Bugs Bunny Rides Again Bugs Bunny Rides Again Bugs Bunny Rides Again is a 1948 Warner Bros. "Merrie Melodies" short, released in 1948, directed by Friz Freleng, and written by Tedd Pierce and Michael Maltese. The short is both part of the Western and a parody of the genre's conventions. Voice characterizations are performed by Mel Blanc. The cartoon features Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam. It is the second cartoon to pair them, after their first encounter in 1945's "Hare Trigger". The title is a typical Western reference, as in "The Lone Ranger rides again", and also suggests a reference to the 1940 Jack
Honey Bunny "Looney Tunes: The Official Visual Guide", wherein Honey is referred to as a former travel companion of Bugs Bunny's. The cartoon, "Hold the Lion, Please" (1942), depicts Bugs married to a female rabbit (credited as Mrs. Bugs Bunny) who looks identical to him except for a bow in her hair and a yellow dress. She tells the audience that she wears the (literal) pants in the family. This character has not been seen since. Throughout the years, other female rabbits shown attraction to Bugs Bunny, including a beautiful female rabbit in a Hawaiian outfit in the cartoon "Bugs Bunny Nips