Honey Bunny the Nips" (1944), a shapely robotic female rabbit used as a bait for Bugs by Gossamer's creator in the cartoon "Hair-Raising Hare" (1946), Daisy Lou (who bears a strong resemblance to Honey Bunny's eventual character design from the 1970s-1990s) in the above-mentioned cartoon "Hare Splitter" (1948), Witch Hazel (who is transformed into an attractive female rabbit) in the cartoon "Bewitched Bunny" (1954), and Millicent (an overweight rabbit) in the cartoon "Rabbit Romeo" (1957). Mama Bear, in "Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears" (1944); Penelope Pussycat, in "Carrotblanca" (1995); and Elmer Fudd, in "Bugs' Bonnets" (1956) and "Rabbit of Seville" (1950),
The Bugs Bunny Show on the air until 1999, when it was again reduced to a half-hour. In 2000, Warner Bros. made the "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" film library exclusive to Cartoon Network, as it, along with Warner Bros., is owned by what is now WarnerMedia (formerly Time Warner). As a result, "The Bugs Bunny Show" ended its four-decade-long network run, one of the longest runs in the history of United States network television. This show is credited for keeping the Warner Bros. cartoons made during the Golden Age of American animation a part of the American consciousness. Indeed, the show ran for