Inki and the Minah Bird is a 1943 Merrie Melodies short directed by Chuck Jones. The short features Inki and was released on November 13, 1943.

Plot Inki is an African young boy hunting small animals with a spear. One creature he briefly tries following is a minah bird, which walks across the scene with a hopping gait. Unlike Inki and all the other creatures in the cartoon, the minah bird shows no emotional reactions or changes in facial expression regardless of circumstances. Inki then encounters a fearsome lion. The lion then chases the boy, who briefly winds up in the lion's mouth, but escapes with the lion's teeth, revealed to be a set of dentures. The lion recovers its teeth and chases after Inki until distracted by the minah bird, which the lion then pursues. In a twisting blurred fight, the bird triumphs over the lion, and in the last scene the lion's large dentures are shown now in the minah bird's mouth.

Home media VHS Inki & the Minah Bird (released by Troy Gold in 1988) - re-released by Burbank Video in 1991 Kartoon Klassics Volume 10 (released by Viking Video Classics in 1986) - re-released by Burbank Video in 1991 Laserdisc The Golden Age of Looney Tunes: Volume 3, Side 3 (released by MGM/UA Home Video) DVD Cartoon Craze Presents: Donald Duck / Woody Woodpecker: Pantry Panic (released by Digiview Productions)

Notes and bans Inki and the Minah Bird was the only Inki short to fall into the public domain; all the rest in the series are under copyright.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine:

Because this cartoon portrays stereotypes of Indian and black cultures, it is no longer included in USA television packages, along with the other four Inki shorts. It includes scenes or situations that portray potentially offensive, negative or otherwise socially unacceptable content which may be perceived as fostering stereotypes of African heritage people.

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Watch Inki and the Minah Bird in fully restored HD at Laugh Bureau Vintage in the highest-quality remaster with the correct aspect ratio.