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3 | "Rabbitson Crusoe" is a 1956 WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon directed by Creator/FrizFreleng and featuring WesternAnimation/BugsBunny and WesternAnimation/YosemiteSam. In this parody of Daniel Defoe's famous novel, ''Literature/RobinsonCrusoe'', Sam is in the titular role: a shipwreck survivor forced to inhabit a tiny island with nothing but coconuts to eat and constantly having his life endangered by the presence of a man-eating shark named Dopey Dick that prowls the shore. |
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5 | When he spots fellow castaway Bugs drifting out at sea, Sam senses an opportunity to have rabbit stew for a change. Bugs, of course, will have none of it. |
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8 | !!"Rabbitson Crusoe" provides examples of: |
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10 | * AffectionateParody: Of "Robinson Crusoe". |
11 | * AllAnimalsAreDogs: Whenever Sam beats back at Dopey Dick, the shark retreats while yelping like a dog. Also, Sam tries to distract Dick with a bone, which Dick goes after. |
12 | * BigShutUp: When Bugs tries to warn Sam about an incoming tidal wave, Sam ignores him with the command, "SHADDUP AND START SIMMERIN'!" |
13 | * DesertedIsland: The setting of the cartoon obviously. |
14 | * GiantWallOfWateryDoom: Bugs sees a tidal wave coming toward the island and tries to warn Sam, but Sam, thinking it's just a trick of Bugs to escape, ignores him until it's too late, whereupon the wave does indeed make the island disappear. |
15 | -->'''Bugs:''' Holy carrot sticks! The island's gone! |
16 | * OhCrap: Bugs has a rather sickly reaction when he learns that he is the rabbit that Sam intends to eat. |
17 | ** Also, Sam laughs evilly when he sees he's about to get Bugs on the ship, but his laugh trails off into a groan when Bugs opens the hatch, revealing the shark Sam is about to face as he lowers down into the hatch. |
18 | * PunnyName: Dopey Dick's name is a pun on ''Literature/MobyDick''. |
19 | * {{Robinsonade}}: With Yosemite Sam taking the role of the shipwrecked man. Naturally, he's the antagonist. |
20 | * SuperPersistentPredator: Dopey Dick, if what Sam has to say is any indication after the shark tries again to get him: |
21 | -->'''Sam:''' Twenty years tryin' and ya missed me again, ya shovel-nosed mackerel! No-good bushwhackin' barracuda! |
22 | * ThreateningShark: Don't let Dopey Dick's silly appearance fool you -- he is still a threat. |
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