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
Knighty Knight Bugs character, having been created for the episode, but a parody of Terrytoons character Sidney the Elephant, a.k.a. "Silly Sidney", whose cartoon "Sidney's Family Tree" was indeed nominated for an Academy Award the same year as "Knighty Knight Bugs". This cartoon is featured uncut on Disc 1 of the "" DVD set, "Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection", and "The Essential Bugs Bunny". It is also available in the "" Blu-ray and DVD. Bugs' White Water Rapids is a Hopkins Rides log flume themed to "Knighty Knight Bugs" that opened in 1998 at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San