Rabbit Fire

Rabbit Fire (1951)

7 continuity mistakes - chronological order

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Directed by: Chuck Jones

Starring: Mel Blanc

Genres: Animated, Family, Short

Continuity mistake: When Bugs (dressed as a female hunter) walks up to Elmer after nearly hurting him with her gun, Elmer hides his rifle behind his back, which subsequently disappears.

Continuity mistake: When Bugs (in a female hunter's costume) shoots the hat off Elmer's head, you can see there are footprints on the ground. But when Bugs walks up to Elmer, the footprints have disappeared.

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the cartoon, Daffy uses fake footprints to lure Elmer to Bugs' home and you can see there are footprints outside the hole when Daffy walks off. But when Bugs emerges from the hole, the footprints have disappeared.

Continuity mistake: When Bugs and Daffy arrive back at Bugs' home after Elmer shot Daffy, Bugs takes off his flippers and Daffy takes off his cotton tail and you can see the items are on the ground when Bugs reaches inside his home. But when we see Bugs and Daffy a few shots later, the items have disappeared.

Continuity mistake: Bugs' home has a mailbox outside of it for most of the cartoon, but when Bugs and Daffy run into his home when on the chase from Elmer, the mailbox has disappeared.

Continuity mistake: When Bugs is reading his cook book, you can see the book in close-ups has "1000 Ways to Cook a Duck" on the front cover. In other shots, the words are missing.

Continuity mistake: When Elmer realises there are no more bullets in his gun, you can see there is a tree behind Bugs. But when we see Bugs in the next shot, the tree has disappeared.

Continuity mistake: When Bugs is reading his cook book, you can see the book in close-ups has "1000 Ways to Cook a Duck" on the front cover. In other shots, the words are missing.

More mistakes in Rabbit Fire

Bugs: Say, doc, are you trying to get yourself in trouble with the law? This ain't wabbit huntin' season.
Elmer Fudd: It's not?
Bugs: No, it's duck huntin' season.
Daffy: That, sir, is an in-mitigated frab-rication. It's wabbit season.
Bugs: Duck season.
Daffy: Wabbit season.
Bugs: Duck season.
Daffy: Wabbit season.
Bugs: Duck season.
Daffy: Wabbit season.
Bugs: Wabbit season.
Daffy: Duck season.
Bugs: Wabbit season.
Daffy: I say it's duck season. And I say fire.

More quotes from Rabbit Fire

Trivia: When Elmer turns around and finds an elephant behind him, the elephant says, "I'll give you such a pinch." This was one of the catchphrases of Stinky, Joe Besser's juvenile character on The Abbott and Costello Show.

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