Is the Easter Bunny a Bunny?

[carrps]

And he ran over Gretchen.

[Bootb]

@Thudlow_Boink

It’s hard to remember that far back, but I think that, when I was a child, I pictured the Easter Bunny as an actual, normal-sized rabbit who came around and hid Easter candy on Easter morning.

But some pictures of the Easter Bunny show him (is the Easter Bunny a him?) as a cartoony, human-sized anthropomorphic figure. And occasionally there are opportunities to take your kids to see the Easter Bunny, and maybe get their picture taken with him (like with a mall Santa Claus). Of course, what you get if you visit “the Easter Bunny” is a person in a bunny suit, who could never be mistaken for an actual rabbit.

So, in your mind, do you imagine the Easter Bunny as a real rabbit, or as something more humanoid?

This documentary should answer all your questions.

Hop (film)

[Mallard]

Perhaps I’m a bit biased (given my “name”) but I’m more partial to Easter ducks.

[burpo_the_wonder_mutt]

You’re David McCallum, aren’t you? ADMIT IT!

[Limmin]

We had a black, Cadbury bunny plushie, from about 2006, that clucked like a chicken. Very small and bunnylike. We let our cats play with it, and dragged it out annually for my kid’s easter basket. I don’t know where it is now. But I found a video of a similar model:

Hershey Cadbury Clucking Bunny Rabbit Easter White Stuffed Animal Plush Soft Toy

Oh, and FWIW, today is my kid’s 17th birthday! And it snowed heavily last night, after weeks of sun, green grass and daffodils. What a surprise.

[burpo_the_wonder_mutt]

In case anyone missed it the first time around (May, 1987), here’s The Master’s take on the EB.

[P-man]

When he appeared in a Bugs Bunny short he was about the same size as Bugs, which would make him much bigger than your standard rabbit. IIRC, Bugs tired of his antics and blew him up (this being a cartoon, EB didn’t perish but was hopefully taught a lesson).

[Mallard]

@Mallard

Perhaps I’m a bit biased (given my “name”) but I’m more partial to Easter ducks.

How “ducky” of you.

[TRC4941]

As a kid, I pictured him as a real bunny, maybe just a little bigger.