Rebel Rabbit

Bugs Bunny learns that foxes have a $50 bounty and bears have $75, while rabbits have a two-cent bounty. He becomes offended and vows to prove that a rabbit can be more obnoxious than any other animal.

Bugs has himself mailed to Washington, D.C., to confront the game commissioner. The official explains the low bounty by arguing that rabbits are harmless while foxes and bears damage property.

In Washington, Bugs declares his plan to challenge the government with direct action and pranks to prove his point. He aims to show that rabbits can be more obnoxious than any other animal.

Bugs attacks a guard on the leg with his own billy club, kicking off his campaign of mischief. He begins the long list of escalating stunts that follow.

Bugs renames Barney Baruch's private bench to Bugs Bunny bench, a petty but symbolic act against officials. The stunt signals his willingness to poke at those in power.

Bugs paints barbershop pole stripes on the Washington Monument, turning a national symbol into a satirical target. The prank draws attention as his actions spread.

He rewires the lights in Times Square to spell out a message for all to see. The stunt demonstrates his ability to manipulate public spaces and the media.

Bugs travels to Buffalo and shuts down Niagara Falls, revealing a faucet above and barrels beneath the water. The spectacle embodies his claim that he can disrupt natural landmarks.

He sells the entire island of Manhattan back to the Native Americans, then strolls through it in a feathered headdress and peace pipe, joking about the sale and his price.

Bugs saws Florida off from the rest of the country, quipping that South America can take it away. The stunt riffs on national borders and cartoonish geography.

Bugs heads to Panama and swipes all the locks off the Panama Canal, celebrating with the line that he has them. The act showcases his audacious control over crucial waterways.

In Arizona, Bugs fills up the Grand Canyon, illustrating the scale of his pranks and the absurd lengths of his campaign.

A bombastic congressman-type figure appears, and Bugs emerges from the hat to mock him. The War Department mobilizes, with tanks, soldiers, cavalry, jet planes, and bugles as news of the action spreads.

Bugs, now successful in provoking a nationwide response, dives into a foxhole as artillery shells explode around him. He wonders aloud whether he may have carried the prank too far.

The scene cuts to Alcatraz Island where Bugs, in a jail cell, mutters that perhaps it is all over. The final joke closes the audacious campaign with a wry shrug.