"Look, doc. You can turn things around! You're the chosen one!"
"The Matwix" is a 2001 webtoon from Looney Tunes that stars Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd and is a spoof of The Matrix, which came out two years before the cartoon. It is notably the only webtoon from 2001 to 2003 to never get a DVD release.
"The Matwix" provides examples of:
- Alice Allusion: "You want answers? Just follow the rabbit."
- Body Horror: Downplayed with a variation of the "mouth melting shut" effect by the Top Salesman rubbing Elmer's mouth out with a pencil.
- The Chosen One: Bugs constantly referred to Elmer as this.
- Clickbait Gag: After the viewer first picks either donut, Elmer gets sent to New Jersey. The viewer picks the other donut to continue the cartoon.
- Crapsack World: The world is shown to be ruled by Salesmen that force people to buy every discounted product.
- Downer Ending: A hilarious example. Elmer gives his credit card to the Top Salesman, causing mankind to lose.
- Follow the White Rabbit: A literal example. Elmer is relying on Bugs Bunny.
- Not so Dire: The Top Salesman looms out of the dark...and offers to sell Elmer something."Time for you to make a choice, Mr. Fudd... Between the ACME Automatic Haircutting Machine or the B2000 Gadgetized Galvanized Beauty Salon in A Box! All parts not under warranty, offer may not be valid in your area."
- Or Was It a Dream?: The ending after Elmer wakes up in a pod facility.
- Red Pill, Blue Pill: In this case, Red Donut and Blue Donut. If Elmer ate the red, he will see the reality. If he ate the blue, he will see something else, "Maybe, New Joisey".
- Shout-Out: As a parody of The Matrix, there are a lot of references to the film.
- Elmer gets a phone call from Bugs to follow the rabbit.
- Bugs wears a trenchcoat and shades just like Morpheus.
- The Bullet Time example upward.
- The above example with the red and blue donuts.
- Elmer lands in New Jersey and says "whoa".
- The Top Salesman had some of Agent Smith's mannerisms.
- Bugs tells Elmer to walk the path.
- Vengeful Vending Machine: Behind Door Number One.
