One of the best and one of my favorite Bugs Bunny cartoons of all-time. This cartoon stands out as being different from all other Bugs Bunny cartoons for two reasons, one is that Wile E. Coyote, who's known for being a mute character chasing the road-runner but speaks a lot here and is after Bugs. The second is that this might be the only time Bugs faces an enemy who was actually smart, so Bugs has to be a little bit more clever. Big looney tune's fans know every director at Warner Bros. had their own take on Bugs and this is one of the best examples of Chuck Jone's take on Bugs. Jone's Bugs was the most sophisticated Bugs. Jones also had more sophisticated humor, so to speak. He put a lot of humor in dialog but he's also great at gags. I love how Wile E. is shown here, he's an arrogant and bombastic science genies and even though he's a lot different here then in the iconic road-runner films, it still fits his overall character because even with the road-runner you get the sense that he's a genies. It's also surprising that there was only one road- runner/coyote cartoon before this one, you would assume Chuck made many road runners before teaming the coyote with Bugs. But I love the match up of Bugs and Wile E. because it's nice to see Bugs face a villain who was smart, not an idiot like Elmer and others. The writing, the dialog, the pace and timing is perfect here. The cartoon begins with the Coyote introducing himself to Bugs with a business card showing he's a genies. This is a perfect set-up for the rest of the cartoon, Wile E. is so sure of himself he dosen't even let Bugs respond but Bug's reaction was hilarious! When Wile E. tells that he plans to eat him, Bugs reacts with a mocking "oh no!" look, that is the funniest part in this cartoon and only Chuck would do that, I laugh out loud every time at that moment. Wile E.'s undoing is not that he's dumb but he's so pompous that he underestimate how smart Bugs is. It's even funnier seeing Wile E.'s plan back fire because you can tell his ego's bruise too. I love the part when Wile E. creates a girl rabbit robot to trick bugs because it has a bomb inside but Bugs counteracts by creating a female coyote robot that Wile E. falls for but she has a bomb and explodes but then Wile E. realizes that he still has the robot rabbit and that explodes. It's a battle of book smart vs street smart. Wile E.'s a scientific genies but Bugs is smarter when it comes to survival. I love the ending where Wile E. dubs himself "super genies" and then realizes Bug's has placed him in front of a train and then boom! And Bug's final line "remeber mud spelled backwards is dumb". I love Mel Blanc's voice as the extremely pompous Wile E. I love any cartoon with these two together, I think there's four other cartoons like this one. There's something so appealing about seeing Wile E. Coyote talk and being so pompous and that all of his inventions are still no match for Bugs Bunny. One of Chuck Jone's best!

I love Bugs Bunny and I like Wile E.Coyote, and I thoroughly enjoy their cartoons together on the whole. Yes even more so than the Raodrunner vs. Coyote cartoons, I like those too but these have more wit and personality. Operation:Rabbit is my personal favourite of their cartoons, it is simply brilliant. Whether it is the best Looney Tunes short, or one of their better ones, or even my favourite cartoon is up for debate still in my mind, but I cannot deny whatever the answer this cartoon is excellent. Great animation, energetic music, cracking pace, witty dialogue and wonderful sight gags are just a few things to like about Operation:Rabbit. Plus Bugs and Coyote work perfectly together, cunning Wile E.Coyote is wonderful with Bugs who is every bit his equal in terms of personality and Mel Blanc voices both characters brilliantly as he always does. Overall, brilliant and recommended. 10/10 Bethany Cox

Directed by Chuck Jones, "Operation: Rabbit" is a brilliant Warner Brothers cartoon with quite an unusual pairing: Bugs Bunny and Wile E. Coyote! Unusual indeed, but it works out very well! The Coyote tries to be suave & elegant in his appearance & speech as he tries to capture Bugs for his evening supper. But, as Chuck Jones once pointed out, the more elegant someone's posture is, the less he has to offer to the world. Do you really expect to believe that the Coyote, with all of his scientific prowess, can succeed in outwitting the wascawwy wabbit? My favorite scenes from "Operation: Rabbit" include the following (please refrain from reading the rest of this commentary until after you have seen the cartoon). When the Coyote first introduces himself to Bugs, Bugs emits a wonderful expression of fright upon learning that the Coyote is going to eat him; as the Coyote continues blabbing, the subtle look on Bugs' face seems to say, "Buddy, you have no idea what a windbag you really are, and you equally have no idea what you're getting yourself into." The flying saucer gag is hilarious as Bugs disguises himself as a chicken and writes the word "COYOTE" on the radarscope. And the Coyote's signature line, "Wile E. Coyote: Super Genius," is accompanied by Bugs transporting the Coyote's powder shack onto a railroad track.Let us not overlook the brilliance of Carl Stalling's music score for "Operation: Rabbit". Enjoy the brief, frolicsome clarinet melody as Bugs casually strolls up behind the Coyote as he prepares to make rabbit stew. Or how about that familiar French melody we hear as the Coyote pitches woo to a female coyote robot? Or what about Bugs singing "I'm Looking Over a Three-Leaf Clover"? In any event, Stalling was an underrated genius! Too bad Bugs had to end this cartoon with a really bad joke.

Rating 10/10 Explanation: A movie anyone should see. It could range anywhere from excellent to brilliant classic. As you could see in plots, Wile E. Coyote hiatuses his chases with the Road Runner in temporary favor of Bugs Bunny. Does his luck change? No, not really, in fact, not at all. The laughs from this short can bring it to the greatest Looney Tunes short in history.