Elmer Fudd made his debut in 1940 through the cartoon Elmer’s Candid Camera directed by Chuck Jones. He goes to the countryside to take photographs of the wildlife.
He tries to photograph Happy Rabbit, now known as Bugs Bunny, but Happy Rabbit decides it is really fun to harass Elmer and be a nuisance.
Elmer is tormented to the point that he goes insane and he becomes suicidal. He jumps into a lake to drown himself. Happy, being the good rabbit that he is, jumps in and saves Elmer from drowning.
He makes sure Elmer is safe and sound and then kicks him back into the lake. So, maybe he isn’t such a good rabbit. Happy then threw Elmer’s photography book on his head whilst Elmer was in the water still and the cartoon ends.
It’s no wonder Elmer Fudd is always trying to kill Bugs Bunny, but what kind of cartoon for children shows a suicidal man running around with a gun? It just doesn’t seem terribly healthy.