Trying to replicate his success with Duck Amuck, Chuck Jones returns to the "breaking the fourth wall" routine with this short. Here Bugs Bunny fights with his unseen (until the end) animator, who has a grudge against him. It's not a bad cartoon and I don't really fault Chuck Jones or writer Michael Maltese for ripping off their own idea. After all, ideas were (and still are) recycled all the time in cartoons. But this one does suffer by comparison, as well as the fact that, as other reviewers have mentioned, the plot is more suited to Daffy than Bugs. No one watches a Bugs short to see him frustrated and one-upped at every turn. We like to see him get the upper hand and outsmart his foes. At one point Bugs even mimics Yosemite Sam by using the word "idjit." Still, there are some amusing bits here and there. The animation, music, and voice work are all top notch. On a related note, there was a video game for the Super Nintendo called Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage that was released in the 1990s. It was obviously inspired by this short, both in title and plot. I haven't played it since I was a kid but I recall liking it.

Even before reading the reviews on here, I could see a number of similarities to Duck Amuck. Duck Amuck is definitely superior to Rabbit Rampage; I consider Duck Amuck not only one of the Daffy's best cartoons but also one of the best Looney Tunes cartoons in general, while for Bugs I would put What's Opera Doc?, Broom-Stick Bunny, Rabbit Seasoning, Rabbit Fire, Rhapsody Rabbit and Water Water Every Hare over this.In general, the animation was not too bad, Bugs himself looks somewhat odd, but the colours, backgrounds and visual tricks are very nice. In fact, like Duck Amuck what actually made Rabbit Rampage were the visual gags, they were clever and funny. That and Elmer's last line at the end, which I was not expecting. The music is also a nice touch, the dialogue is amusing, Mel Blanc is superb and the pacing is secure enough. Overall, not Bug's best by all means, but worth watching. 9/10 Bethany Cox

"Rabbit Rampage" is an excellent and fairly unusual Bugs Bunny cartoon directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. Bugs is completely taken advantage of by the artist, thus making this one of the few cartoons in which Bugs cannot retaliate from getting picked on. Believe me, the artist gives it to him good! In a sense, then, "Rabbit Rampage" is a remake of "Duck Amuck" (1953), which features Daffy Duck as the artist's victim.My favorite moments from this cartoon: The artist draws a cavalcade of chapeaus on Bugs' cranium, with appropriate musical accompaniment from Milt Franklyn. With an anvil tied to his tail, Bugs takes a nasty fall onto the pavement; after cussing like Yosemite Sam, Bugs' head is then transformed into a pumpkin.I remember seeing "Rabbit Rampage" on TV when I was a kid, and it can now be found as one of the bonus cartoons on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 Disc 1. Whenever Bugs Bunny loses, he loses BIG TIME!

If you have seen both this and "Duck Amuck," you'll probably say that they are basically cousins. At that point you're correct.I'll start off by telling you that this is _NOT_ superior or equal to "Duck Amuck" in any way or form, but still manages to hit the nail on the head pretty well despite a few flaws. Although the jokes aren't the same, their theme is identical in some ways. For example: in "Duck Amuck," Daffy Duck is crudely painted by his animator, and later on is redrawn to wearing a baby's garnet, having a flag for a tail that shows a screw and a ball, and walks on his arms and legs; while in "Rabbit Rampage," Bugs Bunny has his ears redrawn into a humans and later on the ears are redrawn into very long, dragging ears. What I mean is: character doctoring, but here, it still manages to give some laughs.Overall, despite over-copying themes to jokes from its superior cousin, "Rabbit Rampage" still holds up as a good package.8/10