What are the bugs in Bugs Bunny
from greenbit@lemmy.zip to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world on 25 Aug 08:42
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Edit: we need insect details

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fubo@lemmy.world on 25 Aug 08:49 next collapse

Navigation difficulties in the vicinity of Albuquerque, NM

commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 25 Aug 11:23 collapse

finally, a correct answer

Naich@lemmings.world on 25 Aug 08:51 next collapse

Could be a reference to Bugsy Malone.

Diddlydee@feddit.uk on 25 Aug 09:40 next collapse

Bugsy Malone was written in 1973.

memfree@piefed.social on 25 Aug 12:21 collapse

I'd forgotten that Bugsy Malone was fictional version of Bugs Moran (and Al Capone and all).

Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world on 25 Aug 13:13 collapse
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 25 Aug 09:10 next collapse

The animator

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Hardaway

HeathenPope@lemmy.world on 25 Aug 09:27 next collapse

This is the correct answer. As Hardaway’s rabbit sketch made the rounds about the studio, people began to refer to it as “Bugs’s Bunny”. Eventually, the possessive was dropped and the name Bugs Bunny just stuck.

TheBat@lemmy.world on 25 Aug 10:08 collapse

Also in-universe, his name/nickname is Bugs.

Gee209@lemmy.world on 25 Aug 09:22 next collapse

I once read that in the 1930’s, one of the animators for Warner Bros. was working on a prototype rabbit character. The animator was named Ben (nicknamed “Bugs”) Hardaway.

A model sheet for the character was labeled “Bugs’ Bunny”—as in, the bunny belonging to Bugs (Hardaway). The name stuck to the character we know as Bugs Bunny today. The name wasn’t given purposely, but by association.

SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works on 25 Aug 12:54 next collapse

Ah, the ole GUY.BRUSH switcheroo

dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de on 25 Aug 13:51 collapse

You were alive in the 1930s and able to read. Amazing.

Ghoelian@piefed.social on 25 Aug 16:15 collapse

Sounds like your own reading comprehension still isn't so great in 2025, because that's not what they said.

dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de on 25 Aug 17:02 collapse

Indeed.

I meant it as a joke and clearly didn’t see the that. I didn’t mean any offence to OP.

Ghoelian@piefed.social on 25 Aug 17:21 collapse

Ah, sorry, I thought you meant it as an insult. Guess I've spent too much time on reddit lol.

dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de on 25 Aug 17:23 collapse

It’s cool. It appears most people did looking at the downvotes.

nomecks@lemmy.wtf on 25 Aug 11:51 next collapse

Rabbits are prolific reproducers. Bugs Bunny has VD.

greenbit@lemmy.zip on 25 Aug 15:46 collapse

I’m thinking a bunch of bees in a rabbit skin?