A Horsefly Fleas is an animated cartoon short released by Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...

 in 1947. It was written by Warren Foster

Warren Foster

Warren Foster , was a writer, cartoonist and composer for the animation division of Warner Brothers and later with Hanna-Barbera....

 and directed by Robert McKimson

Robert McKimson

Robert "Bob" Porter McKimson, Sr. was an American animator, illustrator, and director best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros., and later DePatie-Freleng Enterprises...

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The short stars A. Flea

Flea

Flea is the common name for insects of the order Siphonaptera which are wingless insects with mouthparts adapted for piercing skin and sucking blood...

, the nearly-microscopic protagonist

Protagonist

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 of An Itch in Time

An Itch in Time

An Itch in Time is a 1943 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Bob Clampett and starring Elmer Fudd and a dog which looks very similar to, if not a modified Willoughby the Dog....

from two years earlier. It is rarely aired today due to stereotypical

Stereotype

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 portrayals of (anthropomorphic flea versions of) Native Americans

Native Americans in the United States

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The cartoon was reissued during the 1955-56 season.