History WesternAnimation / ElmersCandidCamera

* BreakTheCutie: Elmer snaps, throws a fit and ends up drowning himself.

* BreakTheCutie: Elmer throws a fit and ends up drowning himself.

* OffModel: When the rabbit is saving Elmer from drowning, one shot has Elmer revert to an Egghead-esque look.

* DigitalDestruction: The print used in Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 1 has several bits of DVNR damage, mostly blatantly when Proto-Bugs is walking away from Elmer at one point, where parts of his body disappear! This was rectified for the shorts release on the Platinum Collection DVD and Blu-Ray.
* TheDitz: Elmer is stupid enough to believe that Proto-Bugs would choke to death just by being trapped in a butterfly net.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Bugs' design and personality wasn't quite refined, although Elmer was more or less fully realized from the start.
* FakingTheDead: Proto-Bugs pulls this on Elmer, which in turn causes Elmer...

* InescapableNet: Proto-Bugs pretends to suffocate after Elmer captures him in a net.
* JerkAss: The closest thing that can be given to why Proto-Bugs would pester Elmer.
* KickTheDog: The ending, where Proto-Bugs saves Elmer from drowning, only to sadistically kick Elmer right back into the pond without a second thought.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: This was perhaps the one short where it made the most sense for Elmer to react this way after supposedly "killing" Proto-Bugs. All he wanted in this short was to take a picture of the rabbit, poor guy.
* OffModel: When Proto-Bugs is saving Elmer from drowning, one shot has Elmer revert to an Egghead-esque look.

* ScrewballSquirrel: Proto-Bugs, although he is much more reserved than he was in his previous three appearances.

* FakingTheDead: Bugs pulls this on Elmer, which in turn causes Elmer...

* InescapableNet: Bugs pretends to suffocate after Elmer captures him in a net.
* JerkAss: The closest thing that can be given to why Bugs would pester Elmer.
* KickTheDog: The ending, where Bugs saves Elmer from drowning, only to sadistically kick Elmer right back into the pond without a second thought.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: This was perhaps the one short where it made the most sense for Elmer to react this way after supposedly "killing" Bugs. All he wanted in this short was to take a picture of the rabbit, poor guy.

The plot is centered on Elmer Fudd as he goes out to photograph wildlife with the eponymous camera. During his travels, he encounters a pudgy gray rabbit, who, [[JerkAss for no discernable reason]], decides to pester Elmer.

-->-- [[Creator/ChuckJones Charles M. Jones']] [[OldShame thoughts on the film]], in "Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist".

As the opening quote states, the short was a total flop, and became regarded as an OldShame by Creator/ChuckJones. Creator/TexAvery soon after did a remake of the cartoon, improving on its perceived flaws, called ''WesternAnimation/AWildHare''.

"Elmer's Candid Camera" is a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1940]] [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] short, directed by [[Creator/ChuckJones Charles M. Jones]]. It is the official debut of Elmer Fudd [[note]]Egghead, his prototype, notwithstanding[[/note]] and features an early prototype of WesternAnimation/BugsBunny (retroactively named Happy Rabbit).

!!Tropes:

* [[UsefulNotes/LooneyTunesInTheForties Merrie Melodies in the Forties]]

->''"In this cartoon we find Bugs stumbling, fumbling, and mumbling around, vainly seeking a personality on which to hang his dialogue and action, or-- in better words than mine--"walking around with his umbilical in his hand, looking for some place to plug it in." It is obvious when one views this cartoon, which I recommend only if you are going to die of ennui, that my conception of timing and dialogue was formed by watching the action in the La Brea tar pits. [[SelfDeprecation It would be complimentary to call it sluggish.]] Not only Bugs suffered at my hands, but difficult as it is to make an unassertive character like Elmer Fudd into a [[TheDitz flat, complete schmuck]], I managed.''

"Elmer's Candid Camera" is a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1940]] [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] short, directed by [[Creator/ChuckJones Charles M. Jones]]. It is the official debut of Elmer Fudd [[note]]Egghead, his prototype, notwithstanding[[/note]] and features an early prototype of WesternAnimation/BugsBunny.

* ScrewySquirrel: Proto-Bugs, although he is much more reserved than he was in his previous three appearances.

* KickTheDog: The ending, where Bugs saves Elmer from drowning, only to sadistically kick Elmer right back into the pond.

->''"In this cartoon we find Bugs stumbling, fumbling, and mumbling around, vainly seeking a personality on which to hang him dialogue and action, or-- in better words than mine--"walking around with his umbilical in his hand, looking for some place to plug it in." It is obvious when one views this cartoon, which I recommend only if you are going to die of ennui, that my conception of timing and dialogue was formed by watching the action in the La Brea tar pits. [[SelfDeprecation It would be complimentary to call it sluggish.]] Not only Bugs suffered at my hands, but difficult as it is to make an unassertive character like Elmer Fudd into a [[TheDitz flat, complete schmuck]], I managed.''

* AnnoyingLaugh: Proto-Bugs uses a particular laugh that Creator/MelBlanc would later use for WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker.

* {{Remake}}: ''AWildHare'' reuses the plot of this short.

* AnnoyingLaugh: Proto-Bugs uses a particular laugh that MelBlanc would later use for WoodyWoodpecker.

''Elmer's Candid Camera'' is a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1940]] [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] short, directed by [[Creator/ChuckJones Charles M. Jones]]. It is the official debut of Elmer Fudd [[note]]Egghead, his prototype, notwithstanding[[/note]] and features an early prototype of WesternAnimation/BugsBunny.

''Elmer's Candid Camera'' is a [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1940]] [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] short, directed by [[Creator/ChuckJones Charles M. Jones]]. It is the official debut of Elmer Fudd [[note]]Egghead, his prototype, notwithstanding[[/note]] and features an early prototype of WesternAnimation/BugsBunny.

As the opening quote states, the short was a total flop, and became regarded as an OldShame by Creator/ChuckJones, possibly being the ParvumOpus of the original Looney Tunes shorts. Creator/TexAvery soon after did a remake of the cartoon, improving on its perceived flaws, called ''WesternAnimation/AWildHare''.

* MerrieMelodiesInTheForties

''Elmer's Candid Camera'' is a [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1940]] [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] short, directed by [[Creator/ChuckJones Charles M. Jones]]. It is the official debut of Elmer Fudd [[note]]Egghead, his prototype, notwithstanding[[/note]] and features an early prototype of BugsBunny.

As the opening quote states, the short was a total flop, and became regarded as an OldShame by Creator/ChuckJones. Creator/TexAvery soon after did a remake of the cartoon, improving on its perceived flaws, called ''AWildHare''.

* DigitalDestruction: The print used in Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 1 has several bits of DVNR damage, mostly blatantly when Proto-Bugs is walking away from Elmer at one point, where parts of his body disappear!

->''"In this cartoon we find Bugs stumbling, fumbling, and mumbling around, vainly seeking a personality on which to hang him dialogue and action, or-- in better words than mine--"walking around with his umbilical in his hand, looking for some place to plug it in." It is obvious when one views this cartoon, which I recommend only if you are dying to die of ennui, that my conception of timing and dialogue was formed by watching the action in the La Brea tar pits. [[SelfDeprecation It would be complimentary to call it sluggish.]] Not only Bugs suffered at my hands, but difficult as it is to make an unassertive character like Elmer Fudd into a [[TheDitz flat, complete schmuck]], I managed.''

-->-- [[ChuckJones Charles M. Jones']] [[OldShame thoughts on the film]], in "Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist".

''Elmer's Candid Camera'' is a [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1940]] [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] short, directed by [[ChuckJones Charles M. Jones]]. It is the official debut of Elmer Fudd [[note]]Egghead, his prototype, notwithstanding[[/note]] and features an early prototype of BugsBunny.

As the opening quote states, the short was a total flop, and became regarded as an OldShame by ChuckJones. TexAvery soon after did a remake of the cartoon, improving on its perceived flaws, called ''AWildHare''.

''Elmer's Candid Camera'' is a [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1940]] [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] short, directed by [[ChuckJones Charles M. Jones]]. It is the official debut of Elmer Fudd [[hottip:*:Egghead, his prototype, notwithstanding]] and features an early prototype of BugsBunny.