Horse Hare

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Horse Hare
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Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	February 3, 1960
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	John W. Burton
Music composed by	Milt Franklyn
Story by	Michael Maltese
Animation	Gerry Chiniquy Virgil Ross Art Davis
Director(s)	Friz Freleng
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Horse Hare is the four hundred and third Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was published by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on February 3, 1960. It was written by Michael Maltese, produced by John W. Burton, and directed by Friz Freleng.

While Sergeant Bugs Bunny is assigned to protect a U.S. Calvary Fortress outpost, Fort Lariat, from invaders, Renegade Sam launches an Indian assault on the fortress.

Memorable quotes

Bugs: One little, two little, three little Indians... Four little, five little, six little Indian- Uh-oh. Sorry, that one was a half-breed.

Sam: I hate you!
Donkey: And I hate you.
Bugs: And me? I love everybody!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Sergeant Bugs	Mel Blanc
Renegade Sam	Mel Blanc
Donkey	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Texas
      • Fort Lariat

Production

Development

Although this short has no credits for the writer, it is presumed that an uncredited Michael Maltese had worked on it.

Music

The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: February 3, 1960 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The title is another pun of the "hair/hare" titles. This one is based on 'horsehair'.
• Like Slightly Daffy and Tom Tom Tomcat, this cartoon reuses the Ten Little Indians gag from those cartoons.

Legacy

• The short was featured as part of the unaired Toonheads episode "The Twelve Missing Hares," due to its inclusion of outdated Native American stereotypes.
• The plot of this short would be remade into a Roland and Ratfink cartoon entitled, Trick or Retreat.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • The Looney Tunes Video Show (Volume 12, VHS)