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{{Short description|1957 animated short film by Chuck Jones}}
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{{Infobox film
|name=Ali Baba Bunny
|image=AiBabaBunny TC.png
|caption=
|director=[[Chuck Jones]]
|story=[[Michael Maltese]]
|animator=[[Richard Thompson (animator)|Richard Thompson]]<br />[[Ken Harris]]<br />[[Abe Levitow]] <br />[[Ben Washam]]<br />[[Harry Love (animator)|Harry Love]]
|layout_artist=[[Maurice Noble]]
|background_artist=Philip DeGuard
|editing=[[Treg Brown]]
|starring=[[Mel Blanc]]
|music=[[Carl Stalling]]<br />[[Milt Franklyn]]
|producer= [[Edward Selzer]]
|distributor=[[Warner Bros. Pictures]]<br />[[The Vitaphone Corporation]]
|released={{Film date|1957|02|09}}
|country=United States
|color_process=[[Technicolor]]
|runtime=6:55
|language=English
}}
'''''Ali Baba Bunny''''' is a 1957 [[Warner Bros.]] ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' short directed by [[Chuck Jones]].<ref name=Beck>{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |last2=Friedwald |first2=Will |title=Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0894-2 |pages=295, 372–373}}</ref> The short was released on February 9, 1957, and stars [[Bugs Bunny]] and [[Daffy Duck]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/60/mode/2up |pages=60–62}}</ref>

==Plot==
In the Arabian Desert, a dimwitted guard named Hassan guards a cave where a rich Sultan stores his treasure. Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck accidentally stumble upon the cave, thinking they have arrived at [[Pismo Beach, California]]. Daffy, enamored by the riches, forces Bugs back into the burrow to keep it all for himself. When Hassan finally remembers the command to open the cave, chaos ensues.

Mistaking Hassan for a porter, Daffy is attacked and seeks Bugs' help. Bugs, in turn, outwits Hassan by posing as a [[jinn]]. As Daffy steals a gem, Bugs tricks Hassan with an Indian rope trick, seemingly trapping him in the clouds. Daffy, however, discovers a lamp with a real jinn, whom he inadvertently angers. Bugs escapes as the jinn unleashes dire consequences on Daffy.

Bugs reaches Pismo Beach and finds a pearl in a clam, only to discover Daffy shrunken inside claiming the pearl. The cartoon concludes with Bugs making the clam close on Daffy.

==Voice cast==
*[[Mel Blanc]] as [[Bugs Bunny]], [[Daffy Duck]], Hassan, Sultan and Jinn

==Reception==
Linda Simensky writes, "''Ali Baba Bunny'' was produced in an era where Bugs and Daffy were often paired up, and while that didn't always work, in this cartoon they seem to be formidable opponents. In the early 1950s, Daffy Duck was no longer just daffy. He had progressed to being greedy, cheap, and without a trace of empathy. When put in the right circumstances, this worked. Bugs, as paired up with Daffy, lost a little of his ability to incite conflict, being given the job of mostly reacting and politely suffering Daffy's outbursts. But in this cartoon, Bugs has his classic moments too."<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Beck |editor1-first=Jerry |title=The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons |date=2020 |publisher=Insight Editions |isbn=978-1-64722-137-9 |pages=6–7}}</ref>

==Legacy==
''Ali Baba Bunny'' was voted No. 35 of the [[50 Greatest Cartoons]] of all time by members of the animation field.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |title=The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals |date=1994 |publisher=Turner Publishing |isbn=187868549X}}</ref> The film was edited into the ''Looney Tunes'' greatest hits features ''[[The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie]]'' (1979) and ''[[Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales]]'' (1982).<ref name=Beck/>

==In popular culture==
During his ''[[SportsCenter]]'' tenure, [[Rich Eisen]] would occasionally use Hassan's catchphrase, "Hassan chop!", when a highlight showed a baseball player tossing his bat in disgust.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sportscenteraltar.com/phrases/usage.asp?ID=43 |title=The SportsCenter Altar / Phrase Listing |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=[[SportsCenter]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716121431/http://sportscenteraltar.com/phrases/usage.asp?ID=43 |archive-date=2011-07-16}}</ref>

[[The Offspring]]'s 2021 album ''[[Let the Bad Times Roll]]'' features a song titled "Hassan Chop", which uses audio from the episode.

==See also==
* [[List of American films of 1957]]

==References==
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== External links ==
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* {{IMDb title|0050111}}

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|before=[[To Hare Is Human]]
|title=[[List of Bugs Bunny cartoons|Bugs Bunny Cartoons]]
|years=1957
|after=[[Bedevilled Rabbit]]}}
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