Home » Entertainment » TV » Cartoons

Looney Tunes Elmer Fudd

Ranked #19,224 in Entertainment, #234,542 overall

Elmer Fudd

Among the most popular and endearing Looney Tunes characters of all times is none other than Elmer Fudd.

Though his antics are often aimed at another fan favorite, Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd has been making audiences of all ages laugh since his introduction in the 1940 Merrie Melodies classic, Elmer's Candid Camera.

For generations Fudd has entertained as he has appeared with Bugs, Daffy Duck and many of the other larger than life characters that Looney Tunes is known for.

Photo used under Creative Commons from Joe Shlabotnik

Elmer Fudd Egghead

Cartoon historians believe that Elmer Fudd emerged from an earlier character named Egghead created by Tex Avery in 1937. Similar to Fudd in appearance, Egghead also had a very round, almost swollen looking nose and had many of the same mannerisms as Elmer Fudd would eventually be given.

After several shorts, Egghead began to appear less frequently as a new character, Elmer Fudd, began to emerge. Fudd's nose was depicted as slightly smaller, but the style of clothing each character wore was strikingly similar.

Earlier features also depict Elmer Fudd as one who is quite fond of the pre Bugs Bunny prototypes and even adopts the rabbit as a pet before the two grow to become arch rivals. Eventually, episodes revolve around the blundering schemes of Elmer Fudd as he attempts to hunt a witty Bugs Bunny who outsmarts him every time.
Looney Tunes Classics Elmer Fudd Bobblehead

Looney Tunes Classics Elmer Fudd Bobblehead

Amazon Price: $10.99 (as of 06/02/2012)Buy Now
List Price:

Elmer Fudd Candid Camera

powered by Youtube

Hunting Wabbits

With a noted speech impediment that jumbles the R, L and W sounds, Elmer is notorious for "hunting wabbits" instead of "hunting rabbits".

Part of Elmer Fudd's charm has always been that, though he intends to hunt rabbits and the occasional duck, he appears harmless, dim-witted and even childlike at times.

Early on, Fudd's wacky speech pattern not only appeared to fit his scatterbrained personality, but audiences found amusement every time he had a funny speech impaired line to deliver. Because of this, writers deliberately gave him dialogue that would make comedic use of his impediment whenever possible.

Audiences are easily entertained by such scenes as the slow Fudd creeping through the forest with a double-barreled shotgun in hand as Bugs Bunny creeps up behind him munching on a carrot and casually asks his famed, "What's up, Doc?" question only for a clueless Elmer Fudd to reply that he is "hunting wabbits".
Loading

Elmer Fudd's Voice

The original voice of Elmer Fudd was performed by Arthur Q. Bryan, although Mel Blanc provided voiceover work in Bryan's stead when the radio actor's work was deemed too expensive for the 1950 The Scarlet Pumpernickel short where only a single line needed to be delivered.

Blanc performed the Elmer Fudd voice a second time in the 1958 hit Pre-Hysterical Hare as it has long been presumed Bryan did not provide the work because of the musician's union strike that same year. When Bryan died in 1959, Hal Smith began providing voiceover for Elmer Fudd. However, after three cartoon shorts Elmer Fudd was temporarily retired and it was Bryan's voice that stuck with audiences.

During the 70s and 80s Fudd began to resurface and Mel Blanc regularly resumed his voice over contributions in a series of new roles that included shorts, feature films and television specials. Between 1989 and the present, Fudd's voice has been dubbed by other artists, such as Jeff Bergman, Greg Burson, Billy West, Quinton Flynn, Noel Blanc (the son of Mel Blanc) and Chris Edgerly.
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Series 1: Elmer Fudd

Looney Tunes Golden Collection Series 1: Elmer Fudd

Amazon Price: $29.99 (as of 06/02/2012)Buy Now
List Price:

Looney Tunes Elmer Fudd

One of Elmer Fudd's most notable appearances was in Merrie Melodies' 1957 short What's Opera Doc?, which is one of the rare times in which Fudd was able to outsmart Bugs Bunny.

In 1994, What's Up Doc? was honored with the number 1 spot of the 50 greatest cartoons ever by 1000 members in the animation field. Other works in which Fudd was critically acclaimed include Rabbit of Sevile and Hunting Trilogy, which includes Rabbit Seasoning, Rabbit Fire, and Duck, Rabbit, Duck! In all of these Fudd is paired with the likes of Bugs Bunny or Daffy Duck, which remain fellow superstars in the Looney Tunes ensemble.

Having appeared in multiple hit shorts since his 1940 debut, younger generations have also enjoyed Elmer Fudd in television specials throughout the 1970s and the 1980s and he had a cameo appearance in Steven Spielberg's 1988 hit Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

In 1996 he appeared as a team member of the TuneSquad in Space Jam. Fudd has appeared in The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries, has played an Acme Looniversity teacher in Tiny Toon Adventures, appeared in Duck Dodgers and has had cameo appearances on Animaniacs.

As one of the most memorable characters in cartoon history, Elmer Fudd continues to entertain, delight and offer audiences an opportunity to laugh every time his character graces the small or large screen.

More Looney Tunes

Loading

Vote For Your Favourite Looney Tunes And Merrie Melodies Character

This poll is set amongst all our pages relating to the Looney Tunes or Merrie Melodies cartoons and their characters, it also can be shared via RSS or as a widget to just about anywhere on the web so therefore this poll reflects voting from any of these sources

1

Vote Up
Vote Down

Bugs Bunny

6 points

2

Vote Up
Vote Down

Sylvester the cat

4 points

3

Vote Up
Vote Down

Tweety Bird

4 points

4

Vote Up
Vote Down

Daffy Duck

3 points

5

Vote Up
Vote Down

Wile-E-Coyote

3 points

6

Vote Up
Vote Down

Road Runner

3 points

7

Vote Up
Vote Down

Pepe Le Pew

3 points

8

Vote Up
Vote Down

Taz

2 points

9

Vote Up
Vote Down

Yosemite Sam

2 points

10

Vote Up
Vote Down

Porky Pig

1 point

11

Vote Up
Vote Down

Elmer Fudd

1 point

12

Vote Up
Vote Down

Foghorn Leghorn

1 point

13

Vote Up
Vote Down

Honey Bunny

0 points

created by oneskms

Even More Looney Tunes

Loading

Vote For Your Favourite Looney Tunes And Merrie Melodies Memory

This poll is set amongst all our pages relating to the Looney Tunes or Merrie Melodies cartoons and their characters, it also can be shared via RSS or as a widget to just about anywhere on the web so therefore this poll reflects voting from any of these sources

Evolution of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Rings

1

Vote Up
Vote Down

Evolution of Looney... 1 point

Merrie Melodies A Corny Concerto

2

Vote Up
Vote Down

Merrie Melodies A Co... 1 point

Original Bugs Bunny "Falling Hare" (High Quality)

3

Vote Up
Vote Down

Original Bugs Bunny... 1 point

Tweety Merrie Melodies Tale of Two Kitties 1942

4

Vote Up
Vote Down

Tweety Merrie Melodi... 0 points

LOONEY TUNES AND MERRIE MELODIES INTROS

5

Vote Up
Vote Down

LOONEY TUNES AND MER... 0 points

Merrie Melodies "Confederate Honey" (1940)

6

Vote Up
Vote Down

Merrie Melodies &quo... 0 points

Merrie Melodies "Dog Gone South" (1950)

7

Vote Up
Vote Down

Merrie Melodies &quo... 0 points

Merrie Melodies "Bars and Stripes Forever" (1939)

8

Vote Up
Vote Down

Merrie Melodies &quo... 0 points

Looney Tunes Golden & Spotlight Collection V6

9

Vote Up
Vote Down

Looney Tunes Golden... 0 points

created by oneskms

Looney Tunes And Merrie Melodies

Loading

Wabbit Us Some Feedback

Please feel free to leave your mark, you don't have to be a registered squidoo user - we have our guestbook set for anyone to post a message.
Also please consider, while signing or viewing our guestbook, visiting either make a wish foundation websites by clicking the links below and help make someone, less fortunate, dreams come true

Make a wish in the United KingdomMake-A-Wish Foundation UK - granting magical wishes to children and young people fighting life-threatening illnesses

Unfortunatelywe are unable to offer a banner for the second link but the
Make-A-Wish Foundation of America can be found HERE


Anyone not yet a squidoo member please feel free to use the banner below to go to the sign up page

Check out squidoo

  • kimmanleyort Sep 4, 2009 @ 1:55 pm | delete
    I noticed that puddy-tat Vlad has not commented on this lens. Very good job on it!
Show All

Oneskms On Squidoo

If you like our page please use the bookmark button, below, to add this page to your favourite bookmarking service. This button supports over 100 of the top bookmarking services, including lensrolling to a squidoo lens !

Share/Save/Bookmark



Alternatively if you would like to subscribe to our updates here on squidoo via our squidcasts RSS feed please use the subscribe button, below, this button supports over 70 RSS feed readers

Subscribe

Loading

Elmer Fudd On The Blogosphere

Mike Smith helps keep Phoenix Coyotes from having to say 'That's all, folks ...
LOS ANGELES?During the first period on Sunday afternoon, the Jumbotron at Staples Center showed a fan with a sign depicting Elmer Fudd, wearing a Kings crown, shooting Wile E. Coyote. Putting aside the fact that those two Looney Tunes characters are ...
Happy Birthday, Mel Blanc - 'What's Up Doc?'
But ask them about Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Woody Woodpecker, Tweety Bird, Wile E. Coyote, Pepe Le Pew, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, and Barney Rubble and children's ears will pick right up. These names are all very familiar to ...
What's up, Mel?
... the cartoon industry; other characters voiced by Blanc include Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Woody Woodpecker (especially the laugh), Tweety Bird, Wile E. Coyote, Pepe Le Pew, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Barney Rubble, Dino and many more.
Have-a-tatt for humanity
Sorry, but for a guy my age, the Tasmanian devil will always be Looney Tunes rather than artistic in the same way Elmer Fudd singing ?I killed the wabbit!? will never be operatic. That's especially true when the tattooed person has their ?Taz? ...
Powered by Google

by

oneskms

A big thank you to all who have joined my fan club, rated any of my lenses or helped me in any way... more »

Feeling creative? Create a Lens!

Explore related pages

Related Tags