Rebel Rabbit

When he sees that the bounty on a rabbit is only two cents, Bugs goes to Washington to get to the bottom of this. It seems that rabbits are harmless, fuzzy little creatures that don't do any damage, so Bugs decides to become public menace number one and goes on the warpath to make rabbits the most vicious animals in the wild. He does everything from filling up the Grand Canyon to drying up Niagara Falls, tying up the railroads, and creating all sorts of crazy situations that finally has Congress putting a $1 million bounty on Bugs! Could it be he went too far?

Bugs Bunny, Post Office Worker, Game Commissioner, Watchman, Congressman

This is the eleventh cartoon which Bugs loses.

Modern prints cut the scene in which Bugs gives Manhattan back to the Indians.

Bugs does not say "What's up, Doc?" in this short.

The Blue Ribbon release featured blue rings. This release also features the original title cards and includes credits.

In September of 1943, beginning with A Feud There Was, Warner Bros. began re-releasing select color cartoons in their Blue Ribbon program. Typically the Blue Ribbon reissues received new opening sequences with Blue Ribbon title cards and standardized music. Cartoon production credits were also removed. Between ten and fifteen cartoons were released in any given year, with cartoons coming from as far back as 1935. The reissues continued until the close of the studio in the 1960's.

All Blue Ribbon cartoons were released as "Merrie Melodie" cartoons regardless of the original series. The first "Looney Tunes" short to be included in the Blue Ribbon series was The Hep Cat, which was added in 1949. The only current prints of many of these cartoons are the Blue Ribbon releases, although restoration of these cartoons with original elements and titles is always ongoing.