Looney Tunes: Wartime & Propaganda

During the war looney tunes turned to create two types of cartoons:  ones to escape from reality of the newcasts and ones that played on the topicality of it. working in a defence plant, being drafted, etc.

Bugs bunny captured the american spirit, bug’s can-do attitude gave americans relatable cartoon character. As bugs had just been created in the recent years, his development during this period shaped what we know as bugs today and is what made him rise to success.

The character of Bugs Bunny became very developed between 1941-1942 due to the war.

Typical trademarks of these cartoons that are usually spoofed: propaganda elements, racist caricatures, outdated references to the war effort (i.e., Shout Outs to save scrap iron, buy war bonds, or grow a Victory Garden). Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and/or Emperor Hirohito often make a cameo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugs_%26_Daffy:_The_Wartime_Cartoons
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WartimeCartoon

Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips (1944):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-w2F3planCk

Herr Meets Hare (1945):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lIQch389Gyk

Buy War Bonds!(1942):  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TUPUbvO0eU

Daffy The Commando (1943): 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by3FVKdaQyE&feature=related

Tokio Jokio (1943): 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_km9IFzzHo&feature=related

Scrap happy Daffy (1943):  
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Bnpdwn1mR6c&feature=related

Porky Pig and Old Glory (1939):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=utkBu-mqi-c&feature=related