"What's up, MacDoc?"
My Bunny Lies Over The Sea is a 1948 Looney Tunes short directed by Chuck Jones. In it, Bugs Bunny pops out of a rabbit hole and finds himself in Scotland (after making a Wrong Turn at Albuquerque). He spots what he thinks is an old lady being attacked by a monster, only for it to be a Scotsman named Angus MacRory playing the bagpipes. Angered at Bugs for ruining his instrument, he challenges the rabbit to a game of golf. Hilarity Ensues.
Tropes:
- Artistic License – Sports: The rules of golf are completely ignored for the sake of comedy.
- Auction: Played for laughs. After a particularly bad round, Bugs pulls out a mallet and manages to auction down his score.
- Bizarre and Improbable Golf Game: You'd better believe it! Bugs does everything from nailing a ball to its tee to auctioning his own score down.
- Book Ends: The cartoon both begins and ends with MacRory playing the bagpipes. However, Bugs one-ups the Scotsman at the end by playing a set of bagpipes with brass instruments plugged into them (while playing a bass drum with his ears).
- Bowdlerization: When CBS aired this in the 1970s and 1980s, the part where Angus MacRory shoots Bugs, retrieves his bullet, and tells the audience, "It's been in the family for years" was cut.
- Chewbacca Defense: Bugs uses one to defend his "victory" in the golf game, befuddling MacRory enough to submit.MacRory : That was a dirty bit a' cheatin'!
Bugs: Cheatin'? Why, that identical situation occurred in the New Hebrides Open. Kaduffleblaze versus Fuddle in 19-aught-18. And what about Fradis versus Ginfritter? Hah! Bizbo versus Stoigen in the Casablanca Amateur. Cheatin', indeed? Hah! The noive! - Everything's Louder with Bagpipes: The noise of MacRory's bagpipes startles Bugs into thinking they're a monster attacking an old woman.
- Evil Laugh: MacRory does this whenever Bugs is in a tough spot during the game, giving the rabbit further incentive to cheat his way to victory.
- Gretzky Has the Ball: When Bugs learns that Scots settle disputes with golf, he casually asks, "Have it your way, Mac. But doncha get a little tired runnin' dem eighteen bases?"
- Jerkass: Downplayed with MacRory. He's definitely bitter/angry enough to be a formidable antagonist for Bugs (even shooting at him in the beginning, a la Elmer Fudd), but he does attempt to play a pretty fair game of golf with the rabbit. In fact, one could even argue that Bugs's constant cheating makes him more of a jerkass.
- Man in a Kilt: Bugs sees MacRory in traditional Scotsman attire and thinks he's an old lady in a skirt. Once he realizes MacRory's a man, he chastises him for being "indecent" and gives him a barrel to wear until he can get a pair of pants.
- Oh, Crap!: Bugs has a rarely seen moment of it when he belatedly learns that he's in Scotland and so realizes his mistakes about MacRory's outfit and the bagpipes.Bugs: SCOTLAND?! [sheepishly] Eh, what's up, MacDoc? [takes off running]
- Thrifty Scot: MacRory is the subject of many jokes about his stinginess. After shooting at Bugs and missing, he chases after the bullet, stating that "it's been in the family for years." When Bugs yells "Fore!" before driving, MacRory protests "Four? Three-and-a-half!" And when the two contest the number of strokes on Bugs' score, Bugs suddenly turns it into an auction, and MacRory bids down until he unwittingly gives Bugs a score of one.
- Too Dumb to Live: Bugs mistakes a man playing bagpipes as a monster attacking an old lady.
- Trrrilling Rrrs: Bugs disguising himself as an elderrrly Scot and scolding MacRRRorrry for shooting up his rrrabbit.
- Violent Glaswegian: MacRory is Scottish and has a Hair-Trigger Temper. He even tries to shoot Bugs with his blunderbuss near the beginning. "You've ruined me bagpipes!"
- Wrong Turn at Albuquerque: He was originally headed for the La Brea tar pits.
