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[Elmer Fudd shoots Daffy and makes his face go upside-down]
Daffy:
Whatha-matter? Everythingth upside-down. That'th strange. Can't make headth or tailth outa anything.
Bugs:
[pulls out 1000 Ways to Cook A Duck book] Filet of Duck Bordelaise Maitre d'Butter. Yum-yum.
Bugs:
Duck Polonaise Under Glass. Mmm-mm.
[Daffy pulls out 1000 Ways to Cook a Rabbit book]
Daffy:
Rabbit au Gratin de Gelatin under tooled leather. Oh, drool-drool.
Bugs:
Barbecued Duck Meat with Broiled Duck Bill Milanese. Yummy-yum.
Daffy:
Chicken Fried Rabbit with Cottontail Sauce braised in carrots. Mm-mmm.
Bugs:
Fer shame, doc. Huntin' wabbits wit an elephant gun.
Elmer Fudd:
Ewephant gun?
Bugs:
Yeah, so why don't ya shoot yourself an elephant?
Elephant:
You do and I'll give you SUCH a pinch.
[Whacks Elmer into ground]
Bugs:
Say, Doc. Are you trying to get in trouble with the law? This ain't rabbit hunting season.
Elmer Fudd:
It's not?
Bugs:
No, it's duck hunting season.
Daffy:
That, sir, is an unmitigated fabrication. It's rabbit season.
Bugs:
Duck Season.
Daffy:
Rabbit Season.
Bugs:
Duck Season.
Daffy:
Rabbit Season.
Bugs:
Duck Season.
Daffy:
Rabbit Season.
Bugs:
Rabbit Season.
Daffy:
Duck Season.
Bugs:
Rabbit Season.
Daffy:
I say it's *duck* season... and I say *fire*!
Bugs:
Shush! Be very very quiet. We're hunting Elmers.
Daffy:
Heheheheheh!
Daffy:
[disguised as Bugs] Eh, what's up, Doc? Having any luck with those ducks? It's duck season, you know.
Bugs:
[disguised as Daffy] Just a darn minute. Where do you get that duck season stuff?
Daffy:
Says so right over there on that sign, if you're so smart.
[the sign reads "rabbit season"]
Daffy:
You know what to do with that gun, Doc.
[Elmer shoots Daffy]
Daffy:
[to Bugs] You're despicable.
Elmer Fudd:
I'm sowwy, guys, but I'm a vegetawian. I hunt onwy for the sport of it. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Bugs:
Oh, yeh! Well, der's udder sports besides huntin', ya know!
Daffy:
Anyone for tennis?
[Elmer shoots Daffy]
Daffy:
Nice game!
Elmer Fudd:
[pulls rifle trigger] Well, what do you know. No more bulwets.
Bugs:
No more bulwets?
[to Daffy]
Bugs:
Hey, Laughing Boy, no more bulwets!
Daffy:
No more bulwets?
[snatches shotgun]
Daffy:
Here, let me see that thing.
[looks into shaft]
Daffy:
Hmm.
[bang!]
Elmer Fudd:
Well, what do you know? One bulwet left!
Bugs:
One bulwet left?
[to Daffy]
Bugs:
Hey, Laughing Boy, there was...
Daffy:
I know, I *know*!
Daffy:
Survival of the fittest... and besides, it's fun.
Bugs:
[as a lady hunter] Oh, how simply dreadful. You poor little man. Did I hurt you with my naughty gun?
Elmer Fudd:
Aw, shucks. Well, I... He-he-he-he!
[Daffy, as a hunting dog, bites Elmer in the leg]
Elmer Fudd:
Yeow!
Bugs:
Gypsy, you naughty bow-wow. Stop that.
Daffy:
Yes, you're despicable, and... and picable... and... and you're definitely, definitely despicable. How a person can get so despicable in one lifetime is beyond me. It isn't as though I haven't met a lot of people. Goodness knows it isn't that. It isn't just that... it isn't... it's... it's despicable.
Followed by
Rabbit Seasoning (1952)
Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1953)
Edited into
The Great American Chase (1979)
Referenced in
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
- Variation of "duck season.rabbbit season" gag when Eddie Valiant tries to get Roger to drink.
Box-Office Bunny (1990)
- "Hunting Trilogy" homages
(Blooper) Bunny! (1991)
- The Bugs/Daffy/Elmer argument is Greg Ford's homage to the Hunting Trilogy
Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers (1992)
Dogma (1999)
Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time (1999) (VG)
- The "rabbit season" "duck season" level reference
"That '70s Show: Hunting (#2.13)" (2000)
- Eric and Hyde does the "rabbit season/duck season" exchange after Red reading in the newspaper about it being close to deer season.
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
- opening scene
Behind the Tunes: Man from Wackyland - The Art of Bob Clampett (2004) (V)
- Poster is shown
Daffy Duck for President (2004) (V)
- References the whole rabbit/duck season conflict
Behind the Tunes: Crash! Bang! Boom! - The Wild Sounds of Treg Brown (2004) (V)
- Referenced by title
Behind the Tunes: A Hunting We Will Go - Chuck Jones' Wabbit Season Twilogy (2005) (V)
- Referenced by name
Featured in
Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee Starring Daffy Duck (1985) (V)
- This entire (or most of) this cartoon is included in this compilation video.
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986) (TV)
- A clip is shown
Rover Dangerfield (1991)
- Rover watches it.
Behind the Tunes: Blanc Expressions (2003) (V)
- A clip is shown
Behind the Tunes: Bugs - A Rabbit for All Seasonings (2003) (V)
- A clip is shown
Behind the Tunes: Forever Befuddled (2003) (V)
- A clip is shown
Behind the Tunes: A Hunting We Will Go - Chuck Jones' Wabbit Season Twilogy (2005) (V)
- Clips are shown
Spoofed in
"The Fairly OddParents: Channel Chasers: Part 3 (#4.15)" (????)
- When travelling through TV, Timmy visits a spoof of this show called "Rabbid Rabbit" which mimics the basic premise, animation and music.
"Family Guy: The Story on Page 1 (#2.19)" (2000)
- Someone gives Meg a bomb, it explodes and a daffy duck beak appears on her head but on the back. She says in a Daffy Duck impression "of course you realise this means war" and marches off to similar music to this short film. It parodies a bit where Daffy Duck is shot in this short including the same line of dialogue.
The Fairly OddParents in: Channel Chasers (2004) (TV)
- characters enter a spoof of this Warner Bros. Looney Toons classic