Bunny Hug

Bunny Hug is a grey furred rabbit who was one of Ricochet Rabbit's many old flames—specifically, his third-grade sweetheart until he dropped out of school. She would reconnect with him years later, although her interference in the case against Slapjack Rabbit would put an end to whatever budding romance they’d had. Years after getting her heart broken by the “reformed” outlaw, she decides to try again with Ricochet, but past regrets and broken feelings would once again sever that connection. 
A character lifted from the cartoon series, Bunny Hug is a minor character within the series, only appearing once in the original story, and seven chapters in Blazin’ Trails Redux. 
==Personality==
Bunny Hug's a sweet girl who dislikes violence and is willing to do anything to make sure that the people in her life take on the same attitude, ranging from hiding/breaking their weapons to throwing herself in danger to protect people. This can also extend into becoming completely domineering over their lives, as her husband and former outlaw Slapjack learned. 
==History==
Bunny Hug is Ricochet's third-grade sweetheart from when he went to school in Carrottop Canyon. It is assumed that at one point they went their separate ways, possibly when Ricochet stopped attending school, but they were still fond of each other. They later reunited, and Ricochet attempted to bring in the notorious outlaw Slapjack Rabbit in her honor. Bunny Hug's urging of using nonviolence, however, resulted in a difficult time for Ricochet, and he later admitted that it was hard to work with a woman around, especially since she was gluing his weapons in his holster and throwing herself in danger to protect Slapjack. She was later won over and married Slapjack, although she quickly turned the tables on him by gluing his guns in his holster and forcing him to leave the outlaw community.
Their marriage only lasted for two years because of this--later, Slapjack was tempted by a well-known outlaw queen. Despite Bunny Hug's attempts to keep him away from her, Slapjack left her and returned to the life of a outlaw. Heartbroken, Bunny Hug remained alone for years, her mind drifting back to her old flame, Ricochet.
Ten years passed before she was ready to talk to Ricochet again, and she sent him a letter requesting to speak to him. Ricochet agreed that they could give the relationship another chance, although she felt wary of Ricochet's deputy, Droop-a-Long, who knew what she'd done in the past and didn't want her pulling the same tricks again. As it turned out, not only was Droop-a-Long was against it, but Ricochet’s ex-fiancée, Denise, also opposed their relationship, albeit more openly than the coyote. Bunny Hug, though, didn’t give up, and was desperate to keep Ricochet’s attention. 
Although he still cared about Bunny Hug, Ricochet felt as though he'd eventually become ensnared in the same trap that Slapjack was in: forced to give up the life he loved and bow to her whims. This fear, and the fact that he wasn't as in love with her as he claimed, put a lot of strain on their new relationship. Although both his deputies and even his ex told him to, Ricochet didn't break up with her, feeling that he owed it to himself to try again, although the longer it went on, the longer both he and Bunny Hug suffered. He didn't have to wait long to end his relationship with her, for another case involving his deputy brought her into the crossfire, and Bunny Hug decided that she didn't want to be a part of his life if it was going to bring her into harm's way.
==Trivia==
*Though a one-shot character who appeared in one cartoon, Bunny Hug did play a role in shaping a few of iheartgod175’s female characters, and, in an indirect way, inspired her to write Blazin’ Trails. 
**Bunny Hug appeared in an actual episode of Ricochet Rabbit, Rapid Romance. The episode's events are used as the basis for On Notice.
***iheartgod175 started seriously watching Ricochet Rabbit due to this particular episode—at the time, she was writing the sequel to the as-of-yet uncompleted Have Guitar, Will Travel, Ricocheted Rendezvous, which featured Ricochet as the main protagonist rather than Quick Draw McGraw. She had wanted to create a love interest for Ricochet, but was worried that the existence of the episode would ruin that. Upon viewing Rapid Romance, however, she decided that Bunny Hug would be better off as an ex-girlfriend of Ricochet’s, and went on to create Melissa Starkweather, who was his love interest in both the Ghost of Huckleberry Hound universe and the Blazin’ Trails universe. While taking a break from writing that story, she came up with the idea that would become the first chapter of Blazin’ Trails, No One’s Perfect. 
***Bunny Hug was used to model Denise Falconeri’s first design after the author decided against modeling her after Lola Bunny. 
*Bunny Hug is one of iheartgod175’s least favorite Hanna-Barbera characters. 
*Bunny Hug is the first "romantic false lead" of the story; although she is Ricochet's love interest for a short time, his true love is Melissa Starkweather.
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