he is all of those, and none.Batman (best friend), LeBron James (2nd best friend), Parzival (close friend), Lola Bunny (girlfriend), Michael Jordan, Stan Podolak, Bill Murray, Larry Bird, Conductor, Hero Boy, Hobo, Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers, Superman, King Kong, Iron Giant, Gandalf, The Mask, Emmet Brickowski, Wyldstyle, Max Rockatansky, Austin Powers, Rick Blaine, Ilsa Lund, Neo, Trinity, Dorothy Gale, Toto, Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, Cowardly Lion, Sloth Fratelli, Gizmo, Beetlejuice, Mumble, Osmosis Jones, Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee, Legolas, Gimli, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman, Cyborg, Green Lantern, Robin, Unikitty, Benny, Metalbeard From high opera to bullfights, Shakespeare to Brooklyn, from man to woman.
In fact the only way to truly describe Bugs Bunny is to simply show one of the cartoons, point at the rascally rabbit and say, "Him, in toto, not in parts. He's impossible to pin down in any specific sense.
His wisecracking, gender-bending, anti-authority antics broke ground long before punk rock, or David Bowie, or Jerry Seinfeld. He doesn't seem like a character of the '40s, but rather a character of today. They're all characters who disregard every convention of their society, even of reality itself.Īs Bugs himself said, about one of his own shenanigans: "I know this defies the law of gravity, but I never studied law."īugs Bunny gets a charge out of driving people crazy. Other famous tricksters: Puck in A Midsummer's Night's Dream, the Coyote in Native American mythology, the spider Anansi in West African stories, the Monkey King in Chinese culture. But he does it in a way that's often lovable, and that often results in good things for the culture at large." "If you want to teach Folklore 101, and you need an example of a Trickster, Bugs Bunny is it," says Robert Thompson, director of a Syracuse University pop-culture studies program. Bugs is nice, but a bit of a bully, appealing and scary, high culture and low he morphs from one to the other seamlessly.Īs Billy West, the current voice of Bugs Bunny, puts it: "He can quote Shakespeare and then tell you where there's a barroom in Brooklyn."īugs is a uniquely American expression of an ancient archetype - the Trickster. So what makes Bugs Bugs? Well, the bunny's mercurial nature is essential to his appeal. His trademark smirk and his ever-present carrot were born in the late 1930s he exploded into fame during World War II, and became an indelible part of American culture ever after. Bugs Bunny in his first feature cartoon, A Wild Hare.īugs Bunny is one of the most popular, enduring and recognizable characters in the world.
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