History WesternAnimation / LongHairedHare

->''"This was all just a bit...like when Bugs Bunny (bleeps) with the opera singer for twenty minutes."''
-->-- '''Rick Sanchez''', ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''

That night, at Jone's performance, Bugs doles out some characteristically hilarious abuse, first by striking the performance bowl with a mallet, causing Jones to shake all over the stage and fall into a tuba, then by disguising himself as a bobby socker and requesting an autograph... with a stick of dynamite. Then, for his finale, he enters the orchestra pit disguised as famed opera conductor Leopold Stokowski, takes over the orchestra and forces Jones to hold [[IncrediblyLongNote an ungoldly long C]] that literally brings the house down.

* DisproportionateRetribution: While Jones' frustration at Bugs for disturbing his rehearsal is understandable, [[HairTriggerTemper Jones responds with increasing violence every time Bugs obliviously interrupts his rehearsal]]. After these get particularly vindictive, Bugs himself takes very elaborate measures to ruin Jones' performance.

* GoofyPrintUnderwear: As Giovanni Jones’ clothing [[ClothingDamage falls apart]] during his IncrediblyLongNote, his pants fall down to reveal his blue underwear adorned with red flowers.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Bugs's ridiculous composer disguise is a parody of RealLife composer Leopold Stokowski, who that was also the orchestra conductor in ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}''.

->''"This was all just a bit...like when Bugs Bunny (''bleeps'') with the opera singer for twenty minutes."''

->''"This was all just a bit...like when Bugs Bunny fucks with the opera singer for twenty minutes."''

* AssholeVictim: Rather than simply asking Bugs if he could be quiet, Giovanni Jones opts instead to beat him up and destroy his instruments three separate times, making him completely unsympathetic to the audience when Bugs decides to retaliate.

* OneHundredPercentAdorationRating: Leopold Stokowski is this for the entire band performing at the concernt.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Bugs's ridiculous composer disguise is a parody of RealLife composer Leopold Stokowski, who that same year was also the orchestra conductor in ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}''.

Bugs is hanging out one day playing the banjo and singing "A Rainy Night in Rio," when his singing bothers Giovanni Jones, a pompous opera singer who is rehearsing his part in ''Theatre/TheBarberOfSeville''. When he finds himself absentmindedly singing along to whatever Bugs is playing, Jones storms outside to put an end to the disturbance. Beginning with destroying the rabbit's banjo, he gets even angrier as Bugs graduates to a harp and then a Sousaphone. When Jones finally ties him to a tree by his ears and pulls back, causing the rabbit's noggin to bang into the branch, Bugs decides [[ThisMeansWar it's on]].

''Long-Haired Hare'' is a 1949 WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon starring WesternAnimation/BugsBunny and directed by Creator/ChuckJones.

!!Tropes:

* RuleOfThree: Guess how many times Jones attacks Bugs before [[ThisMeansWar the counterattack begins]].

* {[Fangirl}}: Bugs disguises himself as a teenybopper asking Jones for an autograph. Giovanni gladly starts to sign the autograph book, unaware that he's signing with a stick of dynamite.

* HeliumSpeech: Bugs gives Jones alum to get this effect (it's in the "Figaro" rendition).

** OverlyLongGag: The note is so long that Bugs leaves the podium (with his glove still holding the note) to go get earplugs...by mail.

* PaperThinDisguise: Everyone thinks Bugs is Leopold Stokowski even though he's only wearing a tuxedo jacket and a wig.

* WagTheDirector: A minor InUniverse example. When Jones first steps out onto the stage and assumes the RecitationHandclasp, he lifts one finger to the conductor to indicate his readiness.

* NeverTrustATitle: Averted. While Bugs doesn't actually have long hair in the short, "long hairs" used to be a slang term for conductors, due to the tendency for them to grow their hair longer than average.

** The opening "Rainy Night in Rio" number is a reference to the long-forgotten film "The Time, The Place And The Girl.", which was where the song originated.

* TheVoiceless: We never actually hear Jones talk, only sing. But we hear him scream through the tuba that he got stuck in.
** He also [[SubvertedTrope remarks "Leopold!" when Bugs shows up in his disguise]], although his voice is partially drowned out by the rest of the orchestra.

That night, at Jone's performance, Bugs doles out some characteristically hilarious abuse, first by striking the performance bowl with a mallet, causing Jones to shake all over the stage and fall into a tuba, then by disguising himself as a bobby socker and requesting an autograph... with a stick of dynamite. Then, for his finale, he enters the orchestra pit disguised as famed opera conductor Leopold Stokowski, takes over the orchestra and forces Jones to hold [[AbsurdlyLongNote an ungoldly long note]] that literally brings the house down.

That night, at Jone's performance, Bugs doles out some characteristically hilarious abuse, first by striking the performance bowl with a mallet, causing Jones to shake all over the stage and fall into a tuba, then by disguising himself as a bobby socker and requesting an autograph... with a stick of dynamite. Then, for his finale, he enters the orchestra pit disguised as famed opera conductor Leopold Stokowski, takes over the orchestra and forces Jones to hold [[OverlyLongNote an ungoldly long note]] that literally brings the house down.

Bugs's "Leopold" guise was a parody of a RealLife opera conductor of the day, Leopold Stokowski. Stokowski is also parodied in another Bugs Bunny cartoon, "WesternAnimation/SlickHare".[[note]]Stokowski can be seen as the conductor in ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}''.[[/note]]

* GoofyPrintUnderwear: As Giovanni Jones’ clothing [[ClothingDamage falls apart]] during his IncrediblyLongNote, his pants fall down to reveal his blue underwear adorned with red flowers.

* ThisMeansWar: Not only does Bugs utter this phrase word-for-word, but it's also clearly indicated by his DeathGlare.

* DisproportionateRetribution: While Jones' frustration at Bugs for disturbing his rehearsal is understandable, [[HairTriggerTemper Jones responds with increasing violence every time Bugs obliviously interrupts his rehearsal]]. After these get particularly vindictive, Bugs himself takes very elaborate measures to ruin Jones' performance. Then again, politely asking Bugs to stop playing during the rehearsals is hardly [[RuleOfFunny funny or entertaining]].
** It also would likely have made the cartoon even shorter, since Bugs would probably have agreed to stop playing or decided to move elsewhere if he'd been asked.
** This gets even worse if you look in the background of Giovanni's living room, and see that his ''patio door is wide open'' for some reason. Not only is Giovanni's violence uncalled for, he didn't even have to confront Bugs at all, he could simply have closed the door.

* NonIndicativeName: Averted. While Bugs doesn't actually have long hair in the short, "long hairs" used to be a slang term for conductors, due to the tendency for them to grow their hair longer than average.

* HairTriggerTemper: Giovanni Jones displays severe anger management issues, since his immediately resorted to violence each time Bugs interrupted him.

* ClothingDamage: Giovanni's opera tuxedo increasingly falls apart when Leopold Bugs makes him hold a high note for a long time, symbolizing the strain it's putting on him.

* HairTriggerTemper: Giovanni Jones displays severe anger management issues, since his immediately resorted to violence each time Bugs interruptEd him.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: A poster outside the theatre promotes [[Creator/ChuckJones Carlo Jones]], Eduardo Selzer (Eddie Selzer), a couple others -- all of which were fancy versions of names of Termite Terrace animators/producers/directors.

* ShoutOut: The opening "Rainy Night in Rio" number is a reference to the long-forgotten film "The Time, The Place And The Girl.", which was where the song originated.

** This gets even worse if you look in the background of Giovanni's living room, and see that his ''patio door is wide open''. Not only is Giovanni's violence uncalled for, he didn't even have to confront Bugs at all, he could simply have closed the door.