The Adventures of the American Rabbit (1986)
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45% of users liked it
(1,621 ratings)
In an entertaining animated children's film for the youngest moppets only (no adult double takes here) a red, white, and blue rabbit miraculously appears to save the day like "Superhare." When not zooming about on roller skates, his special powers lie hidden in a mild-mannered alter… More In an entertaining animated children's film for the youngest moppets only (no adult double takes here) a red, white, and blue rabbit miraculously appears to save the day like "Superhare." When not zooming about on roller skates, his special powers lie hidden in a mild-mannered alter ego named Rob Rabbit (voice of Barry Gordon). Rob is a normal bunny until one day some friends are threatened by a crashing boulder at a picnic. At that moment he is transformed into the "American Rabbit" and saves them. Then a crickety old rabbit overflowing with wisdom comes to tell him that his destiny is to go forth and conquer evil. So Rob heads out to conquer, first getting a job playing at the Panda-Monium piano bar in the city in order to support himself. There he tackles a nasty gang of jackal bikers that appear again and again in different contexts. They finally burn the bar to the ground, and so the die is cast and the gauntlet thrown down to the floppy eared super-rabbit. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Fred Wolf, Nobutaka Nishizawa
- Genres
- Animation, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy
G,
- In Theaters
- Feb 14, 1986 Wide
- Studio
- MGM
Critic Reviews
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Renee Schonfeld, Common Sense Media
Preachy superhero tale is trite and uninspiring.
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...[makes] even the most quickie straight-to-video Disney release look astounding by comparison.
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Cast
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Bob Arbogast
as Theo
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Pat Freley
as Tini Meeny
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Barry J. Gordon
as Rob/American Rabbit
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Lew Horn
as Dip/Various characters
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Norm Lenzer
as Bruno
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Kenneth Mars
as Vultor/Buzzard
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John Mayer
as Too Loose
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Maitzi Morgan
as Lady Pig
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Lorenzo Music
as Ping Pong
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Lauri O'Brien
as Bunny O'Hare
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Fred Wolf
as Fred Red
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Russie Taylor
as Mother
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Hal Smith
as Mentor
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Bob Golt
as Rodney
- Barry Gordon
- Bob Holt
- Pat Fraley
- Laurie O'Brien
