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| - Rocky and Mugsy are a pair of gangsters that appear in the shorts. Rocky, the leader and brains of the two, is the short one with the black hair, a hat that covers his eyes, and is constantly seen smoking a cigarette, and Mugsy, Rocky's henchman, is a big stupid oaf. Rocky was first created in 1946 because many of Bugs Bunny's past foes (such as Beaky Buzzard, Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam) were considered very stupid, and that Friz Freleng needed a more intelligent (and challenging) figure to face the rabbit.
- As an Animator, Friz Freleng enjoyed creating new adversaries for Warners' star Bugs Bunny, since he felt that Bugs' other nemeses, such as Beaky Buzzard and Elmer Fudd (who actually appeared in many more Freleng shorts than is commonly realized), were too stupid to give the rabbit any real challenge. Considered revolutionary for almost all of the late 1940s though he might have been, Freleng's own Yosemite Sam had not yet been proven capable of fully fulfilling his creator's intentions. Freleng introduced two of these more formidable opponents as a pair of Gangsters in the 1946 film Racketeer Rabbit. In the film, Bugs decides to find himself a new home, but the one he chooses is unfortunately occupied by a duo of bank robbers. The characters here are called "Rocky" (drawn like movie gangs
- Rocky and Mugsy were voiced by Rob Paulsen and Frank Welker, respectively, on Tiny Toon Adventures. Rocky and Mugsy make a brief appearance in the episode, Gang Busters. When Buster and Plucky try to dig their way out of Juvenile Hall and into freedom, they end up in the Juvenile Hall Storage Room. Rocky and Mugsy, who were trying to dig out of jail, end up in the same place. Rocky forces Buster and Plucky to help him escape, but at first, they refuse, so Mugsy grabs them, and Rocky tells them they will dig, or Mugsy will squeeze them to death. Buster and Plucky reluctantly accept. Buster digs his way to the Warden's office, and tells the warden he brought Rocky and Mugsy. The Warden re-arrests Rocky and Mugsy, and thanks Buster by giving him a chance to prove he was framed. Towards the en
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| - As an Animator, Friz Freleng enjoyed creating new adversaries for Warners' star Bugs Bunny, since he felt that Bugs' other nemeses, such as Beaky Buzzard and Elmer Fudd (who actually appeared in many more Freleng shorts than is commonly realized), were too stupid to give the rabbit any real challenge. Considered revolutionary for almost all of the late 1940s though he might have been, Freleng's own Yosemite Sam had not yet been proven capable of fully fulfilling his creator's intentions. Freleng introduced two of these more formidable opponents as a pair of Gangsters in the 1946 film Racketeer Rabbit. In the film, Bugs decides to find himself a new home, but the one he chooses is unfortunately occupied by a duo of bank robbers. The characters here are called "Rocky" (drawn like movie gangster Edward G. Robinson) and "Hugo" (a Caricatured Peter Lorre). Both gangsters are performed by the Warner studio's longtime chief Voice actor, Mel Blanc. Fans of the Warner Brother's Cartoons have debated Rocky's ethnic background as either being Italian or Jewish.
- Rocky and Mugsy were voiced by Rob Paulsen and Frank Welker, respectively, on Tiny Toon Adventures. Rocky and Mugsy make a brief appearance in the episode, Gang Busters. When Buster and Plucky try to dig their way out of Juvenile Hall and into freedom, they end up in the Juvenile Hall Storage Room. Rocky and Mugsy, who were trying to dig out of jail, end up in the same place. Rocky forces Buster and Plucky to help him escape, but at first, they refuse, so Mugsy grabs them, and Rocky tells them they will dig, or Mugsy will squeeze them to death. Buster and Plucky reluctantly accept. Buster digs his way to the Warden's office, and tells the warden he brought Rocky and Mugsy. The Warden re-arrests Rocky and Mugsy, and thanks Buster by giving him a chance to prove he was framed. Towards the end of the episode, when Montana Max is arrested, he is put in the same cell as Rocky and Mugsy. Rocky hands him a spoon, and tells him, "Start diggin', chump."
- Rocky and Mugsy are a pair of gangsters that appear in the shorts. Rocky, the leader and brains of the two, is the short one with the black hair, a hat that covers his eyes, and is constantly seen smoking a cigarette, and Mugsy, Rocky's henchman, is a big stupid oaf. Rocky was first created in 1946 because many of Bugs Bunny's past foes (such as Beaky Buzzard, Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam) were considered very stupid, and that Friz Freleng needed a more intelligent (and challenging) figure to face the rabbit.
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