Operation: Rabbit Operation: Rabbit Operation: Rabbit is a Looney Tunes animated cartoon first released theatrically in 1952. Directed by Chuck Jones, the cartoon features Bugs Bunny and Wile E. Coyote in the latter character's first attempt to capture and eat the former. This was the second cartoon to feature Wile E. Coyote (following 1949's "Fast and Furry-ous"), and the first in which he is identified by his full name. It is also the first in which the Coyote speaks; his voice, like Bugs, was provided by Mel Blanc. The two characters would reappear together in the cartoons "To Hare Is Human" (1956),
Who Framed Roger Rabbit the following year. Blanc was unable to perform some of his gruffer character voices, so they were instead given to Joe Alaskey. An archival recording of Clarence Nash, the original voice of Donald Duck, was used at the beginning of his scene. The main characters of the film are Roger Rabbit, a cartoon rabbit, his cartoon-human wife Jessica Rabbit, and human detective Eddie Valiant and Judge Doom. Other characters in the film include: Baby Herman is Roger's major co-star in the animated shorts in which they appear. He is Roger's best friend. Baby Herman's "mother", Mrs. Herman (voiced by April