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{{Short description| 1995 Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Douglas McCarthy}}
{{Infobox film
| name              = Carrotblanca
| image             = Carrotblanca TC.png
| director          = Douglas McCarthy<br>[[Spike Brandt]]<br>[[Tony Cervone]]
| story             = [[Tim Cahill (producer)|Timothy Cahill]]<br>[[Julie McNally Cahill|Julie McNally]]
| producer          = Timothy Cahill<br>Julie McNally<br>Kathleen Helppie-Shipley
| starring          = [[Joe Alaskey]]<br>[[Bob Bergen]]<br>[[Greg Burson]]<br>[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br>[[Tress MacNeille]]
| editing           = Rick Gehr
| music             = [[Richard Stone (composer)|Richard Stone]]<br>Julie Bernstein (orchestration)
| animator          = Tony Cervone<br>Shawn Keller<br>Harry Sabin<br>Jeff Siergey<br>David S. Smith<br>[[Will Finn|Bill Snelgrove]]<br>Bill Waldman<br>Nelson Recinos<br>Phil Cummings<br>Bill Knoll<br>Kathleen Mauro<br>Doug Bombardier<br>Myung Miller<br>Ivan Camilli<br>Bill Mimms<br>Ed Gabriel<br>Herb Moore<br>George Goodchild<br>Myung Nam<br>David Hancock<br>Doug Ninneman<br>Mary Hanley<br>David Recinos<br>Sandy Henkin<br>Joe Roman<br>Myung Kang<br>Rodeny Tirey<br>Miyul Lee<br>Elyse Whittaker
| layout_artist     = Bryan Evans<br>Ed Hayney<br>Dave Kuhn
| background_artist = Patricia Keppler<br>[[Tim Maloney]]
| studio            = [[Warner Bros. Animation]]
| distributor       = [[Warner Bros.]]
| country           = United States
| released          = {{Film date|1995|8|25}}
| runtime           = 8:03
| language          = English 
}}
<!-- Unsourced image removed: [[Image:carrotblanca2.jpg|250px|thumb|left]] -->'''''Carrotblanca''''' is a 1995 ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' cartoon short. It was originally shown in theaters alongside ''[[The Amazing Panda Adventure]]'' (in North America) and ''[[The Pebble and the Penguin]]'' (internationally). It was subsequently released on video packaged with older ''Looney Tunes'' cartoons and was included in the special edition [[DVD]]. It was later released on [[HD DVD]], [[Blu-ray]], and [[iTunes]] releases of ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'', the film to which it is both a [[parody]] and an [[Homage (arts)|homage]].

== Plot ==
General Pandemonium gets a frantic call from [[Foghorn Leghorn]] saying that a secret German document has been stolen, and immediately heads for the Carrotblanca nightclub―the Cafe Au Lait Americain featuring "Eleanor Roosevelt's All girl revue" with his friend, [[Sam Sheepdog]]. At the nightclub, [[Tweety]], the actual thief, convinces Mr. Bugs to take the document.

Meanwhile, [[Sylvester the Cat|Sylvester]] Slaszlo and his wife Kitty Ketty arrive at the club. Kitty attracts the unwanted attention of Captain Louis aka Pepe Le Pew, but she scratches him and throws him into the wall. Kitty, who is the ex-girlfriend of Bugs, asks Duck Sam to play her favorite song. The general suspects Slaszlo may know about the document and binds him in his office. Kitty pleads with Bugs to help Slaszlo out of this. Though Bugs is initially reluctant due to the fact that Kitty broke his heart, he goes to the General's office nevertheless and confuses the General himself into jail.

Slaszlo and Kitty escape on the plane for Toronto, New York City and [[Cucamonga]], as Bugs watches them go... except that they find Pepe on the plane working as a steward. Louis asks Kitty for some tea, causing her to jump out of the plane in fright, seemingly without a parachute, landing right in front of Bugs. They kiss, then the parachute opens, covering them.

== Cast ==
* [[Greg Burson]] as [[Bugs Bunny|Mr. Bugs]], [[Foghorn Leghorn]], [[Pepe Le Pew|Captain Louis]], and Airport PA Announcer
* [[Joe Alaskey]] as [[Daffy Duck|Sam Duck]] and [[Sylvester the Cat|Sylvester Slaszlo]]
* [[Bob Bergen]] as [[Tweety]] and The Crusher
* [[Maurice LaMarche]] as [[Yosemite Sam|General Pandemonium]]
* [[Tress MacNeille]] as [[Penelope Pussycat|Kitty Ketty]]

=== Cameo characters ===
* [[Porky Pig]]
* [[Sam Sheepdog]]
* [[Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier]]
* [[Granny (Looney Tunes)|Granny]]
* [[Pete Puma]]
* [[Beaky Buzzard]]
* [[Giovanni Jones]]
* [[Elmer Fudd]]
* [[Rocky and Mugsy]]
* [[Gossamer (Looney Tunes)|Gossamer]]
* [[Barnyard Dawg]]
* [[Miss Prissy]]
* The Crusher

==Production notes==
Unlike the previous modern ''Looney Tunes'' shorts, this short was not made by the [[Greg Ford]]/Terry Lennon team nor [[Chuck Jones Film Productions]]. It was produced by the ''[[Animaniacs]]'' writing team at [[Warner Bros. Feature Animation]]. ''Carrotblanca'' was the only ''Looney Tunes'' short produced by that group of writers and the Feature Animation division. The idea for the short came to be when [[Tim Cahill (producer)|Timothy Cahill]] and [[Julie McNally Cahill|Julie McNally]] saw a 50th anniversary screening of ''Casablanca''. The company that they worked for had the license to make ''Looney Tunes'' merchandise. They pitched the idea of the ''Looney Tunes'' characters doing a parody of ''Casablanca'' to the executives of Warner Bros. at the time, Bob Daly and Terry Semel. They were interested, and the short became the first Warner Bros. project that Cahill and McNally ever worked for writing and producing it. They worked with director Douglas McCarthy and composer [[Richard Stone (composer)|Richard Stone]], and as time went by, the project went from a TV special to an 8-minute short. Voices were provided by [[Greg Burson]], [[Joe Alaskey]], [[Maurice LaMarche]], [[Bob Bergen]], and [[Tress MacNeille]]. The short was animated by [[Tony Cervone]], Shawn Keller, Harry Sabin, Jeff Siergey, David S. Smith, [[Will Finn|Bill Snelgrove]], Bill Waldman, Nelson Recinos, Phil Cummings, Bill Knoll, Kathleen Mauro, Doug Bombardier, Myung Miller, Ivan Camilli, Bill Mimms, Ed Gabriel, Herb Moore, George Goodchild, Myung Nam, David Hancock, Doug Ninneman, Mary Hanley, David Recinos, Sandy Henkin, Joe Roman, Myung Kang, Rodeny Tirey, Miyul Lee, and Elyse Whittaker.<ref name="Podcast">{{cite web|title=EXCLUSIVE: The Making of Carrotblanca with Tim & Julie Cahill! Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries! Tweety’s High Flying Adventure! Baby Looney Tunes!|url=https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xr5p7-12ff2bf|publisher=Podbean|access-date=August 31, 2024}}</ref>

The short involves nearly all the major ''Looney Tunes'' characters in roles from the film, including [[Bugs Bunny]] as Mr. Bugs, [[Daffy Duck]] as Sam Duck, [[Yosemite Sam]] as General Pandemonium, [[Tweety]] as Usmarte, [[Sylvester the Cat|Sylvester]] as Sylvester Slazo, [[Penelope Pussycat]] as Kitty Ketty (this short marks Penelope's first speaking role), and [[Pepé Le Pew]] as Captain Louis. Some characters use their real names, others the names of the characters in the original film, or parodic versions. Several minor ''Looney Tunes'' characters can be seen in the background (such as [[Pete Puma]] as a waiter wearing a [[kaftan]] and [[Fez (hat)|fez]], [[Giovanni Jones]] and The Crusher as the maitre d' and doorman, [[Gossamer (Looney Tunes)|Gossamer]] as a customer at a table, and [[Sam Sheepdog]] as General Pandemonium's driver assistant). [[Porky Pig]] was planned to have a speaking role in the short, but it was cut.<ref name="Podcast"/>

== Reception ==
''Common Sense Media'' rated it 5 out of 5 stars.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Trandahl |first1=Paul |title=Carrotblanca |url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/carrotblanca |website=Common Sense Media |access-date=8 January 2022}}</ref>

== Home media ==
It was released on the DVD set "[[The Essential Bugs Bunny]]", and it was released on the special edition of ''Casablanca''. It was later released on the ''Looney Tunes Parodies'' Collection DVD.

== References ==
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==External links==
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* {{IMDb title|0112638|Carrotblanca}}
* [https://archive.today/20130117215041/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/36499-Carrotblanca.html ''Carrotblanca''] at the [[Big Cartoon Database]]

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