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{{Infobox Hollywood cartoon|
{{Infobox film
| cartoon_name = Injun Trouble
| name = Injun Trouble
| image = Injun Trouble (1969) screenshot.png
| series = [[Cool Cat]]
| caption = One of Cool Cat's many encounters with the inhabitants of the reservation.
| image =
| director = [[Robert McKimson|Bob McKimson]]
| caption =
| director = [[Robert McKimson]]
| story = [[Cal Howard]]
| animator = {{Plainlist|
| story_artist = [[Cal Howard]]
* Ted Bonnicksen
| animator = Ted Bonnicksen<br>Jim Davis<br>[[Laverne Harding]]<br>Ed Solomon
* [[Laverne Harding|LaVerne Harding]]
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| voice_actor = [[Larry Storch]]
* Jim Davis
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| musician = [[William Lava]]
* Ed Solomon
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| producer = [[William L. Hendricks]]
}}
| layout_artist = Bob Givens<br>Jaime Diaz
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| starring = [[Larry Storch]]
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| music = [[William Lava]]
| editing = {{Plainlist|
* [[Hal Geer]]
* Don Douglas
}}
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| producer = [[William L. Hendricks|Bill L. Hendricks]]
| layout_artist = {{Plainlist|
* [[Bob Givens]]
* Jaime Diaz
}}
| background_artist = Bob McIntosh
| background_artist = Bob McIntosh
| distributor = [[Warner Bros.-Seven Arts]]
| studio = [[Warner Bros. Cartoons#1967–1969: Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation|Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation]]
| distributor = {{Plainlist|
| release_date = [[September 20]], [[1969]]
* [[Warner Bros.-Seven Arts]]
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| color_process = [[Technicolor]]
* [[Vitagraph Studios|Vitagraph Company of America]]
| runtime = 6:18 min
}}
| movie_language = [[English language|English]]
| released = {{Film date|1969|9|20}}
| imdb_id = 0064487
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| color_process = [[Technicolor]]
| runtime = {{Duration|m=6|s=18}}
| language = English
}}
}}


'''''Injun Trouble''''' is a 1969 ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' cartoon, directed by [[Robert McKimson]].<ref name=Beck>{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |last2=Friedwald |first2=Will |title=Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0894-2 |page=368}}</ref> The cartoon was released on September 20, 1969, and features [[Cool Cat (Looney Tunes)|Cool Cat]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/69/mode/2up |page=69}}</ref> It is noted for being the last cartoon in the original ''Merrie Melodies'' series, ending a run that had continued since 1931, as well as the whole original ''Looney Tunes''/''Merrie Melodies'' series from 1930-1969. Additionally, this was the 1,000th cartoon short released by [[Warner Bros.]]
'''Injun Trouble''' is a [[1969 in film|1969]] animated cartoon short in the ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' series, directed by [[Robert McKimson]] and featuring [[Cool Cat]]. It is noted for being the final cartoon produced by the original [[Warner Bros. Cartoons|Warner Bros. cartoon studio]], breaking a run which had lasted since [[1930]] (with the exception of the four years when the cartoons were produced by [[DePatie-Freleng Enterprises]]).


This cartoon was the last ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon until ''The Fright Before Christmas'' ten years later in 1979. This cartoon was also the last Warner Bros. cartoon to be produced before [[Warner Bros. Cartoons#1967–1969: Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation|Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation]] was shut down on October 10, 1969, and the second of the only two Cool Cat shorts directed by Robert McKimson, as well as the last Warner Bros. cartoon to be directed by him. The cartoon shares its name with an [[Injun Trouble (1938 film)|earlier short]] directed by [[Bob Clampett]], which features Porky Pig.
The cartoon shares its name with an [[Injun Trouble (1938 film)|earlier short]] directed by [[Bob Clampett]].


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
Cool Cat is driving to the town of Hotfoot, when his route happens to take him through an [[Indian reservation]]. Two scouts spot him and one of them gives chase, only to fall into a chasm when the weight of him and his horse causes the makeshift bridge to collapse. As Cool Cat drives along, he encounters more Native Americans in the following scenarios:


* Cool Cat is first stopped by a Native American man who gives his obese daughter away, much to Cool Cat's frustration.
Cool Cat is driving to the town of Hotfoot one day, when his route happens to take him through a [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] reservation. Two scouts spot him and one of them gives chase, only to fall into a chasm when the weight of him and his horse causes the makeshift bridge to collapse (even though it had carried Cool Cat and his car without trouble). Cool Cat rescues them and continues his journey. Along the way, he encounters a man who tries to give his heavily obese daughter away, a more attractive woman that invites him for an "Indian Wrestle" (which turns out to be a fight with a man who is far larger than Cool Cat), a literal bareback rider and a Native American who uses a typewriter-like device to create smoke signals which read "COOL CAT GO HOME!"
* Cool Cat is not seen in the next gag, in which a Native American attempts to paint a stripe on his teepee, but quits in frustration after he finds that he failed to paint it in a complete circle. Then he paints a face on an aluminum pail and puts it over his head, calling himself a "pail-face".
* Cool Cat finds a bow and arrow on the ground, and he uses the bow to fire the arrow into the sky. An agitated Native American man with an arrow in his scalp approaches Cool Cat, and punches him in the nose.
* A Native American uses a [[stenograph]]-like device to create smoke signals that read "Cool Cat go home."
* Cool Cat is then stopped by a more attractive woman that invites him for an "Indian Wrestle" - which turns out to be a fight with a man who is far larger than Cool Cat.
* Cool Cat is stopped by a [[Groucho Marx]] imitator who asks him, "Why?". Cool Cat remarks that he thought Native Americans asked "how". The Native American pulls out a cigar, remarks "Me know how, now I wanna know why.", and walks away.
* Cool Cat is stopped by one last Native American who asks him to hold his shirt. When Cool Cat asks why, the Native American states he is literally riding "bareback".


Finally arriving in Hotfoot, Cool Cat spots two horses playing human shoes. After that, Cool Cat spots a "Topless Saloon" and heads in, but finds out that the only topless person in there is the bartender, a rather burly man. An outlaw named Gower Gulch then arrives and seemingly challenges Cool Cat to a duel, but then settles for a game of poker. Cool Cat gets a good hand with four Aces, only for Gulch to get a Royal Flush. Announcing that he is "cutting out," Cool Cat produces a pair of scissors and cuts a hole out of the background, which he then disappears into. He then reappears for a moment and ends the cartoon (and series) with the words "So cool it now, ya hear!"
Finally arriving in Hotfoot, Cool Cat spots two horses playing with human shoes, a "Horse Doctor" who really is an [[equine]], and a showdown between two gunslingers that ends with one's belt being shot, causing his pants to drop. After that, Cool Cat spots a "Topless Saloon" and heads in, but finds out that the only topless person in there is the bartender, a rather burly man. An outlaw named Gower Gulch then arrives and seemingly challenges Cool Cat to a duel, but then settles for a game of poker. Cool Cat gets a good hand with four Aces, only for Gulch to say, "I've got a pair of deuces, and a [[Revolver|six shooter]]." Announcing that he is "cutting out," Cool Cat produces a pair of scissors and cuts a hole out of the background, which he then disappears into. He then reappears for a moment and ends the cartoon (and the original series' run) with the words "So cool it now, ya hear?"


==Censorship==
==Controversy==
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Owing to controversy over its stereotyping of Native Americans (and some racy puns such as "Indian wrestling" with a curvy Native American woman and the "topless saloon", along with the use of the ethnic slur "Injun" and being used as the reel's title), the cartoon has never been shown by U.S. television broadcasters such as [[Cartoon Network]], or released on video. While bootleg versions are available (most commonly with a timecode on the image), it is one of the rarest of all Warner Bros. cartoons,<ref>[http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/miscelooneyous/obscurecartoons/ The Most Obscure Warner Bros. Cartoons of All Time] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719120243/http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/miscelooneyous/obscurecartoons/ |date=2012-07-19 }}, accessed January 7, 2008</ref> owing to the relative unpopularity of cartoons from this era of the studio (unlike the "[[Censored Eleven]]," which were produced during the studio's heyday).


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==References==
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Owing to controversy over its stereotyping of Native Americans (and some racy jokes such as the "topless saloon"), the cartoon has never been shown by [[United States]] television broadcasters, or released on video. While bootleg versions are available (most commonly with a timecode on the print), the cartoon still proves very difficult to track down. In fact, it is one of the rarest of all Warner Bros. cartoons<ref>[http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/miscelooneyous/rarecartoons/ Misce-Looney-Ous: The Rarest Warner Bros. Cartoons of All Time], accessed [[January 7]] [[2008]]</ref>, owing to the relative unpopularity of cartoons from this era of the studio (unlike the "[[Censored Eleven]]," which were produced during the studio's heyday).
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==Spanish Version==
==External links==
{{wikiquote}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0064487}}


{{s-start}}
There is a Spanish language version available on certain forums, featuring a very clean picture with dubbed Spanish voices. It is possible therefore to create a clean English version (without the timecode) by adding the English soundtrack to the Spanish version picture, with a few minor adjustments.
{{succession box |
before=[[Bugged by a Bee]]|
title= Cool Cat shorts |
years= 1969 |
after= None (Final Episode)}}
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[[Category:Films scored by William Lava]]

[[Category:Films about Native Americans]]
==External Links==
[[Category:Native American comedy films]]
[Daily Motion commentary on ''Injun Trouble'', shows cartoon http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2z9rr_injun-trouble-1969-commentary_shortfilms]
[[Category:Native American-related controversies in film]]
[[Category:Animated films about tigers]]
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Latest revision as of 04:38, 16 November 2024

Injun Trouble
One of Cool Cat's many encounters with the inhabitants of the reservation.
Directed byBob McKimson
Story byCal Howard
Produced byBill L. Hendricks
StarringLarry Storch
Edited by
Music byWilliam Lava
Animation by
Layouts by
Backgrounds byBob McIntosh
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
  • September 20, 1969 (1969-09-20)
Running time
6:18
LanguageEnglish

Injun Trouble is a 1969 Merrie Melodies cartoon, directed by Robert McKimson.[1] The cartoon was released on September 20, 1969, and features Cool Cat.[2] It is noted for being the last cartoon in the original Merrie Melodies series, ending a run that had continued since 1931, as well as the whole original Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies series from 1930-1969. Additionally, this was the 1,000th cartoon short released by Warner Bros.

This cartoon was the last Merrie Melodies cartoon until The Fright Before Christmas ten years later in 1979. This cartoon was also the last Warner Bros. cartoon to be produced before Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation was shut down on October 10, 1969, and the second of the only two Cool Cat shorts directed by Robert McKimson, as well as the last Warner Bros. cartoon to be directed by him. The cartoon shares its name with an earlier short directed by Bob Clampett, which features Porky Pig.

Synopsis

[edit]

Cool Cat is driving to the town of Hotfoot, when his route happens to take him through an Indian reservation. Two scouts spot him and one of them gives chase, only to fall into a chasm when the weight of him and his horse causes the makeshift bridge to collapse. As Cool Cat drives along, he encounters more Native Americans in the following scenarios:

  • Cool Cat is first stopped by a Native American man who gives his obese daughter away, much to Cool Cat's frustration.
  • Cool Cat is not seen in the next gag, in which a Native American attempts to paint a stripe on his teepee, but quits in frustration after he finds that he failed to paint it in a complete circle. Then he paints a face on an aluminum pail and puts it over his head, calling himself a "pail-face".
  • Cool Cat finds a bow and arrow on the ground, and he uses the bow to fire the arrow into the sky. An agitated Native American man with an arrow in his scalp approaches Cool Cat, and punches him in the nose.
  • A Native American uses a stenograph-like device to create smoke signals that read "Cool Cat go home."
  • Cool Cat is then stopped by a more attractive woman that invites him for an "Indian Wrestle" - which turns out to be a fight with a man who is far larger than Cool Cat.
  • Cool Cat is stopped by a Groucho Marx imitator who asks him, "Why?". Cool Cat remarks that he thought Native Americans asked "how". The Native American pulls out a cigar, remarks "Me know how, now I wanna know why.", and walks away.
  • Cool Cat is stopped by one last Native American who asks him to hold his shirt. When Cool Cat asks why, the Native American states he is literally riding "bareback".

Finally arriving in Hotfoot, Cool Cat spots two horses playing with human shoes, a "Horse Doctor" who really is an equine, and a showdown between two gunslingers that ends with one's belt being shot, causing his pants to drop. After that, Cool Cat spots a "Topless Saloon" and heads in, but finds out that the only topless person in there is the bartender, a rather burly man. An outlaw named Gower Gulch then arrives and seemingly challenges Cool Cat to a duel, but then settles for a game of poker. Cool Cat gets a good hand with four Aces, only for Gulch to say, "I've got a pair of deuces, and a six shooter." Announcing that he is "cutting out," Cool Cat produces a pair of scissors and cuts a hole out of the background, which he then disappears into. He then reappears for a moment and ends the cartoon (and the original series' run) with the words "So cool it now, ya hear?"

Controversy

[edit]

Owing to controversy over its stereotyping of Native Americans (and some racy puns such as "Indian wrestling" with a curvy Native American woman and the "topless saloon", along with the use of the ethnic slur "Injun" and being used as the reel's title), the cartoon has never been shown by U.S. television broadcasters such as Cartoon Network, or released on video. While bootleg versions are available (most commonly with a timecode on the image), it is one of the rarest of all Warner Bros. cartoons,[3] owing to the relative unpopularity of cartoons from this era of the studio (unlike the "Censored Eleven," which were produced during the studio's heyday).

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 368. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 69. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ^ The Most Obscure Warner Bros. Cartoons of All Time Archived 2012-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, accessed January 7, 2008
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