Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Written by Tedd Pierce, animated by Ken Harris, and directed by Chuck Jones, "Case of the Missing Hare" is a very good Warner Bros. cartoon that pits Bugs Bunny against a world-renowned magician, who invades the sanctity of Bugs' home. This cartoon proves a very well-known point: If you pick on Bugs Bunny, you sure as hell better watch out, because he'll give it back to you a lot worse than you can imagine.One particular scene in "Case of the Missing Hare" I especially find funny: Assisting the magician with a swords-through-the-basket trick (in which the swords don't penetrate, as the magician explains), Bugs actually squeals in mock pain with each sword, causing the magician to sweat profusely. I also like how both the magician and the rabbit have difficulty pronouncing "prestidigitator".Director Chuck Jones was still in his experimental stages with "Case of the Missing Hare", and there ain't nothing wrong with that. One particular oddity, however, is that the onstage backgrounds keep changing color. Big deal.

Chuck Jones's 'Case of the Missing Hare' is a slow- moving and not particularly funny cartoon. An early Bugs Bunny short, 'Case of the Missing Hare' pits Bugs against a weak magician character who never proves to be much of a foil for the rabbit. Opening with a feeble pie-in-the-face routine which serves as a flimsy pretext for a "Of course you realise this means war" moment, 'Case of the Missing Hare' quickly segues into the magician's magic act and Bugs's inevitable sabotage of it. Ultimately, the script isn't all that funny and Jones has little to work with but he also seems to be having an off day, showing none of the sparkle which characterises his work. The result is a flat, dull cartoon with little to no laughs.

In this Bugs Bunny episode, we meet the rascally rabbit living happily in a tree. And why are some people not OK with this? It is perfectly fine - it is actually quite a good touch to the episode - funny in some aspects.Also, kissing can be quite funny, cartoon or real life. The way that the Looney Tunes characters used to do it can strike up a chuckle or two. In this day and age, I do not find it terribly funny, but it does not matter.Anyhow, this is a very funny episode, another one of those ones where Bugs Bunny earns revenge from a nasty stage person. The animation of Bugs Bunny is good, the jokes are good (especially where Bugs Bunny is imitating a dog with his fingers) and the theme of the episode is used well.In this short, a stage magician is putting up posters advertising his magic show. He so happens to pin a poster over the door of Bugs Bunny's home - a tree, funnily enough. Bugs Bunny starts to become annoyed with the stage magician, who in fact turns out to be an obnoxious meanie. Bugs Bunny will soon fight for revenge...I recommend this Bugs Bunny episode for anyone who likes stage magic (a lot of the jokes here are based on it), old Bugs animation and Looney Tunes. Enjoy "Case of the Missing Hare"! :-)

When a magician desecrates Bugs Bunny's tree home (yea I know Bugs doesn't usually live in a tree, but just go with it), the rabbit decides to go to the magician's show to heckle him unmercifully, making him look quite the fool in front of his audience. If you can get over the whole tree thing, you'll find that this IS a truly funny short, and worthy to be more widely known than it appears to be. This animated short can be found on Disk 1 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 3 and includes an optional commentary by Greg Ford which is quite informative by itself and is worth at least one listen.My Grade: B+