Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?

I recently received the most awesome gift ever: a Donnie Darko, 12-inch, “Frank the Bunny” action figure.  For those of you who have not seen the movie Donnie Darko, please go see it now.  Oddly, I don’t think this is the most well-made movie ever, but it is one of my favorite movies – the first time I saw it, I thought it was kind of kooky, and I laughed a lot.  After the second viewing, I felt so sad that I almost cried (and not that overly-sentimental sadness, but that dark, existential-angsty sadness, that hollow and lost feeling).  The movie haunts me a bit.  I recall sitting through the end credits, listening to the song “Mad World” by Gary Jules, and feeling so pensive and despondent.  I even bought the Gary Jules CD with that song since it, like the movie, captivated me (the rest of the CD – not so good).

Frank the Bunny is the “imaginary” character that Donnie sees and hears and who helps convince him (and perhaps us) that time travel is real.  He is this creepy, tall guy dressed in a bunny suit that must have been designed by Wes Craven or some other disturbing person (see photo for details).  The action figure is large as well, and, after spending 2 hours trying to remove all of its packaging, we could see that it is fairly well-crafted.  If you push the button on its back, it says classic Frank the Bunny phrases such as, “Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?” and, “Wake up Donnie.”  In the movie, Frank’s voice is very hallucinegnic and dreamy sounding.  Unfortunately, the action figure’s canned voice is tinny and difficult to decipher (the only drawback to the toy).

I plan on bringing my Frank the Bunny action figure to work and taunting/scaring all of my co-workers (“we thought she was normal, but now . . . oh no”).  Thanks for the gift, Tim!