The Adventures of Green Bunny
The Adventures of Green Bunny is the earliest piece of hoops&yoyo media. It is a short test animation created by Bob Holt.
Details
- Estimated Release Date: 2000/2001
- Character(s) Featured: Green Bunny
- Lost Media Status: Fully Found
- Filename: 4green-bunny.swf
History
When Bob Holt was tasked with creating a 4th of July e-card using only a firecracker. He started to design a green bunny character based on the one he created at home. Later on, he took the character and turned it into Hoops. Eventually, Hoops needed a companion, and this character would be redesigned into Yoyo.
Discovery
The discovery occurred when sillypotato345 messaged Bob Holt on Facebook to inquire about the creation of the green bunny character. Holt responded that he had drawn it around 2000-2001. Earlier, he had mentioned struggling to convert the SWF file to another format, but he eventually succeeded in converting it successfully.
On July 9, 2023, a user by the name of CloudyEggs uploaded the Flash file onto archive.org/.
Synopsis
A title appears reading "the adventures of GREEN BUNNY." Two Green Bunnies are shown simultaneously: one is standing, slightly gyrating, twitching its nose, and blinking, while the other walks over to a car and starts to drive off in it.
Another animation features Green Bunny in a large building, staring out of a window and then walking to the right side of the building.
Trivia
- Green Bunny's appearance is quite different from that of the final Yoyo design. Yoyo has more saturated fur, larger and rounder eyes with visible sclera, and significantly longer ears, his nose also appears completely elliptical. In contrast, Green Bunny's fur is more lime-colored, and he has a rectangular head, shorter ears, a wider smile, a smaller body, and a slightly lumpy nose. From the side profile, Green Bunny also has a noticeable snout, which gives him a more authentic rabbit-like appearance.
External Links
View the Flash file for The Adventures of Green Bunny.
