6 Movie Rabbits Better Than The Easter Bunny
But they still couldn't do his job...
BY Apr 6th 2009 12:12PMFILED UNDER: Features
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The Bunny: Rabbit of Caerbannog
The Film: Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975)
Why He’s Cool: “The most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on.” Yes! Bring it on.
There are few better-known rabbits in cinema (and most of them are in this list), but none cooler. This seemingly harmless, fluffy white bastich is a seething, super-quick ball of fangs ‘n’ fury, for whom armour is no challenge whatsoever.
Franchise Opportunity: True, he meets his bloody end thanks to the explody force of the Holy Hand Grenade Of Antioch (“Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out”) but there’s a wealth of back-story surely to be mined.
Just how did the violent little bugger become the rabbit he is? We post that he grew up on an idyllic pastoral setting much like Peter Rabbit from out of the Beatrix Potter stories.
But after a local farmer guns down his entire family, he swears revenge and becomes the death-dealing beast he is when we meet him.
Why He Shouldn't Be The Easter Bunny: Because he'd hop from house to house, tearing out the throat of everybody inside. which sort of goes against the spirit of Easter.
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1: durden says
so...you have the one in harvey but not the one in donnie darko...basically the same thing but as the cinical exec said:"some dont exactly relate to THAT aw-shucks bunny right there"...anyway the list is nice and so very funny!
Posted: Apr 6th 2009 // 5:24PMAlert a moderator
2: lizzygilly says
I think it's a complete oversight that Roger Rabbit is not on this list.
Posted: Apr 10th 2009 // 4:30PMAlert a moderator
3: hemicuda1982 says
No inclusion of Frank from Donnie Darko. This list is therefore invalidated, good day.
Posted: Apr 11th 2009 // 1:40AMAlert a moderator
4: miscweant says
How about Boingo Bunny from 'Hoodwinked,' voiced by Andy Dick? [SPOILER AHEAD:] His big production number at the end of the film when he's exulting in his villainy is one of the funniest animated feature scenes in the last several years.
Posted: Apr 11th 2009 // 1:49AMAlert a moderator
5: Steverino says
"He's got humanity's best interests at heart, which means he'll probably tip all the chocolate eggs into the sea, because he's worried that we'll all get heart attacks or obese or whatever."
Waitaminute! Harvey lets Elwood P. Dowd drink himself blind. Why would anyone think he'd throw out all the chocolate?
Posted: Apr 11th 2009 // 7:00AMAlert a moderator
6: Joaquin says
If you included the Mallrats Bunny, how about the cigar-smoking Bruce Willis in a pink bunny suit in "North"? No easter eggs or chocolate, but he'll help you get your priorities right, ie, your parents ain't half bad.
Posted: Apr 11th 2009 // 8:10AMAlert a moderator
7: thejacquie says
when i first saw this list posted on the imdb, i thought "the easter bunny from 'mallrats' had best be on there... but it definitely WON'T." and then i actually read it and to my surprise and joy, there it was! this means SOMEONE finally thinks like me... AWESOME!!
Posted: Apr 12th 2009 // 12:30AMAlert a moderator
8: Kroxquo says
Someone else mentioned Roger Rabbit, but I have two words to comment on this list - BUGS BUNNY!
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