Elmer Fudd

Elmer J. Fudd is an animated <a href="/facts/Cartoon/24v34f3m">cartoon</a> character in the <a href="/facts/Warner_Bros./JRF3lhQ6">Warner Bros.</a> <a href="/facts/Looney_Tunes/GA22TKT4">Looney Tunes</a>/<a href="/facts/Merrie_Melodies/CACQ4o5f">Merrie Melodies</a> series and the <a href="/facts/Archenemy/BHrDgquk">archenemy</a> of <a href="/facts/Bugs_Bunny/fvL9p40t">Bugs Bunny</a>. Elmer Fudd's aim is to hunt Bugs, but he usually ends up seriously injuring himself and other antagonizing characters. He exhibits the <a href="/facts/Speech_sound_disorder/KVsNxh8t">speech sound disorder</a> known as rhotacism, replacing his Rs and Ls with Ws thus referring to Bugs Bunny as a "scwewy" (screwy) or "wascawwy (rascally) wabbit." Elmer's signature catchphrase is, "Shhh. Be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits", as well as his trademark laugh.
The best known Elmer Fudd cartoons include <a href="/facts/Chuck_Jones/j3Hx1Sut">Chuck Jones</a>' work <a href="/facts/What%2527s_Opera%2c_Doc%253F/jaNJqHRk">What's Opera, Doc?</a>, the <a href="/facts/Gioachino_Rossini/sVKQoHhR">Rossini</a> parody <a href="/facts/Rabbit_of_Seville/LMnsyD8Y">Rabbit of Seville</a>, and the "Hunting Trilogy" of "Rabbit Season/Duck Season" shorts (<a href="/facts/Rabbit_Fire/I5xMWMF3">Rabbit Fire</a>, <a href="/facts/Rabbit_Seasoning/Uzj6pSkp">Rabbit Seasoning</a>, and <a href="/facts/Duck!_Rabbit%2c_Duck!/N3U528s4">Duck! Rabbit, Duck!</a>) with Fudd, Bugs Bunny, and <a href="/facts/Daffy_Duck/V76lGYVq">Daffy Duck</a>. An earlier prototype of character named Elmer had some of Fudd's recognizable aspects before the character's more conspicuous features were set.

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Elmer Fudd