History WesternAnimation / BaseballBugs

* {{Tuckerization}}: There's a billboard for "Mike Maltese, Ace Detective" (referencing the cartoon's story man), and another reading "Ross Co. – Finer Footwear for the Brats" (referencing animator Virgil Ross).

* {{Tuckerization}}: There's a billboard for (story man) "Mike Maltese, Ace Detective".

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Bugs is first seen eating a carrot on a hot dog bun. At the time, it was intended to play on Bugs' love of carrots, 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).

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

Listed in the 2010 book ''Literature/The100GreatestLooneyTunes'', and a runner-up on The50GreatestCartoons list.

->"Attention, please. Attention. There's been 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!"

->"Attention, please. Attention. There's been a slight change in the Tea Totaler 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!"

* 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 Dodgers in that era, when the Cardinals were called the "Gas House Gang."

** One of the billboards advertises Filboid Studge, a fictional food product from a Creator/HectorHughMunro story.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Bugs is first seen eating a carrot on a hot dog bun. At the time, it is intended to play on Bugs' love of carrots, 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).

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Bugs is first seen eating a carrot on a hot dog bun. It is intended to play on Bugs' love of carrots, but carrot dogs are a real thing that people eat (they're particularly popular with vegetarians as an alternative to meat hot dogs).

* BaseballEpisode

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

!!Tropes:

* ShoutOut: The Statue of Liberty and Bugs going "That's what the man said, that's what he said, you heard what he said, he said that, that's what he said, you heard what he said, etc." is a reference to Rochester from ''Radio/TheJackBennyProgram''.

* BaseballEpisode: Bugs is pretty good.

* 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!

* LetsSeeYouDoBetter: How Bugs ends up playing in the game.

* DuckSeasonRabbitSeason: Bugs uses his patented rapid contradiction argument to get the umpire that had originally called him out to instead call him safe. This example came five years before the trope namer, "WesternAnimation/RabbitFire".

* TelephonePolearm: A Gorilla hacks down a whole tree to use as a bat.

* WartimeCartoon: Released five months after World War II ended, actually, but after tagging out a Gorilla, Bugs holds up a sign saying "Was this trip really necessary?". This was a wartime slogan meant to encourage fuel conservation.

* FollowThatCar: Bugs hails a taxi to "Follow that ball!" after a Gorilla hits a ball out of the Polo Grounds.

* [[LetsSeeYouDoBetter Let's See YOU Do Better!]]: How Bugs ends up playing in the game.

* BaseballEpisode

** The Gas-House Gorillas are a not-so-kind reference to the St. Louis Cardinals, who in the 1930s were known by the nickname of "The Gashouse Gang".

"Baseball Bugs" is a 1946 WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon 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.

"Baseball Bugs" is a 1946 WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon 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.

** One of the Tea Totallers says "I'm only ninety-three-and-a-half years old", a variation of the Lou Costello line "I'm only three-and-a-half years old", a favorite of the Termite Terrace crew.

** The Gashouse Gorillas are a not-so-kind reference to the St. Louis Cardinals, who in the 1930s were known by the nickname of "The Gashouse Gang".