Development of Bugs Bunny and of the character. A model sheet by Charlie Thorson describes this prototype character as "Bugs' Bunny" (note the apostrophe) but in most of the cartoons the character is unnamed. Virgil Ross, the animator for "A Wild Hare" describes how the character came to be named in the interview published by "Animato!" magazine #19. Mel Blanc often told the story of the creation of the character and its name. He suggested that the character be named after the character's initial director, Ben "Bugs" Hardaway. Blanc's own book, "That's Not All Folks" published by Warner Books in 1988, describes the "tough
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle of the film, Kemco decided to use Bugs Bunny, due to him and Roger Rabbit both being rabbits, making it easier for Kemco to modify the "Roger Rabbit" game and release it outside Japan as "The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle". For the Game Boy version, Kemco's license to develop and/or publish video games based on "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" became outdated; however, they still had the license to create Disney-based video games, which they used to create "Mickey Mouse" for Game Boy. An early beta version of the game shows the working title as "Bugs Bunny Fun House". "The Bugs