Contributed by “Szann”
It disturbed me as a child to witness Bugs Bunny’s preference for women’s underwear. When I bring this up in my classroom students are often oblivious to the fact that though they’ve been watching Bugs forever they never realized he was a cross dresser with a particular fancy for lipstick and lacy women’s underthings.
Contributed by Sean C.
Your take on Bugs’ cross dressing was very negative. Bugs didn’t like to cross dress. He did it because it was life or death. Think about it: he was usually being chased by that redneck Elmer Fudd. I mean, Elmer Fudd: typical redneck, stupid, uneducated (the speech impediment says it all), brought up in the back woods tradition of superiority through the killing of poor defenseless woodland creatures, and because bugs dressed up in womens clothing it threw that dumb redneck off. I mean, put yourself in Bugs’ shoes, he is being chased through the woods by this lunatic shooting at him, his adrenaline is pumping and he has to think on his feet. Bugs quickly throws on women’s clothing and stupid Elmer is thrown off guard. Bugs was a genius and was secure in his sexuality. As for Bugs kissing that just keeps those homophobes away. It bought him time. But after he kissed those guys, Sam, Fudd, and the rest, they never stopped chasing him indicating that they are gay bashers. If a male rabbit kissed me I would definitely leave him be and go kill Foghorn Leghorn, who is the epitome of redneck white trash. Slack-jawed down south accent, never mind the redneck calling everyone “boy,” picking on the dog cause he was half black and white, picking on Henry Hawke because he was brown, always picking on Eggbert the nerd kid because he believed in science and was not a Southern Baptist. Foghorn hated Eggbert because he was different.
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Um…do you have a larger version of the banner of Bugs in drag that you used for this article?
Here’s where I got it:
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what u sayin bout redernecks’…punk
sorry for the unnecessary humor love this post though
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I tend to agree with Sean. Bugs had to use whatever talents he had – remember, he grew up in Brooklyn, so he was used to improv.
Now I just wonder about him singing show tunes all the time…
I love it. Buggs’ crossdressing may well be the thing that started me on a life of crossdressing.
Bridgettee (Dennis)
This is an article I wrote years ago:
As a child watching all those Bugs Bunny cartoons, I never realized how many times the wascaly wabbit wore women’s wardrobes. I just thought of it as funny and never thought of the possibly deeper meaning in what he was doing. I never even questioned all the times that he kissed men full on the lips. I guess I wasn’t put in any emotional turmoil because Bugs always went nuts and acted typically male when ever he saw a babe in a bathing suit and usually ended up with a face full of kisses. Recently after a full day of a Bugs Bunny cartoon marathon on cable and as an adult I now feel obligated to analyze those deeper meanings behind his actions. So, since we all know that Bugs had healthy hormones when it came to women, we can assume that he was heterosexual and he never flirted with men unless it was to avoid getting shot at, which to me was more of a defense move than a preference. One time he did go through a mock wedding with Elmer Fudd, but it was meant to completely throw Elmer off track and not as a statement that Bugs had a desire to be Elmer’s better half. So examining his sexual orientation, we can safely assume that Bugs was a healthy heterosexual he-man hare.
Now it seemed that Bugs frequently doned women’s clothing to elude his predators, but was this necessary? Many other cartoon characters found other ways to evade capture such as putting a lamp shade on their head and standing still or slamming a door in their stalker’s face. Bugs chose to put on women’s clothing and beguile his aggressor, putting them off until they saw through his ruse. He seemed to actually enjoy going through the arduous task of a complete makeover in a matter of seconds to foil the villain. But why go through all this trouble, as we know it is, when a fast hole dug in the ground would have stopped a truck. Simple, Bugs was a closet crossdresser and used cartoons as a vehicle to show off.
It is well known that comedians have used comedy to bring out their pain or deep emotions and have let it out through their satirical actions. This points up to the fact that since Bugs had so many different alternatives at his disposal to prevent capture or worse, why the crossdressing? Because this is part of what he was and he fell into it when it was needed. Male rabbits have a heavy stigma put upon them as being sexually aggressive and this can be a burden to a sensitive crossdressing hare. As a male, Bugs was always running from someone, but when he assumed his female persona, he became the aggressor and protector of his male alter-ego. This is not conducive to the stereotype of aggressive male, passive female, which Bugs seemed to be skewing. The rational behind his actions was to distract the aggressive male chaser with a helpless, demure female which showed that he could feel at ease being feminine even in a tense situation.
Further proof that he was into crossdressing was the fact that he always had feminine clothing and make-up handy even during a speedy chase scene. This could only be possible because a male who was a crossdresser would have such an extensive wardrobe and accessories available at their immediate disposal. He probably wore the feminine clothing under his rabbit suit and had make-up tucked in his pockets. Some of the more exotic costumes were probably stored in various hiding places throughout the forest to be used when he wanted to relax dressed or for emergencies.
Bugs, as far as I have seen, at fifty years old was also single. This was probably a result of the realization that if married, he would have to explain his actions to his wife and the children, and for a rabbit that could be well into hundreds of children. It’s hard enough to reveal that you are a crossdresser to one child, let alone hundreds, so Bugs opted not to have to put himself through this extended grief by remaining single and true to himself only. A noble gesture but this can tend to make a rabbit frustrated by not having someone to share their passion with. Occasionally Bugs would slap a dress on Elmer, Yosemite Sam, or Porky in an attempt to stir up some companionship, but this usually met with their resistance.
In an attempt to come out of the rabbit hole, Bugs used the cartoon medium to show off his desire to dress. No one questioned the fact that he dressed because they were all too busy chasing him and the dressing was just a temporary distraction to them. He seemed to enjoy starting up a chase just so somewhere along the way he could transform and get a vicarious thrill in attempting to pass as a woman before his pursuer. This sad attempt will only result in a self-destructive nature that will end up with Bugs hitting the singles bars and finally to the street corners in an attempt to find a little action. The worse part is that he has no friends, only enemies, to share the turmoil as to his gender identity. Darn if I’m not starting to sound like Geraldo. Bugs was no different than Uncle Miltie when it came to comedy drag and did it all for the gag. Or did he? ThThThaat’s All Folks!
Ah Bugs what a rabbit,love him in drag says a lot about those who created him,they all were way ahead of their time.
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A lot of cross dressers are actually straight. Some just enjoy the underwear like Ed Wood. Only those who are usually not straight, are drag queens. Being a drag queen is a form of cross dressing and doesn’t represent all cross dressing. So, it is possible for Bugs to be straight and a cross dresser, a lot possible. Maybe, he could have been bisexual, who knows. Either way, Bugs Bunny is considered a gay icon.
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Homophobic and bashing poor southerners..who else could you manage to offend? What a crap post.
Elmer confused “w” for “r”, but that’s more like a small child’s speech impediment rather than a regional dialect in the United States.
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