A character in Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)

Bugs Bunny quotes from Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)

2nd most-quoted character in Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003): in 20 of its 47 quotes
Most scenes with: Daffy (14), Kate (9), D.J. (3)

Scenes with Bugs Bunny

20 scenes
Bugs
[D.J., Kate, Bugs, and Daffy approach a dead end]

Eh, just a suggestion, but all those in favor of not hittin' that wall, say "aye".

D.J. and Kate

AYE!!!

Mother!

Spy car computer

Taking you to Mother!
[the car takes to the sky before it can hit the wall]

[Kate and Bugs drive through the streets of Las Vegas, looking for Daffy.]

There's gotta be 314 hotels and 142 casinos in Las Vegas! We are never gonna find that duck.

Bugs
[Suddenly, Daffy runs into the street and is promptly plastered onto the windshield. Kate gasps.]

Hee-hee. Daff never misses a cue.

Bugs
[D.J. arrives, peels off Daffy, and tosses him into the back seat, upside down, next to Bugs.]

Eh, what's up, Duck?

Don't you start with me.

D.J.
[D.J. notices Kate in the driver's seat of the car]

You!

You!

[to Bugs]

You!

Bugs

Him?

Her!

Bugs
[just before the heroes' flying car crashes, it stops a few feet above the desert ground]

Ha! Outta gas.

[fade to black]

What?! It doesn't work like that!

Bugs
[Cut back to car, which smashes into the ground; fade to black again]

Thanks, Toots.

D.J.
[In the desert, D.J. spots a Wal-Mart store, rippling in the heat]

Hey, look at that!

Bugs

Is it a mirage, or just product placement?

Who cares? With shopping convenience at such low prices!

[Daffy runs toward the image.]

Water! Fresca! Mountain Dew! Your product name here! Woo-hoo-hoo!

DJ
[to Kate]

Is this your idea?

[She opens her mouth to object, then gets defensive.]

The audience expects it. They don't even notice this kind of thing anymore.

Bugs
[D.J. shares his disappointed look with the audience; later, the intrepid adventurers depart the desert Wal-Mart with beverages]

Nice of Wal-Mart to provide these Wal-Mart beverages in retoin for us saying "Wal-Mart" so many times.

Bugs
[Wile E. Coyote observes the heroes trudging through the desert.]

I told ya we shoulda made that left toin at Albuqwirky.

Don't start that again!

[At the Louvre, as Daffy grabs the playing-card lens, Elmer Fudd jams his shotgun into the back of Daffy's head.]

I'll take that!

Bugs

Em, what gives, Doc? We made thoity-five pictures together.

Well, as it tuwns out, I'm secwetwy evil.

[snorts]

That's showbiz for ya!

Now, make with the card, so I can pwease my dark masters!

Bugs
[After Elmer Fudd leaps out of La Grande Jatte (by pointillist Georges Seurat), Bugs reads to him from a museum guide.]

Pointillism. A technique using individual dots of pigment, which, taken together... [whips out a pocket electric fan] ...make an image. [turns on the fan.]

Aw, crud! [Elmer's dots start to disperse, until only his shoes are left.]
Bugs (to audience): I think, when you go to the movies, you should learn somethin'.
[Daffy is busy redrawing himself.]

[From behind, we see the elephant come upon a picturesque lost city in the jungle.]

What a fantastic view!

Bugs

Unless you're in the audience, in which case you've been staring at an elephant's behind for thoity seconds.

Marvin
[Outside the ACME satellite, Marvin the Martian (who Bugs and Daffy previously almost got rid of) holds an ACME Bubble Gun on Bugs.]

You tricked me!

Bugs

Eh, what's up, Darth?

Hold everything. [looking over the script] "Daffy gets blasted." Mm-hmm. Page 7: "Daffy gets blasted." Uh-huh. Page 8: "Daffy gets blasted again!" [to the boardroom members, Kate Houghton, and the Warner Bros.] What's the matter with you people? We can't do this kind of stuff anymore. [to the Warner Bros.] The Brothers Warner, show biz legends like me shouldn't have to play stooge… to that long-eared, carrot-chomping, overbite-challenged—

Bugs Bunny

Eh, what's up, doc? [to the boardroom members] Hi, Bobby. How's your wife? Great nose job, Chuck. Thanks, goils. Good rug, Mel. Never wouldv'e guessed it. [to Daffy] Eh, pardon me.

The pleasure is mine.

Bugs Bunny
[to the Warner Bros.]

Warner Brothers, I think Daff's right. Maybe I'll take a vacation. [shows the boardroom members his wallet full of photos of his many relatives] Go visit my five hundred and foity-two nieces and nephews.

[to Daffy]

Mr. Duck, excuse me, I'm sorry. I don't see how we can have a Bugs Bunny movie without Bugs Bunny.

Oh, my. Heavens, no. You can't have a Bugs Bunny movie without Bugs Bunny. And if you don't mind me asking, who's glorified personal assistant are you?

Kate Houghton, Vice President Comedy.

Oh. Right. [Looks down to see his hands on ice]

[to his brother about Kate]

Kate did Lethal Weapon Babies.
Mr. Warner's Brother: Finally. A Lethal Weapon that I can take my grandchildren to see.

[to the boardroom members]

Gentlemen, check your phones. [shows Daffy a green bar graph chart accompanied by Bugs' picture next to it on each boardroom member's phone] Our current research shows that Bugs Bunny is a core asset that appeals to male and female audiences both young and old alike throughout the universe, [the graph chart switches to a red bar graph chart accompanied by a 2D sprite of Daffy on it, which crashes in the ground as the graph goes down] while your fanbase is limited down to angry fat guys in basements.

Yeah, but... but... [to the boardroom members] Aw, come on, fellas! I'm thrice the entertainer the rabbit is!

[indicating Daffy in hand]

Miss Houghton!

Camera crew
[as a result of the Batmobile crashing into the Warner Bros. studio water tower, it starts to overturn in front of D.J., Kate, Bugs, and Daffy]

Get out of the way! Watch out!

Bugs Bunny
[the water tower overturns, dousing Kate and Bugs and their car in water]

Well, what do you know? I've found Nemo.

[to DJ, about Kate]

I think she likes you.

[turns around, and looks at D.J. and Daffy with an angry look on her face]

Oops!

Security Guard
[cut to a close-up view of D.J.'s right arm, as a security guard's hand rips the Warner Bros. Studios badge off of D.J.'s right sleeve] [to D.J.]

Your father would be so ashamed of you.

But I was... it was...
[the main gate shuts tight behind D.J. as he walks away]

Porky Pig
[Porky Pig and Speedy Gonzales chat and have lunch in the cafeteria] [to Speedy]

Eh, at first they tell me to lose the stutter. Now they tell me I'm not funny! [sighs] It's a pain in the butt, being p-p-p-politically correct.

Speedy Gonzales

You're telling me.

Shaggy
[pan over to Shaggy and Scooby-Doo sitting across a table from Matthew Lillard, who portrayed Shaggy in the live-action adaptation; Shaggy is chastizing Lillard for his performance]

What kind of performance do you call that?! You made me sound like a total space cadet, man!

Matthew Lillard

I'm sorry you feel that way. I was just trying to be real to your character.

Shaggy

If you, like, goof on me in the sequel, I'm coming after you!

Scooby-Doo

Yeah! And I'll give you a Scooby Sna-AAAAAARRRRLLL!

[Lillard flinches as Scooby snarls; pan over to Kate and Bugs discussing an upcoming Bugs Bunny film] [to Bugs]

There are a few areas of the script I think we need to address. There's no heart, no cooperation, nobody learns anything...

Bugs Bunny
[as Sam Sheepdog and Ralph Wolf both enter the cafeteria, and then sit down at a nearby table]

Daffy learns not to stick his head in a jet engine.

He's gone.

Bugs Bunny

No, Daffy always comes back. I just tell him how much I need him. We hug, we cry, I drop somethin' heavy on him, I laugh.

The duck is history, okay? [calms down, as Ralph attempts to eat a sheep with a fork, but Sam stops him] So, the question is, how can we help you reposition your brand identity? Answer, we'll team you up with a hot female co-star.

Bugs Bunny

Usually, [spins around and dresses up in a woman's dress, wig, and makeup, and then speaks in a falsetto voice] I play the female love interest.

Michigan J. Frog
[at a nearby table, Michigan J. Frog sees Bugs in drag, and then attracts her with his singing and dancing] [to Bugs, singing]

Hello, my baby. Hello, my honey. Hello, my ragtime gal.

[to Bugs, as Michigan continues singing]

Okay, about the cross-dressing thing. In the past, funny. Today, disturbing.

Bugs Bunny
[as he takes off the dress, and the wig]

Listen, lady, if you don't find a rabbit wearing lipstick amusing, you and I have nothin' to say to each other.

[gets serious]

Look, I'm trying to be nice, but I was brought in to leverage your synergy! And I'm not going to let you, or some wacky duck...

Bugs Bunny
[wipes the makeup off his face]

Daffy.

Wacky, daffy, nutty, fruit cake, crispy over rice, it doesn't matter!

Bugs Bunny

Well, these matter. [gets out his eight Award statuettes from underneath the table, and then puts them on the top of the table] And this. [gets out his Hollywood Walk of Fame tile with his name on it from underneath the table, and then puts it on the top of the table next to the Award statuettes] And they say we get Daffy back. [to his Award statuettes] Right, boys?
Bugs's Award statuettes: [in unison] We want Daffy! We want Daffy! Bring him Back! We love Daffy!
[a very disappointed Kate receives a smile from Bugs]

Bugs Bunny

See, I told you this wouldn’t work without— [Elmer shoots Bugs]

Bugs Bunny
[Cut to Kate, Bugs, and the Warner Bros. in the screening room, where Bugs is all bandaged up from Elmer's gunshot] [coughing and groaning]

Oh! Oh pain! Oh agony!
[Kate sighs with an embarrassed smile as the Warner Bros. look at her calming but in disgust] Mr. Warner's Brother: You're fired.

[Kate in disbelief and horror while trying to explain]

You got rid of our best duck.

What?! [Kate stands up from her seat and looks at the Warner Bros., with Bugs (no longer hurt or all bandaged up) pretending to be the third Warner Brother] You can't fire me. My films have made 950 million dollars!

That's not a billion.
Mr. Warner's Brother: Nope. Not a billion.

Okay, I think we can all agree that the decision of firing the duck was a bad one. But it's time to move on. And by move on, I mean reverse course and get Daffy back.

By Monday.

I'll have Daffy back by Monday.

Bugs Bunny
[the Warner Brothers exit the room]

Eh, that went well. Listen, dollface, if I know Daffy, he's already hit the road by now.

Bugs Bunny
[while playing dead]

: Doesn’t anyone knock anymore?

[aggravated]

: Why are you torturing me? What have I ever done that... [before she can say anything, she sees posters of Damien Drake and a picture of both him and his son, D.J., in front of the Warner Bros. Studio and she quickly gets her answer] Great. I just fired the son of our biggest star. This has been a career making day, Kate. First you get rid of the Duck everybody hates, but then, of course, they all want him back. [Bugs appears in a knight’s armor with a sly, arrogant and narrow look and smiles upon her confession of her wrongdoings and saying that he was right from the start about the bad decision she made and should’ve kept Daffy before she begins to tears up] And worst of all, you get into a big fight with Bugs Bunny… [these words soon cause Bugs to turn surprised and wonders with thought] who you revere, and who you've tried to model your life after.

Bugs
[her words were finally enough to make Bugs' eyes turn all puppy like and begins to tear up as he rises out of the armor as one of his tears roll down one of his whiskers] [finally unable to bear it any longer]

Oh, I hate to see a grown man cry! [acts sarcastic to audience] Especially when it's a girl. Listen, toots. Would it stop the waterworks if I told you Daffy was going to Las Vegas with that guy DJ?

It might.

Bugs

Well, then. How's about we travel in style in this?
[cut to garage doors opening as the two get seated in the spy car Tuscan]

Bugs Bunny

You’ve got no music in your soul, sister.

I am aware of that, yes.

Bugs Bunny

He sure went for all the extras. What a maroon.

Don't touch anything. This is Damien Drake's car—
[before she could finish, Bugs presses a button with a bomb, causing a missile to launch out of the rear and blows up around a valley area]

Bugs Bunny

I'm telling ya, Daffy, I heard the Warner brothers say you were their best duck.

Flattered though I may be, flattened I will not, in order for you to get all the laughs. It's all, "hoo-hoo, yuk-yuk," and then, "bam, wham, BLAM!"

Bugs Bunny

And your tail is on fire.

Exactly my point. The—

Bugs Bunny

No, really. Your tail's on fire.

Bugs Bunny
[Daffy finally realizes that his tail is indeed on fire, running around trying to extinguish it]

Daff, you're accident-prone.

[sadly, as he extinguishes his tail]

What am I talking to you for? All you have to do is munch on a carrot, and people love you.

Marvin the Martian
[outside the ACME satellite, Marvin the Martian (who Bugs and Daffy previously almost got rid of) holds an ACME Bubble Gun on Bugs]

You tricked me!

Bugs Bunny

Eh, what's up, Darth?

Marvin the Martian

Now I must incapacitate you with my bubble gun. [shoots once]

Bugs Bunny

Aww, ain't that cu— [touches bubble, which bursts, sending him flying back] Yikes! [he lands on the satellite] Of course, you realize this means war. [draws a plasma sword akin to a lightsaber from Star Wars to fight Marvin]

Marvin the Martin

Thwarting evil makes me so angry.

Bugs Bunny
[Marvin aims at Bugs again until the bubbles holding him pops; he tries to shoot Bugs again, but the rabbit sticks his index finger inside his gum gun, clogging it, and seals the Martian in his own bubble, and then flicks it away, causing the Martin to float away]

Well, that takes care of that. [quickly on cue after he said it, he is grabbed by the claw] Yipe!

Bugs Bunny
[Bugs and Daffy walk out from ACME headquarters] [to Daffy]

Well Daffy, you achieved your goal of being a hero.

[to Bugs]

Yup. But you didn’t achieve your goal of getting me back in your stupid movie! Ah-HA!

Director
[offscreen, revealing all along that the entire events of the movie were staged]

Cut. Print. That's a wrap.

[the voice makes Daffy pause in surprise as stagehands begin to dismantle the set]

Remind me to get a new agent, will you?

[last lines before the End Credits] [Bugs walks to the car]

Bugs's Butler: Bugs is here. Gotta go.

Bugs Bunny
[to Daffy]

Daffy, you're right.

Ryan
[to Bugs]

The usual place, Mr. Bunny?

Bugs Bunny

Very good, Ryan.

Bugs Bunny
[to Daffy, as Gruesome Gorilla, Egghead, the Squirrel (from Much Ado About Nutting), and the other Looney Tunes characters and Merrie Melodies characters give him some carrots]

From now on, you and I are going to be equal partners in this thing. No more second banana for you.

Well, thanks, pal. I really appreciate this. [the car drives away from him] At last, my star is rising. All my hopes and aspirations... [a giant light appears falling into the floor] Well, what do you know? My luck is changing already.

Director
[a giant metal circle landed on Daffy; finally, Porky pops out]

Goodnight, Porky. See you tomorrow.

Porky Pig
[to the audience]

Th-Th-Th-Th-Th-Th... Go home, folks.
[the lights went out]

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