HOPS

HOPS is a crossover between HOP and COPS.

This segment is from MAD Season 1, Episode 19: HOPS / Naru210.

Summary[]

In a parody of COPS and HOP, the Easter Bunny hires a police officer at Los Angeles Police Department to track his son down.

References[]

Characters[]

E.B. (Not the Easter Bunny)
E.B.'s Dad (Is the Easter Bunny)
Cop (Said to be that cop from C.S.I.)
Energizer Bunny
Woman (Wants a photo with Tom Cruise's footprints)
Bugs Bunny (Eating celery for some reason)
Trix Rabbit (Needs help)
David Hasselhoff (Popular with Germans)
Julian Casablancas (Asks Sam to play it again)

Transcript[]

(Scene begins with E.B. playing the drums)

E.B.'s Dad: E.B., you need to get ready. You're about to be crowned the Easter Bunny!

E.B.: Dad, I don't want to be the Easter Bunny. I want to be in a band!

(Scene goes to E.B.'s poster of CheapTrix)

E.B.'s Dad: Nonsense, what could be better than traveling the world and working only one day a year?

E.B.: Traveling the world and never working. Which is what bands do!

E.B.'s Dad: Kid's got a point. (Bubble appears) And if his band blows up, he might make a fortune. Then again, he might get mixed up with those Death Cab for Cutie boys. (Bubble disappears) Nope! I'm sorry, son! I can't allow you to--! (Gasp)

(Scene goes to E.B.'s drum which had a note saying "Gone to Hollywood")

E.B.'s Dad: He thinks he can ditch me, eh? Well, I know who can bring him in!

(Scene goes to title card "HOPS" with a siren blaring. The rap music plays)

("Los Angeles Police Department, Hollywood Precinct" appears bottom left)

Cop: Responding to a call about a rabbit on the run. (2:35 p.m Rabbit on the Run appears) Sounds crazy, but we randomly check out one prank call a day. Today, the rabbit beats out... "Downtown Riot." (... Was that supposed to be a pun? The cop turns the siren on) (Chuckles) Pranksters.

(Scene goes to E.B. playing the drums while sirens approach him.)

(Cop gets out of car)

Cop: Well, well, well. Look what we have here!

(People go away)

E.B.: Uh, is there a problem, officer?

Cop: You tell me. I'm in pursuit of a drum-playing rabbit on the run. You wouldn't happen to know where I'd find one, would you?

E.B.: You mean that guy?

(Scene goes to blue energizer bunny running from his feelings .)

Cop: What the--?! That's him!

(Scene goes to cop chasing the bunny)

Cop: (Panting) Man, that guy keeps going and going and going.

(Scene goes to Cop back in car.)

(4:15 P.M. CONTINUING RABBIT INVESTIGATION)

Cop: Turns out that wasn't him after all. But if he's from out of town, I bet I know exactly where he's headed.

Cop: Yep, just as I suspected, rabbit tracks.

Women: Actually, those are Tom Cruise's footprints.

Cop: Huh?

(Scene backs out and shows Hollywood, bus passes by with passengers cheering)

Women: Could you take my photo with them?

Cop: Oh. Um, sure.

(Cop takes picture)

Women: (Gasp) Hey, you're not that cop from C.S.I., are you?

Cop: Yes. Yes, I am.

(Nobody cares.)

(Scene goes to night time house.)

(6:30, NOISE COMPLAINT)

Cop: Well, I didn't find the bunny, but I just got a call about some guy making a racket.

(Cop knocks on door)

Bugs Bunny: Eh, What's up, cop?

Cop: I thought you lived in the ground.

Bugs Bunny: The rent was too high, so I moved into a cul-de-sac.

Cop: Well, could you keep it do-- What the--?!

(Scene goes to E.B. playing the drums)

Cop: Freeze, rabbit! You're under arrest!

Trix Rabbit: What? This isn't cereal. Cereal's for kids! Why would I have cereal?

(I wasn't kidding when I said he needs help.)

Cop: Not you. That rabbit.

Trix Rabbit: Oh, sure, now you tell me.

(Scene goes to the Cop and E.B.)

Cop: Come on, bunny, you're coming with me.

David Hasselhoff: Oh, no, he isn't.

Cop: David Hasselhoff?

David Hasselhoff: This music is amazing!

Julian Casablancas: Wow. Thanks so much!

David Hasselhoff: Not you guys, I mean the rabbit, you guys are just stealing music from the seventies.

Cop: Oh, stealing music from the seventies, are you?

(The Strokes run out the door)

David Hasselhoff: Son, I'm gonna put you on my reality talent show.

Cop: Not so fast, this hare is coming with me.

David Hasselhoff: Not if I can help it.

(David tackles the cop to the ground.)

Cop: Uhh!

David Hasselhoff: Run, E.B.

E.B.: I can't get loose.

(David punches the cop which causes blackout)

(Scene resumes to cop who is badly damaged)

Cop: Yes, technically, the rabbit got away. But clearly I'm the lucky one, two, three, four.

(Segment ends with cop playing with Rabbit's Foot on Stroke's drums while people cheer.)

Trivia[]

E.B.'s posters had a Hare showing the peace symbol and Cheap Trix with three Trix rabbits and one Nesquik rabbit.
The globe is shaped like an Easter egg, similar to the Universal logo in the movie.
When the cop chases the Energizer Bunny, he says today's slogan of the Energizer commercials.
Footprints on the concrete were Dolly Parton, Burt Reynold, Tom Cruise and Jimmy Cricket.
The Trix Rabbit appeared at the beginning (Poster) and at the end (Party).
The Trix Rabbit had a cereal box called Len-O's.
First time MAD showed a 2011 movie and still in theaters at the time.
This was released by Fisher-Price as a set, in June 2011, which is bullhonkey.
This segment was an Easter special, but the full episode of MAD was not.
Unsurprisingly, this episode aired the same month the live-action/CGI HOP movie was released.
In this segment, the Energizer bunny is blue and his sandals are yellow. But in the Energizer commercials, the bunny is pink and the sandals are blue.
E.B., Mr. Bunny, and David Hasselhoff are the only characters from HOP to appear in this segment. The chicks, Carlos, the Pink Berets and Fred do not appear.
In the movie, E.B.'s dad is fat, but in the segment, he seems a bit slimmer.
When Cop tells Tinka Hessenheffer that he's a cop from CSI, the phrase is exactly what Phineas and Ferb say.
Bugs Bunny appears at his house at the cul-de-sac throwing a huge party, which could be a reference to The Looney Tunes Show episode "The Fish and Visitors" when Bugs and Daffy throw a similar party. Also, he is seen chewing celery instead of a carrot.
Antagonist: Cop (I think...)
When Bugs Bunny appears, he makes a parody of himself (like W.B. wasn't doing that already) saying: "What's up, cop?". This is a parody of his catchphrase: "What's up, Doc?"
In the movie, E.B. and his dad have British accents as being voiced by British actors Russell Brand and Hugh Laurie, but in the segment, they have American accents.
This is the only appearance of Shake It Up.