History WesternAnimation / BugsAndThugs

"Bugs and Thugs" is a 1954 ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short starring WesternAnimation/BugsBunny. In this cartoon, Bugs goes to the bank to withdraw some carrots from his safe deposit box, but blunders into the getaway car of bank robber Rocky and his {{mook}}, Mugsy. (Bugs thinks it's a taxi.) Shortly after, Rocky decides Bugs needs to be eliminated. HilarityEnsues as Bugs outwits the criminals.

-->'''Rocky:''' Shut up!
-->'''Bugs:''' Shut u-up? Why certainly! You don't think I'm the type that would keep on blabbin'? Some people never know when to stop. When I'm told to shut up, I shut up...
-->'''Rocky:''' ''[sticks gun in Bugs's face]'' Shut up ''shuttin' up!''

Directed by Creator/FrizFreleng.

* PragmaticAdaptation: In ''The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special'' (1980), the opening scene where Bugs goes to the bank through the basement vault to get carrots is interspersed with a scene from ''Baby Buggy Bunny'' in which the Tall Dark Stranger robs the bank in place of Rocky and Mugsy, and when Bugs exits the vault and calls a taxi, it is Detective Elmer Fudd who again replaces the same two thugs, mistakes Bugs for the Tall Dark Stranger and arrests him, leading to the events of ''WesternAnimation/BigHouseBunny''.

* WrongAssumption: Bugs thinks Rocky's car is a taxi.

* StockMoneyBag: The diminutive criminal Rocky robs the City Bank and emerges with about eight full cloth sacks, which he throws into the rear passenger area of his getaway car. None of the sacks have a dollar sign, though, which is why Bugs Bunny mistakes them for sacks of laundry.

-->'''Mugsy:''' I let 'im have it, boss, just like you said. ''[collapses on top of Rocky]''

* ExactWords: Exploited when Rocky tells Mugsy to take Bugs to the other room and "Let him have it". Bugs then demands to let him have the gun and shoots Mugsy in the face.

-->'''Mugsy''': I let 'im have it, boss, just like you said. ''(collapses on top of Rocky)''

"Bugs and Thugs" is a 1954 ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short starring WesternAnimation/BugsBunny. In this cartoon, Bugs goes to the bank to withdraw some carrots from his safe deposit box, but blunders into the getaway car of bank robber Rocky and his {{mook}}, Mugsy. (Bugs thinks it's a taxi.) After Bugs gets away, Rocky decides Bugs needs to be eliminated. HilarityEnsues as Bugs outwits the criminals.

-->'''Rocky:''' Hey, Mugsy, let's take the scenic route. ''[Chuckles.]''

* LiteralMinded: When Rocky tells Mugsy to take Bugs into the other room and let him have it, Bugs convinces Mugsy that Rocky meant to let him have the gun.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: Rocky's stated motivation for getting rid of Bugs.

Directed by Creator/FrizFreleng, in what is actually his highest rated Looney Tunes or Merrie Melodies cartoon on iMDB, with a current rating of 8.0/10.

* RecycledScript: Shares some similarities to an earlier Bugs Bunny cartoon, "WesternAnimation/RacketeerRabbbit". Both have the same BackupBluff gag towards the end.

-->'''Rocky:''' Hey, Muggsy, let's take the scenic route. ''[Chuckles.]''

Directed by Creator/FrizFreleng.

* WipeThatSmileOffYourFace: "I said button yer lip." So Mugsy literally does.

"Bugs and Thugs" is a 1953 ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short starring WesternAnimation/BugsBunny. In this cartoon, Bugs goes to the bank to withdraw some carrots from his safe deposit box, but blunders into the getaway car of bank robber Rocky and his {{mook}}, Mugsy. (Bugs thinks it's a taxi.) After Bugs gets away, Rocky decides Bugs needs to be eliminated. HilarityEnsues as Bugs outwits the criminals.

** Also when Rocky asks Bugs what he knows, Bugs answers, "Oh I know lots of things. Two and two is four, Carson City is the capital of Nevada, George Washington was the first President..."