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17	->''"Te capiam, cunicule sceleste!"''[[note]]Latin: ''"I'll get you, you wascally wabbit!"''[[/note]]
18	-->-- ''Franchise/{{Negima}}'' anime, episode 9 title
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20	The Rascally Rabbit is a rabbit or hare that is mischievous, troublesome or tricksome. Rabbits and hares have long been depicted as [[TheTrickster tricksters]] in worldwide mythology, and this has carried over to modern fiction.
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22	To a certain degree this can be TruthInTelevision, at least from the point of view of any farmers or gardeners trying to keep rabbits and hares from doing damage to their crops.
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24	Since foxes, the primary enemies of rabbits in fiction, [[CunningLikeAFox also have a reputation as tricksters]], it's not uncommon to have stories about a fox and a rabbit trying to outsmart each other.
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26	May also be a RighteousRabbit if they're a KarmicTrickster, or even a RabbitMagician. Compare to rabbits that are flat out evil and violent, which would be the HairRaisingHare, and rabbits that are used for the sake of cuteness, which is BunniesForCuteness. Also compare ScrewballSquirrel, another small, furry animal that's often a trickster and prankster. See also LuckyRabbitsFoot.
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33	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
34	* In ''Manga/DNAngel'', With is a [[ArtInitiatesLife living art creature]] that strongly resembles a rabbit (the Anime explicitly calls him a rabbit). He acts as a {{familiar}} to a PhantomThief and his shapeshifting powers are used to trick people. In the anime, he also sometimes engages in minor acts of mischief such as tagging along with Daisuke at school by hiding in Daisuke's school bag or eating all the strawberries.
35	* ''Manga/HappyHappyClover'':
36	** While Kale is the strongest of the bunch, he's also prone to being very mischievous and sometimes leave some rude comments.
37	** The main heroine Clover is prone to getting into trouble and is very hyperactive much to some annoyance for her friend Kale.
38	* Hare of ''Anime/MonsterRancher'' is typically the schemer, and is introduced as a con artist.
39	* Shiina of ''Manga/OumagadokiDoubutsuen'' spends much of his time pulling silly pranks on his friend/employee [[OnlySaneMan Hana]] and making strange jokes, though he does know when to buckle down and get serious. His immature personality seems to stem from the fact that he was cursed when he was a small child and has spent the years since then in almost complete isolation with nothing but talking animals for company.
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42	[[folder:Advertising]]
43	* The Trix Rabbit is constantly trying schemes to trick his way into getting the Trix cereal, though, unlike the classical trickster, he usually fails.
44	* The Nestle Quik (now known as Nesquik) bunny is a trickster as well, but more benevolent. He leads the kids around the neighborhood doing chores for grownups so the grownups will reward them with Quik. There have been other ads where he is chased for his chocolate milk.
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47	[[folder:Comics]]
48	* "Br'er" Riley Rabbit in ''ComicBook/DisneyMouseAndDuckComics'' is a clever, mischievous rabbit who always has a trick or two up his sleeve.
49	* ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'': The title character, while typically a RighteousRabbit, will indulge in a little subterfuge should the situation call for it.
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52	[[folder:Fan Works]]
53	* [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Inko]] in ''Fanfic/IzukuMidoriyaTheRabbit'' [[AdaptationalSpeciesChange is a rabbit like her son]]. ''Un''like her son, however, she is very mischievous and will shamelessly steal any and all food items she can find. When Izuku's friends come over with a bouquet of flowers as a get-well gift, she used her [[MindOverMatter Telekinesis]] quirk to steal most of the flowers from right under their noses.
54	* In the New Zork chapter of ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'', the harveys that kidnap {{Music/John\|Lennon}} invoke Bugs Bunny as trickster: “... gonna be terrorists like Saint Bugs!”
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57	[[folder:Film]]
58	* A direct-to-video film ''The Adventures of Brer Rabbit'', was released in 2006.
59	* The 1949 version of ''[[Film/AliceInWonderland1949 Alice in Wonderland]]'' portrays the White Rabbit as [[AdaptationalVillainy a sneaky, ambitious sycophant]] who looks for any way to advance himself even if it means hurting others. He frames Alice for the theft of the Queen's tarts and truly hopes [[WouldHurtAChild she'll end]] [[OffWithHisHead up executed]].
60	* In 1975, Brer Rabbit stories were retold for an adult audience in the cult Creator/RalphBakshi film ''WesternAnimation/{{Coonskin}}''.
61	* The 1946 Disney film ''Film/SongOfTheSouth'' is a frame story based on three Br'er Rabbit stories, "The Laughing Place", "The Tar Baby", and "The Briar Patch".
62	* Judy Hopps in ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' is a RighteousRabbit, but she ''does'' manage to outscam the CunningLikeAFox Nick Wilde. "[[IronicEcho It's called a hustle, sweetheart.]]"
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65	[[folder:Literature]]
66	* The title characters of Creator/{{Enid Blyton}}'s book ''The Adventures of Binkle and Flip'' are a pair of mischievous rabbits.
67	* ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresTheAlsoPeople The Also People]]'' opens and closes with two stories about the Shona (Zimbabwe and south Zambia) folk hero Tsuro the hare. Tsuro is used as an allegory of the Doctor.
68	* In ''Literature/AnansiBoys'', it is mentioned that some trickster rabbit stories were initially Anansi's.
69	-->The story of the Tar-Baby, the one they tell about Bre'r Rabbit? That was Anansi's story first. Some people thinks he was a rabbit. But that's their mistake. He wasn't a rabbit. He was a spider.
70	* ''Literature/BecauseOfTheRabbit'': When Emma's Pépère was alive, he used to tell her stories about Monsieur Lapin, who was always getting into trouble. Sometimes he would trick his way out, and sometimes he would learn a lesson. For example, once he saw Monsieur Renard sitting in the middle of some blueberries he wanted to eat, grooming his tail. Monsieur Lapin said, "You missed a spot," and got Renard so worked up trying to reach the spot that he spun around and around and fell over dizzy. Lapin ran over and ate the blueberries.
71	* ''Big Trouble for Tricky Rabbit; Native American Trickster Tales'' and ''Here Comes Tricky Rabbit!: Native American Trickster Tales'' by Gretchen Will Mayo include trickster rabbits from Native American legends.
72	* Literature/{{Bunnicula}}, a [[VegetarianVampire vampire]] bunny, although harmless, can do things like inexplicably escape his cage in the night and drain the juices out of vegetables.
73	* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cottontail Peter Rabbit (aka Peter Cottontail)]] in Thornton Burgess's ''Literature/BurgessBedtimeStories'' is also something of a trickster.
74	* ''[[http://www.tower.com/how-rabbit-tricked-otter-other-cherokee-trickster-stories-gayle-ross-paperback/wapi/109088631 How Rabbit Tricked Otter: And Other Cherokee Trickster Stories]]'' -- This collection of 15 Cherokee tales introduces the trickster-hero Rabbit, the most important character portrayed in the animal stories of the Cherokee culture. The surefooted messenger who carries important news to his animal friends near and far, Rabbit is charming and mischievous—he tricks others and is often tricked himself. Sometimes he wins and sometimes he loses; sometimes he is lazy and mean, sometimes kind and caring—but somehow Rabbit always survives.
75	* The thief rabbit from ''Literature/IWantMyHatBack'', who unfortunately stole from the wrong bear [[spoiler:and gets eaten because of it]].
76	* ''[[http://www.amazon.com/Lapin-Plays-Possum-Trickster-Louisiana/dp/0374343284 Lapin Plays Possum: Trickster Tales From the Louisiana Bayou]]'' -- Lapin is a classic trickster rabbit and is considered by some to be the Cajun equivalent of Brer Rabbit.
77	* Max of the children's series ''Literature/MaxAndRuby'' is an innocent example. He's a scheming tot who regularly gets into mischief, much to his sister's dismay.
78	* Mr Bunnsy from ''Mr Bunnsy Has An Adventure'', the [[ShowWithinAShow Book Within a Book]] in ''Literature/TheAmazingMauriceAndHisEducatedRodents''. His adventure begins when he notices that the farmer's field is full of lettuce, and he isn't.
79	* ''[[http://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/525453030_rabbit_makes_a_monkey_of_lion Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion: A Swahili Tale]]'' by Verna Aardema -- Rabbit and his friends play tricks on the regal but somewhat dim-witted lion, King of the Forest, in an attempt to steal his honey.
80	* ''Literature/{{Struwwelpeter}}'': In "The Story of the Man That Went Out Shooting", a huntsman goes hunting hares but is unaware that a hare is already watching him from a bush, laughing at him and thumbing his nose at him behind his back. When the huntsman then unwisely takes a nap beneath a tree, the hare steals his gun (and dons his spectacles). Cue the hare chasing the huntsman with the gun, and the huntsman screaming for help and finally jumping into a well to save himself while the hare fires a bullet narrowly over him. This is the only story in ''Struwwelpeter'' in which the protagonist is not a misbehaving child, thus framing the huntsman's humiliation by the hare as a just punishment.
81	%%* ''Literature/TheTaleOfPeterRabbit'': Peter is a notorious troublemaker, as is his cousin Benjamin. %% Zero Context Example. How are Peter and Benjamin troublemakers?
82	* ''[[http://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1349584030_the_tale_of_rabbit_and_coyote The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote]]'' is a retelling of a Zapotec legend by Tony Johnston. In it, Rabbit outwits Coyote.
83	* ''[[http://www.worldcat.org/title/tio-conejo-uncle-rabbit-and-other-latin-american-trickster-tales/oclc/608122051 Tio Conejo (Uncle Rabbit) And Other Latin American Trickster Tales]]'' is an audiobook that includes rabbit trickster tales.
84	* ''Literature/WatershipDown'' has El-ahrairah, the rabbits' own mythological/folkloric trickster figure. During their journey, the rabbits tell several tales of El-ahrairah's trickster abilities, and it's presented as a [[GuileHero worthy trait that all rabbits should strive to emulate]].
85	* ''[[http://whoisboo.ca/ Who Is Boo?: The Terrific Tales of One Trickster Rabbit]]'' is a book for children that chronicles a perpetually curious rabbit who is in a continual race around the world and along the way, meets many animals. The title character is inspired by Nanabozho, a trickster figure in Ojibwe mythology, but the story itself is drawn from the trickster characters prevalent in many cultures.
86	%%* Occasionally, Rabbit from ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'' falls into this.
87	* ''Zomo The Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa'' by Gerald [=McDermott=] is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
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90	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
91	* [[ADogNamedDog Bunny Rabbit]] on ''Series/CaptainKangaroo'' always cons the Captain out of a bunch of carrots.
92	* On the final episode of the original ''Series/{{Concentration}}'', one of the gag prizes was "A Wascally Wabbit."
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95	[[folder:Music]]
96	* In 1984, American composer Van Dyke Parks produced a children's album, ''Jump!'', based on the Brer Rabbit Tales.
97	* One of Music/{{Flobots}}' emcees is named Br'er Rabbit.
98	* [[http://www.kinglaoghaire.com/site/lyrics/song_87.html "The Creggan White Hare"]] is about a beautiful, crafty creature who eludes capture.
99	* "Outfx the Fox" by Danny Kaye is a song all about this trope.
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102	[[folder:Mythology and Oral Tradition]]
103	* Brer Rabbit is a central figure in the Uncle Remus stories of the Southern United States. He is a trickster character who succeeds by his wits rather than by brawn, tweaking authority figures, and bending social mores as he sees fit. The story of Br'er Rabbit, a contraction of "Brother Rabbit", has been linked to both African and Native American cultures.
104	* In Africa, the hare figures prominently in the storytelling traditions in Western, Central, and Southern Africa. These tales continue to be part of the traditional folklore of numerous peoples throughout those regions. In the Akan traditions of West Africa, the trickster is usually the spider Anansi, though the plots of spider tales are often identical to those of rabbit stories.
105	** In West Africa, many tribal cultures, such as the Yoruba of Nigeria and the Wolof of Senegal, have traditional story cycles about an irrepressible hare trickster who is equal parts rascal, clown, and culture hero.
106	** In Central Africa, "Kalulu" the rabbit is widely known as a tricky character, getting the better of bargains
107	** In one pan–African story, the Moon sends Hare, her divine messenger, down to earth to give mankind the gift of immortality. "Tell them," she says, "that just as the Moon dies and rises again, so shall you." But Hare, in the role of trickster buffoon, manages to get the message wrong, bestowing mortality instead and bringing death to the human world.
108	* Rabbits feature as tricksters in the mythology of many Native American cultures.
109	** It is believed that the the Creeks and the Cherokee in particular contributed to the development of the Brer Rabbit stories.
110	** In Anishinaabe mythology, particularly among the Ojibwa, Nanabozho is a spirit, and figures prominently in their storytelling, including the story of the world's creation. Nanabozho is the Ojibwe trickster figure and culture hero.
111	** The Centzon Totochtin in Myth/AztecMythology are a group of 400 rabbit gods who represent drunkenness, parties, and fertility.
112	** In Potawatomi myth, Wabosso is the Great White Hare (and the younger brother of Nanabozho) who travels north to become the greatest of magicians among the supernaturals
113	** The Utes tell the story of Ta–vwots, the Little Rabbit, who shatters the sun and destroys the world, all of which must be created again
114	** An Omaha rabbit brings the sun down to earth while trying to catch his own shadow.
115	** Among the Micmac and Passamaquoddy of the Northeast coast it is [[http://www.manataka.org/page84.html Mahtigwess the Rabbit]] who is a powerful trickster. Rabbit has m'te'olin, great magical powers.
116	** The rabbit is the trickster animal for the Seminoles and the Miccosukees.
117	* In Myth/CelticMythology, a puca is a shapeshiffing trickster that has a rabbit as one of its forms.
118	* There are a [[http://www.famsi.org/reports/96072/grammar/section42.htm number of Central American stories about Juan Thul]], a trickster rabbit.
119	* Chinese idioms dating to at least the Warring States Period about the rascaliness of rabbits: "The Clever Hare Has Three Nests" and "Once the Clever Hare is Dead, the Dog is Cooked".
120	* In the Panchatantra tales of India, Hare is a wily trickster whose cleverness and cunning are pitted against Elephant and Lion.
121	* In Tibetan folktales, quick-thinking Hare outwits the ruses of predatory Tiger.
122	* In Japan, the fox is the primary trickster animal, but hares also are clever, tricky characters. [[SpeciesEqualsGender Usually depicted as male (whereas fox tricksters are most often female)]], hares in Japanese folktales tend to be crafty, clownish, mischievous figures.
123	** Most famously, the Hare of Inaba was a rabbit god that attempted to trick a bunch of crocodiles/sharks into acting as a bridge for him. When he told them he'd tricked them, they tore all his fur off. Shortly after, 81 gods on their way to woo a princess saw him and heard his story. Eighty of those gods told him to wash in the sea and dry in the wind, which just made him hurt more. In contrast, the [[HumbleHero bag-carrier]] Ōnamuchi told the hare to wash in fresh river water and roll in fluffy cattails. The hare got better and told Ōnamuchi that he would get to marry the princess.
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127	* Short-lived Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling [[TheGimmick gimmick]] [[Wrestling/TakuyaSugi Rabbit Boy]], who toppled the (not at all) Giant Jet[[/folder]]
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130	* ''Theatre/{{Harvey}}'' has Harvey the pooka, a large anthropomorphic rabbit who can be seen only by the protagonist, from the play and film bearing his name.
131	* ''[[http://geffenplayhouse.com/more_info.php?show_id=151 Silly Rabbit, Tricksters Are for Kids]]'' is a collection of trickster tales from around the world, including "Brer Rabbit", "Brer Alligator in Trouble", and "Tio Conejo (Uncle Rabbit) and Raven".
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135	* ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosU'' has the thieving bunny [[PunnyName Nabbit]].
136	* MIPS, the rabbit in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', who has a Power Star and will run off rather than give it to Mario. In the DS version, MIPS is replaced by a whole bunch of rabbits who have "borrowed" the keys to the minigames.
137	* Tewi Inaba from the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' is a {{youkai}} rabbit and a chronic liar, prankster, and con artist who might be the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hare_of_Inaba Hare of Inaba]] from Japanese folklore. Her perennial victim is Reisen Udongein Inaba, the much more straight-laced MoonRabbit.
138	* In the ''Mists of Pandaria'' expansion of ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', we get the Virmen, a race of anthropomorphic rabbits that straddles the line between this and HairRaisingHare. They're mostly found in the Valley of Four Winds as a farm pest, though a burrowing variety in Kun'Lai peaks called "[[ElmuhFuddSyndwome Wascally Wirmen]]" also exists.
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142	* Cuddles from ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' is known for mischievous behavior that, going by [[SadistShow the premise of his series]], often gets him and other characters brutally killed.
143	* Pekora Usada of ''WebAnimation/{{hololive}}'' fame is a [[ThePrankster prankster]] par excellence. Her ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' antics in particular are chock-full of ComedicSociopathy, to the point where it's a RunningGag among her fans to call her a ''[[HairRaisingHare war criminal]]''!
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146	[[folder:Western Animation]]
147	* The greedy Rancid Rabbit from ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'', to the point of being borderline evil.
148	* Subverted somewhat with ''WesternAnimation/CrusaderRabbit.'' Crusader was more of a Quixotic hero but could use some wiles where he needed to.
149	* Pickle from ''WesternAnimation/EndangeredSpecies2015'' is a wacky, playful, oftentimes-troublesome rabbit.
150	* The Claymation character ''Grabbit the Rabbit'' is based on various trickster legends, given a [[SettingUpdate modern twist]]. For example, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zJFJKOYZkk Brain of the Forest]]" has three ImpossibleTask stories reinvented as a GameShow.
151	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and relatives:
152	** WesternAnimation/BugsBunny is constantly using his trickster tactics to outwit and harass everyone. In the early days, he was something of a [[ThePrankster prankster]] and would just prank others for his own amusement. Over the years he became more of a KarmicTrickster and only went after those who struck first. Bugs is the TropeNamer, about [[TwentyPercentMoreAwesome 99% directly]]. He was typically called a "[[ElmuhFuddSyndwome Wascally Wabbit]]" by Elmer Fudd.
153	*** Bunny and Claude, LighterAndSofter rabbit {{Exp\|y}}ies of Film/BonnieAndClyde, continue the tradition. They're an OutlawCouple who steal carrots and outwit an incompetent sheriff.
154	** ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''' Buster and Babs Bunny take after Bugs in this fashion.
155	** ''WesternAnimation/LoonaticsUnleashed'' has Ace Bunny and Lexi Bunny.
156	** ''[[WesternAnimation/WabbitALooneyTunesProduction New Looney Tunes]]'' turns WesternAnimation/LolaBunny into this (well, she's Bugs' DistaffCounterpart [[FridgeBrilliance after all]]).
157	* Before Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny, there was WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit, who also demonstrated trickster tendencies.
158	* Creator/HannaBarbera's Ricochet Rabbit of ''WesternAnimation/RicochetRabbitAndDroopALongCoyote'' started out rascally in an episode of ''Touchè Turtle'' in 1962. He was changed into a sheriff two years later who had an assortment of tricky bullets.
159	* In the AnthropomorphicAnimalAdaptation ''WesternAnimation/SabansAdventuresOfOliverTwist'', the Artful Dodger is a rabbit.
160	* The ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Bunny Hunt" features trickster sea bunnies (a type of seaslug here played as a FantasticFaunaCounterpart to rabbits) that is so mischievous that a single sea bunny was good enough to get Squidward to destroy his own garden and cause a ruckus at [=SpongeBob=]'s house despite [=SpongeBob=]'s attempts to deal with the bunny. [=SpongeBob=] [[FromBadToWorse makes the situation worse]] by [[ExplosiveBreeder making the sea bunnies reproduce]], causing a horde of offspring sea bunnies to eventually get Squidward to destroy his own house at the end.
161	* In the ''WesternAnimation/Thundercats2011'' episode "The Duelist and the Drifter", the Drifter combines this trope with RighteousRabbit. He's an eccentric rabbit man who serves as a TricksterMentor to Lion-O.
162	* [[Characters/BobsBurgersLouiseBelcher Louise Belcher]] from ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' is a human, but she is almost never seen without her trademark rabbit-eared hat. She's also a con artist and NightmareFetishist at the age of ''nine''.
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166	* ''[[http://www.amazon.com/Rabbitails-Tales-Trickster-Rabbits-Over/dp/B001BOZV0S Rabbitails -- Tales of Trickster Rabbits From All Over]]'' is a CD for children that includes music and a collection of traditional rabbit trickster tales.
167	* ''[[http://www.lucepuppetco.com/showszomo.html Zomo the Trickster Rabbit]]'' is a puppet show about the legendary African trickster rabbit.
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