"And me, boss?"
A 1946 Looney Tunes cartoon short directed by Friz Freleng and starring Bugs Bunny.
Bugs decides to spend a rainy night inside an old abandoned house, but it turns out to be the hideout of gangsters Rocky and Hugo (clearly based on the actors Edward G. Robinson and Peter Lorre respectively), who've just pulled a heist. Hilarity Ensues as the rabbit makes off with the ill-gotten loot, and frustrates all the crooks' attempts to get it back with trick after trick.
Tropes employed:
- Backup Bluff: Bugs fools Rocky into thinking the police show up to arrest him.
- Be Careful What You Wish For: Rocky tells Bugs he wants his dough and that he better give it to him, so Bugs pies him in the face with pastry dough.Rocky: I'm gonna count to ten and you better give it to me, see?
Bugs: Don't worry, brother, I will. - Cartoon Bomb: Bugs asks Rocky to hold his watch, which is of course a lit bomb with a clock face drawn on it.
- Cigar Chomper: Rocky always has one in his mouth, even while he's sleeping.
- Eyes Always Shut: Rocky's eyes are almost always squinted closed.
- Failed a Spot Check:
- Somehow, Bugs gets up half awake to get a glass of water in the middle of a gun fight and doesn't notice it. The only acknowledgement of the situation is when he ducks under a barrage of bullets from Hugo's Tommy gun. ("Low bridge.")
- Bugs surfaces from his burrow while Rocky is splitting up the loot with Hugo and absent-mindedly gives some to Bugs. Bugs quickly impersonates six other gangsters and Rocky, not realizing the extra "members" of the gang, gives each of them a cut, until Bugs ends up with the rest of the money. Rocky doesn't notice until he finds the loot gone.
- Rocky is already in bed when "Hugo" returns from taking the rabbit "out for a ride." It's only when Bugs tells him who he really is that Rocky realizes that Hugo never returned.
- Fake a Fight: Bugs pretends to fight off a cop while thrashing himself around the room.
- Freeze-Frame Bonus: The gangsters drive past a billboard advertising the "Hotel Fritz," a nod to director Friz Freleng. The other side of the same billboard touts "Krools" cigarettes, with the slogan "They're awful but you can buy them."
- I'll Take Two Beers Too: In a monetary variation of this gag, Rocky splits up the loot with Hugo.Rocky: One for you (lays down one for Hugo), one for me (lays down one for himself). Two for you (lays down one for Hugo), one, two for me (lays down two for himself). Three for you (lays down one for Hugo), one, two, three for me (lays down three for himself).
- Literal Money Metaphor: Rocky asks Bugs for his dough, so Bugs makes some dough and shoves it in his face.
- Motor Mouth: Bugs refuses to tell Rocky where he hid the money, until Rocky pulls a gun on him; then Bugs starts rattling off like an auctioneer.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Rocky is clearly modeled after Edward G. Robinson (especially his role in Little Caesar) while Hugo is a Lorre Lookalike.
- Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep:(Bugs returns from his "ride" with Hugo to find Rocky in bed)
Rocky: Oh, did you get rid of him?
Bugs: Yeah, he won't bother us anymore.
Rocky: Good work, Hugo. Good night. (puts his head down on the pillow)
Bugs: Hey, mac, ain't you forgettin' somethin'?
Rocky: Oh, yeah. (jumps out of bed, kneels to the floor with his hands folded, and quickly mumbles the "Now I lay me down to sleep" prayer" before jumping back in bed) - Perp Sweating: When Rocky puts Bugs under a lamp's heat to get him to talk, Bugs just puts on sunglasses and a swimsuit and relaxes.
- Pie in the Face: When Rocky asks Bugs to give him the dough, Bugs makes a bowl of bread dough and hits Rocky in the face with it.
- Prefer Jail to the Protagonist: At the end, Rocky runs off to turn himself into the police rather than having to deal with Bugs.
- Shout-Out: As Bugs opens the creaky door of the house, he comments "Hmm... sounds like Inner Sanctum." Inner Sanctum was a popular '40s radio mystery series which began each episode with the sound of a creaking door.
- Soft Glass: Rocky jumps through a closed window to get away from Bugs.
- Third-Person Person: Rocky always refers to himself in the third person.
- Visual Pun: Disguised as a gangster named Mugsy, Bugs walks over to Rocky and in a threatening voice tells him that it's "curtains" for him. He then places some kitchen curtains over Rocky's head.Rocky: Aw, they're adorable.
- Uncertain Doom: It's unknown what Bugs did with Hugo.
