Big Top Bunny

Big Top Bunny is a 1951 Merrie Melodies short directed by Robert McKimson.
== Plot ==
At Colonel Korny's World Famous Circus, Bruno the Slobbovian Bear is the star of the show. When the Colonel gets a phone call about Bugs Bunny's talents, he agrees to put him on stage with Bruno. Bruno shows his disgust by spitting into a corner.
When Bugs is introduced along with Bruno, Bruno can't help but smack Bugs around a little. Bruno tries to get the better of Bugs - either by placing an anvil on top of a series of targets so Bugs can hit his head, or by not catching Bugs during a trapeze act. However, Bugs soon starts getting the better of Bruno, which includes turning the tables on the bear by letting him fall from the trapeze into the band section, twice.
After telling Bruno he's "too clumsy", Bugs then starts playing up the idea that he's going to be the sole star of the show, and to prove it, he'll take a 200-foot dive off a platform into a tank of water. Bruno gets on an adjacent platform, and challenges Bugs to an even higher heights and diving into smaller amounts of water (a damped sponge). Eventually, Bruno comes up with the challenge of diving off the platform into a block of cement, "On my head, yet!" Bugs accepts the challenge and starts to do the stunt, but Bruno forces his way into going first. When Bruno lands flat on the cement block, Bugs leads the dazed bear around, telling him that he's going on a 'trip'. "But I'm not going on any trip", Bruno says, thoroughly dazed; "Oh, yes, you are...", Bugs advises him. Cutting a rope, Bugs starts a series of thoroughly timed "accidents" that initially sends the bear flying across the tent. Bruno then gets whacked around by various stronger performers of the circus until finally landing in a cannon, which Bugs uses to shoot him out of the tent. Bugs says, "Well, that's one way to wind this up with a bang.", and then, he laughs. 
== Availability ==
BUGS BUNNY HARE BEYOND COMPARE.jpg|(1994) LaserDisc Bugs Bunny: Hare Beyond Compare: 14 More Bugs Bunny Classics
Jlaser-bnrr.jpg|(1998) LaserDisc Bugs and Friends - Bugs and Road Runner: Runaway Rabbit (1997 dubbed version) (only in PAL regions)
BigTopBunny VHS.jpg|(1998) VHS Looney Tunes Presents Bugs Bunny: Big Top Bunny (1997 dubbed version) (N.America only)
Bumper07.jpg|(1998) VHS Special Bumper Collection (Vol. 7)
LTCE VOL 4 DAFFY DOODLES.jpg|(2000) VHS Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Volume 4: Daffy Doodles (1997 dubbed version, without notice)
LT Golden Collection 1.jpg|(2003) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1, Disc One (restored with DVNR)
Lt cbobb.jpg|(2003) DVD Looney Tunes Collection Best of Bugs Bunny
Lt 3sdt.jpg|(2010) DVD 3 Spooky DVD Treats
Bugs Bunny - Wasically Wabbit Front Cover.jpg|(2011) DVD Looney Tunes Super Stars' Bugs Bunny: Wascally Wabbit (restored with DVNR) (Region 4 only)
lt bbot bb.jpg|(2011) DVD Bugs Bunny
Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny Golden Carrot Collection.png|(2020) DVD Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny Golden Carrot Collection, Disc 1 (restored with DVNR)
=== Streaming ===
lt boomerang.jpg|Boomerang App (2017 - ) (restored with DVNR)
lt hbo max.jpg|HBO Max (2020 - 2022) (restored without DVNR)
Lt max.jpg|Max (2024 - ) (restored without DVNR)
== Notes ==
* This cartoon, "Tweety's S.O.S.", and "Tweet Tweet Tweety" were the only three cartoons in 1951 to get the blue Color Rings with red backgrounds.
* On Boomerang, this cartoon airs in a lower pitch.
== Gallery ==
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== References ==
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Robert McKimson
Category:Bugs Bunny Robert McKimson
Category:Bugs Bunny Cartoons
Category:Hollywood in Cartoons
Category:Shorts
Category:1951
Category:Blue Ribbon reissues
Category:Re-released cartoons whose original titles are known to exist
Category:Cartoons written by Tedd Pierce
Category:Cartoons animated by Charles McKimson
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons animated by Bob Wickersham
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Peter Alvarado
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Richard H. Thomas
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer