Rabbit Punch

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Rabbit Punch is a 1948 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoon. The short was released on April 10, 1948 and features Bugs Bunny. The work features a boxing match between "Battling McGook" (identified as "The Crusher" in subsequent cartoons) and Bugs Bunny.

Bugs Bunny

• Ladies and gentlemen, due to circumstances beyond our control, we are unable to continue with this picture and... Confidentially, the film didn't exactly break! [holds up a pair of scissors]

Dialogue

Ring Announcer: Bugs is down. He's out. He's flat. He's kissing the canvas.

[Bugs is shown literally kissing the canvas]

Ring Announcer: And here comes the count. One! Two! Three! It looks like it's all over. Four! Five! The champ is still champ.

Bugs Bunny: [Grabs the mike] Six! Seven! But wait just a minute, folks. Bugs is coming out of it. He's on his feet. He's moving in like a tornado. The champ is confused. He doesn't know which way to look.

[At this point the champ starts to react to what Bugs is saying as if it's really happening]

Bugs Bunny: Bugs lands a beauty to the solar plexus! A right to the jaw! A one-two on the instep! Four fast rabbit punches to the kidneys! A left hook, a right hook, a north hook, a south hook! What a fight! The champ is groggy!

[the champ trips on Bugs and falls]

Bugs Bunny: The champ is down.

External links

• Rabbit Punch quotes at the Internet Movie Database