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Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt was a Merrie Melodies cartoon starring Bugs Bunny and Hiawatha, first released on June 7, 1941. The short makes several references to The Song of Hiawatha, an epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The short was directed by Friz Freleng, written by Michael Maltese, animated by Gil Turner, and the musical director was Carl Stalling.

The voices of Bugs Bunny and Hiawatha were both provided by Mel Blanc.

Synopsis

Bugs is reading Little Hiawatha and it so turns out Hiawatha is looking for a rabbit and Bugs gets in the pot Hiawatha is going to cook Bugs in, thinking it's a bathtub, having no intention he's going to be dinner.

Trivia

This film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Short Subject (cartoons)
, but lost to the Pluto cartoon Lend a Paw.
This was the first Bugs Bunny cartoon directed by Friz Freleng.
This was Bugs' first encounter with a Native American.
This is a parody of the Silly Symphonies
cartoon Little Hiawatha. In fact, the character is a parody of the legendary Disney animator, Ward Kimball.
This cartoon was pulled out of the June Bugs marathon in 2001 because of the ethnic Native American stereotypes.
This was the ninth cartoon for Bugs, and the 66th cartoon Friz Freleng directed at Warner Bros.
Some footage of this cartoon is shown 3 years later in the 1944 Bugs Bunny cartoon What's Cookin' Doc?.

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