History Main / RabbitMagician

* In ''Animation/MoonCastleTheSpaceAdventure'', Wandi is a MoonRabbit who is practicing his magic skills. Among a few other magic powers, he can change his own appearance and use his hat to teleport himself and others to another location.

To fit this trope, they will usually be dressed in a uniform that reflects this, kind of like typical StageMagician apparel -- a black and white penguin tux with a top hat and a flower corsage and a black wand with white at the tip. Many of their magic tricks coming across as the various misdirections associated with the act (card tricks, coin tricks, sawing women in half, etc.). Depending on how the setting works, they will either be very good at the typical smoke-and-mirrors misdirection that Stage Magicians are known for, [[MagiciansAreWizards they may know actual magic and use magician tricks as a means of focusing it]] or ([[StandardFantasySetting if actual wizardry is commonplace]]) [[FakeWizardry they convince people that their phony tricks are real]].

* In ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' there are a few examples; it'd be silly not to considering the name of the game:
** [[https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/284/kwain-itinerant-meddler Kwain]] is a time mage of an unspecified plane who is obsessed with speed. Given he's the nemesis of [[https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/268/archelos-lagoon-mystic a turtle]] this is a clear Aesop's Fables reference.

** [[MeaningfulName Preston]], [[https://scryfall.com/card/j22/8/preston-the-vanisher the Vanisher]] is the straightest example, though.

** [[https://scryfall.com/card/j22/8/preston-the-vanisher Preston, the Vanisher]] is the straightest example, though.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': "[[Recap/TeenTitansS3E11BunnyRaven Bunny Raven]]" has Raven, [[TokenWizard the group's magic user]], turned into a rabbit by Mumbo Jumbo, a magician villain. [[DoubleSubversion This makes her powers nearly unusable, but she manages to save the day by using a mundane illusion.]]

* Buster Baxter the anthropomorphic bunny from ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' occasionally moonlights as a StageMagician called "[[TheGreatWhodini The Great Baxterini]]". One of his tricks has him [[FurryConfusion pull a non-anthropomorphic rabbit out of his hat]].

* In the intro cutscene to ''VideoGame/BugsBunnyLostInTime'', the titular anthropomorphic rabbit shows off a magic trick where he spontaneously lights his finger on fire without injuring himself to [[TheMentor Merlin Munroe]]. The trope is further {{invoked|Trope}} by Merlin during the game proper as he teaches Bugs various magical abilities to help him navigate the game's levels.

* {{Downplayed|Trope}} with StageMagician Bonny de Famme from ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice''. She is human but wears a rabbit-themed costume on stage. [[spoiler:Her twin sister Betty, who is also a StageMagician, wears an identical costume]].

* ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'' features a Dream Eater known as the "Majik Lapin", a bunny in a RobeAndWizardHat that casts magic spells with its ears.

* In the third ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' film, Wandi is a MoonRabbit who is practicing his magic skills. Among a few other magic powers, he can change his own appearance and use his hat to teleport himself and others to another location.

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Compare with CatsAreMagic and RascallyRabbit.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Presto}}'', [[PunnyName Alec Azam]] the rabbit is shown to be just as capable at using his master Presto's [[MagiciansAreWizards magic hat]] as the magician himself is, when he uses it to get back at Presto for not feeding him before the show. [[spoiler: This leads to Alec getting co-headliner billing by the end, after he saves Presto's life.]]

* In the third ''WesternAnimation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' film, Wandi is a MoonRabbit who is practicing his magic skills. Among a few other magic powers, he can change his own appearance and use his hat to teleport himself and others to another location.

* Moji from ''VideoGame/{{Paladins}}'' is an anthropomorphic rabbit who wears a RobeAndWizardHat. {{Downplayed}} as her mount does most of the fighting, and the only spells she uses are her magic barrier and [[BalefulPolymorph ultimate ability]]. Latter champion, Rei, is also of the same race as Moji, but she takes up a more humanoid form with just rabbit ears and tail, and is also more focused on spellcasting (mostly healing ones)

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': "[[Recap/TeenTitansS3E11BunnyRaven Bunny Raven]]" has Raven, the group's magic user, turned into a rabbit by Mumbo Jumbo, a magician villain. [[DoubleSubversion This makes her powers nearly unusable, but she manages to save the day by using a mundane illusion.]]

%%* General Rabbit in ''VideoGame/{{Puppeteer}}'' is exactly this.

* Danelda from WebAnimation/MightyMagiswords is a top-hat-wearing rabbit with a magician-esque look, who uses a Levitation Magisword to make herself (and her enemies) levitate.

* In ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Presto}}'', [[PunnyName Alec Azam]] the rabbit is shown to be just as capable at using his master Presto's [[MagiciansAreWizards magic hat]] as the magician himself is, when he uses it to get back at Presto for not feeding him before the show. [[spoiler: This leads to Alec getting co-headliner billing by the end, after he saves Presto's life.]]

* In the third ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' film, Wandi is a MoonRabbit who is practicing his magic skills. Among a few other magic powers, he can change his own appearance and use his hat to teleport himself and others to another location.

* One of the members of King Dice's Court that can be fought with in the ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'' level "All Bets Are Off" is Hopus Pocus, a KillerRabbit that attacks with cards and their symbols.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': "[[Recap/TeenTitansS3E11BunnyRaven Bunny Raven]]" has Raven, the group's magic user, turned into a rabbit by Mumbo Jumbo, a magician villain. [[DoubleSubversion This makes her powers nearly unusable, but she manages to save the day by using mundane illusion.]]

* My Melody and Kuromi from "Anime/OnegaiMyMelody" are rabbit magicians.

-> '''Brandy''': Mr. Whiskers, that is the most amazing thing I've ever seen! How did you do it?\\
'''Mr. Whiskers''': Eh, I honestly do not know, I'm a rabbit. Magic just comes naturally.

To fit this trope, they will usually be dressed in a uniform that reflects this, kind of like typical StageMagician apparel - a black and white penguin tux with a top hat and a flower corsage and a black wand with white at the tip. Many of their magic tricks coming across as the various misdirections associated with the act (card tricks, coin tricks, sawing women in half, etc). Depending on how the setting works, they will either be very good at the typical smoke-and-mirrors misdirection that Stage Magicians are known for, [[MagiciansAreWizards they may know actual magic and use magician tricks as a means of focusing it]] or ([[StandardFantasySetting if actual wizardry is commonplace]]) [[FakeWizardry they convince people that their phony tricks are real]].

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* Bianca the Rabbit from ''VideoGame/SpyroYearOfTheDragon'' was apprentice to [[BigBad the Sorceress]] before defecting out of a mix of PetTheDog moments with Hunter and discovering that [[spoiler:the Sorceress was planning on killing the baby dragons for their wings]], becoming the TokenWizard among the heroes.

* ''VideoGame/ClayFighter 63⅓'': In addition to the great physical strength from talking to his muscles and the cybernetic enhancements given to him, T-Hoppy is also an accomplished stage magician. This is seen in a couple of his [[Franchise/MortalKombat Claytalities]] in which converts his opponent into a carrot ([[JustEatHim and then eat it]]) and in a clone of himself (with a [[EnemyChatter heated chat]] that ended with the real T-Hoppy [[MultipleGunshotDeath filling the clone with bullets]]).
* Moji from ''VideoGame/{{Paladins}}'' is an anthropomorphic rabbit who wears a RobeAndWizardHat. {{Downplayed}} as her mount does most of the fighting, and the only spells she uses are her magic barrier and [[BalefulPolymorph ultimate ability]]. Latter champion, Rei, is also of the same race as Moji, but she takes up a more humanoid form with just rabbit ears and tail, and is also more focused on spellcasting (mostly healing ones)

* General Rabbit in VideoGame/{{Puppeteer}} is exactly this.

* In the short, "Sleight of Hare" from the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode, "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E20YouAskedForIt You Asked For It]]", Buster gets a job as a rabbit for a magician who performs at Montana Max's birthday party. When Monty causes the magician to quit, Buster takes over for the magician and performs a magic act on Monty as revenge.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''

* Mertin the Magnificent in ''WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog'' is a magic-using RascallyRabbit who wears a standard magician's outfit.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SadieSparks'', Sadie's magical tutor is Gilbert: an ancient 700-year-old grumpy rabbit.