Hyde and Hare

Hyde and Hare is a 1955 Looney Tunes short directed by I. Freleng. 
== Title ==
The title is a play on the expression "neither hide nor hair."
== Plot ==
Bugs comes out of his rabbit hole in a city park every morning because a kind gentleman keeps coming to feed him a carrot. "Well, here I go again with the 'timid little rabbit' routine. It's shameful, but, eh, it's a living!" After first feigning a usual rabbit posture, Bugs eventually stands up and confides that he'd rather simply go home with the gentleman as a "pet", since it would be easier on both of them. As the gentleman brings Bugs home, he remarks that it is strange that Bugs calls him "Doc" because "I happen to be a doctor." The name above the apartment is Dr. Jekyll.
Inside the house, Bugs acclimates to his new surroundings. Dr. Jekyll comes across a bubbling potion that he knows he shouldn't drink, but he relents, "Oh, I'm so ashamed!" and drinks the potion anyway. He then transforms into the ogre-ish Mr. Hyde, with a monstrous green face and glowing red eyes. Bugs tries running from this monster, but soon the monster reverts to Dr. Jekyll. Bugs, thinking that the monster is still chasing both of them, tries leading the doctor into various rooms and closets, with the eventual retransformation of the doctor into Mr. Hyde. This continues for a few minutes, until Dr. Jekyll decides that he's going to pour the rest of the formula down the drain. He goes into his lab but finds only the empty beaker. The Doctor asks Bugs if he drank the potion; Bugs becomes insulted at the idea and leaves. "I am going back to the park! There is no question of my integrity there", he huffs. 
Walking back to his park, Bugs transforms into a monstrous green rabbit. The people at the park who are busy feeding the pigeons see Bugs and run away screaming. Bugs looks at them and wonders, "Now what's eating THEM? Hmph! You'd think they never saw a rabbit before!" Bugs eats a carrot and watches the old ladies and old man run away.
== Caricatures ==
* Peter Lorre - Dr. Hyde's appearance and voice are based on him.
* Liberace - "I wish my brother George was here."
* Jackie Gleason's character Ralph Kramden - "You...are a mental case!"
== Availability ==
W UK10551 LooneyTunesVideoShowNo16The.jpg|(1984) VHS The Looney Tunes Video Show, Volume 16
LOONEY TUNES AFTER DARK.jpg|(1993) LaserDisc Looney Tunes: After Dark
Bumper03.jpg|(1996) VHS Special Bumper Collection (Vol. 3)
Jlaser-bnm.jpg|(1998) LaserDisc Bugs and Marvin: Martian Mayhem (1997 dubbed version) (only in PAL regions)
Bumper08.jpg|(1998) VHS Special Bumper Collection (Vol. 8)
Golden Collection box 2.jpg|(2004) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2, Disc One (restored)
Lt djamh cdf.jpg|(2004) DVD Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Double Feature (1997 dubbed version, without notice)
Lt cbobb2.jpg|(2005) DVD Looney Tunes Collection Best of Bugs Bunny Volume 2
LooneyTunesSpotlightVol8-210x300.jpg|(2014) DVD Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 8 Disc 1
Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny Golden Carrot Collection.png|(2020) DVD Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny Golden Carrot Collection, Disc 2
JekyllAndHyde31BluRay.png|(2022) Blu-Ray Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1931) (upscaled Golden Collection master)
=== Streaming ===
lt hbo max.jpg|HBO Max (2020 - 2022) (restored)
Lt max.jpg|Max (2024 - ) (restored)
== Notes ==
* Bugs says, "I wish my brother George was here" as he sits down to play a piano. The reference was to the famous pianist Liberace, who had a brother George, who was also his conductor on TV and personal appearances during the 1950s. He does a similar reference in another Liberace impression in "Wideo Wabbit".
* Hyde Bugs is a playable character in the Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal video game.
** When playing in Story Mode, he only appears as Player 2 in the chapter "Big Furry Green Bugs in the House".
* The piano piece that Bugs plays is the Minute Waltz by Chopin, or as Bugs calls him, "Choppin'."
* When Bugs first sees Mr. Hyde, he says Ralph Kramden's line to him, "You... are a mental case!"
* The music that plays during the title sequence is the same music heard in the title sequence of "Hair-Raising Hare".
* Unlike previous cartoons, Bugs is portrayed as frightened and panicky—a far cry from his usual calm and collected personality.
* Some dubs of this cartoon are low-pitched on both TV and DVD. The French dub has a normal pitch on DVD, although it is still low-pitched on TV.
* Parts of this cartoon were used for Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special.
* Jack Edwards was initially set to provide a voice for this short; however, his lines did not get used.
== Gallery ==
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748-PC2.png|Production cels on a production background from "Dr. Jerkyl's Hide"
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== References ==
Category:1955
Category:Bugs Bunny Cartoons
Category:Cartoons directed by Friz Freleng
Category:Shorts
Category:Looney Tunes Shorts
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons written by Warren Foster
Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer
Category:Cartoons animated by Ted Bonnicksen
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Hawley Pratt
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Irv Wyner
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Monsters