117-535: The Tiny Toon Adventures animated television series features an extensive cast of characters. The show's central characters are mostly various forms of anthropomorphic animals, based on Looney Tunes characters from earlier films and shows. In the series, the characters attend a high school called Acme Looniversity, set in the cartoon community of Acme Acres. This page lists the characters from Tiny Toon Adventures and its reboot Tiny Toons Looniversity . Buster Bunny (voiced by Charlie Adler in 1990–1992 of
234-427: A Young Artist Award , and an Environmental Media Award , with nominations for one other Daytime Emmy Award, two Annie Awards , one Primetime Emmy Award , and one other Young Artist Award . Spin-off media include magazines, toys, video games, and home media releases. The Plucky Duck Show , a spin-off television series, was created for Fox Kids and ran for one season. A second spin-off series, Pinky, Elmyra &
351-481: A cel count that was more than double that of most animated television shows then. The series had about 25,000 cels per episode instead of the standard 10,000, making it unique in that characters moved more fluidly. Animation producer Pierre DeCelles described storyboarding for the series as "fun but a big challenge because I always had a short schedule, and it's not always easy to work full blast nonstop". During development, Spielberg said that Warner Bros. would use
468-569: A (rarely shown) sweet side like finding out where meat comes from in "Slaughterhouse Jive" and has been shown to have a good imagination with help from the personification of his imagination as seen in "Fit to Be Toyed". Some episodes that he stars in features his parents whose heads are never seen and are shown to keep him in line. Elmyra likes Monty a lot, though he usually feels nothing but annoyance towards her. Max once had to tolerate Elmyra in "My Dinner with Elmyra" because his parents have become friends with Elmyra's parents according to his mother. He
585-450: A Southern accent. Elmyra Duff (voiced by Cree Summer in both shows) is a redheaded 12-year-old girl who wears a blue blouse, white skirt, black Mary Janes over white socks, and a blue bow with a skull at the center. Despite being physically based on Elmer Fudd (she has a similar face, her red hair has been revealed to be a wig on several occasions, and her last name backwards is a misspelled take on "Fudd"), her personality and behavior
702-721: A Teenage Robot , Transformers: Animated , Drawn Together , Gargoyles , W.I.T.C.H. and Puppy Dog Pals . In live-action, she is known for her role as Winifred "Freddie" Brooks in the NBC sitcom A Different World from 1987 to 1993. Summer was born in Los Angeles on July 7, 1969, and grew up in Saskatchewan and Toronto , Canada. Her parents are Canadian actors Don Francks , and Lili "Red Eagle" Francks (née Clark). She and her family traveled and lived around British Columbia during her childhood, and she started public school at
819-537: A Teenage Robot , and Blackarachnia in Transformers: Animated . She also voiced Princess 'Kida' Kidagakash for the franchise of Disney 's Atlantis: The Lost Empire . Summer has regarded the character of Kida as one of her favorite roles and even considers the character among the official Disney Princess line. She also played a role in Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated as Lady Marmalad in
936-493: A Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special in prime time on December 6, 1992. This episode is a parody of It's a Wonderful Life . Although the Christmas episode is called a special, it is only called this as it is Christmas-themed and is just a regular episode. The Tiny Toon Spring Break Special was aired on Fox during prime time on March 27, 1994. Fox aired Tiny Toons' Night Ghoulery in prime time on May 28, 1995. The show
1053-478: A Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special . In 1992, The Plucky Duck Show was produced as a spin-off for Fox Kids , based on the character Plucky Duck. Except for the premiere episode, "The Return of Batduck", the show consisted entirely of recycled Plucky-centric episodes from Tiny Toon Adventures . In 1998, a second spin-off, entitled Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain , premiered on Kids' WB . This series featured
1170-450: A banjo. He lives in the swamps and backwoods with his kinfolk, who, unlike himself, tend to capture and prey on innocent travelers who wind up wandering into their territory. It is further confirmed in the "ACME Cable TV" episode that Banjo's family members are inbred and carnivorous with one of his larger relatives proving the latter by devouring Montana Max alive and whole in the show "Possum Swamp Pauper" (though he escapes his stomach during
1287-594: A bulldog! He is less anthropomorphic in nature than the other animal characters, generally walking on all fours and almost always mute , except for making typical cat sounds; he is known to be mentored by Sylvester the Cat . Furrball is based on Penelope Pussycat and the Chuck Jones version of Sylvester, both of whom are silent. Furrball often chases Sweetie Pie, who is based on Tweety. He also serves as one of Fifi La Fume's love interests. In one speaking role ("Cinemaniacs"), he
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#17331212940451404-496: A cartoon called Class of 3000 , directed and written for Cartoon Network by André 3000 . She provided the voice of a recurring pomegranate singer in The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange , who usually sang during montage sequences. Her character Priscilla on Sheriff Callie's Wild West sings many times, as well. In 2008, Summer appeared on The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAA Birthday Bundle , performing
1521-474: A comic book series made by Warner Bros. and DC. The characters also made occasional cameo appearances in the Animaniacs , Freakazoid! and Pinky and the Brain comic books. Since its debut, numerous video games based on Tiny Toons have been released. There have been no less than nine titles based on the series released after its original television run and as recently as 2002. Many companies have held
1638-520: A cover of Zappa's song " Dirty Love " with Dweezil Zappa on guitar and backup vocals by Ahmet Zappa , produced by Linda Perry . Summer's musical influences include Frank Zappa , Al Green and Dinah Washington . Summer has dual American and Canadian citizenship. She was married to producer Angelo Pullen for nearly ten years; they announced the dissolution of their marriage in May 2022. They have two daughters, who were born in 2011 and 2013. Summer has
1755-515: A dozen main voice actors. The role of Buster Bunny was given to Charlie Adler , who gave the role, as producer Ruegger said, "a great deal of energy". The role of Babs Bunny was given to Tress MacNeille . Dini said that MacNeille was good for the role because she could do both Babs' voice and the voices of her impressions. Voice actors Joe Alaskey and Don Messick were given the roles of Plucky Duck and Hamton J. Pig, respectively. Child actor Danny Cooksey played Montana Max and, according to Dini,
1872-408: A few video games after Don Messick's death, including 1999's Tiny Toon Adventures: Toonenstein . In Looniversity , Hamton wants to be a doctor while doing performances, and suffers from indecisiveness. His mother was changed to Joan, who attended ACME Looniversity which led to becoming a famous performer and hopes her son follows her footsteps. He is also given a stutter just like Porky, as well as
1989-1048: A full orchestra, which some thought too expensive and impossible, but they ended up agreeing. Warner Bros. selected Bruce Broughton to write the theme tune (for which he would win a Daytime Emmy alongside Ruegger and Kaatz) and serve as music supervisor . Screen credits for the composers were given based on the amount of music composed for, or composed and reused in, the episode. Twenty-six other composers were contracted to create original dramatic underscore for each episode: Julie and Steve Bernstein , Steven Bramson , Don Davis , John Debney , Ron Grant, Les Hooper , Carl Johnson, Elliot Kaplan, Arthur Kempel, Ralph Kessler, Albert Lloyd Olson, Hummie Mann , Dennis McCarthy , Joel McNeely , Peter Myers, Laurence Rosenthal , William Ross , Arthur B. Rubinstein , J. Eric Schmidt, David Slonaker, Fred Steiner , Morton Stevens , Richard Stone , Stephen James Taylor and Mark Watters . The composers conducted their own music. Of these composers, Broughton, Bramson, Davis, Olson, Stone, Taylor and Watters wrote
2106-422: A home with Mary Melody. He is a peaceful and innocent character, but he is also one of the most unfortunate characters in the show, since he is almost always chased, abused, or bullied, often by being squashed. For example, during the intro credits, he gets flattened by a falling upright piano to the lyric of "Furrball is unlucky", while peacefully sniffing a flower. One cartoon even concludes with him being eaten by
2223-398: A house made out of carrot cake and drew the attention of Buster and Babs. She tried to use the two in a recipe like Hazel, turning Babs into a non-anthropomorphic white rabbit and summoning her cutlery to try and kill Buster, but she got turned into a goldfish. Sandy wears a cute disguise, but she is actually as hideous-looking as a witch. Tiny Toon Adventures Tiny Toon Adventures
2340-524: A maid. Elmyra was also featured as a co- protagonist and ally to Pinky and the Brain in the spin-off Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain . Though initially claimed by Cree Summer to be removed from the show, Elmyra appears in Tiny Toons Looniversity as a photographer obsessed with taking pictures of animals. Montana Max (voiced by Danny Cooksey in 1990–2002 of the original series, Candi Milo in Tiny Toons Looniversity ), nicknamed "Monty",
2457-486: A more snobbish attitude with a less antagonistic and vastly more egotistic behavior and takes cartoon acting more seriously. He also loves competing with Buster. In the episode "Spring Beak", his parents are revealed to be world travelers named Ralph and Maria and he always calls them by their first names rather than mom and dad. Hamton J. Pig (voiced by Don Messick in 1990–1995 of the original series, Billy West in 1997–2002, David Errigo Jr. in Tiny Toons Looniversity )
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#17331212940452574-423: A project [...] But he didn't want to just work on characters that Chuck Jones , Friz Freleng , Bob McKimson and Bob Clampett made famous and created. He wanted to be involved with the creation of some new characters." The result was a series similar to Looney Tunes without the use of the same characters. However, Tiny Toons did not go into production then, nor was it even planned to be made for television;
2691-524: A role in Animaniacs while his fellow Tiny Toons voice actors with smaller roles, such as Paulsen, LaMarche and Welker, were given starring roles in the new series. John Kassir replaced Adler for the remainder of the show's run (although Adler would eventually return to voice Buster in the cancelled video game, Tiny Toon Adventures: Defenders of the Universe ). Alaskey, voice of Plucky Duck, briefly left for financial reasons, but returned when an agreement
2808-488: A school called Acme Looniversity to be the next generation of Looney Tunes characters. Most of the Tiny Toons were designed to resemble younger versions of Warner's Looney Tunes characters by exhibiting similar traits and looks. The main characters are Buster and Babs Bunny, two young rabbits with "no relation", their friends, Plucky Duck and Hamton J. Pig, and antagonists Elmyra Duff and Montana Max. They are accompanied by
2925-419: A school whose faculty primarily consists of the mainstays of the classic Warner Bros. cartoons, such as Bugs Bunny , Daffy Duck , Porky Pig , Sylvester the Cat , Wile E. Coyote and Elmer Fudd . In the series, the university is founded to teach cartoon characters how to become funny. The school is not featured in every episode, as not all of its storylines revolve around the school. Like Looney Tunes ,
3042-426: A striped 1959 Cadillac in a wrecking yard . The only one that seems interested in her is Hamton. In Looniversity , she wears a black shirt, is French-Canadian , and her romantic personality is modified. Sweetie Bird (AKA Sweetie Pie; voiced by Candi Milo in 1990–1992 of the original series, Tessa Netting in Tiny Toons Looniversity ) is a young pink female canary with a light blue ribbon bow in her plumage. She
3159-403: A voice cameo in the first season episode " B.A.N. ". At the start of the third season of A Different World in 1988, the cartoon series The Real Ghostbusters episodes were expanded from their original half-hour format to an hour. The show was changed to be more youthful. Episodes had a lighter tone designed to be less serious and frightening. In these lighter episodes, she voiced Chilly Cooper,
3276-540: A wide variety of supporting and recurring characters, such as Dizzy Devil, Furrball, Gogo Dodo, Calamity Coyote, Little Beeper, Sweetie Bird, Fifi La Fume, Shirley the Loon, Li'l Sneezer, Byron Basset, Concord Condor, Fowlmouth, Arnold the Pit Bull, Mary Melody, and Bookworm, among others. Feeding off the characters are the more traditional Looney Tunes including (but not limited to) Bugs Bunny , Daffy Duck , and Porky Pig . Most of
3393-465: A yellow propeller cap , as well as one pink eye and one green eye , and is also crosseyed . He is based on the Tasmanian Devil , and he spins around like a tornado and eats constantly like him. Also like Taz, his speech is generally monosyllabic or composed of random noises. Unlike Taz, he has no ears, horns, or tail. Dizzy is adored and sometimes accompanied by a trio of young ladies, who often make
3510-441: Is "Filmore." Barbara Anne " Babs " Bunny (voiced by Tress MacNeille in 1990–2002 of the original series, Ashleigh Crystal Hairston in Tiny Toons Looniversity ) is a main character of the show. Babs likes doing impressions and wearing disguises and dislikes being addressed by her full name. She is a young pink female bunny rabbit with a yellow shirt, purple jacket in the reboot, violet skirt, and violet bows on her ears. Babs
3627-432: Is "It's been surreal!" Furrball (vocal effects provided by Frank Welker in 1990–2002 of the original series, voiced by Rob Paulsen in "Duck Trek", Natalie Palamides in Tiny Toons Looniversity ) is a young, blue male cat with a hole in his right ear and a bandage on his tail. Furrball is usually depicted as living in a cardboard box in an alleyway, although sometimes he is shown as one of Elmyra's pets and briefly had
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3744-439: Is a 12-year-old brown-haired boy and the main antagonist . He is an evil, loud-mouthed, and money-hungry tycoon . Monty has an American location in his name and is often an enemy to Buster Bunny, much like Yosemite Sam is to Bugs Bunny. Like Elmyra, Monty is a human and attends Acme Looniversity. He is portrayed as a very wealthy and stubborn boy who lives in a mansion and does not have any siblings or friends. However, he does have
3861-473: Is a skilled ballerina. In Looniversity , Shirley serves as the RA for Merry Melodies hall while also being a student, with her new design includes her hairstyle, wearing glasses, has earrings on her sides and she wears a skirt that covers her bottom instead of it being exposed. She has a different accent and no longer uses the words like or junk in her sentences. Fifi La Fume (voiced by Kath Soucie in 1990–2002 of
3978-426: Is a young green male duck in a white tank top . Plucky is based on Chuck Jones' Daffy Duck . Plucky is friends with Babs Bunny, Hamton J. Pig and Buster Bunny, despite the fact that they frequently annoy each other. Plucky is quite jealous of Buster and Babs's popularity, similar to Daffy's insane jealousy of Bugs's popularity, and very often tries to undermine it in various sneaky, underhanded ways. That said, Plucky
4095-464: Is a young pink male pig who wears blue overalls . Based on Porky Pig , Hamton's role in the series is as a straight man , often against Plucky Duck's antics. The only difference is that unlike his mentor Porky, Hamton never stutters. Hamton is an overeater who is obsessed with cleanliness. In one episode, it is revealed that he is interested in Fifi La Fume. Billy West took over the role of Hamton in
4212-545: Is a young roadrunner with red and orange feathers and blue sneakers. Much like his Looney Tunes counterpart, the Road Runner , Beeper spends most of his time outrunning and avoiding capture by Calamity Coyote. Unlike the Road Runner, Beeper can laugh and make other sounds, but he does not speak. In Looniversity, Beeper's "meep-meep" noise is the same as the Road Runner's, compared to the original in which his "meep-meep" noise
4329-474: Is an American animated television series created by Tom Ruegger that was broadcast from September 14, 1990, to December 6, 1992. It was the first animated series produced by Steven Spielberg 's Amblin Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Animation . The show follows the adventures of a group of young cartoon characters who attend Acme Looniversity to become the next generation of characters from
4446-647: Is an American and Canadian actress and singer. She is best known for her extensive work in animation, voicing characters such as Susie Carmichael in Rugrats and Elmyra Duff in Tiny Toon Adventures and related media. She is also known for her roles in Inspector Gadget , Batman Beyond , Clifford the Big Red Dog , Codename: Kids Next Door , Atlantis: The Lost Empire , Danny Phantom , My Life as
4563-492: Is based on Foghorn Leghorn , though he speaks in a New York accent instead of a Southern accent . Fowlmouth is shown to be very polite when calm but when his short temper is provoked, he launches into a bleeped -out swearing tirade. In his first appearance, he was even shown to pepper all of his sentences with profanity, but he curbs this when children are around. Other appearances show him using euphemisms instead, likely due to Buster's efforts to train him out of swearing in
4680-609: Is based on Wile E. Coyote . Calamity never speaks, instead communicating through noises and signs that he pulls out from behind his back . Calamity is also shown to be scientifically proficient, constructing random devices for the other characters. He pursues Little Beeper unsuccessfully. Like Wile E., Calamity's devices frequently malfunction. Calamity is less antagonistic than Wile E., preferring to work on his various inventions rather than chase Little Beeper. Little Beeper (voiced by Frank Welker in 1990–1995 original series, archive recordings of Paul Julian in Tiny Toons Looniversity )
4797-515: Is based on the Bob Clampett version of Bugs Bunny. In Looniversity , a different version of Babs is "Looniversity" Buster's twin sister. It also shows an episode of Babs and Lola together for the first time with the adult female rabbit being her mentor. Plucky Duck (voiced by Joe Alaskey in 1990–2013 of the original series, Nathan Ruegger as "Little Plucky" in 1991–1994 of the original series, and David Errigo Jr. in Tiny Toons Looniversity )
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4914-462: Is based on the Bob Clampett version of Tweety . Like her predecessor, she is colored pink and is devious around feline enemies like Furrball. Sweetie chases Bookworm (based on a nameless bookworm character in Chuck Jones' Sniffles the Mouse cartoons) with about the same success as Furrball. Though it is only seen in one episode, Sweetie, like Plucky, is also quite jealous of Buster and Babs's popularity and
5031-568: Is her boyfriend. Bugs Bunny is Buster's mentor. Adler voiced Buster in the cancelled video game Tiny Toon Adventures: Defenders of the Universe . Buster is based on the Chuck Jones version of Bugs Bunny. In the Looniversity reboot, Buster is Babs' twin brother. Given the many different aspects of their personality traits, "Adventures" Buster and "Looniversity" Buster are practically two different characters. In "Extra, So Extra," his middle name
5148-429: Is many times shown to be caring and genuinely heroic. Plucky constantly pines for the love of Shirley the Loon, though she has very little patience for him even though she favors him out of any other men. In Looniversity , Plucky's real name is revealed to be Pluciferous von Mallard Duck and he wears a black shirt instead of white tank tops. In the series, he seems to have come from a more wealthy background due to having
5265-523: Is more friendly and playful, more into toys and making friends, which included Plucky Duck. Roderick and Rhubella Rat (voiced by Charlie Adler and Tress MacNeille ) are rats who are minor characters and students from Perfecto Prep, a rival school of Acme Looniversity. Rodrick and Rhubella are rivals to Buster and Babs, and stand in for Disney characters Mickey and Minnie Mouse . Rodrick and Rubella are portrayed as snooty, rich brats who believe they are above everyone else, but always get outsmarted by
5382-617: Is one of the few characters who does not attend Acme Looniversity and is not based on an existing Warner Bros. character, though there is some connection between him and Hector the Bulldog from the Sylvester and Tweety shorts, as he often clashes with Furrball in a similar way to Hector clashing with Sylvester. Arnold has various jobs including lifeguard, doorman, zookeeper, security guard, bouncer, and gym owner and often works for Montana Max in some episodes. He hails from Romania as mentioned in
5499-620: Is pronounced the same as the supersonic airliner, the Concorde, in spite of being spelled the same as the town in Massachusetts. Barky Marky (vocal effects provided by Frank Welker ) is a brown bulldog . He is based on Marc Antony , and is portrayed as a typical canine who loves to play fetch and various other sports and activities. Even though Barky starred in his very own short entitled "Go Fetch" with Elmyra Duff, and made many cameo appearances in other episodes, specials, and movies, Barky Marky
5616-459: Is the human master of Furrball, but she is modeled on the one-shot character So White from the controversial Warner Bros. short " Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs ". Mary attends Acme Looniversity with the other characters and sometimes hangs out with Babs, Shirley, and Fifi. Mary has a sweet disposition with almost everybody, unlike her human counterparts Montana Max and Elmyra Duff (also voiced by Cree Summer). Mary lives in an apartment building in
5733-440: Is the only character other than Plucky to openly speak up about it. In one scene, she was cared for by an eagle until he realized that she was too crazy and dangerous to be around. She sometimes switches from her babyish voice to a louder, more obnoxious voice. In Looniversity , Sweetie has been promoted to a main character with few antagonistic personality traits and more of a tomboyish, punk rock act. She likes to keep her side of
5850-477: Is the total opposite of him. Instead of hunting animals, she cares for them to smothering lengths and falls into the stereotype of the "spoiled and piercing-voiced girl." She is one of the few human characters in the series and she attends Acme Looniversity with the animal characters, where she also serves as the nurse. In two episodes, Elmyra's family is shown including her mother, inventor father, typical '90s teen sister, younger brother, super-strong baby brother, and
5967-466: The Looney Tunes series. The pilot episode, "The Looney Beginning", aired as a prime-time special on CBS on September 14, 1990, while the series itself was not a CBS show. The initial production order of 65 episodes was sold into first-run syndication. This was followed by a second production order of only 33 episodes, of which 13 were sold into first-run syndication and the remaining 20 were sold to
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#17331212940456084-651: The Daliesque realm known as Wackyland , a surreal place with constantly changing backgrounds. It is on the outskirts of the city of Acme Acres, which is the usual setting of Tiny Toon Adventures . Gogo is the only student related to one of the Looney Tunes characters—he is a relative of the Dodo bird in Porky in Wackyland , who was retroactively named Yoyo Dodo . Gogo's catchphrase
6201-496: The Fox network to air on the Fox Kids programming block. The Fox episodes did not begin airing until after all of the syndicated episodes had aired, and they are sometimes considered a third season. The series ended production in 1992 in favor of Animaniacs , which premiered a year later; however, two specials were produced in 1994. Tiny Toon Adventures won seven Daytime Emmy Awards ,
6318-407: The Looney Tunes panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2022. On July 22, it was revealed that Ashleigh Crystal Hairston would be voicing Babs, instead of Tress MacNeille . Numerous pieces of concept art were shown, revealing a revamped Acme Looniversity and its interiors. This also confirmed many of the original series' major characters would be returning, some with updated appearances. Most notably, Elmyra
6435-461: The Brain ran on Kids' WB for one season. A reboot/revival series , Tiny Toons Looniversity , was released on September 8, 2023, on Max and then premiered the next day, on September 9, on Cartoon Network . Tiny Toon Adventures is a cartoon set in the fictional town of "Acme Acres", where most of the Tiny Toons and Looney Tunes characters live. The characters attend "Acme Looniversity",
6552-1204: The Brain ) and Mary Melody , Aka Pella in WB's Histeria! , Susie Carmichael in Nickelodeon 's Rugrats and its spin-off All Grown Up! , Cleo the Poodle in PBS Kids ' Clifford the Big Red Dog , Miranda from Nickelodeon's As Told by Ginger , Foxxy Love in Drawn Together , Dulcy the Dragon in Sonic the Hedgehog , Valerie Gray in Nickelodeon's Danny Phantom , Numbuh 5 and Cree Lincoln in Cartoon Network 's Codename: Kids Next Door , Penelope in Barbie as Rapunzel , octogenarian villain Granny May on WordGirl , Tiff from Nickelodeon's My Life as
6669-603: The Brain lasted for 13 episodes. A reboot , Tiny Toons Looniversity , was announced on October 28, 2020, through the Amblin Entertainment website. It was ordered for two seasons, with each episode running 30 minutes. As with the original series, Steven Spielberg will return to his role as executive producer. Sam Register , Darryl Frank, and Justin Falvey will also be serving as executive producers, while Erin Gibson will be
6786-907: The Inca Princess Micay in Pitfall: The Lost Expedition . She voices Medusa in the game Kid Icarus: Uprising for the Nintendo 3DS . She voiced Catalina Thorn, the leader of the Cell in Crackdown 2 . She had a small role in Mass Effect . She did miscellaneous voices in World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria . She reprised her voice of She-Hulk in Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet . She voiced Kit Brinny in
6903-550: The Loon" rather than "Shirley McLoon". She appears not to notice the negative connotations of the nickname and often recites "Oh, what a loon I am" while meditating. Shirley is romantically pursued by Plucky Duck and Fowlmouth, although she obviously prefers to favor more Plucky due Fowlmouth's crude behavior and bad language. Despite her annoyance with Plucky's flirtatious gestures, Shirley does seem to care for him and occasionally dates him. Shirley often hangs out with Babs and Fifi. She can tell fortunes, obtains psychokinetic powers, and
7020-484: The Pit Bull, Concord Condor and other characters. Legendary original Looney Tunes voice actor, Mel Blanc , was initially set to reprise his roles as the classic characters, but due to his death in July 1989, his characters were recast to Alaskey, Jeff Bergman , Greg Burson , and Bob Bergen . During production of the third season, Adler left the show due to a feud with the producers. Adler was angry that he had not been offered
7137-801: The SNES, though it is only on-screen text. He also speaks and give you instructions on the bonus games in Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Montana's Movie Madness for the Gameboy. Though it's only on-screen text as well. Concord Condor (voiced by Rob Paulsen ) is a young, purple male condor . He attends Acme Looniversity and lives in Acme Acres . He is based on Beaky Buzzard . Concord is shy and dimwitted, often ending sentences in "nope nope nope nope," or "yup yup yup yup." He lives at Acme Zoo, where he spends most of his time relaxing in his nest and watching TV. His first name
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#17331212940457254-527: The Tasmanian Devil , joining the aforementioned Bergman and Hairston. On July 21, 2023, two episodes were screened at San Diego Comic-Con . On the same day, the opening theme was uploaded online, with Matthew Janszen being announced as the composer. On August 18, 2023, a new trailer was released, announcing the premiere date as September 8, 2023, on Max and the following day on Cartoon Network. Cree Summer Cree Summer Francks (born July 7, 1969)
7371-543: The Warner Bros. Animation studio approached Steven Spielberg to collaborate with Semel and Warner Bros. head of licensing Dan Romanelli on Semel's ideas. They eventually decided that the new characters would be similar to the Looney Tunes characters with no direct relation. As series producer/show-runner Tom Ruegger explained: "Well, I think in Warner Bros. case, they had the opportunity to work with Steven Spielberg] on
7488-458: The Warner Bros. staff disliked working with Kennedy Cartoons due to the animation studio's inconsistent quality, and episodes that they animated were often subjected to multiple re-takes; in other cases, portions of Kennedy-animated episodes were reanimated by other studios. Kennedy Cartoons was dropped after the end of the series' first season. Tiny Toon Adventures was made with a higher production value than standard television animation. It had
7605-477: The adults teach classes at Acme Looniversity and serve as mentors to the Tiny Toons while others fill secondary positions as needed. According to writer Paul Dini , Tiny Toons (originally title Tiny Tunes ) originated as an idea by Terry Semel , the then-president of Warner Bros. , who wanted to "inject new life into the Warner Bros. Animation department", and at the same time create a series with junior versions of Looney Tunes characters . Semel proposed that
7722-576: The age of nine in Toronto. Her brother, Rainbow Sun Francks , is an actor and a former MuchMusic VJ . Summer's acting career began in 1983 when she was cast as Penny in the first season of the original version of Inspector Gadget . She appeared frequently in animated programs. She appeared in The Care Bears Movie (1985) and Ewoks (1985, part of the Star Wars franchise). In 1988, Summer
7839-468: The album Jasmine Guy . In 1993, she recorded an unreleased album (as lead singer) with her band Subject to Change. In 1999, Summer released a solo album, Street Faërie , produced by and featuring Lenny Kravitz . A number of Summer's portrayed characters (animated or otherwise) are singers. The character of Susie in All Grown Up! was portrayed as a singer with real talent, allowing Summer to sing in
7956-435: The character Elmyra Duff as well as Pinky and the Brain, two other characters who were originally on Animaniacs before receiving their own spin-off series, also entitled Pinky and the Brain . Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain picks up after Pinky and the Brain leaves off where Pinky and the Brain become Elmyra's pets after Brain accidentally destroys their original home, ACME Labs, during an experiment. Pinky, Elmyra &
8073-529: The characters and the setting of "Acme Acres" with Spielberg. On January 9, 1989, Warner Bros. Animation chose its voice actors from over 1,200 auditions and put together its 100-person production staff. On April 13, 1989, full production of series episodes began with five overseas animation houses and a total budget of $ 25 million. The first 65 episodes of the series aired in syndication on 135 stations, beginning in September 1990. During that time, Tiny Toons
8190-409: The characters' roles in the series, explaining Foghorn would occupy as Acme Looniversity's coach, while Bugs would take on a " Dumbledore -like" personality. He also confirmed recording sessions had begun. As shown in the teaser trailer, Lola Bunny and characters from the Warner Bros.-Seven Arts era will be appearing. On July 9, 2022, it was announced that Tiny Toons Looniversity would be part of
8307-481: The choice to make Buster and Babs related, saying, "They're fraternal twins, which was not an original plot point. I wanted to dive into a brother/sister relationship that looked really symbiotic and collaborative and supportive, not antagonistic. Seeing two people who are really on the same page, and then how do people who are so close make new friends? You know, find out who they are by these new relationships — these new college experiences while still having fun and doing
8424-580: The city of Acme Acres. Bookworm (voiced by Frank Welker ) is a green male worm with large glasses. He is based on the bookworm companion of Sniffles. He works at the Acme Looniversity library and is shown to be well-read and proficient on the computer. In some scenes, he is pursued by Sweetie. Bookworm does not speak; however, he does say something just before the football game in Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose! on
8541-429: The clever, subversive and smart humor that made Tiny Toon Adventures such a standout series. Fans old and new will love to laugh at and with these characters all over again." Shortly after the reboot's announcement, it was reported that several of the original voice actors were not going to be involved in the series. Cree Summer had revealed she was informed that Elmyra Duff was excluded. Additionally, Charlie Adler
8658-489: The closing theme shortly after). He silently bonds with Buster over the way he can play his banjo in a similar way to how he (Buster) can play his own face, and through this friendship, he later rescues him, Babs, and Byron from a mob of predators (that includes some members of his own family, the alligator daughters who want to marry Buster, and their father) pursuing them late in the movie. Because of his friendship with them, he ultimately decides to enroll at Acme Looniversity at
8775-420: The development and publishing rights for the games, including Konami (during the 1990s), Atari , NewKidCo , Conspiracy Games , Warthog , Terraglyph Interactive Studios , and Treasure . Toys for the series included plush dolls and plastic figures, primarily made by Playskool . Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation was released on DVD on August 21, 2012. There are currently no plans to release
8892-474: The dumbest stuff you'll ever see on TV, but having story and plot points and character development." Nate Cash added, "And they look up to the faculty, they're established Tunes who are like their gods, but then they're like, 'Who am I?' and 'What's my voice?' — which is a cool place to develop them as their own characters and not just mini versions of their counterparts." On April 20, 2023, IGN shared an official teaser trailer on their YouTube site, stating
9009-406: The end of the movie to get some "edumacation" and spend more time with them. Since his debut, he makes other appearances, both speaking and voiceless. Banjo is roughly based on the character Lonnie from the movie Deliverance . Witch Sandy (voiced by Sally Struthers ) is a witch based on Witch Hazel , and had a one-time appearance on the show in a parody of Hansel and Gretel . She lived in
9126-460: The episode "It's Buster Bunny Time" which explains his strong accent. His love interest is another white muscular pit bull named Arnolda. Byron Basset (vocal effects provided by Frank Welker ) is a brown, black and white male basset hound , generally portrayed as being slow and lazy. He is based on Looney Tunes ' many dog characters, specifically Barnyard Dawg . One sight gag involves him turning around: to do so, he pulls his head and tail inside
9243-458: The episode "The Haunting". In December 2016, Summer reprised her role as Penny from Inspector Gadget in an episode of the web-series, Nostalgia Critic . She later joined SpongeBob SquarePants spinoff The Patrick Star Show , where she voices Patrick Star 's mother and Squidward Tentacles ' grandmother. Summer has a recurring guest role as librarian Rosalyn Inez on Season 3 of ABC sitcom Abbott Elementary. She performed voice over for
9360-413: The folds of his body, then pulls them out the other side. He is also shown to be capable of flight, as seen in the movie Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation , using his stretchy skin to glide on a waft of air. Byron is sometimes shown as one of Elmyra's pets. His end tag is a simple "woof". Fowlmouth (voiced by Rob Paulsen ) is a young, white male rooster with a blue, short-sleeved shirt. He
9477-1145: The games Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance , Black , as well as Tony Hawk's American Wasteland . She voiced Auriel in Diablo III , and reprised the role for Heroes of the Storm . She was the voice of Tandi in Fallout and First Citizen Lynette in Fallout 2 , Tatjana in Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits , Lady Belgemine, Young Tidus and additional voice-overs in Final Fantasy X , Lenne/Calli in Final Fantasy X-2 , Storm in Marvel Super Hero Squad , Cynder in The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning , Magma in X-Men Legends , and
9594-574: The introduction video for the MMORPG Wildstar . She provides the voice of vampire Roller Brawl in the Skylanders series. She has voiced Professor Penelope Young, a minor character original in Batman: Arkham Asylum . Summer recorded the theme song for OWL/TV in 1985. In 1990, she sang background vocals on two tracks for fellow A Different World cast member Jasmine Guy , appearing on
9711-416: The misfortune of finding out. He is the youngest of the students at Acme Looniversity, as he is the only one seen wearing diapers. Due to his small size, he sometimes spends time with other smaller students like Sweetie. Arnold the Pit Bull (voiced by Rob Paulsen ) is a white, muscular, male pit bull with a pair of black sunglasses , parodying Arnold Schwarzenegger as well as speaking in his accent. He
9828-543: The neighborhood ice-cream woman and innocent love interest of Slimer. Summer voiced over 101 animated characters between 1983 and 2006. These have spanned video games, cartoon television series, animated films and commercials. Among her most famous roles was in Inspector Gadget (Season 1) as Penny (a role she reprised in the Robot Chicken episode "Adoption's an Option"), WB 's Tiny Toon Adventures (1990) as Elmyra Duff (which she reprised for Pinky, Elmyra &
9945-567: The new series would be a show based on Looney Tunes where the characters were either young versions of the original Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters or new characters as the offspring of the original characters. The idea of a series with the basis of younger and junior versions of cartoon characters was common at the time; the era in which Tiny Toons was produced for had such cartoons as Muppet Babies , A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (which Ruegger worked on), Tom & Jerry Kids and The Flintstone Kids . On January 20, 1987,
10062-399: The original series and the cancelled 2002 video game, John Kassir in 1992–1999 of the original series, Eric Bauza in Tiny Toons Looniversity ) is the leading main character of the show. Buster is a young blue-and-white male bunny rabbit with a red shirt and white gloves, and is Babs's best friend. In the last episode, It's a Wonderful Tiny Toon Christmas Special , Babs states that Buster
10179-516: The original series) is a little green male turtle with a hard shell, based on Cecil Turtle , a minor Looney Tunes character. Tyrone Turtle is seen in a few episodes such as "Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow", and "The Wide World of Elmyra". He appears in "Looniversity". Marcia the Martian (voiced by Tress MacNeille in 1991 of the original series) is Marvin the Martian 's apprentice and daughter, and she only appears in "Duck Dodgers Jr.". Unlike Marvin, Marcia
10296-863: The original series, Marieve Herington in Tiny Toons Looniversity ) is a young, purple and white female skunk with a pink bow in her hair. Based on Pepé Le Pew , she shares his character traits of having a French accent and aggressively seeking romance, only to find the object of her affection is repulsed by her odor and aggressive advances. Unlike Pepé Le Pew, Fifi often takes being rejected to heart and cries over it. Fifi often unsuccessfully attempts to chase males who have ended up with white stripes painted down their backs, such as Furrball, Calamity Coyote, and Little Beeper. Fifi does not mind if males chase her and can control her stench, although it sometimes can be triggered when she becomes romantically in love. Some episodes downplayed her romantic life, and showed her doing random group activities with other characters. She lives in
10413-506: The original series, Natalie Palamides in Tiny Toons Looniversity ) is a loon citizen of Acme Acres. She is based on Daffy Duck's main love interest, Melissa Duck . She speaks with a thick Valley girl accent . Although she seems reasonably intelligent, she is obsessed with superficial New Age paraphernalia. Her name is a pun on fellow New Age aficionado Shirley MacLaine , and she later appeared in an episode of Animaniacs , standing next to MacLaine. Most characters refer to her as "Shirley
10530-462: The other guys like Montana Max go crazy. Dizzy meets them in an episode where he fell in love with a little tornado, thinking that it is another Tasmanian Devil. When the tornado leaves the city, Dizzy becomes depressed, so the trio of young ladies take pity on him and decide to pet him. In Looniversity , Dizzy works as an assistant to Taz at the campus coffee shop "Loo Broo". Shirley " The Loon " McLoon (voiced by Gail Matthius in 1990–2002 of
10647-512: The premiere episode. Fowlmouth's profane catchphrase is "dadgum". In Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation , he annoys people in a theater by talking about the movie plotline. Mary Melody (voiced by Cindy McGee in 1990 of the original series, Cree Summer in 1990–1994 of the original series) is a young African-American girl. Her name is a pun on the Merrie Melodies series of Warner Brothers shorts. She may be based on Granny as she
10764-419: The prime time drama Courthouse , which was cancelled two months after it premiered. Apart from guest appearances on other live-action television shows such as Living Single , Better Things , and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , Summer's professional work since has mostly been limited to voice acting. She appeared as herself in " It Was All a Dream ", the final episode of Atlanta , in 2022, following
10881-623: The rabbits. Rhubella Rat and Margot Mallard are two of the three main cheerleaders for Perfecto Prep. In "Looniversity", rather than being students at Perfecto Prep, Roderick and Rhubella are instead students at ACME University. Danforth Drake and Margot Mallard (voiced by Rob Paulsen and Kath Soucie ), like Roderick and Rhubella Rat, are ducks who are minor characters and students of Perfecto Prep. They stand in for Disney characters Donald and Daisy Duck . Danforth Drake and Roderick Rat are roommates, and both are members of Perfecto Prep's sports teams. Both Rubella Rat and Margot Mallard are two of
10998-426: The reboot, as opposed to best friends and potential romantic partners. This decision was criticized by fans of the original series. A July 2022 interview had crew members giving more details. They revealed the series was going to bring back all of the characters from the original show, "down to Arnold the Pit Bull ". They also hinted at an episode which takes place in outer space. Gibson provided an explanation behind
11115-426: The role. Summer sings the opening theme song for All Grown Up! . The character of Foxxy Love in Drawn Together was a singer, with songs like "La-La-La-La-Labia" and "Crashy Smashy", Numbuh 5 from Codename: Kids Next Door sang a lullaby to lull babies to sleep. Elmyra Duff sang many times on Tiny Toon Adventures . She co-performed lead vocals in the song "Cool Kitty" with Tara Strong , which accompanied
11232-428: The room messy, as she is colorblind and thus uses odors to pick out her clothes. Sweetie serves as both Babs's roommate and best friend. Sweetie also reveals that, unlike the original series that did not feature or mention her family, she has two mothers and is an only child. Calamity Coyote (vocal effects provided by Frank Welker in 1990–1995 of the original series) is a young, gray male coyote with pink sneakers ; he
11349-420: The score to How I Spent My Vacation . These composers would later write the musical scores for shows including Animaniacs and The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries . A feature-length film was released direct-to-video in 1992, entitled Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation . This was later re-edited and aired as part of the series. The length of the movie is 79 minutes. Fox aired It's
11466-426: The series "Adults looking for the smart-aleck attitude and wit of the old Warner Bros. classics will be disappointed, however; these are aimed squarely at kids and reflect a '90s sensibility, sneaking pro-social messages into madcap adventure stories." In January 2009, IGN named Tiny Toons as the 41st in their Top 100 Animated TV Shows list. Tiny Toon Adventures Magazine , a quarterly children's magazine based on
11583-508: The series initially was to be a theatrical feature-length film . On December 27, 1988, Tiny Toons was changed from a film to a television series, with Jean MacCurdy overseeing production of the first 65 episodes. MacCurdy said that Tiny Toons was changed to a television series to "reach a broader audience". For the series, MacCurdy hired Tom Ruegger , who previously wrote for Filmation and Hanna-Barbera , to produce. In January 1989, Ruegger and writer Wayne Kaatz began developing
11700-402: The series makes use of cartoon violence (e.g. anvils falling on someone, liberal use of explosives) and slapstick . The series parodies and references the current events of the early 1990s and Hollywood culture. Occasionally, episodes delve into veiled ethical and morality stories of ecology , self-esteem , and crime . The series centers on a group of young cartoon characters who attend
11817-416: The series' first writers were Jim Reardon , Tom Minton and Eddie Fitzgerald. Other writers included Arleen Sorkin . The character and scenery designers included Alfred Gimeno, Ken Boyer, Dan Haskett , Karen Haskett and many other artists and directors. "Buster and Babs Go Hawaiian" was co-written by three then-teenage fans. Voice director Andrea Romano auditioned over 1,200 voices and chose more than
11934-570: The series, debuted in October 1990. Issues #1–4 were published by DC Comics , and issues #5–7 were released by Welsh Publishing Group. The final issue was cover-dated Spring 1992. Also, various storybooks were published by the Little Golden Book company, including a few episode adaptations and some original stories ( Lost in the Fun House and Happy Birthday, Babs! ). Tiny Toon Adventures also had
12051-526: The show was scheduled to premiere in Fall of 2023. On June 22, 2023, the main voice cast was announced. Eric Bauza will voice Buster, Daffy Duck , and Gossamer , David Errigo Jr. will voice Plucky and Hamton, Tessa Netting will voice Sweetie, Bob Bergen and Cree Summer will reprise their roles as Porky Pig and Elmyra respectively, Candi Milo (the original voice of Sweetie) will now play Granny and Witch Hazel , and Fred Tatasciore will voice Yosemite Sam and
12168-412: The showrunner and co-executive producer. The series premiered on Max on September 8, 2023, and it aired on Cartoon Network on September 9, 2023. The reboot's first piece of concept art showed Buster Bunny and Babs Bunny , redesigned with different clothes and a new art style. Tom Ascheim , then-current president of Cartoon Network, was quoted saying. " Tiny Toons Looniversity will capture all
12285-411: The three main cheerleaders for Perfecto Prep. The couple is similar to Plucky and Shirley, although they serves as opposites from the matters. Banjo Possum (voiced by Rob Paulsen ), originally called "Woodpile Possum", is one of the minor characters on the show. He first appeared in the movie How I Spent My Vacation . He is a young, gray-and-white opossum with blue overalls, a brown-and-red hat, and
12402-486: The two specials ( Spring Break and Night Ghoulery ) on DVD . In the early to mid-1990s, Warner Bros. had released several videos, including Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (a direct-to-video release which later aired as a four-part TV episode), Best of Buster and Babs , Two-Tone Town , Tiny Toons: Big Adventures , Tiny Toons: Island Adventures , Tiny Toons: Music Television , Tiny Toons: Fiendishly Funny Adventures , Tiny Toons: Night Ghoulery , and It's
12519-507: Was a huge success and got higher ratings than its Disney Afternoon competitors in some markets. After a successful run in syndication, Fox attained the rights for season 3. Production of the series halted in late 1992 to make way for Animaniacs to air the following year. The series and characters were developed by series producer, head writer and cartoonist Tom Ruegger , division leader Jean MacCurdy , associate producer and artist Alfred Gimeno and story editor/writer Wayne Kaatz . Among
12636-542: Was cast as the free-spirited Winifred "Freddie" Brooks in The Cosby Show spin-off A Different World . She remained a regular cast member of the show from 1988 through its end in 1993. During the run of A Different World , Summer continued working in voice acting. She was cast in the short-lived television series Sweet Justice in 1994 until its cancellation in 1995. In the fall of that same year, Summer and her A Different World co-star Jenifer Lewis starred in
12753-517: Was good for the role because he could do a "tremendous mean voice." Cree Summer provides the roles of Elmyra Duff and Mary Melody; former Saturday Night Live cast member Gail Matthius voices Shirley the Loon, and Kath Soucie provides Fifi La Fume and Li'l Sneezer. Other voice actors include Maurice LaMarche as Dizzy Devil; Candi Milo as Sweetie, Frank Welker as Gogo Dodo, Furrball, Byron Basset, Calamity Coyote, Little Beeper, Barky Marky and other voices; and Rob Paulsen as Fowlmouth, Arnold
12870-406: Was included in one of these pictures, disproving the claims of her removal. Some have suggested this meant Elmyra was added back at some point or was always intended to appear. Spielberg referred to the series as "the best iteration of Tiny Toons he'd ever seen". Character design supervisor Leonard Lee and showrunner Erin Gibson confirmed that Buster and Babs would be presented as twin siblings in
12987-541: Was more higher pitched. Li'l Sneezer (voiced by Kath Soucie in 1990–1995 of the original series, Tessa Netting in Tiny Toons Looniversity ), is based on the classic animated mouse Sniffles from the Looney Tunes shorts. However, his extremely talkative personality is based on Little Blabbermouse . He is a young, gray male mouse who wears a diaper. He is shown to be allergic to many things. His allergies trigger exaggerated, explosive, gale -forced sneezes capable of seriously damaging or destroying buildings, as Elmyra had
13104-472: Was not approached to reprise his role as Buster, nor was Maurice LaMarche as Dizzy Devil . However, during an interview on July 12, 2021, Candi Milo said she would be returning to voice Granny but it remained uncertain if she would also be reprising her role as Sweetie Bird. A few days later, on July 15, Jeff Bergman confirmed that he would be returning to the series as well, voicing Bugs Bunny , Sylvester , and Foghorn Leghorn . He went into detail on
13221-480: Was reached with the studio. In order to complete 65 episodes for the first season, Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Television contracted several North American and international animation houses, including Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Wang Film Productions , AKOM , Freelance Animators New Zealand, Encore Cartoons, StarToons and Kennedy Cartoons. Tokyo Movie Shinsha also animated the series' opening sequence. Some of
13338-551: Was received with positive reviews; the Philadelphia Daily News remarked "It's the most cinematic first-run animated show on TV, mixing long shots, extra-tight closeups and odd perspectives for comic effect..." Citizens' Voice noted "Combining the animation of Warner Bros. and the creative direction of Spielberg, the collection of 65 half-hour cartoons is sure to make a big impression during the weekday late afternoon viewing period..." However, The Journal News criticized about
13455-610: Was still mocked for his lack of appearances on the Saturday Night Live spoof Weekday Afternoon Live . When Buster Bunny is reading the news out loud from the viewers complaining about him not being in enough episodes, Babs Bunny, posing as a Tiny Toons casting director, asks "Who's Barky Marky? The faculty of Acme Looniversity is made up of classic Looney Tunes characters that some of the students are based on: The following characters have made occasional appearances in this show: Tyrone Turtle (voiced by Edan Gross in 1990 of
13572-469: Was the very first villain of the series, as seen in the pilot episode. In Looniversity , Montana Max has the personality of a con artist . Gogo Dodo (voiced by Frank Welker in 1990–2002 of the original series) is a young green male dodo with blue shoes and a pink and purple umbrella sticking out from the top of his head. Gogo performs various bizarre sight gags and stunts. Unlike the other characters who attend Acme Looniversity, Gogo makes his home in
13689-540: Was voiced by Rob Paulsen in a mockup of Leonard McCoy from Star Trek . He also has another very brief speaking role in the episode "Buster and the Wolverine." Furrball wears a yellow t-shirt and speaks regularly in Tiny Toons Loonversity . Dizzy Devil (voiced by Maurice LaMarche in 1990–2002 of the original series, Betsy Sodaro in Tiny Toons Looniversity ) is a young lavender male Tasmanian devil with
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