Bugs Bunny that another proposed name for the character was "Happy Rabbit." In the actual cartoons and publicity, however, the name "Happy" only seems to have been used in reference to Bugs Hardaway. In "Hare-um Scare-um", a newspaper headline reads, "Happy Hardaway." Animation historian David Gerstein disputes that "Happy Rabbit" was ever used as an official name, believing that the only usage of the term was from Mel Blanc himself in humorous and fanciful tales he told about the character's development in the 1970s and 1980s; the name "Bugs Bunny" was used as early as August 1939, in the Motion Picture Herald,
Honey Bunny have also shown attraction to him. Another girlfriend of Bugs Bunny's, Lula Belle Bunny, appeared in "Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies Comics" and "Bugs Bunny Comics" between 1947 and 1955 . In "Bugs Bunny Comics" #139 (1962), there appeared another girl with whom Bugs Bunny fell in love. Bertha Bunny, apart from blonde hair and feminine attire, looked much like Bugs in drag. She had a speech defect, resulting in her pronouncing "parrot farm" as "carrot farm", which made Bugs think she owned a carrot farm. The release of the film "Space Jam" (1996) introduced a new female rabbit character,