| 1 | * AcclaimedFlop: Despite receiving a gala premiere at the Warner Bros. Theatre, following such a devoted production that the animators cheated their punch cards to buy more time to work on the short, it subsequently wasn't treated as anything special. It was at least submitted for an Academy Award nomination, but ultimately rejected. It took about two decades for ''What's Opera, Doc?'' to receive the respect it deserved, and even longer for it to receive acclaims of any kind (though boy, such acclaims - voted #1 of ''The 50 Greatest Cartoons'' in 1994.) |
| 2 | * TheCastShowoff: Arthur Q. Bryan began as a singer before turning his focus to voice acting, which is why, [[ElmuhFuddSyndwome obvious issues aside]], Elmer is quite impressive with his singing here. |
| 3 | ** The animators brought their A-Game when they were animating this. |
| 4 | * CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: The booklet for the ''Looney Tunes'' Platinum Collection Vol. 1 Blu-ray refers to ''What's Opera, Doc?'' as, "the first-ever animated film to be inducted into the Library of Congress' National Film Registry". While it does mark Warner's first animated film to enter the Registry, ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/GertieTheDinosaur'' all made it in first. |
| 5 | * ReferencedBy: |
| 6 | ** In an episode of ''Series/ThirtyRock'', Liz has "Ride of the Valkyries" as her ringtone and is asked if she's an opera fan. She replies she's an Elmer Fudd fan. |
| 7 | ** In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'', Spanky leaves for the evening to attend the opera. When he returns later that night, he's singing "Kill da Wabbit!" to himself. |
| 8 | ** One episode of ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder'''s 2015 reboot has the PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle of "What's Opera, Muck?" |
| 9 | * ThrowItIn: "SMOOOOOG!" was an ad-lib. |
| 10 | * TwoVoicesOneCharacter: Though Arthur Q. Bryan otherwise voiced Elmer in this short, Creator/MelBlanc performed "SMOOOOOOOOOOOOGGGGGGGGGG!" WordOfGod stated it was because it made it funnier and Bryan couldn't scream as loud as Blanc. Bryan's read of the line can still be heard in the version used for the ''Bugs Bunny at the Symphony'' live performances. |
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