Bugs Bunny's name

Bugs Bunny is an animated rabbit created by Warner Brothers for its Looney Tunes short film series. Bugs Bunny, who rose to prominence during the so-called "golden age" of American animation (1928–c. 1960), has remained one of the world's most popular cartoon characters.

Bugs Bunny was created at Warner Brothers studios by Leon Schlesinger's animation unit. Because of its spartan accommodations on the Warner lot, the unit was nicknamed "Termite Terrace," and it housed some of the top names in animation, including Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, Bob Clampett, and Friz Freleng, as well as renowned voice artist Mel Blanc and musician Carl Stalling.

Bugs Bunny was the result of multiple sources of inspiration. Animator Ben ("Bugs") Hardaway accidentally christened him when a fellow employee labeled his casual sketch of a proposed rabbit character "Bugs's Bunny." Robert McKimson created the character's model sheet; Freleng developed Bugs' personality; Avery and Jones refined him further; and Blanc imbued him with his trademark wisecracking Brooklynese delivery. Bugs appeared in embryonic form in Warner cartoons as early as 1938, but his familiar incarnation did not appear until A Wild Hare (1940). It's considered one of the bizarre pop culture accidents

Year: 1938

Events: Animator Ben (“Bugs”) Hardaway inadvertently christened him when his casual sketch of a proposed rabbit character was labeled “Bugs's Bunny” by a fellow employee.