Horse Hare

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.
== Availability ==
lt horse hare super 8.jpg|Super 8
lt vs12.jpg|(1984) VHS The Looney Tunes Video Show Volume 12
== 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.http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-h.aspx 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.
* 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.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHNTv3oQoE8 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.
* The short aired as part of June Bugs in 1997, 1999, and 2000, and aired on 17 August 2002, which is the last known airing of the short on American television.
== Gallery ==
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== References ==
Category:1960
Category:Cartoons directed by Friz Freleng
Category:Bugs Bunny Cartoons
Category:Yosemite Sam Cartoons
Category:Shorts
Category:Looney Tunes Shorts
Category:Cartoons written by Michael Maltese
Category:Cartoons with music by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Hawley Pratt
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Tom O'Loughlin
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons produced by John W. Burton