Cartoons Hare Trigger (debut), Buccaneer Bunny, Bugs Bunny Rides Again, High Diving Hare, Mutiny on the Bunny, Big House Bunny, Bunker Hill Bunny. This is a list of cartoons that Yosemite Sam appeared in from 1945-64.
| Mutiny on the Bunny | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | I. Freleng |
| Produced by | Edward Selzer (uncredited) |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Animation by | Gerry Chiniquy Ken Champin Virgil Ross Arthur Davis |
| Layouts by | Hawley Pratt |
| Backgrounds by | Paul Julian |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| February 11, 1950 | |
Running time | 7:33 |
| Language | English |
Mutiny on the Bunny is a Looney Tunes cartoon short starring Bugs Bunny, directed by Friz Freleng and released by Warner Brothers studios in 1950.[1]
The cartoon was made in 1948 but not released until 1950. It features Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam as 'Shanghai Sam'. It is one of three nautical-themed shorts with Sam as a pirate, along with Buccaneer Bunny (1947) and Captain Hareblower (1954). The title is a reference to the film Mutiny on the Bounty.
Plot[edit]
In 18th-century England, the triple-masted schooner the 'Sad Sack' (formerly the 'Jolly Roger') sits at the docks. Yosemite Sam's former crew member, a haggard, traumatized, disheveled man, escapes after stating to the audience: 'I was a human being, once.' 'Shanghai Sam' is ready to sail at high tide and needs a new crew. Seeing Bugs Bunny, Sam quickly puts up signs for a fake free trip around the world. On board, Bugs waves goodbye to a cheering crowd (which is nothing but a mouse) declaring, 'He's not long for this world!', and is knocked out when Sam conks him over the head.
Bugs finds himself rowing the ship's oars with an iron ball chained to his foot. He storms up to Sam and demands he gets rid of it. Sam shrugs and chucks the iron ball, plus Bugs, overboard. Bugs storms up to Sam again (without the iron ball) and demands an explanation, but Sam orders Bugs to swab the deck. A short argument ends with Bugs mopping the deck. As payback, Bugs scrawls insults on the deck ('The Captain's wife wears Army shoes', 'The Captain loves Gravel Gertie', 'The Captain is a shnook'), which Sam angrily scrubs off. Bugs smugly compliments Sam on 'keeping your ship so spic and span.' Realizing he's been tricked, Sam points a pistol at Bugs ('Ooh, belay there, ya long-eared galoot! Get aloft and furl the tatter-sole top gallants before I keelhauls you!'). Bugs immediately tricks Sam into thinking that the ship is sinking. Sam jumps into the lifeboat, but Bugs pulls him out and reminds him: 'The Captain goes down with his ship'. Sam instantly resigns and makes Bugs the captain. After an argument, he accepts; but when Sam gets back on the lifeboat, Bugs pulls him out again to remind him 'Women and children first.' Sam disguises himself as a panicking hysterical old lady in need of rescuing. Bugs puts Sam in the lifeboat and drops it into the water. Just as Sam starts to row away, Bugs calls him back and throws him the ship's anchor dressed as a baby, sinking Sam and his lifeboat.
Back on the ship ('Blast his scuppers! I'll slice his liver out for this!'), Sam discovers Bugs with some digging tools. Bugs explains that he is going to dig for buried treasure. Sam snatches the map, follows its clues to an 'X' in the ship's hold and starts chopping, only to break the hull and sink the Sad Sack.
Back at the docks, after he somehow took the ship out of the sea, Sam hammers boards to patch the hole in the ship's hull. After launch, he takes a cannon and looks for Bugs, vengeance on his mind. He finds Bugs in the cargo hold ('Aha! There you are, ya buck-toothed barnacle! Say your prayers!'). He aims the cannon into the hold and lights the fuse, only for Bugs to appear behind him. Panicking, Sam tries to blow out the fuse, but his actions only make it burn faster. The cannon fires into the hull, blasting a hole in it and sinking the Sad Sack again.
Back at the docks, Sam once again makes repairs to the hull. After launch, he takes a cannon and looks for Bugs again. He finds him up in the main mast. Sam aims the cannon upward, but when he fires a cannonball up to Bugs, it falls back and crashes down on Sam, pushing him through the hull. Underwater, a lump appears on Sam's head and the Sad Sack sinks on top of him.
Back at the docks, Sam again fixes his ship. This time, Bugs ties the ship to the slipway. During launch, the ship's exterior is ripped off, leaving only the frames of it and Sam to slide down the slipway and sink into the water. From the depths comes a white flag waving in surrender.
Much later, Bugs and Sam are in a single rowboat, Bugs in a deck chair like a steamboat passenger, Sam rowing the boat for Bugs' trip around the world. Bugs exclaims about the places they've been and the things they've seen, and orders Sam to hurry so they can still make it to Rio de Janeiro. The shot irises out as they sail off into the sunset.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Borowiec, Piotr (1998). Animated Short Films: a critical index to theatrical cartoons. Scarecrow Press. p. 117. ISBN0-8108-3503-7. Retrieved 2010-12-24.
External links[edit]
- Mutiny on the Bunny on IMDb
| Preceded by Hurdy-Gurdy Hare | Bugs Bunny Cartoons 1950 | Succeeded by Homeless Hare |
Yosemite Sam is an Americananimated cartooncharacter in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The character appeared in dozens of cartoons from the 1940s to the 2000s.
1943[edit]
- Super-Rabbit (features the cowboy character 'Cottontail Smith', who sounds a lot like Sam)
1944[edit]
- Stage Door Cartoon (features a Southern sheriff character that sounds very much like Sam, except for a more defined southern stereotype to his voice, making him more like a prototypical version of Chuck Jones' short-lived character, Colonel Shuffle)
Bugs And Yosemite Sam
1945[edit]
- Hare Trigger (debut as Sam)
1947[edit]
- Along Came Daffy (pitting Yosemite Sam and his brother Orville against Daffy Duck; one of only two Sam cartoons not to feature Bugs Bunny)
1948[edit]
1949[edit]
1950[edit]
1951[edit]
1952[edit]
1953[edit]
1954[edit]
1955[edit]
1956[edit]
1957[edit]
1958[edit]
- Dog Tales (cameo in ice form)
1959[edit]
- Hare-Abian Nights (Directed by Ken Harris of the Chuck Jones unit; only one from the 'classic' era that is not directed by Friz Freleng or a member of the Friz Freleng unit)
1960[edit]
1961[edit]
1962[edit]
- Honey's Money (the second of Sam's only two cartoons not to feature Bugs Bunny)
- Shishkabugs (Friz Freleng's last completely original cartoon with Yosemite Sam in the original Looney Tunes era)
1963[edit]
- Devil's Feud Cake (Friz Freleng's last overall appearance of Yosemite Sam in the original Looney Tunes era)
1964[edit]
- Dumb Patrol (Sam's last cartoon in the original Looney Tunes era, and the only one directed by a member of the unit of Friz Freleng other than Freleng himself)
- Pancho's Hideaway (features a Mexican relative villain who is designed much like his cousin Sam but has a different accent)
1979[edit]
- Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol (Friz Freleng's last Yosemite Sam cartoon overall)
1981[edit]
- The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (movie)
1982[edit]
- Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (movie)
1983[edit]
- Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island (movie)
1988[edit]
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (movie)
1990[edit]
- Looniversity Daze (Tiny Toons)
1992[edit]
1994[edit]
- The Warners 65th Anniversary Special (Animaniacs guest appearance)
Yosemite Sam Bugs Bunny
1995[edit]
1996[edit]
- Space Jam (movie)
1997[edit]
2000[edit]
- Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (movie)
Bugs Bunny Vs Yosemite Sam
2003[edit]
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action (movie)
2004[edit]
2006[edit]
- Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (movie)
2011[edit]
Bugs Bunny Yosemite Sam
- The Looney Tunes Show (TV series)
2015[edit]
- Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run (movie)
- New Looney Tunes (TV series)