Elmer's Pet Rabbit Elmer's Pet Rabbit Elmer's Pet Rabbit is a 1941 Merrie Melodies cartoon. The short was released on January 4, 1941. Starring Elmer Fudd and, ostensibly, Bugs Bunny, it is the first cartoon in which the name Bugs Bunny is given (on a title card, edited onto the end of the opening title following the success of "A Wild Hare"), but the rabbit is also somewhat the same as the one seen and heard in "Elmer's Candid Camera" and other pre-Bugs shorts. It was directed by Chuck Jones (his first cartoon featuring Bugs Bunny) and written by Rich Hogan. Voices are
Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt is a 1941 "Merrie Melodies" cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. Bugs is reading "The Song of Hiawatha" out loud to himself and the saga turns real as a pint-sized, Elmer Fudd-like Hiawatha (minus the speech impediment) turns up, paddling his canoe. Hiawatha is looking for a rabbit for his dinner. Hiawatha manages to trick Bugs into thinking he is preparing a hot bath for him. It is actually a cooking pot, which Bugs quickly vacates once Hiawatha casually mentions that he is having rabbit stew for supper. As with Elmer, Bugs spends the rest