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The Heckling Hare was a Merrie Melodies cartoon, released on July 12, 1941 and featuring Bugs Bunny and a dopey dog named Willoughby. The cartoon was directed by Tex Avery, written by Michael Maltese, animated by soon-to-be director Bob McKimson, and with musical direction by Carl Stalling. In style that was becoming typical of the Bugs character, he easily outwitted and tormented his antagonist through the short, his only concern being what to do next to the dog.

Synopsis

Instead of Elmer Fudd, Bugs is hunted by a dog named Willoughby, but the dog falls for every trap Bugs sets for him until they both fall off a cliff at the end.

Trivia

This is the second-to-last Bugs Bunny cartoon directed by Tex Avery to be released. The last, All This and Rabbit Stew, was produced before this film.
This is the cartoon that led Avery leaving Warner Bros. and moving to MGM. The final gag of this cartoon originally had Bugs and Willoughby falling off two more cliffs, with Bugs telling the audience "Hold on to your hats, folks. Here we go again!" during the third trip down. Leon Schlesinger liked the ending, but cut it under orders from Jack Warner
, who did not want his biggest star left in such a cliffhanger. Avery was enraged, and walked out of the studio. He was promptly suspended, and during his suspension, he got hired by MGM.
This was the tenth cartoon for Bugs and the 55th cartoon Tex directed at Warner Bros.

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