What's Opera, Doc?

E857028

"What's Opera, Doc?" is a classic 1957 Warner Bros. animated short directed by Chuck Jones that parodies Richard Wagner's operas through a comedic showdown between Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
What’s Opera, Doc? 4

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Looney Tunes cartoon
animated short film
parody film
animationDirector Ken Harris NERFINISHED
backgroundArtist Philip DeGuard NERFINISHED
colorProcess Technicolor
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception widely acclaimed
director Chuck Jones NERFINISHED
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
famousFor dramatic ending with Bugs Bunny on a bier
elaborate stylized animation
satirical use of Wagnerian opera
featuresCharacter Bugs Bunny NERFINISHED
Elmer Fudd NERFINISHED
genre comedy
musical
parody
hasTheme comic romantic pursuit
parody of grand opera conventions
includedIn The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie NERFINISHED
layoutArtist Maurice Noble NERFINISHED
musicAdaptedFrom Richard Wagner NERFINISHED
notableSongOrLine Kill the wabbit GENERATED
oftenRankedAs one of the greatest animated cartoons of all time
originalLanguage English
parodies Der Ring des Nibelungen NERFINISHED
Tannhäuser NERFINISHED
parodiesWorkBy Richard Wagner NERFINISHED
partOfEra Golden Age of American animation NERFINISHED
producer Edward Selzer NERFINISHED
reasonForSelection aesthetically significant
culturally significant
historically significant
releaseDate 1957-07-06
releaseYear 1957
runtimeMinutes 7
selectedFor National Film Registry NERFINISHED
selectedForBy Library of Congress NERFINISHED
selectedForYear 1992
series Looney Tunes NERFINISHED
settingStyle expressionistic
studio Warner Bros. Cartoons NERFINISHED
title What's Opera, Doc? NERFINISHED
usesMotif storm sequence with Ride of the Valkyries
voiceActorForBugsBunny Mel Blanc NERFINISHED
voiceActorForElmerFudd Arthur Q. Bryan NERFINISHED

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chuck Jones notableWork What's Opera, Doc?
Golden Age of American animation notableWork What's Opera, Doc?
this entity surface form: What’s Opera, Doc?
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies notableWork What's Opera, Doc?
this entity surface form: What’s Opera, Doc?
Michael Maltese notableWork What's Opera, Doc?
this entity surface form: What’s Opera, Doc?
Milt Franklyn notableWork What's Opera, Doc?
this entity surface form: What’s Opera, Doc?