History Main / PullARabbitOutOfMyHat

* Discussed in ''FanFic/ChildOfTheStorm'' when [[TheArchmage Doctor Strange]] pulls out a top hat, and [[DeadpanSnarker Harry]] wonders if a rabbit will be coming next. [[SubvertedTrope Instead]], it turns out to be a [[TeleportersAndTransporters Portkey]].

-->'''Rocky''': Now here's something we think you'll really like!

Rabbits are popular for this trick over other small animals (like, say, a cat) because they're better at sitting still for long periods of time. However, it should be noted that despite how it's commonly depicted, lifting a rabbit by its ears is very painful and could permanently injure them. It's also likely to ruin the act if they freak out. Normally they put the hand under the rabbit's belly.

* Discussed in ''FanFic/ChildOfTheStorm'' when [[TheArchmage Doctor Strange]] pulls out a top hat, and Harry wonders if a rabbit will be coming next. [[SubvertedTrope Instead]], it turns out to be a [[TeleportersAndTransporters Portkey]].

** In another episode, Jon and Garfield visit a magic shop. The owner said that he knew every trick except pulling a top hat out of a rabbit. When Jon mentions it's the other way around, the owner cries "''[[UnfortunateImplications That's]]'' [[UnfortunateImplications why that trick never worked!]]".

* This seems to be the default backstory for [[PettingZooPeople bunnygirls and boys]] in ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes''.

* ''VideoGame/MortalKombat2'': This is Kung Lao's friendship move. It's later done in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatShaolinMonks'' as two of Kung Lao's fatalities, the rabbit [[KillerRabbit horribly mauling]] the opponent in one of them, while the other one just involves him [[RefugeInAudacity beating them to death with the said rabbit]].

* ''Film/NowYouSeeIt'': When the contestants are given the name of a famous magician to emulate for one of their performances, Zoey gets Alexander Herrmann, and of course ends up emulating his famous rabbit trick for the audience- pulling out rabbits of wildly varying sizes, no less.

* ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'' has the Magik Lapin, a rabbit Dream Eater with magic attacks and a circus-themed appearance. According to its bio, "whoever pulled this rabbit out of a hat taught it a few spells of its own".

-->'''Bullwinkle:''' You know the more I try this the further away I get!

* One ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness'' video had a magician offer to pull out whatever a group of children wanted from his hat. He hands out a balloon and a toy race car. Then a kid asks for a little brother, and he pulls out [[BlackComedy a foetus]] much to everybody's (including his) horror.

* The Creator/TexAvery cartoon "Magical Maestro" has a magician and his rabbits taking revenge on an opera singer.

* ''Series/DoctorWho''. During the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E3ThinIce Frost Fair of 1814]], the Twelfth Doctor (who's been compared to a magician InUniverse) puts pies from his hat to give to a gang of street urchins.

* ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} plays with this in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' during her show. She reaches into the hat, wondering aloud where "[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Bugs]]" is, then suddenly, a giant hand descends from the ceiling and grabs a member of the audience. Zatanna pulls the man (now tiny, of course) out of her hat, then turns him back to normal.

** It was even added to a Mr. Know-It-All sketch about magic which resulted in Bullwinkle pulling ''himself'' out of the hat!

** In another episode, Jon and Garfield visit a magic shop. The owner said that he knew every trick except pulling a top hat out of a rabbit. When Jon mentions it's the other way around, the owner cries "''That's'' why that trick never worked!".

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** It was reprised in the 2018 Amazon Prime reboot where Bullwinkle ends up pulling a double of his own head out of the hat and gets scared away by it. It becomes the show's DreamWorks logo, as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBqC8PMEYJk here]].

** It was reprised in the 2018 Amazon Prime reboot where Bullwinkle ends up pulling a double of his own head out of the hat and gets scared away by it.