Super-Rabbit Super-Rabbit Super-Rabbit is a 1943 Warner Bros. cartoon starring Bugs Bunny who is parodying the popular comic book character Superman. "Super-Rabbit" was the 16th Bugs Bunny entry, and the 47th directed by Chuck Jones. Professor Cannafraz (a Richard Haydn impression) creates a "super carrot" and uses it on his test subject – Rabbitus idioticus americanus (Bugs Bunny), who immediately wolfs down the proffered carrot. Armed with temporary superhero abilities that need to be replenished with additional super carrots, Bugs remembers a newspaper article about Texas hunter "Cottontail" Smith, who wants to hunt down all rabbits. Bugs flies to Deepinaharta, Texas,
Cartoon Network original character, a muscular teenage robot named TOM. During that same year, a series of bumpers featuring the instrumental Powerhouse were introduced. These bumpers lasted from 1997 to 2004. One new original series premiered in 2000: "Sheep in the Big City". On April 1, Cartoon Network launched a digital cable and satellite channel known as Boomerang, which was spun off from one of their programming blocks that featured retro animated series and shorts. Three new original series premiered in 2001: "Time Squad", "Samurai Jack", and "Grim & Evil". On June 18, Betty Cohen, who had served as Cartoon Network's president