The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special is an animated television special that was broadcast on CBS October 26, 1980. Presented as an Alfred Hitchcock-style whodunit, the plot is modeled after those of "North by Northwest" and "The Fugitive". Like most Looney Tunes specials of the time, this program consists of clips from classic cartoons with some new original animation holding them together. A criminal known as the Tall, Dark Stranger robs a bank, and Inspector Elmer Fudd mistakenly arrests Bugs Bunny for the crime. Escaping from jail, Bugs sets out to prove his innocence while evading
Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble Seven of the levels are based on the Bugs Bunny cartoons "Duck! Rabbit, Duck!", "Bully for Bugs", "Knighty Knight Bugs", "Hare-Abian Nights", "Spaced Out Bunny", "Mad as a Mars Hare", and "Hare-Way to the Stars", while the other level, entitled "Haunted Hare", is based on elements of "Bewitched Bunny" and "Hair-Raising Hare". On the Game Gear version, the "Bully for Bugs" level is altered to instead be named and based on the cartoon "Roman Legion-Hare", though similar gameplay is maintained. The "Spaced Out Bunny" level is absent in the Game Gear version as well. Each level features objectives, designs, and