Line #33 WesternAnimation/RabbitOfSeville


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3	->''"How do! Welcome to my shop / Let me cut your mop / Let me shave your crop!\
4	Dain-tily! Dain-tily!\
5	[[SuddenlyShouting Hey, you!]] Don't look so perplexed / Why must you be vexed / Can't you see you're next?\
6	Yes, you're next! You're so next!"''
7	-->--'''Bugs Bunny'''
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9	"Rabbit of Seville" is a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1950]] WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short directed by Creator/ChuckJones and written by Michael Maltese.
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11	The plot features WesternAnimation/BugsBunny being chased by WesternAnimation/ElmerFudd into the stage door of the Hollywood Bowl, where the audience is waiting to see Music/GioachinoRossini's opera ''Theatre/TheBarberOfSeville''. Bugs tricks Elmer into going onstage and participating in a break-neck operatic production of their chase punctuated with gags, all to the tune of Rossini's overture to the opera.
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13	Compare with WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker's equally famous [[WesternAnimation/TheBarberOfSeville take on a different excerpt from the same opera.]] Contrast with ''WesternAnimation/WhatsOperaDoc'', which does parody a famous opera, but the former (this one) is more comedic, while the latter is more dramatic.
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16	!!"Rabbit of Seville" provides examples of:
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18	* BackwardsFiringGun: This happens after Bugs ties Elmer's shotgun into a knot.
19	* BarbershopEpisode: Bugs gets chased into the stage door of the Hollywood Bowl by Elmer, where Bugs tricks Elmer into going onstage, and participating in a break-neck operatic production of their chase punctuated with gags, all to the tune of Rossini's overture to ''The Barber of Seville''.
20	* {{Bowdlerization}}: The ABC airing mutes out some of the sound effects of Elmer shooting in the beginning. The shot of Bugs slashing Elmer's face with a razor was also cut by replacing it with a cropped shot of Bugs holding a mirror (which appeared after Elmer got slashed) and grimacing in disgust while the sound of the slashing played as normal. Also cut was the segment where Bugs ties Elmer's gun into a knot. It skips from the shot of Bugs doing a provocative thrust backward towards the camera to the shot of Elmer being flung back into the barber chair, attempting to suggest some continuity between the two.
21	* ComedicUnderwearExposure: Bugs, dressed as [[AttractiveBentGender an elegant Spanish señorita in a green gown]], does a flamenco dance, with two pairs of scissors as castanets. As he does, he snips the buttons off Elmer's suspenders, causing his pants to drop and exposing his floral-print boxers.
22	* DangerouslyCloseShave: Bugs gives Elmer one:
23	-->'''Bugs:''' There, you're nice and clean!\
24	Although your face\
25	Looks like it might have gone through a machine...
26	* DisguisedInDrag: Bugs, dressed as a Spanish señorita.
27	* EscalatingWar: During the climax, Bugs and Elmer start chasing each other back and forth across the stage with ever larger weapons, starting with a hatchet, and ending with a cannon that wouldn't look out of place on a modern battleship.
28	* EverythingIsAnInstrument: Bugs, while dressed as a Spanish señorita, plays two pairs of scissors like castanets.
29	* FoeRomanceSubtext: Bugs and Elmer ''get married'' towards the end of the short.
30	* FruitOfTheLoon: At one point, Bugs makes a fruit salad on Elmer's head.
31	* FunnyBackgroundEvent: A poster outside the theatre promotes [[UsefulNotes/NoteworthyLooneyTunesStaff Eduardo Selzeri, Michele Maltese,]] and [[Creator/ChuckJones Carlo Jonzi]].
32	* GoofyPrintUnderwear: Elmer wears these.
33	* LohengrinAndMendelssohn: Very briefly right before the end. Whereupon Bugs carries Elmer across the threshold and drops him into a giant cake bearing the words "Theatre/TheMarriageOfFigaro."
34	* MandatoryLine: Elmer has just one spoken/sung line in the entire short: "Oh, wait 'til I get that wabbit!"
35	* MickeyMousing: Inverted; the short is underscored by a preexisting song (the overture to ''Theatre/TheBarberOfSeville'', composed by Music/GioachinoRossini) and the action is animated in time with it.
36	* MirrorReveal: After rubbing hair restorer and Figaro fertilizer on Elmer's scalp, Bugs shows him the results on a mirror. Elmer is at first elated that strands of hair are growing, but then he sees them sprout flowers, so he grabs his rifle and the chase is on again.
37	* MusicalEpisode: Every line except for the absolute last ("N-ext!") is sung to the tune of the overture; all lines but one are Bugs'.
38	* NeverTrustAHairTonic: Bugs rubs and sprinkles a number of tonics on Elmer's scalp, only for flowers to sprout from his head instead of hair (the last one was actually plant food).
39	* PaperThinDisguise: The Spanish señorita is obviously Bugs, but Elmer doesn't notice until Bugs reveals his tail.
40	* ShrugTake: As Elmer looks for Bugs on the stage, Bugs pulls the switch that opens the curtain. The conductor looks confused, glances at his watch, then shrugs at the camera and starts the music.
41	* SmugSmiler: Bugs smirks as he delivers the shave on Elmer.
42	* SnakeCharmer: Bugs dresses as one and uses a flute to control an electric shaver that attacks Elmer.
43	* SuddenAnatomy: At one point, Bugs' hands sprout five fingers, to have his hands match those of a piano player.
44	* TippedOffByTheTail: Bugs' revealing his tail is what lets Elmer know who the Spanish señorita really is.
45	* WholesomeCrossdresser:
46	** Bugs distracts Elmer while dressed as an elegant Spanish señorita. Elmer does not notice until he is bamboozled, as usual.
47	** Elmer, during the ending, dresses as the bride after Bugs gives him a number of gifts, including an engagement ring. Bugs then proceeds to drop him into the cake that (presumably) would have been used later in the actual opera, had the two not stolen the show.
48	* WithLyrics: A large section of the cartoon has Bugs (and Elmer) singing their dialogue to the tune of the overture from ''The Barber of Seville''.
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Context WesternAnimation / RabbitOfSeville