Rise of the Guardians Fanfiction Jack Finds a Baby Pooka

"	A mythological Pooka who travels the galaxy, Eastward. Aster Bunnymund specializes in making delicious chocolates—and contesting evil. Part wizard, function ninja, and completely brilliant, Bunnymund is hard to find but well worth the search.	"
—Guardians of Childhood official website

E. Aster Bunnymund is the Rise of the Guardians re-imagining of the Easter Bunny, speaking with an Australian accent and known as the Guardian of Hope. Bunnymund is a Pooka, a philosophical warrior rabbit, and used to live in a village with other Pookas on his homeworld before they were wiped out, leaving him as the only survivor. He currently lives on Earth in his Warren, an oasis deep under the surface of Commonwealth of australia that is said to be the birthplace of spring. He is voiced past Hugh Jackman.

Contents

• 1 Physical Advent
• 2 Personality
• 3 Rise of the Guardians
• 4 The Guardians of Childhood
  • four.ane Background
• 5 Powers and Abilities
  • v.1 Rabbit Prowess
  • five.2 Ability over Flora
  • v.three Rabbit Holes
  • five.4 Martial Creative person
  • v.5 Magic
  • v.vi Master Boomerang Wielder
  • five.vii Hope Manipulation
  • v.8 Gift of Life
  • 5.9 Shape-shifting
• vi Appearances
  • 6.i The Guardians of Childhood
    • half dozen.one.ane Flick books
    • 6.ane.2 Chapter books
  • half dozen.2 Rise of the Guardians
    • six.2.1 Film
• seven Formulation and Cosmos
• eight Trivia
• 9 References

Concrete Advent

He is a Pooka; a fictional rabbit species that stands betwixt vi to seven anxiety alpine, with grayish-blue fur, flower-like imprints on both his forehead and shoulders, and bright emerald-green eyes. He wears leather bracers set with orangish stones, a unmarried-strap holster with which he carries his boomerangs, and leather wrappings on his feet. In his disbelieved state, he assumes the form of a regular rabbit, merely yet retains the ability to talk.

Personality

Bunnymund is a cool, calm Australian equally dry as the Outback. A natural ranger, he is in the clay, rough and tumble protector of nature. He follows nature's rhythms and when it'due south time to jump into action he waits for the perfect moment to deed. When he finally does, it's all over in a heart beat with the assist of his exploding eggs and enchanted boomerangs. Bunny is completely unflappable. The simply things that does get under his skin are North'due south constant ribbing about how Christmas is more of import than Easter and his grudge on Jack Frost for causing a blizzard on Easter in '68. (And how Jack use to telephone call him a Kangaroo.)^[ane]

Bunnymund takes not bad pride in Easter, and its respective flavor, Spring, stating Spring and Easter stand for new beginnings, new life, and the Hope that comes of it. Aside from his tough side, Bunnymund is afraid of Greyhounds.

Bunnymund greatly dislikes Jack Frost due to an incident known every bit the Blizzard of '68. Beyond it occurring on Easter Sunday, this blizzard and why it caused Bunnymund to hate Jack is unknown, simply at the fourth dimension of the picture, many years later, Bunnymund still held a grudge over it. Equally a result, Bunnymund was the almost vocally confronting Jack joining the Guardians, even saying that he preferred the Groundhog (who Bunnymund had been hoping wouldn't exist the new Guardian moments before) over Jack. He spent a great deal of time arguing with and competing with Jack, simply as he got to know him better, seemed to grow to like and trust the young winter spirit. Notably, afterwards Jack helps him with painting his eggs for Easter and have fun with Sophie Bennett, the two are able to share a friendly moment where they joke about one of their previous arguments. However, when Jack appears to have betrayed them to Pitch, all of Bunnymund'south trust in him is shattered and he nearly hits the boy, but restrains himself at the last moment. His deportment result in Jack getting thrown out of the Guardians and he is surprised when Jack returns to help in the end. He instantly assumes that Jack told Jamie Bennett to make fun of him and is deeply touched when Jamie reveals that Jack made him believe in Bunnymund instead. Indeed, Jack had used his powers to restore Jamie's fading belief in Bunnymund when Jamie had asked Bunnymund for a sign and got cipher in return. During the battle, Bunnymund seems to take regained full trust in Jack again as he fights next with him with no issues and fifty-fifty tries to save him from Pitch'southward attack. After, when Jack is offered the risk to become a Guardian once over again, Bunnymund voices no objections and in fact congratulates Jack on his achievement afterward proverb "that'southward my male child!"

While Bunnymund doesn't have much experience with children up close, he develops a special bail with Sophie Bennett who is shown to be very fond of the Easter Bunny, e'er going "bunny, hop, hop, hop." Bunnymund at offset panics upon seeing Sophie in his Warren, merely once under the influence of Jack's magic snowflake, he has great fun with her, having her assistance paint his eggs and carrying her on his back around the Warren. When she falls asleep he even holds her in his lap. When the Guardians say goodbye to the kids, Bunnymund admits he is going to miss Sophie greatly and gives her some eggs he painted for her.

Rise of the Guardians

Bunnymund is the Guardian of Hope and commencement appeared complaining about the cold weather when North called the Guardians to the North Pole to warning them about the insurgence of Pitch. Bunnymund was annoyed by this since Easter was in 3 days and began to argue with North when he said that Christmas was more important than Easter.

Every bit Bunnymund and North bickered and Tooth was busy giving orders to her fairy minions, Sandy noticed The Human being in the Moon shining from above. Later many attempts to get the attending of the other Guardians, Sandy started to shake an elf (a bell was connected to its hat), successfully receiving attention. The Human in the Moon told the Guardians that Pitch had returned over again, resulting in a called new Guardian. Tooth asked them who could it be and Sandy suggested the Leprechaun. Bunnymund however started praying that new Guardian wasn't the Groundhog. When it was revealed that the new Guardian was Jack Frost, Bunnymund argued that Jack didn't care near children and preferred the Groundhog instead.

Bunnymund is later seen in an ally against Jack Frost after he lead him there. Jack asked Bunnymund if he was still mad about their last meeting (the Easter of '68) but before long later Jack was thrown into a purse past Northward'south Yetis. The Yetis asked Bunnymund near coming with them through the portal but Bunnymund refused and he opened a tunnel to have him back to the pole. The Yetis then shuffle Jack in to the magic portal teleporting him to North'due south Workshop.

At the Pole, Jack was impressed and curious as to why he was at that place. He was shocked to find that he was chosen to be a Guardian merely he refused something that Bunnymund was happy for. Bunnymund thinks Jack doesn't know anything about bringing joy to children causing a fuss to beginning betwixt him and Jack.

Later Bunnymund told Jack that children believe in him and that Jack was invisible to them. N takes Jack away and explains to him near The Man in The Moon must accept known that Jack has something special in him and Due north reveals his heart which is Wonder. Jack, still confused, doesn't know what his center could exist. Just then Bunnymund reveals there'due south trouble in Tooth's Palace and they have to brand their way to assistance Molar.

On their way there, it's revealed that Pitch has sent his Nightmare to grab all the fairies and collect the teeth of the children of the world. Jack saves Baby Tooth from one of the Nightmares before they arrive inside of the Palace to notice a panicking Tooth. Pitch then confronted the Guardians and afterwards a battle between them he escapes.

Soon after it's revealed that the children of Earth are losing hope in Tooth, Due north thinking fast comes up with a plan of them collecting the teeth and with Jack Frost aboard the Guardians commencement their quest. Shortly after a competition between them started only when Tooth told them they were equally fast at collecting teeth and leaving gift equally her fairies, the guys remembered that they forgot to leave a gift and had to travel back effectually the world to leave the gifts.

The Guardians all assemble in Jamie'south room simply acquired an uproar that caused Jamie and his dog, Abby, to wake up and come across them (except Jack). Abby starts growling at Bunnymund and Jamie tries to stop her. Jack wanting to have fun with Bunnymund, makes the warning go off, causing Abby to set on Bunnymund and brand him bound around the room. Sandy, trying to put Abby to sleep with his dream sand, ends up hit everyone except Jack, Jamie and himself. Jamie flies out of bed when North lands on it and Sandy catches him, putting Jamie to sleep as well. And so Sandy and Jack go to fight Pitch's Nightmares that have appeared exterior Jamie'due south window.

Soon after Jack and Sandy are battling Pitch and his nightmares, Bunnymund joined in with N and Molar just as the battle heats up, Pitch's Nightmares surrounds Sandy while Pitch took the opportunity to shoot him with an pointer made of nightmare sand, turning The Sandman into more nightmare sand. Jack, angry and horrified, charged at Pitch and creates an ice moving ridge destroying the Nightmares.

The Guardians return to the Pole and do a memorial for Sandy. Knowing that they even so can plough things around, the Guardians decided to help Bunnymund with Easter. Bunnymund got excited when N said that this time Easter was more important than Christmas and when N appear about going to the Warren Bunnymund said that since information technology was 'his warren, his rules' then opened a tunnel under everyone feet.

At the Warren, they find Jamie's sis, Sophie, who had used one of North'southward snow globes and was transported to the Warren. Jack used his special skills to make Bunnymund more relax and to open upwards to fun, so he could play with Sophie. Later on, Bunnymund relaxes with Jack and Sophie and fifty-fifty shares a friendly moment with the winter spirit. After the eggs were ready, Sophie fell asleep and Jack decides to bring her home.

Presently afterward the Nightmares attacked the Warren, destroying every egg. Jack found them, merely it was also belatedly as Bunnymund tried to print some children, it was revealed he had become invisible. When Tooth asked about Baby Tooth and where he get the Molar Box and Jack stuttered for an answer other than he was with Pitch. Bunnymund got mad at him and told the other Guardians that they shouldn't have trusted him, nearly hitting Jack in the process. Bunnymund also revealed his center, hope, by saying that "Easter is new beginnings. New life. Easter's about hope, and at present, it'southward gone." Jack, knowing he has lost the trust of the Guardians, left.

Due to Pitch'southward power, all the children in the globe stopped believing in the Guardians except Jamie Bennett due to his stiff belief and seeing them in his room earlier. In desperation, Jamie speaks to a toy bunny, trying to reach out to Bunnymund for a sign that he is real. When Bunnymund doesn't respond, Jamie despairs and nigh gives upwards before Jack, having returned to aid, uses his powers to create a snow bunny and egg. Seeing that causes Jamie to realize the Easter Bunny is real and restores his belief in the Guardians. Jack's efforts to make Jamie believe in Bunnymund inadvertently leads to Jamie becoming his ain laic and existence able to finally see him.

Losing Easter took the greatest toll on Bunnymund, shrinking him to the size of a regular bunny. Despite this, he joined the near-powerless North and Molar in their efforts to accomplish the terminal light, Jamie Bennett. To the Guardians' shock, they found Jack had beaten them there and that Jamie withal believed. When Jack asks well-nigh Bunnymund, North reveals that losing Easter took its toll on all of them, Bunnymund most of all. At that moment, Bunnymund emerges from the sleigh in his small-scale form to an "oh no" from Jack. Jamie is deeply amused to see Bunnymund in this form and scratches him, giving Bunnymund a moment of excitement until Jamie asks what happened to him as he used to be "cool" and is now merely "cute." Believing Jack told Jamie to say that, Bunnymund attacks Jack's leg ineffectually and challenges him to a fight until Jamie reveals that Jack instead told him that Bunnymund was real just when Jamie was starting to recall he wasn't. Learning that Jack fabricated Jamie believe in him earns Jack Bunnymund's gratitude and he stares at Jack with a stunned and grateful expression for a moment, forgiving him for his earlier credible betrayal.

Pitch soon announced and Jack goes to face up him. Making Bunnymund and the other Guardians to take Jamie away from Pitch but soon they find themselves in aisle. Jack crashes downwards and revealed that Pitch was stronger. With the Guardians trapped Pitch started to arroyo them making Jamie tell Jack that he was scared. Jack got an idea and after hit Pitch with a snowball they went to discover Jamie's friends.

With the help from the other Guardians, Jamie's friends kickoff to believe once more. Pitch asks them who was going to protect the Guardians if the Guardians were protecting them. Jack reassured Jamie to not be scared since the Nightmares are but bad dreams and Jamie volunteered to protect the Guardians causing his friends to join him. Pitch and so sends a moving ridge of nightmare sand their way simply in one case Jamie says, "I do believe in yous. I'one thousand just not afraid of y'all!" Jamie was able to turn the nightmare sand back into dreamsand. Which helps the Guardians get their full energy back and battle Pitch. N used his snow globes to bring his Yetis to help out while Bunnymund opened tunnels to become his Warrior Eggs to likewise assist in the boxing against the Nightmares while the Guardians confronted Pitch. Jamie gets an idea on how to revive the Sandman and told his friends well-nigh it.

As the boxing with Pitch connected, the Nightmare King was cornered past the Guardians, but hid in the shadows and appeared behind a distracted Jack with scythe created of nightmare sand. Before he could injure him the Sandman returns at the last second saving Jack from Pitch and uses his sand to requite anybody skillful dreams and make more than believers. Upon Sandy's return, Bunnymund eagerly greets him, telling him "mate, you are a sight for sore eyes."

The Guardians and the children started celebrating and Jack hits Jamie with a snowball, which caused a friendly snowball fight. When Pitch woke up, he tried to make Jamie fear him once again but found that Jamie was not scared of him anymore considering he was able to laissez passer through him. Pitch, afraid, retreats to his lair which acquired the Guardians to follow and confront him one last fourth dimension. Afterward Pitch was taken away by his own Nightmare creatures, the Guardian ceremony was performed once again. Jack looked at Jamie which caused him to nod. Proud of himself and of Jamie, Jack says, "I will," making him an official Guardian. Their experiences together having changed his listen about Jack, Bunnymund congratulates Jack on becoming an official Guardian and is proud of his achievement.

Bunnymund is seen saying cheerio to Sophie and maxim that he will miss her. Bunnymund is later seen welcoming Jack on the sleigh, after Jack said his practiced adieu to Jamie and Jamie gave him a hug.

The Guardians of Childhood

Groundwork

Bunnymund in the books.

Pitch, the Nightmare Rex, and his Fearlings had been soundly driven back by Nicholas St. Northward and visitor in the first Guardians' adventure. But now Pitch has disappeared completely—and out of sight does Non make for out of mind. It seems certain that he'due south plotting a particularly nefarious revenge, and the Guardians suspect he might have gone underground. Only how tin they detect him there? Enter Due east. Aster Bunnymund, the only emissary of the fabled alliance of the Pookas—the league of philosophical warrior rabbits of imposing intellect and size. Highly skilled in martial arts (many of which he invented himself), Bunnymund is brilliant, logical, and a tunnel-digger extraordinaire. If the Guardians need paths near the Earth'south core, he's their Pooka. He's likewise armed with magnificent weapons of an oval-sort, and might just be able to aid in the quest for the second piece of the Moonclipper.

This second book in The Guardians series is about much more than than fixing a few rotten eggs—it brings the Guardians 1 step closer to defeating Pitch! ^[ii]

He is also the last of his kind, having the residuum been killed off by Pitch.

Powers and Abilities

Rabbit Prowess

Bunnymund has the physical prowess of a rabbit at its peak, enabling him incredible speed and jumping abilities.

Power over Flora

Bunnymund has the power to control flora growth, sometimes making a flower grow whenever his tunnels close upwards. In the Warren, he has various flowers and plants with magical abilities that help him paint and decorate his easter eggs.

Rabbit Holes

Bunnymund can open holes to underground tunnels by tapping his pes on the ground. This allows him to travel anywhere in the world in a matter of seconds. He taps his foot twice to travel, and appears to tap thrice to summon something from the tunnels, every bit he did when he summoned some of his spotter eggs to fight Pitch and his Nightmares.

Martial Artist

Bunnymund claims to be a master of Tai Chi with fretfulness of steel.

Magic

Bunnymund conspicuously has access to magic, given his enchanted boomerangs and explosive easter eggs.

Master Boomerang Wielder

Bunnymund's weapons of choice are his enchanted boomerangs, and wields them with uncanny skill and swiftness. He can easily accept down several Nightmares with them single-handedly, up-close or from a distance, making him a very versatile combatant.

Promise Manipulation

The ability to dispense hope the Guardian of Hope. Bunnymund can sense and dispense the hope, including the virtue, of people, animals and other creatures, whether past increasing, decreasing, causing or otherwise channeling hope, fifty-fifty manifesting the emotional energy to concrete level.

Bunnymund's elaborately decorated Magic Eggs were designed to be fiddling symbols of hope. ^[iii]

Gift of Life

Bunnymund is the Guardian of life and hope. ^[4] He can bring his Lookout Eggs to assistance him with his Easter tasks.

Shape-shifting

Bunnymund, or Pooka, has the ability to shape-shift. By eating chocolate, Bunny can increase in power, size, grow extra arms or acquire the ability to wing. Bunny'southward shape-shifting powers are so advanced that he was able to change the Earth's shape from an oval to a sphere.

The motion-picture show, Rise of the Guardians, also reveals that Bunny has a subtract in power and size by the lack of belief which reduces him into a small and adorable bunny.

Appearances

The Guardians of Childhood

Motion-picture show books

• The Human in the Moon (The Guardians of Childhood)

Chapter books

• E. Aster Bunnymund and the Warrior Eggs at the Earth'southward Core!
• Toothiana: Queen of the Tooth Fairy Armies
• The Sandman and the War of Dreams

Rise of the Guardians

Film

• Rising of the Guardians

Conception and Creation

Bunny was the only Guardian who didn't have whatsoever associated effects. Half-kangaroo, half-rabbit, Bunny symbolizes nature. "He dovetails with the meaning of Easter equally a fourth dimension of renewal, rebirth, and the return of life," Ramsey says. "He's besides a warrior, a nature ninja. He'due south the well-nigh superhero, a protector of nature. And, he is an ornery, crusty foil for Northward."

Hordos and Wanneroy tested various evolutions of Bunny until, as with Tooth, everyone realized that he wouldn't work until they fabricated him a creature, non homo. "Equally nosotros talked with Peter, though, we realized he notwithstanding needed to stand up like a man to brand his interim readable, only he couldn't look like a man in a suit," Hordos says. "The kangaroo is virtually humanoid, just doesn't expect humanoid. So, he's a mixture of kangaroo, homo, rabbit all in ane. The catchy affair is that he has to run on all fours and walk upright. While his body is horizontal to the footing and his head is forward, he needs to swivel his caput without breaking his head. We took ideas nosotros learned from rigging Toothless and added them to Bunny. And then, Philippe Lebrun, who had washed animation tests for the reindeer, took over this character and put the energy in his acting."

Other than his superpowers, the near magical affair about Bunny is the way in which he colors all the Easter eggs. He accomplishes this inside his bunny warren, in a green, lush landscape. "At that place'south a little river that all these hundreds of thousands of lilliputian eggs jump into to get their showtime coat of pigment," Prescott says. "We worked with the simulation team at PDI to create shots of the river using a mixture of Houdini and in-house tools. The fluid simulations have a magical quality, with pink and purple colors and glitter."

Every bit for the eggs, crowd simulations manage the multitudes of pretty little eggs and also the fighting, warrior eggs made of stone.^[5]

Trivia

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• His signature color is light-green.
• Bunnymund's signature shape is a triangle.
• Bunnymund was partly responsible for Jack gaining Jamie Bennett every bit a laic: Jack was trying to restore Jamie'southward fading belief in Bunnymund by responding to Jamie'southward desire for a sign that his religion was not for nothing and due to the manner he did it, using a snow rabbit, Jamie realized that it was Jack Frost and not Bunnymund who had sent the sign and finally started assertive in the winter spirit.
• His early on concept art depicted him in a greenish robe, only the artists felt this wasn't allowing him to move as swiftly. They pulled it downward to a thin lab coat, merely they still didn't feel similar Bunnymund was filling in their thoughts. They eventually stripped him of all wearable, and they settled on his current blueprint.^[6]
• William Joyce, writer of the series which the motion-picture show is based on, says of Bunnymund: "World was originally egg-shaped, but that was rotationally unstable, then we were heading toward the sun. The planet was going to be cooked like a hard boiled egg, so confronting his aesthetic judgment, with his incredible digging ability, he rounded out the Globe into a rotationally more docile sphere. In doing and then, he created a number of continents, among them his favorite, Australia."^[vii]
• He seems to dislike the Groundhog. Notwithstanding, he likes him better than Jack Frost equally while he didn't want the Groundhog to be the new Guardian, he instantly changed his mind afterwards learning the new Guardian was Jack Frost.
• He seems to endure from air sickness and is afraid of heights, every bit shown in the scene where he, North and Jack fly in N's sleigh. He later seems to develop an appreciation for it as he smiles and says that "everyone loves the sleigh" when the kids run into information technology. When he's final seen in the sleigh, he fifty-fifty seems comfortable in it.
• Bunnymund has a flock of enchanted eggs that carry out his piece of work with slap-up precision.
• According to the Rise of the Guardians App, Bunnymund protects spring and ensures the bike of life, which is all symbolized through eggs.
• "In early on designs, Bunny was professorial, wore a cloak, and was a piffling uptight. But then when Hugh was bandage to play Bunny, the artists came up with this notion of him as a cool and tough Australian ranger."— Rise of the Guardians Producer, Christina Steinberg.
• During the scene where Jack and Toothiana are discussing Jack'due south memories, Bunnymund can exist heard in the groundwork. He, North, and Sandy quiet down afterwards a bit and outset paying attention to Tooth and Jack, so you tin can't hear what they were talking about. Nonetheless, before that, he is heard telling N "I told you never to mention that!"
• "Our goal was to look at Bunny as the creator of life and to view his Warren as the birthplace of spring. This realm was once inhabited by a large population of rabbits, but today Bunny is the sole survivor. He is the Guardian of Hope. He feels this huge responsibleness because if he goes, so all hope will exist lost too."— Rise of the Guardians Art Director, Max Boas.
• According to William Joyce, "the inspiration for Bunnymund was a play from the 1950s -- and a movie -- called Harvey starting Jimmy Stewart. In which Jimmy Stewart'south all-time friend is a six human foot all knowing all powerful invisible rabbit named Harvey. Harvey is described as a Pooka a animal of Celtic mythology. I loved that play and movie as a kid and I still love information technology. So I made Bunnymund the last of the Pooka's and gave them a history that tickled and delighted me and I tried to do award to the original concept of Harvey. The chocolate thing, it only made narrative sense." ^[8]
• When E. Aster Bunnymund eats chocolate he is transformed in a variety of ways depending on the intensity of the chocolate. This transformation was the result of a especially robust blend which was required past the situation at hand.^[9]

References

1. ↑ http://world wide web.riseoftheguardians.com/ Rise of the Guardians official website
2. ↑ http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2921431-eastward-aster-bunnymund-and-the-boxing-of-the-warrior-eggs-at-the-earth-due south-cor Information well-nigh E. Aster Bunnymund and the Battle of the Warrior Eggs at the Earth's Cadre! book by William Joyce and Laura Geringer
3. ↑ The Fine art of Rise of the Guardians
4. ↑ The Art of Rise of the Guardians, Folio 47
5. ↑ http://www.cgw.com/Publications/CGW/2012/Book-35-Effect-6-October-Nov-2012-/The-Magic-of-Belief.aspx
6. ↑ http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/making-of-bunnymund-dreamworks-animation-rise-of-the-guardians/
7. ↑ http://scifimafia.com/2012/03/rise-of-the-guardians-grapheme-posters-and-dossiers/
8. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3dv6v2/hi_were_william_joyce_and_brandon_oldenburg/ct902x8
9. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/8A2hsziz1B/

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