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The first stop is Dead End Kid, a red headed juvenile delinquent, who nearly kills Bugs. 'Easter Yeggs' (directed by Robert McKimson) – The Easter Bunny cons Bugs Bunny into delivering his eggs for him. Technically, Bugs and Elmer do not kiss each other, but mentally and spiritually, oh yeah.ģ. Elmer kisses the bear thinking it's Bugs. Later through a similar misunderstanding, Elmer thinks that the same bear is Bugs (changed by his tonic). Bugs kisses the bear thinking it's Elmer. Through a misunderstanding, Bugs thinks that a bear is Elmer (changed by his tonic to a monster).

Elmer breaks down crying, and Bugs makes a tonic to make him feel better. He gives Bugs the formula but nothing happens. He then sets a rabbit trap for Bugs Bunny. He tries it on his dog first, but it doesn't work. Jeckyl parody) and tries to turn animals into devilish fiends. 'Hare Remover' (directed by Frank Tashlin) – Elmer Fudd plays a scientist (Dr. There's no kissing, but with the wolves chasing after sexy drag Elmer, I think this counts as a near kiss.Ĥ. Bugs changes the scene to Hollywood and Vine, where several wolves chase after Elmer. Bugs puts Elmer in drag, and the animators make Elmer way sexy. Through most of the dream sequence, Elmer is almost naked wearing a wreath of leaves on his naughty bits. The cartoon gets very surreal at this point. Bugs takes sleeping pills so he can invade Elmer's dreams. Warner and swears off hunting to go fishing. 'The Big Snooze' (directed by Bob Clampett, uncredited) – Elmer Fudd frustrated with Bugs Bunny's abuse tears up his contract with Mr. Seems like both Bugs and Elmer would rather be kissing each other if you ask me.ĥ. It ends with Millicent chasing after Elmer, trying to kiss him. At the end of the cartoon, Bugs dresses Elmer up as a rabbit. Admittedly Millicent is no prize, but since Bugs goes to such lengths to avoid kissing her, it kind of makes a case for the Bugs being gay argument. Later Millicent kisses Bugs on both cheeks and Bugs goes to great effort to avoid kissing again. At one point, Bugs tricks her into kissing a goldfish instead of him. Elmer catches Bugs Bunny and introduce him to Millicent.

She talks like Natasha from Rocky and Bullwinkle and is desparate for a husband. Millicent is heavy and being kind somewhat less than pretty. 'Rabbit Romeo' (directed by Robert McKimson) – Elmer Fudd gets a delivery of a Slobovenian rabbit (Millicent) from his Uncle Judd Fudd. If you care, the rest of this post does contain SPOILERS.Ħ. I broke these into Near Kisses and Kisses and ranked them from bottom to top. Then I covered all of the ones that had either kissing-like situations or actual kissing, a total of 15 cartoons. I decided the best approach would be to watch as many Bugs and Elmer cartoons as I could find.

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Again, no kissing.Īs far this blogathon is concerned, I didn't think I could pull off a full post on a 7-minute cartoon. For example, 'Slick Hare,' starring Bugs and Elmer features numerous star appearances, including Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, and great gag with Ray Milland paying his bar tab with a typewriter and getting change in little tiny typewriters. One of the advantages of watching all of this is that I stumbled onto a lot of great old Hollywood stuff. Probably their most famous cartoon, 'What's Opera Doc,' where Bugs dresses in drag as a Valkyrie warrior, they do not kiss or even come close to it. Often they were in kissing situations, but didn't actually kiss. But I watched about 25 or 30 Bugs and Elmer cartoons, and less than half had them kiss. When you think of Bugs and Elmer, you think kissing. When it came time to kiss someone, did Bugs kiss his trophy wife, Honey Bunny? No, he kissed Elmer, Yosemite Sam, or some other dude.īugs and Elmer's first kiss from 'A Wild Hare' ain't love grand Think about it, every chance he got, Bugs dressed in drag. My best friend has a theory that Bugs Bunny was the first gay cartoon character, and I think you can make a good case for it. He starred with a mad scientist twice, including one played by a Peter Lorre parody. In addition, Bugs made quite a few films, with one-off characters, like a boxer, a baseball player, and a circus lion. While he often starred with Elmer Fudd, he also starred with Daffy Duck and Yosemite Sam in numerous films. According to Wikipedia, Bugs appeared in more films than any other cartoon character. The most popular character of course is Bugs Bunny. Since I was kind of late getting on board, and I love old cartoons, it seemed like a natural for me.īetween the 1930s and 1960s, Warner Brothers produced several hundred cartoons under the Merry Melodies and Looney Tunes imprints. I think Leslie at Second Sight Cinema posted the Bugs and Elmer graphic above as a joke.