# Why does Bugs Bunny wear gloves? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 28, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bugs-bunny-wear-gloves/310253 "2005-06-28T19:28:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![the\_nettle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@the\_nettle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_nettle)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bugs-bunny-wear-gloves/310253/1 "2005-06-28T19:28:15Z")
Is it a fashion statement? Is it simply because they’re easier to draw? (ARE they easier to draw?) Is it a part of some great conspiracy? What is it!? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bugs-bunny-wear-gloves/310253/2 "2005-06-28T19:52:01Z")
Bugs Bunny is a talking, bipedal rodent. The gloves are just to add a touch of class. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bugs-bunny-wear-gloves/310253/3 "2005-06-28T19:54:27Z")
Bugs moonlights as a cavity searcher. His regular job is over in Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bugs-bunny-wear-gloves/310253/4 "2005-06-28T20:00:06Z")
He’s copying Mickey Mouse and Mutt and Jeff. Nothing succeeds like success. Notice that Roger Rabbitt wore them, too. I’m surprised Darth Vader doesn’t wear white gloves with rolled base and three stripes on the back. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bugs-bunny-wear-gloves/310253/5 "2005-06-28T20:02:32Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > Bugs Bunny is a talking, bipedal rodent. The gloves are just to add a touch of class. Actually, he’ just blindly following the fashion trend started that other talking bipedal rodent: M-I-C K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E. Bugs is a well-known fashion whore. ---
**Author:** ![LittleSable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LittleSable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LittleSable)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bugs-bunny-wear-gloves/310253/6 "2005-06-28T20:06:56Z")
Actually, Bugs bunny is a giant, bipedal, talking lagomorph. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bugs-bunny-wear-gloves/310253/7 "2005-06-28T20:08:13Z")
So as not to touch this filthy world. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bugs-bunny-wear-gloves/310253/8 "2005-06-28T20:22:28Z")
What else would he remove so as to slap antagonists across the face with to initiate a duel? There’s something wrong with the above sentence but I’m unclear on how to fix it. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bugs-bunny-wear-gloves/310253/9 "2005-06-28T20:30:36Z")
We recently had a discussion of this question in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=317536). No good answers there either, but at least some cartoon history emerged. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bugs-bunny-wear-gloves/310253/10 "2005-06-28T20:32:16Z")
To get around the FCC regs concerning nudity. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bugs-bunny-wear-gloves/310253/11 "2005-06-28T21:10:11Z")
So as not to leave fingerprints. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bugs-bunny-wear-gloves/310253/12 "2005-06-28T21:37:41Z")
Well…have you SEEN his hands? VERY hairy palms… ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bugs-bunny-wear-gloves/310253/13 "2005-06-28T22:40:02Z")
He doesn’t want to get his hands dirty when he burrows half-way around the world. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bugs-bunny-wear-gloves/310253/14 "2005-06-28T22:44:46Z")
> [@Kozmik](#): > > He doesn’t want to get his hands dirty when he burrows half-way around the world. Well if he’d just remember to turn RIGHT at Albuquerque… ---
**Author:** ![don\_Jaime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bugs-bunny-wear-gloves/310253/15 "2005-06-29T04:05:18Z")
> [@nonacetone](#): > > Well…have you SEEN his hands? VERY hairy palms… You mean harey palms. Bugs wears gloves so he’ll have a place to keep his horseshoes. And for that matter, a place to keep his horse. ---
**Author:** ![mrrealtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@mrrealtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrrealtime)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bugs-bunny-wear-gloves/310253/16 "2005-06-29T04:38:03Z")
> [@](#): > > What else would he remove so as to slap antagonists across the face with to initiate a duel? Would it be “What else would he remove with which to slap antagonists across the face to initiate a duel” ? ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bugs-bunny-wear-gloves/310253/17 "2005-06-29T04:52:55Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > To get around the FCC regs concerning nudity. The Pink Panther wears no gloves…or anything else at all, for that matter…and has no trouble with the FCC. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bugs-bunny-wear-gloves/310253/18 "2005-06-29T12:22:35Z")
Yeah…but he was a product of the decadent 60s & 70s. All decency was thrown to the wind then. I reckon Bugs kept the gloves on for his entire career just because he wasn’t comfortable with nudity anyway–force of habit from the old days when rules were respected. Even by scoundrels. ---
**Author:** ![davmilasav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@davmilasav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davmilasav)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bugs-bunny-wear-gloves/310253/19 "2005-06-29T12:32:06Z")
Rules were respected, even by scoundrels? But Daffy and Taz don’t wear gloves. Nor does my personal hero, Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius. ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bugs-bunny-wear-gloves/310253/20 "2005-06-29T14:02:00Z")
This is just a WAG/“I thought I had heard it but can provide no cites”, but I thought the reason many of the more popular cartoon characters wore white ‘gloves’ was similar to the reason why they had only four fingers, to make it easier for the animators/artists. That is, if you have gloved hands, you need only white and you don’t have to worry about fingernails, claws, pads, etc that might appear on a character’s hand. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bugs-bunny-wear-gloves/310253.md?page=2)