Bugs Bunny has been around for over 80 years and the character design for Bugs Bunny has undergone many changes throughout that span of time. The preliminary version of Bugs Bunny had first appeared in the short animation titled Porky's Hare Hunt released on April 30, 1938. A couple of years later, on July 27, 1940, the official version of Bugs Bunny appeared in the short animated comedy, A Wild Hare. The first version featured a plain rabbit, somewhat unrecognizable from the Bugs Bunny that we know. It evolved into the gray rabbit with a fluffy tail and gloves that we all know and love.
In the video above, Dave Lee from the Youtube series Dave Lee Down Under, goes through the evolution of Bugs Bunny's character design. In the process of creating the character, some may point out that there seem to be similarities between Bugs and the Hare from Disney's The Tortoise and the Hare. But Bob Givens, who was himself a former Disney animator and the one who made Bugs Bunny's first official design, insisted that it wasn't a ripoff. -from Open Culture
(Video credit: Dave Lee Down Under/Youtube)