THE NASTY RABBIT

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THE NASTY RABBIT
Nasty Rabbit spots some lettuce on a produce truck and jumps aboard to dump beer on it and enjoy a salad. When the truck is locked up and drives away, Nasty is transported to Louisiana and does not find it to his liking.

THE TITLE:

Just to add "character" to Nasty Rabbit's legend, the first episode title uses the definitive article before his name, as if to imply he started just as "a" nasty rabbit. In truth, Nasty Rabbit was his full name since before there ever was an episode.

SONG-DROPPING: 

Born to Be Wild (Mars Bonfire)

Theme From New York, New York (Kander/Ebb)

NAME-DROPPING: 

Nasty places a call to Ed Koch, claiming to be Donald Trump; calls the local sheriff alternately "Barney Fife" and "Joe Friday"; "Hey, look! It's John Fogerty!"

From the beginning, several facets of Nasty's personality are already evident:

Total oblivion - Nasty sees lettuce, has beer, and wants a salad. He doesn't seem to notice he's in the back of a truck being loaded by two drivers.

The legendary finger - it only takes until panel #13 for Nasty to flip someone off

"Cartoon magic" - when the sheriff arrests him, Nasty announces his lawyer is right behind the sheriff. He turns around, to see Nasty in a suit and tie, carrying a briefcase, and claiming to be "Vincent Bunniosi, attorney at law."

Disguise - see "Vincent Bunniosi"

Deliberate ignorance of social mores - when Nasty needs to make a quick escape, he picks a lock to steal someone's bicycle, but muses to himself, "Some kid lost his bike...and it's caught on this chain, too!"

Blaming the victim - Nasty drives the bike straight into an old lady, knocking them both over, while yelling "Hey! Watch it, fruithead!"

Rude epithets - see "fruithead"

Erroneous interpretation - during the getaway on the Greyhound bus, Nasty deduces that the needle reaching "100" on the dashboard indicates how many people are on board, then says "Hey! How did 25 more get on when I'm goin' this fast?"

Singing rock or R&B songs - while driving back in to New York City and smashing an oncoming car with the bus, Nasty tries to get a singalong of "Born to Be Wild" started with the passengers.