Tiny Toon Adventures/Tiny Toons Looniversity

As I recall, Buster and Babs represent two different aspects of Bugs. His most cool headed side (Buster) and his wackier side (Babs).

I wonder how people feel about the revelation that Fifi is French-Canadian in this version, instead of actually French.

Also, its weird that the characters are supposed to be college students but still look like kids.

It was just a gag, so probably not much? The same scene said Marvin the Martian was from Detroit. It's supposed to be funny.

Then again, this is Tiny Toon fans.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Sep 17th 2023 at 10:44:42 AM

I mean, doesn't that kind of make sense? Doesn't French ancestry make up a huge chunk of Canada's population? Fifi being French-Canadian isn't really a big deal.

Edited by Shoobedobah on Sep 17th 2023 at 2:01:11 PM

Speaking of Fifi... Since Pepe Le Pew has been more or less "cancelled" (probably the only cartoon character to bear that distinction), maybe they could consider having Fifi take his place among the Loony Toons. Since she's female, there wouldn't be a concern of her being accused of being a sex pest or something.

Is mentioning that a little too adult for this thread? I'm just saying, Pepe is a controversial character now.

Edited by JunkAction on Sep 17th 2023 at 3:07:57 PM

Because these characters partially belong to Steven Spielberg and Amblin, they will basically never become part of the main Looney Tunes lineup ever.

It's interesting how some of the characters have different oufits. Sure, Buster's the same, but Babs now has a jacket, Hampton wears a shirt with a vest, Plucky now has a black shirt, etc. While some of the new looks definitely work (like punk Sweetie), you'd think they'd want more basic wardrobes like the original (which are likely easier to draw).

they're trying to differentiate their characters from the originals.

Also the simpler art and animation style means that character designs having more individual detail is less of a problem.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Sep 17th 2023 at 1:07:11 AM

You would think Spielberg would like seeing one of "his" characters become part of the main Loony Tunes lineup.

Outside of that episode of Teen Titans go with Freakazoid, none of the characters from that lineup have really stuck around to modern WB products.

Not even Yakko, Wakko and Dot?

WB'd be more likely to revise Pepe then try to build on Fifi. Pepe's already got the advantage of being significantly well known; it'd just be a matter of using him in different ways. Plus, as has been said, WB doesn't have to go through Spielberg to use Pepe.

I mean, the Tunes did make cameos in their show, but they weren't really major players. And I don't think the Warners showed up in any Looney Tunes media.. Unless you really stretch it and include that scrapped cameo they were meant to make in Back in Action.

They're also in Space Jam: A New Legacy, from their classic Warner Tower in the big basketball crowd climax.

Buster and Babs also appeared on Animaniacs 2020 in Suffragette City.

Do people like the new show? After seeing a few episodes, I think its just okay...

Maybe the Looniversity show (or possibly one of the future Looney Tunes shows) will depict Pepe going to therapy.

So I finally watched all of the episodes. Overall, it's a pretty cute show. Admittedly I'm still not entirely sure what the point of making Babs and Buster siblings was, but I'll let it slide. The twins, Plucky and Hamton are still funny, Sweetie becoming an Ascended Extra was very well warranted, and I do like how the original toons have more extended roles in this one.

I am still curious on how they're planning on tackling Elmyra. She hasn't shown up yet.

The original Tiny Toons, had a number of characters we hardly ever saw. Merry Melody and Little Beeper didn't get much play; Sweetie an Li'l Sneezer appeared a bit more often, but still not much. Barky Marky, for instance, hardly ever appeared at all (which led to a joke in one cartoon, the "viewer request" episode, where a viewer asked to see more of Barky Marky, prompting Babs, in the guise of one of Tiny Toons producers, asking "Who's Barky Marky?").

It could be nostalgia talking, but I kind of remember the original show being a little more clever and edgy in its writing.

I mean yeah it was edgier, but I like this show taking a more wholesome approach.

Makes it feel different from the Animaniacs reboot, which was basically just the original show set in modern day but with the same tone.

Here, it's its own continuity and a more heartwarming, Sweet Dreams Fuel type tone.

It just feels weird that the new show is set in a college, and the original show is set in a high school (?). And yet, the old one felt a little more "mature" in its writing.

I doubt that the new version will have the same lasting impression that the original Tiny Toons did.

Mostly because Calamity wasn't as interested in catching Road Runners like his mentor.

The writing was sharp in the original Tiny Toons but I wouldn't say that there was anything "un-wholesome" about it. I don't know that I'd call it's writing "mature" so much as "clever." They still did a lot of the aesop-type plots that were common among cartoons of the era, they just did cleverer interpretations of them.