Bugs Bunny No Meme

Bugs Bunny No is the close-up of Bugs Bunny with half-closed eyes and pursed lips, looking like he's calmly refusing something. Use this template to add your own request and his one-word answer, then download the meme.

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What does the Bugs Bunny No meme mean?

The format is a refusal. The image shows Bugs with a calm, almost smug face, and the caption is just "no" (sometimes spelled out across the image). People put a question, offer or temptation above him and let his expression answer. The humor comes from how flat and final the rejection feels — no explanation, no debate, just no. It suits any situation where you want to turn something down with style.

Where is the Bugs Bunny No meme from?

The frame comes from the Looney Tunes short The Big Snooze, which premiered in 1946. In the cartoon, Bugs is about to drink a bottle of "Hare Tonic," and the smug close-up comes from that moment. A rotated still of the scene was posted on Tumblr in February 2015, and the image showed up in Facebook meme groups and as a reaction picture during 2017. The close-up of his face spread through shitposting galleries in 2018. The caption "No" was added in April 2019, with the earliest known version posted on Reddit; it caught on there and in Spanish-speaking meme communities and became the standard way to use the image.