Fact1: Elmer arrives at Bugs Bunny 's hole, Fact2: Bugs sticks head out of rabbit hole, Fact3: Elmer-as-Siegfried 's mighty powers set to overture of Flying Dutchman causes lightning to strike tree to Bugs, Fact4: production team gave horse operatic curves, Fact5: Bugs true identity is exposed when headdress falls off enraging Elmer
Output: The screen pans on the silhouette of a mighty Viking arousing ferocious lightning storms, but then zooms in to reveal that it is only Elmer Fudd in armor as the demigod Siegfried. Elmer sings his signature line Be vewy qwiet, Im hunting wabbits in recitative, before he finds rabbit tracks and arrives at Bugs Bunnys hole. We watch as Elmer jams his spear into Bugs hole to Kill the wabbit! Kill the wabbit! Kill the wabbit! Bugs sticks his head out of another rabbit hole, and, appalled, sings his signature line Whats up, doc? to the theme of Siegfrieds horn call from the Ring Cycle. He asks Elmer how he will kill the rabbit, then taunts Elmer about his spear and magic helmet. This prompts a display of ElmerasSiegfrieds mighty powers, set to the overture of The Flying Dutchman, which causes lightning to strike the tree next to Bugs. At that, Bugs flees, Elmer realizes That was the wabbit!, and the chase begins. Suddenly, Elmer stops in his tracks at the sight of the beautiful Valkyrie Brunnhilde Bugs in a drag queen disguise, riding in grandly on her horse Grane, who is enormously fat in Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist, director Jones notes that the production team gave the horse the operatic curves we couldnt give Bugs. Siegfried and Brunnhilde exchange endearments, set to the Pilgrims Chorus theme from Tannhauser as orchestrated in the operas overture. After the usual hard to get pursuit they perform a short ballet based on the Venusberg ballet in Tannhauser, capping it off with the duet Return My Love set to another section of the Tannhauser overture as the pair meet at a gazebo. Bugs true identity is suddenly exposed when his headdress falls off, enraging Elmer. Bugs yanks Elmers helmet down over his head and uses it as a chance to escape, discarding his disguise. A crescendo drum roll is playing while Elmer struggles to fix his helmet. When Elmer puts his helmet into the right position, the Ride overture plays once again and the white gazebo turns red reflecting Elmers anger, resolving to himself Ill kill the wabbit! prompting him to command fierce lightning, typhoons, huwwicanes, earthquakes and, finally, SMOG!!! a word Elmer screams which was not done by Bryan, but by Blanc to stwike de wabbit! while music from The Flying Dutchman plays in the background. Eventually, the ensuing storm tears apart the mountains where Bugs has fled. Elmer triumphantly rushes to see his victory, but upon seeing Bugs intact yet seemingly lifeless body, Elmer immediately regrets his wrath and tearfully carries the bunny off, presumably to Valhalla in keeping with the Wagnerian theme, per Act III of The Valkyries although the music again comes from the overture to Tannhauser. Bugs suddenly raises his head to face the audience, breaking the fourth wall, and remarks, Well, what did you expect in an opera? A happy ending?, before going back to playing dead, ironically undoing the intended sad conclusion. The Merrie Melodies end title card then appears.