The Abominable Snow Rabbit

The Abominable Snow Rabbit is a 1961 Looney Tunes short directed by Chuck Jones and Maurice Noble.
== Title ==
The title is a play on the phrase and 1957 horror film The Abominable Snowman.
== Plot ==
Bugs burrows through the Himalayan mountains, followed by Daffy Duck. After a failed attempt by Daffy to go swimming in a frozen pond, the two realize they are not in Palm Springs, and Bugs works out they are in the, as he puts it, 'Hime-a-lay-as'. Daffy corrects him on the pronunciation, then realizes where they are. Angry, he gets back in the tunnel, and heads for Perth Amboy. But he misses a sign, which, in pseudo-Oriental writing, reads 'Beware of the Abominable Snowman'.
Daffy, whilst underground, crashes into said creature's foot. The Abominable Snowman grabs Daffy, names him George, and gives him crippling hugs, believing Daffy is a rabbit, when actually he just tied his sweater round his head for warmth, with the sleeves on top. Daffy reveals this, and 'George' is punished for his 'deception' with spankings. However, Daffy imparts to him where he can find a real rabbit, namely Bugs. As Bugs starts experiencing Hugo's tough love, Daffy sneaks away.
Hugo sits on Bugs like a hen, so he 'doesn't feel rejected.' Bugs tunnels out next to Daffy. His tunneling pushes Daffy to Hugo. Bugs tells Hugo that he now has a rabbit. Daffy and Hugo agree that a rabbit has long ears. But Bugs cleverly pulls his own ears down, and puts his fingers behind Daffy's head. Hugo begins petting Daffy, but then realizes rabbits don't have feathers nor bills. Daffy points out the tunneling Bugs to Hugo, who chases him underground. In a hot climate, a profusely sweating Hugo, and a disguised Bugs, discuss Hugo's failure to catch Bugs. Daffy pokes his head out of the hole. Bugs puts fake ears on him, and gives him to Hugo. But Hugo has melted, for he really was a snowman.
== Caricatures ==
* Lon Chaney Jr.
== Availability ==
LOONEY TUNES AFTER DARK.jpg|(1993) LaserDisc Looney Tunes After Dark
Jlaser-bnd.jpg|(1997) LaserDisc Bugs and Daffy: What's Up, Duck? (1997 dubbed version) (only in PAL regions)
BigTopBunny VHS.jpg|(1998) VHS Looney Tunes Presents Bugs Bunny: Big Top Bunny (1997 dubbed version)
Bumper08.jpg|(1998) VHS Special Bumper Collection (Vol. 8)
lt vcdc2.jpg|(1998) VCD Looney Tunes VCD Compilation 2
Agsdfjkfhdnvbcvx.jpg|(1999) VHS Christmas Cartoon Capers
Christmas Collection Looney Tunes UK VHS.jpg|(2003) VHS Christmas Collection Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5.jpg|(2007) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5, Disc One
Lt spotlight 5.jpg|(2007) DVD Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 5, Disc 1
lt spotlight df2.jpg|(2014) DVD Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Volumes 4-5 Repack
Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny Golden Carrot Collection.png|(2020) DVD Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny Golden Carrot Collection, Disc 5
=== Streaming ===
lt boomerang.jpg|Boomerang App (2017 - )
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== Notes ==
* This cartoon marks the debut of Hugo the Abominable Snowman, a parody of Lennie from John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men.
** Hugo would make another appearance in the 1980 short "Spaced Out Bunny".
* From this cartoon to 1964's "War and Pieces", Maurice Noble (and at times Tom Ray and Abe Levitow) would work on the directional duties with Chuck Jones on his cartoons as co-directors.
* While this cartoon was used in the movie Daffy Duck's Quackbusters, the opening scene was reanimated so that Bugs and Daffy would go to their job site at the Himalayas. 
* On the original ending card, both the "LOONEY TUNES", "A WARNER BROS. CARTOON" and "A VITAGRAPH RELEASE" bylines flash abruptly over the "That's all, folks!" line, unlike the other shorts of the period.
** The 1997 dubbed version print has the THIS VERSION (C) 1997 WARNER BROS. dubbed disclaimer appear the same time as for the "LOONEY TUNES", "A WARNER BROS. CARTOON" and "A VITAGRAPH RELEASE" bylines.video
* This is Chuck Jones' last collaboration with Tedd Pierce and the only one co-directed by Maurice Noble.
* This short is the first one to broadcast on Discovery Family.
== Gallery ==
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TheAbominableSnowRabbitProductionBackgroundSc-16-18-19-20-1551&BugsBunnyCel.jpg|Production background with a Bugs Bunny cel
TheAbominableSnowRabbitProductionBackgroundSc-44-1551.jpg|Production background
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== References ==
 
Category:Bugs Bunny Cartoons
Category:Daffy Duck Cartoons
Category:Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Chuck Jones
Category:Cartoons directed by Maurice Noble
Category:Looney Tunes Shorts
Category:1961
Category:Cartoons written by Tedd Pierce
Category:Cartoons animated by Richard Thompson
Category:Cartoons animated by Bob Bransford
Category:Cartoons animated by Tom Ray
Category:Cartoons with music by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Philip DeGuard
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons produced by John W. Burton
Category:Cartoons produced by David H. DePatie