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135-567: Looney Tunes River Ride (formerly known as Looney Tunes Studio - Journey into Fantasy and the Looney Tunes Studio Tour ) was a dark boat ride at the amusement park Warner Bros. Movie World at Gold Coast , Australia . The ride was unveiled on 3 June 1991, the same time as the park, and was closed on 1 February 2011 to make way for the Junior Driving School . Looney Tunes River Ride opened with

270-491: A buried wire for navigation. Others, such as Star Wars : Rise of the Resistance at Disney's Hollywood Studios and Disneyland Park , Mystic Manor at Hong Kong Disneyland or Ratatouille: L’Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy at Disneyland Paris and Epcot , use Wi-Fi and RFID -based local positioning systems . The system provides more versatility for the vehicles to move in randomized patterns. The magnets in

405-399: A cameo appearance by Bugs, announcing to the audience that 750 rabbits have been born. The gag uses Bugs' Wild Hare visual design, but his goofier pre- Wild Hare voice characterization. The second full-fledged role for the mature Bugs, Chuck Jones ' Elmer's Pet Rabbit (1941), is the first to use Bugs' name on-screen: it appears in a title card, "featuring Bugs Bunny," at the start of

540-555: A "test/demonstration Bugs", and then Village Roadshow Theme Parks would decide on the company to go with the Bugs Bunny animatronic that they produced. Sydney-based company Showtronix (then known as Sally Animatronics) built a demonstration Bugs animatronic, which could sing the Warner Bros. Cartoon Cavalcade version of The Bugs Bunny Show ' s "This Is It", followed by his catchphrase, "Eh, what's up, doc?" The animatronic

675-617: A 76-issues Bugs Bunny series (translated and reprinted from the American comics) in the mid-1970s. The Danish publisher Egmont Ehapa produced a weekly reprint series in the mid-1990s. The Bugs Bunny comic strip ran for almost 50 years, from January 10, 1943, to December 30, 1990, syndicated by the Newspaper Enterprise Association . It started out as a Sunday page and added a daily strip on November 1, 1948. The strip originated with Chase Craig , who did

810-751: A Bugs Bunny comic book from Dec. 1952/Jan. 1953 to 1983. The company also published 81 issues of the joint title Yosemite Sam and Bugs Bunny from December 1970 to 1983. During the 1950s Dell also published a number of Bugs Bunny spinoff titles. Creators on those series included Chase Craig , Helen Houghton , Eleanor Packer , Lloyd Turner , Michael Maltese , John Liggera, Tony Strobl , Veve Risto, Cecil Beard, Pete Alvorado, Carl Fallberg , Cal Howard , Vic Lockman , Lynn Karp, Pete Llanuza, Pete Hansen, Jack Carey, Del Connell, Kellog Adams, Jack Manning, Mark Evanier , Tom McKimson, Joe Messerli, Carlos Garzon, Donald F. Glut , Sealtiel Alatriste, Sandro Costa, and Massimo Fechi. The German publisher Condor published

945-455: A beige show building decorated as a movie studio. They would then be led into a room where they were welcomed to Looney Tunes Studios in "Hollywood" by a tour guide. The guests were then informed that they would be taken on a tour of the studio where the latest Looney Tunes movie, directed by Bugs Bunny, was being shot. The guide would look at a clock and tell the guests that the shooting of the movie had just begun. The guests would then walk into

1080-488: A big put-on. Let's face it, Doc. I've read the script and I al­ready know how it turns out." —  Bob Clampett on Bugs Bunny, written in first person . Bugs Bunny's fast-talking speech pattern was inspired to a degree by the character of Oscar Shapely in the 1934 film It Happened One Night . In the film, Shapely addresses Clark Gable 's character Peter Warne as "Doc", and Warne mentions an imaginary person named "Bugs Dooley" to frighten Shapely. Referring to

1215-416: A boulder, ignoring Porky, Sylvester and Pepé Le Pew 's pleas to stop; Bugs feeding a saltwater crocodile some carrots, and Bugs sitting on a branch with two koalas, saying that he will take them as friends over a crocodile before singing to the tune of " Waltzing Matilda ". Towards the end of the ride, the guests entered a cave, and as they approached a waterfall, it stopped flowing, and they were taken up to

1350-462: A bridge and the drawbridge of a castle, as Speedy warned them about the dragons' existence in Germany. When they entered the castle, they heard a roar, and a light shone on the dragon, revealing him to be a baby dragon. He would say that he was frightened by his roar and did not want to frighten the guests, and then a surprising drop occurred. The guests went past another scene identical to the one with

1485-476: A capacity of 1000 riders per hour. Zeitgeist Design and Production's Ryan Harmon served as the Director of Show Development for Warner Bros. International Recreation Enterprises, where he conceived, wrote and managed the design team for Warner Bros. Movie World in Germany's worth of rides, shows and attractions, including Looney Tunes Adventure . Alan Griffith Architect and Alder Constructions were also involved in

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1620-556: A carrot. So, for the sake of expedience, Blanc munched and then spit the carrot bits into a spittoon , rather than swallowing them, and continued with the dialogue. One often-repeated story, which dates back to the 1940s, is that Blanc was allergic to carrots and had to spit them out to minimize any allergic reaction — but his autobiography makes no such claim. In fact, in a 1984 interview with Tim Lawson , co-author of The Magic Behind The Voices: A Who's Who of Voice Actors , Blanc emphatically denied being allergic to carrots. Bugs Bunny

1755-427: A cast member). Guests would then get on 4 boats, each with 4 rows of 4 seats each, before being taken through an animatronic-filled ride where everyone was searching for Bugs. They went past several scenes, including Sylvester falling off a rock while trying to catch Tweety and Bugs tugging on Porky's fishing line from behind the rock, Elmer and Yosemite Sam attempting to hunt Bugs, Foghorn and Sylvester Jr. sawing

1890-507: A certain number of arms and legs. Ride requirements are created to ensure all guests’ safety throughout the ride and are posted throughout the attractions’ queue to prevent the companies’ liability if a rider is physically harmed. However, according to Title III of the Americans Disability Act it is illegal for amusement parks to discriminate against any persons with disabilities from equal enjoyment of goods of services in

2025-406: A change to his fur from gray to a shade of mauve (though in the second season, his fur was changed back to gray). In the series, Bugs and Daffy Duck are portrayed as best friends as opposed to their usual pairing as friendly rivals. At the same time, Bugs is more vocally exasperated by Daffy's antics in the series (sometimes to the point of anger), compared to his usual level-headed personality from

2160-470: A dance element (tapping buttons on the restraints) later. The Walt Disney Company is the first to develop a trackless ride system for its dark ride attractions. Trackless dark rides utilize automated guided vehicles that do not require guide rails , and thus are able to cross existing paths, reverse, and rotate. Some trackless dark rides, such as the Big Red Car Ride at Dreamworld , relied on

2295-599: A door to Stage 1, which was filled with animatronic Looney Tunes characters, except Bugs. Disagreeing with their director's abscene, the Looney Tunes expressed themselves. Foghorn Leghorn and Speedy Gonzales would tell the guide that Bugs went to Germany to look for a real castle for their new movie because he did not like the scenery in the studio. Speedy also mentions that he has heard of dragons living in castles in Germany. The Looney Tunes would also wonder how to get to Germany, with Elmer Fudd saying that they would need

2430-423: A few of the characters. Cox used coloured plasticine to replicate the colours of each character. This helped enormously with getting the lines correct, and also made it easy to see the finished character come together in the sculpt. McKee, Ward, Cox and Chitty made plaster waste moulds of the sculptures and then laid 8 millimetres of dark green plasticine into the moulds. A fibreglass part was then made from this which

2565-587: A fun-loving personality. After Pet Rabbit , however, subsequent Bugs appearances returned to normal: the Wild Hare visual design and personality returned, and Blanc re-used the Wild Hare voice characterization. Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt (1941), directed by Friz Freleng , became the second Bugs Bunny cartoon to receive an Academy Award nomination. The fact that it did not win the award was later spoofed somewhat in What's Cookin' Doc? (1944), in which Bugs demands

2700-498: A higher part of the cave. The guests' boats turned to the left, and just as they met a frilled lizard , a surprising drop occurred. They then went past another scene identical to the one with the animatronics in the pre-show, this time joined by Bugs, who acted as their guide and was directing the movie. The boats would stop at the unloading station, and the guests disembarked while Porky delivered his signature line, "Th-th-th-that's all, folks!" The ride began with guests queuing outside

2835-471: A hole in the ground. The guide would tell the guests that the movie was overscheduled and way overbudget, before asking the Looney Tunes if they realized how much the delay was costing the studio, and asking about Bugs' whereabouts. He/she would ask Foghorn Leghorn how they could get Bugs back, to which he and Elmer explained that Bugs had dug a hole through the middle of the Earth to Australia. Foghorn told

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2970-629: A means of previewing complex new ride vehicles such as the free-ranging vehicles used in "Pooh's Hunny Hunt". Moreover, this computer visualization is a powerful tool for transcending language barriers. Showing a virtual prototype of "Pooh's Hunny Hunt" to Japan was a cause of the implementation of the ride at Tokyo Disneyland due to its use of imaging over speech. Some dark rides are intense for riders, as they contain vigorous themed elements such as flashing lights, black light effects, sudden drops, stoppages, or other turbulent movements that may be harmful to impaired riders. As more thrill rides are created,

3105-410: A medieval Bugs trades blows with Yosemite Sam and his fire-breathing dragon (which has a cold), won an Academy Award for Best Cartoon Short Subject (becoming the first and only Bugs Bunny cartoon to win said award). Three of Jones' films— Rabbit Fire , Rabbit Seasoning and Duck! Rabbit, Duck! —compose what is often referred to as the "Rabbit Season/Duck Season" trilogy and were the origins of

3240-406: A minute, and took 13 months to construct. The concept of the ride was considered unique at the time, since it was not modelled on any other attractions. The ride's first pre-show room's walls were themed after the 1981 jigsaw puzzle The Looney Tunes Characters . Village Roadshow Theme Parks approached many companies about designing audio-animatronics for the ride. Each company was asked to produce

3375-650: A pet dog) and Speedy Gonzales , in the middle of a cul-de-sac with their neighbors Yosemite Sam, Granny , and Witch Hazel . In 2015, Bugs starred in the direct-to-video film Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run , and later returned to television yet again as the star of Cartoon Network and Boomerang 's comedy series New Looney Tunes (formerly Wabbit ). In 2020, Bugs began appearing on the HBO Max streaming series Looney Tunes Cartoons . His design for this series primarily resembles his Bob Clampett days, complete with yellow gloves and his signature carrot. His personality

3510-483: A pitchman for companies including Kool-Aid and Nike . His Nike commercials with Michael Jordan as "Hare Jordan" for the Air Jordan VII and VIII became precursors to Space Jam . As a result, he has spent time as an honorary member of Jordan Brand , including having Jordan's Jumpman logo done in his image. In 2015, as part of the 30th anniversary of Jordan Brand, Nike released a mid-top Bugs Bunny version of

3645-460: A possible dragon in Germany from the Looney Tunes, some of whom were in turmoil due to the fact that a dragon seemed to be close by. Bugs, however, did not believe the rumors, feeling that they could not be taken at face value. In one scene, the guests also encountered a dragon egg that had hatched. Towards the end of the ride, Bugs started feeling that the dragon rumors could be true, and wondered where one could be hiding. The guests were then lifted up

3780-399: A postal-themed drawing. Avery Dennison printed the Bugs Bunny stamp sheet, which featured "a special ten-stamp design and was the first self-adhesive souvenir sheet issued by the U.S. Postal Service ." A younger version of Bugs is the main character of Baby Looney Tunes , which debuted on Kids' WB in 2001. In the action-comedy Loonatics Unleashed , his definite descendant Ace Bunny

3915-634: A public place of accommodation. Therefore, companies such as The Walt Disney Company are required by law to accommodate any person with a physical disability who still meets the ride requirements. This often includes guests who use wheelchairs or crutches. Services such as the Disability Access Service (DAS) at Disney theme parks instates equality between disabled and non-disabled riders in its theme parks and resorts, making these attractions largely accessible for its guests. Companies such as Universal Studios offer similar services such as

4050-485: A recount (claiming to be a victim of " sa-bo-TAH-gee ") after losing the Oscar to James Cagney and presents a clip from Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt to prove his point. By 1942, Bugs had become the number one star of Merrie Melodies . The series was originally intended only for one-shot characters in films after several early attempts to introduce characters ( Foxy , Goopy Geer , and Piggy ) failed under Harman – Ising . By

4185-522: A rocket to reach Bugs. Speedy had an idea, telling the others that Marvin the Martian was shooting a movie outside Stage 1, and suggested that he could take the guests to Germany in his rocket, Marsianischen Mulluske ("the Martian Mulluske"). The guide agreed and showed the guests the way to the rocket. Guests were moved into Marvin's rocket, which transported them to Germany. Upon arrival in

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4320-503: A roller coaster does not make it a dark ride. Dark coasters are roller coasters that feature heavily themed layouts, special effects (such as animated characters, fire, smoke, and sound/lighting effects), and a dark ride portion that abruptly transitions into a roller coaster-style layout with heavily banked turns, sharp turns, steep drops, and helices. Some of them include backward motion, and many have launch mechanisms rather than lifts. Examples include: Test Track at Epcot , Journey to

4455-424: A room where they were welcomed to Looney Tunes Studios in "Hollywood" by a tour guide from the studios' Public Relations Department. The guests were then informed that they would be taken on a tour of the studio where the latest Looney Tunes movie, directed by and starring Bugs Bunny , was being shot. However, Bugs had thrown a temper tantrum and dug a hole into the center of the Earth down to Australia, resulting in

4590-510: A scary theme are called ghost trains . The first ride to use the name "Ghost Train" was that of Blackpool Pleasure Beach . The ride was imported in 1930 and originally called The Pretzel (due to the curving shape of its track layout); but as pretzels were little-known in Britain, it was soon renamed after The Ghost Train , a play which ran for a year in London, a film adaptation of which

4725-789: A separate character). While Bugs made a cameo in Porky Pig's Feat (1943), this was his only appearance in a black-and-white Looney Tunes film. He did not star in a Looney Tunes film until that series made its complete conversion to only color cartoons beginning in 1944. Buckaroo Bugs was Bugs' first film in the Looney Tunes series and was also the last Warner Bros. cartoon to credit Schlesinger (as he had retired and sold his studio to Warner Bros. that year). Bugs' popularity soared during World War II because of his free and easy attitude, and he began receiving special star billing in his cartoons by 1943. By that time, Warner Bros. had become

4860-875: A stationary core with show scenes. The Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World and the Disneyland Railroad both include brief dark-ride scenes, but for the most part transport guests outdoors. Expedition Everest at Disney's Animal Kingdom , Matterhorn Bobsleds at Disneyland, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and Space Mountain at several Disney parks, and Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars at Hong Kong Disneyland likewise include some dark-ride elements, but function primarily as indoor/outdoor roller coasters. Bugs Bunny Bugs Bunny

4995-456: A time like that. So that's why it's funny, I think. In other words it's asking a perfectly legitimate question in a perfectly illogical situation." —  Chuck Jones on Bugs Bunny's catchphrase "What's up Doc?" The carrot-chewing scenes are generally followed by Bugs' most well-known catchphrase, "What's up, Doc?", which was written by director Tex Avery for his first Bugs Bunny film, A Wild Hare (1940). Avery explained later that it

5130-410: A tree to reach a hiding Bugs, while Marc Antony sleeps and dreams of sheep; Bugs commenting on how the Looney Tunes still think that he would fall for the "tree across the river" trick as Foghorn searches for him on a cliff, Foghorn, Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales blowing the ground with explosives while Taz chews on the wire, Wile E. firing his cannons at the guests and attempting to crush them with

5265-800: Is a cartoon character created in the late 1930s at Warner Bros. Cartoons (originally Leon Schlesinger Productions ) and voiced originally by Mel Blanc . Bugs is best known for his featured roles in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated short films , produced by Warner Bros. Earlier iterations of the character first appeared in Ben Hardaway 's Porky's Hare Hunt (1938) and subsequent shorts before Bugs's definitive characterization debuted in Tex Avery 's A Wild Hare (1940). Bob Givens , Chuck Jones , and Robert McKimson are credited for defining Bugs's design. Bugs

5400-455: Is a combination of Freleng's trickery, Clampett's defiance, and Jones’ resilience, while also maintaining his confident, insolent, smooth-talking demeanor. Bugs is voiced by Eric Bauza , who is also the current voice of Daffy Duck and Tweety , among others. In 2020, the USPS issued a new set of Bugs stamps . This was a part from a collection honoring the classic Looney Tunes characters. Bugs

5535-619: Is an anthropomorphic gray-and-white rabbit or hare who is characterized by his flippant, insouciant personality. He is also characterized by a Brooklyn accent, his portrayal as a trickster , and his catchphrase "Eh... What's up, doc?". Through his popularity during the golden age of American animation , Bugs became an American cultural icon and Warner Bros.' official mascot . Bugs starred in more than 160 short films produced between 1940 and 1964. He has since appeared in feature films, television shows, comics, and other media. He has appeared in more films than any other cartoon character,

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5670-539: Is depicted as a gray bunny instead of a white one—is also notable as the rabbit's first singing role. Charlie Thorson , lead animator on the film, gave the character a name. He had written "Bug's Bunny" on the model sheet that he drew for Hardaway. In promotional material for the cartoon, including a surviving 1939 presskit, the name on the model sheet was altered to become the rabbit's own name: "Bugs" Bunny (quotation marks only used, on and off, until 1944). In his autobiography, Blanc claimed that another proposed name for

5805-513: Is described by Park World magazine as "one of the most idiosyncratic dark rides". It is themed to a school exam, with riders individually answering multiple-choice questions throughout it. Riders are graded on their responses, and each receives a school report at the end of the ride. While technically a coaster, the Gekion Live coaster at Joypolis had elements of a dark ride. It used to have a shooting element, only for it to be refurbished with

5940-736: Is his usual catchphrase. Although it was usually Porky Pig who brought the Looney Tunes films to a close with his stuttering, "That's all, folks!", Bugs replaced him at the end of Hare Tonic and Baseball Bugs , bursting through a drum just as Porky did, but munching on a carrot and saying, in his Bronx/Brooklyn accent, "And that's the end!" After World War II, Bugs continued to appear in numerous Warner Bros. cartoons, making his last "Golden Age" appearance in False Hare (1964). He starred in over 167 theatrical short films, most of which were directed by Friz Freleng, Robert McKimson, and Chuck Jones. Freleng's Knighty Knight Bugs (1958), in which

6075-471: Is known today, debuted in 2000 at Tokyo Disneyland's “ Pooh's Hunny Hunt ” attraction– a dark ride based on Disney's 1977 hit animated feature film The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh . However, while Pooh's Hunny Hunt pioneered the trackless ride system, it was Hollywood Studio's Tower of Terror and Epcot's Universe of Energy attractions that first utilized the technology. The use of virtual reality in

6210-427: Is presented there in a range of comical positions and facial expressions. Bugs made his return to movie theaters in the 2021 Space Jam sequel Space Jam: A New Legacy , this time starring NBA superstar LeBron James . In 2022, a new pre-school animated series titled Bugs Bunny Builders aired on HBO Max and Cartoonito . He is again voiced by Eric Bauza. Bugs has also appeared in numerous video games , including

6345-541: Is the leader of the Loonatics team and seems to have inherited his ancestor's Brooklyn accent and rapier wit. In 2011, Bugs Bunny and the rest of the Looney Tunes gang returned to television in the Cartoon Network sitcom, The Looney Tunes Show . The characters feature new designs by artist Jessica Borutski. Among the changes to Bugs' appearance were the simplification and enlargement of his feet, as well as

6480-498: Is the ninth most-portrayed film personality in the world and has his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . According to Chase Craig , who wrote and drew the first Bugs Bunny comic Sunday pages and the first Bugs comic book , "Bugs was not the creation of any one man; however, he rather represented the creative talents of perhaps five or six directors and many cartoon writers including Charlie Thorson . In those days,

6615-610: Is the pet rabbit of unseen character Sham-Fu the Magician. Two dogs, fleeing the local dogcatcher, enter the rabbit's absent master's house. The rabbit harasses them but is ultimately bested by the bigger of the two dogs. This version of the rabbit was cool, graceful, and controlled. He retained the guttural laugh but was otherwise silent. The rabbit's third appearance comes in Hare-um Scare-um (1939), directed again by Dalton and Hardaway. This cartoon—the first in which he

6750-516: The Black Forest , a cast member would welcome the guests and tell them that Bugs had invited them to join him in his search for a filming location, and also warned them about the dragons that resided in Germany. Guests would then get on 4 boats, each with 4 rows of 4 seats each, before being taken through an animatronic-filled ride. During the ride, Bugs was excited about finding a new shooting location. The guests would increasingly learn more about

6885-811: The Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle series, Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout , Bugs Bunny: Rabbit Rampage , Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble , Looney Tunes B-Ball , Looney Tunes Racing , Looney Tunes: Space Race , Bugs Bunny Lost in Time , Bugs Bunny and Taz Time Busters , Loons: The Fight for Fame , Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal , Scooby Doo and Looney Tunes: Cartoon Universe , Looney Tunes Dash , Looney Tunes World of Mayhem and MultiVersus . "Some people call me cocky and brash, but actually I am just self-assured. I'm nonchalant, im­perturbable, contemplative. I play it cool, but I can get hot under

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7020-565: The Pretzel Amusement Ride Company patented the first single-rail electric dark ride in 1928. Historically notable dark rides include Futurama at the 1939 New York World's Fair , and Pirates of the Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion at Disneyland . Modern attractions in this genre vary widely in technical sophistication. Smaller-scale rides often feature the same sorts of simple animation and sounds used since

7155-483: The 1930s and whose voice might be described as New York Irish . In Bugs' following cartoon Elmer's Pet Rabbit , Blanc created a completely new voice for Bugs, which sounded like a Jimmy Stewart impression, but the directors decided the previous Wild Hare voice was better. Though Blanc's best known character was the carrot-chomping rabbit, munching on the carrots interrupted the dialogue. Various substitutes, such as celery , were tried, but none of them sounded like

7290-454: The 1940s in shorts like the 1942 The Wacky Wabbit . This was notably exhibited in the 1953 short, Duck Amuck , in which Daffy Duck endures various humiliations at the hands of the unseen cartoonist, who in the end is revealed to be Bugs Bunny, who then says this line. The following are the various vocal artists who have voiced Bugs Bunny over the last 80-plus years for both Warner Bros. official productions and others: Mel Blanc voiced

7425-410: The 1988 live-action/animated comedy Who Framed Roger Rabbit , Bugs appeared as one of the inhabitants of Toontown. However, since the film was being produced by Disney , Warner Bros. would only allow the use of their biggest star if he got an equal amount of screen time as Disney's biggest star, Mickey Mouse . Because of this, both characters are always together in frame when onscreen. Roger Rabbit

7560-826: The Animals aired in 1976. From the late 1970s through the early 1990s, Bugs was featured in various animated specials for network television, such as Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet , Bugs Bunny's Easter Special , Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales , and Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over . Bugs also starred in several theatrical compilation features during this time, including the United Artists distributed documentary Bugs Bunny: Superstar (1975) and Warner Bros.' own releases: The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979), The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981), Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982), and Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988). In

7695-641: The Attractions Assistance Pass (AAS). The DAS pass allows guests to reserve a spot in an attraction's line, select a time to board the attraction, and return at their scheduled time. This allows guests who cannot physically wait in a trackless dark ride queue to still ride without being present at the queue, but still wait the same amount of time as other abled guests. Many trackless dark ride queues are tight, enclosed spaces for guests to wind through, which are often difficult for people with wheelchairs or other amenities to navigate. Moreover, as

7830-506: The Bugs animatronic. He was not well known internationally at the time for Looney Tunes voices, and the exposure from doing voices for Warner Bros. Movie World helped him get further voice credit with Warner Bros., and he went on to do narration voiceovers on George of the Jungle , George of the Jungle 2 , The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and others. The animatronic won Showtronix

7965-471: The Center of the Earth at Tokyo DisneySea , and Radiator Springs Racers at Disney California Adventure each use a slot car track rather than that of a roller coaster, but they provide a similar pairing of dark ride scenes with a high-speed thrill ride. Saw – The Ride at Thorpe Park features an enclosed dark section with strobe lighting and special effects, before the car enters the outdoor section of

8100-533: The Dark Forest ). In 2003, the head of the Speedy Gonzales animatronic in the pre-show was redesigned with an open mouth. Dark ride In its most traditional form, the term dark ride refers to ride-through attractions with scenes that use black lights, whereby visible light is prevented from entering the space, and only show elements that fluoresce under ultraviolet radiation are seen by

8235-540: The Groovie Goolies . He did, however, have two cameo appearances in the 1974 Joe Adamson short A Political Cartoon ; one at the beginning of the short where he campaigns on behalf of equal rights for cartoon characters everywhere, and another in which he is interviewed at a pet store, where he is on sale as an " Easter Rabbit ". Bugs was animated in this short by Mark Kausler. He did not appear in new material on-screen again until Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of

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8370-487: The Take it Back Foundation. This music video features various celebrities, including Pat Benatar , Natalie Cole , Charlie Daniels , Lita Ford , Quincy Jones , B. B. King , Queen Latifah , Kenny Loggins , Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller , Bette Midler , Randy Newman , Tone Lōc , Ozzy Osbourne , Brenda Russell , Al B. Sure! , Ricky Van Shelton , Barry White , and Stevie Wonder , along with Melba Moore as herself and

8505-659: The Warner Bros. Movie World on 3 June 1991 as Looney Tunes Studio - Journey into Fantasy , and was sponsored by the Nine Network . It was one of four attractions in the Looney Tunes Land section of the park. The ride later had its name changed to Looney Tunes Studio Tour. In 1995, Nine Network's sponsorship of the ride ended, and in December 1997, its name was changed to Looney Tunes River Ride alongside

8640-469: The animatronics in the pre-show, this time with a new set at the foot of the castle and joined by Bugs, who was directing the movie, while the dragon stuck his head out of a window in the castle. Bugs told the dragon to give a big roar, but the dragon did not want to due to having stage fright. The boats would stop at the unloading station, and the guests disembarked while Porky delivered his signature line, "Th-th-th-that's all, folks!" Looney Tunes River Ride

8775-437: The attractions’ floor keep the vehicles “on track” with a guiding master computer system telling the vehicles where to go. The earliest form of this technology existed in warehouses, where electric box lifts robotically moved across the floor to transport boxes. In addition, the technology has been used in autonomous vacuum robots that rely on motion sensors to freely roam the floor since 1996. The trackless dark ride system as it

8910-714: The boats, electric steam boilers, slimline tanks and sawed tree used in the Looney Tunes River Ride were put up for auction at Village Roadshow Studios . At Warner Bros. Movie World in Australia, a Speedy Gonzales animatronic from the end of the ride is used in Speedy Gonzales Tijuana Taxis . Porky Pig , Sylvester and Sylvester Jr. animatronics from the ride were used during Mrs Claus' Christmas Feast at White Christmas in December 2023. In Movie Park Germany, many elements of

9045-434: The character for 52 years, from Bugs' debut in the 1938 short Porky's Hare Hunt until Blanc's death in 1989. Blanc described the voice he created for Bugs in 1940's A Wild Hare as a combination of Bronx and Brooklyn accents; however, Tex Avery claimed that he asked Blanc to give the character not a New York accent per se , but a voice like that of actor Frank McHugh , who frequently appeared in supporting roles in

9180-444: The character was "Happy Rabbit." In the actual cartoons and publicity, however, the name "Happy" only seems to have been used in reference to Bugs Hardaway. In Hare-um Scare-um , a newspaper headline reads, "Happy Hardaway." Animation historian David Gerstein disputes that "Happy Rabbit" was ever used as an official name, arguing that the only usage of the term came from Mel Blanc himself in humorous and fanciful tales he told about

9315-631: The character's development in the 1970s and 1980s; the name "Bugs Bunny" was used as early as August 1939, in the Motion Picture Herald , in a review for the short Hare-um Scare-um . Thorson had been approached by Tedd Pierce , head of the story department, and asked to design a better look for the rabbit. The decision was influenced by Thorson's experience in designing hares. He had designed Max Hare in Toby Tortoise Returns (Disney, 1936). For Hardaway, Thorson created

9450-502: The collar. And above all I'm a very 'aware' character. I'm well aware that I am appearing in an animated car­toon....And sometimes I chomp on my carrot for the same reason that a stand-up comic chomps on his cigar. It saves me from rushing from the last joke to the next one too fast. And I sometimes don't act, I react. And I always treat the contest with my pursuers as 'fun and games.' When momentarily I appear to be cornered or in dire danger and I scream, don't be consoined – it's actually

9585-619: The country is The Haunted Mansion , first opened in Disneyland in Anaheim, California , on August 9, 1969. Interactive dark rides feature a component that allows riders to be involved in the attraction's story. The first interactive dark ride ever built is El Paso at the Belgium theme park Bobbejaanland . The vast majority of interactive dark rides are shooting dark rides, which require riders to aim and shoot at targets throughout

9720-632: The demonstration Bugs animatronics (including one designed by Heimo) in the ride. Some of Showtronix's staff would later join Sally Corporation in Jacksonville, Florida , who went on to design Looney Tunes animatronics for Six Flags Over Texas ' Yosemite Sam and the Gold River Adventure! in 1992. The German ride, Looney Tunes Adventure , was manufactured by Intamin and Australian Electric Vehicles. Its ride system

9855-535: The development of trackless technology is often overlooked. The Disney VR Studio, founded in 1992, allowed the exploration of virtual reality technology for theme park rides. Before its role in the development of the trackless system, the VR Studio used virtual prototypes to model attractions such as California Screamin’ at Disney's California Adventure Park. Disney has used virtual simulations to allow designers to experience roller coasters before they are built and as

9990-624: The duck in a rabbit suit". The white rabbit had an oval head and a shapeless body. In characterization, he was "a rural buffoon ". Mel Blanc gave the character a voice and laugh much like those he later used for Woody Woodpecker . He was loud, zany with a goofy, guttural laugh. The rabbit character was popular enough with audiences that the Termite Terrace staff decided to use it again. The rabbit comes back in Prest-O Change-O (1939), directed by Chuck Jones , where he

10125-416: The early 1980s, McKee, Ward, Cox and Chitty thought that no one had ever made life-sized three-dimensional versions of the Looney Tunes characters before. McKee supervised construction and artistic finish of the animatronics. Cox had to reconcile all of the poses from the individual character model sheets into a 3D sculpture that looked accurate from every angle. It turned out to be very difficult with quite

10260-475: The early 1990s television series Tiny Toon Adventures , as the principal of Acme Looniversity and the mentor of Babs and Buster Bunny . He made further cameos in Warner Bros.' subsequent animated TV shows Taz-Mania , Animaniacs , and Histeria! Bugs returned to the silver screen in Box-Office Bunny (1991). This was the first Bugs Bunny cartoon since 1964 to be released in theaters and it

10395-499: The end of Super-Rabbit (1943), Bugs appears wearing a United States Marine Corps dress blue uniform. As a result, the Marine Corps made Bugs an honorary Marine master sergeant . From 1943 to 1946, Bugs was the official mascot of Kingman Army Airfield , Kingman, Arizona , where thousands of aerial gunners were trained during World War II. Some notable trainees included Clark Gable and Charles Bronson . Bugs also served as

10530-563: The excitement. Although ever increasing investments are made in dark rides, empirical research in this area is relatively scarce. Based on a systematic literature review, a team of researchers from the University of Liechtenstein developed a model that illustrates the underlying effect mechanism that attendees of Dark Rides experience. The model suggests that "Storytelling" in Dark Rides influences an attendee's "emotional attachment" to

10665-579: The film (which was edited in following the success of A Wild Hare ). However, Bugs' voice and personality in this cartoon is noticeably different, and his design was slightly altered as well; Bugs' visual design is based on the earlier version in Candid Camera and A Wild Hare , but with yellow gloves, as seen in Hare-Um Scare-Um , and no buck teeth, has a lower-pitched voice and a more aggressive, arrogant and thuggish personality instead of

10800-647: The film, Avery asked Givens to remodel the rabbit. The result had a closer resemblance to Max Hare. He had a more elongated body, stood more erect, and looked more poised. If Thorson's rabbit looked like an infant, Givens' version looked like an adolescent. Blanc gave Bugs the voice of a city slicker. The rabbit was as audacious as he had been in Hare-um Scare-um and as cool and collected as in Prest-O Change-O . Immediately following on A Wild Hare , Bob Clampett 's Patient Porky (1940) features

10935-399: The first cartoon to be so honored, beating the iconic Mickey Mouse. The stamp is number seven on the list of the ten most popular U.S. stamps, as calculated by the number of stamps purchased but not used. The introduction of Bugs onto a stamp was controversial at the time, as it was seen as a step toward the 'commercialization' of stamp art. The postal service rejected many designs and went with

11070-640: The first five weeks before leaving for military service in World War II . Roger Armstrong illustrated the strip from 1942 to 1944. The creators most associated with the strip are writers Albert Stoffel (1947–1979) & Carl Fallberg (1950–1969), and artist Ralph Heimdahl , who worked on it from 1947 to 1979. Other creators associated with the Bugs Bunny strip include Jack Hamm , Carl Buettner, Phil Evans, Carl Barks (1952), Tom McKimson, Arnold Drake , Frank Hill, Brett Koth, and Shawn Keller. Like Mickey Mouse for Disney , Bugs Bunny has served as

11205-474: The first official Bugs Bunny cartoon. It is the first film where both Elmer Fudd and Bugs, both redesigned by Bob Givens , are shown in their fully developed forms as hunter and tormentor, respectively; the first in which Mel Blanc uses what became Bugs' standard voice; and the first in which Bugs uses his catchphrase, "What's up, Doc?" A Wild Hare was a huge success in theaters and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cartoon Short Subject . For

11340-417: The gate in the yard, you walk through the gate and up into the front room, the door is partly open and there's some guy shooting under your living room. So what do you do? You run if you have any sense, the least you can do is call the cops. But what if you come up and tap him on the shoulder and look over and say 'What's up Doc?' You're interested in what he's doing. That's ridiculous. That's not what you say at

11475-414: The genre's early days, while more ambitious projects feature complex animatronics , special effects and ride vehicles utilizing cutting-edge technology. To improve the effect and give a sense of journey, passages in dark rides frequently change direction. Sudden curves give a sense of disorientation and allow new scenes to surprise the rider. The rides may also feature sudden ascents or descents to further

11610-575: The guide that they could follow Bugs in an earth drill in Sound Stage 2 or go with the Tasmanian Devil down the hole. The guide would tell the Looney Tunes to follow Taz down the hole, and the guests were then moved into the giant earth drill on the set of a space movie in Sound Stage 2, where they were transported through the Earth to come out at Australia. Upon arrival, the guests would be welcomed to Australia by Snowy River Sam (played by

11745-433: The launch of Looney Tunes Village . On 30 June 1996, Looney Tunes Adventure opened with Warner Bros. Movie World in Germany as Looney Tunes Studio Tour , and was sponsored by Langnese . The ride was very similar to the version that opened in Australia. Langnese's sponsorship of the ride ended in 1997, and in 1998, the ride's name was changed to Looney Tunes Adventure . On 3 April 2004, Warner Bros. Movie World in Germany

11880-408: The mascot for Warner Bros. and its various divisions. According to Guinness World Records , Bugs has appeared in more films (both short and feature-length) than any other cartoon character, and is the ninth most portrayed film personality in the world. On December 10, 1985, Bugs became the second cartoon character (after Mickey) to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . He also has been

12015-561: The mascot for 530 Squadron of the 380th Bombardment Group, 5th Air Force , U.S. Air Force , which was attached to the Royal Australian Air Force and operated out of Australia's Northern Territory from 1943 to 1945, flying B-24 Liberator bombers. Bugs riding an air delivered torpedo served as the squadron logo for Marine Torpedo/Bomber Squadron 242 in the Second World War. Additionally, Bugs appeared on

12150-540: The mid-1930s, under Leon Schlesinger , Merrie Melodies started introducing newer characters. Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942) shows a slight redesign of Bugs, with less-prominent front teeth and a rounder head. The character was later reworked by Robert McKimson , then an animator in Clampett's unit, for Tortoise Wins by a Hare (1943), with more slanted eyes, longer teeth and a much larger mouth. The redesign at first

12285-450: The model sheet previously mentioned, with six different rabbit poses. Thorson's model sheet is "a comic rendition of the stereotypical fuzzy bunny". He had a pear-shaped body with a protruding rear end. His face was flat and had large expressive eyes. He had an exaggerated long neck, gloved hands with three fingers, oversized feet, and a "smart aleck" grin. The result was influenced by Walt Disney Animation Studios ' tendency to draw animals in

12420-412: The more primitive voice. Candid Camera' s Elmer character design is also different: taller and chubbier in the face than the modern model, though Arthur Q. Bryan 's character voice is already established. While Porky's Hare Hunt was the first Warner Bros. cartoon to feature what would become Bugs Bunny, A Wild Hare , directed by Tex Avery and released on July 27, 1940, is widely considered to be

12555-627: The most popular, yet break down the most often. Trackless dark rides often have some of the longest wait times at theme parks. Wait time data from Walt Disney World in 2022 shows that Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance has an average wait time of 127 minutes at Disney's Hollywood Studios park, whereas the average wait time for other Disney World, non-trackless attractions is just 36 minutes. Long wait times coupled with frequent ride stoppages can be vexing for guests, but may be well worth it to those who prefer trackless dark rides to other experiences. While some roller coasters may be indoors, simply enclosing

12690-661: The most profitable cartoon studio in the United States. In company with cartoon studios such as Disney and Famous Studios , Warners pitted its characters against Adolf Hitler , Benito Mussolini , Francisco Franco , and the Japanese . Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips (1944) features Bugs at odds with a group of Japanese soldiers. This cartoon has since been pulled from distribution due to its depiction of Japanese people. One US Navy propaganda film saved from destruction features

12825-524: The multi-$ 1,000,000 contract to design the animatronics for Warner Bros. Movie World in 1990, including the 89 animatronics (which used actuators and pneumatics) featured in Looney Tunes River Ride , and was sufficient to strip it away from German animatronic company Heimo and one other company. Unaware of Creative Presentations' Foghorn Leghorn animatronic for Six Flags Great America and Advanced Animations' (later Warner Technologies) Looney Tunes animatronics designed for Gadgets' The Looney Tunes Revue in

12960-477: The nose of B-24J #42-110157, in both the 855th Bomb Squadron of the 491st Bombardment Group (Heavy) and later in the 786th BS of the 466th BG(H), both being part of the 8th Air Force operating out of England. In 1944, Bugs Bunny made a cameo appearance in Jasper Goes Hunting , a Puppetoons film produced by rival studio Paramount Pictures . In this cameo (animated by McKimson, with Blanc providing

13095-421: The number of attractions that limit riders with disabilities increases. Most commonly, guests who are prohibited from riding are those who are too overweight for the ride vehicle to safely hold the guest's weight or prevent the safety harness from locking in place. Other ride restrictions include those who do not meet a certain height requirement or are too tall to clear the attractions’ set pieces, or those who lack

13230-466: The original cartoons. Bugs and Daffy are friends with Porky Pig in the series, although Bugs tends to be a better friend to Porky than Daffy is. Bugs also dates Lola Bunny in the show despite the fact that he finds her to be "crazy" and a bit too talkative at first (he later learns to accept her personality quirks, similar to his tolerance for Daffy). Unlike the original cartoons, Bugs lives in a regular home which he shares with Daffy, Taz (whom he treats as

13365-410: The park's defunct rides and attractions, including Looney Tunes Adventure ; production drawings for the ride can be found during the queue area, and the head of a Bugs Bunny animatronic is seen hiding in the window of a subway train among the film props. The ride began with guests queuing outside a white show building decorated as a movie studio and labelled "Stage 14". They would then be led into

13500-505: The prime-time television program The Bugs Bunny Show . This show packaged many of the post-1948 Warners cartoons with newly animated wraparounds. Throughout its run, the series was highly successful, and helped cement Warner Bros. Animation as a mainstay of Saturday-morning cartoons . After two seasons, it was moved from its evening slot to reruns on Saturday mornings. The Bugs Bunny Show changed format and exact title frequently but remained on network television for 40 years. The packaging

13635-454: The production to cease. The guests would then walk into the reception area, labelled "Sound Stages", where the guide would show them a light which indicated the production status. Since production had been stopped, the guests would proceed through a door to the next room, labelled "Sound Stages 2 and 3". This room was filled with animatronic Looney Tunes characters, three of whom ( Porky Pig , Elmer Fudd and Wile E. Coyote ) were looking down

13770-417: The reception area, where the guide would show them a light that indicated the production status. The guide would press a button, look surprised because he/she pressed the wrong one, and tell the guests that they should be able to come into Stage 1. He/she then got out a phone to contact the studio to receive approval to proceed to Stage 1, only to be told that Bugs is not present. The guests would proceed through

13905-661: The ride still exist to this day. A Tweety animatronic could be found in Ice Age Adventure when the ride first opened. A Wile E. Coyote animatronic is seen in the Roxy 4D-Kino 's entrance lobby for Looney Tunes 4-D: Starring Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote . Movie Park Studio Tour , an Intamin Multi Dimension Coaster that opened on 5 July 2021 in the same building as Ice Age Adventure (5 years after that ride's closure), contains various callbacks to

14040-550: The ride through the mediator of "Immersion". It is assumed that a person's prior knowledge about the ride's story and a person's cultural background have moderating effects on the relationship between "storytelling" and "immersion". Dark rides have a number of variations that are not necessarily mutually exclusive . In the United Kingdom , the Republic of Ireland , New Zealand , China and Australia , dark rides with

14175-723: The ride using handheld or vehicle-mounted light guns . Successfully shooting a target usually triggers special animation, such as flashing lights or moving the target. The more targets riders hit, the higher their scores at the end of the ride. The use of light guns varies between rides, from killing aliens on Men in Black: Alien Attack at Universal Studios Florida to calling turkeys on Gobbler Getaway at Holiday World & Splashin' Safari . The ride systems of conventional dark rides can be easily converted into shooting dark rides. Such conversions include Duel: The Haunted House Strikes Back! at Alton Towers (until 2023 when

14310-435: The ride was altered) and Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin at Disney's Magic Kingdom . The latter uses facilities that previously housed If You Had Wings , Delta Dreamflight , and Take Flight. A recent dark ride, Wonder Mountain's Guardian at Canada's Wonderland , has the world's longest interactive screen at over 500 feet (150 m). Among non-shooting interactive dark rides, Etnaland's award-winning Haunted School

14445-651: The ride's development. The ride's theming was designed by Botticelli's - Atelier der angewandten Malerei and Sanderson Group. Like Looney Tunes River Ride , Looney Tunes Adventure ' s first pre-show room's walls were themed after The Looney Tunes Characters . The pre-show rooms were painted by Atelier Botticelli's. The audio-animatronics featured in the ride were designed by Showtronix. Looney Tunes Adventure had more animatronics with moving eye pupils than Looney Tunes River Ride . The ride shared its water, maintenance pools and exit with Die Unendliche Geschichte - Auf der Suche nach Phantasien (now Excalibur - Secrets of

14580-755: The ride. Particularly in Disney-built or -influenced parks, a number of attractions use traditional dark-ride features, such as animatronics and theatrical lighting, but are not "dark rides" in that patrons do not board vehicles. Examples include the walk-through dioramas in Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle , and theater-based Disney attractions like Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln , The Hall of Presidents , The American Adventure and Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room . Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress (and its now-closed Disneyland replacement America Sings ) had four auditoriums that rotated audiences around

14715-611: The riders. The size of each room containing a scene or scenes is thus concealed, and the set designer can use forced perspective , Pepper's ghost and other visual tricks to create the illusion of distance. Typically, these experiences also use a series of opaque doors between scenes to further control riders' views within a space-constrained building. Prominent examples include Disneyland's Snow White's Scary Adventures , Pinocchio's Daring Journey , Peter Pan's Flight , Mr. Toad's Wild Ride and Alice in Wonderland , which all rely on

14850-570: The rivalry between Bugs and Daffy Duck. Jones' classic What's Opera, Doc? (1957), casts Bugs and Elmer Fudd in a parody of Richard Wagner 's Der Ring des Nibelungen . It was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 1992, becoming the first cartoon short to receive this honor. In the fall of 1960, ABC debuted

14985-412: The same film, Friz Freleng , Chuck Jones and Bob Clampett all claimed that Bugs' nonchalant carrot-chewing style came from a scene where Gable's character eats a carrot while talking. "'What's up Doc?' is a very simple thing. It's only funny because it's in a situation. It was an all Bugs Bunny line. It wasn't funny. If you put it in human terms; you come home late one night from work, you walk up to

15120-410: The same ride system used on the Looney Tunes River Ride . The ride system was designed by Australian Electric Vehicles and controlled by ASI systems from Anitech Systems Inc. The ride had easily spotted sensors that would trigger the animatronics' movements and voices when a boat passed them from below, and its fourteen boats catered for 16 riders distributed in rows of 4. It pumped 60,000 litres of water

15255-421: The stories were often the work of a group who suggested various gags, bounced them around and finalized them in a joint story conference." A prototype Bugs rabbit with some of the personality of a finalized Bugs, though looking very different, was originally featured in the film Porky's Hare Hunt , released on April 30, 1938. It was co-directed by Ben "Bugs" Hardaway and an uncredited director Cal Dalton (who

15390-476: The style of cute infants. He had an obvious Disney influence, but looked like an awkward merger of the lean and streamlined Max Hare from The Tortoise and the Hare (1935) and the round, soft bunnies from Little Hiawatha (1937). In Jones' Elmer's Candid Camera (1940), the rabbit first meets Elmer Fudd . This time the rabbit looks more like the present-day Bugs, taller and with a similar face—but retaining

15525-469: The trackless ride systems are complex and the vehicles run constantly, more ride breakdowns and stoppages occur. Due to the many elements of these attractions, breakdowns occur more frequently and take more time to address. Hollywood Studio's Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance had more than 540 unplanned stoppages in 2022, breaking down more than any other attraction at Walt Disney World that year. This can be frustrating for guests as trackless rides are some of

15660-528: The use of blacklights in almost every scene. The first dark rides appeared in the late 19th century and were called "scenic railways" and "pleasure railways". A popular type of dark ride commonly referred to as an old mill or tunnel of love used small boats to carry riders through water-filled canals. A Trip to the Moon began operation at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition . Marvin Rempfer and Leon Cassidy of

15795-463: The usual voice), Bugs (after being threatened at gunpoint) pops out of a rabbit hole, saying his usual catchphrase; after hearing the orchestra play the wrong theme song, he realizes "Hey, I'm in the wrong picture!" and then goes back in the hole. Bugs also made a cameo in the Private Snafu short Gas , in which he is found stowed away in the titular private's belongings; his only spoken line

15930-601: The voice had slight variations between the units. Bugs also made cameos in Avery's final Warner Bros. cartoon, Crazy Cruise . Since Bugs' fifth appearance in A Wild Hare , he appeared in color Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies films (making him one of the few recurring characters created for the series in the Schlesinger era prior to the full conversion to color), alongside Egghead, Inki , Sniffles , and Elmer Fudd (who actually co-existed in 1937 along with Egghead as

16065-527: The voice of Mel Blanc in "Tokyo Woes" (1945) about the propaganda radio host Tokyo Rose . He also faces off against Hermann Göring and Hitler in Herr Meets Hare (1945), which introduced his well-known reference to Albuquerque as he mistakenly winds up in the Black Forest of 'Joimany' instead of Las Vegas , Nevada . Bugs also appeared in the 1942 two-minute U.S. war bonds commercial film Any Bonds Today? , along with Porky and Elmer. At

16200-509: The voice of Tibi the Take it Back Butterfly, Dr. John as himself and the voice of Yakety Yak, Derrick Stevens as the voice of MC Skat Kat , and Squeak as the voice of Fatz. In 1996, Bugs and the other Looney Tunes characters appeared in the live-action/animated film, Space Jam , directed by Joe Pytka and starring NBA superstar Michael Jordan . The film also introduced the character Lola Bunny , who becomes Bugs' new love interest. Space Jam received mixed reviews from critics, but

16335-432: Was 8 millimetres smaller as an allowance for the 8 millimetres of fur that was going onto each part. This meant that the finished furred animatronic was the correct size, which meant the character likeness remained correct. Cox still has the demonstration Bugs animatronic and most of the other characters (or at least their heads) in his workshop. After the animatronics were built, Village Roadshow Theme Parks decided to use all

16470-462: Was a box office success (grossing over $ 230 million worldwide). The success of Space Jam led to the development of another live-action/animated film, Looney Tunes: Back in Action , released in 2003 and directed by Joe Dante . Unlike Space Jam , Back in Action was a box-office bomb , though it did receive more positive reviews from critics. In 1997, Bugs appeared on a U.S. postage stamp ,

16605-459: Was a common expression in his native Texas and that he did not think much of the phrase. Back then "doc" meant the same as " dude " does today. When the cartoon was first screened in theaters, the "What's up, Doc?" scene generated a tremendously positive audience reaction. Another catchphrase associated with the character's tendency to play the trickster is "Ain't I a stinker", an acknowledgement that he engages in unfair tactics. used as early as

16740-402: Was acquired by StarParks. This acquisition resulted in various Warner Bros. -licensed properties, including DC Comics and Looney Tunes , being removed from the park on 31 October 2004. On 19 March 2005, Movie Park Germany opened with Looney Tunes Adventure being rethemed to Ice Age Adventure . In early January 2011, as Looney Tunes River Ride had many ongoing technical problems and

16875-570: Was also one of the final productions in which Mel Blanc voiced Bugs (as well as the other Looney Tunes characters) before his death in 1989. Bugs later appeared in another animated production featuring numerous characters from rival studios: the 1990 drug prevention TV special Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue . This special is notable for being the first time that someone other than Blanc voiced Bugs and Daffy (both characters were voiced by Jeff Bergman for this). Bugs also made guest appearances in

17010-420: Was continuously featured in comic books for more than 40 years, from 1941 to 1983, and has appeared sporadically since then. Bugs first appeared in comic books in 1941, in Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics #1, published by Dell Comics . Bugs was a recurring star in that book all through its 153-issue run, which lasted until July 1954. Western Publishing (and its Dell imprint) published 245 issues of

17145-447: Was controlled by ASI systems from Anitech Systems Inc., and had easily spotted sensors that would trigger the animatronics' movements and voices in the ride when a boat passed them from below. Looney Tunes Adventure and another Warner Bros. Movie World in Germany attraction, Das Bermuda Dreieck (now Area 51 - Top Secret ), utilised the same ride system. The ride's eleven boats catered for 12 riders distributed in rows of 4, and offered

17280-486: Was created for Bugs' 50th anniversary celebration. It was followed by (Blooper) Bunny , a cartoon that was shelved from theaters, but later premiered on Cartoon Network in 1997 and has since gained a cult following among animation fans for its edgy humor. Later that year, Bugs appeared in Yakety Yak, Take it Back , a live-action/animated all-star public service music video produced by Warner Bros. Animation for

17415-539: Was designed by Greg McKee, Matt Ward, John Cox and Chris Chitty in a few weeks. Cox initiated and proposed to make a character to demonstrate to the executives at Warner Bros., so he made the Bugs animatronic's sculpts and shells from his own money. McKee, Ward and Chitty made the animatronic components in an abandoned machine workshop in Roseville, using some of their unused stock of leftover air cylinders from previous projects. They contacted Keith Scott directly to voice

17550-457: Was later completely different, with each cartoon simply presented on its own, title and all, though some clips from the new bridging material were sometimes used as filler. Bugs did not appear in any of the post-1964 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies films produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises or Seven Arts Productions , nor did he appear in Filmation 's Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet

17685-422: Was only used in the films created by Clampett's unit, but in time it was taken up by the other directors, with Freleng and Frank Tashlin the first. McKimson would use another version of the rabbit by Jean Blanchard until 1949 (as did Art Davis for the one Bugs Bunny film he directed, Bowery Bugs ) when he started using the version he had designed for Clampett. Jones came up with his own slight modification, and

17820-492: Was originally designed by Village Roadshow Theme Parks for Warner Bros. Movie World in Australia. Sanderson Group and Natureworks designed and installed the ride's entrance, queue areas, theming (including the earth drill) and special effects . Alan Griffith Architect formed a strong working relationship with Warner Bros. International Recreation Enterprises on the ride. Village Roadshow Theme Parks had previously opened Lassiter's Lost Mine at Sea World in 1987, which utilised

17955-571: Was out of date, Warner Bros. Movie World announced that the ride would close on 14 February 2011 until further notice. Towards the end of the month, the closing date was preponed to 1 February 2011. On 1 February 2011, the ride was permanently closed, and its queue area was converted into a viewing area for the Road Runner Roller Coaster . It was later confirmed that the Looney Tunes River Ride would be replaced with Junior Driving School on 12 September 2014. On 10 December 2012,

18090-459: Was responsible for the initial design of the rabbit). This cartoon has an almost identical plot to Avery's Porky's Duck Hunt (1937), which had introduced Daffy Duck . Porky Pig is again cast as a hunter tracking a silly prey who is more interested in driving his pursuer insane and less interested in escaping. Hare Hunt replaces the little black duck with a small white rabbit. According to Friz Freleng , Hardaway and Dalton had decided to "dress

18225-465: Was showing in 1931. It was rebuilt in 1936 and has remained unchanged since. Blackpool Pleasure Beach is also home to Valhalla , a large indoor dark ride. In Australia, a dark ride is named The Ghost Train at Luna Park, Melbourne , and a similarly-named ride was destroyed by fire in 1979 at Luna Park Sydney . The concept is also popular in the United States . One notable ghost train from

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