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Biggest Hair-Raising Moment: Just when we had gotten kinda, sorta comfortable with the American Horror Story players — Dr. Charles makes Franken-babies, Constance is the worst mother ever, Rubber Man impregnates attractive homeowners — a mystery pair of hands make an unexpected debut in the Halloween night conclusion, creepily reaching out for young-and-in-love Violet's leg. As if we didn't watch this show from underneath a blanket already!
Top Moments: Revenge's Double Trouble and Conan's Reformed Bear... Or Not 2011
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After managing to allay any lingering doubts as to my sanity by explaining that Bugs is as tangibly 'real' as Harrison Ford, or Anne Hathaway (a couple of other examples proffered by my class), I did OK enough to swipe a Merit grade, and showed a suitable clip ('Hair-Raising Hare', natch).
The Ideal Bugs Bunny Cartoon... Jaime J. Weinman 2008
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The episode "Hare-Raising Night," where the characters meet a mad scientist and a Gossamer-like creatre named Melvin, has elements of "Hair-Raising Hare" (the title, the mad scientist gags, the fourth wall breaking) mashed together with straightforward adventure storytelling and a bit of the socially-conscious messaging that '80s cartoons all had to have (the characters are trying to stop the mad scientist's experiments on animals).
Archive 2008-01-01 Jaime J. Weinman 2008
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The episode "Hare-Raising Night," where the characters meet a mad scientist and a Gossamer-like creatre named Melvin, has elements of "Hair-Raising Hare" (the title, the mad scientist gags, the fourth wall breaking) mashed together with straightforward adventure storytelling and a bit of the socially-conscious messaging that '80s cartoons all had to have (the characters are trying to stop the mad scientist's experiments on animals).
Bicycle Bob'll Eat a Bucket of Scorpions If He Doesn't Give You the Business Jaime J. Weinman 2008
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Some of his most famous inventions include such classics as X-Ray Spex, the ads claimed you could see through clothes and skin; Amazing Air Breathing Crazy Crabs, basically mail-order hermit crabs; Amazing Hair-Raising Monsters, cardboard pictures of bald monsters that would grow hair when you soaked them in water; and of course Amazing Live Sea Monkeys, which were basically brine shrimp.
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Ron was just saying he wished he had asked Hermione how many rat tails you were supposed to add to a Hair-Raising Potion when an angry outburst from the floor above reached their ears.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Rowling, J. K. 1999
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A true classic, and unlike the other 'toons this remains totally intact, "Hair-Raising Hare" has Bugs Bunny nearly come unstuck due to his raging loins when an evil scientist uses a promiscuous robo-rabbit to lure Bugs to his castle.
DVD Verdict 2010
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Finally, and I've saved the best for last, we have the bonus episode, "Hair-Raising Hare."
DVD Verdict 2010
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Hair-Raising Incident Megan's look is probably more bedhead than Halloween-inspired, but we'll take what we can get!
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Jackson Rathbone Recalls The Hair-Raising Experience That Made ‘Twilight’ Fans Wig Out » MTV Movies Blog
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