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    Petunia Pig 
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Porky's love interest.

Debut: "Porky's Romance" (1937), Tashlin
Voiced By: Bernice Hansen, Bonnie Baker, Jane Webb, Grey DeLisle, Jodi Benson, Chiara Zanni, Katy Mixon, Jessica DiCicco, Lara Jill Miller

  • Adaptational Ugliness: Her character design is much less appealing in Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production. But then again, so is Porky's.
  • Alliterative Name: Petunia Pig.
  • Ascended Extra: Although a very minor character in the animated canon, Petunia was all over the place in the Looney Tunes Expanded Universe material from the 30's right through the 80's, from comics to storybooks to merchandise. Then, when Warner Animation began its renaissance in the late 80's, they forgot all about her, and poor Petunia fell back into obscurity. She is, however, one of the main characters in Baby Looney Tunes (oddly enough, since Porky hardly ever appears on the show), and Looney Tunes Cartoons gives her the starring role in the short "Pigture Perfect" and "Petunia's Green Thumb".
  • Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: She vanished after a couple of years. She's gained some popularity again thanks to Baby Looney Tunes.
  • A Day In The Lime Light: She's given her own starring role for the first time in the Looney Tunes Cartoons short "Pigture Perfect" and "Pardon the Garden".
  • Depending on the Writer: In her debut episode she's a Jerkass, but eventually evolves into a potential love interest. In Baby Looney Tunes and The Looney Tunes Show, she's a sweet Nice Girl, but in Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production, she's introduced as an over-boarded Genki Girl.
  • Distaff Counterpart: To Porky in looks although most definitely not in personality.
  • Early-Installment Weirdness: Her first two cartoons. First of all, she has no hair in either of them. Secondly, her personality is completely different than in later cartoons (in the first, she's a shallow jerkass; and in the second, she's a damsel in distress... with a bizarre Russian accent).
  • Girlish Pigtails: The character did not originally have hair in her first 3 shorts (by Tashlin). She has pigtails in her last two shorts (directed by Clampett) and eventually keeps this hairstyle even in the comics and almost all her modern appearances.
  • Jerkass: In "Porky's Romance", very much so. She surely seems to represent the fears about marriage and commitment, by treating her potential spouse like dirt and caring only about her self-gratification so much that Porky suffers from a nightmare concerning their matrimonial life that makes him run for the hills.
  • Ocular Gushers: In the short ''Petunia's Green Thumb", she ends up crying rivers of tears after realizing she destroyed her neighbors' garden. However, her tears causes the garden to grow newer vegetables and plants.
  • The Pollyanna: In Looney Tunes Cartoons, she suffers many, many injuries and ends up in a body cast but still sees the positives in the situation.
  • Slapstick: In the Looney Tunes Cartoons short "Pigture Perfect", she shares the same amount of slapstick as Porky. She's trying to get the perfect photo of a squirrel, but goes through a series of injuries and ends in a cast in the process.
  • Species Surname: Petunia Pig.
  • Wrench Wench: In Bugs Bunny Builders, she serves as the team's expert mechanic.

    The Dodo 
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A one-shot character who appeared in Bob Clampet's Porky in Wackyland and its color remake Dough for the Do-Do, Porky hunts this one of a kind bird for a large fortune. Despite having only two appearances, he became a fan favorite and left an invaluable legacy in the form of his son Gogo Dodo in Tiny Toon Adventures. He also makes occasional appearances in the comic books including the DC-Looney Tunes crossover where he teamed up with Mr. Mxyzptlk.

Debut: "Porky in Wackyland" (1938), Clampett.
Voiced By: Mel Blanc

Tropes:

  • Deliberately Monochrome: Whenever he shows up in collectible artwork or the comics he's always in his original greyscale as opposed to his color look.
  • Informed Species: He looks nothing like a real dodo.
  • Last of His Kind: Supposedly he's the last of his kind, which is why Porky is hunting him.
  • Mad Hatter: Everyone in Wackyland is looney, but Dodo is the looniest of them all.
  • Named by the Adaptation: He finally got a name — Yoyo in the video game Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal.
  • Reality Warper: Even by cartoon physics rules, he's quite a character: — he can do whatever he wants in Wackyland.

    Sniffles the Mouse 

This early creation of Chuck Jones is a ridiculously naive little mouse that often obliviously wandered into danger's way. As the shorts transitioned into zanier humor, attempts were made to progress Sniffles accordingly, Flanderizing him into a Karmic Trickster with a Motor Mouth, though the character was eventually phased out (though still had a healthy run in the comics.) His motor mouth version made a brief speaking appearance in Space Jam.

Debut: "Naughty But Mice" (1939), Jones.
Voiced By: Margaret Hill-Talbot, Sara Berner, Marjorie Talton, Kath Soucie, Colleen Wainwright

Tropes:

    Cecil Turtle 
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Slow paced but quick-witted turtle who not only rivals Bugs Bunny, but is one of the few characters to consistently defeat him. Cecil appears in shorts that were based on the fable The Tortoise and the Hare.

Debut: "Tortoise Beats Hare" (1941), Avery
Voiced By: Mel Blanc, Frank Welker, Joe Alaskey, Jim Rash, Jeff Bergman, Matt Craig

Tropes:

  • Affectionate Parody: The three shorts are probably these for the Silly Symphonies version of "The Tortoise and the Hare".
  • Always Someone Better: One of the few adversaries to beat Bugs, let alone do so handily.
  • The Cat Came Back: Subverted in Tortoise Beats Hare. It wasn't the original tortoise that kept inexplicably escaping Bugs' methods of leaving him behind. It was a series of identical tortoises which the first one bribed to screw with him.
  • Evil Versus Evil: For a given definition of evil; both he and Bugs are willing to play crooked in order to beat each other.
  • Genre Savvy: He's one of the few Looney Tunes characters to see through a Paper-Thin Disguise (and know that no one else will on top of it).
  • Manipulative Bastard: He's played Bugs like a chump every single time. His most notable accomplishment is tricking Bugs into effectively dressing as a tortoise himself, which draws the ire of rabbit mobsters.
  • Not So Invincible After All: In "Rabbit Transit", he actually has a tougher time with Bugs, even getting visibly frustrated when he manages to heckle him back. Bugs actually defeats him in a race this time round, though Cecil happily settles for a more pragmatic victory (Bugs gets arrested for running well past the speed limit).
  • Obfuscating Stupidity: Much more cunning than he looks. Behind his sleepy eyes, his unassuming tone and his Simpleton Voice lies a calm and patient schemer who enjoys acting ignorant while his opponents are driven up the wall.
  • Removable Shell: Happens regularly to Cecil Turtle's shell in his cartoons.
  • The Rival: To Bugs. And he is the only one who has REALLY bruised and battered his ego to the point of Bugs being the one who antagonizes and openly declares his rivalry with him.
  • Species Surname: Cecil Turtle.
  • Swapped Roles: The basic point of Cecil is to have a character that can do to Bugs what Bugs does to his other antagonists, complete with Bugs typically becoming the aggressor in Cecil's shorts as apposed to his usual Karmic Trickster.
  • Troll: He remains aggravatingly calm (for Bugs) and says the right things to get under his hare skin matter-of-factly and in a fakely foolish way to sound as if he really believes them.

    Henery Hawk 

See also the Foghorn Leghorn page.

Debut: "The Squawkin Hawk" (1942), Jones
Voiced By: Kent Rogers, Mel Blanc, Joe Alaskey, Jeff Bergman, Ben Falcone, Damon Jones

  • Alliterative Name: Henery Hawk
  • Bratty Half-Pint: He's a belligerent, loudmouthed little pipsqueak who picks fights with other characters many times bigger than him.
  • Character Catchphrase: "Are you coming quietly, or do I have to muss you up?"
  • Out of Focus: "Walky Talky Hawky" was created as a second starring turn for Henery Hawk, but Foghorn Leghorn stole the show, reducing Henery to his adversary. Along with The Barnyard Dawg he eventually disappears from the series.
  • Pint-Sized Powerhouse: He can effortlessly take down ol' Foggy, even though he's only a measly few inches high!
  • Species Surname: Henery Hawk
  • Villain Protagonist: When the series was initially his own it was through his (not-so-hawklike) POV that his hunting efforts were observed.

    Beaky Buzzard 
An absentminded buzzard who lives with his momma in the distant desert. Appeared in four shorts. Came back as a background regular in Space Jam, and made a cameo in Looney Tunes: Back in Action.
Debut: "Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid" (1942), Clampett.

Voiced by: Kent Rogers (first appearance); Mel Blanc (all other appearances)

  • Alliterative Name: Beaky Buzzard.
  • Dumb Muscle: In terms of brute force Super-Strength sums it up perfectly. It's his lack of initiative, passion and intelligence that keeps him back.
  • Harmless Villain: Within an already pretty incompetent Rogues Gallery, Beaky stands out as being exceptionally moronic and even shy towards his prey.
  • Momma's Boy: He lives with his mom and he is somewhat vocal about not wanting to leave the nest.
    "Nononononononononono. Nononononono. No."
  • Not-So-Harmless Villain: He's significantly more competent in "The Lions Busy". He also inexplicably wins his fight with the dragon at the end of "The Bashful Buzzard".
  • The Runt at the End: He is the youngest, smallest and always gets left behind as compared to his brothers he is not very active or enthusiastic about hunting.
  • Simpleton Voice: Specifically, a deep, low voice like Edgar Bergen's "Mortimer Snerd"; in-house he was alternately known as "The Snerd Bird".
  • Shrinking Violet: He is very shy of the outside world which becomes an issue when this includes his supposed prey.
  • Species Surname: He is a young turkey vulture (a bird commonly called "buzzard" in the United States).
  • Super-Strength: Like his brothers, he's strong enough to carry something as large as a dragon back to his nest.
  • Too Dumb to Live: That said, he can catch a baby bumblebee.
  • Vile Vulture: He's typically an inversion of this trope, as he mostly fails at being vile, no matter how hard he tries. The one time where he does is in his last appearance in the classic shorts, "The Lion's Busy", where he hangs around an old lion waiting for him to die of old age. The lion tries to get away from Beaky, but he always appears wherever he goes, even to the moon.

    Hubie and Bertie 
Debut: "The Aristo Cat" (1943), Jones

Voiced by: Mel Blanc; Stan Freberg

Tropes:

  • A Mischief of Mice: They have psychologically manipulated Claude the Cat in two cartoons; "Mouse Wreckers" (playing pranks on him to drive him insane to the point of leaving) and "The Hypo-Chondri-Cat" (where they trick him into thinking that he has gotten sick).
  • Character Catchphrase:
    • Hubie: "Hey, Boit! C'mere!"
    • Bertie: "Yeah, yeah, sure, sure.", "Hehehehe... Riot!"
  • Driven to Suicide: In "Cheese Chasers", they overindulge in a cheese factory and get sick of the stuff, so they figure they have nothing left to live for and throw themselves to Claude Cat. Claude thinks there's something off about mice wanting to get eaten and becomes frightened of them, so he figures there's nothing left for him to live for, and goes to the dog to get himself killed. The dog, trying to figure the whole thing out, has a breakdown of his own and is last seen running after the dog catcher.
  • Jerkass: Especially in Mouse Wreckers, where they receive no comeuppance for terrorizing Claude, the cartoon ending with them two of them succeeding in driving him out and taking over the house.
  • The Prankster: They are mischievous pranksters.

    Claude Cat 
Debut: "The Aristo Cat" (1943), Jones

Tropes:

    The Three Bears 
Debut: "Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears" (1944), Jones.

Voiced by: Billy Bletcher (Papa Bear); Bea Benaderet (Mama Bear); Stan Freberg (Junior)

  • Abhorrent Admirer: Mama Bear is this to Bugs in "Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears".
  • Beary Funny: A Comic Trio of bears.
  • Big, Thin, Short Trio: Junyer is the Big, Mama is the Thin, and Papa is the Short.
  • Character Catchphrase:
    Papa Bear (crying in frustration): Why did I ever do to deserve such a family?!
  • Comic Trio: Papa is the bossy one, Junyer is the idiot, and Mama is the sane one who's ignored.
  • Dysfunctional Family: On the documentary, Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens, Matt Groening stated that, while his show The Simpsons is credited for showing the all-American dysfunctional family, The Three Bears (and All in the Family) did a better job of showing it.
  • Enraged by Idiocy: Papa would usually punch or kick Junyer if he says or does something stupid.
  • Hair-Trigger Temper: Papa Bear. The opening of "The Bee-Deviled Bruin" speaks volumes—simply hearing Junyer rejoice over breakfast ("Oh, goody-goody, toast and honey!") makes Pa visibly angry.
  • Hilariously Abusive Childhood: Junyer is repeatedly punched, insulted, or bludgeoned by Papa Bear for his stupidity while his mother does nothing to stop the abuse.
  • Jerkass: Papa Bear is temperamental and an abusive father.
  • Karmic Butt-Monkey: Papa Bear suffers a lot, often due to Junyer's stupidity. Of course, given he's a loud-mouthed, phyiscially abusive jerk, you'll hardly feel sorry for him.
  • Kiddie Kid: Junyer is seven years old and is still in diapers.
  • Manchild: Papa Bear constantly complains, whines and throws tantrums, despite being the head of the family.
  • The Napoleon: Papa Bear is very short and has a Hair-Trigger Temper.
  • New Technology Is Evil: The short, "Bear Necessities" from the Tiny Toon Adventures episode, "Fairy Tales For the 90's" depicts The Three Bears in a then-modern-day retelling of the Goldilocks story. While Papa likes the idea of modern houses and technology, Junyer certainly thinks modern technology is evil and misses his old life living as a wild bear in the forest. It isn't hard to see why, since Junyer tries to make friends with a computer, who in return, demands lunch money and fires floppy disks at him.
  • Never My Fault: In "Bear Feat", Papa reads a help wanted ad for circus bears, so he forces the family to prepare for the job and perform tricks. Mama tries to tell him something important, but he tells her to shut up. After the usual mishaps, Mama finally shows Papa that the newspaper he read was from 1928, meaning the ad is outdated. When faced with his own blunder, Papa refuses to accept the reality, instead blaming his family and decides to "free himself" by jumping off a cliff.
  • Nice Mean And In Between: Junyer is oafish but harmless (nice), Papa is violent and abusive (mean) and Mama is sane and aloof (in-between).
  • Only Sane Woman: Mama Bear is the deadpan middle-bear, while the other two are constantly at each other's throats. That being said, she does have her moments of peculiarity; aside from her wild romantic behavior towards Bugs in "Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears", there's the Father's Day pageant she and Junior put on for Pa in "A Bear for Punishment" — especially the "I'm Just Wild About Father" solo performance, which shocks Pa into staring blankly when he first sees it.
  • "Shaggy Dog" Story:
    • "The Bee-Devilled Bruin" Has Papa and Junyer try to get honey from a beehive when they run out of honey. After many unsuccessful attempts to get the honey and some Amusing Injuries to Papa, Papa decides to have bacon and eggs with ketchup for breakfast. Mama gets him the ketchup from the cupboard, revealing it to have many honey jars inside it. When Papa becomes furious upon seeing this, Mama tells him that she tried to tell him they had plenty of honey all along.
    • In "Bear Feat", the Three Bears train for a Trick Bear act for the Mingling Bros. Circus when Papa finds a want ad in the newspaper. After much Hilarity Ensues (as do many Amusing Injuries to Papa), Papa decides the family is ready to perform, only to find out that the newspaper with the want ad is 21 years out of datenote . Mama tells Papa that she tried to tell him the newspaper was out of date, but he kept interrupting her.
  • Simpleton Voice: Junyer has the oafish type that marks him as older than his dress code suggests.
  • Small Parent, Huge Child: Papa is the Small Parent to Junyer's Huge Child.

    The Drunk Stork 
A stork that makes all of his deliveries while inebriated.
Debut: "Baby Bottleneck'' (1946), Clampett.

Tropes:

  • Alcohol Hic: He's not called the Drunken Stork for nothing.
  • Delivery Stork: And all of them get mixed up.
  • Drinking on Duty: He can't seem to resist an offer for a drink from new parents when he makes a delivery.

    Rocky and Mugsy 
A pair of thugs who appear in a few of the Looney Tunes shorts. It should also be noted that Rocky also appeared in a number of shorts without Mugsy, but other thugs instead.
Debut: "Racketeer Rabbit" (1946) (Rocky), "Bugs and Thugs" (1953) (Mugsy), Freleng.

Voiced by: Mel Blanc

Tropes:

  • Bad Boss: Rocky isn't very nice to Mugsy and he often uppercuts him for saying or doing something dumb. However, this is justified in the short "Bugsy and Mugsy", where Rocky is fooled by Bugs Bunny into thinking Mugsy is trying to kill him.
  • Beware the Silly Ones: Mugsy is apparently nicknamed "The Detroit Butcher". While Mugsy may not look like it, this moniker may have a grain of truth to it, as Rocky becomes slightly wary of Mugsy when Bugs brought this up in the short "Bugsy and Mugsy".
  • Bank Robbery: As seen in "Bugs and Thugs" it is their standard source of income.
  • Big Guy, Little Guy: They provide the page image. Rocky is the little guy and the leader and Mugsy is the big Dumb Muscle, who co-exist in an entirely symbiotic relationship.
  • Dumb Muscle: Mugsy is much bigger than Rocky, but also much dumber.
  • Early Installment Character-Design Difference: Rocky was noticeably taller in his first appearance.
  • Eye-Obscuring Hat: Rocky has an absurdly tall hat which obscures his eyes.
  • Jerkass: Rocky is a lot more abrasive and irritable than Mugsy.
  • Laughably Evil: Both of them, though Rocky was initially created as a Worthy Opponent to Bugs just like Yosemite Sam (another Bugs villain created by Freleng).
  • Shorter Means Smarter: Rocky, the short one, is smarter than Dumb Muscle Mugsy.
  • Signature Laugh: Rocky has an understated "Heh... heh... heh..." whenever he laughs.
  • Small Guy, Big Gun: One episode has the diminutive Rocky firing a full-sized Tommy Gun, which is practically longer than he is tall. The recoil is such that he is forced to brace himself with a 2 x 4, lest it cause him to slide backwards across the floor.
  • Stupid Crooks: Mugsy lives up to it to the extreme, but naturally Rocky isn't too far behind either.

    Barnyard Dawg (A.K.A. George P. Dog) 
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A basset hound who often serves as Foghorn Leghorn's rival.
Debut: "Walky Talky Hawky" (1946), McKimson

Voiced by: Mel Blanc

Tropes:

  • Big "SHUT UP!": Will often render one of these to Foghorn when the rooster starts on one of his infamous rambles, usually in the form of a sudden, trademark Mel Blanc, "AAAAAAHHHHHHHH SHAADUUP!!"
  • Butt-Monkey: In Foggy's mind at least.
  • Combat Pragmatist: Let's face it. For every insult received from ol' Foggy, this dawg always got even with him in the most creative ways.
  • Comedic Spanking: Foghorn usually provoked him by slapping his behind with a wooden fence post. This, of course, is only the beginning for him.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Has his moments, especially when talking directly to the audience.
  • Enemy Mine: Dawg and Foggy call a truce in Fox Terror to dispose of a fox after the chickens, and again in The High and the Flighty when they find out Daffy is swindling them out of their money by getting them to fight each other with his supplies.
  • Escalating War: Many cartoons centered on the perpetual Foghorn vs. Dawg back-and-forth. Which character starts the conflict varies from toon to toon, but Foggy usually ends up getting the worst of it.
  • Foil: Tends to serve as the Only Sane Man for Foghorn, Porky, Daffy or Elmer.
  • Food Slap: Usually throws pumpkins or watermelons to Foggy's head.
  • Manipulative Bastard: To put it mildly, George is an accomplished master on manipulation and can be scarily machiavielic, being this his trademark In-Universe.
    • Once he has realized he's any other character's target (Namely Henery, Bill the Weasel or Ms. Prissy the spinster Hen.) due Foggy's pranks or misleads, George had always returned it to the sender and oftenly with extreme prejudice.
    • Will play the Dirty Coward ruse if it fits to his plans. As he did in Daffy Duck Hunt to Daffy that way Dawg will never be punished by Porky, promising set the duck free later... just to turn against the gullible Daffy.
    • And in Don't Axe Me, Dawg convinces Mrs. Fudd to serve Daffy as Sunday's dinner.
  • Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: Acts as one to Foghorn Leghorn.
  • Sophisticated as Hell: Weasel While You Work opens with Foghorn rolling Dawg up into a snowman, after which Dawg pops his head out of the contraption and says...
    "There is but one course for me to follow - I'LL MOIDER DA BUM!!!"
  • Species Surname: George P. Dog.
  • Yank the Dog's Chain: A literal case. Right when George is chasing Foggy his leash will inevitably yank him back, doubling up as Mythology Gag.

    Charlie Dog 
Hyperactive and incredibly clingy mutt that is constantly searching for a home and master. With mannerisms not distant from those of a slick-talking salesman, Charlie goes to extremes to be accepted by his potential master (usually Porky Pig) who are often equally determined to get him off their backs.
Debut: "Little Orphan Airdale" (1947), Jones note 

Voiced by: Mel Blanc

Tropes:

  • The Cameo: Made an appearance in "Dog Tales". However, this appearance was mostly recycled from "Often an Orphan".
  • Cartoon Dog Breed: He's explicitly a mutt, and his Running Gag is claiming to be some ridiculous percentage of other dog breeds in order to sell himself.
  • Determinator: He won't take "no" for an answer, ever.
  • Genre Savvy: At the beginning of Often an Orphan, his previous owner tricks him by luring him away during a game of fetch and then drives off, abandoning him on the side of a road. At the very end when Porky apparently caves in and adopts Charlie, Porky attempts the same trick, but Charlie easily sees through it and abandons Porky on the side of a road instead.
  • His Own Worst Enemy: Charlie would probably have better luck finding an owner if it weren't for his obnoxious personality and ridiculous attempts to sell himself.
  • Jerkass: He's an annoying and rather obnoxious mutt who tries to persuade everyone to adopt him and often shows no consideration for their feelings.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: He wants an owner to adopt him considering that he wants to satisfy his own needs rather than genuine affection and care for said owner.
  • Karma Houdini: Doesn't get any comeuppance in "Often An Orphan" considering that he deliberately leaves Porky behind when the latter tries to trick him into going after a stick as an attempt to get him out of his hair.
  • Laser-Guided Karma: He often gets his comeuppance when he goes too far with his clinginess. For instance, in The Awful Orphan Porky adopts him but now the roles have been switched with Charlie as the owner and Porky as the pet and in Dog Gone South he lets another southern gentlemen adopt him only for said southern gentlemen (who happens to be Colonel Shuffle's dog in disguise) to kick him away and in Hound For Trouble his new owner pretends that the leaning tower of Pisa's about to fall down and tells him to move it back up before it falls down as an excuse to get rid of him.
  • Rule of Three: Each of his shorts with Porky has a scene where the Pig attempts to mail him off to a different part of the world, but it never works.
  • Small Name, Big Ego: He claims to have all sorts of skills and abilities as the perfect dog. In reality, he's just a worthless mutt.
  • Species Surname: He probably would find it more profitable if he had a specific breed's name though.
  • The Thing That Would Not Leave: Just try to eject him from your house/business/life once he's decided he belongs there. You'll never get rid of him unless drastic measures are taken, and even that's not always guaranteed to work.
  • Too Many Halves: He describes himself this way in a Running Gag.
    "I'm 50% Pointer (There it is! There it is! There it is!), 50% Boxer, 50% Setter (Irish Setter), 50% Watch Dog, 50% Spitz, 50% Doberman Pincher. But, mostly, I'm all Labrador Retriever!"

    Mac and Tosh, the Goofy Gophers 
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Debut: "The Goofy Gophers" (1947), Clampett.

Voiced by: Mel Blanc; Stan Freberg (some appearances)

Tropes

  • Ambiguously Gay: Their interactions with each other certainly give this vibe, partly due to Values Dissonance. Gets played up for laughs in The Looney Tunes Show and Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run. Back in the day, they were a reference to an old comedy routine poking fun at the then-current stereotype of European gentlemen being intensely polite towards each other.
  • Beware the Nice Ones: As seen in "Gopher Broke (1958)", where they casually conduct a gaslighting campaign that leaves Barnyard Dawg well beyond a mental breakdown, all so they can easily steal back the vegetables he was guarding.
  • Blue-and-Orange Morality: As mentioned elsewhere, the Gophers gaslighted Barnyard Dawg so they could steal the vegetables in "Gopher Broke (1958)", but only because they viewed the vegetables as theirs to begin with and saw the farmer's harvest as stealing them, while humans would have the exact same view of them attempting to "harvest" their vegetables.
  • Disproportionate Retribution: The whole point of "Gopher Broke (1958)"; how dare you be a farmer's dog sleeping in the barn where the vegetables we want to steal are being kept! We'll drive you insane so we can steal them anyway!
  • Moral Myopia: In "Gopher Broke (1958)", they treat themselves as the wronged party even as they gaslight Barnyard Dawg, despite the fact that the vegetables that were "stolen" from them actually belong to the farmer, meaning Mac and Tosh were stealing them in the first place before they got harvested!
  • Overly Polite Pals: Constantly acting with stereotypical British politeness, especially towards each other.
  • Shout-Out: While they probably weren't originally intended as expies of Chip 'n Dale, since they're very different characters beyond being Nearly Normal rodents who drive the more anthropomorphic characters (and dogs) mad, the "Mac'n'Tosh"/"Mackintosh" pun (which was only introduced in The Bugs Bunny Show) is almost certainly a reference to "Chip'n'Dale"/"Chippendale".

    Hippety Hopper 
A baby kangaroo who usually appears in shorts with Sylvester, who mistakes him for a giant mouse.

Debut: "Hop, Look and Listen" (1948), McKimson.

  • Alliterative Name: Hippety Hopper.
  • Badass Adorable: He has no problem beating up Sylvester at all while genuinely playing around.
  • Beware the Nice Ones: Just see above. And not even deliberately as he doesn't seem to understand the extent of his opponents animosity.
  • Cute Mute: A playful, innocent, mute baby kangaroo.
  • The Voiceless: He doesn't talk (except for an only speaking line).

    The Crusher 
A very imposing professional wrestler and boxer. Often goes up against Bugs.
Debut: "Rabbit Punch" (1948), Jones

    K- 9 
Marvin the Martian's pet dog and sidekick.
Debut: "Haredevil Hare" (1948), Jones.

Voiced by: Mel Blanc

Tropes:

  • Alien Animals: Is simply like a standard dog, but green and dressed like a Roman like his owner.
  • Canine Companion: For Marvin.
  • Dogs Are Dumb: He may be a Martian dog but he is still just as much of a typical rabbit-hunting dog as the earthling hounds.
  • Hyper-Competent Sidekick: Zigzagged. Early episodes portrayed him as idiotic compared to his master, while others play him as more aware than him.
  • Punny Name: Of "canine".
  • Strange Salute: His is a variation of a standard military salute...only using his ears instead of his paws.
  • Simpleton Voice: Whenever he does talk.
  • Suddenly Speaking: Inverted. He was able to talk in his debut, but later went silent, only speaking in barks.
  • Talking with Signs: Some episodes that have him voiceless instead has him talk with either signs or notes.
  • Uncatty Resemblance: While he doesn't have black skin/fur like his master, he does wear an outfit similar to Marvin's, including a helmet, skirt, and even tennis shoes.

    Sylvester Jr. 
Sylvester’s son. He’s smarter than his father.Debut: "Pop Im Pop!" (1949), McKimson.

Voiced by: Mel Blanc

    Penelope Pussycat 
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The (collective?) name for the poor kitty who finds herself the object of Pepé Le Pew's affections.

Debut: "For Scent Imental Reasons" (1949), Jones.

Tropes:

  • Alliterative Name: Penelope Pussycat.
  • All There in the Manual: Penelope's name (while refered to in "The Cat's Bah") was inconsistent until promotional art for "Carrotblanca" confirmed it.
  • Beware the Nice Ones: Usually timid in personality though can turn violent if harrassed for long.
  • Character Catchphrase} "Le mew~"
  • Crack Pairing: A pretty much In-Universe example in "Carrotblanca", where because Lola hadn't been created yet Penelope gets paired with Bugs Bunny.
  • Cute Mute: She looks cute and never talks in the classic cartoons.
  • Depending on the Artist: Not as much in the shorts themselves but in other materials ... does she have a stripe or not? As an example, in the licenced Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem game, there are six variants of her. The standard one has her with stripe. Her Kitty Ketty (from Carrotblanca) variation doesn't, just like in the short. Her Penelope Couture and Countess Penelope variants do have it. Tigress Penelope doesn't (she instead paints on orange stripes). And Dread Pirate Penelope? No tail stripe, but in the collection view, rotate her and you'll see she has the stripe on the back of her neck and head! So 3.5 vs 2.5 in favour of a stripe as per the game's artists.
  • Funny Animal: What she is 95% of the time. Interestingly, the rare time Penelope isn’t this she is surprisingly voluptuous.
  • Out of Focus: In many of the follow-up cartoons and series she's either absent or relegated to cameo appearances.
  • Shrinking Violet: Usually rather meek in personality, though when smitten she can be as equally lovesick as Pepe.
  • Species Surname: A cat named Penelope Pussycat.
  • Suddenly Voiced: While she would get the occasional "mew' or "purr" in the classic toons, Carrotblanca is the first time she actually speaks; she's voiced by Tress MacNeille. Salli Saffioti plays her in Bugs Bunny Builders.
  • The Voiceless: A rare example of a mute animal character until she was Suddenly Voiced.
  • Swapped Roles: Occasionally Penelope would be smitten with Pepe, and she would start chasing him. Pepe becomes just as terrified when he's the one being pursued.

    Playboy Penguin 
Debut: "Frigid Hare" (1949), Jones.

Tropes:

  • Alliterative Name: Playboy Penguin.
  • Cartoon Penguin: He is black (blue in his first appearance) with an orange bill and feet and a white belly.
  • Cute Mute: A lovable mute baby penguin.
  • Puppy-Dog Eyes: Not even Bugs has the heart to turn him away once he gives him the sad-eyed look, especially if he cries.
  • Ridiculously Cute Critter: Just looking into his big, drooping, sad eyes is enough to make an even slightly empathetic character become invested in his well-being.
  • The Voiceless: With the exception of whispering in Bugs' ear at the end of Frigid Hare, he never says a word.

    Melissa Duck 
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Daffy Duck's main love interest which appears in Nasty Quacks, The Scarlet Pumpernickel, The Super Snooper (as the Shapely Lady Duck), Muscle Tussle and The Duxorcist. Despite her lack of appearances, much like the Dodo Bird from Porky in Wackyland, she is quite popular enough to have Shirley the Loon in Tiny Toon Adventures.

Debut: Nasty Quacks (1945) (prototype) The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1950) (official)

Voiced by: Marian Richman (The Scarlet Pumpernickel); Gladys Holland (Muscle Tussle); B. J. Ward (The Duxorcist)

Tropes:

    Nasty Canasta 
A hulking, imposing outlaw generally used in Wild West themed shorts.
Debut: "Drip-Along Daffy" (1951) Jones

Voiced by: Mel Blanc (Drip Along Daffy and My Little Duckaroo); Daws Butler (Barbary Coast Bunny)

Tropes:

  • The Bad Guy Wins: In his second ever appearance.
  • The Dreaded: Especially when placed against Daffy, who never scored a victory of his own against him.
  • Took a Level in Dumbass: He is a lot less competent in "Barbary-Coast Bunny" than in his previous two appearances. Perhaps justified by his going after Bugs Bunny, who’s a lot crafter than Daffy.
  • You Don't Look Like You: In his final Golden Age appearance, as an adversary for Bugs Bunny, he looked, sounded and acted noticeably different.

    Pete Puma 
Debut: "Rabbit's Kin" (1952), McKimson.

Voiced by: Stan Freberg

Tropes:

    George 
Debut: "Cat Tails For Two" (1952), McKimson.

Tropes:

    Benny 
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Debut: "Hoppy Go Lucky" (1952), McKimson.

Voiced by: Stan Freberg

Tropes:

    Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog 
See also Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog.
Debut: "Don't Give Up the Sheep" (1953), Jones.

Voiced by: Mel Blanc

Tropes:

  • Butt-Monkey: Ralph. Sam possess sufficient strength to incapacitate him with a single punch.
  • Character Catchphrase: "Mornin' Sam." "Mornin' Ralph."
  • Dogs Are Dumb: Averted with Sam who may look apathetic but is actually always several leagues ahead of the wolf.
  • Expy: Ralph is similar enough to Wile E. that it would be easy to confuse them for the same character - in terms of role, he's similarly a haplessly persistent predator who'll use ACME products in his schemes, but the Punch-Clock nature of his sheep pursuit and amicable relationship with the (purposefully forceful) Sam give him his own identity and a very different dynamic to Wile E.'s status as a Gadgeteer Genius with an undying determination to catch and eat Roadrunner. Originally, Ralph had some significant visual differences from Wile E. (earlier shorts show different feet, more tail, etc.) but since they had similar faces, later animators became lazy and started drawing them the same way, with Ralph's red nose being the one consistent visual tell.
  • Eyes Out of Sight: Sam has eye obscuring bangs. In one cartoon Ralph assumes that they impair his vision and tries to take advantage of this. It doesn't work. "Woolen Under Where" plays with this — on their way to work, Sam keeps bumping into trees, so Ralph punches him in for him. When Sam got to the cliffside he usually sits at, he nearly falls off.
  • Friendly Enemy: They'd talk amicably, punch the clock, and share lunch together. However, when they were on the clock, it was Ralph's job to try and steal sheep and Sam's job to stop him at all costs. While it got comically brutal (this was Looney Tunes, after all), the characters recognize that it was just business.
  • Identical Stranger: Ralph looks identical to Wile E. Coyote. The only difference is the red nose in place of the Coyote's black one - though Ralph's likely more known for having white eyes than the Yellow Eyes of Sneakiness that became a staple of Wile E.'s design as he continued being prominent, the latter also had white eyes in some early appearances while Ralph's been depicted with yellow sclerae in modern appearances (such as his own starring role in Sheep, Dog 'n' Wolf).
  • Offscreen Teleportation: Taken to ridiculous levels at the climax of "Ready, Woolen and Able", which culminates in Ralph at a beach full of Sam clones. Ralph promptly goes insane.
  • Punch-Clock Hero: This, and Punch-Clock Villain. From 9 to 5, Ralph tries ever-more-outlandish schemes to catch a sheep, and Sam thwarts Ralph with minimal effort and maximum punishment. But as soon as that 5 o'clock whistle blows, the two punch out and walk home together, ready to do it all over again tomorrow.

    Witch Hazel 
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Debut: "Bewitched Bunny" (1954), Jones.

Voiced by: Bea Benaderet (first appearance); June Foray (all other appearances)

  • Ax-Crazy: Frequently; given that she often chases after Bugs with a meat cleaver.
  • Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad: She's "deathly afraid" of getting pretty as she grows older and is always asking her magic mirror who's the ugliest one of all. In Broom-Stick Bunny, much to her horror, a potion turns her into a gorgeous redhead.
  • Breaking the Fourth Wall: When she's alone with no one around to interact she usually speaks to the audience.
  • Character Tic: She has a habit of running offscreen and leaving behind hairclips that fell out of her hair.
  • Expy: According to Chuck Jones, he created her right after seeing the 1952 Classic Disney Short "Trick or Treat?", which also features a character named Witch Hazel.
  • Gag Nose: She has a rather enourmous nose.
  • Gonk: She's drawn like the typically "old and ugly witch" stereotype. She's actually proud of it.
  • Hotter and Sexier: In the respective endings of "Bewitched Bunny" and Broom-Stick Bunny, when her ugliness is turned into beauty.
  • Hot Witch: A hot witch rabbit in the end of "Bewitched Bunny". It's played straighter, however, at the end of Broom-Stick Bunny. (Her transformed appearance in the latter short took inspiration from June Foray's own looks.)
  • The Hyena: She's prone to busting out in cackling laughter at the slightest whim.
  • Large Ham: "EEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEE!"
  • Punch-Clock Villain: Has a pretty normal life (for a witch, anyways) when she's not trying to cook Bugs or Daffy.
  • Pungeon Master: She tends often to make some comical puns. Sometimes even unintentionally.
  • Sassy Black Woman: Witch Lezah, her counterpart in The Looney Tunes Show.
  • Vain Sorceress: Parodied. She acts like one and cares about her looks, but in a different way than most: she aims specifically to be the ugliest she can be, and envies anyone who can out-Gonk her.
  • Wicked Witch: Like a lot of fairy-tale characters a parody of the trope, who however does play the part adequately enough, compared to other cartoon characters who go by the same Punny Name.

    Marc Antony and Pussyfoot 
A large dog and a little kitten. The former is very protective of the latter.
Debut: "Feed the Kitty" (1955), Jones.

Tropes:

    Michigan J. Frog 
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A frog from The Gay '90s is discovered by a man in modern times. Unfortunately, the frog acts as his Not-So-Imaginary Friend. Listed here as an honorable mention, as he only appeared in one cartoon from the original series of theatrical shorts, which he didn't share with any other iconic characters, and was never really iconic himself until he became the mascot for The WB network in The '90s.

Debut: "One Froggy Evening" (1955), Jones.

Tropes related to Michigan J. Frog:

  • Breakout Character: Only appeared in one short during the franchise's original series of animated shorts, and yet it became one of the most popular and well-received of them all. Steven Spielberg himself refers to it as "the Citizen Kane of animated film."
  • The Casanova: One of his early promos for The WB had him proclaim that he's "wanted by every lass" while declaring love as a hassle.
  • Immortality: Strongly implied that this frog can never age or die. (See Really 700 Years Old below.)
  • Not-So-Imaginary Friend: More a trait than the character itself; everyone sees the frog, only one person sees its singing talent.
  • Really 700 Years Old: Has survived in a box for several years since the age of cavemen. And will survive in time for a far future.
  • Signature Headgear: His top hat, which is all he wears.
  • Species Surname: It's written with an "o" and one "g".
  • You Didn't Ask: Seems to be implied in Another Froggy Evening when met by Marvin the Martian, who can speak "Frog"/"Martian" and thus can just ask him to sing for him.

    The Honeymousers 
Mouse versions of The Honeymooners.
Debut: "The Honey-Mousers" (1956), McKimson.

Voiced by: Daws Butler (Ralph Crumden, Ned Morton); June Foray (Alice Crumden, Trixie Morton)

Tropes:

  • Ageless Birthday Episode: "Cheese It, The Cat!" is one for Alice.
  • The Bad Guy Wins: "Mice Follies" ends with the cat successfully kicking all four mice out of his master's apartment. Fortunately, the ending isn't a total downer for them, as they do find a cozy park bench to sleep on before the iris out.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Ralph and Alice.
  • Expy: Of the Kramdens and Nortons from The Honeymooners.
  • Fire-Breathing Diner: In "Mice Follies," Ned lights a match while he and Ralph are in the cat's belly. The smoke from the match seeps out of the cat's mouth, and he leaps up to the chandelier in pain. Spitting Ralph and Ned out.
  • Foolish Husband, Responsible Wife: Both Alice and Trixie are clearly more intelligent than their bumbling husbands. In fact, at the end of "The Honey-Mousers", Alice manages to do in five seconds what Ralph and Ned tried doing throughout the entire cartoon (getting the cat out of the way, so that they could steal the homeowner's food for their banquet).
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite his volatile nature and scheming behavior, Ralph does genuinely care about Ned and Alice.
  • Large Ham: Ralph, full stop. Right down to the loud and hammy way he delivers his, "One of these days, Alice..." catchphrase.

    Blacque Jacque Shellacque 
A French-accented lumberjack type who's had repeated run-ins with Bugs Bunny.
Debut: "Bonanza Bunny" (1959), McKimson.

Voiced by: Mel Blanc

Tropes:

     Slowpoke Rodriguez 
Debut: "Mexicali Shmoes" (1959), Friz Freleng

Voiced by: Tom Holland

Tropes

  • Badass Family: He is the cousin of Speedy Gonzales, and arguably much more dangerous.
  • Mugging the Monster: Slowpoke always carries a gun; he also can hypnotise weak minded creatures...like Sylvester.
  • Underestimating Badassery: He's the slowest mouse in all Mexico which causes cats to think he'll be easy prey, especially if they repeatedly fail to catch Speedy. Unfortunately for them, Slowpoke is a No-Nonsense Nemesis who'll just shoot them.

    Count Bloodcount 
Debut: "Transylvania 6-5000" (1963), Chuck Jones

Voiced by: Ben Frommer, June Foray, Frank Welker, Corey Burton, Joe Alaskey, Jeff Bennett, Eric Bauza, Matt Craig

A vampire in Transylvania.

  • Adaptation Name Change: His incarnation in Duck Dodgers is named Count Muerte. He is also changed to be a vampire that survives off the fat of the living instead of blood.
  • Bat People: He can turn into a bat, but magic can also forcibly convert him into one against his will.
  • Evil Sounds Deep: Usually given a booming, drawling voice to take after Ben Frommer's portrayal.
  • Faux Affably Evil: Usually portrayed as polite and courteous, but in a sinister way and he usually makes no bones about how he intends to prey on his would-be victims.
  • Final Boss: Of Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters (see his folder on that game's character sheet for more info on his portrayal in that game).
  • Hoist by His Own Petard: He resorts to magic during his confrontation with Bugs which only eggs Bugs on to keep it going, resulting in the Count getting defeated.
  • Undeathly Pallor: He has yellowish, sickly skin in his original appearance and usually has either that or plain pale white skin to sell how he's an undead monster.

    Cool Cat 
Debut: "Cool Cat (1967)", Alex Lovy.

Voiced by: Larry Storch, Joe Alaskey, Jim Cummings

  • Alliterative Name: Cool Cat.
  • Ascended Extra: He, Colonel Rimfire, and Spooky are the only characters from the Warner Bros.-Seven Arts era who've continued to be used in any great frequency after that era ended. On top of that, he was popular enough when he first appeared that the studio finally agreed to let the cartoon studio produce shorts outside of the Daffy—Speedy series.
  • Beatnik: Wears a beret (except in his last two cartoons) and speaks '60s-style beatnik slang.
  • The Bus Came Back: Returned almost 30 years later in cameos in The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries and Tweety's High Flying Adventure and then 20 years after that in Looney Tunes Cartoons.
  • Cool Cat: Pretty obvious, considering the character he is clearly an Expy of. And no, he's not the Trope Namer.
  • Depending on the Writer: Some of his cartoons (including his debut) characterise him as a Bugs Bunny-type Karmic Trickster who remains in control of the situation throughout, while others depict him as a Butt-Monkey who spends most of the cartoon getting abused by Colonel Rimfire and/or some other guest character(s).
  • Easter Egg: In The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries, he or something in his likeness appears in every single episode of the series since Season 2. One episode had Tweety Lampshade these cameos stating they had to get him in somehow.
  • Expy: Of The Pink Panther, blatantly. The only difference is that Cool Cat talks, in beatnik slang no less. There’s hints of Snagglepuss in there, too, though not as blatant as Colonel Rimfire is to Major Minor.
  • No Celebrities Were Harmed: Larry Storch voices him in a fairly decent Scatman Crothers impression.
  • Non-Standard Character Design: He retains his Hanna-Barbera-like design which looks nothing like the style of the other Tunes when he returns in Sylvester & Tweety and Looney Tunes Cartoons, making him stand out a lot more.
  • Obfuscating Stupidity: In his debut cartoon at least, where he seems to spend most of the cartoon unaware that he's being stalked by Colonel Rimfire and that Ella is actually a mechanical elephant, but at the end is indicated to have known these things all along.
  • Once per Episode: His background appearances in The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries, as stated above.
  • Suspiciously Similar Substitute: In addition to being a blatant Pink Panther expy, he and Rimfire share the same "tricky animal pursued by a human hunter" dynamic as Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd at a time when both characters were retired — though personality-wise, Rimfire is arguably closer to Yosemite Sam, being more hot-tempered and slightly less stupid than Elmer.

    Merlin the Magic Mouse 
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Debut: "Merlin the Magic Mouse" (1967), Alex Lovy.

Voiced by: Daws Butler (first appearance); Larry Storch (all other appearances)

  • Alliterative Name: Merlin the Magic Mouse.
  • The Bus Came Back: After not having appeared in any Looney Tunes media for 54 years (his last appearance in the franchise being 1969's "Shamrock and Roll"), he comes back in Tiny Toons Looniversity as Buster's mentor.
  • Inept Mage: He regularly goes back and forth between barely able to perform cheap parlor tricks such as the old rabbit-out-of-the-hat routine (said rabbit turned out to be a hand puppet) to pulling off legitimate magical feats such enchanting boxing gloves or producing a flying carpet.
  • Insistent Terminology: He repeatedly claims that he isn't a magician, he's a prestidigitator. Or at least, he would be if he could actually pronounce the latter word.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Well, sometimes. Mostly with Second Banana, when Merlin is not a Mean Boss.
  • Mean Boss: He insults Second Banana a lot, although he is occasionally shown to have a soft side towards him. This trope is played to a "T" in "Shamrock and Roll", however.
  • Morality Pet: Second Banana. See Pet the Dog below.
  • Nice Mice: Averted, although Merlin is nice to some people he meets in his shorts at times as well as Second Banana.
  • No Celebrities Were Harmed: His voice and appearance are patterned after W. C. Fields.
  • Pet the Dog: Has some towards Second Banana, although Merlin can be quite strict towards the guy.
  • Took a Level in Jerkass: In "Shamrock and Roll", he is meaner to Second Banana than usual, to the point he actually hits him in the beginning of the short! note  Though later on, we have O'Reilly the Leprechaun, who is an even bigger asshole than Merlin (and he even gets off scot-free at the end of the short).

    Bunny and Claude 
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Debut: Bunny And Claude We Rob Carrot Patches (1968), McKimson
Voiced By: Pat Woodell (Bunny), Mel Blanc (Claude)

Two characters introduced near the end of the original Looney Tunes era, Bunny and Claude are a rabbit Outlaw Couple who are Expies of Bonnie and Clyde, whose 1967 film was a then-recent smash. In their two shorts, these cotton-tailed criminals steal carrots while outwitting an incompetent Sheriff.

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