Hare-Way to the Stars

The cartoon starts when Bugs Bunny, feeling the effects of mixing radish juice with carrot juice the night before, unknowingly climbs out of his hole and into a rocket ship that is about to be launched into space. He realizes what has happened once he screws open the tip of the ship, and is immediately hit by the satellite Sputnik and lands on what appears to be a space station. While there, Bugs meets Marvin the Martian who is trying to blow up the Earth with his Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator because "[Earth] obstructs [his] view of Venus".

Bugs quietly steals Marvin's explosive, and Marvin quickly discovers what happened. He creates Martians who somewhat resemble the Martians of A Martian Odyssey and Jumpin' Jupiter by adding water to "Instant Martian" pills. The Martians all leave to capture Bugs. Bugs gets on a rocket scooter and is pursued by a Martian. After noticing it mimics his every move to catch up with him, Bugs mimes driving out of the space station, causing the Martian to actually do that. He is then pursued by the Martians and hides behind a door so that he can chase them. The Martians use the same trick to get behind Bugs and chase him, but he uses the same trick again to make the Martians run into a trapdoor and make them fall out of the space station. Bugs then steals a UFO and when Marvin attempts to make more Martians, Bugs swaps the lit Space Modulator for the bottle of "Instant Martian" pills. The Modulator explodes in Marvin's hand just after he finishes saying its name, destroying his space station and forcing Marvin to come up with a new plan to destroy the Earth. Bugs arrives on Earth in the UFO, but crashes into a construction site warning sign and finds himself and the bottle of "Instant Martian" pills falling into the sewer and splashing all the pills. The ground shakes as Bugs climbs out of the sewer, frantically replaces the manhole cover and warns the audience "Run for the hills folks, or you'll be up to your armpits in Martians!", before proceeding to take his own advice as Martian antennas poke out of the cracks appearing in the ground.

• Story: Michael Maltese
• Animation: Richard Thompson, Ken Harris & Abe Levitow
• Layouts: Maurice Noble
• Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard
• Effects Animation: Harry Love
• Film : Treg Brown
• Voice Characterizations: Mel Blanc

  Milt Franklyn

• Produced by Edward Selzer & John W. Burton
• Directed by Chuck Jones

The cartoon was featured on the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 Blu-ray box set (released November 15, 2011) with the cartoon restored and in high definition. This cartoon was also made part of the feature film The Bugs Bunny/ Runner Movie (sometimes known as The Great American Chase).

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