Communist Bugs Bunny

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Communist Bugs Bunny, sometimes known as We Have Bugs Bunny, is a reaction image featuring Loony Toons character Bugs Bunny with a red filter and the hammer and sickle from the Soviet Union flag. Typically, the image is used alongside a caption in which someone claims ownership of something that another subject (depicted as Bugs) claims as “ours.” The meme became popularized in June 2020 across a variety of social media platforms.

Origin

The original clip that the meme is pulled from is seen during a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon called “A Wild Hare,” released on July 27th, 1940, specifically the scene where Elmer Fudd is hunting Bugs Bunny in his rabbit hole. This cartoon is also considered Bugs’ first official appearance. During this scene (seen below), Elmer Fudd approaches Bugs Bunny’s home and around the 57-second mark, he makes the pose used in the meme.

Spread

One of the earliest examples of the scene being used as a meme comes from June 8th, 2020, when Imgur^[1] user WhatDoYouLookLike posted a version to the site under the title “Prove me wrong.” The meme (shown below) received over 144,000 views, 2,700 points and 275 comments.

On June 8th, 2020, YouTuber^[2] SomethingDraw uploaded a video version of the meme under the title “Soviet Bugs Bunny” (shown below), receiving nearly 5,000 views, 157 likes and 50 comments.

On Twitter,^[3] Communist Bugs Bunny is also frequently used as a simple reaction in replies to various tweets. User dowvred can be seen tweeting one such example on June 13th, 2020, as a reply to an above caption, “my girl is so talented, biggest fan,” with “nossa girl” (or “our girl” in English). iFunny^[4] user Slumpire uploaded another version on June 21st, 2020 (seen below).

Redditor^[5] Jahanzaib69 posted a variant on June 23rd, 2020, to the r/dankmemes sub under the title “Comrade Homer.” The post (shown below) was upvoted over 35,200 times and commented on 108 times.

On June 23rd, 2020, Redditor^[6] AMIS7 posted a version referencing the U.S. to the r/dankmemes subreddit, receiving nearly 59,000 upvotes, 582 comments and three Reddit awards (seen below).

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