Tricky Trapper

"Tricky Trapper" is the third episode of Huckleberry Hound season one, and came as a segment of The Huckleberry Hound Show. It aired in the week of October 13, 1958 in first run syndication. It was written by Charles Shows and Dan Gordon, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

In the snowy hills of the Northwest, Mounted Police Officer Huckleberry Hound tries to bring in the fugitive Powerful Pierre.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Narrator
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Huckleberry Hound
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Powerful Pierre
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Rover
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mountie leader
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Canadian Mounties
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mountie leader
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Canadian Mounties
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Canadian Mounties
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler

Locations

 * Earth
 * Canada

Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, Phil Green, Geordie Hormel, Spencer Moore, Bill Loose, John Seely, and Jack Shaindlin.

Crew credits

 * Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
 * Animator: Kenneth Muse
 * Layout artist: Walt Clinton
 * Background artist: Robert Gentle
 * Title artist: Art Goble
 * Story sketch artists: Charles Shows, Dan Gordon

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: Week of October 13, 1958 in syndication

Home availability

 * In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
 * February 9, 1987: The Video Collection releases Huckleberry Hound: Huckleberry Hound Meets Wee Willie on VHS.
 * August 8, 1994: First Independent Films releases Huckleberry Hound: Sheriff Huckleberry on VHS.
 * In the United States:
 * November 15, 2005: Warner Home Video releases The Huckleberry Hound Show: Volume 1 on DVD.
 * June 6, 2017: Warner Home Video releases The Huckleberry Hound Show: Volume 1 (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.