Happy Rabbit

Happy Rabbit is a WB Studio character from the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies series. Happy Rabbit made a total of 6 appearances during the golden age of animation.

Overview
Happy Rabbit was voiced by Mel Blanc and his first appearance was in the cartoon Porky's Hare Hunt in 1938. Happy Rabbit would appear in a total of 6 cartoons during the golden age of animation with the final appearance in the cartoon The Bear's Tale in 1940.

Appearance/Personality
Happy Rabbit is a rabbit with gray (sometimes white) fur and a white belly and a white cotton tail with yellow gloves. Happy is a very zany rabbit who was always on the winning side of situations in every cartoon that featured him. Happy was confirmed by Mel Blanc that he was the proto-type character for the later most popular Looney Tunes star Bugs Bunny. Happy Rabbit made his screen debut in the 1938 Looney Tunes short "Porky's Hare Hunt", directed by Ben Hardaway. Similar in tone and execution to the previous year's "Porky's Duck Hunt", which introduced Daffy Duck, "Porky's Hare Hunt" involves Porky hunting a white rabbit whose wild antics drive him mad. Mel Blanc would later use his "Happy Rabbit" voice characterization as the voice of Walter Lantz's Woody Woodpecker.

1938/1940

 * All Looney Tunes cartoons were produced in black-and-white. All Merrie Melodies were produced in color.
 * Happy Rabbit appeared in 1 Looney Tune cartoons and 5 Merrie Melodie cartoons for a total of 6 cartoons.