Development of Bugs Bunny slightly modified again for the 2011 series "The Looney Tunes Show" and yet again for the 2015 series "Wabbit". Development of Bugs Bunny A prototypical version of Bugs Bunny appeared in four cartoon shorts before making his first official appearance in Tex Avery's "A Wild Hare". While this prototype version is commonly referred to as "Happy Rabbit", animation historian David Gerstein disputes this, saying that the only usage of the term was from Mel Blanc himself; the name "Bugs Bunny" was used as early as August 1939, in the Motion Picture Herald, in a review for the short "Hare-um Scare-um".
The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (credited onscreen as Friz Freleng's Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie) is a 1981 American animated package film with a compilation of classic "Looney Tunes"/"Merrie Melodies" Warner Bros. cartoon shorts and animated bridging sequences produced by Friz Freleng, hosted by Bugs Bunny. The new footage was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and the first "Looney Tunes"/"Merrie Melodies" film with a compilation of classic shorts produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The film starts with a showing of the 1958 award winning cartoon "Knighty Knight Bugs" before going