An operatic parody of Wagner’s work, particularly from the Ring cycle, with Bugs Bunny and Elmer taking on the leading roles.
Brunhilde is arguably one of Bugs Bunny’s most recognizable disguises, appearing on things like postage stamps to a skin option in the online gameMultiVersus.
]]>Director: Chuck Jones Year: 1957 Country: United States Gender and Sexuality: Gender creative, queer coded Animation Style: Traditional Genre: Comedy, fantasy, music(al) Type: Implicit, short
]]>Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd cause chaos during a performance of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville.
There are two instances of drag in this film. First, Bugs appears as a flirtatious woman, and near the end, Elmer unexpectedly switches into a wedding dress while Bugs plays the groom.]]>Director: Chuck Jones Year: 1950 Country: United States Gender and Sexuality: Drag, gender creative, queer Animation Style: Traditional Genre: Comedy, music(al) Type: Explicit, short
]]>After Bugs Bunny gets swept away in a flood and abducted by an evil scientist, he must figure out a way to escape before becoming one of the scientist’s experiments.
This cartoon follows a premise similar to Hair-Raising Hare (Jones, 1946), although now Bugs Bunny portrays a queer coded hairdresser.]]>Director: Chuck Jones Year: 1952 Country: United States Gender and Sexuality: Queer coded Animation Style: Traditional Genre: Comedy, science fiction Type: Implicit, short
]]>The day before her wedding to Popeye, Olive Oyl has a dream about what it would be like to be married and a mother.
Early in the short, when Popeye and Olive Oyl are saying their goodbyes, Popeye, distracted, accidentally puts on a bonnet instead of his sailor hat. He then kisses a policeman, who blushes and is left stunned.]]>Director: Izzy Sparber Year: 1954 Country: United States Gender and Sexuality: Gender creative, queer coded Animation Style: Traditional Genre: Comedy Type: Implicit, short
]]>A hungry buzzard creates a mock beauty shop to trick his prey. In a two-for-one scheme, he disguises himself as a Mae West-type character to distract the rooster and make the other hens jealous. The plan works and the hens, now eager to gain the rooster’s attention, go into the buzzard's fake beauty parlor.]]>Director: Eddie Donnelly Year: 1950 Country: United States Gender and Sexuality:Gender creative Animation Style: Traditional Genre: Comedy Type: Short