Memes / Looney Tunes

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• Of course you realize / know... This Means War! ^ExplanationBugs Bunny declares war whenever he decides to Get Serious. It always means War. It is also important to note that this was actually a reference to Groucho Marx.
• I tawt I taw a puddy tat! ^Explanation Tweety Bird's catchphrase. Often altered for whatever is appropriate for the situation.
• "You're dethpicable."^Explanation Daffy Duck's catchphrase, which notably became popular enough to change the pronunciation of the word "despicable" (the accent used to be on the first syllable, not the second).
• "Be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits!" (HEHEHEHE!) ^Explanation More catchphrases, this time Elmer Fudd's.
  • "I'm hunting spacemen!" ^Explanation A variation of Elmer's catchphrase, seen in Cropsy Curvy.
• "(Eh…) What's up, Doc?" ^Explanation Bugs' catchphrase, meanwhile, is an irremovable icon of animation.
• I knew I should've taken that left toin at Albuquerque... ^Explanation Bugs keeps forgetting to make that turn. Mutated to be the only reasons anyone ever gets lost.
  • I should've never made that left toin at Area 51... ^Explanation A variation seen in Cropsy Curvy.
• YOU AIN'T JUST WHISTLING DIXIE!!! ^Explanation Used a few times throughout the shorts, usually when a character makes a "Captain Obvious" statement and leads another to state the above sentence, highlighting how they were too thick to realize it sooner, or that it was too obvious to deserve a mention. ^BackgroundThe phrase is obviously a reference to the song "I Wish I Was In Dixie" used as a morale-boosting anthem by The Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. To "Whistle Dixie" became used in an ironic context after the war to highlight the unrealistic expectations of succeeding at a set of goals and ambitions, under the lieu of being a fantasy similar to how the Confederates went about their objective of winning the war for independence. Saying that "You're not just whistling Dixie" therefore, has the opposite meaning.
• Rabbit season! ^Explanation While there have been examples prior to its use in Rabbit Fire, this version of the exchange is probably the most popular and well-known version in animation history, epitomising the characters involved. On the Web, this is often used to represent a Broken Base or some other debate.
  • Duck season, fire!
  • "Would you like to shoot me now or wait until you get home?" "SHOOT HIM, NOW!! SHOOT HIM, NOW!!" "You keep out of this! He doesn't have to shoot you now!"
  • Elmer Season^ExplanationThe aforementioned "Rabbit Fire" ends with Bugs' and Daffy's argument reaching its peak as they furiously tear down posters and argue over whether it's "Rabbit" or "Duck" season—until they reach the final poster which declares it's "Elmer Season", complete with a picture of Elmer Fudd. Upon seeing this, the duo turn their gaze to Elmer, who has an "Oh, Crap!" Smile as he realizes what's about to happen. Fans will often remix it with the "Elmer Season" poster being a subject matter or topic that neither contending side of the ongoing argument likes, and Elmer himself being a supporter of that third topic.
• "What for you bury me in the cold cold ground?"^ExplanationFrom the first appearance of the Tasmanian Devil in "Devil May Hare"; said by Taz after Bugs tries to bury him alive.
• "I'll be scared later. Right now I'm too mad."^Explanation Bugs says this in "Lumberjack Rabbit", after discovering that he's been picked up by Paul Bunyan's giant dog. He's more angry than scared because he interrupted his mining one of Paul's giant carrots.
• *blares "Ride of the Valkyries"* "Spear and magic helmwet!" ^Explanation The short "What's Opera, Doc?" is possibly even more famous than the Duck Season, Rabbit Season episode for many reasons.
  • "Kill da wabbit! KILL DA WABBIT!"
    • "I killed the wabbit..."
• Ali Baba Bunny: "HASSAN!!!!! CHOP!"
• Bugs Bunny Cuts Florida Loose. "South America, take it away!"^ExplanationIn "Rebel Rabbit", Bugs tries to prove rabbits are vicious creatures by doing many crimes against humanity, one of which is cutting the state of Florida loose. This scene has become memetic as a response to Only in Florida moments.
• "I will love him and hug him, And Call Him "George"!" ^Explanation A certain Abominable Snowman and his destructive affection became a One-Scene Wonder.
• "Hare-Way to the Stars" "Where's the Kaboom?? There was supposed to be an Earth-Shattering Kaboom!" ^Explanation Marvin the Martian's reaction to being denied a kaboom in "Hare-Way to the Stars".
  • Became even more memetic after December 21, 2012.
• DUCK DODGERS IN THE 24TH AND A HALF CEN-TURY!
  • Made Hammier in the end of the TV series theme song...
    DUCK DODGERS IN THE 24TH! AND A ONE-HALF! CENTURY!!!!!
• "Open that thar drawbridge!"^Explanation "Knighty Knight Bugs": Yosemite Sam as the Black Knight orders Bugs to lower the drawbridge. And he does... right on top of Sam's head.
  • *smack* "CLOSE IT! CLOSE IT! CLOSE IT UP AGAIN!"
    • "Dragons is so stupid..."
• "Fortunately I keep my feathers numbered for just such an emergency." ^Explanation Foghorn Leghorn frequently..."I say", frequently finds himself stripped of his feathers as a result of whatever prank he just attempted on (or was played on him by) the Barnyard Dog or Henery Hawk; "'attempted', that is".
• "I am scared, I'm terrified." ^Explanation A scene from "Hold the Lion Please" where after Bugs realizes he's facing a ferocious lion, he says this while making weird reaction faces. Said faces are frequently used on 4chan as "lol what" or "hell no" expressions.
• "AHHHHH SHADDAP!"
• Other examples were originally references to popular radio shows of the time, including, but by no means limited to:
  • "I'm only 3 1/2 years old!"^Explanation A catchphrase of Lou Costello, of Abbott and Costello fame.
  • "He don't know me very well, do he?"^Explanation From Red Skelton's "Mean Widdle Kid" character.
  • "Cu...camonga"^Explanation A reference to Jack Benny's radio (and later TV) show in which an announcer at a train station (also voiced by Mel Blanc, which also makes it an inside reference) would announce a departure "for Anaheim, Azusa, and Cu...camonga!"; directly referenced in at least one short with Porky Pig and Daffy Duck.
  • "T'aint funny, McGee!"^Explanation A reference to Fibber McGee and Molly.
  • "If I do it, I get a lickin'! *Beat* I do'd it!"^Explanation Also from Skelton's Mean Widdle Kid. Most famously used on "The Case of the Missing Hare".
  • "That's what the man said, he really said that, that's what he said..."^Explanation Happens right at the end of Baseball Bugs.
  • "Is this trip really necessary?"^Explanation A reference to WWII, when viewers were advised against doing any "unnecessary traveling". This was sometimes even referred to directly.
  • "Oh ho ho ho! Tropers is the cwaziest peoples! Ha ha ha!"^Explanation The line comes from Fox Movietone News presenter Lew Lehr. The original line was about monkeys; variations have included camels ("Porky in Arabia"), pussycats ("Scaredy Cat") and even Nazis ("Russian Rhapsody").
  • "Gee, ain't I a stinker?"^ExplanationAnother of Bugs Bunny's signature lines, acutally a Borrowed Catch Phrase from Lou Costello.
• "Bricka-bracka, firecracka, sis-boom-bah! Bugs Bunny, Bugs Bunny, RAH RAH RAH!!"^Explanation "Super-Rabbit": Bugs leads Cottontail Smith and his horse in a cheer after taking a cannonball fired at him and playing basketball with it.
• The Duxorcist, a short that debuted in "Daffy Duck's Quackbusters" has at least three all coming from the possessed duck lady he tries to exorcise:
  "...and it's so comforting to have a short, dark, handsome...DUCK!!...like you to protect me."
  "OU-YAY UPID-STAY ERK-JAY!!"^note Daffy: "And I thought French was the romantic language."
  "Mary had a little lamb...BUT I ATE IT!!"
• "How does that moron do it?!"^ExplanationA scene from Tortoise Wins by a Hare featuring a hilariously detailed closeup of Bugs; usually used to express frustration.
• Bugs' last line in The Bugs Bunny-Road Runner Movie—"Eat your heart out, Burt Reynolds!" ^Explanationoriginated from a poster of Bullwinkle The Moose mocking Burt Reynolds' iconic centerfold pose for Playgirl Magazine in the early 1970s.
• "I am Elmer J. Fudd, millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht." ^ExplanationThe line of dialogue Bugs repeats over and over as he's brainwashed into believing he's Elmer Fudd in the short Hare Brush. This has been mistakenly thought to originally have said by Elmer himself and while he does say it in other works as a reference to the short, he himself does not say it in the original short.
• BIG CHUNGUS ^ExplanationAn image of an obese Bugs Bunny (mocking a similarly-obese Elmer Fudd) from the short Wabbit Twouble has become quite the Memetic Badass. Officially an Ascended Meme in Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem, where Big Chungus is a playable character, and once again in Space Jam: A New Legacy, where Bugs once again takes on the form to make fun of Elmer Fudd.
  • Ugandan Chungus ^Explanation A mashup of the early 2018 meme, Ugandan Knuckles and Big Chungus.
  • Lola Chungus ^ExplanationA version of Big Chungus edited to look like Lola Bunny, which gained popularity following Lola's Tamer and Chaster (and divisive) redesign for Space Jam 2.
• "Stop, in the name of humanity!" ^ExplanationA sign held up by Wile E. Coyote in Stop, Look and Hasten to a train as its about to hit him, its headlight shining menacingly on him.
• "I wish all X a very pleasant evening".^ExplanationAn old fanart of Bugs Bunny in a tuxedo, coupled with the "I wish all (insert group here) a very pleasant evening."
• Bugs Bunny screaming^ExplanationA scene from Looney Tunes: Back in Action in which Bugs screams, coughs and sprays his throat, then lets out an even bigger scream. The edited versions of the clip, which replace the second scream with a different sound, emerged in July 2021.
• One [x] pie coming up! Pick up pie!
  • Roger! Your pie, sir!
• "I saw a guy do this in a toothpase ad once. Ta-da!" BANG!^explanationA scene from The Iceman Ducketh where Bugs stops a pursuing Daffy by throwing a bucket of water in the air...which instantly freezes into a wall of ice which Daffy subsequently smashes into, stopping him cold. Many watchers find the sudden absurdity of the scene hilarious, while others will try to figure out which ad Bugs is referencing (popular opinion seems to point to this Colgate ad specifically). Others have even reanimated it, with the "toothpaste ad" ice trick replaced with Bugs pulling out a gun and shooting Daffy, referring to the sound effect of Daffy impacting the ice sounding like a gun going off.
• "I don't know how ya's done it, BUT I KNOW YA'S DONE IT!"^ExplanationA line from Bugsy and Mugsy when Rocky, finding a saw in Mugsy's hands (planted by Bugs), thinks he was the one who sawed him into the floor despite being tied up in a locked room. Used in similar situations in which one is sure someone did something, but can't explain how.
• "Say 'Aah'."^ExplanationIn The Draft Horse, the titular horse undergoes an Army physical and is instructed by his doctor to open up and say "Aah", which be does by making a loud "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!". Remixes replace the scream with another long sound.
  • "BE QUIET! SHUT UP!" ^ExplanationThe doctor's understandable reaction to the above mentioned exchange. Will typically be followed by the horse defensively saying, "But you told me to say, 'Aah'!" to which the doctor responds, "That I did! But I didn't tell you to say, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!" (or, in the remixes, the same sound which the horse makes)
• No^ExplanationA rotated freeze frame of Bugs◊ from The Big Snooze as he is about to drink the "Hare Tonic" near the end of the short, captioned with a Little "No". The meme is most often used as a Blunt "No" response to a stupid question or to interrupt a bad joke or an outdated meme.
• "Take one step on that rope, and I'll cut it!" ^ExplanationIn Apes of Wrath, Bugs is being chased by an angry gorilla and crosses a rope tied between two cliffs, yelling this to the gorilla on the other side. He responds by pulling the rope and bringing the entire cliff (plus Bugs) right to him.
• Foghorn Leghorn rambling to characters in other series ^ExplanationIn 2024, it became a trend on Twitter to edit Foghorn Leghorn into scenes in other works (mainly anime) and caption them with a speech akin to what the big chicken would say. Even Eric Bauza got in on the fun voicing some of these ramblings.

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