''Carrotblanca'' is a 1995 8-minute ''

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'' (in North America) and '' The Pebble and the Penguin'' (internationally). It was subsequently released on video packaged with older ''Looney Tunes'' cartoons and was included in the special edition

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, and later HD DVD and

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, releases of ''

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'', the film to which it is both a

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. At the time of release, WB did not own the rights to ''Casablanca'' (such rights were with Turner Entertainment – they still technically hold the film today, but WB became responsible for distribution a year after the short's release as a result of their parent company's purchase of Turner in 1996). Like the original film, ''Carrotblanca'' is set during

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. Unlike the previous modern ''Looney Tunes'' shorts, this short was not made by the

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. It was produced by the '' Animaniacs'' writing team at

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. ''Carrotblanca'' was the only ''Looney Tunes'' short produced by that group of writers and the Feature Animation division. The short involves nearly all the major ''Looney Tunes'' characters in roles from the film, including

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; Sam Sheepdog as General Pandemonian's driver)

Plot

General Pandemonium ( Yosemite Sam as Major Strasser) gets a frantic call from Foghorn Leghorn saying that a secret German document has been stolen, and immediately heads for the Carrotblanca nightclub―the Cafe Au Lait Americain featuring "Eleanor Roosevelt's All girl revue" . At the nightclub, Usmarte (

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as Ugarte, depicted like Peter Lorre), the actual thief, convinces Bugs Bunny (as Rick Blaine) to take the document. Meanwhile,

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Slazlo (as Victor Lazlo) and his wife Kitty Ketty (

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as Ilsa Lund) arrive at the club. Ketty attracts the unwanted attention of Captain Louis (Pepé Le Pew) but she scratches him and throws him into the wall. Ketty, who is the ex-girlfriend of Bugs, asks Daffy Duck (as Sam) to play her favorite song. General Pandemonium suspects Sylvester may know about the document and binds him in his office. Ketty pleads with Bugs to help Sylvester out of this. Though Bugs is initially reluctant due to the fact that Ketty broke his heart, he goes to the General's office nevertheless and confuses the General himself into jail. The story climaxes with Sylvester and Ketty escaping on the plane for

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and Cucamonga, as Bugs watches them go... except that they find Louis on the plane working as a steward. Louis asks Ketty, " Coffee, tea, or moi?", causing her to jump out of the plane in fright, seemingly without a parachute, landing right in front of Bugs. They kiss, then the parachute opens, covering them. The

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Cast

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, Foghorn Leghorn,

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as Daffy Duck and

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as Tweety and Crusher * Maurice LaMarche as Yosemite Sam *

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* Spike and Chester * Granny * Pete Puma * Beaky Buzzard * Giovanni Jones *

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* Miss Prissy

Reception

''Common Sense Media'' rated it 5 out of 5 stars.

Home media

It was released on the DVD set "

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", and it was released on the special edition of ''Casablanca''. It was later released on the Looney Tunes Parodies Collection DVD.

References

External links

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