A new ranking of the 30 greatest cartoon characters ever landed Thursday morning, and the rabbit won.
Bugs Bunny took No. 1. Snoopy and the Peanuts gang came second. Mickey Mouse came third.
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Where He Came From
The rabbit in the form everybody knows showed up in A Wild Hare, directed by Tex Avery for Warner Bros. in 1940, with Mel Blanc doing the voice. The short went straight to the Academy Awards, and it lost. On Feb. 27, 1941, Best Cartoon Short Subject went to MGM’s The Milky Way instead. Leon Schlesinger was the credited producer on the rabbit’s side.
He Beat Disney Once Before
He went back and won. On April 6, 1959, the Academy gave Best Cartoon Short Subject to Knighty Knight Bugs, produced by John W. Burton. The two shorts it beat that night were Walt Disney’s Paul Bunyan and Terrytoons’ Sidney’s Family Tree.
He also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, dedicated Dec. 21, 1985, in the motion pictures category.
A 1994 Poll Got There First
Animators got there first. In 1994, Turner published The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals, historian Jerry Beck’s poll of studios, critics and film societies. Their No. 1 was What’s Opera, Doc?, the seven-minute 1957 short where Chuck Jones drops the usual Elmer-hunts-Bugs routine into a Wagner opera and puts the rabbit in a Valkyrie costume.
The Library of Congress was there before either of them. What’s Opera, Doc? went into the National Film Registry in 1992, and two more Looney Tunes shorts followed it in, Duck Amuck in 1999 and Porky in Wackyland in 2000.
The Rest of the Top 10
Homer and Bart Simpson are fourth, SpongeBob fifth, Winnie the Pooh sixth. Daria is seventh. Then two more from Bugs’ own studio, Sylvester and Tweety at eight and Daffy Duck at nine, with Popeye closing out the top 10.
Three of the top nine are Looney Tunes characters.
Bobby Hill takes 11, one spot ahead of Fred Flintstone. The Powerpuff Girls are 13 and the Grinch is 14. Tom and Jerry land at 15, Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote at 16.
Eric Cartman is 17. Bender is 18. The Pink Panther is 19, Yogi Bear 20, She-Ra 21, Scooby-Doo 22. Stewie and Brian Griffin come in at 24, Dora the Explorer at 25, Beavis and Butt-Head at 26. Angelica Pickles is 28, Kim Possible 29, and Woody Woodpecker finishes 30th.
His first short lost at the Academy Awards in 1941. Eighty-six years after he turned up in it, he is still ahead of the mouse.
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