History WesternAnimation / TortoiseWinsByAHare

* CassandraTruth: Throughout the cartoon, Bugs shouts at the rabbit gangsters that he's the wrong target, but they refuse to listen. It's only at the end that the gangsters realize their mistake- and promptly kill themselves.

Trouble brews, however, when the local rabbit mob targets the "turtle", with Cecil disguising himself in a rabbit suit.

* TooDumbToLive: The rabbits who mistake Bugs for Cecil. They refuse to believe Bugs, thwart his victory and help Cecil (who is wearing a PaperThinDisguise of a rabbit) cross the finish line. That said, they end up ''[[DrivenToSuicide not]]'' [[DrivenToSuicide living at the end]]. That said, Bugs isn't that intelligent either.

* PaperThinDisguise: Bugs pulls his typical bout of this in an attempt to get information from Cecil. In a surprisingly astute move, Cecil sees right through Bugs' disguise. Of course, he was counting on Bugs to disguise himself.

* SmugSnake: Cecil has shades of this, although his insults are very passive aggressive and laid back.

* TooDumbToLive: The rabbits who mistake Bugs for Cecil. They refuse to believe Bugs, thwart his victory and help Cecil (who is wearing a PaperThinDisguise of a rabbit) cross the finish line. That said, they end up ''[[DrivenToSuicide not]]'' [[DrivenToSuicide living at the end]].

''Tortoise Wins By A Hare'' is a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1943]] WesternAnimation/BugsBunny short, part of the [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] series, and directed by Creator/BobClampett.

!!Tropes:

--> '''Bugs''': ''(irate)'' I'll find out his secret if is the last thing I ever do! ''(calmly, smiling)'' And I will, too.

* BerserkButton: Bugs was already pissed from losing the last race. While looking into Cecil's secret, the Turtle points out that "Rabbits aren't very bright", instigating another race.

* {{Bowdlerization}}:
** The ending where the gambling ring shoots themselves after realizing that they've been trying to sabotage Bugs throughout the cartoon has been cut from most American TV prints, including versions shown on the Turner channels Cartoon Network (excluding its appearance on ''The Bob Clampett Show''), TBS, and TNT. The scene was also cut when it aired on Turner Classic Movies' animated anthology show ''Cartoon Alley'', but that version uses a fake fade-out after the suicide instead of the iris-out used on TBS and TNT or the quick dissolve to the dubbed version ending card used on Cartoon Network's non-''Bob Clampett Show'' appearances and currently on Boomerang.
*** In addition to the gun suicide ending, the TBS version also shortens the part where the rabbits pounce on Bugs before he can reach the finish line.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass / WorthyOpponent: Cecil is easily the smartest foe Bugs has ever faced, being just as wily as he is, and knows how to exploit Bugs' arrogance and bruised ego to bring about Bugs' own defeat while remaining very laid back and levelheaded himself, as well as how to take advantage of the stupidity of the local rabbit mob. Near the end, we also see that he's a ''lot'' faster than he lets on.

* [[MeaningfulName Meaningful Title]]: As the title implies, Cecil wins because of the other rabbits.

It can be found on Vol. 1 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection and Volume 2 of the Platinum Collection.

* BeserkButton: Bugs was already pissed from losing the last race. While looking into Cecil's secret, the Turtle points out that "Rabbits aren't very bright", instigating another race.

* SuicideAsComedy: [[WorstNewsJudgementEver "Hitler Commits Suicide."]] Also, the ending. See DrivenToSuicide.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This was one of the first Bugs Bunny cartoons produced by Warner Brothers (the character had debuted in 1940). Besides the fact that his look isn't quite the same as the character was drawn after World War II, latter-day viewers who are used to Bugs being the hero, the trickster, and the guy who always outwits his opponents might be puzzled to see him here as the antagonist and butt of jokes. (In other words, the kind of role Daffy Duck would play a lot in later years.) It's been said though that even at this early point in Bugs' career, the writers were struggling with how not to let Bugs become a BoringInvincibleHero, thus deciding to have Bugs lose every now and again. In fact the later creation of Yosemite Sam was in part an effort to give Bugs a more threatening villain to go up against.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Cecil telling Bugs that his secret is a streamlined shell is clearly made up to trick Bugs, but Bugs is way too obsessed with finding any way to beat him to realize it.

* BreakTheHaughty: Bugs gets this through the entire cartoon--first being reminded of how he lost the previous race, Cecil seeing through his disguise and insulting his intelligence, being tricked by Cecil into unintentionally dressing himself up like a turtle so the Rabbit mafia targets him (including beating him, firing tommy guns and even ''artillery shells'' at him) he gets his [[YankTheDogsChain chain yanked]] just before crossing the finish line, and the mob hurries along Cecil (who is dressed up a lumpy rabbit suit) to the finish line, so Bugs loses ''again''. * ComicallyMissingThePoint: Cecil telling Bugs that his secret is a streamlined shell is clearly made up to trick Bugs, but Bugs is way too obsessed with finding any way to beat him to realize it.

* BreakTheHaughty: Bugs gets this through the entire cartoon--first being reminded of how he lost the previous race, Cecil seeing through his disguise and insulting his intelligence, being tricked by Cecil into unintentionally dressing himself up like a turtle so the Rabbit mafia targets him (including beating him, firing tommy guns and even ''artillery shells'' at him) he gets his [[YankTheDogsChain chain yanked]] just before crossing the finish line, and the mob hurries along Cecil (who is dressed up a lumpy rabbit suit) to the finish line, so Bugs loses ''again''. * ComicallyMissingThePoint: Cecil telling Bugs that his secret is a streamlined shell is clearly made up to trick Bugs, but Bugs is way too obsessed with finding any way to beat him to realize it.

* BreakTheHaughty: Bugs gets this through the entire cartoon--first being reminded of how he lost the previous race, Cecil seeing through his disguise and insulting his intelligence, being tricked by Cecil into unintentionally dressing himself up like a turtle so the Rabbit mafia targets him (including beating him, firing tommy guns and even ''artillery shells'' at him) he gets his [[YankTheDogsChain chain yanked]] just before crossing the finish line, and the mob hurries along Cecil (who is dressed up a lumpy rabbit suit) to the finish line, so Bugs loses ''again''. ComicallyMissingThePoint: Cecil telling Bugs that his secret is a streamlined shell is clearly made up to trick Bugs, but Bugs is way too obsessed with finding any way to beat him to realize it.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Cecil telling Bugs that his secret is a streamlined shell is clearly made up to trick Bugs, but Bugs is way too obsessed with finding any way to beat him to realize it.

* HumiliationConga: Bugs gets this through the entire cartoon--first being reminded of how he lost the previous race, Cecil seeing through his disguise and insulting his intelligence, being tricked by Cecil into unintentionally dressing himself up like a turtle so the Rabbit mafia targets him (including beating him, firing tommy guns and even ''artillery shells'' at him) he gets his [[YankTheDogsChain chain yanked]] just before crossing the finish line, and the mob hurries along Cecil (who is dressed up a lumpy rabbit suit) to the finish line, so Bugs loses ''again''.

* VillainousBreakdown: Bugs at the end.

* OneDimensionalThinking: The mob exploits this by hastily painting a road stripe into a brick wall, which veers Bugs off the road into a head-on collision, and the mob uses this chance to stall him for time.

* MeaningfulTitle: As the title implies, Cecil wins because of the other rabbits.

The short is a direct follow-up to "Tortoise Beats Hare", and the second of the "Bugs Bunny vs. Cecil Turtle" trilogy. It begins with Bugs watching footage from "Tortoise Beats Hare" and going berserk from his loss and the accompanying wounded ego.