Editing Cecil Turtle (section)

===''Tortoise Wins by a Hare''===
[[Bob Clampett]] took Avery's scenario and altered it for his film ''[[Tortoise Wins by a Hare]]'' released on February 20, 1943.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |last2=Friedwald |first2=Will |title=Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0894-2 |page=138}}</ref> The title is an appropriate pun on "hair". Bugs again challenges Cecil to a race after viewing footage from their previous encounter two years earlier (which seems to depict Cecil as having won fairly instead of by cheating Bugs with his cousins). Bugs then goes to Cecil's tree home disguised as an old man (a parody of [[Bill Thompson (voice actor)|Bill Thompson]]'s "Old Timer" character from the radio series ''[[Fibber McGee and Molly]]'') to ask the turtle his secret. Cecil, not in the least bit fooled by the disguise remarks, "Clean livin', friend. Clean livin'...". And then reveals his streamlined [[Exoskeleton|shell]] lets him win, and produces a set of blueprints for his "air-flow [[chassis]]". The turtle ends the conversation with the comment, "Oh, and another thing... Rabbits aren't very bright, either!" just before slamming the door in the enraged bunny's face. Not getting the hint that the turtle's story is a [[humbug]], Bugs builds the device and prepares for the race.

Meanwhile, a bunny [[mafia|mob]] learns of the upcoming match-up and places all its bets on Bugs. ("In fact, we don't even think that the toitle will finish... Do we, boys?" "Duh, no, Boss, no!") The race begins, and Bugs still outpaces his reptilian rival. However, in his new get-up, the dim-witted gangsters mistake him for the turtle. Cecil reinforces this misconception by dressing in a gray rabbit suit and munching on some delicious [[carrot]]s. The mobsters thus make the shelled Bugs' run a [[nightmare]], ultimately giving the race to Cecil (in an aside to the audience, as the rabbits cheer him, Cecil remarks "I ''told'' you rabbits aren't very bright!"). When Bugs angrily tears off the chassis, and shouts, "You FOOLS!  I'M the rabbit!" the rabbit gangsters remark, in mock-Bugsy style, "Ehhh, ''now'' he tells us!" and commit [[suicide]] by shooting themselves with a single bullet that goes through the sides of all of their apparently soft heads.  (The final gag is often cut when shown on [[Basic cable|basic cable television]], but can be found uncut on the ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection]]'': Volume 1.)