Short animated comedy

Bully for Bugs (1953): Cast, Box Office & Plot

Name: Bully for Bugs
Genre: Comedy, Animation
Released: 1953-08-08
Duration: 7 min
Cast: Mel Blanc

Bully for Bugs is a 1953 short animated comedy directed by Chuck Jones, starring Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny / Bull Gulping (voice). It runs 7 minutes and earned $14,753 worldwide.

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Released: August 8, 1953
Runtime: 7 min
Director: Chuck Jones
Genres: Comedy , Animation
Original language: English
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
After the credits: No No extra scene

The story

What Is Bully for Bugs About?

The premise of Bully for Bugs without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.

Bugs Bunny takes another “wrong turn at Albuquerque,” landing in a bullring where a bull is dispatching a matador. After bull bucks Bugs out, rabbit declares war, using anvils, slap‑downs and the bull’s own horns as a slingshot. The bull retaliates with horns as a shotgun, but Bugs lures it out and triggers a contraption that defeats animal.

Bully for Bugs Themes & Keywords

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throwing a rose to a performer
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lighting a match
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Cast & crew

Bully for Bugs Cast & Characters

Mel Blanc plays Bugs Bunny / Bull Gulping (voice) in Bully for Bugs. Directed by Chuck Jones.

Director Chuck Jones

Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny / Bull Gulping (voice)

Plot

Bully for Bugs Plot Summary

What happens in Bully for Bugs from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 12 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 2-minute read.

Spoilers ahead

On a detour en route to a carrot festival in the sunny Coachella Valley, Bugs Bunny somehow stumbles into a Spanish bullring and becomes the unlikely focus of Toro the Bull’s charged confrontation with a weary matador. When Bugs tries to ask the seasoned fighter for directions, he’s brushed off, nudging him to take matters into his own paws and face the bull head-on.

Full summary

The whole story of Bully for Bugs, scene by scene

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