Hare Ribbin'

Hare Ribbin' is a 1944 animated short film in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Robert Clampett and featuring Bugs Bunny.

[1] The plot features Bugs' conflict with a red-haired hound dog, whom the rabbit sets out to evade and make a fool of using one-liners, reverse psychology, disguises and other tricks.

[3] Hare Ribbin', known for its two controversial endings, presents the Russian Dog character grappling with guilt over Bugs Bunny's apparent demise.

The "director's cut" ending depicts Bugs pulling out a gun and shooting the dog through the mouth,[3] a version never shown theatrically or on television until its release on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 DVD set.

Additional scenes in the director's cut include an extended search for Bugs by the dog, and an enhanced sequence of them playing tag.

The two alternate endings to Hare Ribbin' . Both endings portray the dog's demise through gun violence, a depiction now deemed too severe for family audiences.