Elmer Fudd Gets His Gun Back in HBO Max's Looney Tunes Revival

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Bugs Bunny needs to be extra careful as his longtime nemesis Elmer Fudd is once again packing heat. Last year, the revival series Looney Tunes Cartoons premiered on HBO Max to further continue the feud between the wisecracking rabbit and the wascally wabbit hunter. Based on concerns over cartoon characters using firearms in children's programming, both Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam had their guns taken away for the first season of the Looney Tunes revival.

This week, Looney Tunes Cartoons returned for another season on HBO Max. For better or for worse, the decision was made to give Mr. Fudd his guns back, and it wasn't long before he put them to use. In the "Rotund Rabbit" segment of the season's sixth episode, Elmer Fudd goes back to his roots by chasing after Bugs Bunny with his old hunting rifle. He shoots at the speedy rabbit, but because Bugs is so fast, the bullet stops itself in midair before announcing, "That's it, I quit!" The bullet then puts on a hat and storms off with its briefcase.

"New Looney Tunes Cartoons out today! Now with guns!" tweeted the show's executive producer Pete Browngardt, including a video clip of the scene in question.

This could be seen as good news for fans of Pepe Le Pew left saddened by the cartoon skunk's removal from Space Jam: A New Legacy. Although original director Terence Nance had planned for Pepe to appear in the sequel, Malcolm D. Lee had the character completely scrubbed when he took over the project, and the skunk isn't seen in so much as a cameo. The decision was met with widespread controversy that was only exacerbated when the Droogs from A Clockwork Orange were spotted in the trailer.

[lame54]

1. Does he have to wait 5 days?

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2. He presumably purchased it some time ago, in anticipation of wabbit season.

[roamer65]

4. Duck season!

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5. Fire!

[roamer65]

7. ...

[Clash City Rocker]

3. "Now with guns"?

I don’t mind Elmer having a gun, especially since he’s so inept at using it, but it’s a slightly disturbing thing to brag about.

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6. Better than a scythe. That was just....weird.

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8. I can never, ever watch Elmer Fudd again without thinking of the late great Robin Williams

I miss him horribly

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9. I'm sorry.

I always thought that Yosemite Sam elevating himself off the ground by shooting both pistols in their holsters was one of the funniest things he did. That and 'climbing the Smatterhorn' to win the 50,000 gold Kronkites, and 'whoa mule' and 'whoa camel' and ...