Bugs Bunny 147 Whats Opera, Doc

What s Opera, Doc is a 1957 American animated cartoon comedy musical short in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Chuck Jones for Warner Bros. Cartoons. The screen pans on the silhouette of a mighty Viking arousing ferocious lightning storms, but then zooms in to reveal that it is only Elmer Fudd in armor (as the demigod Siegfried). Elmer sings his signature line Be vewy qwiet, I m hunting wabbits in wecitative (recitative), before he finds wabbit twacks (rabbit tracks) and arrives at Bugs Bunny s hole. We watch as Elmer jams his spear into Bugs hole to Kill the wabbit Kill the wabbit Kill the wabbit Bugs sticks his head out of another rabbit hole, and, appalled, sings his signature line What s up, doc to the theme of Siegfried s horn call from the Ring Cycle. He asks Elmer how he will kill the rabbit, then taunts Elmer about his spear and magic helmet.