Wabbit Twouble


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Directed by: Bob Clampett
Story by: Dave Monahan
Produced by: Leon Schlesinger
Music by: Carl W. Stalling
Animation by: Sid Sutherland
Color process: Technicolor
Production company: Leon Schlesinger Productions
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date: December 20, 1941
Running time: 8:22 (1 reel)
Language: English

Wabbit Twouble {"Rabbit Trouble"} is a Merrie Melodies cartoon starring Bugs Bunny, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions and released on December 20, 1941 by Warner Bros. Pictures. This is the first of several Bugs Bunny cartoon titles that refer to Elmer Fudd's speech impediment, with the names of Bob Clampett, Sidney Sutherland, and Carl Stalling, as well as the roles of Story, Supervision, and Musical Direction, intentionally misspelled in the credits to match the speech impediment.

In the cartoon, Elmer expects to find rest and relaxation at Jellostone National Park. He mistakenly sets up camp in the neighborhood of Bugs' rabbit hole, but Bugs (and a neighboring bear) do not have much leisure in mind.

Tex Avery began the project which Clampett finished; Avery is not credited on screen. This was the first Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd cartoon directed by Clampett, with a story by Dave Monahan and musical direction by Carl W. Stalling. Although Sid Sutherland is the only credited animator, the short was also animated by Virgil Ross, Rod Scribner, and Robert McKimson. Mel Blanc provided the voices for Bugs and the bear, and Arthur Q. Bryan provided the voice for Elmer.

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Big Chungus



The still frame from the short that has come to be known as "Big Chungus".

In December 2018, a still from the short depicting Bugs mocking Elmer by imitating his likeness became an Internet meme. The meme originated from fictitious cover art for a video game titled Big Chungus (with "chungus" being a neologism coined by video game journalist Jim Sterling in 2012) which featured the still and was popularized by a Facebook post by a GameStop manager in Colorado Springs, who alleged that a customer had inquired about purchasing the fictional game as a gift for her son. The meme was usually used as an ironic meme, often with "deep-fried" effects and nonsensical text.

In April 2021, the character was added to the mobile game Looney Tunes World of Mayhem. Big Chungus was briefly featured in the 2021 film Space Jam: A New Legacy, and eventually received a trademark from Warner Bros. themselves.

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today is Big Chungus’ 80th birthday. happy birthday Big Chungus