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This is a list of the various animated cartoons featuring Bugs Bunny. He starred in 167 theatrical animated short films of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series produced by Warner Bros., and was voiced by the legendary vocal artist Mel Blanc. Also listed are the cartoons featuring the earlier character that evolved into Bugs Bunny (also known as "Happy Rabbit"), as well as those produced after the golden age of American animation.

Contents

Bugs Bunny shorts in chronological order by release date

"LT" stands for Looney Tunes; "MM" for Merrie Melodies. The name following this designation is that of the short's director.

  • 1947 & 1962 Bugs Bunny Cartoons not directed by Chuck Jones.
  • 1955, 1960 & 1961 Bugs Bunny Cartoons not directed by Robert McKimson.

    • 1938

  • Porky's Hare Hunt April 30, 1938 (LT, Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton) – with Porky Pig

    • 1939

  • Prest-O Change-O March 25, 1939 (MM, Chuck Jones)
  • Hare-um Scare-um August 12, 1939 (MM, Hardaway and Dalton)

    • 1940

  • Elmer's Candid Camera March 2, 1940 (MM, Jones) – with Elmer Fudd

    • 1940

  • A Wild Hare July 27, 1940 (MM, Tex Avery) – with Elmer Fudd; Academy Award-nominee for Best Short Subject (Cartoon)

    • 1941

  • Elmer's Pet Rabbit January 4, 1941 (MM, Jones) – with Elmer Fudd; first appearance of Bugs Bunny's name
  • Tortoise Beats Hare March 15, 1941 (MM, Avery) – with Cecil Turtle
  • Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt June 7, 1941 (MM, Friz Freleng) – with Hiawatha; Academy Award-nominee for Best Short Subject (Cartoon)
  • The Heckling Hare July 5, 1941 (MM, Avery) - with Willoughby the Dog
  • All This and Rabbit Stew September 20, 1941 (MM, Avery) – One of the "Censored Eleven"
  • Wabbit Twouble December 20, 1941 (MM, Bob Clampett) – with Elmer Fudd

    • 1942

  • The Wabbit Who Came to Supper March 28, 1942 (MM, Freleng) – with Elmer Fudd
  • Any Bonds Today? April 2, 1942 (Clampett) - with Porky Pig and Elmer Fudd; neither an LT or MM short, but an animated propaganda film used to sell war bonds during World War II
  • The Wacky Wabbit May 2, 1942 (MM, Clampett) – with Elmer Fudd
  • Hold the Lion, Please June 13, 1942 (MM, Jones)
  • Bugs Bunny Gets The Boid July 11, 1942 (MM, Clampett) – with Beaky Buzzard
  • Fresh Hare August 22, 1942 (MM, Freleng) – with Elmer Fudd
  • The Hare-Brained Hypnotist October 31, 1942 (MM, Freleng) – with Elmer Fudd
  • Case of the Missing Hare December 12, 1942 (MM, Jones)

    • 1943

  • Tortoise Wins by a Hare February 20, 1943 (MM, Clampett) – with Cecil Turtle
  • Super-Rabbit April 3, 1943 (MM, Jones)
  • Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk June 12, 1943 (MM, Freleng)
  • Wackiki Wabbit July 3, 1943 (MM, Jones)
  • A Corny Concerto September 25, 1943 (MM, Clampett) - Not part of the Bugs Bunny series, but a one-shot; with Porky Pig in the segment 'Tales from the Vienna Woods'. Also starring Elmer Fudd (as composer) and baby Daffy Duck (in segment 'The Blue Danube')
  • Falling Hare October 30, 1943 (MM, Clampett)

    • 1944

  • Little Red Riding Rabbit January 4, 1944 (MM, Freleng) – with Red Riding Hood and B.B. Wolf
  • What's Cookin' Doc? January 8, 1944 (MM, Clampett) – with Hiawatha
  • Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears February 26, 1944 (MM, Jones) – with The Three Bears
  • Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips April 22, 1944 (MM, Freleng)
  • Hare Ribbin' June 24, 1944 (MM, Clampett)
  • Hare Force July 22, 1944 (MM, Freleng) – with Willoughby the Dog
  • Buckaroo Bugs August 26, 1944 (LT, Clampett) – with Red Hot Ryder; first Bugs Bunny cartoon in the Looney Tunes series
  • The Old Grey Hare October 28, 1944 (MM, Clampett) – with Elmer Fudd
  • Stage Door Cartoon December 16, 1944 (MM, Freleng) – with Elmer Fudd

    • 1945

  • Herr Meets Hare January 13, 1945 (MM, Freleng) - with Hermann Goering and Adolf Hitler
  • The Unruly Hare February 10, 1945 (MM, Frank Tashlin) – with Elmer Fudd
  • Hare Trigger May 5, 1945 (MM, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam
  • Hare Conditioned August 11, 1945 (LT, Jones)
  • Hare Tonic November 10, 1945 (LT, Jones) – with Elmer Fudd

    • 1946

  • Baseball Bugs February 2, 1946 (LT, Freleng)
  • Hare Remover March 23, 1946 (MM, Tashlin) – with Elmer Fudd
  • Hair-Raising Hare May 25, 1946 (MM, Jones)- with Gossamer
  • Acrobatty Bunny June 29, 1946 (LT, Robert McKimson)
  • Racketeer Rabbit September 14, 1946 (LT, Freleng) – with Rocky and Hugo
  • The Big Snooze October 5, 1946 (LT, Clampett) – with Elmer Fudd
  • Rhapsody Rabbit November 9, 1946 (MM, Freleng)

    • 1947*

  • A Hare Grows in Manhattan March 22, 1947 (MM, Freleng)- with Hector
  • Rabbit Transit May 10, 1947 (LT, Freleng) – with Cecil Turtle
  • Easter Yeggs June 28, 1947 (LT, McKimson) – with Elmer Fudd
  • Slick Hare November 1, 1947 (MM, Freleng) – with Elmer Fudd

    • 1948

  • Gorilla My Dreams January 3, 1948 (LT, McKimson) – with Gruesome Gorilla
  • A Feather in His Hare February 7, 1948 (LT, Jones)
  • Rabbit Punch April 10, 1948 (MM, Jones) – with The Crusher
  • Buccaneer Bunny May 8, 1948 (LT, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam
  • Bugs Bunny Rides Again June 12, 1948 (MM, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam
  • Haredevil Hare July 24, 1948 (LT, Jones) – with Marvin the Martian
  • Hot Cross Bunny August 21, 1948 (MM, McKimson)
  • Hare Splitter September 25, 1948 (MM, Freleng)
  • A-Lad-In His Lamp October 23, 1948 (LT, McKimson)
  • My Bunny Lies over the Sea December 4, 1948 (MM, Jones) – with Angus Macrory

    • 1949

  • Hare Do January 15, 1949 (MM, Freleng) – with Elmer Fudd
  • Mississippi Hare February 26, 1949 (LT, Jones) – with Colonel Shuffle
  • Rebel Rabbit April 9, 1949 (MM, McKimson)
  • High Diving Hare April 30, 1949 (LT, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam
  • Bowery Bugs June 4, 1949 (MM, Arthur Davis)
  • Long-Haired Hare June 25, 1949 (LT, Jones)
  • Knights Must Fall July 16, 1949 (MM, Freleng)
  • The Grey Hounded Hare August 6, 1949 (LT, McKimson)
  • The Windblown Hare August 27, 1949 (LT, McKimson) - with B.B. Wolf
  • Frigid Hare October 8, 1949 (MM, Jones) – with Playboy Penguin
  • Which Is Witch December 3, 1949 (LT, Freleng)
  • Rabbit Hood December 24, 1949 (MM, Jones)

    • 1950

  • Hurdy-Gurdy Hare January 21, 1950 (MM, McKimson) – with Gruesome Gorilla
  • Mutiny on the Bunny February 11, 1950 (LT, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam
  • Homeless Hare March 11, 1950 (MM, Jones)
  • Big House Bunny April 22, 1950 (LT, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam
  • What's Up Doc? June 17, 1950 (LT, McKimson) – with Elmer Fudd
  • 8 Ball Bunny July 8, 1950 (LT, Jones) – with Playboy Penguin
  • Hillbilly Hare August 12, 1950 (MM, McKimson)
  • Bunker Hill Bunny September 23, 1950 (MM, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam
  • Bushy Hare November 18, 1950 (LT, McKimson)
  • Rabbit of Seville December 16, 1950 (LT, Jones) – with Elmer Fudd

    • 1951

  • Hare We Go January 6, 1951 (MM, McKimson)
  • Rabbit Every Monday February 10, 1951 (LT, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam
  • Bunny Hugged March 10, 1951 (MM, Jones) – with The Crusher
  • The Fair-Haired Hare April 14, 1951 (LT, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam
  • Rabbit Fire May 19, 1951 (MM, Jones) – with Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd
  • French Rarebit June 30, 1951 (MM, McKimson)
  • His Hare-Raising Tale August 11, 1951 (LT, Freleng)
  • Ballot Box Bunny October 6, 1951 (MM, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam
  • Big Top Bunny December 1, 1951 (MM, McKimson) – with Bruno the Bear

    • 1952

  • Operation: Rabbit January 19, 1952 (LT, Jones) – with Wile E. Coyote
  • Foxy by Proxy February 23, 1952 (MM, Freleng)
  • 14 Carrot Rabbit March 15, 1952 (LT, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam
  • Water, Water Every Hare April 19, 1952 (LT, Jones) - with Gossamer
  • The Hasty Hare June 7, 1952 (LT, Jones) – with Marvin the Martian
  • Oily Hare July 26, 1952 (MM, McKimson)
  • Rabbit Seasoning September 20, 1952 (MM, Jones) – with Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd
  • Rabbit's Kin November 15, 1952 (MM, McKimson) – with Pete Puma
  • Hare Lift December 20, 1952 (LT, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam

    • 1953

  • Forward March Hare February 14, 1953 (LT, Jones)
  • Upswept Hare March 14, 1953 (MM, McKimson) – with Elmer Fudd
  • Southern Fried Rabbit May 2, 1953 (LT, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam
  • Hare Trimmed June 20, 1953 (MM, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam and Granny
  • Bully for Bugs August 8, 1953 (LT, Jones)
  • Lumber Jack-Rabbit September 26, 1953 (LT, Jones) – First and only 3D WB cartoon until 2010's Coyote Falls, with Charlie Dog
  • Duck! Rabbit, Duck! October 3, 1953 (MM, Jones) – with Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd
  • Robot Rabbit December 12, 1953 (LT, Freleng) – with Elmer Fudd

    • 1954

  • Captain Hareblower January 16, 1954 (MM, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam
  • Bugs and Thugs March 13, 1954 (LT, Freleng) – with Rocky and Mugsy
  • No Parking Hare May 1, 1954 (LT, McKimson)
  • Devil May Hare June 19, 1954 (LT, McKimson) – with the Tasmanian Devil
  • Bewitched Bunny July 24, 1954 (LT, Jones) – with Witch Hazel
  • Yankee Doodle Bugs August 28, 1954 (LT, Freleng)
  • Baby Buggy Bunny December 18, 1954 (MM, Jones)

    • 1955**

  • Beanstalk Bunny February 12, 1955 (MM, Jones) – with Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd
  • Sahara Hare March 26, 1955 (LT, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam; cameo by Daffy Duck
  • Hare Brush May 7, 1955 (MM, Freleng) – with Elmer Fudd
  • Rabbit Rampage June 11, 1955 (LT, Jones) – Cameo by Elmer Fudd
  • This Is a Life? July 9, 1955 (MM, Freleng) – with Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Elmer Fudd, and Granny
  • Hyde and Hare August 27, 1955 (LT, Freleng)
  • Knight-mare Hare October 1, 1955 (MM, Jones)
  • Roman Legion-Hare November 12, 1955 (LT, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam

    • 1956

  • Bugs' Bonnets January 14, 1956 (MM, Jones) – with Elmer Fudd
  • Broom-Stick Bunny February 25, 1956 (LT, Jones) – with Witch Hazel
  • Rabbitson Crusoe April 28, 1956 (LT, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam
  • Napoleon Bunny-Part June 16, 1956 (MM, Freleng)
  • Barbary Coast Bunny July 21, 1956 (LT, Jones) – with Nasty Canasta
  • Half-Fare Hare August 18, 1956 (MM, McKimson)
  • A Star Is Bored September 15, 1956 (LT, Freleng) – with Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, and Elmer Fudd
  • Wideo Wabbit October 27, 1956 (MM, McKimson) – with Elmer Fudd
  • To Hare Is Human December 15, 1956 (MM, Jones) – with Wile E. Coyote

    • 1957

  • Ali Baba Bunny February 9, 1957 (MM, Jones) – with Daffy Duck
  • Bedevilled Rabbit April 13, 1957 (MM, McKimson) – with the Tasmanian Devil
  • Piker's Peak May 25, 1957 (LT, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam
  • What's Opera, Doc? July 6, 1957 (MM, Jones) – with Elmer Fudd; inducted into the National Film Registry
  • Bugsy and Mugsy August 31, 1957 (LT, Freleng) – with Rocky and Mugsy
  • Show Biz Bugs November 2, 1957 (LT, Freleng) – with Daffy Duck
  • Rabbit Romeo December 14, 1957 (MM, McKimson) – with Elmer Fudd

    • 1958

  • Hare-Less Wolf February 1, 1958 (MM, Freleng) – with Charles M. Wolf
  • Hare-Way to the Stars March 29, 1958 (LT, Jones) – with Marvin the Martian
  • Now Hare This May 31, 1958 (LT, McKimson) – with B. B. Wolf
  • Knighty Knight Bugs August 23, 1958 (LT, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam; Academy Award-winner for Best Short Subject (Cartoon)
  • Pre-Hysterical Hare November 1, 1958 (LT, McKimson) – with Elmer Fudd

    • 1959

  • Baton Bunny January 10, 1959 (LT, Jones, Abe Levitow)
  • Hare-Abian Nights February 28, 1959 (MM, Ken Harris) – with Yosemite Sam
  • Apes of Wrath April 18, 1959 (MM, Freleng) – with Gruesome Gorilla; cameo by Daffy Duck
  • Backwoods Bunny June 13, 1959 (MM, McKimson)
  • Wild and Woolly Hare August 1, 1959 (LT, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam
  • Bonanza Bunny September 5, 1959 (MM, McKimson) – with Blacque Jacque Shellacque
  • A Witch's Tangled Hare October 31, 1959 (LT, Levitow) – with Witch Hazel
  • People Are Bunny December 19, 1959 (MM, McKimson) – with Daffy Duck

    • 1960**

  • Horse Hare February 13, 1960 (LT, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam
  • Person to Bunny April 1, 1960 (MM, Freleng) – with Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd
  • Rabbit's Feat June 4, 1960 (LT, Jones) – with Wile E. Coyote
  • From Hare to Heir September 3, 1960 (MM, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam
  • Lighter Than Hare December 17, 1960 (MM, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam

    • 1961**

  • The Abominable Snow Rabbit May 20, 1961 (LT, Jones) – with Daffy Duck
  • Compressed Hare July 29, 1961 (MM, Jones) – with Wile E. Coyote
  • Prince Violent September 2, 1961 (LT, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam; later renamed Prince Varmint for television broadcasts

    • 1962*

  • Wet Hare January 20, 1962 (LT, McKimson) – with Blacque Jacque Shellacque
  • Bill of Hare June 9, 1962 (MM, McKimson) – with the Tasmanian Devil
  • Shishkabugs December 8, 1962 (LT, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam

    • 1963

  • Devil's Feud Cake February 9, 1963 (MM, Freleng) – with Yosemite Sam
  • The Million Hare April 6, 1963 (LT, McKimson) – with Daffy Duck
  • Hare-Breadth Hurry June 8, 1963 (LT, Jones) – with Wile E. Coyote
  • The Unmentionables September 7, 1963 (MM, Freleng) – with Rocky and Mugsy
  • Mad as a Mars Hare October 19, 1963 (MM, Jones) – with Marvin the Martian
  • Transylvania 6-5000 November 30, 1963 (MM, Jones) – with Count Blood Count

    • 1964

  • Dumb Patrol January 18, 1964 (LT, Gerry Chiniquy) – with Yosemite Sam; cameo by Porky Pig
  • Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare March 28, 1964 (MM, McKimson) – with the Tasmanian Devil
  • The Iceman Ducketh May 16, 1964 (LT, Phil Monroe) – with Daffy Duck
  • False Hare July 18, 1964 (LT, McKimson) – with B. B. Wolf; cameo by Foghorn Leghorn (final theatrical Bugs Bunny cartoon until 1990)

    • Documentaries

  • Bugs Bunny: Superstar (1975)
  • Chuck Amuck: The Movie (1991)
  • Chuck Jones – Extremes & Inbetweens: A Life in Animation (2000)

    • Compilation films

  • The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979)
  • The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981)
  • Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982)
  • Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)

    • TV specials

  • Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals (1976)
  • Bugs Bunny's Easter Special (1977)
  • Bugs Bunny in Space (1977)
  • Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special (1978)
  • How Bugs Bunny Won the West (1978)
  • A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court (1978)
  • Bugs Bunny's Valentine (1979)
  • The Bugs Bunny Mother's Day Special (1979)
  • Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet (1979)
  • Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (1979)
  • Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over (1980)
  • The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special (1980)
  • Bugs Bunny: All American Hero (1981)
  • Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television (1982)
  • Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars (1988)
  • Bugs Bunny's Wild World of Sports (1989)
  • Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years (1990)
  • Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster (1991)
  • Bugs Bunny's Creature Features (1992)
  • Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes (1992)

    • TV series

  • The Bugs Bunny Show (1960–2000), compilation series
  • Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1995), voiced by Jeff Bergman, Greg Burson, Noel Blanc and John Kassir
  • Baby Looney Tunes (2001–2006), voiced by Samuel Vincent
  • The Looney Tunes Show (2011–2014), voiced by Jeff Bergman
  • Wabbit. A Looney Tunes Production (2015–), voiced by Jeff Bergman

    • Shorts

  • Box-Office Bunny (1990), voiced by Jeff Bergman (first theatrical Bugs Bunny cartoon since 1964)
  • (Blooper) Bunny (Produced: 1991, Released: 1997), voiced by Jeff Bergman
  • Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers (1992), voiced by Jeff Bergman
  • Carrotblanca (1995), voiced by Greg Burson
  • From Hare to Eternity (1996), voiced by Greg Burson
  • Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas (2004), voiced by Joe Alaskey
  • Daffy Duck for President (2004), voiced by Joe Alaskey

    • Live-action / animated films

  • Yakety Yak, Take it Back (1991), voiced by Jeff Bergman
  • Trash Talk (1992), voiced by Jeff Bergman
  • Space Jam (1996), voiced by Billy West
  • Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), voiced by Joe Alaskey

    • Direct-to-video

  • Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006), voiced by Billy West
  • Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run (2015), voiced by Jeff Bergman

    • Shorts

  • Naughty Neighbors (1939), the prototype; the only pairing of screwball characters Daffy Duck and Bugs' prototype (both in cameo roles only)
  • Patient Porky (1940), Bugs' appearance in this short features both his design from A Wild Hare and his earlier prototype's voice
  • Crazy Cruise (1942)
  • Porky Pig's Feat (1943), only B&W appearance of the official Bugs
  • Jasper Goes Hunting (1944), a Paramount Pictures Puppetoon (a 23-second cameo)
  • Gas (1944), a Private Snafu cartoon
  • Three Brothers (1944), a Private Snafu cartoon
  • Odor-able Kitty (1945), a cat disguised as a skunk dresses as Bugs to escape the clutches of the male skunk in this cartoon that would later be identified as Pepé Le Pew
  • The Goofy Gophers (1947), Bugs' voice is noticeably sped-up for this brief appearance
  • The Lion's Busy (1950), Bugs' head is superimposed on the body of a small gray rabbit shown at the beginning
  • Duck Amuck (1953)
  • Daffy's Rhapsody (2012), appears as a prop

    • Films

  • Two Guys from Texas (1948), live-action film; Bugs appears briefly in an extended animated dream sequence involving Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson
  • My Dream Is Yours (1949), live-action film; Bugs appears in a musical dream sequence alongside Doris Day and Jack Carson (with a cameo by Tweety)
  • Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island (1983), compilation film
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), a Disney/Touchstone film; Bugs appears alongside Mickey Mouse for the first time
  • Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), voiced by Jeff Bergman; appears with Daffy at the film's opening (Daffy and Porky also appear during the end credits). A significantly longer version of the Bugs & Daffy sequence is included in the deleted scenes section of the DVD.

    • TV specials

  • Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990), voiced by Jeff Bergman
  • The Earth Day Special (1990), voiced by Jeff Bergman

    • TV series

  • Taz-Mania (1991; 1993), voiced by Greg Burson; episodes "A Devil of a Job" and "Wacky Wombat"
  • Animaniacs (1993-1994; 1997), voiced by Greg Burson; episodes "Video Review," "The Warners 65th Anniversary Special" and "Back in Style"
  • Histeria! (1998), voiced by Billy West; episodes "The Wild West," "The U.S. Civil War - Part II" and "Great Heroes of France"

    • Direct-to-video

  • Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992), no voice actor
  • Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000), voiced by Joe Alaskey

    • References

    List of Bugs Bunny cartoons Wikipedia
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