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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Considering its CreatorBacklash by WB, has not arrived on Creator/HBOMax yet, and the season box sets are difficult to find along with being out of print, you're gonna have a hard time trying to watch this show legally.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Considering its CreatorBacklash by WB, has not arrived on Creator/HBOMax yet, yet (it ''is'' available on the Latin American version, though), and the season box sets are difficult to find along with being have long since been out of print, you're gonna have a hard time trying meaning the only way to watch this show legally.get them is through secondhand sites like [=eBay=]. Thankfully, the entire series is available for purchase on Amazon Prime (in HD to boot!)



** Showrunner Ron Myrick said in an interview that Christian and Yvon Tremblay were very particular about how the show was being run, despite the fact they were only the art directors and not actual showrunners. Highlights include them demanding Warner Bros letting them be as dark as they could get for a Saturday morning block and demanding the show be written for a demographic much older than the average Kids WB viewer:

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** Showrunner Ron Myrick said in an interview that Christian and Yvon Tremblay were very particular about how the show was being run, despite the fact they were only the art directors and not actual showrunners. Highlights include them demanding Warner Bros letting them be as dark as they could get for a Saturday morning block cartoon and demanding the show be written for a demographic much older than the average Kids WB viewer:

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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/KharyPayton, known for voicing heroic/good natured characters like [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 Cyborg]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard Rafiki]], voices General Deuce, a villain.

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Creator/KharyPayton, known for voicing heroic/good natured characters like [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 Cyborg]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard Rafiki]], voices General Deuce, a villain.villain.
** Creator/FlorenceHenderson, best known as Carol Brady from ''Series/TheBradyBunch'', plays the villainous Mallory Mastermind.

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* ActingForTwo: Tech and Slam are both voiced by Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson.

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Tech and Slam are both voiced by Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson.Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson.
** In the French dub, Duck and Slam are both voiced by Creator/EmmanuelGarijo (who later became the French voice of both WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck and Taz following the passing of their previous voice actor Patrick Guillemin in 2011).



* FollowTheLeader: Most egregiously to ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', another animated Warner Bros. property that found popularity with its stylized aesthetic and more free-form interpretations of its older characters.

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* FollowTheLeader: Most egregiously to ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', the 2003 ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'' series, another animated Warner Bros. property that found popularity with its stylized aesthetic and more free-form interpretations of its older characters.



* RecycledScript: [[spoiler: The second season has two episodes, "Secrets of the Guardian Strike Sword" and "In the Pinkster," which both use the premise of [[SixthRangerTraitor hero's friend is actually a traitor]]. '''Three''' if you count "The Heir Up There".]]

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* RecycledScript: [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The second season has two episodes, "Secrets of the Guardian Strike Sword" and "In the Pinkster," which both use the premise of [[SixthRangerTraitor hero's friend is actually a traitor]]. '''Three''' if you count "The Heir Up There".]]



** Mr. Leghorn goes from being voiced by Bill Farmer in "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off" to being voiced by Creator/RobPaulsen in "The Music Villain".
* PlayingAgainstType: Khary Payton, known for voicing heroic/good natured characters like [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 Cyborg]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard Rafiki]], voices General Deuce, a villain.

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** Mr. Leghorn goes from being voiced by Bill Farmer Creator/BillFarmer in "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off" to being voiced by Creator/RobPaulsen in "The Music Villain".
* PlayingAgainstType: Khary Payton, Creator/KharyPayton, known for voicing heroic/good natured characters like [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 Cyborg]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard Rafiki]], voices General Deuce, a villain.



** According to animator Chris Duncan, the show had an absolutely insane production schedule that seriously affected the show's quality.
-->"We had to finish an episode a week and the [=BGs=] were mostly giant city pans. So I finally made a library of stuff we could just plug in. It was nuts."
** Showrunner Ron Myrick said in an interview that Christian and Yvon Tremblay were very particular about how the show was being run, despite the fact they were only the art directors and not actual showrunners. Highlights include them demanding Warner Bros letting them be as dark as they could get for a Saturday morning block and demanding the show be written for a demographic much older than the average Kids WB viewer.
--> "[Warner Bros.] wanted their art, not their vision."

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** According to animator Chris Duncan, the show had an absolutely insane production schedule that seriously affected the show's quality.
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quality:
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had to finish an episode a week and the [=BGs=] were mostly giant city pans. So I finally made a library of stuff we could just plug in. It was nuts."
** Showrunner Ron Myrick said in an interview that Christian and Yvon Tremblay were very particular about how the show was being run, despite the fact they were only the art directors and not actual showrunners. Highlights include them demanding Warner Bros letting them be as dark as they could get for a Saturday morning block and demanding the show be written for a demographic much older than the average Kids WB viewer.
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** Showrunner Ron Myrick said in an interview that Christian and Yvon Tremblay were very particular the show was being run, despite the fact they were only the art directors and not actual showrunners. Highlights include them demanding Warner Bros letting them be as dark as they could get for a Saturday morning block and demanding the show be written for a demographic much older than the average Kids WB viewer.

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** Showrunner Ron Myrick said in an interview that Christian and Yvon Tremblay were very particular about how the show was being run, despite the fact they were only the art directors and not actual showrunners. Highlights include them demanding Warner Bros letting them be as dark as they could get for a Saturday morning block and demanding the show be written for a demographic much older than the average Kids WB viewer.

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* TroubledProduction: According to animator Chris Duncan, the show had an absolutely insane production schedule that seriously affected the show's quality.

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According to animator Chris Duncan, the show had an absolutely insane production schedule that seriously affected the show's quality.



** Showrunner Ron Myrick said in an interview that Christian and Yvon Tremblay were very particular the show was being run, despite the fact they were only the art directors and not actual showrunners. Highlights include them demanding Warner Bros letting them be as dark as they could get for a Saturday morning block and demanding the show be written for a demographic much older than the average Kids WB viewer.
--> "[Warner Bros.] wanted their art, not their vision."



** Ace, Rev, Tech and Slam were originally named Buzz, Roadster, Slick and Spaz respectively.

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** Ace, Rev, Tech and Slam were originally named Buzz, Roadster, Slick and Spaz respectively. Early drafts of scripts also have Rev with the surname of ''Rocket'' instead of ''Runner''.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Considering it's seen as an OldShame by WB, has not arrived on Creator/HBOMax yet, and the season box sets are difficult to find along with being out of print, you're gonna have a hard time trying to watch this show legally.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Considering it's seen as an OldShame its CreatorBacklash by WB, has not arrived on Creator/HBOMax yet, and the season box sets are difficult to find along with being out of print, you're gonna have a hard time trying to watch this show legally.
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* NoExportForYou: This series wasn't broadcasted in Japan. This is especially relevant here because this series was one of the very few ''Franchise/LooneyTunes'' related stuff (including propaganda stuff against the Japanese like ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunnyNipsTheNips'', and very old public domain shorts pre-WWII) which didn't get either dubbed or broadcasted in that country.

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* NoExportForYou: This series wasn't broadcasted broadcast in Japan. This is especially relevant here because this series was one of the very few ''Franchise/LooneyTunes'' related stuff things (including WWII-era anti-Japanese propaganda stuff against the Japanese like ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunnyNipsTheNips'', and very old public domain shorts pre-WWII) which didn't get either dubbed or broadcasted broadcast in that country.

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* ActingForTwo: Tech and Slam are both voiced by Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson.



* CreatorBacklash: [[Creator/WarnerBrosAnimation Warner Bros]] sees the series as a project they would like to forget. Notably, out of all the ''Looney Tunes'' series that aren't licensed out to other networks[[note]]''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' (though they did on Cartoon Network in the very late 90s and early 2000s), or ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' prior to 2020[[/note]] or just installment/anthology series[[note]] ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBugsBunnyRoadRunnerShow The Bugs Bunny Show]]'', ''That's Warner Bros.'', ''The Plucky Duck Show'', ''The Big Cartoonie Show'', etc.[[/note]] this is the only one that Creator/{{Boomerang}} outright '''refuses''' to rerun or add to their streaming service. Well, at least in the United States.
** The only acknowledgements the series gets are negative, as it was given a TakeThat in ''[[WesternAnimation/WabbitALooneyTunesProduction New Looney Tunes]]'', ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', and ''WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020''.
** Sam Register, president of Warner Bros. Animation, once described the show's designs as "a reminder of what not to do."



* OldShame: For [[Creator/WarnerBrosAnimation Warner Bros]]. Out of all the ''Looney Tunes'' series that aren't licensed out to other networks[[note]]''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' (though they did on Cartoon Network in the very late 90s and early 2000s), or ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' prior to 2020[[/note]] or just installment/anthology series[[note]] ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBugsBunnyRoadRunnerShow The Bugs Bunny Show]]'', ''That's Warner Bros.'', ''The Plucky Duck Show'', ''The Big Cartoonie Show'', etc.[[/note]] this is the only one that Creator/CartoonNetwork and Creator/{{Boomerang}} outright '''refuse''' to rerun or add to any streaming service. Well, at least in the United States.
** The only acknowledgements the series gets are negative, as it was given a TakeThat in ''[[WesternAnimation/WabbitALooneyTunesProduction New Looney Tunes]]'', ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', and ''WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020''.
** Sam Register, president of Warner Bros. Animation, once described the show's designs as "a reminder of what not to do."



* TalkingToHimself: Tech and Slam, both being voiced by Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson.
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* RelationshipVoiceActor:
** Jason Marsden (Danger) and Rob Paulsen (Rev) are known for [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears Cavin and Gusto]], [[VideoGame/TakAndThePowerOfJuju Tak and Tlaloc]], [[WesternAnimation/TheMask Skillet and the Mask]] and [[WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie Max and PJ]].
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Considering it's seen as an OldShame by WB, has not arrived on Creator/HBOMax yet, and the season box Sets are difficult to find along with being out of print, you're gonna have a hard time trying to watch this show legally.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Considering it's seen as an OldShame by WB, has not arrived on Creator/HBOMax yet, and the season box Sets sets are difficult to find along with being out of print, you're gonna have a hard time trying to watch this show legally.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Considering it's seen as an OldShame by WB and thus has not arrived on Creator/HBOMax yet and that the Season Box Sets are difficult to find along with being out of print you're gonna have a hard time trying to watch this show legally.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Considering it's seen as an OldShame by WB and thus WB, has not arrived on Creator/HBOMax yet yet, and that the Season Box season box Sets are difficult to find along with being out of print print, you're gonna have a hard time trying to watch this show legally.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Khary Payton, known for voicing heroic/good natured characters like [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Cyborg]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard Rafiki]], voices General Deuce, a villain.

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* PlayingAgainstType: Khary Payton, known for voicing heroic/good natured characters like [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 Cyborg]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard Rafiki]], voices General Deuce, a villain.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Considering it's seen as an OldShame by WB and thus has not arrived on HBO max yet and that the Season Box Sets are difficult to find along with being out of print you're gonna have a hard time trying to watch this show legally.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Considering it's seen as an OldShame by WB and thus has not arrived on HBO max Creator/HBOMax yet and that the Season Box Sets are difficult to find along with being out of print you're gonna have a hard time trying to watch this show legally.
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Loonatics isn’t beloved with a vocal minority of critics. Even if it was, every piece of media has detractors.


* FollowTheLeader: Most egregiously to ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', another animated Warner Bros. property that (though not without its own dissenting vocal minority) found popularity with its stylized aesthetic and more free-form interpretations of its older characters.

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* FollowTheLeader: Most egregiously to ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', another animated Warner Bros. property that (though not without its own dissenting vocal minority) found popularity with its stylized aesthetic and more free-form interpretations of its older characters.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Considering it's seen as an OldShame by WB and thus has not arrived on HBO max yet and that the Season Box Sets are difficult to find along with being out of print you're gonna have a hard time trying to watch this show.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Considering it's seen as an OldShame by WB and thus has not arrived on HBO max yet and that the Season Box Sets are difficult to find along with being out of print you're gonna have a hard time trying to watch this show.show legally.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Considering it's seen as an OldShame by WB and thus has not arrived on HBO max yet and that the Season Box Sets are difficult to find along with being out of print you're gonna have a hard time trying to watch this show.
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** Sam Register, president of Warner Bros. Animation, once described the show's designs as "a reminder of what not to do."


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* WorkingTitle: According to early design sheets, the show was originally just called ''The Loonatics''.
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* FollowTheLeader: Most egregiously to ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', another animated Warner Bros. property that (though not without its own dissenting vocal minority) found popularity with its stylized aesthetic and more free-form interpretations of its older characters.

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* FollowTheLeader: Most egregiously to ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', another animated Warner Bros. property that (though not without its own dissenting vocal minority) found popularity with its stylized aesthetic and more free-form interpretations of its older characters.
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** Jason Marsden (Danger) and Rob Paulsen (Rev) are known for [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears Cavin and Gusto]], [[WesternAnimation/TheMask Skillet and the Mask]] and [[WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie Max and PJ]].

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** Jason Marsden (Danger) and Rob Paulsen (Rev) are known for [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears Cavin and Gusto]], [[VideoGame/TakAndThePowerOfJuju Tak and Tlaloc]], [[WesternAnimation/TheMask Skillet and the Mask]] and [[WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie Max and PJ]].
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* SimilarlyNamedWorks: "A Creep in the Deep" shares a title with an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers''.
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* TroubledProduction: According to animator Chris Duncan, the show had an absolutely insane production schedule that seriously affected the shows quality.

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* TroubledProduction: According to animator Chris Duncan, the show had an absolutely insane production schedule that seriously affected the shows show's quality.
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* OldShame: For [[Creator/WarnerBrosAnimation Warner Bros]]. Out of all the ''Looney Tunes'' series that aren't licensed out to other networks[[note]]''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' (though they did on Cartoon Network in the very late 90s and early 2000s), or ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' prior to 2020[[/note]] or just installment/anthology series[[note]] ''WesternAnimation/TheBugsBunnyRoadRunnerShow'', ''That's Warner Bros.'', ''The Plucky Duck Show'', ''The Big Cartoonie Show'', etc.[[/note]] this is the only one that Creator/CartoonNetwork and Creator/{{Boomerang}} outright '''refuse''' to rerun or add to any streaming service. Well, at least in the United States.

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* OldShame: For [[Creator/WarnerBrosAnimation Warner Bros]]. Out of all the ''Looney Tunes'' series that aren't licensed out to other networks[[note]]''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' (though they did on Cartoon Network in the very late 90s and early 2000s), or ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' prior to 2020[[/note]] or just installment/anthology series[[note]] ''WesternAnimation/TheBugsBunnyRoadRunnerShow'', ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBugsBunnyRoadRunnerShow The Bugs Bunny Show]]'', ''That's Warner Bros.'', ''The Plucky Duck Show'', ''The Big Cartoonie Show'', etc.[[/note]] this is the only one that Creator/CartoonNetwork and Creator/{{Boomerang}} outright '''refuse''' to rerun or add to any streaming service. Well, at least in the United States.

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