"Bama Bunny and Friends Learn to be American" was a television program that aired in the exclusion zone during the 2050s. Since this was a time when only the three American-run broadcast networks provided entertainment or media to the exclusion zone, it was an almost universally watched television program by the children of the exclusion zone, a point we will return to later.
The show was done in a crude, "retro" style of animation, that combined the century-old animation look of Hanna-Barbera classics such as "The Flintstones" with a quasi-"Construction Paper" look of the later South Park, ending up looking something like the even later Peppa Pig. Probably due to the obvious animal shapes of the characters, it was easy to tell them apart without much granularity of design. Also, of course, at the time, the show didn't have a lot of resources in production, and the fact that they managed to keep up the production schedule they did (twice weekly for three years, along with specials and shorts) is admirable.
"Bama Bunny and Friends Learn to be American" follows the titular "Bama Bunny", a rabbit from Alabama, and his anthropomorphic friends, as they learn lessons about what it means to be an American. His friends are Bob Boor, a boar, and Slithery Sam, a snake. Bama Bunny is dumb, and somewhat innocent, but seems to want to learn to be better. Bob Boor, a boar, usually reacts to every problem by wanting to charge it with his tusks. And finally, Slithery Sam is a bit more posh, but also deceptive, and usually urges the hapless Bama Bunny to lie or cheat his way out of trouble.
Taken together, the three characters represent how most Americans would view Southerners in the post-war period: stupid, violent and deceptive. Perhaps not fair for later eyes, but given the terroristic bio-warfare that Americans had suffered from people's whose stated goal was reinstating slavery, the portrayals in "Bama Bunny and Friends Learn to be American" were relatively charitable.
The plots were episodic and formulaic: Bama Bunny and friends, while going to a school or living life in their relocation camp, would stumble upon some happening that threatened their Americanization. A figure would appear either trying to reform a terrorist cell, or espousing pro-slavery propaganda, or maybe just trying to convince Bama Bunny that being smart or active were foolish. (Such as with Corny Connor, who keeps telling Bama Bunny that "unsweetened tea is for sissies" while pouring copious amounts of corn syrup into everything). Sometimes, lost American visitors to the Exclusion Zone faced a threat and had to ask Bama Bunny for help. These ideas were often urged along by Jessica Porcupig and Boss Hawg, a pair of pig/porcupine...things that would smarm and smirk their way around Bama Bunny, often talking of "Southern Womanhood". After a brief moral quandry, often worsened by Slithery Sam's equivocating. Finally, Bama Bunny would decide to do the right thing, often after seeking help from John Doe and Jane Doe,a pair of American deer that live close to the relocation camp. Bama Bunny has a bit of a crush on Jane Doe, and her words would usually give him the right guidance, which was usually to contact the American authorities and tell them what is going on.
One problem with the show's episodic and comedic nature is that at times, truly heinous or dangerous acts are forgotten by the next episode, and their perpetrators show up with no consequences. For example, in one episode, a bus full of lost American scientists doing studies of radioactive spots of the exclusion zone is threatened by Boss Hawg, after Jessica Porcupig "declahs it is a threat to my southun womanhood!". Despite the bus being surrounded by firewood that Boss Hawg is about to ignite, and it only being saved by Bama Bunny leading American soldiers there at the last minute, there are no repercussions. But that is somewhat standard for cartoons---the Smurfs sometimes converse with Gargamel, despite his best efforts to consume them. It could also be a commentary on how Americans excused the barbarity of the South before the war.
Over the course of the show, there is some character development, and Bama Bunny gets a little smarter, Bob Boor learns to think without his tusks and Sam Slither...well, that is still a matter of much discussion by fans of the show. Bama Bunny and Bob Boor also slowly lose their accents over the years of the shows run. Of course, an accent is not a mindset, but again, given the years of terrorist warfare that Americans had suffered at that point, an intolerance of the Southern Accent, and an association of an American accent with the restoration of Democracy, makes sense.
Although the show is seen as corny and formulaic today, many young people who grew up in the exclusion zone in the 50s say that it did, indeed, teach them core lessons about being an American, allowing them to move out back to America, which is a good thing given how much of the exclusion zone was destroyed by climate change and hurricanes.