History Animation / TheRabbitWithTheCheckeredEars

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* {{Envy}}: The dilemmas of several episodes are kicked off when one character (usually Mozdony), envious of another's possession, simply helps himself to it, and the bunny intervenes to restore the item to its rightful owner (usually Kistöfi, who, as the smallest, is the least able to stand up for himself).
** In "Kistöfi at the Zoo", a monkey, envious of the baby monkey being cradled by its cagemate, steals the stuffed toy monkey Kistöfi has brought with him (with encouragement from the other monkey).
** In "Kistöfi at the Lake", Mozdony, frustrated with trying to sail a paper boat, steals Kistöfi's wind-up toy boat as it floats past.
** "Dog Walking" features a benign example; Kistöfi finds himself envying the many children he sees walking their dogs in the park near his apartment building, but his attempt to join in by "walking" his goldfish just makes him a target for mockery, and trying again by "walking" his parrot just attracts unwelcome attention from the other dogs.

* BeachEpisode: "The Sun is Shining" has Kriszta and Kistöfi heading to a lake for a day in the sun; HilarityEnsues when Mozdony steals Kriszta's sunscreen to decorate his mud cake and, having used it all, substitutes it with Kistöfi's tube of blue paint.

* NotImportantToThisEpisodeCamp: Kriszta is absent from the only third season episode "Robot Rabbit", making her the only main character not to receive an updated design (though her proposed new look can be seen in non-finalized promo art). The creators originally wanted to kick off the season with an episode focusing on her, but a different script was produced instead, then the whole season was cancelled.

''The Rabbit With the Checkered Ears'' (Hungarian: ''A Kockásfülű nyúl'') was a series of 26 animated shorts (two series of 13 shorts each) produced in 1974 and 1976 in UsefulNotes/{{Hungary}}. The series was produced by graphic artist Veronika Marék and animator Zsolt Richly through Hungarian animation studio Creator/{{Pannonia Film|Studio}}.

[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The title character]] was a mossy-colored rabbit who lived inside a trunk in the attic of a skyscraper overlooking a busy overpass. Each short would open up with the rabbit waking up, stepping outside and using a telescope to spy out adventure. In addition to the bunny, four children co-starred in the shorts: Kriszta, a dark-haired girl; Menyus, a red-haired boy; Kistöfi, a very young blond boy, and Mozdony, a big kid who walked the line between TheBigGuy and TheBully. The bunny would spot the children involved in some kind of activity or getting into a dilemma, leading the bunny to [[HeliCritter fly over]] to help out.

While ''The Rabbit with the Checkered Ears'' was wildly popular in Hungary, it became even more popular abroad. Because [[MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon no dialogue]] was involved, it required no dubbing and was easy to export. It was quite popular in the USA, where it aired as a segment on the Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} TV show ''Series/{{Pinwheel}}''. Many American fans called the cartoon "The Bunny In the Suitcase" (see TitleConfusion below).

** In "Afternoon Music", Mozdony shows up outside Kriszta's house while she is practising guitar and invites her to play football with him. When she declines in favour of continuing her guitar practice, he doesn't take it well, and kicks the ball as hard as possible against the side of her house to disrupt her music-making; when she moves to another room, he simply moves to its outside wall, and when she tries climbing up a tree, he kicks the ball repeatedly against the trunk.

* TitleConfusion: Many U.S. fans referred to the show (and still do) as "Bunny in the Suitcase". Its correct title is a literal translation of the original Hungarian title.

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[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The title character]] was a teal-colored rabbit who lived inside a trunk in the attic of a skyscraper overlooking a busy overpass. Each short would open up with the rabbit waking up, stepping outside and using a telescope to spy out adventure. In addition to the bunny, four children co-starred in the shorts: Kriszta, a dark-haired girl; Menyus, a red-haired boy; Kistöfi, a very young blond boy, and Mozdony, a big kid who walked the line between TheBigGuy and TheBully. The bunny would spot the children involved in some kind of activity or getting into a dilemma, leading the bunny to [[HeliCritter fly over]] to help out.