At one point, Max pretends to nap under a tree, just to watch Toby's progress. Max seems to dominate the race, zooming past everything down the road. It takes an extra nudge from the starting line to get Toby going. Max tells Toby that he intends to play fair, but it seems obvious that Max is just out to humiliate his competition. He does seem to have the ability to stretch, which comes in handy in certain situations. His challenger, Toby Tortoise, is teased and jeered for being sluggish and clumsy. He is cocky, athletic, and incredibly fast. Max Hare is the heavy favorite to win a major sporting event. This cartoon is also believed to be one of the inspirations for Bugs Bunny by Warner Bros., who first appeared in 1940. Based on an Aesop's fable of the same name, it won the 1934 Oscar for Best Short Subject: Cartoons. The Tortoise and the Hare is a 1935 American animated short film part of the Silly Symphony series, released on January 5, 1935, by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Wilfred Jackson.
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