Super Rabbit

Super Rabbit is the 52nd episode and series finale of The Looney Tunes Show. This episode aired in Canada on 3 November 2013, and was leaked and found online on 2 November 2013, from an Australian recording recorded from the channel GO! The episode finally debuted in the United States on 31 August 2014.^[1] Not to be confused with Super-Rabbit the 1943 Merrie Melodies short directed by Chuck Jones.

Plot[]

Daffy Duck needs to sell some stuff to buy Tina a birthday gift. He decides to sell a carrot jewel that belonged to Bugs. Daffy asks Bugs why he wants to keep it. Bugs tells Daffy that he's not an Earthling nor is name really Bugs, it's Kalel and that he's from the planet Crypton (with a C not a K). He also tells him he's really Super Rabbit, former hero of Metropolis.

In the flashback, Bugs explains that he used to be a superhero and that he fought supervillains from near and far. Super Rabbit enjoys his life as a superhero, the praises, the parades, the celebrations, and the attention.

One day, Super Rabbit battles a villain named "Braniac" and foils his plan to shrink Metropolis and turn it into a tiny town.

The next night, Super Rabbit is attending a party the citizens are throwing for him, when Lex Luthor interrupts and wrecks havoc. Super Rabbit removes his robotic suit and swings it out into outer space, which proves to be a big mistake.

Many years ago on Crypton, Super Rabbit's father banished an evil villain known as Zod and his evil minions, Faora and Thunkian from the planet for endangering the entire planet. Zod vows to destroy Super Rabbit and rule the universe.

Thanks to Super Rabbit's carelessness, the villains are freed from their evil prison and are given superpowers and go down to Metropolis to get rid of Super Rabbit.

On Earth, the citizens are throwing Super Rabbit a parade and Zod and his cronies arrive and easily beat Super Rabbit. Super Rabbit surrenders to Zod and Zod has taken over Metropolis and put Super Rabbit to shame.

Depressed, Super Rabbit goes to see his father in the Arctic for advice. Jor-El tells Bugs that he deserved to lose because he has become a show off, an egomaniac, and villains come to Metropolis because of him. Super Rabbit realizes what he has done and now he must find a way to stop Zod by getting rid of Faora and the robot by using his brain.

Super Rabbit dresses up as a reporter, but Zod and Faora are not fooled by the disguise. Faora tries to kill Super Rabbit but he convinces Faora to leave Zod and he does the same for Thunkian. Now, Zod is on his own and battles Super Rabbit on his own and is defeated. Zod, Faora, and Thunkian in a new prison and they leave Earth forever. Klalel also quits being a superhero because he has learned that power corrupts unless it's tampered by humility.

It is implied that Bugs made up this entire story, to distract Daffy from his true secret identity of Bat Rabbit.

Availability[]

(2020) DVD
Looney Tunes: Parodies Collection

Cast[]

Tina Russo appears in this episode, but has no lines.

Notes[]

• Despite being the final episode broadcast, it is the penultimate episode produced for the show.
• This is the only crossover in the series, in this case with the DC Universe.
• Bugs Bunny says one of his signature catchphrases dressed as Bat-Rabbit: "Ain't I a stinka?" Along with that, he says another one of his signature catchphrases: "What a maroon!"
• This is the only episode of season two to be aired during 2014.
• Bugs Bunny's origin story sequence is animated by Digital eMation while a normal life version is animated by Rough Draft Korea.
• This is so far the only episode of the second season to be released on DVD. It was included as part of the Looney Tunes: Parodies Collection in 2020.
• Super-Rabbit was used back in a 1943 Merrie Melodies short directed by Chuck Jones titled the same name barring the hyphen (-).

Gallery[]

Bugs Bunny as BatRabbit

Daffy Duck as Zod

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