Happy Rabbit

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Happy Rabbit in Prest-O Change-O

Happy Rabbit is a character from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series who later evolved into Bugs Bunny. Happy Rabbit was created by Ben "Bugs" Hardaway in 1938. Happy Rabbit first appeared in the short Porky's Hare Hunt. Like most of the other characters of the series, Happy Rabbit is voiced by Mel Blanc.

The earliest Happy Rabbit in Porky's Hare Hunt

[edit] 1938

On April 30, 1938 Happy Rabbit made his screen debut in the cartoon Porky's Hare Hunt. In the short Happy Rabbit is being hunted by Porky Pig but drives Porky crazy. The voice Happy has in the cartoon Blanc later gave to Woody Woodpecker.

[edit] 1939-1940

The redesigned Happy Rabbit.

Happy Rabbit annoys Elmer Fudd.

Happy Rabbit later appeared in 1939 in the Cartoon Prest-O Change-O. Happy Rabbit became one of the well known secondary characters in Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies.

Happy Rabbit made his third appearance in the cartoon Hare-um Scare-um. In Hare-um Scare-um Happy Rabbit changes from a white to a gray rabbit. Happy Rabbit later came across Elmer Fudd in the short Elmer's Candid Camera, and he had one more appearance in the cartoon Patient Porky. Happy Rabbit was never seen in a Looney Tunes or Merrie Melodies cartoon released after Patient Porky.

[edit] Rivals

Happy Rabbit's main rival Porky Pig

[edit] Trivia

Nobody knew the name of the Bugs Bunny prototype, until voice actor Mel Blanc talked about the origins of the character in a 1970s interview.
Most people believe Happy Rabbit is the prototypical Bugs Bunny, due to Bugs's voice in "Elmer's Pet Rabbit" which is the voice Happy Rabbit had in "Elmer's Candid Camera". They are both voiced by Mel Blanc.
Happy Rabbit's shorts have been shown on Cartoon Network's June Bugs marathon, which is strictly devoted to Bugs Bunny cartoons.
In Elmer's Candid Camera, Happy Rabbit is very similar to Bugs Bunny, and the personality is somewhat similar to the famous rabbit. The only major difference is that Happy Rabbit in this short has apricot-colored gloves and muzzle, furrier tail, black nose, black-tipped ears, and different voice.

.In the 2003 film "Looney Tunes: Back in Action", There is a deleted scene in the DVD where once Bugs Bunny gets zapped by the Blue Monkey Diamond, he "de-evolves" in the Happy Rabbit and makes the original laugh upon de-evolution

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