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* ElongatingArmGag: When the dogs surround Bugs, one of them suggests that he's a giraffe (pronounced "gy-raff"). Hector says, "That ain't no giraffe. A giraffe's got a long neck like this" and stretches out Bugs' neck.

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The story opens with a gossip columnist in the Hollywood hills doing a profile of Bugs Bunny. After Bugs's "estate" is revealed to be fancy colonnades and a water fountain leading to...his rabbit hole, Bugs pops out of the ground and agrees to give an interview.

He recounts his childhood growing up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. This, the bulk of the cartoon's story, involves Bugs street brawling with a gang of bulldogs. The bulldogs, offended by Bugs's cheerful manner and fancy clothes, decide to beat him up, but Bugs turns the tables in his usual style.

The lead bulldog is Hector (aka Spike) the bulldog, in one of his first appearances; Hector would later be a frequent opponent of Sylvester the Cat.

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The story opens with a gossip columnist in the Hollywood hills doing a profile of Bugs Bunny. After Bugs's "estate" is revealed to be fancy colonnades and a water fountain leading to... his rabbit hole, Bugs pops out of the ground and agrees to give an interview.

He recounts his childhood growing up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. This, the bulk of the cartoon's story, involves Bugs street brawling street-brawling with a gang of bulldogs. The bulldogs, offended by Bugs's cheerful manner and fancy clothes, decide to beat him up, but Bugs turns the tables in his usual style.

The lead bulldog is Hector (aka (a.k.a. Spike) the bulldog, in one of his first appearances; Hector would later be a frequent opponent of Sylvester the Cat.



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* WalkLikeAnEgyptian: Bugs tries to hide from a bulldog by becoming part of an animated advertising sign with Egyptian iconography.

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* WalkLikeAnEgyptian: Bugs tries to hide from a bulldog by becoming part of an animated advertising sign with Egyptian iconography.iconography.
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* ElevatorGag: Bugs tries to lose Hector in the elevator of a building (pausing to look at the directory first). From the outside, the elevator is seen moving diagonally and then sideways, as if climbing stairs.
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* ThrowTheBookAtThem: Bugs grabs a book to throw at the dogs. The dogs see the cover and run off; turns out the book was ''A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'', and they decided to go there and see that tree. [[note]][[DontExplainTheJoke Probably to go pee on it.[[/note]]

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* ThrowTheBookAtThem: Bugs grabs a book to throw at the dogs. The dogs see the cover and run off; turns out the book was ''A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'', and they decided to go there and see that tree. [[note]][[DontExplainTheJoke Probably to go pee on it.[[/note]]]][[/note]]
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* ThrowTheBookAtThem: Bugs grabs a book to throw at the dogs. The dogs see the cover and run off; turns out the book was ''A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'', and they decided to go there and see that tree.

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* ThrowTheBookAtThem: Bugs grabs a book to throw at the dogs. The dogs see the cover and run off; turns out the book was ''A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'', and they decided to go there and see that tree. [[note]][[DontExplainTheJoke Probably to go pee on it.[[/note]]

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* PieInTheFace: At an automat, Bugs buys a slice of pie and hits Hector on the face with it. He then apologizes for it... because he wanted ''cherry'' pie, and lets him have that too.

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* PieInTheFace: At an automat, Bugs buys a slice of pie and hits Hector on the face with it. He then apologizes for it... because he claims the dog wanted ''cherry'' pie, and lets him have that too.
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Bugs didn't scare off the dogs. They ran off in excitement after reading the title.


* ShoutOut: First, there's the title. Then, at the end Bugs finally scares off the dogs by threatening to hit them with a book, which turns out to be ''Literature/ATreeGrowsInBrooklyn''.

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* ShoutOut: First, there's the title. Then, at the end Bugs finally scares off gets rid of the dogs by threatening to hit them with holding up a book, book which turns out to be ''Literature/ATreeGrowsInBrooklyn''.
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* BaitAndSwitch: The opening scenes show a long pan of Bugs' luxurious estate grounds. When the camera eventually gets to the house, however, it just turns out to be the usual hole in the ground that Bugs always lives in.



* GoFetch: Bugs distracts the dogs at one point simply by throwing a stick.

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* GoFetch: Bugs distracts the dogs Hector at one point simply by throwing a stick.stick.
* GravityIsAHarshSeamstress: As Hector falls off a building, he hits several clotheslines on the way down, ending up dressed in baby clothes and then a nightgown.


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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The interviewer is meant to be Louella Parsons, a popular gossip columnist at the time. Bugs even calls her by her nickname "Lolly".


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* PieInTheFace: At an automat, Bugs buys a slice of pie and hits Hector on the face with it. He then apologizes for it... because he wanted ''cherry'' pie, and lets him have that too.


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* ThrowTheBookAtThem: Bugs grabs a book to throw at the dogs. The dogs see the cover and run off; turns out the book was ''A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'', and they decided to go there and see that tree.
* VisualPun: When Bugs and Hector run through the Stork Club (a popular nightclub in New York at the time), its clientele turn out to be actual storks.
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* ApologeticAttacker: Bugs shoves an apple pie in a bulldog's face. He apologies profusely, cleans the dog's face off, then shoves a cherry pie in it.
* DastardlyDapperDerby: The leader of the gang of dogs is a bulldog wearing a bowler hat.
* DogPileOfDoom: Bugs is jumped by several large dogs in an alley. They attempt to dog-pile him, but in the end, it shows Bugs jumping up and down on top of the pile, leaving the leader of the dogs at the bottom.



* HangingByTheFingers: At one point Hector is hanging from a clothesline, only for Bugs to peel away his fingers with the "this little piggy" routine.



* TheVoice: The off-screen gossip columnist interviewing Bugs.

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* TheVoice: The off-screen gossip columnist interviewing Bugs.Bugs.
* WalkLikeAnEgyptian: Bugs tries to hide from a bulldog by becoming part of an animated advertising sign with Egyptian iconography.
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"A Hare Grows in Manhattan" is a 1947 WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon featuring WesternAnimation/BugsBunny.

The story opens with a gossip columnist in the Hollywood hills doing a profile of Bugs Bunny. After Bugs's "estate" is revealed to be fancy colonnades and a water fountain leading to...his rabbit hole, Bugs pops out of the ground and agrees to give an interview.

He recounts his childhood growing up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. This, the bulk of the cartoon's story, involves Bugs street brawling with a gang of bulldogs. The bulldogs, offended by Bugs's cheerful manner and fancy clothes, decide to beat him up, but Bugs turns the tables in his usual style.

The lead bulldog is Hector (aka Spike) the bulldog, in one of his first appearances; Hector would later be a frequent opponent of Sylvester the Cat.

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* ForgottenFramingDevice: Bugs's story simply ends without referring back to the celebrity interview.
* GoFetch: Bugs distracts the dogs at one point simply by throwing a stick.
* OffIntoTheDistanceEnding: Ends with Bugs walking away from the camera as he thumbs through ''A Tree Grows in Brooklyn''.
* OriginsEpisode: Sort of. The film does show that Bugs was born and grew up in Manhattan, but most of it is really just an extended fight sequence between Bugs and the bulldogs.
* RooftopConfrontation: At one point Hector chases Bugs up to a roof, where Bugs attempts to hide in a billboard.
* ShoutOut: First, there's the title. Then, at the end Bugs finally scares off the dogs by threatening to hit them with a book, which turns out to be ''Literature/ATreeGrowsInBrooklyn''.
* TheVoice: The off-screen gossip columnist interviewing Bugs.

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