The Million Hare

The Million Hare is a 1963 Looney Tunes short directed by Robert McKimson.
== Title ==
The title is a pun on "millionaire."
== Plot ==
In the home of Bugs Bunny, who is hosting Daffy Duck, they watch a television game show called Beat Your Buddy. The announcer says that he will draw two names from the "buddy barrel," the persons named will race each other to the television studio, and the first to arrive will win "the million bucks." The announcer draws Bugs and Daffy's names.
Bugs and Daffy race each other to the television studio. Daffy finds himself continuously hindered in the race, usually due to his own recklessness. For example, he drives a moped onto a bridge under construction and winds up in the water below.
At various points in the race, Bugs wonders to himself if Daffy will remember he has certain advantages over Bugs by virtue of being a duck, such as being able to fly or swim. However, at points where Daffy could use those advantages, he summarily fails to. Bugs replies to himself at each point, "No, I guess not!"
Bugs keeps a steady and simple pace, and reaches the television station first. Daffy dons a jet pack, hoping to beat Bugs to the top floor of the studio. Daffy flies to the top floor, grabs Bugs, and zooms out the other side of the building. They land in an antique glass shop and are taken to a hospital. Even though they are in bandages, with Daffy on crutches and Bugs in a wheelchair, they continue to race back to the studio, and Daffy crosses the finish line first.
Daffy then discovers that "the million bucks" is actually "the million box," a huge box filled with a million little boxes. Considering the prize worthless, Daffy donates the prize to Bugs. The announcer then reveals that there is a one-dollar bill inside each little box. He asks if Daffy wants to say something to the audience; Daffy's head morphs into a jackass' head and brays.
== Availability ==
Jlaser-bnd.jpg|(1997) VHS\LaserDisc Bugs and Daffy: What's Up, Duck? (1997 dubbed version) (only in PAL regions)
Bumper07.jpg|(1998) VHS Special Bumper Collection (Vol. 7)
lt vcdc2.jpg|(1998) VCD Looney Tunes VCD Compilation 2
LTCE VOL 14 CARTOON SUPERSTARS.jpg|(1999) VHS Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Volume 14: Cartoon Superstars (1997 dubbed version, without notice)
SuperStars Bugs.jpg|(2010) DVD Looney Tunes Super Stars' Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire (cropped to 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 3 (restored, fullscreen)
=== Streaming ===
lt boomerang.jpg|Boomerang App ( - )
lt hbo max.jpg|HBO Max (2020 - 2022)
== Notes ==
* This is the last of the only two cartoons directed by Robert McKimson to pair Bugs and Daffy; the other is "People Are Bunny".
* A few clips from this cartoon were used, with color commentary by John Madden and Pat Summerall, as part of the fourth quarter of the Cartoon Network special The Big Game XXIX: Bugs Vs. Daffy.
* Unlike most Bugs Bunny shorts, his headshot does not appear in the opening titles. Alongside, this short does not have a "Bugs Bunny In" title card.
* Although this cartoon is a Looney Tunes short, it uses the Merrie Melodies outro with the Looney Tunes closing theme.
* Musician William Lava displays more song interpolation than usual by working Harry Warren's "With Plenty of Money and You" in the soundtrack.
* This is the 100th Daffy Duck cartoon released.
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Category:1963
Category:Looney Tunes Shorts
Category:Bugs Bunny Cartoons
Category:Daffy Duck Cartoons
Category:Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Robert McKimson
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Category:Cartoons with music by Bill Lava
Category:Cartoons written by Dave Detiege
Category:Cartoons animated by Ted Bonnicksen
Category:Cartoons animated by George Grandpré
Category:Cartoons animated by Warren Batchelder
Category:Cartoons animated by Keith Darling
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Robert Gribbroek
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Category:Cartoons produced by David H. DePatie
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
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Category:Cartoons with effects animated by Harry Love
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc