Trivia / Injun Trouble (1969)

• Creator Backlash: Like the rest of the Seven Arts cartoons, Warner Bros. isn't too proud of this one.
• Crossdressing Voices: The female Native American maiden that asks to "Indian wrestle" with Cool Cat is clearly voiced by Larry Storch, who provided all of the voices for this cartoon. The sultry female voice Storch gives the maiden is fairly unconvincing. In prior years they would likely have just grabbed a female studio staffer and stuck her in the recording booth, but by this point the Screen Actors' Guild was cracking down on animation studios having non-actors provide voices.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: This cartoon has yet to see a home entertainment or streaming release, and it's unlikely to get one anytime soon. Its prominent racial humor (the title alone is a red flag) and being produced during the very unpopular Seven Arts era of Looney Tunes (unlike the Censored Eleven which were produced during the Looney Tunes' heyday) are the two major factors. It aired in the 70s as part of The Merrie Melodies Show, and it hasn't been seen on television since. It wasn't even until the 2010s that a copy of the cartoon that didn't have a timecode on the print became easily accessible, and it is the only Cool Cat short to not be restored on HBO Max (along with the Merlin the Magic Mouse short "Hocus Pocus Powwow" for similar stereotypes).
• Similarly Named Works: There’s another Looney Tunes short with this name, too.
• What Could Have Been: Nickelodeon had the rights to air this short as part of Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon. Standards and Practices understandably forbade the network from doing so.

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