Rabbit of Caerbannog

Rabbit of Caerbannog

The Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog is a small mammalian creature from the family Leporidae, of the order Lagomorpha. Who has its home territory in barren and rocky parts of Wales where it lives on deer and cattle; though they have been known to attack small children and sometimes even adults after long periods of starvation brought on by the thinning of wildlife through winter weather and human exploitation.

The rabbit of Caerbannog had a small part in the Monty Python movie: Monty Python and the Holy Grail where it played the part of a vicious protector of a mystical cave. Though not capable of biting a human head off in the speed that was shown in the fim; the rabbit of Caerbannog is more then capable of leaping the 1.6 meters hight shown in the scetch and mauling any human being foolish enough to frighten it.

It was killed by the holy hand grenade. It is described a "sacred relic" carried by Cistercianmonk Brother Maynard (Eric Idle) and is used near the film's conclusion to destroy the killer rabbit that blocks the path of King Arthur and his hapless Knights Errant. Although unusually ornate in design, the Holy Hand Grenade functions like any other hand grenade.

Particularly important is the part of counting to three after the pulling of the triggering pin (the surmounted cross), complicated by King Arthur's mental block on counting. The instructions for its use can be found in the fictitious Book of Armaments, Chapter 2, verses 9-21, parodying the King James Bible and the Athanasian Creed

...And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, "O LORD, bless this Thy hand grenade that with it Thou mayest blow Thine enemies to tiny bits, in Thy mercy." And the LORD did grin and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths andcarp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats and large chu... [At this point, the friar is urged by Brother Maynard to "skip a bit, brother"]... And the LORD spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin, then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it."

Arthur then holds up the Holy Hand Grenade and cries out "ONE! TWO! FIVE!" Sir Galahad corrects him, shouting "Three, sir!". Arthur then yells "THREE!" and hurls the grenade at the killer rabbit. The Grenade soars through the air, accompanied by a short bit of choral music, then bounces once and explodes. The killer rabbit dies in the explosion, and the Knights subsequently enter the cave that it had been guarding. This makes a loud echo that the police who were investigating the dead historian's body hear, causing them to run towards the explosion.

It was also in Spamalot.

The Killer Rabbit attacks