Rabbit, Not A Hare
Despite the fact that he appeared in A Wild Hare, he’s actually very much a rabbit. This is backed by the fact that he lives in a burrow and eats carrots, which hares do not do. However, the cartoon does use the terms interchangeably, because let’s face it, it’s a cartoon after all, so does it really matter?
Rabbit, Not A Hare
His Inspirations
Two more inspirations for Bugs’ character are Charlie Chaplin’s witty and goofy personality as well as Groucho Marx, whose line “of course you realize this means war!” was used by Bugs and became one of his catch phrases. The first time the line was used by Marx was in Duck Soup (1933) and then again in A Night at the Opera (1935).
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His Inspirations
