Bugs Bunny

Bugs, as we know him first appears in 1940, though there are earlier versions. Bugs was WB's most popular character with 168 titles in the original cinematic series (and many, many more recent).

Bugs is a (karmic) trickster character: wisecracking, gender-bending, anti-authority ...what parents tell their kids not to be. Bugs, minds his own business but when disturbed, disturbs the complacency of his culture, deflating the pomposity of its symbols.

Bugs taught Americans how to be hip..."you're smarter than the person who's tormenting you even though he's got more power than you. He's got the big rifle, but you're are living by your wits and your own creativity"*