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Ballot Box Bunny is a 1951 Merrie Melodies short directed by Friz Freleng and written by Warren Foster.

Plot[]

Yosemite Sam is running for mayor of a small town saying "There's enough fresh air and sunshine in this great country of ours for everybody- and I'll see to it, that you'll get your share!"). Bugs Bunny is underneath the podium drinking carrot juice when Sam makes a pledge to make good on his previous promise to rid the town "of every last rabbit" if elected. Bugs then decides he needs to fight against Sam by running against him for mayor.

Bugs proceeds to quickly try and win the townspeople over (including referencing Theodore Roosevelt's famous "I speak softly, but carry a BIG stick!" quote). However, Sam, declaring that he speaks loud and carries "a bigger stick, and I use it too!" has more than a few tricks up his sleeve. He steals Bugs' cigar stand, sends a boxful of army ants to steal all of Bugs' food, and rigs explosives (in, for instance, a piano and by the front door of Bugs' campaign office), all of which backfire on him. A campaign slogan seen on a pro-Bugs banner says that the candidate is "Loyal, Lovable, Literate." (Bugs switches his "SMELLO" cigars with five-cent ATOM Explosive Cigars {"You Will Get A BANG Out Of This"}, hides a dynamite stick in a watermelon, pretends that a pretty girl called Emma who loves Sam is at his door, and misplays the piano tune on purpose to infuriate Sam, who plays it right and falls for his trap for the fourth time.)

In the end, because they were too busy fighting with each other, they don't notice until it is too late that the election has been won by a surprise candidate. The truth of the matter was that the townsfolk didn't actually want a "mayor", they wanted a literal "dark horse" type of candidate: a chestnut-colored mare! The two then play a game of Russian Roulette. Bugs shoots himself, but misses and Sam gets shot in the head, leaving Sam angry and saying "I hate that rabbit!" (see "Censorship" note below for more information about the ending).

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Notes[]

  • Most of this cartoon was used in the TV special, Bugs Bunny: All American Hero.
  • The "Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms" Exploding Piano Gag would later be reused in "Show Biz Bugs" (1957) and "Rushing Roulette" (1965).
  • The "dark horse" election as the new mayor is a pun joke; The term of "dark horse" refers to one who receives unexpected support as a candidate for the nomination in a political convention.
  • Unlike most cartoons, Bugs drinks carrot juice instead of munching on a carrot.

Goofs[]

When Bugs plays two distinctly different sour notes each time, he is striking the exact same key.

Censorship[]


  • In addition to the ending cut made by The Merrie Melodies Show, FOX, ABC, The WB, and the pre-2011 Cartoon Network and Boomerang, Nickelodeon altered the part in which Bugs plays his "juteybox" (read: Bugs' marching one-man band) and Sam shoots him by having Bugs' marching played in a loop and Sam yelling, "Shut off that juteybox! I can't hear myself a-speechin'" over the looped shot, followed by a cut to Sam saying: "Now, where was I?". This edit makes it seem that Bugs merely stopped because Sam told him to rather than be forced to do it by use of firearms.[1]

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Preceded by
His Hare Raising Tale
Bugs Bunny Cartoons
1951
Succeeded by
Big Top Bunny


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Media
Franchises: Show-logo-looneyTunesMerrie Melodies logo

Shorts:
Television: The Bugs Bunny ShowThe Porky Pig ShowThe Road Runner ShowThe Merrie Melodies ShowSylvester and TweetyThe Daffy Duck ShowThe Daffy/Speedy ShowLooney Tunes on NickelodeonMerrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny and FriendsThat's Warner Bros.!Bugs N' Daffy
Feature Films: The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner MovieThe Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny MovieBugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit TalesDaffy Duck's Fantastic IslandDaffy Duck's QuackbustersSpace JamThe Looney Tunes Hall of FameLooney Tunes: Back in Action
Specials: Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie GhouliesCarnival of the AnimalsBugs Bunny's Easter FunniesBugs Bunny in SpaceBugs Bunny's Howl-o-Ween SpecialA Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's CourtBugs Bunny's ValentineBugs Bunny's Looney Christmas TalesHow Bugs Bunny Won the WestThe Bugs Bunny Mother's Day SpecialBugs Bunny's Thanksgiving DietDaffy Duck's Easter SpecialBugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All OverThe Bugs Bunny Mystery SpecialDaffy Duck's Thanks-For-Giving SpecialBugs Bunny: All American HeroBugs Bunny's Mad World of TelevisionAn Ounce of PreventionBugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video StarsBugs Bunny's Wild World of SportsHappy Birthday Bugs! 50 Looney YearsBugs Bunny's Overtures to DisasterBugs Bunny's Creature FeaturesBugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes

Characters
Main characters: Barnyard DawgBeaky BuzzardBugs BunnyCecil TurtleCharlie DogClaude CatDaffy DuckElmer FuddFoghorn LeghornGossamerGrannyHector the BulldogHenery HawkHippety HopperHubie and BertieLola BunnyMac and ToshMarc Anthony and PussyfootMarvin the MartianMichigan J. FrogMiss PrissyPenelope PussycatPepé Le PewPete PumaPorky PigRalph WolfRoad RunnerSam SheepdogSpeedy GonzalesSylvesterSylvester Jr.TazThe CrusherTweety BirdWile E. CoyoteWitch HazelYosemite Sam

Minor characters: Blacque Jacque ShellacqueBoskoThe CrusherGiovanni JonesYoyo DodoTasmanian She-DevilMelissa DuckHugo the Abominable SnowmanSpike and ChesterNasty CanastaThe GremlinPrivate SnafuPetunia PigPlayboy PenguinShropshire SlasherCount BloodcountMama BuzzardColonel ShuffleEgghead Jr.Owl JolsonToro the BullRocky and MugsyMinah BirdInkiBeansLittle KittyHam And ExOliver OwlPiggyGabby GoatBuddyHoneySlowpoke RodriguezThe Three BearsFoxyK-9A. FleaSnifflesConstruction WorkerFrisky PuppyRalph MouseHoney BunnyRoxyThe Martin BrothersRalph PhillipsClyde BunnyFauntleroy FlipDr. I.Q. HiGruesome GorillaSloppy MoeHatta MariBusinessmanThe WeaselWiloughbyThe Two Curious PuppiesCool CatBabbit and CatstelloInstant MartiansBobo the ElephantColonel RimfireSmokey The GenieJose and ManuelMerlin the Magic Mouse and Second BananaConrad the CatAngus MacRoryBanty RoosterThree Little PigsTom TurkeyGoopy GeerNelly the GiraffeAla BahmaDr. LorreCottontail SmithBunny and ClaudeClaude HopperThe Hep CatThe Drunk StorkThe CatSinging CatSouthern SheriffOld Woman's CanaryOld Woman's CatBluebeardPorky's Drunken FriendsOld WomanLittle Red Riding Hood's Grandma • Little Red Riding Hood (Little Red Walking Hood/Little Red Riding Rabbit/Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears) • Goldilocks (The Bear's Tale/Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears) • The CrowKing ArthurKing Arthur's Knights

Studios
Warner Bros. CartoonsDePatie-Freleng EnterprisesFormat FilmsChuck Jones EnterprisesReel FX
People
Dave BarryWarren BatchelderMel BlancTed BonnicksenArthur Q. BryanBill ButlerBob ClampettRuss DysonMilt FranklynFriz FrelengManny GouldGeorge GrandpreKen HarrisHugh HarmanRochelle HudsonRudolf IsingUb IwerksChuck JonesCarman MaxwellNorman McCabeChuck McKimsonRobert McKimsonTom McKimsonWillian LavaLou LillyMichael MalteseTedd PierceHawley PrattTom RayVirgil RossLeon SchlesingerRob ScribnerEddie SelzerCarl StallingLarry Storch
Music/Songs
A Hot Time in the Old Town TonightWhistle and Blow Your Blues AwayI Think You're DuckyThe Merry-Go-Round Broke DownMerrily We Roll Along
Other


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1930s (Happy Rabbit)
Porky's Hare HuntPrest-O Change-OHare-um Scare-um
1940s
Elmer's Candid CameraA Wild HareElmer's Pet RabbitTortoise Beats HareHiawatha's Rabbit HuntThe Heckling HareAll This and Rabbit StewWabbit TwoubleThe Wabbit Who Came to SupperThe Wacky WabbitHold the Lion, PleaseBugs Bunny Gets the BoidFresh HareThe Hare-Brained HypnotistCase of the Missing HareTortoise Wins by a HareSuper-RabbitJack-Wabbit and the BeanstalkWackiki WabbitFalling HareLittle Red Riding RabbitWhat's Cookin' Doc?Bugs Bunny and the Three BearsBugs Bunny Nips the NipsHare Ribbin'Hare ForceBuckaroo BugsThe Old Grey HareStage Door CartoonHerr Meets HareThe Unruly HareHare TriggerHare ConditionedHare TonicBaseball BugsHare RemoverHair-Raising HareAcrobatty BunnyRacketeer RabbitThe Big SnoozeRhapsody RabbitRabbit TransitA Hare Grows in ManhattanEaster YeggsSlick HareGorilla My DreamsA Feather in His HareRabbit PunchBuccaneer BunnyBugs Bunny Rides AgainHaredevil HareHot Cross BunnyHare SplitterA-Lad-In His LampMy Bunny Lies Over The SeaHare DoMississippi HareRebel RabbitHigh Diving HareBowery BugsLong-Haired HareKnights Must FallThe Grey Hounded HareThe Windblown HareFrigid HareWhich Is WitchRabbit Hood
1950s
Hurdy-Gurdy HareMutiny on the BunnyHomeless HareBig House BunnyWhat's Up Doc?8 Ball BunnyHillbilly HareBunker Hill BunnyBushy HareRabbit of SevilleHare We GoRabbit Every MondayBunny HuggedThe Fair-Haired HareRabbit FireFrench RarebitHis Hare-Raising TaleBallot Box BunnyBig Top BunnyOperation: RabbitFoxy by Proxy14 Carrot RabbitWater, Water Every HareThe Hasty HareOily HareRabbit SeasoningRabbit's KinHare LiftForward March HareUpswept HareSouthern Fried RabbitHare TrimmedBully for BugsLumber Jack-RabbitDuck! Rabbit, Duck!Robot RabbitCaptain HareblowerBugs and ThugsNo Parking HareDevil May HareBewitched BunnyYankee Doodle BugsBaby Buggy BunnyBeanstalk BunnySahara HareHare BrushRabbit RampageThis is a Life?Hyde and HareKnight-mare HareRoman Legion-HareBugs' BonnetsBroom-Stick BunnyRabbitson CrusoeNapoleon Bunny-PartBarbary-Coast BunnyHalf-Fare HareA Star Is BoredWideo WabbitTo Hare Is HumanAli Baba BunnyBedeviled RabbitPiker's PeakWhat's Opera, Doc?Bugsy and MugsyShow Biz BugsRabbit RomeoHare-Less WolfHare-Way To The StarsNow, Hare ThisKnightly Knight BugsPre-Hysterical HareBaton BunnyHare-Abian NightsApes of WrathBackwoods BunnyWild and Woolly HareBonanza BunnyA Witch's Tangled HarePeople Are Bunny
1960s
Horse HarePerson to BunnyRabbit's FeatFrom Hare to HeirLighter Than HareThe Abominable Snow RabbitCompressed HarePrince ViolentWet HareBill of HareShishkabugsDevil's Feud CakeThe Million HareHare-Breadth HurryThe UnmentionablesMad as a Mars HareTransylvania 6-5000Dumb PatrolDr. Devil and Mr. HareThe Iceman DuckethFalse Hare
1970s-present
Bugs Bunny's Christmas CarolThe Fright Before ChristmasPortrait of the Artist as a Young BunnySpaced Out BunnyBox-Office BunnyBlooper BunnyInvasion of the Bunny SnatchersCarrotblancaFrom Hare to EternityDaffy Duck for PresidentHare and Loathing in Las Vegas
See also
Happy Rabbit


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Volumes
Volume 1Volume 2Volume 3Volume 4Volume 5Volume 6 (Final)
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1

Disc 1 - Best of Bugs Bunny
Baseball BugsRabbit SeasoningLong-Haired HareHigh Diving HareBully for Bugs
What's Up Doc?Rabbit's KinWater, Water Every HareBig House BunnyBig Top Bunny
My Bunny Lies Over The SeaWabbit TwoubleBallot Box BunnyRabbit of Seville

Disc 2 - Best of Daffy and Porky
Duck AmuckDough for the Do-DoDrip-Along DaffyScaredy CatThe Ducksters
The Scarlet PumpernickelYankee Doodle DaffyPorky ChopsThe Wearing of the GrinDeduce, You Say
Boobs in the WoodsGolden YeggsRabbit FireDuck Dodgers in the 24½th Century

Disc 3 - Looney Tunes All-Stars Part 1
Elmer's Candid CameraBugs Bunny and the Three BearsFast and Furry-ousHair-Raising HareThe Awful Orphan
Haredevil HareFor Scent-imental ReasonsFrigid HareThe Hypo-Chondri-CatBaton Bunny
Feed the KittyDon't Give Up the SheepBugs Bunny gets the BoidTortoise Wins by a Hare

Disc 4 - Looney Tunes All-Stars Part 2
Canary RowBunker Hill BunnyKit for CatPutty Tat TroubleBugs and Thugs
Canned FeudLumber JerksSpeedy GonzalesTweety's S.O.S.The Foghorn Leghorn
Daffy Duck HuntEarly to BetA Broken LeghornDevil May Hare


Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2

Disc 1 - Bugs Bunny Masterpieces
The Big SnoozeBroom-Stick BunnyBugs Bunny Rides AgainBunny HuggedFrench Rarebit
Gorilla My DreamsThe Hare-Brained HypnotistHare ConditionedThe Heckling HareLittle Red Riding Rabbit
Tortoise Beats HareRabbit TransitSlick HareBaby Buggy BunnyHyde and Hare

Disc 2 - Road Runner and Friends
Beep, BeepGoing! Going! Gosh!Zipping AlongStop! Look! And Hasten!Ready, Set... ZOOM!
Guided MuscleGee Whiz-z-z-zThere They GO-GO-GO!Scrambled AchesZoom and Bored
Whoa, Be-Gone!Cheese ChasersThe Dover BoysMouse WreckersA Bear for Punishment

Disc 3 - Tweety & Sylvester and Friends
Bad Ol' Putty TatAll a Bir-r-r-rdRoom and BirdTweet Tweet TweetyGift Wrapped
Ain't She TweetA Bird in a Guilty CageSnow BusinessTweetie PieKitty Kornered
Baby BottleneckOld GloryThe Great Piggy Bank RobberyDuck Soup to NutsPorky in Wackyland

Disc 4 - Looney Tunes All Stars Part 3: On Stage and Screen
Back Alley OproarBook RevueA Corny ConcertoHave You Got Any Castles?Hollywood Steps Out
I Love to SingaKatnip KollegeThe Hep CatThree Little BopsOne Froggy Evening
Rhapsody RabbitShow Biz BugsStage Door CartoonWhat's Opera, Doc?You Ought to Be in Pictures


Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3

Disc 1 - Bugs Bunny Classics
Hare ForceHare RemoverHare TonicA Hare Grows in ManhattanEaster Yeggs
The Wabbit Who Came to SupperBowery BugsHomeless HareCase of the Missing HareAcrobatty Bunny
Wackiki WabbitHare DoRebel RabbitHillbilly HareDuck! Rabbit, Duck!


Disc 2 - Hollywood Caricatures and Parodies
Daffy Duck in HollywoodHollywood CapersThe Coo-Coo Nut GrovePorky's Road RaceThe Woods Are Full of Cuckoos
She Was an Acrobat's DaughterThe Film FanSpeaking of the WeatherThugs with Dirty MugsGoofy Groceries
Swooner CroonerWideo WabbitThe Honey-MousersThe Last Hungry CatThe Mouse That Jack Built

Disc 3 - Porky and the Pigs
I Haven't Got a HatPorky's RomancePorky's PartyPorky in EgyptPorky and Teabiscuit
Pigs is PigsPigs in a PolkaPorky Pig's FeatDaffy Duck Slept HereBye, Bye Bluebeard
An Egg ScrambleRobin Hood DaffyThe Windblown HareClaws for AlarmRocket Squad


Disc 4 - Looney Tunes All Stars Part 4: Cartoon Party
Daffy Duck and the DinosaurSuper-RabbitDaffy Duck & EggheadA Gruesome TwosomeDraftee Daffy
Falling HareSteal WoolBirds AnonymousNo BarkingRabbit Punch
An Itch in TimeOdor-able KittyWalky Talky HawkyGonzales' TamalesTo Beep or Not to Beep


Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4

Disc 1 - Bugs Bunny Favorites
Roman Legion-HareThe Grey Hounded HareRabbit HoodOperation: RABBITKnight-mare Hare
Southern Fried RabbitMississippi HareHurdy-Gurdy HareForward March HareSahara Hare
Barbary-Coast BunnyTo Hare Is Human8 Ball BunnyKnighty Knight BugsRabbit Romeo

Disc 2 - A Dash of Tashlin
The Case of the Stuttering PigLittle Pancho VanillaLittle Beau PorkyNow That Summer Is GonePorky in the North Woods
You're an EducationPorky's RailroadPlane DaffyPorky the FiremanCracked Ice
Puss n' BootyI Got Plenty of MuttonBooby HatchedPorky's Poultry PlantThe Stupid Cupid

Disc 3 - Speedy Gonzales in a Flash
Cat-Tails for TwoTabasco RoadTortilla FlapsMexicali ShmoesHere Today, Gone Tamale
West of the PesosCannery WoeThe Pied Piper of GuadalupeMexican BoardersChili Weather
A Message to GraciasNuts and VoltsPancho's HideawayThe Wild ChaseA-Haunting We Will Go

Disc 4 - Kitty Korner
The Night WatchmanConrad the SailorThe Sour PussThe Aristo-CatDough Ray Me-ow
Pizzicato PussycatKiss Me CatCat FeudThe Unexpected PestGo Fly a Kit
Kiddin’ the KittenA Peck o' TroubleMouse and GardenPorky's Poor FishSwallow the Leader

Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5

Disc 1 - Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck
14 Carrot RabbitAli Baba BunnyBuccaneer BunnyBugs' BonnetsA Star Is Bored
A Pest in the HouseTransylvania 6-5000Oily HareStupor DuckThe Stupor Salesman
The Abominable Snow RabbitThe Super SnooperThe Up-Standing SitterHollywood DaffyYou Were Never Duckier

Disc 2 - Fun-Filled Fairy Tales
Bewitched BunnyPaying the PiperThe Bear's TaleFoney FablesGoldimouse and the Three Cats
Holiday for ShoestringsLittle Red Rodent HoodLittle Red Walking HoodRed Riding HoodwinkedThe Trial of Mr. Wolf
The Turn-Tale WolfTom Thumb in TroubleTweety and the BeanstalkA Gander at Mother GooseSeñorella and the Glass Huarache

Disc 3 - Putting a Bob Clampett on It
Bacall to ArmsBuckaroo BugsCrazy CruiseFarm FrolicsHare Ribbin'
Patient PorkyPrehistoric PorkyThe Bashful BuzzardThe Old Grey HareThe Wacky Wabbit
The Wise Quacking DuckWagon HeelsThe Daffy DocA Tale of Two KittiesPorky's Pooch

Disc 4 - The Early Daze
Alpine AnticsEatin' on the CuffMilk and MoneyI've Got to Sing a Torch SongPorky at the Crocadero
Polar PalsScrap Happy DaffyPorky's Double TroubleGold Diggers of '49Pilgrim Porky
Wise QuacksPorky's PreviewPorky's Poppa (Has a Farm)Wholly SmokeWhat Price Porky

Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6

Disc 1 - Looney Tunes All Stars (Part 5)
Hare TriggerTo Duck....or not To DuckThe Birth of a NotionMy Little DuckarooCrowing Pains
Raw! Raw! Rooster!Heaven ScentMy Favorite DuckJumpin' JupiterSatan's Waitin'
Hook, Line and StinkerBear FeatDog Gone SouthA Ham in a RoleOften an Orphan
Bonus Cartoons: Sniffles Takes a TripHippety HopperRabbit RampageBoyhood Daze

Disc 2 - Patriotic Pals
Herr Meets HareRussian RhapsodyDaffy - The CommandoBosko the DoughboyRookie Revue
The Draft HorseWacky BlackoutThe DucktatorsThe Weakly ReporterThe Fifth-Column Mouse
Meet John DoughboyHollywood Canine CanteenBy Word of MouseHeir-ConditionedYankee Dood It
Bonus Cartoons: The Fighting 69½thHop and GoConfusions of a Nutzy Spy

Disc 3 - Bosko, Buddy & Merrie Melodies
Congo JazzSmile, Darn Ya, Smile!The Booze Hangs HighOne More TimeBosko's Picture Show
You Don't Know What You're Doin'!We're in the MoneyRide Him, Bosko!Shuffle Off to BuffaloBosko in Person
The Dish Ran Away with the SpoonBuddy's Day OutBuddy's Beer GardenBuddy's CircusA Cartoonist's Nightmare
Bonus Cartoons: I Love a ParadeI Like Mountain MusicSittin' on a Backyard FenceHow Do I Know It's Sunday

Disc 4 - Most-Requested Assorted Nuts & One-Shots
Horton Hatches the EggLights FantasticFresh AiredaleChow HoundThe Oily American
It's Hummer TimeRocket-bye BabyGoo Goo GoliathWild WifeMuch Ado About Nutting
The Hole IdeaNow Hear ThisMartian Through GeorgiaPage Miss GloryNorman Normal
Bonus Cartoons: Sleepy Time PossumPunch TrunkBartholomew Versus the WheelWild Wild World
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