Tiny Toon Adventures 

The wacky adventures of the new young hip generation of Warner Bros. Looney Tunes characters, most of them descendants of the original classic toon cast.

Stars:

Charlie Adler, John Kassir, Tress MacNeille

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 10 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Charlie Adler	...	Buster Bunny / ... 94 episodes, 1990-1992
Tress MacNeille	...	Babs Bunny / ... 94 episodes, 1990-1992
Joe Alaskey	...	Plucky Duck / ... 85 episodes, 1990-1992
Frank Welker	...	Furrball / ... 77 episodes, 1990-1992
Don Messick	...	Hamton J. Pig / ... 73 episodes, 1990-1992
Cree Summer	...	Elmyra Duff / ... 60 episodes, 1990-1992
Maurice LaMarche	...	Dizzy Devil / ... 49 episodes, 1990-1992
Danny Cooksey	...	Montana Max / ... 46 episodes, 1990-1992
Rob Paulsen	...	Arnold the Pit Bull / ... 42 episodes, 1990-1992

Storyline

In this series, a new generation of Looney Toon characters study at Acme Acres Looniversity under the instruction of the original characters. The leading characters are Buster and Babs Bunny (no relation) who, with their classmates, have a variety of adventures that are a mix of original stories, film and TV parodies and modern remakes of classic WB shorts.

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Plot Keywords:

older actors younger roles | warner bros | looney tunes | satire | hyperbolic physical distortion | 

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Taglines:

They're Tiny. They're Toony. They're All A Little Looney! And They're All From The Emmy Nominated Series. (USA DVD Season 1 - Volume 1)

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Official Sites:

site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 September 1990 (USA)

Also Known As:

Steven Spielberg Presents... Tiny Toon Adventures

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros. Animation, Amblin Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

23 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to producer Tom Ruegger, the famous Warner Bros. animator Chuck Jones was not too keen on the show featuring "junior versions" of characters he'd created. Because of this, characters like Calamity Coyote and Little Beeper (based respectively on Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner) were used sparingly throughout the show, and Barky Marky (based on Marc Antony) became the subject of a running gag about his lack of appearances.

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Goofs

The theme song says "The teaching staff's been getting laughs since 1933." No member of the Acme Looniversity faculty of classic Looney Tunes characters appeared in cartoons that early. The first to debut was Porky Pig, who first appeared in"I haven't got a hat" in 1935. They had to choose a number that ended in "3" so the opening theme song would rhyme, and 1933 is the closest year to 1935 that ends in a 3.

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Quotes

Barbera Ann "Babs" Bunny: [after seeing Montana Max cut rabbit actors down with a chainsaw] Oh that's sick!
Buster Bunny: Boo! Get it off.
Montana Max: Hey what are you doing? Put me down. This will be a Christmas classic.
[after being thrown out of the theater]
Montana Max: THIS IS CENSORSHIP! I'LL SUE!

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Crazy Credits

Dizzy Devil comes out of the hole, say's "Show over!" and eats the scenery.

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Connections

Spin-off Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain (1998)

User Reviews

Good for kids and cartoon lovers.

C'mon, people, this show wasn't THAT bad. I know it got a little preachy, had a lightweight premise and Kennedy cartoons (established by shuffling feet, cigar chewing mouths, and excessive stretching/bouncing), but past all that, "Tiny Toon Adventures" is a good cartoon. I watched it from it's premiere in 1990 until they stopped it in 1992. "Tiny Toons" was an attempt to return to making more respectable cartoons for young 'uns, and I congratulate Steven Spielberg and Warner Brothers on that.

About the characters: The guys in this cartoon fare nicely. Buster Bunny is neutral; not great, but not aggravating, either. There's nothing wrong with him. Plucky Duck is the funny man, and his straight man Hamton is always his friend/target (as in Batduck, where Hammy became Decoy, the Pig Hostage). Montana Max was definitely one of the better characters/stronger villains. Plus, Dizzy Devil probably got Taz some more recognition, too.

As for the females, well...most of them need a little work. Babs Bunny kinda sorta got annoying. She doesn't seem to have much personality (more than Lola Bunny of Space Jam, I'll give her that), just a whirlwind of impressions and voices. Sweetie Bird is no Tweety, actually, she's quite loud and tough! Shirley the Loon is a character with a valley girl voice and attitude, but she doesn't really seem to have a Looney Tune counterpart. Is she Foghorn Leghorn's, or maybe Miss Prissy's? Political correctness, I tell 'ya. Elmyra? *shudder* ...Let's just say that SOME Elmyra is okay, too much Elmyra is bad. That leaves me to believe Fifi La Fume is probably the best leading female character (still, she's no Pepe Le Pew, my ultimate fave Looney Tune). Take her away from the 'Pepe chase' scenario (trust me, they show Pepe just can't be duplicated) and put her in a 'Babs, Shirley 'n me' episode and she's getting my vote as 'Best Female Tiny Toon'. (good example: The Amazing Three)

Overall, I say give it a shot. You might just like it. After all these years, "Tiny Toons" still has a large fanbase. And hey, this cartoon more than likely needed to get the success it's had, otherwise we'd probably never have gotten other shows like "Animaniacs" and the like.

In-joke: (also listed as a gag credit) On the "Tiny Toons Music Television" tape they picture on this page, they have Elmyra lead in the 'Name Game' and all the Tiny Toons' names get rhymed except Plucky. (Don't ask why!)