Egghead himself returned decades later in the compilation film Daffy Duck's Quackbusters. Egghead shifts from having a Moe Howard haircut to being bald, and wears a brown derby, a baggy suit, and a high-collared shirt.

In A Feud There Was (1938) Egghead made his entrance riding a motorscooter with the words 'Elmer Fudd, Peacemaker' displayed on the side, the first onscreen use of that name. In 1938, Egghead continued to make appearances in the Warner cartoons, including The Isle of Pingo Pongo, and A-Lad-In Bagdad. However, animation historian Michael Barrier asserts 'The Egghead-Elmer story is actually a little messy, my sense being that most of the people involved, whether they were making the films or publicizing them, not only had trouble telling the characters apart but had no idea why they should bother trying.' Egghead made his second appearance in 1937's Little Red Walking Hood and then in 1938 teamed with Warner Bros.' newest cartoon star Daffy Duck in Daffy Duck & Egghead. Many cartoon historians believe that Egghead evolved into Elmer over a period of a couple of years. Egghead initially was depicted as having a bulbous nose, funny/eccentric clothing and an egg-shaped head (thus the moniker 'Egghead'). In 1937, Fred Avery introduced a new character in his cartoon short Egghead Rides Again. He is also a billionaire, who lives in a mansion and owns a yacht.īackground Description Development Egghead Fudd cartoons include Chuck Jones' masterpiece What's Opera, Doc? (one of the few times Fudd bested Bugs, though he felt bad about it), the Rossini parody Rabbit of Seville, and the 'Hunting Trilogy' of 'Rabbit Season/Duck Season' shorts ( Rabbit Fire, Rabbit Seasoning, and Duck! Rabbit, Duck!) with Fudd himself, Bugs Bunny, and Daffy Duck. He speaks in an unusual way (rhotacism), replacing his Rs and Ls with Ws, so 'Watch da road, Rabbit,' is replaced with 'Watch the woad, wabbit!' Elmer's signature catchphrase is, 'Be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits', as well as his trademark gloat, 'huh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh.' The best known Elmer J. His aim is to hunt Bugs, but he usually ends up seriously injuring himself and/or other antagonizing characters. cartoon pantheon (second only to Bugs himself). He has one of the most disputed origins in the Warner Bros. Fudd is a fictional cartoon character, one of the most famous Looney Tunes characters, and the tertiary archenemy of Bugs Bunny. “ Be vewy vewy quiet I'm hunting wabbits.” ―Elmer Fudd in various appearancesĮlmer J.

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