History WesternAnimation / FallingHare

* AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle:

-->'''Gremlin:''' Speak to me, bunny rabbit. Speak to me!\\
'''Bugs:''' I'm only three-and-a-half years old. ''b-b-b-b-b''!\\

* CensorBox: Played with. The front gate sign of an unnamed Air Force base is censored to keep classified information from being discovered by the enemy ("Number of planes: Censored. Number of men: Censored.") The last line was censored for more traditional reasons ("Men's opinion of Top Sergeant: CENSORED!!!").

* CartoonCreature: The Gremlin is an unusually designed creature that doesn't seem to be identifiable with any other kind of species. In particular, he has airplane wings and a tail affixed to his head.

* JustPlaneWrong: Being ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', the laws of aerodynamics (and gravity, and just about anything else you studied in physics class) are completely ignored in favor of RuleOfFunny.

* RefugeInAudacity: The films topper gag has the airplane Bugs and the Gremlin are on stop in mid-air, just a few feet away from crashing into the ground, all because the plane ran out of gas.

The cartoon starts with Bugs Bunny at an army air base where he reads a book mentioning how Gremlins love to sabotage airplanes. Bugs laughs off the notion of such funny little creatures existing, just as an actual Gremlin walks by him and attempts to detonate a nearby bomb. After almost being tricked into setting off himself, Bugs chases the Gremlin to a nearby airplane and the rest of their fight takes place in the sky where the little creature constantly keeps him on the ropes.

The cartoon starts with Bugs Bunny reading a book at an army base, which mentions how Gremlins sabotage airplanes. Bugs laughs off the notion of them existing, just as a Gremlin walks by him and attempts to blow up a shell. Bugs is almost tricked by it into doing it, but he quickly catches on, and spends the rest of the cartoon trying to stop the Gremlin from sabotaging an airplane, while the little creature constantly keeps him on the ropes.

* WartimeCartoon: The cartoon is set during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and has an army air base and airplane as its setpiece, and the villain of the cartoon is a gremlin, who were commonly referenced as a rationale for plane sabotage. The ending gag also has a rather dated reference to ration cards.

* GravityIsAHarshMistress: The airplane is plummeting to the ground when it halts to a stop just feet off the ground. Bugs and the Gremlin explain that it's because the plane ''ran out of gas''.

* GravityIsAHarshMistress: The airplane is plummeting to the ground when it halts to a stop just feet off the ground. Bugs and the Gremlin explain that it's because the plane ''ran out of gas''.I

* GravityIsAHarshMistress: The airplane is plummeting to the ground when it halts to a stop just feet off the ground. Bugs and the Gremlin explain that it's because the plane ''ran out of gas''.

* NonSequiturThud: After being hit on the head, Bugs Bunny does a Lennie impersonation, asking the Gremlin "Which way did he go, George?", gets a response — which allows Bugs to collapse in the appropriate direction.

* AnnoyingLaugh: The gremlin had an almost melodic-sounding laugh that went "[=HahahahahahaHAAAAAA!=]"

* MickeyMousing: Twice

* AnnoyingLaugh: The gremlin had an almost melodic-sounding laugh that went "HahahahahahaHAAAAAA!"

* MetaphoricMetamorphosis[=/=]VisualPun: When Bugs is tricked into running out of the airplane, he briefly turns into a donkey, complete with the words Jack Ass labelled on him. For an extra punch, the music cue that plays is the stock snippet "You're a horses ass."

* WhatHaveIDone: Almost. Bugs decides to help the Gremlin, who is hitting a bomb with a mallet. He's about to give it a good whack when he suddenly screeches to a stop and yells at the top of his lungs, "WHAT AM I DOING!"

* WartimeCartoon: The cartoon is set during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and has an army air base and airplane as its setpiece, and the villain of the cartoon is a gremlin, who were commonly referenced as a rationale for plane sabotage. The ending gag also has a rather dated reference to ration cards.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Bugs and the Gremlin both reveal to the audience that the whole rivalry was a charade in the end.

''Falling Hare'' is a 1943 WesternAnimation/BugsBunny cartoon directed by Creator/BobClampett.

* ImprobablePilotSkills: Bugs manages to quickly maneuver the plane so that it flies sideways between two skyscrapers.

* SayingSoundEffectsOUtLoud: When Bugs realizes that he was just talking to a Gremlin, he actually says "Gasp!" out loud.

* CartoonCreature: The Gremlin is an unusual designed creature that doesn't seem to be identifiable with any other kind of species.

* ShoutOut: The book Bugs is reading in the opening is called ''Victory Through Hare Power'', a reference to the book and Disney live action/animated film ''Victory Through Air Power''.
* VisualPun: When Bugs is tricked into running out of the airplane, he briefly turns into a donkey, complete with the words Jack Ass labelled on him. For an extra punch, the music cue that plays is the stock snippet "You're a horses ass."