Tortoise Beats Hare (1941)
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- Approved
- 7min
- Animation, Short
- 15 Mar 1941 (USA)
- Short
An upset Bugs challenges the slick Cecil Turtle to a race.
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| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Mel Blanc | ... |
Bugs Bunny / Cecil Turtle / Chester Turtle / Turtles (uncredited) (voice)
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Directed by
| Tex Avery | ||
Written by
| Dave Monahan | ... | (story) |
| Aesop | ... | (story "The Tortoise and the Hare") (uncredited) |
Produced by
| Leon Schlesinger | ... | producer |
Music by
| Carl W. Stalling | ... | (uncredited) |
Editing by
| Treg Brown | ... | (uncredited) |
Production Management
| Tex Avery | ... | supervisor (as Fred Avery) |
Art Department
| Ann Almond | ... | ink and paint (uncredited) |
| Mabel Andes | ... | painter (uncredited) |
| Betty Brenon | ... | assistant ink and paint supervisor (uncredited) |
| Ruth Cavert | ... | painter (uncredited) |
| Gladys Hallberg | ... | painter (uncredited) |
| Florence Hammontre | ... | inker (uncredited) |
| Charlotte Huffine | ... | inker (uncredited) |
| Frank Powers | ... | ink and paint supervisor (uncredited) |
| Martha Sigall | ... | painter (uncredited) |
| Dixie Smith | ... | painter (uncredited) |
| Auril Thompson | ... | painter (uncredited) |
Sound Department
| Treg Brown | ... | sound effects editor (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Ray Bloss | ... | animation camera (uncredited) |
| John W. Burton | ... | animation camera (uncredited) |
| Manny Corral | ... | animation camera (uncredited) |
| Hank Garner | ... | animation camera (uncredited) |
| Ken Moore | ... | animation camera (uncredited) |
Animation Department
| Charles McKimson | ... | animator |
| Tex Avery | ... | background layout artist (uncredited) / character layout artist (uncredited) |
| Rev Chaney | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Robert Givens | ... | character designer (uncredited) |
| John Didrik Johnsen | ... | background artist (uncredited) / background painter (uncredited) |
| Robert McKimson | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Virgil Ross | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Rod Scribner | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Sidney Sutherland | ... | animator (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Carl W. Stalling | ... | musical director |
| Milt Franklyn | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Warner Bros. (1941) (United States) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1942) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- HBO Max (2020) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- Warner Archive Collection (2023) (United States) (Blu-ray) (included in "Strawberry Blonde")
- Warner Home Video (2004) (United States) (DVD)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
When Bugs Bunny learns that the title of this film is Tortoise Beats Hare, he is going to "show them", the them including the tortoise in question, Cecil Turtle. Doubting Bugs' claim that he can beat him any day of the week, Cecil accepts Bugs' $10 wager on a race between the two of them. Cecil shows that not only can slow and steady win the race, sort of, but that a little ingenuity is a more effective tool, that ingenuity namely in confusing the opponent which may feel more satisfactory. Written by Huggo |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The title reads "Tortoise Beats Hare" even though Cecil's last name it Turtle, he is in fact a tortoise. A tortoise spends most of its time on land, where's a turtle spends most of its life in water. A tortoise shell is domed, where the turtle shell is more streamlined to create less resistance when swimming. Also their legs differ. Tortoises have thick stumpy legs made for walking. Turtles have webbing between their toes and have long claws. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Tortoise Wins by a Hare (1943). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush See more » |
| Crazy Credits | Bugs Bunny walks out on screen and reads the credits aloud, mispronouncing all the names. He becomes furious when he finally reads the title proclaiming his defeat for the entire audience to see. He then rips up the title screen, and the background appears. See more » |
| Quotes |
Bugs Bunny:
Why you... you little blankety-blank-blank toitle... how did... you did... I didn't... Cecil Turtle: ...and "how" about my ten bucks? Bugs Bunny: Oh, alright; here! Bugs Bunny: [after he gives Cecil the money] Onetwothreefourfivesixseveneightnineten! And I hope ya choke! See more » |