'Tis the Seasoning
On the last shopping day before Christmas, Bugs races against Yosemite Sam to obtain a special gift for Squeaks.
Tropes:
- All for Nothing: Bugs spends the whole segment fighting with Yosemite Sam over the last Easy Cook Acorn in the store, only for Foghorn Leghorn to deliver a truckload of 5,000 of them at the end of the episode.
- Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: Sam asks Santa Bugs for “a train set, a pony, some TNT”.
- Brick Joke: Bugs finally stops Sam by wrapping him up in a gift box. The episode later ends with a little boy unwrapping a present under his tree to find a very grumpy Yosemite Sam instead of the toy he wanted.
- Carnivore Confusion: Porky faces this dilemma when he has to clean up some spilled ham in the store.Porky: I’ve always been conflicted that we sell these.
- Christmas Episode: Bugs faces off with Yosemite Sam while finishing up his holiday shopping for Squeaks.
- Forklift Fu: Sam uses a forklift to get the Easy Cook Acorn back from Bugs.
- Losing a Shoe in the Struggle: Sam jumps out of his boots to get free from the sticky puddle of eggnog he was stuck in.
- Mall Santa: Sam decides to ask the mall’s Santa for the toy he wants, who, naturally, is Bugs in disguise.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: Bugs manages to trick Sam into thinking he’s Santa with just a red suit, a pair of glasses, and an ill-fitting beard. He doesn’t even disguise his voice.
- Pun-Based Title: A play on the phrase, “Tis the season”.
- Right Behind Me: Bugs is insulting Sam to the audience when he realizes he’s right behind him.Bugs: You know that they say the camera adds ten pounds, but in Sam’s case they all went to his head!” [Realizes Sam is behind him] “Oh…it looks good on you though!
- Shout-Out:
- The “Easy Cook Acorn” Bugs gets Squeaks is based on the Easy Bake Oven toy.
- Bugs says that Sam has a “Scrooge loose”.
- Sticky Situation: Sam gets stuck in some spilled eggnog while trying to abscond with Bugs’ gift for Squeaks.
Winter Blunderland
Bugs tries to retrieve Squeaks' letter to Santa after it is pilfered by the Barbarian.
Tropes:
- All Animals Are Dogs: Bugs plays fetch with the Barbarian’s polar bear, Krakos, using the stick arm from a snowman.
- Batman Gambit: Bugs gets the Barbarian caught in a bear trap because he shoves his hand in the bell ringer’s money pail to steal the donations, just like Bugs expected he would.
- Christmas Carolers: To trick the Barbarian, Bugs dresses a female caroler named Christmas Carol, after which he gives an Aside Glance in acknowledgment of the Punny Name.
- Christmas Episode: When Squeaks gives his Christmas letter to the wrong person, it’s up to Bugs to get it to Santa Claus.
- Follow Your Nose: The Barbarian gets lured into another of Bugs’ traps when he follows the smell of the hot nuts he’s selling.
- Mistaken Identity: Squeaks thinks a Barbarian he found in the forest is Santa Claus and when he gives him his Christmas letter, Bugs has to retrieve it so it can be sent to the real Santa.
- Pun-Based Title: A play on the phrase, “winter wonderland”.
- Santa Ambiguity: At first, Bugs laughs off Squeaks writing a letter to Santa. However, after he puts the letter in his mailbox, a disembodied “Ho! Ho! Ho!” is heard as the letter magically flies off into the sky. Bugs then says he needs to go because he has a letter to write.
- Song Parody: Bugs and the Barbarian sing one for “Carol of the Bells” with lyrics referring to their fight for Squeaks’ letter to Santa.
- Stop Hitting Yourself: When the Barbarian is trying to hit Bugs with a tree trunk but keeps hitting himself in the head instead, Bugs asks him why he’s hitting himself.
