Bugs bunny ? we all love him. The most adorable character of Looney Tunes have been around us for three quarters of a century. Warner Bros was the one who first featured small-talking rabbits in the 1930s. This American cartoon appeared for the first time in A wild Hare on July 27^th, 1940. It means Bugs Bunny is over 75 years old. The Bugs Bunny character design was created by Robert McKimson. Before moving forward let me tell you that Bugs Bunny is not a hare because hare don’t live in burrows. Check out these interesting facts about Bugs Bunny.      

Mascot of Looney Tunes

Not only Bugs Bunny used as a mascot in Looney Tunes but also Warner brothers apply it as their amulet.

Hollywood Walk of Fame

Bugs Bunny along with Mickey Mouse became the first characters to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Before them no cartoon character has got that star.

Also appeared in Porky Pig Cartoon

In 1938, Bugs Bunny also appeared in Porky Pig Cartoon but then it was used as an unnamed extra. The name and actual character emerged years later.

Bugs Bunny’s War with other character

In the cartoon show, bugs bunny has fought many wars. Bugs won almost all wars. But the creator was concerned that bugs would lose sympathy of the audience if he continued to win wars aggressively. Therefore, Jones came up to threaten and bully the bunny.

Bugs Seen as Villain in Buckaroo Bugs

Though bugs bunny has won many wars but he was seen as a villain in only one cartoon show, Buckaroo Bugs. In all other episodes he fought for self-defense if someone tried to harm bugs.

First Cartoon put on stamp

Bugs Bunny was the first cartoon character to be put on an American postage stamp. That stamp comes on the number seven in the list of most collectable stamps in the United States.

Voice behind Bugs Bunny

Bugs Bunny voiced originally by Mel Blanc. He actually ate carrots while voicing bugs. Mel also vice over famous Daffy Duck. He provided voice for some other Looney Tunes characters like Speedy Gonzales, Tweety Bird and Marvin the Martian.

Carrot-Eating Style

The carrot-eating style of Bugs Bunny had been inspired by a scene in the movie “It Happened One Night”. Where Clark was shown eating carrots.

Where has the name Bugs came from?

Bugs was named after its animator. In 1938, Ben Bugs was designing a rabbit character when one of his colleagues came and named the rabbit “Bug’s Bunny”.

Inspiration from Charlie Chaplin

Bugs Bunny’s personality was also inspired by Charlie Chaplin.

Bugs as part of Corps

Bunny is a United States Marine Cartoon character. He was given the rank of honorary marine sergeant after he wore the USMC uniform in 1943 for instructional cartoon shorts. At the end bugs retired as Master Sergeant.

Disney World featuring Bugs Bunny

Psychologists use Bugs Bunny to conduct an experiment on false memories. In the experiment, fake advertisements for Disneyland featuring Bugs bunny were shown to people. After watching the advertisements people started telling the stories of the meeting with Bugs Bunny in Disneyland. Even though bugs Bunny never appeared in Disney Land.

Bugs saved Life of Mel

In 1961, Mel got seriously injured in a car accident. Mel went into coma for weeks. Suddenly, a doctor tried to wake him up from deep sleep saying, “Bugs Bunny, how are you doing today”. Surprisingly Bugs responded to him saying, “Whats up, Doc?” It means Bugs has saved the life of Mel Blanc.

In 2002, TV Guide named it as the number one cartoon of all time. Hope you enjoyed reading facts about Bugs Bunny. Tell us in the comments which fact you liked the most.