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Horse Hare is a 1960 Looney Tunes short directed by Friz Freleng.

Plot[]

The year is 1886, and Sergeant Bugs is assigned to protect a U.S. Calvary outpost, Fort Lariat, from invaders as the cavalry leaves. Renegade Sam, accompanied by local Indians, attempts to invade the fort as he sees the cavalry gone, and they attempt to run into the fort, haphazardly shooting arrows throughout. Bugs locks up the door of the fort, causing Sam to crash into it. Meanwhile, Bugs eliminates most of Sam's troops, ranging from replacing an arrow with dynamite, and attacking directly.

Sam's gun begins to malfunction as well, only shooting anywhere except at Bugs. Sam calls Geronimo to break down the gate, but Sam gets hit by the battering log in the process and is flattened. Sam attempts to launch himself over the wall using a crossbow, but Bugs activates a switch to lift up the wall to hit Sam. As Sam tries to shoot after Bugs by stealing a native's rifle, Bugs hides from behind to hit rocks at the native, making the native think Sam is shooting at him. Eventually, Sam is too late to catch Bugs, as the cavalry arrives back and he is smashed in the crossfire between them and his own troops. Sam declares that he hates Bugs, the mule says it hates Sam, and Bugs states he loves everybody.

Censorship[]

  • On the syndicated version of Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends, the entire sequence of Bugs Bunny shooting the Indians attacking the fort and singing "Ten Little Indians" as he marks off the number of Indians he's killed (and shortening one of the tallies after he notices that the one he shot was a half-breed) was cut.[1] Strangely, the Merrie Melodies Show airing of "Tom Tom Tomcat" kept in a scene that was similar to this.
  • Nickelodeon's version, in contrast, left in the "Ten Little Indians" scene, but cut Bugs' comment, "Oops. Sorry, that one was a half-breed" (a "half-breed" is a derogatory term for someone born from an interracial pairing, particularly one who is half-white European and half-American Indian) and the rest of the song, with the edited version having Bugs go up to "six little Injuns" before cutting to the Native Americans firing arrows at the fort.[1]
  • This cartoon was part of the "Twelve Missing Hares" that were barred from airing on Cartoon Network's June 2001 Bugs marathon due to featuring Native American stereotypes that would be deemed offensive to modern audiences.[2] As with the other members of the "Twelve Missing Hares" as described in the unreleased ToonHeads episode, it was originally intended to air in the marathon, but was pulled due to executive backlash from AOL Time Warner. Ever since Looney Tunes has stopped airing on Nickelodeon, this cartoon has seldom aired on American television.

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Preceded by
People Are Bunny
Bugs Bunny Cartoons
1960
Succeeded by
Person to Bunny
Bugs Bunny Shorts
1938 Porky's Hare Hunt
1939 Prest-O Change-OHare-um Scare-um
1940 Elmer's Candid CameraA Wild Hare
1941 Elmer's Pet RabbitTortoise Beats HareHiawatha's Rabbit HuntThe Heckling HareAll This and Rabbit StewWabbit Twouble
1942 The Wabbit Who Came to SupperAny Bonds Today?The Wacky WabbitHold the Lion, PleaseBugs Bunny Gets the BoidFresh HareThe Hare-Brained HypnotistCase of the Missing Hare
1943 Tortoise Wins by a HareSuper-RabbitJack-Wabbit and the BeanstalkWackiki WabbitFalling Hare
1944 Little Red Riding RabbitWhat's Cookin' Doc?Bugs Bunny and the Three BearsBugs Bunny Nips the NipsHare Ribbin'Hare ForceBuckaroo BugsThe Old Grey HareStage Door Cartoon
1945 Herr Meets HareThe Unruly HareHare TriggerHare ConditionedHare Tonic
1946 Baseball BugsHare RemoverHair-Raising HareAcrobatty BunnyRacketeer RabbitThe Big SnoozeRhapsody Rabbit
1947 Rabbit TransitA Hare Grows in ManhattanEaster YeggsSlick Hare
1948 Gorilla My DreamsA Feather in His HareRabbit PunchBuccaneer BunnyBugs Bunny Rides AgainHaredevil HareHot Cross BunnyHare SplitterA-Lad-In His LampMy Bunny Lies over the Sea
1949 Hare DoMississippi HareRebel RabbitHigh Diving HareBowery BugsLong-Haired HareKnights Must FallThe Grey Hounded HareThe Windblown HareFrigid HareWhich Is WitchRabbit Hood
1950 Hurdy-Gurdy HareMutiny on the BunnyHomeless HareBig House BunnyWhat's Up Doc?8 Ball BunnyHillbilly HareBunker Hill BunnyBushy HareRabbit of Seville
1951 Hare We GoRabbit Every MondayBunny HuggedThe Fair Haired HareRabbit FireFrench RarebitHis Hare Raising TaleBallot Box BunnyBig Top Bunny
1952 Operation: RabbitFoxy by Proxy14 Carrot RabbitWater, Water Every HareThe Hasty HareOily HareRabbit SeasoningRabbit's KinHare Lift
1953 Forward March HareUpswept HareSouthern Fried RabbitHare TrimmedBully for BugsLumber Jack-RabbitDuck! Rabbit, Duck!Robot Rabbit
1954 Captain HareblowerBugs and ThugsNo Parking HareDevil May HareBewitched BunnyYankee Doodle BugsBaby Buggy Bunny
1955 Beanstalk BunnySahara HareHare BrushRabbit RampageThis Is a Life?Hyde and HareKnight-Mare HareRoman Legion-Hare
1956 Bugs' BonnetsBroom-Stick BunnyRabbitson CrusoeNapoleon Bunny-PartBarbary-Coast BunnyHalf-Fare HareA Star Is BoredWideo WabbitTo Hare Is Human
1957 Ali Baba BunnyBedevilled RabbitPiker's PeakWhat's Opera, Doc?Bugsy and MugsyShow Biz BugsRabbit Romeo
1958 Hare-Less WolfHare-Way to the StarsNow, Hare ThisKnighty Knight BugsPre-Hysterical Hare
1959 Baton BunnyHare-abian NightsApes of WrathBackwoods BunnyWild and Woolly HareBonanza BunnyA Witch's Tangled HarePeople Are Bunny
1960 Horse HarePerson to BunnyRabbit's FeatFrom Hare to HeirLighter Than Hare
1961 The Abominable Snow RabbitCompressed HarePrince Violent
1962 Wet HareBill of HareShishkabugs
1963 Devil's Feud CakeThe Million HareHare-Breadth HurryThe UnmentionablesMad as a Mars HareTransylvania 6-5000
1964 Dumb PatrolDr. Devil and Mr. HareThe Iceman DuckethFalse Hare
1979 Bugs Bunny's Christmas CarolFright Before Christmas
1980 Portrait of the Artist as a Young BunnySpaced Out Bunny
1990 Box Office Bunny
1991 (Blooper) Bunny
1992 Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers
1995 Carrotblanca
1997 From Hare to Eternity
2004 Hare and Loathing in Las VegasDaffy Duck for President



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