"Of all the juice joints in all the towns in all the countries in all the world, She picks this one"
Carrotblanca is a 1995 theatrical Looney Tunes short starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Tweety, Pepé Le Pew, Yosemite Sam, and most surprisingly Penelope Pussycat. It played before The Amazing Panda Adventure in North America, and before The Pebble and the Penguin in international areas.The short is an Affectionate Parody of the classic film Casablanca, being a Whole-Plot Reference with just a bit of a looney twist. When a German scientist is found unconscious courtesy of a frying pan to the head and an important document is stolen, General Pandemonium (Yosemite Sam) arrives in Carrotblanca to apprehend the culprit. It winds up being Usmarte (Tweety Bird), who brings said document to the nightclub, Café au lait américain — and its owner Bugs Bunny. Usmarte plans to hand the document to an unknown recipient, who is shown to be Sylvester Slazlo; with him is his wife Kitty Ketty (Penelope), who just so happens to be Bugs's old flame. While the rabbit is sent into a downward spiral by Kitty's return, he's soon called on to help save Sylvester from the General.
Carrotblanca provides examples of:
- Adaptational Alternate Ending: This short makes a major change to its source material's famously Bittersweet Ending; Sylvester drags Kitty onto the plane before Bugs can even make a goodbye speech, but she jumps off when she sees that Pepe is on it as well, reuniting with Bugs for good and thus rejecting her husband.
- Adaptational Badass: Kitty. She outright attacks Daffy and Pepe when they try bothering her.
- Adaptational Curves: Compared to how she looked in the classic shorts, Penelope here is noticeably more shapely and wears a form-fitting dress.
- Adaptational Intelligence: Kitty might not be mistaken for a skunk this time around, but that doesn't stop Pepe.
- Adaptational Jerkass: Bugs is far from his usual Karmic Trickster self here. He's openly apathetic to whatever Sylvester's plans with the document are and has no interest in helping him when Kitty comes to get his help. The only times he deals with Pandemonium are when the soldier harasses him over the stolen document and when he saves Sylvester, which he only does after Kitty manages to guilt him into it. Unsurprising, given he's playing the role of Rick Blaine here.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Daffy in the past has been written as either a hyperactive Cloudcuckoolander or a greedy Jerkass. Here he's an earnest piano player who's unquestionably loyal to Bugs, trying to send Kitty off when her return turns Bugs into an emotional wreck.
- Aside Glance: Bugs does a frustrated version of this when Kitty gives him the Puppy-Dog Eyes to acknowledge that he just can't say no to this.
- Bait-and-Switch: As Bugs reads the "Dear John" Letter letter, drips of water start hitting the paper as if he were crying, only for it to really start coming down. It turns out Daffy was fiddling with the water fountain while distracted by a woman.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Kitty. Compared to her usual meek escape routine when dealing with Pepe, she clobbers both him and Daffy when they antagonize her.
- Brief Accent Imitation: Bugs says his Catchphrase "What's up, doc?" in a Humphrey Bogart accent.
- The Cameo: There are several Looney Tunes characters making a "blink and you'll miss it" appearance here.
- Patrons at the nightclub include Porky Pig, Barnyard Dawg, Beaky Buzzard, Miss Prissy, Gossamer, Mugsy and Nasty Canasta. Workers there include Giovanni Jones as a maitre'd, the Crusher as a doorman and Pete Puma as a waiter.
- Foghorn Leghorn appears in silhouette to announce the document's theft.
- Sam Sheepdog is Pandemonium's chauffeur.
- When Daffy drops all of the luggage, Elmer Fudd can be seen mixed in with it.
- Cassandra Truth: Sylvester professes that he doesn't have the document Pandemonium is looking for. He genuinely doesn't but the General doesn't believe him.
- The Door Slams You: The Crusher (as the doorman) is slammed by the door of the café when General Pandemonium makes his Big Entrance... with a car.
- Driving a Desk: Parodied. The Good-Times Montage includes a clip of Bugs and Kitty driving a cartoon car in front of a live-action backdrop.
- Drowning My Sorrows: Bugs does this with Daffy after seeing Kitty.
- Freeze-Frame Bonus: Bugs' luggage falling on Daffy includes a brain in a jar, a Batman mug, Elmer Fudd, a set of bagpipes, and a suitcase with hazardous materials within.
- Good-Times Montage: Bugs has one after seeing Kitty again.
- Human Pack Mule: Daffy has to carry all of Kitty's luggage in the flashback to when she left, eventually losing his grip and getting buried under it.
- It's a Small World, After All: Much to the frustration of Bugs himself.Bugs: Of all the juice joints in all the towns in all the countries in all the worlds, she picks this one.
- Lorre Lookalike: Tweety, in the Ugarte role, does a few Peter Lorre impersonations, even looking like him whenever he does.
- Metaphoric Metamorphosis: Bugs turns into a sucker as Kitty is guilting him into helping her.
- Mythology Gag: The airport announcer calling flights to "Anaheim, Azusa and Cu... camonga!" is one not to Looney Tunes exactly (thought it was used once or twice) but to Mel Blanc as the train announcer in The Jack Benny Program.
- Oh, Crap!:
- Bugs upon seeing that "a little birdy" told Pandemonium who had the plans.
- Daffy over seeing Kitty is in the club.
- Pandemonium, when his cellmates flashes him a seductive look.
- Prison Rape: When General Pandemonium locks himself up, he is greeted by a very effeminate cellmate who gives him a flirtatious look. The general is appropriately horrified.
- Puppy-Dog Eyes: How Kitty gets Bugs to help save Sylvester from Pandemonium. Bugs freely acknowledges he's a sucker for being won over by it.
- "Shaggy Dog" Story: Those very important plans that drive the whole plot? They're for Groucho glasses.
- Suddenly Voiced: The eternally silent Penelope is now given a voice in her role as Kitty.
- That's All, Folks!: Done by Tweety in the vein of Peter Lorre.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: In a meta sense, given that Penelope is mostly known for constantly being hounded by a Casanova Wannabe who reeks to high heavens, it's rather cathartic to see her in a consensual relationship with a guy she genuinely likes.
