Injun Trouble (1938 film)

Injun Trouble
Title card
Directed byRobert Clampett
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
StarringMel Blanc
Billy Bletcher
Music byCarl W. Stalling
Animation byCharles Jones
Isadore Ellis
Color processBlack-and-white
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Productions
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • May 21, 1938 (1938-05-21)
Running time
7 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Injun Trouble is a 1938 American animated comedy short film directed by Robert Clampett. The short was released on May 21, 1938. It is the 102nd film in the Looney Tunes series and the 40th cartoon to feature Porky Pig. It was later remade in color in 1945 as Wagon Heels, also directed by Clampett.[1][2][3]

Plot

The United States only occupies the East Coast while the rest of the territory is occupied by Injun Joe's forces. Porky leads a wagon into the territory. He nevertheless sneaks in and finds the remnants of a Native American attack led by Joe. A hillbilly finds Porky and attempts to bait him with details that he is unwilling to disclose.

Injun Joe is shown as an extraordinarily strong person who can collapse a mountain and countless trees by walking into them. He scares a bear into cowering, offering him the tip of a mountain (which resembles shaved ice) as dessert before spitefully eating all of it. He steps on a bear trap and bites it into submission instead.

Porky finds a river, which he crosses after his horse removes a plug on a nearby drain. Joe spots the wagon from earlier and diverts the tracks, trapping the train as he assaults it while riding a log and using it as a bow. He swallows a mouthful of bullets and converts them into a warhead, which launches everything, including the scenery, into the air. Porky spots them and speeds to the location, only to be chased by Joe with an axe, who accidentally carves the Statue of Liberty and New York City in the process. The hillbilly then appears and reveals that Joe is ticklish, a fatal flaw which he exploits to force Joe into submission, despite the fact that Joe enjoys it.

Home media

Injun Trouble is available on disc 2 of the Porky Pig 101 DVD set.[4]

References

  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. 70. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 124–126. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ↑ Parten, James (March 17, 2020). "Looney Tunes 1937-38: Steady As She Goes". Cartoon Research. Retrieved July 5, 2026.
  4. ↑ Beck, Jerry (August 16, 2017). "Warner Archive Announces "Porky Pig 101" DVD Collection". Animation Scoop. Retrieved July 16, 2026.
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