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'{{Infobox Hollywood cartoon | image = Haredevil Hare title card.png | director = [[Chuck Jones|Charles M. Jones]] | story = [[Michael Maltese]] | animator = [[Ben Washam]]<br>[[Lloyd Vaughan]]<br>[[Ken Harris]]<br>[[Phil Monroe]]<br>[[Abe Levitow]] (uncredited)<br>[[Pete Burness]] (uncredited)<br>A.C. Gamer (effects animation) | starring = [[Mel Blanc]] | music = [[Carl Stalling]] | producer = [[Edward Selzer|Eddie Selzer]] | studio = [[Warner Bros. Cartoons]] | distributor = [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]<br>[[The Vitaphone Corporation]] | released = July 24, 1948 (USA) | color_process = [[Technicolor]] | runtime = 7 minutes | language = English }} '''''Haredevil Hare''''' is a 1948 ''[[Looney Tunes]]''<ref>[https://archive.org/details/mediahistory&tab=collection?and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22Motion%20pictures%20--%20Catalogues%22 1957 MOVIES FROM AAP Warner Bros Features & Cartoons SALES BOOK DIRECTED AT TV]</ref> cartoon directed by [[Chuck Jones]]. It stars [[Bugs Bunny]] and it is the debut for [[Marvin the Martian]] &mdash; although he is unnamed in this film &mdash; along with his Martian dog, [[K-9 Looney Tune|K-9]]. All the voices are done by [[Mel Blanc]]. Marvin's nasal voice for this first film is different from the later one he is most known for, which was similar to one that Blanc used for the emcee in ''[[What's Cookin' Doc?]]'', for just one line, where the emcee says, "Shall we give it to him, folks?" The title is a play on "daredevil", although it has only a vague metaphorical connection to the plotline, as Bugs is a reluctant participant in the cartoon's acrobatics. ==Plot== [[File:Looney Tunes 'Haredevil Hare' - screenshot.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Bugs Bunny, disguised as a Martian, hands Marvin the Uranium PU-36 Explosive Space Modulator. Animation by Ken Harris.]] The cartoon opens with the newspaper headlines "Scientists to Launch First Rocket to Moon" and "Heroic Rabbit Volunteers as First Passenger." However, the scene then changes to Bugs literally being dragged across the [[launching pad]] to the waiting [[rocket]] as he frantically protests against what is to be expected of him, but then immediately becomes cooperative when he sees the rocket being loaded with [[carrot]]s. The rocket is then launched into space. Shocked by the sudden acceleration of the rocket, Bugs attempts to exit it, but when he opens up the hatch, he is horrified when he sees that the rocket has now already left Earth. When the rocket lands on the [[Moon]], Bugs completely goes to pieces, but quickly regains his composure as he starts to walk on the surface of the moon, contemplating the fact that he is the first living creature to set foot on it, while passing behind a large rock on which the words "[[Kilroy was here]]" are written. Another rocket soon lands nearby, called the ''Mars to Moon Expeditionary Force'' from the planet [[Mars]], and from it emerges an unnamed [[Martian]] (later known as [[Marvin the Martian]]), who begins work on something that involves a missile and clearly concerns [[Earth]]. Curious, Bugs asks Marvin what he is up to, and Marvin explains he is there to blow up the earth. Bugs is initially not concerned, until he realizes the severity of the situation and steals from Marvin the missile's fuel source, an Uranium PU-36 Explosive Space Modulator, a small device resembling, and that operates the same as, a mere stick of [[dynamite]]. He shortly has to then deal with Marvin's Martian [[dog]], named [[K-9 (Looney Tunes)|K-9]], who, as ordered to by Marvin, retrieves it while Bugs is distracted trying to send an [[SOS]] to Earth. In one of his classic word switcharoos, and after that through flattery, which the dog is absent-mindlessly, extremely prone to, Bugs successfully gets the Uranium PU-36 Explosive Space Modulator back. This prompts an angry Marvin to berate and scold his dog. Bugs quickly arrives disguised as a Martian with a "special delivery from Mars" and hands Marvin the Uranium PU-36 Explosive Space Modulator, now wired to a [[detonator]]. While Marvin is celebrating the return of the Uranium PU-36, Bugs activates the detonator. The explosion reduces the moon to a [[crescent]]. A silhouette on earth resembling [[Friz Freleng]] contacts Bugs Bunny, and asks if he has a statement to the press. Bugs, hanging precariously from the edge of the Moon, with Marvin and the dog clinging to him and dangling below, answers that he does, and in his typical [[Brooklyn]] accent yells out, "GET ME OUTTA HERE!" ==Crew== *Story: [[Michael Maltese]] *Animation: [[Ben Washam]], [[Lloyd Vaughan]], [[Ken Harris]], [[Phil Monroe]], [[Abe Levitow]], [[Pete Burness]] *Layout: [[Robert Gribbroek]] *Backgrounds: [[Peter Alvarado]] *Effects Animation: A.C. Gamer *Film Editor: Treg Brown *Voice Characterization: [[Mel Blanc]] *Musical Direction: [[Carl W. Stalling|Carl Stalling]] *Orchestrations: [[Milt Franklyn]] *Producer: Edward Selzer *Directed by: [[Chuck Jones|Charles M. Jones]] ==Production== The cartoon was directed by [[Chuck Jones]] and written by long-time collaborator [[Michael Maltese]]. It was animated by Ben Washam, Lloyd Vaughan, Ken Harris and Phil Monroe, with effects animation by A.C. Gamer. The music was scored by [[Carl Stalling]] and the backgrounds painted by [[Pete Alvarado|Peter Alvarado]], with layouts by [[Robert Gribbroek]]. In retrospect, Chuck Jones considered this one of his animated shorts which managed to "turn the corner" towards strange, new, and enchanting directions. In this case, because it was the first in the series to be set in [[outer space]], the first appearance of [[Marvin the Martian]], and the first appearance of his Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator.<ref name="Jones">Jones (1989), unnumbered page, list of "corner" pictures.</ref> ==Availability== This cartoon is included on disc 3 of the ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1]]'' DVD set and also included on disc 2 of the ''[[Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1]]'' [[Blu-ray Disc|Blu-ray]] box set with the cartoon restored and in [[High-definition television|high definition]]. This short is also available on disc 1 of ''[[The Essential Bugs Bunny]]''. ==See also== * [[Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1940–1949)]] * [[List of Bugs Bunny cartoons]] * [[List of Marvin the Martian cartoons]] ==Sources== * {{Cite book|last=Jones|first=Chuck|title=Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist|location=New York|publisher=[[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]] |isbn=0-374-12348-9|authorlink=Chuck Jones|year=1989|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=zwaS2txgo_UC&pg=PT224 }} == References == {{reflist|}} ==External links== {{wikiquote}} * {{IMDb title|0040422}} {{Chuck Jones}} {{S-start}} {{Succession box | before= [[Bugs Bunny Rides Again]] | title= [[List of Bugs Bunny cartoons|Bugs Bunny Cartoons]] | years= 1948 | after= [[Hot Cross Bunny]]|}} {{S-end}} [[Category:1948 films]] [[Category:1948 short films]] [[Category:1948 animated films]] [[Category:1940s American animated films]] [[Category:1940s animated short films]] [[Category:American films]] [[Category:Looney Tunes shorts]] [[Category:Warner Bros. 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