Big Chungus Is In 'Space Jam: A New Legacy'

So, the new Space Jam came out last Friday, and while some critics are basically insinuating it's the death of art itself, at least some people are excited about it for one genuinely surprising cameo: Big Chungus.

Yes, for a brief moment in the clip, Bugs Bunny morphs into a chubby version of himself to imitate Elmer Fudd, just as he did in 1941's "Wabbit Twouble." The original image of chubby Bugs became one of the most iconic memes of the past five years, as it inspired hundreds of variations and even some terrifying knockoffs like Ugandan Chungus.

As you might imagine, the Chungus cameo made a certain subset of the Space Jam: A New Legacy audience very, very excited.

The news made its way to Big Chungus' original creator GaryTheTaco, whose response was simply, "Oh no."

It seems that director Malcolm D. Lee was internet-literate enough to understand that the Big Chungus cameo would certainly get a lot of internet attention—albeit not quote internet-literate enough to realize that de-sexualizing Lola Bunny would be a capital-B Big Deal.