History WesternAnimation / BigHouseBunny

* {{Bowdlerise}}: Many American TV airings, like those on ABC, ''The Merrie Melodies Show'' (the syndicated and FOX versions) and even Cartoon Network and Boomerang, cut the scene where Sam falls through the {{trap door}} of the gallows and gets stuck in a noose. In ''The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special'' (which aired in 1980), the scene was replaced with one in which Sam presses the button and the trapdoor becomes a spring trap that launches him into the air.

* SureLetsGoWithThat: After Bugs corrects Sam that he's not 777174, but "three and a half", Sam goes with it and arrests Bugs anyways.

* SureLetsGoWithThat: After Bugs corrects Sam that he's not 777174, but "three and a half", Sam goes with it anyways. Not that it saves Bugs from being arrested.
-->'''Sam:''' Alright, then! You're three and a half! (''chuckles'')

* InstitutionalApparel: Bugs wears (oversized) stripes when claiming he's not #777174, but "three and a half". At the end, Sam is dressed in stripes when he's sentenced for letting Bugs go.

* TheAlcatraz: The prison itself. The name "Sing Song" is based off the Sing Sing Correctional Facility.

In this short, Bugs, in trying to avoid hunters during hunting season by digging underground, finds himself in Sing Song Prison ("No Hanging Around"), where he is mistaken for an escapee by guard Sam Schultz. While in prison, Bugs repeatedly matches wits with Sam and gets him into trouble with the warden.

In this short, Bugs, in trying to avoid hunters during hunting season by digging underground, finds himself in Sing Song Prison ("No Hanging Around"), where he is mistaken for an escapee by guard Sam Schultz. While in jail, Bugs repeatedly matches wits with Sam and gets him into trouble with the warden.

* VillainyFreeVillain: Sam is a prison guard who probably takes a little too much delight in trying to stop prisoners from escaping.

* WorkingOnTheChainGang: Mistaking Bugs for an attempted prison escapee, Sam has the rabbit labor on the rock pile. In the climax, Sam has Bugs simply leave the prison grounds for good, thinking he is finally rid of him -- only to immediately be fired and arrested by the warden for (allegedly) letting a prisoner go illegally, and the cartoon ends with ''[[{{Irony}} Sam]]'' [[{{Irony}} laboring on the rock pile]].

** In addition, ABC cut the part where Bugs (as the warden) offers Sam a cigar and a seat -- [[CrossesTheLineTwice on the electric chair]] (with predictable results)

!!"Big House Bunny" provides examples of:

* PrisonEpisode

* DaChief: The Warden gets increasingly pissed off at the antics of Sam which are triggered by Bugs and yells loud enough to be heard in the whole prison.

"Big House Bunny" is a 1950 ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short directed by Creator/FrizFreleng, and starring WesternAnimation/BugsBunny and WesternAnimation/YosemiteSam.

* MistakenForAnImposter: When Sam sees through Bugs' warden disguise, he chases him out of the office and back in again. He then runs up to the desk and clubs who he thinks is Bugs over the head...only to discover it's the ''real'' warden!
** And the Warden gives Sam one hell of a [[DeathGlare Death Glare]] when he pops back up after being clubbed!

* TheAlcatraz: "Sing Song" is based off the Sing Sing Correctional Facility.

* CranialEruption: After Bugs' impersonation of the Warden, Sam comes back in the Warden's office, [[MistakenForAnImposter thinks it's still Bugs in disguise]] and clubs his own boss on the head. A swelling about as tall as Sam himself erupts on the Warden's head, who then emerges with a DeathGlare, and Sam sheepishly taps it back into the Warden's head with his club. Cue another round of yelling and job loss threat on Sam from the pissed off Warden.

* NotSoRemote: When Sam digs his way out from inside a cell with help from a map, courtesy of a disguised Bugs, he emerges in what appears to be a lush jungle. When Sam parts the plants, he discovers, to his horror, that he's actually among the oversized potted plants in the warden's office.

* OhCrap: Sam whenever he gets called into the warden's office
* OhCrapSmile: Sam gives one when he realizes he had attacked the warden and not the disguised Bugs.

* VerbalJudo: After Sam locks Bugs up in a cell, Bugs asks why Sam locked ''himself'' up. They argue back and forth until Sam trades places with Bugs...thus locking himself up for real.
* VillainyFreeVillain: Sam is a prison guard who probably takes a little too much delight in trying to prisoners from escaping.
* WorkingOnTheChainGang: Mistaking Bugs for an attempted prison escapee, Sam has the rabbit labor on the rock pile. In the climax, Sam has Bugs simply leave the prison grounds for good, thinking he is finally rid of him -- only to immediately be fired and arrested by the warden for (allegedly) letting a prisoner go illegally, and the cartoon ends with ''[[{{Irony}} Sam]]'' [[{{Irony}} laboring on the rock pile]].

* DaChief: The Warden gets increasingly pissed off at the antics of Sam which are triggered by Bugs.

[[caption-width-right:350:"Neh, my mudder told me dere'd be days like dis."]]

* CranialEruption: After Bugs' impersonation of the Warden, Sam comes back in the Warden's office, thinks it's still Bugs in disguise and hits his own boss on the head with his baton. A swelling about as tall as Sam himself erupts on the Warden's head, and Sam sheepishly taps it back into the Warden's head. Cue another round of yelling and job loss threat from the pissed off Warden.

* CranialEruption: After Bugs' impersonation of the Warden, Sam comes back in the Warden's office, thinks it's still Bugs in disguise and hits his own boss on the head with his baton. A swelling about as tall as Sam himself erupts on the Warden's head, and Sam sheepishly taps it back into the Warden's head. Cue another round of yelling and job loss threat from the Warden.

[[caption-width-right:350:"Neh, my mother told me there'd be days like this."]]

* {{Bowdlerise}}: Many American TV airings, like those on ABC, ''The Merrie Melodies Show'' (the syndicated and FOX versions) and even Cartoon Network and Boomerang, cut the scene where Sam falls through the {{trap door}} of the gallows and gets stuck in a noose. In ''WesternAnimation/TheBugsBunnyMysterySpecial'' (which aired in 1980), the scene was replaced with one in which Sam presses the button and the trapdoor becomes a spring trap that launches him into the air.