Hare Remover

Elmer Fudd is working on a devious potion to change animals into other more violent animals. When the dog he wanted to experiment on breaks free of his chains, Fudd relies on trapping Bugs Bunny and having him drink the serum. However the formula doesn't have any effects on Bugs, so the bunny gives some to Fudd instead. When a bear enters the picture, they both think the potion worked on the other. This cartoon is a tad short on the tooth plot wise and has one of the weakest non-endings I've seen from a Looney Tune short in quite some time. But all is not lost, as there are quite a few funny bits to be had.This animated short can be found on Disk 1 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 3 set.

My Grade: B-

If it weren't for the presence of Bugs and Elmer, you might think this one came from the Disney or Hanna/Barbera stable instead of Warners'. This is a subtle, almost believable take on the Jekyll and Hyde story in which only the characters imaginations run wild. There is no Peter Lorre, no scary castle, just Elmer using the Junior size Chemical set at home. He is looking to create "the formula that will take a normal charactew into a devilish being". But come on... it's Elmer! All he manages to brew up is a potion that makes the dinker go to plaid (and that's the most far out thing that happens).

After his dog Rover proves an uncooperative guinea pig, Dr. Fudd takes out an old fashioned wabbit trap and Bugs, always the sentimental type, indulges him. The rest of the film is just a lot of misunderstandings, made worse by the convenient involvement by a bear who uses queue cards. The visual gags are really quite subtle and even Bugs remains good natured throughout, referring to Elmer as 'Doc' much more than usual (and not as a catchphrase either). However For a couple of more inspired takes in true Loony fashion, watch Friz Freling's "Hyde and Hare" (1955) or "Hyde and Go Tweet" (1960) instead.

4 out of 10

I wish they would bring back all the original cartoons from the past.it is not violent to me.always made me laugh 😆 🤣.

Elmer Fudd is a mad scientist this time.He wants to use his "Jekyll and Hyde" potion but keeps failing with test animals.This potion would turn its victims into monsters.Elmer goes out to catch Bugs Bunny with his old fashioned rabbit trap.Bugs decides to humor him.Then a bear enters the lab and Elmer thinks the potion has worked and the bear is actually Bugs.Later Bugs mistakes the bear for Elmer.Hare Remover from 1946 is the last cartoon Frank Tashlin directed at Warner Bros.Mel Blanc sounds as good as Bugs Bunny as he always did.Same thing with Arthur Q. Bryan as Elmer Fudd.This Bugs Bunny has its moments, even though they did come up with better.But there are Bugs' famous quips, one being "I think Spencer Tracy did it much better.Don't you, folks?"

Elmer is mixing chemicals in his little junior chemistry set "trying to make a normal character into a devilish fiend." We then see his head change in shape to a devil-like one with pointed ears. (I always suspected Fudd was a sadistic, evil punk!)

The first clever gag involves a test tube with his solution and the wild colors it turns, including plaid and barbershop rings, etc. "Rover," his experimental dog, must drink the stuff. Rover is chained up so bad this would have animal-right activists on his back in no time today. Fudd forces the liquid down the dog's throat. (Man, is this guy plain evil or what?)

When the dog freaks out and smashes through the front window and runs away, Elmer goes looking for another experimental animal. Who-know-who winds up (voluntarily) in his laboratory. And.....you know who turns the tables? Along the way, we get two cases of mistaken identity, and that turns out to be the big joke of the cartoon.

I enjoyed Bugs' line referring to the Spencer Tracy film version of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."

Overall, this is "fair," clever in the one "identity" gag but annoying at times, too, with Fudd's abrasive and stupid laugh and carrying-on.