Rabbit Fire is one of Chuck Jones best shorts. It also open the hunting trilogy, which was completed by Rabbit Seasoning and Duck! Rabbit! Fire!. It's notable for having an influence on future Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck shorts. My favorite scenes are these where Bugs uses the reverse psychology on Daffy. I recommend this short for Looney Tunes fans. This is also notable for presenting the first Bugs/Daffy/Elmer trio and having a (badly) high-pitched version on TV. I give 8 out of 10 for this short. Very good. For collectors this short is available in the first volume of the Golden Collection in the 2nd disc and the 2nd volume and the Platinum Collection in the 1st disc.

As much as I LOVED Rabbit Seasoning, Rabbit Fire was every bit as good. A truly brilliant cartoon from the wonderful Hunting Trilogy. Here Daffy is quite a jerk again, and he gets the worst of the butt of the jokes, and Bugs is his rascally self. The writing is outstanding here, the witty interplay between Bugs and Daffy was close to hysterical at times. Also the animation is consistently excellent, same with the music. The sight gags are really inspired, and right at this moment I am trying to count how many times I laughed during this, the bit with the elephant is priceless. The answer is a lot, I can't keep count. It really makes the most out of a story that has been done a lot in other Looney Tunes shorts. Mel Blanc and Arthur Q. Bryan flawlessly provide the voices. Overall, I highly recommend Rabbit Fire. 10/10 Bethany Cox

Rabbit Fire (1951) **** (out of 4) This here is one of the all-time great Looney Tune shorts as it features three legendary characters doing some of their best work. Elmer Fudd heads out to the woods to do some hunting when Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck begin fighting over what season it is. There isn't one bad second in this film as it's pure gold from start to finish with non-stop laughs. One of the main reasons this short is so great is because of the violence, which several television stations cut out when they originally aired. The violence in the movie is pretty much non-stop as Daffy is constantly getting shot at close range, which makes his face move around constantly. The violence might make some parents keep this away from their children, which is understandable but at the same time this here was certainly made for adults. The ending of the movie, which I won't spoil, is also priceless. Elmer, Bugs and Daffy are certainly at the top of their game here with the dialogue being perfect as well as the scenarios. The back and forth "Duck Season/Rabbit Season" ranks right up there with Abbott and Costello's "Who's On First" as some of the greatest dialogue.

This is the first short in the "Hunting Trilogy", that included this, 'Rabbit Seasoning' and 'Duck, Rabbit, Duck!'. All of the three are classics. This short has so many classic sequences and holds so many laughs, thats it's a wonder that it could be crammed into a seven minute cartoon. This definitely ranks as one of the best Looney Tunes shorts ever. And with the other two aforementioned cartoons constitutes quite possibly THE best cartoon trilogy ever. Not just Looney Tunes, but the best of ANY cartoon trilogy!! This superbly great cartoon is on Disk 2 of the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1" My Grade: A+