Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips

Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips is a 1944 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng.
==Summary==
Bugs fights stereotyped Japanese during World War II.
==Plot==
Bugs lands on a Japanese-held island. He tries to outsmart one Japanese soldier by dressing as Emperor Hirohito, but the soldier isn't fooled. He recognizes Bugs from his Warner Brothers films produced by Leon Schlesinger. Bugs has trouble with a tough sumo wrestler but is able to outwit him by dressing as a geisha. Bugs finally rids the island of Japanese by driving up in his ice cream truck (which plays music from The Magic Flute!) and selling each one an ice cream with a secret grenade surprise.
==Trivia==
Despite the strong racial overtones of the film, this was never included in the notorious Warner Bros. "Censored Eleven" cartoons. In fact, it was even shown on television and released on laser disk. When the laser disk release was reformatted to a video release, the short caught the ire of many Japanese rights groups. Not long after the initial release of the 10-video set, this short was pulled from the video release of the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies anthology tapes "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes" Volume 1. (It was replaced with Racketeer Rabbit.)
Contains animation (themes, sequences or characters) which modern audiences may consider derogatory toward certain ethnic or religious groups.
Category:Cartoons
Category:Merrie Melodies Cartoons
Category:Bugs Bunny Cartoons
Category:1944 cartoons
Category:Leon Schlesinger Productions Cartoons
Category:Cartoons directed by Friz Freleng