What's Opera, Doc? é uma animação de 7 minutos onde Bugs Bunny e Elmer Fudd medem forças numa ópera com contornos wagnerianos. Aqui fica o guião, para aguçar o apetite. (Não esquecer que o Elmer não diz os r's! Logo, onde se lê rabbit, leia-se wabbit.)
[Cartoon opens, scenes of Elmer directing a storm] - The Flying Dutchman overture
Elmer - Be very quiet / I'm hunting rabbits - general opera recitative-style music
- Ride of the Valkyries from The Valkyries:
Elmer - Rabbit tracks!!! / Kill the rabbit, kill the rabbit, kill the rabbit / Yo ho to oh! Yo ho to oh! Yo ho...
- Siegfried's Horn Call from The Ring Cycle:
Bugs - O mighty warrior of great fighting stock / Might I enquire to ask, eh, what's up doc??
Elmer - I'm going to kill the rabbit!! - Ride of the Valkyries Bugs - Oh mighty warrior t'will be quite a task / How will you do it, might I enquire to ask?? - Siegfried's Horn Call
- General recit. music:
Elmer - I will do it with my spear and magic helmet!
Bugs - Your spear and magic helmet?
Elmer - Spear & magic helmet!
Bugs - Magic helmet?
Elmer - Magic helmet!
Bugs - Magic helmet
Elmer - Yes, magic helmet and I'll give you a sample
[Elmer gives a sample of his power] - Flying Dutchman overture
Bugs - Bye
Elmer - (that was the rabbit)
[Chase scene] - general chase music
- Overture to Tannhauser:
[Bugs appears, dressed as Brunhilde, riding on a white horse. Elmer is stupefied.]
Elmer - Oh Brunhilde, you're so lovely
Bugs - Yes I know it I can't help it
Elmer - Oh Brunhilde, be my love
[Ballet scene] - Bachanal from Tannhauser
- Tannhauser Overture:
Elmer - Return my love, a longing burns deep inside me
Bugs - Return my love, I want you always beside me
Elmer - A love like ours must be
Bugs - Made for you and for me
Bugs & Elmer - Return, won't you return my love, for my love is yours
- Ride of the Valkyries:
Elmer - I'll kill the rabbit / Arise storms / North winds blow, south winds blow / Typhoons, hurricanes, earthquakes. . . SMOG! / Flash lightning! Strike the rabbit!
- Tannhauser overture:
Elmer - What have I done?? I've killed the rabbit... / Poor little bunny, poor little rabbit...
[Elmer walks away carrying Bugs in his arms] - Tannhauser overture Bugs - (well what did you expect in an opera, a happy ending???)
