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Spaced Out Bunny is a 1980 Looney Tunes short directed by Chuck Jones and Phil Monroe.

Plot[]

While walking in a forest, Bugs Bunny wonders aloud how everyone is out to get everyone else; this is illustrated by hostile behavior as Bugs interacts with, among other things, a rock and a butterfly. He sees a carrot and begins to eat it, unaware that it is a trap set by Marvin the Martian.

Marvin's purpose for capturing Bugs with what Marvin explains is an "ACME Rack and Pinion Super Tranquilizing Carrot" is to provide a playmate for Hugo the Abominable Snowman on Mars. After Bugs awakens and realizes where he is, Marvin explains his rationale before turning Hugo loose on Bugs. "Oh no, not again!" cries Bugs. Hugo reprises his intention to "hug him and squeeze him and name him George." Bugs regains the upper hand on his captors by suggesting to Hugo that he needs a robot; Marvin attempts to get away but Hugo reaches into the spaceship and repeats, "I will call him George." When an agitated Marvin demands that Hugo cease his behavior, saying "I am not now nor have I ever been a robot," an angry Hugo spanks Marvin. "Not a robot, George? Then I shall have to punish you good."

Bugs whispers in Hugo's ear, suggesting something that Marvin would be good at. On Hugo's wrist, he proudly displays his new "Mickey Martian" wristwatch. Bugs climbs into the spacecraft and asks Hugo to practice his Frisbee toss by hurling the ship toward the Earth. As Bugs travels back home, he states that he shouldn't believe in any strange carrots before admitting he is also a "flying object lesson."

Television[]

New titles would be created for The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show and Merrie Melodies with full credits starting in 1992. However from Cartoon Network's airing in 1997 onward including the newly restored version in 2020, the title used is from The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show 1983.

  • Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over (1980)
  • The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show (1983-1985)
  • The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (1986-1990)
  • Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends [Syndication and Fox] (1990-1994) New titles
  • That's Warner Bros.! (1995-1996) New titles
  • Bugs 'n' Daffy [The WB] (1996-1998) Uses Merrie Melodies titles with Bugs 'n' Daffy fanfare
  • The Bugs and Daffy Show [Cartoon Network] (1997-2004)
  • The Bugs Bunny Show [TBS] (1997)
  • The Looney Tunes Show [Cartoon Network] (2001-2004)
  • Looney Tunes on Boomerang (2003-2005; 2013-present)
  • Looney Tunes on Cartoon Network (2011-2015)
  • Toon In with Me [Me TV] (2021-present)
  • Bugs Bunny and Friends [Me TV] (2021-present)

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Notes[]

  • The cartoon was part of the television special Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over on CBS, which aired 21 May 1980.
  • This short marks the first time Marvin is officially named; in the previous theatrical cartoons, he was unnamed.
  • "Spaced Out Bunny" is the last Warner Brothers-released short to have Mel Blanc voicing Bugs.
  • The Mickey Martian watch is a reference to the Mickey Mouse watch. It is also a reference to the pocketwatch ending gag from "Beanstalk Bunny".

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TV Title Cards[]

Bugs Bunny Shorts
1938 Porky's Hare Hunt
1939 Prest-O Change-OHare-um Scare-um
1940 Elmer's Candid CameraA Wild Hare
1941 Elmer's Pet RabbitTortoise Beats HareHiawatha's Rabbit HuntThe Heckling HareAll This and Rabbit StewWabbit Twouble
1942 The Wabbit Who Came to SupperAny Bonds Today?The Wacky WabbitHold the Lion, PleaseBugs Bunny Gets the BoidFresh HareThe Hare-Brained HypnotistCase of the Missing Hare
1943 Tortoise Wins by a HareSuper-RabbitJack-Wabbit and the BeanstalkWackiki WabbitFalling Hare
1944 Little Red Riding RabbitWhat's Cookin' Doc?Bugs Bunny and the Three BearsBugs Bunny Nips the NipsHare Ribbin'Hare ForceBuckaroo BugsThe Old Grey HareStage Door Cartoon
1945 Herr Meets HareThe Unruly HareHare TriggerHare ConditionedHare Tonic
1946 Baseball BugsHare RemoverHair-Raising HareAcrobatty BunnyRacketeer RabbitThe Big SnoozeRhapsody Rabbit
1947 Rabbit TransitA Hare Grows in ManhattanEaster YeggsSlick Hare
1948 Gorilla My DreamsA Feather in His HareRabbit PunchBuccaneer BunnyBugs Bunny Rides AgainHaredevil HareHot Cross BunnyHare SplitterA-Lad-In His LampMy Bunny Lies over the Sea
1949 Hare DoMississippi HareRebel RabbitHigh Diving HareBowery BugsLong-Haired HareKnights Must FallThe Grey Hounded HareThe Windblown HareFrigid HareWhich Is WitchRabbit Hood
1950 Hurdy-Gurdy HareMutiny on the BunnyHomeless HareBig House BunnyWhat's Up Doc?8 Ball BunnyHillbilly HareBunker Hill BunnyBushy HareRabbit of Seville
1951 Hare We GoRabbit Every MondayBunny HuggedThe Fair Haired HareRabbit FireFrench RarebitHis Hare Raising TaleBallot Box BunnyBig Top Bunny
1952 Operation: RabbitFoxy by Proxy14 Carrot RabbitWater, Water Every HareThe Hasty HareOily HareRabbit SeasoningRabbit's KinHare Lift
1953 Forward March HareUpswept HareSouthern Fried RabbitHare TrimmedBully for BugsLumber Jack-RabbitDuck! Rabbit, Duck!Robot Rabbit
1954 Captain HareblowerBugs and ThugsNo Parking HareDevil May HareBewitched BunnyYankee Doodle BugsBaby Buggy Bunny
1955 Beanstalk BunnySahara HareHare BrushRabbit RampageThis Is a Life?Hyde and HareKnight-Mare HareRoman Legion-Hare
1956 Bugs' BonnetsBroom-Stick BunnyRabbitson CrusoeNapoleon Bunny-PartBarbary-Coast BunnyHalf-Fare HareA Star Is BoredWideo WabbitTo Hare Is Human
1957 Ali Baba BunnyBedevilled RabbitPiker's PeakWhat's Opera, Doc?Bugsy and MugsyShow Biz BugsRabbit Romeo
1958 Hare-Less WolfHare-Way to the StarsNow, Hare ThisKnighty Knight BugsPre-Hysterical Hare
1959 Baton BunnyHare-abian NightsApes of WrathBackwoods BunnyWild and Woolly HareBonanza BunnyA Witch's Tangled HarePeople Are Bunny
1960 Horse HarePerson to BunnyRabbit's FeatFrom Hare to HeirLighter Than Hare
1961 The Abominable Snow RabbitCompressed HarePrince Violent
1962 Wet HareBill of HareShishkabugs
1963 Devil's Feud CakeThe Million HareHare-Breadth HurryThe UnmentionablesMad as a Mars HareTransylvania 6-5000
1964 Dumb PatrolDr. Devil and Mr. HareThe Iceman DuckethFalse Hare
1979 Bugs Bunny's Christmas CarolFright Before Christmas
1980 Portrait of the Artist as a Young BunnySpaced Out Bunny
1990 Box Office Bunny
1991 (Blooper) Bunny
1992 Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers
1995 Carrotblanca
1997 From Hare to Eternity
2004 Hare and Loathing in Las VegasDaffy Duck for President




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