|access-date=November 18, 2021|archive-date=November 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118230007/https://www.radiotimes.com/technology/gaming/multiversus-release-date/amp/|url-status=live}} Bugs Bunny Builders,{{cite web|title=Trailer: 'Bugs Bunny Builders' Breaks Ground on Cartoonito July 25|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/trailer-bugs-bunny-builders-breaks-ground-on-cartoonito-july-25/|website=Animation Magazine|first=Mercedes|last=Milligan|date=June 14, 2022|access-date=June 14, 2022|archive-date=June 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614135517/https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/trailer-bugs-bunny-builders-breaks-ground-on-cartoonito-july-25/|url-status=live}} ACME Fools, Lights, Camera, Action: A WB100th Anniversary Celebration, Teen Titans Go!, Looney Tunes pinball machine,{{cite web|title=Eric Bauza on Twitter: "I don't often voice video games... but when I do... PINBALL MACHINE!!!"|url=https://twitter.com/bauzilla/status/1733318259964030999|publisher=Twitter|access-date=December 12, 2023|archive-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212190635/https://twitter.com/bauzilla/status/1733318259964030999|url-status=live}} Looney Tunes: Wacky World of Sports)

Bugs Bunny was continuously featured in comic books for more than 40 years, from 1941 to 1983, and has appeared sporadically since then. Bugs first appeared in comic books in 1941, in Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics #1, published by Dell Comics. Bugs was a recurring star in that book all through its 153-issue run, which lasted until July 1954. Western Publishing (and its Dell imprint) published 245 issues of a Bugs Bunny comic book from Dec. 1952/Jan. 1953 to 1983. The company also published 81 issues of the joint title Yosemite Sam and Bugs Bunny from December 1970 to 1983. During the 1950s Dell also published a number of Bugs Bunny spinoff titles.

Creators on those series included Chase Craig, Helen Houghton,[http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=HOUGHTON%2c+HELEN Houhgton entry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130071521/http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=HOUGHTON%2c+HELEN |date=November 30, 2018 }}, Who's Who of American Comics Books, 1928–1999. Accessed November 28, 2018. Eleanor Packer,[http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=PACKER%2c+ELEANOR Packer entry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130071539/http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=PACKER%2c+ELEANOR |date=November 30, 2018 }}, Who's Who of American Comics Books, 1928–1999. Accessed November 28, 2018. Lloyd Turner,[http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=TURNER%2c+LLOYD Turner entry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130071508/http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=TURNER%2c+LLOYD |date=November 30, 2018 }}, Who's Who of American Comics Books, 1928–1999. Accessed November 28, 2018. Michael Maltese, John Liggera,[http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=LIGGERA%2c+JOHN Liggera entry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130071536/http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=LIGGERA%2c+JOHN |date=November 30, 2018 }}, Who's Who of American Comics Books, 1928–1999. Accessed November 28, 2018. Tony Strobl, Veve Risto, Cecil Beard, Pete Alvorado, Carl Fallberg, Cal Howard, Vic Lockman, Lynn Karp, Pete Llanuza, Pete Hansen, Jack Carey, Del Connell, Kellog Adams, Jack Manning, Mark Evanier, Tom McKimson, Joe Messerli, Carlos Garzon, Donald F. Glut, Sealtiel Alatriste, Sandro Costa, and Massimo Fechi.

The German publisher Condor published a 76-issues Bugs Bunny series (translated and reprinted from the American comics) in the mid-1970s. The Danish publisher Egmont Ehapa produced a weekly reprint series in the mid-1990s.

The Bugs Bunny comic strip ran for almost 50 years, from January 10, 1943, to December 30, 1990, syndicated by the Newspaper Enterprise Association. It started out as a Sunday page and added a daily strip on November 1, 1948.{{cite book |last1=Holtz |first1=Allan |title=American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide |date=2012 |publisher=The University of Michigan Press |location=Ann Arbor |isbn=9780472117567 |page=90}}

The strip originated with Chase Craig, who did the first five weeks before leaving for military service in World War II.[http://lambiek.net/artists/c/craig_chase.htm Craig entry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130071602/https://lambiek.net/artists/c/craig_chase.htm |date=November 30, 2018 }}, Lambiek's Comiclopedia. Accessed November 28, 2018. Roger Armstrong illustrated the strip from 1942 to 1944.[http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=ARMSTRONG%2c+ROGER Armstrong entry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031173948/http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=ARMSTRONG%2c+ROGER |date=October 31, 2018 }}, Who's Who of American Comics Books, 1928–1999. Accessed November 28, 2018. The creators most associated with the strip are writers Albert Stoffel (1947–1979)[http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=STOFFEL%2c+ALBERT Stoffel entry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130071537/http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=STOFFEL%2c+ALBERT |date=November 30, 2018 }}, Who's Who of American Comics Books, 1928–1999. Accessed November 28, 2018. & Carl Fallberg (1950–1969),[http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=FALLBERG%2c+CARL Fallberg entry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130071523/http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=FALLBERG%2c+CARL |date=November 30, 2018 }}, Who's Who of American Comics Books, 1928–1999. Accessed November 28, 2018. and artist Ralph Heimdahl, who worked on it from 1947 to 1979.[http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=HEIMDAHL%2c+RALPH Heimdahl entry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130071525/http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=HEIMDAHL%2c+RALPH |date=November 30, 2018 }}, Who's Who of American Comics Books, 1928–1999. Accessed November 28, 2018. Other creators associated with the Bugs Bunny strip include Jack Hamm, Carl Buettner, Phil Evans, Carl Barks (1952), Tom McKimson, Arnold Drake, Frank Hill, Brett Koth, and Shawn Keller.Ron Goulart, Encyclopedia of American Comics. New York, Facts on File, 1992. {{ISBN|9780816025824}} pp. 33-4,37,57,73-74,106,262-263.John Cawley. "Back to the Rabbit Hole: Koth and Krller, the Men Behind the New and Improved Bugs Bunny Comic Strip." Animato no.20 (Summer 1990), pp.30-31.

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Like Mickey Mouse for Disney, Bugs Bunny has served as the mascot for Warner Bros. and its various divisions. According to Guinness World Records, Bugs has appeared in more films (both short and feature-length) than any other cartoon character, and is the ninth most portrayed film personality in the world. On December 10, 1985, Bugs became the second cartoon character (after Mickey) to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

He also has been a pitchman for companies including Kool-Aid and Nike. His Nike commercials with Michael Jordan as "Hare Jordan" for the Air Jordan VII and VIII became precursors to Space Jam. As a result, he has spent time as an honorary member of Jordan Brand, including having Jordan's Jumpman logo done in his image. In 2015, as part of the 30th anniversary of Jordan Brand, Nike released a mid-top Bugs Bunny version of the Air Jordan I, named the "Air Jordan Mid 1 Hare", along with a women's equivalent inspired by Lola Bunny called the "Air Jordan Mid 1 Lola", along with a commercial featuring Bugs and Ahmad Rashad.[https://news.nike.com/news/bugs-bunny-details-his-relationship-and-latest-partnership-with-michael-jordan Bugs Bunny Shares the Scoop on his Latest Partnership with Michael Jordan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107055642/https://news.nike.com/news/bugs-bunny-details-his-relationship-and-latest-partnership-with-michael-jordan |date=November 7, 2017 }} Nike

In 2002, TV Guide compiled a list of the 50 greatest cartoon characters of all time as part of the magazine's 50th anniversary. Bugs Bunny was given the honor of number 1.{{Cite news|title=Bugs Bunny tops greatest cartoon characters list |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/30/cartoon.characters/index.html |publisher=CNN.com |date=July 30, 2002 |access-date=February 27, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208043937/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/30/cartoon.characters/index.html |archive-date=February 8, 2008 }}{{Cite news|work=CNN.com |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/30/cartoon.characters.list/index.html |title=List of All-time Cartoon Characters |access-date=April 11, 2007 |date=July 30, 2002 |publisher=CNN |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603034915/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/30/cartoon.characters.list/index.html |archive-date=June 3, 2009 }} In a CNN broadcast on July 31, 2002, a TV Guide editor talked about the group that created the list. The editor also explained why Bugs pulled top billing: "His stock...has never gone down...Bugs is the best example...of the smart-aleck American comic. He not only is a great cartoon character, he's a great comedian. He was written well. He was drawn beautifully. He has thrilled and made many generations laugh. He is tops."{{Cite news|work=CNN.com|title=CNN LIVE TODAY: 'TV Guide' Tipping Hat to Cartoon Characters|access-date=April 11, 2007|date=July 31, 2002|publisher=CNN|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0207/31/lt.20.html|archive-date=February 19, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219051347/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0207/31/lt.20.html|url-status=live}} Some have noted that comedian Eric Andre is the nearest contemporary comedic equivalent to Bugs. They attribute this to, "their ability to constantly flip the script on their unwitting counterparts."{{Cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/eric-andres-nearest-comedic-equivalent-may-be-bugs-bunn-1820120833|title=Eric Andre's nearest comedic equivalent may be Bugs Bunny|last=Neilan|first=Dan|work=The A.V. Club|access-date=November 10, 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=November 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110224755/https://www.avclub.com/eric-andres-nearest-comedic-equivalent-may-be-bugs-bunn-1820120833|url-status=live}}

Under current US copyright law, Bugs Bunny is due to enter the US public domain in between 2033 and 2035.{{harvp|Sergi|2015|p=214}}{{efn|See [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/United_States_Code/Title_17/Chapter_3/Sections_304_and_305 USC Title 17, Chapter 3, § 304(b)]}} However, this will only apply (at first) to the character's depiction as Happy Rabbit in Porky's Hare Hunt which was published in 1938 (which will enter the US public domain in 2034). The debut of his later persona in 1940 will enter the US public domain in 2036. Although most of his pre-1948 cartoons had been in US public domain since the early 1970s, other versions of him with later developments may persist under copyright until the entry of his post-1948 cartoons in the public domain.

{{See also|List of Bugs Bunny cartoons}}

• Porky's Hare Hunt (1938) – debut of the Prototype of Bugs
• A Wild Hare (1940) – official debut; Oscar nominee
• Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt (1941) – Oscar nominee
• What's Opera, Doc? (1957) – voted #1 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time and inducted into the National Film Registry
• Knighty Knight Bugs (1958) – Oscar winner
• False Hare (1964) – final regular cartoon
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) – first, and so far, only appearance in a Disney film; appeared alongside Disney's mascot, Mickey Mouse, for the first time – Oscar winner
• Box-Office Bunny (1990) – first theatrically released short since 1964
• Space Jam (1996) – appeared alongside NBA superstar, Michael Jordan
• Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) – appeared alongside Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman and Steve Martin
• Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) – appeared alongside NBA superstar, LeBron James

The American use of nimrod to mean "idiot" is often said to have originated from Bugs's exclamation "What a nimrod!" to describe the inept hunter Elmer Fudd.Garner, Bryan A. (3rd Edition, 2009). Garner's Modern American Usage, p. liii. Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0-19-538275-7}}. However, it is Daffy Duck who refers to Fudd as "my little nimrod" in the 1948 short What Makes Daffy Duck,{{cite AV media |people=Arthur Davis (director) |date=14 February 1948|title=What Makes Daffy Duck |type=Animated short |language=English| time=5:34|quote=Precisely what I was wondering, my little Nimrod.}} and the Oxford English Dictionary records earlier negative uses of the term "nimrod".Oxford English Dictionary 3rd edition, updated 2020, [https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/127171 s.v.]

• Looney Tunes
• Merrie Melodies
• Golden age of American animation

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