Bunny Hugged (1951) User Reviews

Bugs Bunny becomes a champion wrestler. Read more...

[Mightyzebra · 8/10 · 10 June 2008]

It is a wrestling championships and it is the fearsome, muscle packed Crusher versus the dainty, light and silly Ravishing Ronald. An assemble of people come to announce the arrival of Ravishing Ronald, including Bugs Bunny, who, not that surprisingly, is scoffing carrots in a large carrot dish. Ravishing Ronald is having a huge amount of trouble a minute later in the contest and Bugs Bunny decides to take his place, having quite a lot of heart. Madcap intelligence and slapstick follow...

I like this episode because, it has good animation of the audience and the slapstick, the episode has a clever plot outline, there are clever twists of the plot, the slapstick is good (animation- wise of course - and entertainment wise) and the "Masked Terror" is a good character and believable.

I recommend this episode to people who like slapsticky Bugs Bunny episodes + wrestling. Enjoy "Bunny Hugged"! :-)

Bugs a.k.a. 'The Masked Terror'

[ccthemovieman-1 · 7/10 · 13 April 2007]

We are in a packed arena waiting for the World's Heavyweight Wrestling Championship to take place between the champ, "The Crusher," a snarling, growling beast of man with rippling muscles on his muscles, and "Ravishing Ronald," the denatured boy (whatever that means.). Ronald comes out in the best Roman tradition: on a platter, eating grapes. He has a mascot named "Bugs," who tells us, "Hey, it's a living."

In no time The Crusher literally makes a punching bag out of Ravishing Ronald. Bugs, "Yikes, there goes me bread and butter. I've got to do something."

What happens afterward, as Bugs becomes "The Masked Terror," is mostly funny. The stitching scene was kind of stupid but the rest of it was typical outlandish Bugs humor.

"It's a living."

[utgard14 · 8/10 · 29 December 2014]

Bugs Bunny has been enjoying a cushy job as the mascot for flamboyant wrestler Ravishing Ronald. But when Ronald is demolished by bald brawler The Crusher, Bugs realizes his meal ticket is in trouble. So he slaps on a mask and enters the ring to challenge Crusher as the Masked Terror. Hilarious Chuck Jones short that pokes fun at pro wrestling. Wonderful animation, lively music, and terrific voicework. One of the things I like most about it is that Bugs doesn't have the upper hand the whole time. Very funny stuff with some great gags and lines ("It's about time for me to employ a little stragedy"). The character of Crusher is a hoot. Love that ending.

With Bugs Bunny wrestling, who needs The Rock?

[lee_eisenberg · 10/10 · 22 May 2005]

Almost half a century before everyone got really obsessed with wrestling, that carrot-chomping rascal engaged in it...with a vengeance. After belligerent wrestler The Crusher clobbers a challenger, Bugs Bunny quickly enters the fray. At first, The Crusher has the upper hand, but of course Bugs has some tricks up his sleeve. Some of Bugs' antics seem a little risqué, especially for 1951, but there's nothing offensive here. These sorts of cartoons are the REAL definition of "family fun". As Chuck Jones once noted: "Bugs Bunny does what most of us would like to do, but don't have the nerve to do." Splendid.

Another perfect Bugs Bunny cartoon

[romewdn · 16 February 2004]

If it hadn't been for this cartoon, I would have never watched professional wrestling today, watching Legends and Superstars like Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, Randy Savage, Mick Foley, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Goldberg, The Rock, and more! Bugs Bunny made his "debut" as a pro wrestler with the gimmick called "The Masked Terror," substituting Ravishing Ronald's position as challenger for the World Title. The champion at that time was a bald and bearded heel (bad guy) named the Crusher. At the end, with a "little strategy," Bugs Bunny took off his mask and knocked out the champion with a safe and went for the pin. That is why I'll worship Bugs Bunny forever, along with Mickey Mouse, Hulk Hogan, and more of the greatest heroes there had ever been.

Bugs versus The Crusher,...and guess who wins?!

[planktonrules · 9/10 · 14 June 2006]

This cartoon begins with a Gorgeous George-type wrestler entering the ring along with his mascot, Bugs. However, this stylish and rather effeminate wrestler is pulverized in mere seconds by The Crusher. So, Bugs rises to the occasion by donning a mask and taking on The Crusher himself! Well, once again Bugs proves that brains can easily beat brawn and despite many, many attempts, The Crusher comes off the worst in the bout. But, despite winning, this isn't exactly the end of the picture, as The Crusher wants to bit off Bugs' arm when he offers to shake hands. Not surprisingly, Bugs doesn't fall for it and the jerk gets his.

The cartoon has exceptional production values and is terrific violent fun--with tons of sight-gags. In fact, this cartoon might have more of these gags than just about any other.

Not a favourite but worth watching

[TheLittleSongbird · 7/10 · 7 February 2010]

Good Bugs Bunny cartoon, if a little predictable,and not as well paced, plus I am sorry to say but the stitching scene did not work for me. That said, the climatic scene is funny, and Bugs is still his outlandish self.

The animation is nice and detailed, the music is good as always, the story is fine and the voice characterisations from Mel Blanc, a truly brilliant voice actor, are spot on. Also good are the writing and a vast majority of the sight gags. However, as I have said already, it is predictable, somehow I knew that Bugs would win in the end and the pace was rather uneven.

Overall, not a favourite of mine I admit but I do recommend it. 7/10 Bethany Cox

who is that masked man?

[movieman_kev · 8/10 · 29 October 2005]

Bugs Bunny has to go Mano-a-rabbito as "the Masked Terror" for a wrestling bout with the Crusher after he easily pummels his former opponent and Bug's source of income, Ravashing Ronald. The rascally rabbit is also outmatched physically, so he has to pull some cunninggly clever yet somewhat devious tricks from his sleeves. I liked this cartoon a lot and it makes me chuckle every single time I see it. This animated short can be seen on Disc 1 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2. It also features an optional music and effects only track.

My Grade: A

Adequately entertaining if largely uninspired

[phantom_tollbooth · 4/10 · 1 October 2008]

Chuck Jones's 'Bunny Hugged' is a moderately amusing sequel to the superior 'Rabbit Punch'. In that cartoon Bugs Bunny had found himself in the boxing ring, in this one it's the wrestling ring. Pitted once again against The Crusher (hey, in cartoon land a rabbit and a hare are the same thing so it follows logically that so are a boxer and a wrestler!), Bugs spends the whole first half of the cartoon getting viciously pummeled. When he finally breaks out the heckling as his means of beating the physically undefeatable Crusher, 'Bunny Hugged' picks up a little. The jokes are fairly standard and too much faith is placed in The Crusher's dopey reactions to being clobbered but overall its adequately entertaining if largely uninspired stuff. The climactic gag, however, is one of the worst and least funny closing images of any Warner cartoon I can think of. I'm not a huge fan of 'Bunny Hugged', then, but it's an decent time passer and never sinks to the levels of tedium of, say, 'Big Top Bunny'.

Brain, not brawn

[slymusic · 29 May 2009]

Directed by Chuck Jones, "Bunny Hugged" places Bugs Bunny in the boxing ring against the mean, muscular Crusher. Actually, Bugs starts out merely as a mascot for the wimpy Ravishing Ronald, but when Crusher easily overpowers him, Bugs is forced to take his place.

Here are my favorite sequences from "Bunny Hugged". Ravishing Ronald trots toward Crusher to a humorously frolicsome musical accompaniment; when Crusher stuffs Ronald's body inside his own hairnet and uses him as a punching bag, Ronald extends a few signs from the net that read "HELP!", "FOUL!", and "S.O.S.!" Bugs tricks Crusher into believing he split his shorts, so Bugs masquerades as a tailor and stabs Crusher's ass with a needle. Bugs struggles in giving Crusher a headlock; Crusher goes into a "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" dance and "bowls" Bugs right into a canvas pole, with an appropriate sound effect.

"Bunny Hugged" is a funny cartoon! Catch it on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2 Disc 1.

Nice Bugs

[Michael_Elliott · 2 May 2009]

Bunny Hugged (1951)

*** (out of 4)

Spoof of wrestling has Bugs Bunny jumping into the ring after his owner is destroyed by The Crusher. Once inside the ring the rabbit is totally out of his league so he must use his brains to try and bring down the best. There's quite a bit that happens inside the seven-minutes of this short. There's pretty much action from the start to finish and most of it is very good. The best sequence is early on in the picture and doesn't even feature the hero Bugs. It's a scene where The Crusher destroys the other wrestler, a "pretty boy" type and the way he's destroyed is just hilarious. The violent action is another plus as is all of the animation, which looks extremely well.