History WesternAnimation / BallotBoxBunny

* CarryABigStick: During a campaign speech, Bugs does an impression of UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt, quoting his saying about speaking softly and carrying a big stick. Sam retorts that he speaks ''loudly'' and carries a ''bigger'' stick -- which he then hits Bugs with on the head.

* CarryABigStick: During a campaign speech, Bugs does an impression of UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt, quoting his saying about speaking softly and carrying a big stick. Sam retorts that he speaks ''loudly'' and carries a ''bigger'' stick -- which he then hits Bugs with.

* AshFace: Exaggerated. After the ExplosiveCigar goes off, a man's ''whole head'' seemingly turns to ash, which then blows away. Fortunately, his real head was hidden under his coat. Unfortunately for Sam, the guy believes he did the prank and Sam gets BlownAcrossTheRoom with a punch.

-->'''Sam''': WELL I SPEAK '''LOOOUUUD'''! AND I CARRY A '''BIIIIIGER''' STICK! AND I USE IT TOO!!! ''(Hits Bugs on the noggin)''

* AntAssault: Sam unleashes Ants to ruin the picnic organized by Bugs. They don't attack humans per se, they merely steal food (they're somehow [[StrongAnts strong enough to do it]]). Bug counter-attacks by putting dynamite in the watermelon that's being carried away by an ant. It then goes boom on Sam.

* AshFace: Exaggerated. After the ExplosiveCigar goes off, a man's ''whole head'' seemingly turns to ash, which then blows away. Fortunately, his real head was hidden under his coat.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Sam sets a trap for Bugs using a cannon at his front door, only for Bugs to fool him into opening it.

* XylophoneGag: Sam tries it on Bugs with a rigged piano, and gets the usual outcome.

* VisualPun: The actual winner of the election is literally a dark horse.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The ending gag, where Bugs and Sam play RussianRoulette after both losing the mayoral race to an actual "dark horse mare", was deleted for many years on American TV airings regardless of channel (it has been edited on ABC, CBS, WB, FOX, syndicated networks, Nickelodeon, even Cartoon Network and Boomerang) with a fake iris-out after Bugs says: "Dark horse?" and Sam says: "Mare?" (Mayor). Since 2011, Cartoon Network has aired the cartoon uncut and uncensored. One local station left the first part of the ending scene intact, but edited the short by ending it just as Bugs puts the gun to his head and the cartoon irises out, deleting the scene of Bugs missing and shooting Yosemite Sam instead. Because of the darker implications of this edit (that Bugs committed suicide, rather than having blasted Yosemite Sam), this edited version has only aired once.

*** "Oooooooh, I hate that rabbit!"

* ItsLikeIAlwaysSay

-->"Say, this calls for stragety! I'll fight with fire!"

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The ending gag, where Bugs and Sam play RussianRoulette after both losing the mayoral race to an actual "dark horse mare", was deleted for many years on American TV airings regardless of channel (it has been edited on ABC, CBS, WB, FOX, syndicated networks, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, and Boomerang) with a fake iris-out after Bugs says: "Dark horse?" and Sam says: "Mare?" (Mayor). Since 2011, Cartoon Network has aired the cartoon uncut and uncensored. One local station left the first part of the ending scene intact, but edited the short by ending it just as Bugs puts the gun to his head and the cartoon irises out, deleting the scene of Bugs missing and shooting Yosemite Sam instead. Because of the darker implications of this edit (that Bugs committed suicide, rather than having blasted Yosemite Sam), this edited version has only aired once.

'''Ballot Box Bunny''' is a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1951]] ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon directed by Creator/FrizFreleng and starring WesternAnimation/BugsBunny.

!!Tropes:

In the short, Bugs throws himself into the race for small-town mayor after hearing that candidate WesternAnimation/YosemiteSam's campaign platform includes a promise to wipe out every last rabbit. An escalating dirty-trick campaign ensues, along with [[HilarityEnsues hilarity]].

* ExplosiveCigar: When Sam decides to hand out cigars to prospective voters, Bugs swaps them for the exploding variety. One voter finds this out the hard way.

''Ballot Box Bunny'' is a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1951]] ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon directed by Creator/FrizFreleng and starring WesternAnimation/BugsBunny.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The ending gag, where Bugs and Sam play RussianRoulette after both losing the mayoral race to an actual "dark horse mare", was deleted for many years on American TV airings regardless of channel (it has been edited on ABC, CBS, WB, FOX, syndicated networks, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, and Boomerang) with a fake iris-out after Bugs says: "Dark horse?" and Sam says: "Mare?"(Mayor). Since 2011, Cartoon Network has aired the cartoon uncut and uncensored. One local station left the first part of the ending scene intact, but edited the short by ending it just as Bugs puts the gun to his head and the cartoon irises out, deleting the scene of Bugs missing and shooting Yosemite Sam instead. Because of the darker implications of this edit (that Bugs committed suicide, rather than having blasted Yosemite Sam), this edited version has only aired once.

* PoliticiansKissBabies: Sam attempts this as a campaign tactic, with little apparent success even before Bugs disguises himself as a baby, kisses ''him'', [[WoundedGazelleGambit then cries that "the bad man bit my widdle nose!"]], leading all the women present to start to hitting Sam over the head with their [[HandbagOfHurt handbags]] and [[ParasolOfPain umbrellas]].

* PoliticiansKissBabies: Sam attempts this as a campaign tactic, with little apparent success even before Bugs disguises himself as a baby, kisses ''him'', then cries that "the bad man bit my widdle nose!", leading all the women present to start to hitting Sam over the head with their [[HandbagOfHurt handbags]] and [[ParasolOfPain umbrellas]].

* ExplosiveCigar: When Sam decides to hand out cigars to prospective voters, Bugs swaps them for the exploding variety.

* ReducedToDust: What seems to happen to the head of the man Sam gives the exploding cigar to. Of course, since it's ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', he's relatively okay moments later.

-->'''Sam''': WELL I SPEAK '''LOUD'''! AND I CARRY A '''BIIIGER''' STICK! AND I USE IT TOO!! (Hits Bugs on the noggin.)

''Ballot Box Bunny'' is a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1951]] ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon directed by Creator/FrizFreleng and starring WesternAnimation/BugsBunny. In the short, Bugs throws himself into the race for small-town mayor after hearing that candidate Yosemite Sam's campaign platform includes a promise to wipe out every last rabbit. An escalating dirty-trick campaign ensues, along with [[HilarityEnsues hilarity.]]