Elmer Fudd will no longer carry a rifle in HBO Max’s collection of shorts called “Looney Tunes” cartoons.
According to The New York Times, the first short, titled “Dynamite Dance,” has the feel of old school Looney Tunes.
In the video, Bugs Bunny goes after Elmer Judd with dynamite.
However, Fudd will no longer carry his token rifle. Character Yosemite Sam will no longer carry pistols.
Series executive producer Peter Browngardt told the New York Times, “we’re not doing guns.”
News of the change to the character went viral on social media on Sunday.
Stop the world, I want to get off! Idiocy at its finest 🤦♀️☮️
Looney Toons are far less violent than Transformers and other newer cartoons. Even though Elmer Fudd would sometimes shoot Buggs Bunny he never dies and there’s never blood seen. I think this is going way too far and it should stop now. Leave the old cartoons alone and go after the new much more violent cartoons!