Horse Hare

Horse Hare is a 1960 Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon released on February 13, 1960. It stars Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam. This cartoon reuses the plot from Tom Tom Tomcat.

Plot

The year is 1886, and Sergeant Bugs is assigned to protect a Calvary outpost, Fort Lariat, from invaders. Yosemite Sam, accompanied by local Indians, attempts to invade the fort and fails on several occasions, aggravating the Indians in the process. The story concludes with Bugs and Sam in the middle of a clash between the returning Calvary and the Indians. Bugs manages to escape into a hole in the ground, while Sam does not-he and his horse are "flattened" after being caught between charging US Cavalry and Indians.

Controversy

Because of the references to American Indians, such as use of the slang "Injun", the cartoon is rarely seen and in 2001 was banned from Cartoon Network's "June Bugs 2001" promotion.

Censorship

• On The Merrie Melodies Show, The scene in which Bugs shoots his rifle at the Indians and runs a tally of the Indians that he has killed, singing "Ten Little Indians", while in "Tom-Tom Tomcat" on Merrie Melodies, the same song, performed by Tweety while Granny fires her rifle at the Indian cats, was retained. Here is how the complete scene originally went. After counting six little Indians, Bugs corrects himself and says, "Oops, sorry, that one was a half-breed!" and erases half of the line that he has sketched on the Fort Lariat wall. He continues firing the rifle and an Indian sneaks behind him; so, Bugs kicks the Indian in the chin just while completing his song with, "Ten little Indian boys!".These scenes above were cut.

• On Nickelodeon, The "Ten Little Indians" scene was shortened to remove Bugs' "half-breed" comment.