Napoleon Bunny-Part

Napoleon Bunny-Part is a 1956 Merrie Melodies short directed by Friz Freleng.
== Plot ==
Bugs is traveling underground, and emerges in France at the headquarters of Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon is planning a military offensive and thinks Bugs is a saboteur, and sends a guard after him. Bugs easily outwits the incompetent guard and then disguises himself as Josephine and asks Napoleon to dance. Napoleon sees Bugs' tail through the disguise and chases Bugs, who slides down a staircase. The guard sees Bugs and points his bayonet, intending to stab Bugs as he slides down. Bugs hops off of the staircase and Napoleon is stabbed instead. He slides back up the staircase screaming. The guard then gets the "point" from Napoleon and goes howling into the air again.
Napoleon catches Bugs and orders him into a guillotine. Bugs runs off with Napoleon in pursuit, running down the guillotine platform and then back up and through the guillotine which is still raised. Napoleon follows Bugs but as he runs through the guillotine the blade falls and slices the back of his uniform along with the hair from the back of his head. Napoleon demands an explanation from the hooded executor, who is Bugs himself. Bugs then tries to elude Napoleon by hiding in a mortar, but is found.
Furious, Napoleon resumes his chase of Bugs, but two men in white coats show up and one says to the other, "Hey Pierre, here's another Napoleon," and Pierre replies, "that's the twelfth one today." "But I am Napoleon," the little corporal wails as he's dragged away by them to the nearest insane asylum. "Sure, you are," one of the men nods sarcastically. Napoleon then promises "I will have you executed for this!"
Bugs pulls out a Napoleon hat and says, "Imagine that guy thinking he's Napoleon... when I really am!" He pulls out a flute, playing "La Marseillaise", which becomes "Yankee Doodle" as he marches into the distance.
== Caricatures ==
* Napoleon Bonaparte
* Empress Josephine
== Availability ==
W UK10554 LooneyTunesVideoShowNo19The.jpg|(1984) VHS The Looney Tunes Video Show Volume 19
Bumper07.jpg|(1998) VHS Special Bumper Collection (Vol. 7)
Jlaser-bnm.jpg|(1998) LaserDisc Bugs and Marvin: Martian Mayhem (1997 dubbed version) (only in PAL regions)
SuperStars Bugs.jpg|(2010) DVD Looney Tunes Super Stars' Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire (in widescreen)
Lt the best.jpg|(2012) DVD Looney Tunes The Best of Bugs Bunny
Lt ss3p.jpg|(2013) DVD Looney Tunes Super Stars 3-Pack, Disc 1
Lt ssfm.jpg|(2014) DVD Looney Tunes Super Stars Family Multi-Feature, Disc 1
Lt 4kf ltc.jpg|(2015) DVD 4 Kid Favorites Looney Tunes Collection
Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection.jpg|(2020) Blu-ray Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection, Disc 2 (remastered in fullscreen and HD)
helenoftroybd.jpg|(2023) Blu-ray Helen of Troy
=== Streaming ===
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Lt hbo max.jpg|HBO Max (2020 - 2020) (restored in fullscreen; removed)
== Censorship ==
* In light of the backlash over alleged drug references in an episode of Ralph Bakshi's The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse, where Mighty Mouse's inhaling of crushed flower petals was mistaken for cocaine by media watchdog groups, the ABC version of "Napoleon Bunny-Part" in the mid-to-late 1980s cut the scene where Napoleon inhales some snuff and Bugs does the same, only to sneeze all over Napoleon's map.The Censored Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Guide: N-O http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-n-o.aspx The scene was later reinstated on ABC after the backlash died down. Other channels despite having a history of editing out scenes of drugs such as Cartoon Network and Boomerang also left the scene uncut.
== Notes ==
* Napoleon's guard resembles Mugsy the gangster. In production artwork, he is referred to as "Goof".
== Gallery ==
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NapoleonBunny-PartLobbyCard.jpg|Lobby card
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NapoleonColorGuideBunny.jpg|Color guide
=== TV Title Cards ===
lt tbbats napoleon bunny-part.jpg|The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
== References ==
es:Napoleon Bunny-Part
Category:Bugs Bunny Cartoons
Category:Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Friz Freleng
Category:1956
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Hawley Pratt
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Irv Wyner
Category:Cartoons written by Warren Foster
Category:DVD Widescreen Cropped Cartoons
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
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 produced by Eddie Selzer
Category:Blue Ribbon reissues
Category:Re-released cartoons whose original titles are known to exist