History WesternAnimation / HighDivingHare

* TontoTalk: Bugs does this when he poses as an Indian to lure Sam off the diving board. "Quick! Him go that way! You take-um shortcut!"

* BeyondTheImpossible: At the end of the short, Sam ties up Bugs at the edge of the diving board and saws it off to guarantee that he'll dive this time. Instead, Sam, ''plus the platform and ladder'' goes down, leaving Bugs standing on a plank in mid-air, cauaint him utter the now-immortal line...
-->'''Bugs:''' I know this defies the law of gravity, but, you see, I never studied law.

* BullyingADragon: Sam tries to force '''[[KarmicTrickster Bugs Bunny]]''' off the high-diving board. It goes as well as you'd expect.

* HereWeGoAgain: Bugs says this when Sam forces Bugs up the ladder again.

"High Diving Hare" is a 1949 ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' animated short directed by Creator/FrizFreleng. In this cartoon, WesternAnimation/YosemiteSam is eager to see Fearless Freep's high-diving act on a vaudeville stage. But when the diver can't make it, he forces emcee WesternAnimation/BugsBunny to dive instead. HilarityEnsues.

* NoodleIncident: Near the end, we see Sam go up the ladder and falling down without knowing what tricks Bugs pulled on him.

* WaxingLyrical: Defied. When Bugs puts up a door on the diving board, Sam shouts "Open up that door!", then [[AsideComment tells the audience, "Ya notice I didn't say a-Richard?"]] This references "Open Up That Door, Richard", a hit song of the time.

* BeyondTheImpossible: At the end of the short, Sam ties up Bugs at the edge of the diving board and saws it off to guarantee that he'll dive this time. Instead, Sam, ''plus the platform and ladder'' goes down, leaving Bugs standing on a plank in mid-air, making him utter the immortal line...

* BullyingADragon: Sam tries to force '''[[KarmicTrickster Bugs Bunny]]''' off the high-diving board. It goes as well as you'd expect.

%%* ButtMonkey: Yosemite Sam.

** ''The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show'' censored the scene of Bugs on the platform disguised as an Indian, telling Sam, "Him go that-a-way! You take-um shortcut! Head him off at past! Ugh!", as well as scenes of Sam strangling Bugs, Bugs refusing to dive because he gets "goosebumps on [his] goosebumps", and Sam trying to force Bugs to dive by shooting at his feet.

%%* HighDiveHijinks

* ButtMonkey: Yosemite Sam.

* HighDiveHijinks

* WaxingLyrical: Defied. When Bugs puts up a door on the diving board, Sam shouts "Open up that door!", then [[AsideComment tells the audience, "Ya notice I didn't say a-Richard?"]] This references "Open Up That Door, Richard", a hit song of the time.

'''''High Diving Hare''''' is a 1949 ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' animated short directed by Creator/FrizFreleng. In this cartoon, WesternAnimation/YosemiteSam is eager to see Fearless Freep's high-diving act on a vaudeville stage. But when the diver can't make it, he forces emcee WesternAnimation/BugsBunny to dive instead. HilarityEnsues.

!! "Forgot to fill the tropes with water":

*** The Bugs-as-Indian scene was also cut on Nickelodeon (but, surprisingly, given their histories of banning Native American stereotypes, not on Cartoon Network or Boomerang).

* {{Bowdlerization}}: ABC made two different edits, one on the old ''Bugs Bunny Show'' in the 1960s and one on the much later ''Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show'':
** ''The Bugs Bunny Show'' partially edited Bugs' carnival barking and later, after Sam sees a door on the platform and knocks out, demanding it be open, [[AsideComment his turning to the camera and saying, "Ya notice I didn't say a-Richard?"]]

* TontoTalk: Bugs does this when he poses as an Indian to lure Sam off the diving board. "Quick! Him go that way! You take shortcut!"
* WaxingLyrical: Defied. When Bugs puts up a door on the diving board, Sam shouts "Open up that door!", then tells the audience "Notice I didn't say Richard?" This references "Open Up That Door, Richard", a hit song of the time.

* ButtMonkey: Yosemite Sam

'''''High Diving Hare''''' is a 1949 ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' animated short directed by Creator/FrizFreleng. In this cartoon, WesternAnimation/YosemiteSam wants to see a high-diving act on the vaudeville stage, but when the diver can't make it, he forces emcee WesternAnimation/BugsBunny to dive instead. HilarityEnsues.

* RunningGag: Bugs ticking Sam into going off the diving board.

!!Tropes

* SuddenAnatomy: The first time Sam tries to get Bugs off the diving board, he save himself by grasping the board with his toe claws, this being the only time we ever see them.

* AchievementsInIgnorance: How Bugs explains the final gag. See BaitAndSwitch below.
* BaitAndSwitch: When Sam goes off the board the second time, Bugs realizes he forgot to fill the tank with water. He pours some down Sam's path and it makes it into the tank, but instead, Sam lands right next to the tank and through the stage floor.

* WaxingPoetic: Defied. When Bugs puts up a door on the diving board, Sam shouts "Open up that door!", then tells the audience "Notice I didn't say Richard?" This references "Open Up That Door, Richard", a hit song of the time.

* SuddenAnatomy: The first time Sam tries to get Bugs off the diving board, he save himself by grasping the board with his toe claws, this being the only wine we ever see them.
* TontoTalk: Bugs does this when he poses as an Indian to lure Sam off the diving board. "Quick! Him go that way! You take shortcut!"