| Hare Trigger | |
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 Lobby card | |
| Directed by | I. Freleng |
| Story by | Michael Maltese |
| Produced by | Edward Selzer (unc.) |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | Manuel Perez Ken Champin Virgil Ross Gerry Chiniquy Jack Bradbury (unc.) |
| Layouts by | Hawley Pratt |
| Backgrounds by | Paul Julian |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 8 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hare Trigger is a 1945 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng.[1] The cartoon was released on May 5, 1945, and features Bugs Bunny.[2] The short featured the first appearance of Yosemite Sam, as well as the first short to credit (almost) the whole animation staff who worked on the short (previously, shorts credited the director, one animator, writer, musical director and sometimes the voice actor).
This short is also the first to use the shortened version of "Merrily We Roll Along" that played from 1945 to 1955. The title is a play on "hair trigger", referring to any weapon or other device with a sensitive trigger.
- ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 159. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–61. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.