Elmer J. Fudd is a fictional cartoon character, one of the most famous Looney Tunes characters, and one of the archenemies of Bugs Bunny. He is one of the series' main recurring villains, along with Marvin the Martian and Yosemite Sam. However, unlike the tyrannical, power-hungry Marvin or the scheming, malevolent Sam, Elmer is dopey and unlikely to do Bugs great harm.
He has one of the most disputed origins in the Warner Bros. cartoon pantheon (second only to Bugs himself). It was evidenced that Elmer originated from Fred "Tex" Avery in 1937, as a "Running Gag" character with small, sometimes squinty eyes, a derby hat, and a green suit. His aim is to hunt Bugs, but he usually ends up seriously injuring himself and/or other antagonizing characters. Since Elmer made his ninth appearance in a cartoon named, "Elmer's Candid Camera" (1939, released in 1940) He speaks in an unusual way (rhotacism), replacing his R's and L's with W's, so "Watch the road, Rabbit," becomes "Watch da woad, wabbit!" Elmer's signature catchphrase is, "Be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits", as well as his trademark gloat, "huh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh." The best-known Elmer cartoons include Chuck Jones' masterpiece "What's Opera, Doc?", the Rossini parody "Rabbit of Seville", and the "Hunting Trilogy" of "Rabbit Fire", "Rabbit Seasoning", and "Duck! Rabbit, Duck!" He is also a millionaire, who lives in a mansion and owns a yacht.
He actually only appeared in about 37 (out of 168) of the original Bugs Bunny cartoons, although he did co-star with other characters in many other shorts, along with several of his own solo appearances, amounting to 71 classic shorts total, between 1937 to 1962.
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Princess Celestia (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
