History WesternAnimation / BaseballBugs

* DownToTheLastPlay: Bugs, leading 96-95 in the bottom of the ninth and with a runner on base, races after a towering Gorilla fly ball that rockets out of the ballpark, hails a taxicab to pursue it, and climbs the "Umpire State Building" to catch it for the final out.

->''"Attention, please. Attention. There's been [[UnderStatement a slight change]] in the Tea Totaller lineup. Catching, Bugs Bunny. Left field, Bugs Bunny. Right field, Bugs Bunny. Pitching, Bugs Bunny. Third base, Bugs Bunny. Centerfield, Bugs Bunny. First base, Bugs Bunny. Shortstop, Bugs Bunny. Second base, Bugs Bunny."''

* UnderStatement: Only a ''slight'' change in the Tea Totallers lineup.

Bugs is a baseball fan taking in a game at the Polo Grounds between the Gas-House Gorillas, a team of burly roughnecks, and the Tea Totallers, a squad of fragile old men. The Tea Totallers are losing the game 95-0 when Bugs begins heckling the Gorillas, calling them "dirty players" and claiming he could "lick them in a ballgame with one hand tied behind my back... all by myself!" This leads to the Gorillas forcing Bugs to suit up and make good on his boast. Bugs, playing against the Gorillas alone, uses his typical schemes to win the game.

* BlandNameProduct: The Gas-House Gorillas are a thinly veiled and unflattering caricature of the St. Louis Cardinals, a National League powerhouse and rival to the Brooklyn Dodgers in that era, when the Cardinals were called the "Gas House Gang." The Gorillas' uniform colors, dark gray and navy blue, also bear a resemblance to the road uniforms of the New York Yankees, an American League powerhouse and frequent opponent of both the Cardinals and Dodgers whenever one of them made the World Series in the 1940s and '50s.

* BlandNameProduct: The Gas-House Gorillas are a thinly veiled and unflattering caricature of the St. Louis Cardinals, a National League powerhouse and rival to the Brooklyn Dodgers in that era, when the Cardinals were called the "Gas House Gang." The Gorillas' uniform colors, dark gray and navy blue, also bear a resemblance to the road uniforms of the New York Yankees, an American League powerhouse and frequent opponent of both the Cardinals and Dodgers whenever one of them made the World Series in the 1940's and 50's.

* CrewOfOne: Bugs is forced to play every position for the Tea Totallers, even playing pitcher ''and'' catcher simultaneously, which requires him to outrun the ball and catch his own pitch! Justified and Enforced by the Gorillas, as he said earlier that he could beat them ''by himself''. Naturally being ''Looney Tunes'', he is able to pull this off well.

* LivingStatue: After he makes the game-winning catch, the Statue of Liberty sides with Bugs on the call.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Bugs is first seen eating a carrot in a hot dog bun. While this is just a throwaway gag playing on Bugs's love of carrots and hot dogs' role as traditional ballpark fare, in recent years carrot hot dogs have indeed become a real thing that people eat (they're particularly popular with vegetarians as an alternative to meat hot dogs).

* BlandNameProduct: The Gas-House Gorillas are a thinly veiled and unflattering caricature of the St. Louis Cardinals, a National League powerhouse and rival to the Brooklyn Dodgers in that era, when the Cardinals were called the "Gas House Gang."

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''WesternAnimation/GoneBatty'' (1954) follows a similar story as this one, where a cute animal athlete tries to pull off a miracle rally against a team of husky bullies similar to the Gas House Gorillas.

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* DownToTheLastPlay: Bugs, leading 96-95 in the bottom of the ninth and with a runner on base, races after a towering a Gorilla fly ball that rockets out of the ballpark, hails a taxicab to pursue it, and climbs the "Umpire State Building" to catch it for the final out.

* DownToTheLastPlay: Bugs, leading 96-95 in the bottom of the ninth and with a runner on base, climbs the "Umpire State Building" to catch a Gorilla fly ball for the final out.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Bugs is first seen eating a carrot in a hot dog bun. At the time, it was just a throwaway gag playing on Bugs's love of carrots and hot dogs' role as traditional ballpark fare, but carrot dogs have since become a real thing that people eat (they're particularly popular with vegetarians as an alternative to meat hot dogs).

Bugs is a baseball fan taking in a game at the Polo Grounds between the Gas-House Gorillas, a team of burly roughnecks, and the Tea Totallers, a squad of fragile old men. The Tea Totallers are losing the game 95-0 when Bugs begins heckling the Gorillas, calling them "dirty players" and claiming he could "lick them in a ballgame with one hand tied behind my back... all by myself!" This leads to the Gorillas forcing Bugs to suit up and make good on his boast. Bugs, facing the Gorillas alone, uses his typical schemes to win the game.

->''"Attention, please. Attention. There's been [[UnderStatement a slight change]] in the Tea Totaller lineup. Catching: Bugs Bunny. Left field: Bugs Bunny. Right field: Bugs Bunny. Pitching: Bugs Bunny. Third base: Bugs Bunny. Centerfield: Bugs Bunny. First base: Bugs Bunny. Shortstop: Bugs Bunny. Second base: Bugs Bunny."''

Bugs is a baseball fan taking in a game at the Polo Grounds between the Gas-House Gorillas, a team of burly roughnecks, and the Tea Totallers, a squad of fragile old men. The Tea Totallers are losing 95-0 when Bugs begins heckling the Gorillas, claiming he could "lick them in a ballgame with one hand tied behind my back... all by myself!" This leads to the Gorillas forcing Bugs to suit up and make good on his boast. Bugs, facing the Gorillas alone, uses his typical schemes to win the game.

"Baseball Bugs" is a 1946 ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon directed by Creator/FrizFreleng and starring WesternAnimation/BugsBunny.

In this cartoon, Bugs is watching a baseball game at the Polo Grounds between the Gas-House Gorillas, a bunch of burly roughnecks, and the Tea Totallers, who are all fragile old men. The Tea Totallers are losing 95-0 when Bugs, who is a fan, starts heckling the Gorillas. The Gorillas in turn force Bugs to play against them in the game. Bugs, playing all by himself, uses his typical schemes to defeat the Gorillas.