A Wild Hare

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Merrie Melodies cartoon animated short film

A Wild Hare is a 1940 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon short widely recognized as the first official appearance of Bugs Bunny in his classic form and personality.

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Label	Occurrences
A Wild Hare canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2470663 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: A Wild Hare
Context triple: [Bugs Bunny, firstAppearance, A Wild Hare]

A. Peter Gunn
"Peter Gunn" is a jazz-influenced television theme composed by Henry Mancini, later famously reinterpreted in a synth-pop arrangement by the Art of Noise.
B. This Gun for Hire
This Gun for Hire is a 1942 American film noir crime thriller, best known for pairing Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake in one of the genre’s defining early roles.
C. Charade
Charade is a 1963 romantic comedy-thriller film starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, renowned for its blend of suspense, wit, and stylish Parisian setting.
D. Catch That Rabbit
"Catch That Rabbit" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that explores robot behavior and the Three Laws of Robotics through a malfunctioning mining robot on an asteroid.
E. After the Thin Man
After the Thin Man is a 1936 American mystery-comedy film in the Thin Man series, known for its witty dialogue and sophisticated blend of humor and detective intrigue.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: A Wild Hare
Target entity description: A Wild Hare is a 1940 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon short widely recognized as the first official appearance of Bugs Bunny in his classic form and personality.

A. Peter Gunn
"Peter Gunn" is a jazz-influenced television theme composed by Henry Mancini, later famously reinterpreted in a synth-pop arrangement by the Art of Noise.
B. This Gun for Hire
This Gun for Hire is a 1942 American film noir crime thriller, best known for pairing Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake in one of the genre’s defining early roles.
C. Charade
Charade is a 1963 romantic comedy-thriller film starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, renowned for its blend of suspense, wit, and stylish Parisian setting.
D. Catch That Rabbit
"Catch That Rabbit" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that explores robot behavior and the Three Laws of Robotics through a malfunctioning mining robot on an asteroid.
E. After the Thin Man
After the Thin Man is a 1936 American mystery-comedy film in the Thin Man series, known for its witty dialogue and sophisticated blend of humor and detective intrigue.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Merrie Melodies cartoon ⓘ animated short film ⓘ
animationStudio	Warner Bros. Cartoons ⓘ linked to: Warner Bros. Animation
associatedFranchise	Bugs Bunny filmography ⓘ Elmer Fudd filmography ⓘ
backgroundArtist	John Didrik Johnsen ⓘ
basedOn	earlier prototype rabbit cartoons at Warner Bros. ⓘ
catchphraseOrigin	Bugs Bunny’s line "What’s up, Doc?" ⓘ
colorProcess	Technicolor ⓘ
copyrightHolder	Warner Bros. Entertainment ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
director	Tex Avery ⓘ
distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
era	Golden Age of American animation ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Bugs Bunny ⓘ Elmer Fudd ⓘ
franchiseDebutOf	Bugs Bunny in his definitive design and personality ⓘ
genre	animated comedy ⓘ slapstick comedy ⓘ
hasAntagonist	Elmer Fudd ⓘ
hasFilmFormat	theatrical short ⓘ
hasSpeciesOfMainCharacter	anthropomorphic rabbit ⓘ
historicalSignificance	helped define Bugs Bunny’s personality for subsequent cartoons ⓘ
layoutArtist	Cornett Wood ⓘ
musicBy	Carl W. Stalling ⓘ
notableFor	first official appearance of Bugs Bunny in his classic form ⓘ first pairing of Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd in their classic personas ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOfFranchise	Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies ⓘ
plotSummary	Elmer Fudd hunts rabbits and encounters Bugs Bunny, who outwits him repeatedly. ⓘ
producer	Leon Schlesinger ⓘ
productionCompany	Leon Schlesinger Productions ⓘ
releaseDate	1940-07-27 ⓘ
releaseYear	1940 ⓘ
runningTimeMinutes	8 ⓘ
series	Merrie Melodies ⓘ
setting	forest ⓘ
studio	Warner Bros. Cartoons ⓘ linked to: Warner Bros. Animation
title	A Wild Hare ⓘ
usesHumorStyle	slapstick ⓘ verbal wit ⓘ visual gags ⓘ
voiceActor	Mel Blanc ⓘ
voicesCharacter	Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny ⓘ linked to: Bugs Bunny Mel Blanc as Elmer Fudd ⓘ
writer	Rich Hogan ⓘ