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Remade in 1959 as "Apes of Wrath". Not to be confused with the ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'', ''WesternAnimation/CaptainSimianAndTheSpaceMonkeys'', ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'', or ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling'' episodes of the same name.

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Remade in 1959 as "Apes of Wrath". Not to be confused with the ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'', ''WesternAnimation/CaptainSimianAndTheSpaceMonkeys'', ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'', or ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling'' episodes of the same name.
Wrath".



** Gruesome himself appears as a minor boss in the video game ''VideoGame/BugsBunnyAndTazTimeBusters''.

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** Gruesome himself appears as a minor boss in the video game ''VideoGame/BugsBunnyAndTazTimeBusters''.''VideoGame/BugsBunnyAndTazTimeBusters'' and a boss in ''[[VideoGame/LooneyTunesCollectorMartianAlert ''Looney Tunes Collector: Martian Revenge!'']].
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* AbusiveParents: Gruesome is one to Bugs, due to being a ChildHater. His first reaction to his wife bringing home a baby is to "take Junior for a walk", playing rough with him, and then when Bugs fights back, he goes into a murderous rage.
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* OhCrap: Bugs in "Apes of Wrath" when the stork arrives with the apes' real baby, and Elvis realizes he finally has an opportunity to beat Bugs into oblivion without his wife objecting.
-->Bugs: [[IWantMyMommy Mother]]...
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* NaturallyHusklessCoconuts: Bugs shakes a palm tree full of huskless coconuts until one falls on the head of Gruesome Gorilla.

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* ButtMonkey: Bugs, unusually for him, in both shorts, due to being dragged into playing baby for a gorilla and her ferocious husband. Especially so in "Apes Of Wrath" where he is violently shanghied into such by the drunken stork, and later even ''Daffy'' gets a final punchline on him for once.



** ZigZagged in "Apes of Wrath". Here, Gruesome (renamed Elvis) WANTS to be a father but when the stork substitutes Bugs for the missing baby gorilla he was supposed to deliver, Elvis wants no part of it, especially when Bugs goes out of his way to annoy him for his own amusement.

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** ZigZagged in "Apes of Wrath". Here, Gruesome (renamed Elvis) WANTS to be a father but when the stork substitutes Bugs for the missing baby gorilla he was supposed to deliver, Elvis wants no part of it, especially and is only angered more when Bugs goes out of his way to annoy trolls him for his own amusement.in response.



* HenpeckedHusband: Weaponised in 'Apes of Wrath". As fierce as Elvis is, he is cowed by his wife and her rolling pin, giving Bugs protection.



* VocalDissonance: This is a rare short in which Mel Blanc voices a female character, in this case Mrs. Gruesome. She essentially sounds like Mel doing a poor falsetto voice.

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* VocalDissonance: This is a rare short in which Mel Blanc voices a female character, in this case Mrs. Gruesome. She essentially sounds like Mel doing a poor falsetto voice. Subverted in "Apes of Wrath" where the mother gorilla is voiced by June Foray.

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* KillerGorilla: Gruesome tries hard to murder Bugs. Zig-zagged with Elvis who is only aggressive towards Bugs because the rabbit annoys him just for kicks, though he did try to off Bugs upon first seeing him.

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* KillerGorilla: KillerGorilla:
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Gruesome tries hard to murder Bugs. Zig-zagged Bugs.
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with Elvis who is only mainly aggressive towards Bugs because the rabbit annoys him just for kicks, though he did try to off Bugs upon first seeing him.
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* KillerGorilla: Gruesome tries hard to murder Bugs.

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* KillerGorilla: Gruesome tries hard to murder Bugs. Zig-zagged with Elvis who is only aggressive towards Bugs because the rabbit annoys him just for kicks, though he did try to off Bugs upon first seeing him.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: At the end of "Apes of Wrath", after spending much of the short tormenting Elvis, Bugs gets stuck with Daffy as his "new baby".

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* LaserGuidedKarma: At the end of "Apes of Wrath", after spending much of the short tormenting Elvis, Elvis for his own amusement, Bugs gets stuck with Daffy as his "new baby".
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* LaserGuidedKarma: At the end of "Apes of Wrath", after spending much of the short tormenting Elvis, Bugs gets stuck with Daffy as his "new baby".
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* GentleGorilla: In contrast to Gruesome, the other gorillas are considerably friendlier, particularly Gruesome's mate.

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* GentleGorilla: In contrast to Gruesome, Gruesome and despite a sign claiming the island is inhabited by "ferocious apes", the other gorillas are considerably friendlier, particularly Gruesome's mate.
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* GentleGorilla: In contrast to Gruesome, the other gorillas are a lot friendlier.

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* GentleGorilla: In contrast to Gruesome, the other gorillas are a lot friendlier.considerably friendlier, particularly Gruesome's mate.

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* TheCameo: Franchise/{{Tarzan}} comes swinging through the jungle, calling his classic call.

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* TheCameo: TheCameo:
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Franchise/{{Tarzan}} comes swinging through the jungle, calling his classic call.



* ChildHater: Gruesome can't stand babies, which is why he and his wife don't have children.

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* ChildHater: ChildHater:
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Gruesome can't stand babies, which is why he and his wife don't have children.



* GentleGorilla: In contrast to Gruesome, the other gorillas are a lot friendlier.



* TheNotCatch: Gruesome throws Bugs very high in the air, poses to catch him, then scoots out of the way at the last second as Bugs plummets to earth.

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* TheNotCatch: TheNotCatch:
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Gruesome throws Bugs very high in the air, poses to catch him, then scoots out of the way at the last second as Bugs plummets to earth.
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* AlcoholicHic: The stork in "Apes of Wrath". It's all but stated he got one too many drinks by the time the episode starts.

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* AlcoholicHic: AlcoholHic: The stork in "Apes of Wrath". It's all but stated he got one too many drinks by the time the episode starts.
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* AlcoholicHic: The stork in "Apes of Wrath". It's all but stated he got one too many drinks by the time the episode starts.


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** Daffy Duck appears at the end of "Apes of Wrath", delivered by the stork to Bugs as his "new baby".


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** Elvis in the remake tries the same thing when kicks Bugs high in the air. Only for Bugs to land on his head.
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* NoSell: In “Apes of Wrath”, when Bugs orders his pursuer to not cross a rope bridge to his mountain he’s standing on, lest he cut the rope, the ape has none of it and simply uses the rope to pull Bugs’s entire mountain to him. Bugs is appropriately cowed.

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* NoSell: In “Apes of Wrath”, when Bugs orders tells his pursuer to not cross a rope bridge to his the mountain he’s standing on, lest he cut the rope, the ape has none of it and simply uses pulls at the rope to pull Bugs’s entire rope—''dragging Bugs’ mountain to him.along with it''. Bugs is appropriately cowed.

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