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23	[[WMG:[[center:[-''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' '''Trope Examples'''\
24	[[LooneyTunes/TropesAToC A to C]] \| [[LooneyTunes/TropesDToF D to F]] \| [[LooneyTunes/TropesGToI G to I]] \|[[LooneyTunes/TropesJToL J to L]] \| '''M to O''' \| [[LooneyTunes/TropesPToR P to R]] \| [[LooneyTunes/TropesSToU S to U]] \| [[LooneyTunes/TropesVToZ V to Z]]-]]]]]
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27	* MacGuffinBlindness: A classic gag. Say Elmer Fudd is hunting Bugs Bunny. Elmer will often ask Bugs if he's seen a rabbit. Bugs will describe himself to a T, to which Elmer will affirm him, but Bugs will then say [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial "Nope. Haven't seen one"]] and Fudd will buy it.
28	%%* MadeOfIron: Everyone.
29	%%* MadLove: Pepé Le Pew, though there are some examples of this from the Bugs Bunny cartoons.
30	* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: In "WesternAnimation/FromHareToHeir", Yosemite Sam plays the nephew of a king who is desperate for money. Bugs comes by his castle offering him 1 million pounds if he can prove himself a man of mild temper (with penalties deducted from the sum for every time Sam loses his cool). After failing to control his fits of rage, Sam decides the easiest solution is to simply off Bugs and make it look like an accident. Needless to say, he fails in rather spectacular fashion.
31	* {{Malaproper}}: In "Thumb Fun", Daffy says he's going to get Porky slapped with a "habeas corpuscle".
32	** In "Daffy Doodles", he tells Porky to wait till J. Edgar Who's-Its hears about this.
33	** Bugs Bunny in "WesternAnimation/RomanLegionHare" (which for some unknown reason has been left out of Cartoon Network's screenings of the cartoon):
34	-->'''Bugs:''' Like the Romans say, "E Pluribus Uranium!"
35	** In "Porky's Bear Facts":
36	--> '''Porky''': You buttered your bread, now sleep in it.
37	* MauriceChevalierAccent: French characters will always talk with this accent, with Pepe le Pew being the most famous example. The rare French-speaking characters that aren't from France, such as the Canadian Blacque Jacques Shellacque, also speak in a similar accent.
38	%% * MeatOVision
39	* MeanBoss: The Warden from "Big House Bunny" and Merlin the Magic Mouse, the latter of whom actually got physical with his right-hand man, Second Banana in "Shamrock and Roll", [[OutofCharacterMoment which is something he NEVER does]].
40	* MechanicalHorse: Or something along those lines is used briefly in "One More Time".
41	* MediumBlending: "You Ought to Be in Pictures", which superimposed animated Porky and Daffy over live action footage shot on the WB lot.
42	** Four shorts cut to brief live action footage: "WesternAnimation/RabbitEveryMonday" (the party happening inside Yosemite Sam's stove), "Rabbit Hood" (Errol Flynn's cameo using footage from ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood''), "Daffy's Inn Trouble" (the stage show taking place in Porky's inn), and the ending to "The Mouse That Jack Built" (the real Jack Benny waking up from a dream that he was a mouse).
43	** ''WesternAnimation/WhatsCookinDoc'' extensively uses live action footage, though they never mix.
44	* MerchandiseDriven: Some of the theatrical shorts made in the 90s (like "Carrotblanca" and "Superior Duck") contain tons of cameo appearances by characters like Foghorn, Taz, Tweety, and Marvin. This was apparently done so Warner Bros. could sell more limited edition cels of those characters at their Studio Stores.
45	* MetronomicManMashing: The adorable little Chicken Hawk does this to Foghorn Leghorn OnceAnEpisode.
46	* MickeyMousing: So much so that there are musical accents to something as simple as characters blinking. Arguably, though, this is part of the charm of the music.
47	* MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon: Many of their cartoons are dialogue free, or fairly close to it. Some examples:
48	** Any Road Runner short that isn't "Zip Zip Hooray" or "Road Runner a Go-Go" (the only vocal is RR's "beep beep!")
49	** Cat Feud (1958)
50	** Prest-o Change-o (1939), Curious Puppy (1939), Dog Gone Modern (1939), Snow Time For Comedy (1940), Stage Fright (1940) (all starring two dogs. Only vocals in "Dog Gone Modern" are the house welcoming the two dogs.)
51	** Double Chaser (1942)
52	** Good Night Elmer (1940)
53	** High Note (1960)
54	** Holiday For Shoestrings (1946)
55	** Much Ado About Nutting (1953)
56	** Peck Up Your Troubles (1945)
57	** The Bird Came C.O.D. (1942) (only vocal is "Mm-mm")
58	** Baton Bunny (1959)
59	** Rhapsody in Rivets (1941)
60	** Joe Glow the Firefly (1941)- only vocal is "GOOD NIGHT!" at the end.
61	** WesternAnimation/RabbitStewAndRabbitsToo (1969)
62	** No Barking (1954) - save for Tweety's lines at the very end.
63	** Mouse Warming (1952) (for the most part)
64	** Go Fly a Kit (1957) - minus a few lines of dialogue from the two onlookers
65	%% * MinionWithAnFInEvil: "'''SCHULTZ'''!"
66	%%** Also, K-9 could count as this to Marvin.
67	* MindScrew: Some syndicated versions of "The Up-Standing Sitter" inexplicably replaced the 1948 Looney Tunes outro with the "Bugs In Drum" outro from "WesternAnimation/HareTonic" and "Baseball Bugs"... with the 1937 Merrie Melodies closing music rather than the 1941-1946 Looney Tunes closing music (also, Bugs' "And That's The End!" line is muted out). What the hell?
68	%% * MindYourStep
69	* MiningForCookies:
70	** Subverted in "Lumber Jack-Rabbit", Bugs Bunny thinks he found a "carrot mine" and proceeds to dig through. Actually, he stumbled upon Paul Bunyan's garden, and those were just normal-sized carrots to a giant.
71	** At the end of the "Oily Hare" short, a Texas oilman dynamites Bugs Bunny's rabbit hole in hopes of an oil gusher. But instead it ends up ''gushing'' carrots, obviously to Bugs' delight.
72	%% * MinoredInAssKicking: The professor in "By Word of Mouse"
73	* MischievousBodyLanguage: Woe to the villain who provokes Bugs Bunny to his status as KarmicTrickster. He'll give a sly smile, and declare,[[LetsGetDangerous "Of course you know, this means war."]] From that point on, a mischievous set of hijinks will ensue to the offender's detriment.
74	* MirrorRoutine: In "The Prize Pest", Daffy and Porky (dressed in a frightening costume) briefly imitate each other's actions in a doorway.
75	--> '''Daffy''': Suffering catfish! I didn't realize I was ''that'' hideous! (realizes) I'm ''not''! (does a wild take, screams, and runs away)
76	** In "Attack of the Drones", Daffy does one with a replica robot. At the end of it, Daffy gets blasted anyway.
77	* MischiefFace: Woe to the villain who provokes Bugs Bunny to his status as KarmicTrickster. He'll give a sly smile, and declare, [[LetsGetDangerous "Of course you know, this means war."]] From that point on, a mischievous set of hijinks will ensue to the offender's detriment.
78	* MisplacedWildlife: The Chinese roadrunner in "War and Pieces," Playboy the Penguin on "Frigid Hare"
79	* MissingEpisode: While there aren't any shorts missing, many of the original prints containing their original title cards are lost. There's also an ending scene from ''The Stupid Cupid'' that's currently lost.
80	** While a lot of the original title cards were actually recovered through scans of alternate prints, one of the biggest discoveries in the field happened when a user of the Toonzone forums (now known as [[https://animesuperhero.com/forums the Anime Superhero forums]] lucked upon an auction of about a dozen or so late 1930s ''Merrie Melodies'' title cards, which were recovered by none other than ''Creator/TexAvery'' himself after they were cut from the original negatives to make way for the ''Blue Ribbon'' titles. Naturally, they were handed back to Warner Bros. and subsequently reintegrated into the cartoons themselves by making brand new prints for future licencing.
81	* MisterMuffykins: Petunia's dog in "Porky's Romance". The mean-spirited little beasty annoys Porky so much that [[spoiler:he ends the short by kicking it through the closing iris]].
82	* MixAndMatchCritter: The chicken/turtle hybrid from "The Good Egg".
83	* MockyMouse: Foxy was so blatantly a knockoff of WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse that a complaint from Walt Disney himself was what ended his run of animated shorts. He was then replaced with Piggy, who also had a design flagrantly copying that of Mickey Mouse and only starred in two shorts before also being discontinued.
84	* MoodSwinger: A frequent gag.
85	** In "Daffy Duck Hunt", Daffy pretends to be shot and wails "I'm-a goin', Iiiiii'm a goin'..." only to turn chipper: "Goodbye now!" In the same short, he emerges from the freezer dressed in a scarf:
86	--> '''Daffy''': What a trip. What a trip! Blizzard all the way. Snow twenty feet deep, but we had to get the serum through. It was mush, mush, mush all night. ''(grabs Barnyard Dawg and pushes him around the kitchen)'' Come on! Mush! Mush! Mush! Mush! Mush! ''(slams Dawg into the door)'' Suddenly the glacier cracks! There's a roar! Tons of ice! No escape! AAAGGGGHHH!!!!.... How's things been with ''you''?
87	** "Knighty Knight Bugs": When Bugs is informed he must retrieve the singing sword or be executed, he goes from laughing incredulously to crying.
88	** In "Wet Hare", when Bugs's waterfall suddenly runs dry:
89	--> '''Bugs''': Uh-oh, I know, every year the same thing: those pesky little beavers are building a dam. I'll just go up and- ''(scared)'' hey, wait a minute: suppose it ain't the beavers; what if there's just no more water? No more showers! My carrots will shrivel! I'll die of thirst! Water! I'm thirsty already! ''(coughs)'' Water! Water! ''(back to nonchalant)'' Nah, it's gotta be them pesky beavers.
90	* MoodWhiplash: Lampshaded in ''WesternAnimation/WhatsOperaDoc'':
91	-->'''Bugs Bunny:''' Well, what did you expect from an opera? A ''happy'' ending?
92	** "The Looney, Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie" certainly counts- the light-hearted "Hare Trimmed" segment abruptly turns dark when a safe drops on Yosemite Sam, sending him to Hell. [[labelnote:Note]](in the original short, this merely flattens him and there's an additional scene where Bugs and Sam are set to be married, only for Sam to leave Bugs at the altar)[[/labelnote]]
93	* MoodyMount: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBhlQgvHmQ0 Yosemite Sam's camel in "Sahara Hare"]] and his dragon in "Knighty Knight Bugs".
94	-->'''Sam''': "Whoa, dragon, WHOA!!"
95	* {{Motifs}}: Oddly, two shorts from late 1962 (back to back, no less!) featured a caricature of Creator/CharlesLaughton - those being "Good Noose" and "Shishkabugs".
96	* MotionBlur: Speedy, Road Runner, anyone who needed to leave/arrive in a hurry.
97	** In a host segment of ''The Bugs Bunny Show,'' Bugs demonstrates a cartoon "zip" out of and into a scene (complete with vibration to a stop upon entering), the zip-out in regular speed and in slow motion.
98	* MotorMouth: Sniffles the Mouse, at least in his later shorts.
99	** Batty in the Sniffles cartoon "The Brave Little Bat". Afterwards, this quality (and Batty's voice artist) were transferred to Sniffles.
100	** Foghorn Leghorn is a Motor Syrinx.
101	** Long (and deservedly) forgotten Little Blabbermouse (cartoon of the same name and "Shop, Look, And Listen").
102	** Shorty from "Rabbit's Kin". His voice is actually Mel Blanc's normal speaking voice, sped up to a high pitch and really fast speed.
103	* TheMovie: Quite a few, actually:
104	** ''Bugs Bunny Superstar'' (1975), a {{documentary}} narrated by Creator/OrsonWelles and featuring nine '40s cartoons in their entirety along with interviews of Freleng, Avery, and (especially) Clampett.
105	** ''The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie'' (aka '''The Great American Chase'') (1979), the first of several {{Compilation Movie}}s combining footage from vintage shorts with newly-animated bridging material. This one, directed by Chuck Jones and featuring only his cartoons, is "hosted" by Bugs Bunny from his mansion as he expounds on the history of "the chase" in animation.
106	** ''The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie'' (1981), directed by Friz Freleng and only featuring his work. It was broken into three separate stories (one was a remake of "Devil's Feud Cake", one was a crime drama parody, and the final was an awards ceremony), and was the first compilation to build a (more-or-less) coherent storyline by weaving old and new material together.
107	** ''Bugs Bunny's Third Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales'' (1982), directed by Freleng and mostly made of his work, but also featuring material from some Jones shorts. Unlike the previous entry, it consisted of one long story: Daffy and Bugs competing to be the best book salesman but constantly getting sidetracked on the way to their selling locations, with Bugs ending up forced to read stories to Yosimite Sam's bratty son. It was the first of the compilation films to feature Robert [=McKimson=]'s work (a brief clip of "Aqua Duck" is seen towards the end).
108	** ''Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island'' (1983): The [[SarcasmMode fan-favorite]] character combination of Daffy and Speedy also got a movie, built around a parody of ''Series/FantasyIsland''.
109	** ''Daffy Duck's Quackbusters'' (1988), directed by Greg Ford and Terry Lennon, the last of the compilation movies and generally regarded as the best. It had the strongest plot (which was about Daffy opening a ghost-catching/exorcism company with Bugs and Porky) and the animators took care to imitate the old animators so the transition from bridging sequences to the classic cartoons was smoother. It's also the only Looney Tunes film to exclusively use Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn music for the bridging sequences. The rest used new music from a variety of composers.
110	** ''Film/SpaceJam'' (1996): The first fully original Looney Tunes film, [[RogerRabbitEffect combining animation and live action]]. See its entry for more info.
111	** ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction'' (2003): Again, see its entry for more info. Of note, a planned series of new theatrical shorts being developed around this time was cancelled due to this film's lackluster box office performance.
112	** ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'' (2021) is a sequel to the 1996 original.
113	* MovingBuildings: The episode "WesternAnimation/DesignForLeaving" has WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck outfit Elmer Fudd's home with modern gadgets. One of these is an elevator that lowers the second story... which crushes everything in the first story. Also, the BigRedButton that Elmer is warned not to push [[spoiler:lifts the entire house hundreds of feet up in the air, in case of tidal waves. And, Daffy has yet to install the little blue button to bring it back down]].
114	%% * MrImagination: Ralph Phillips, in "From A to Z-Z-Z-Z" and "Boyhood Daze"
115	* MultipleDemographicAppeal: Few series have an absolute all-ages appeal like the Tunes have. To that note, the series was originally meant to entertain moviegoers of all ages (hence all the rowdy humor that flies over the children's heads) but the [[AnimationAgeGhetto stereotype that cartoons are kiddie fare]] made them a popular staple of family entertainment in general. Warner Bros. has been working on releasing new collections every once in a while that feature cartoons that, among others, include those that feature outdated stereotypes and [[WartimeCartoon World War 2 references]] that cannot be understood by anyone not at least 16 years old.
116	* MundaneWish: The genie in "A-Lad in His Lamp" tries to prevent Bugs from making one of these. But Bugs gets so irritated with his constant interruptions of his wishes that he tells the genie to cut it out. Ironically, Bugs ends up wishing for a carrot, which is pretty mundane.
117	* MurderInc: ''WesternAnimation/CoalBlackAndDeSebbenDwarfs'' has a scene of the Queen calling "Murder Inc." to "black out So White." Murder Inc.'s rates for killing people are: $1.00 for killing anyone, 50 cents (half-price) for killing midgets, and, since the cartoon premiered around the time that America was involved in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, free for killing Japs.
118	** The rat-faced Mexican villain from 1938's "My Little Buckaroo" will put anybody on the spot for $2.75. Mothers-in-law: $2.50.
119	* MusicalEpisode: ''Swooner Crooner'', ''Katnip Kollege'', ''WesternAnimation/RabbitOfSeville'', ''WesternAnimation/WhatsOperaDoc'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeLittleBops''.
120	* MustacheVandalism: Many, many times. One example:
121	** "Daffy Doodles" has Porky Pig as a policeman and Daffy Duck as a mustache vandal. When Daffy finally gets arrested and imprisoned at the end of the cartoon, Daffy tearfully repents and promises he'll never draw another mustache... he'll draw beards instead.
122	* MyCard: Wile E. Coyote's "Super Genius" card
123	** Owl Jolson's, too, in "I Love to Singa".
124	** The hotel manager in "Porky Pig's Feat" hands Daffy his card. Daffy punches it into paper dolls.
125	-->'''Daffy:''' You've had your coffee ration for this week, Robespierre!"
126	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone?: Elmer Fudd's reaction whenever he ''thinks'' he's finally killed Bugs. No matter how hard he's been trying throughout the episode to shoot Bugs he always breaks down in tears when he thinks he's finally done it, calling himself a murderer. Which calls into question why he's a hunter in the first place.
127	** The dog in ''Hare Ribbin''' (1944) goes through similar contrition after taking a bite out of the rigged Rabbit Sandwich. When he wails "I wish I were dead!", Bugs hands him a gun and he blows his brains out, only to rise, stop the iris out and say "This shouldn't happen to a dog!" (Clampett's director's cut of the cartoon has Bugs shoving the gun in the dog's mouth and pulling the trigger.)
128	** Another example done by Elmer in the end of WesternAnimation/WhatsOperaDoc.
129	* MythologyGag: The name of the high-rise building in which Porky lives in ''Porky's Pooch'' (1941): Termite Terrace. (Of note, all the backgrounds in the cartoon are live-action photographs.)
130	%%* NakedPeopleAreFunny: The ending of [[WesternAnimation/AllThisAndRabbitStew "All This And Rabbit Stew"]].
131	* NameDrop: This exchange from the Bugs Bunny cartoon ''French Rarebit'' (1951):
132	-->'''Bugs:''' Of course if you ''really'' want something good, you can't beat a good old Louisiana back bay bayou bunny bordelaise...à la Antoine.
133	-->'''Chef Francoise:''' À la Antoine?! You mean ''ze'' Antoine of New Orleans??
134	-->'''Bugs:''' I don't mean Antoine o' Flatbush!
135	** Antoine's actually exists in New Orleans. It's at 713 St. Louis St. and has been in business since 1840.
136	* NeckLift: Bruno the bear does it to WesternAnimation/BugsBunny in "Big Top Bunny". So does Gossamer (aka "Rudolph") in ''WesternAnimation/HairRaisingHare.''
137	* NeedleworkIsForOldPeople: Granny knits a lot, which leads to her either being too distracted by her knitting to notice Sylvester's attempts to catch Tweety or noticing and hitting him on the head with her needle.
138	* NegativeContinuity: Completely. In many series, characters meet each other for the first time in every cartoon, and any "facts" given about a character in one cartoon (like Elmer being a vegetarian in "Rabbit Fire") are for that cartoon only and aren't intended to carry over into subsequent installments.
139	* NeverWakeUpASleepwalker: One short involved a Fox disguising itself as a Guard Dog using this trope to smuggle chickens out, counting on the real Guard Dog's fear of causing him to his advantage.
140	** Another, "The Unbearable Bear" featuring Sniffles the Mouse, involves a policeman chasing a burglar in his own home, but both parties trying to stay quiet because the policeman's wife is sleepwalking. Though it's more because they're both afraid of what she'll do to them if she wakes up.
141	* NewJobAsThePlotDemands:
142	** Porky frequently switches jobs, as does Daffy.
143	** Also, this is partially Yosemite Sam's whole schtick. While he started out as a Western outlaw, he later became whatever antagonist the short needed (but always kept his tiny bandit mask).
144	*** Pirate - ''WesternAnimation/BuccaneerBunny'', ''Mutiny on the Bunny'', ''Captain Hareblower''
145	*** Confederate soldier - ''Southern Fried Rabbit''
146	*** Prison guard - ''Big House Bunny''
147	*** Enemy knight - ''WesternAnimation/KnightyKnightBugs''
148	*** Alien invader - ''WesternAnimation/LighterThanHare''
149	*** Viking - ''Prince Violent''
150	*** Bedouin - ''Sahara Hare''
151	*** Roman Centurion - ''Roman Legion-Hare''
152	*** Claim jumper - ''14 Carrot Rabbit''
153	*** Hessian mercenary - ''Bunker Hill Bunny''
154	*** Rival mountain climber - ''Pikers Peak''
155	*** Castaway - ''Rabbitson Crusoe''
156	*** Political campaigner - ''Ballot Box Bunny''
157	*** Sultan - ''Hare-abian Nights''
158	*** Indian leader - ''Horse Hare''
159	*** Duke - ''From Hare To Heir''
160	*** King's cook - ''Shishkabugs''
161	*** WWI German Pilot - ''Dumb Patrol''
162	%% * NewspaperDating: Elmer in "The Old, Gray Hare"
163	* NoCanOpener:
164	** "WesternAnimation/CannedFeud": Sylvester is left in the house while his owners are away. There is plenty of canned tuna, but only one can opener, and the mouse has it. Hijinks ensue. Sylvester eventually gets the can opener but finds out the cupboard door is locked and [[HereWeGoAgain the mouse has the key]].
165	** "WesternAnimation/MobyDuck": WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck and WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales get stuck on an island. Daffy finds a crate full of food and wants to keep it all to himself but the food is canned and Speedy is the only one with a can opener. Speedy eventually gives the opener in spite of [[UngratefulBastard Daffy's]] refusal to share the food and Daffy learns, to his dismay, that a high tide makes it necessary to swim towards the food. Ducks can swim but the water is shark-infested.
166	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Some RealLife [[BigBad Big Bads]] were humiliated -- particularly around World War II, when all of their cartoons had the characters fighting against UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, Joseph Goebbels and his Nazi regime or Japanese soldiers, like in ''WesternAnimation/TokioJokio'' and ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunnyNipsTheNips''. In a more friendly fashion, Hollywood celebrities such as Creator/HumphreyBogart, Music/FrankSinatra, and Creator/AlJolson were often lightly mocked.
167	** Prior to Creator/AbbottAndCostello being caricatured as cats (later mice) as "Babbitt & Catstello," Creator/LaurelAndHardy were caricatured as crows in pursuit of a grasshopper in ''A Hop, Skip And A Chump.''
168	** Music/BingCrosby tried to stop release of "Bingo Crosbyana" (1936, Freleng) because it depicted him as a vainglorious cowardly fly.
169	** Friz Freleng is caricatured as the astronomer who loses his mind after seeing what he saw in his telescope in ''The Hasty Hare.''
170	** The Gremlins in Bob Clampett's ''WesternAnimation/RussianRhapsody'' are caricatures of Warner cartoon staffers.
171	** The tour guide character in "Little Blabbermouse" and "Shop Look and Listen" is a caricature of Creator/WCFields.
172	** The two castaways in "Waikiki Wabbit" (1943) were caricatures of animator Ken Harris and storyman Michael Maltese. The two even furnished the voices to their cartoon counterparts.
173	** Jackie Gleason and Art Carney, as their Series/TheHoneymooners characters Ralph Cramden and Ed Norton, were caricatured as hobos in ''Half Fare Hare''. In fact, they Honeymooners cast were caricatured as mice in Bob [=McKimson=]'s three Honeymousers cartoons ("The Honeymousers," "Cheese It--The Cat" and "Mice Follies").
174	** "People Are Bunny" has a caricature of Art Linkletter, then the host of the NBC game show ''People Are Funny'' and CBS's ''Art Linkletter's House Party''. Here he's called Art Lamplighter.
175	** "Person to Bunny" had Edward R. Burrows, a parody of famous journalist [[Film/GoodNightAndGoodLuck Edward R. Murrow]].
176	** {{Lorre Lookalike}}s were a common staple of many classic shorts, such as the MadScientist in "WesternAnimation/HairRaisingHare", but in 2017, Creator/PeterLorre's estate [[ScrewedByTheLawyers filed a cease and desist against Warner Bros.]] to stop them from using Lorre's likeness in any future works.
177	* NoEnding: Quite common - a lot of the shorts were just abruptly cut in the middle of the action.
178	** In the case of "The Heckling Hare" it was ExecutiveMeddling.
179	** In ''Hare-Um Scare-Um'' (1939), hunter John Sourpuss tells proto-Bugs Bunny that "I can whip you and your whole family!" A bunch of bunnies arrive to take him up on the challenge—then the film cuts off. In the original ending, the looney rabbits beat Sourpuss up on-camera, eventually driving him looney himself. Though no hard evidence has been found, it's often speculated that the scene was deleted for being too similar to the ending of ''Daffy Duck And Egghead'' one year prior. The footage has been restored to the cartoon for Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2.
180	** "Ride Him, Bosko!" is probably the standout example; [[BreakingtheFourthWall the animators]] just [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere up and leave]] without showing if Bosko rescues Honey or not.
181	* NoFourthWall: ''Every single'' cartoon breaks the fourth wall at last once. WesternAnimation/DuckAmuck is one of the most famous and insane examples ever made.
182	* NoGuyWantsToBeChased: Is used quite often whenever a female AbhorrentAdmirer goes after one of the male characters. Was also used in three Pepé Le Pew cartoons (1949's "For Scent-imental Reasons," 1952's "Little Beau Pepé ," and 1959's "Really Scent"), proving to modern audiences that, yeah, Pepé may be seen as a "rapist," but he's not a KarmaHoudini (in those instances at least).
183	* NoMoreForMe: In "Who's Kitten Who?", Hippety Hopper hops by a man on the sidewalk. The man immediately drops a bottle of alcohol from his pocket and nervously walks away.
184	** When a shrunk-to-the-size-of-a-mouse Gossamer in "Water, Water Every Hare" enters a mousehole, kicks the mouse out and puts up a sign that says "I quit!," the mouse drops a bottle of booze and says "I quit, too!"
185	** Lampshaded by Daffy in "Rabbit Seasoning" after he pokes out of the hole he and Bugs are hiding in and Elmer blasts him:
186	-->'''Bugs:''' You go up and act as a decoy and lure him away.\
187	'''Daffy:''' (''dazed'') No more for me, thankth! I'm drivin'!\
188	'''Bugs:''' Ah well, like they say, never send a duck to do a rabbit's job.
189	** In ''WesternAnimation/HoboBobo'', a baby elephant named Bobo wants to go to America, but can't sneak onto the boat. A myna birds suggests he paint himself pink, as no one will admit to seeing a pink elephant. Sure enough, Bobo is persistently ignored, complete with drink pouring, which becomes a problem when he tries to get help in joining the circus.
190	* NonIndicativeTitle: "The Astroduck" suggests a cartoon set in outer space, and in fact the title card shows a house floating through space. In reality, the whole cartoon is set on Earth as usual; the title only comes from the last gag when Daffy blows his summer home into space (while still inside it) in an attempt to get rid of Speedy.
191	--> '''Speedy''': Well whaddya know! We got a new [[TitleDrop astro-Duck]]!
192	** "Hare Brush" has nothing to do with painting or art as the title would suggest; instead it's a cartoon about Elmer Fudd pretending to be a rabbit (and vice versa with Bugs).
193	** "Hare Force" has nothing to do with the air force or the military in general; it's your basic "see which animal can stay in the house" cartoon.
194	* NoOSHACompliance: Ralph is a wolf who's job is to eat sheep. Sam is a guard dog, whose job is to prevent Ralph from eating sheep. They both use the same punch clock, but the activities usually involve Ralph being injured at the end of the shift.
195	* NonMammalMammaries: Hatta Mari in "Plane Daffy"
196	* NonSequiturThud: Lots of them, some of which are the funniest and most memorable lines in the shorts. Daffy seems to be the most common victim.
197	--> '''Daffy''': And the lights went out, all over the world! ("Stupor Duck")\
198	'''Daffy''': Starkle starkle, little twink, up above the skating rink! ("Swing Ding Amigo")\
199	'''Daffy''': No more for me, thanks! I'm drivin'! (Rabbit Fire)
200	** Visual non-sequiturs: The penguin trio of "The Penguin Parade" (1938) stop their song midway to make grotesque faces at us; Bugs making a fruit salad on Elmer's head in ''WesternAnimation/RabbitOfSeville''.
201	* NoSympathy: In "Greedy for Tweety":
202	--> '''Nurse Granny''': And how's the doggie's limb this morning? ''(Granny pats Hector's leg, who emits a pained groan)'' Oh, still tender, eh? Well, maybe that'll teach you to stop chasing the pussycat. ''(to Sylvester)'' And how's the... pussyfoot today? ''(pats Sylvester's leg, who also groans)'' Oh, still sensitive? Well, maybe now you'll leave that little birdie alone. I hope this teaches both of you a lesson.
203	** In ''The Heckling Hare'', Bugs says Willoughby had it coming that he fell off a cliff, saying he should've watched his step. [[HypocriticalHumor Only to do the same immediately afterwards.]]
204	* NotRareOverThere: In "The Bee-deviled Bruin", Papa Bear nearly gets himself killed trying to get honey from a hive in a tree outside his home. Eventually, he gives up and asks for a bottle of ketchup. Mama Bear goes to get it... from a cupboard filled to the brim with jars of honey.
205	* NotSoRemote: In "Big House Bunny," Sam Schultz eagerly digs his way out of his cell and up into what appears to be a lush jungle. In fact, it's the collection of potted plants house in the Warden's office.
206	* ObviousStuntDouble: Used in the short "A Star is Bored", where Daffy is Bugs' stunt double for any dangerous scene. He's dressed in a rabbit outfit but you can still see his duck face.
207	* OddReactionOut: In "To Duck or Not to Duck", Elmer Fudd is pitted against Daffy Duck in a wrestling match. When Fudd comes on, the audience boos, except for his dog, who says, "Hooray!". When Daffy comes on, the audience cheers, except the dog, who boos. Both times lead to the rest of the audience throwing things at him.
208	* OffscreenTeleportation:
209	** The minah bird is a master of this.
210	** In "Holiday Highlughts", a graduate is seen leaving college and walking towards a line of people waiting for their turn to buy bread. The character ahead of him is the same one who had just handed him his diploma.
211	* OhCrap: Wile E. Coyote, Private Snafu, Ralph Wolf, and ThoseWackyNazis do this a lot. Even Bugs Bunny gets a few every now and then.
212	* OneShotCharacter: Many, many examples. In fact, Merrie Melodies started as a revolving door of one-shot cartoons and non-recurring characters. Here are just some examples:
213	** WesternAnimation/ILoveToSinga
214	** WesternAnimation/PageMissGlory
215	** Meatless Flyday (featuring a slap-happy spider trying catch a fly)
216	** Fresh Airedale
217	** The Foxy Duckling
218	** A Hick, a Slick, and a Chick
219	** WesternAnimation/LongHairedHare (Giovanni Jones was only seen once)
220	** WesternAnimation/ChowHound
221	** Bone Sweet Bone
222	** Corn Plastered
223	** Early to Bet (The Gambling Bug was only seen once)
224	** WesternAnimation/SleepyTimePossum
225	** Rabbit's Kin (Pete Puma was only seen once in the original LT shorts)
226	** WesternAnimation/MuchAdoAboutNutting
227	** WesternAnimation/WildWife
228	** WesternAnimation/TheOilyAmerican
229	** WesternAnimation/GooGooGoliath (though this used the drunk stork from other shorts)
230	** WesternAnimation/PizzicatoPussycat
231	** WesternAnimation/TheHoleIdea
232	** WesternAnimation/OneFroggyEvening (until it got a sequel in 1995)
233	** Mixed Master
234	** WesternAnimation/RocketByeBaby
235	** WesternAnimation/TheThreeLittleBops
236	** A Waggily Tale
237	** WesternAnimation/ToItchHisOwn
238	** WesternAnimation/MousePlacedKitten
239	** The Mouse That Jack Built is sort of this, as it stars radio personality Jack Benny as a mouse. He also appeared (as "Jack Bunny") in Malibu Beach Party
240	** High Note
241	** The Mouse on 57th Street
242	** WesternAnimation/NellysFolly
243	** WesternAnimation/MartianThroughGeorgia
244	** I Was a Teenage Thumb
245	** WesternAnimation/NowHearThis
246	** WesternAnimation/Transylvania65000 (Count Bloodcount only appeared once in the Golden Age LT shorts)
247	** WesternAnimation/BartholomewVersusTheWheel
248	** WesternAnimation/SenorellaAndTheGlassHuarache
249	** WesternAnimation/NormanNormal1968
250	** Flying Circus
251	** Chimp and Zee
252	** WesternAnimation/RabbitStewAndRabbitsToo (intended to be a series)
253	* OneSteveLimit:
254	** Some Ralphs: junior daydreamer Ralph Phillips, Ralph Wolf (from the Sheepdog-Wolf series), Ralph Crumden (from the "Honeymousers" series).
255	** A pair of Kit Kat Clubs: the DenOfIniquity from "Tin Pan Alley Cats" and the nightclub a cat disguises himself as in "The Mouse That Jack Built."
256	** There are two Eggheads: The Elmer Fudd prototype with the bulbous nose and goofy voice created by Creator/TexAvery, and the little chick who Foghorn Leghorn tries to befriend to impress Miss Prissy created by Creator/RobertMcKimson. The latter, however, will later be renamed "Eggbert".
257	** Besides Yosemite Sam, there's also a cat named Sam featured in ''Trick or Tweet'' and ''Mouse and Garden'', and Sam Sheepdog.
258	** There are multiple Claudes as well: There's Claude Cat, the nervous cat who is usually tormented by Hubie and Bertie, Claude Hopper, the arrogant boxer kangaroo from "Hop and Go", and Claude the gangster from the 1968 "Bunny and Claude" duology. There's also another Claude who you might know - in one short, it's revealed to be the Tasmanian Devil's first name.
259	** There were also two [[ADogNamedDog pig characters named "Piggy"]] who only appeared in two shorts each: the replacement for Foxy after Creator/WaltDisney threatened to sue Creator/HarmanAndIsing, and the gluttonous pig from some of Creator/FrizFreleng’s earlier shorts, most notably "WesternAnimation/PigsIsPigs1937".
260	* OnlyOneFindsItFun: In "To Duck...Or Not To Duck," Elmer Fudd fights Daffy Duck in a boxing ring and everyone boos except for his dog, who shouts, "Hooray!".
261	* OpenSesame: "Uh... open... sarsaparilla? Open Saskatchewan?"
262	** Also, "Abracadabra," and "Hocus Pocus," which transformed one of Bugs' villains (vampire Count Bloodcount, from 1963's ''Transylvania 6-5000'') into and out of his bat form, respectively. Bugs eventually found great joy in torturing the vampire with such linguistic madness as 'Abraca-pocus' and 'Hocus-cadabra', which caused the villain to transform into a half-bat, a half-man and various other combinations. "Newport News" turned him into Witch Hazel (Bugs: "Oh, brudder... I can do better than that!"), and "Walla Walla Washington" turned him into a two-headed vulture.
263	* OrigamiGag:
264	** In "WesternAnimation/MouseWreckers", Claude Cat is being [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslighted]] by mice Hubie and Bertie. He goes to a book on psychological disorders and says, "Here it is, the very page!"... then tears out the page and folds it into a [[NapoleonDelusion Napoleon hat]].
265	** In "WesternAnimation/PorkyPigsFeat", the hotel manager hands Daffy [[MyCard his card]]. Daffy responds by taking out a hole puncher and using it to make a paper doll chain out of the card.
266	* OrMyNameIsnt: Subverted in "To Duck or Not to Duck": "There's something awfully screwy about this, or my name isn't Laddimore... and it isn't."
267	** Yosemite Sam does this several times as well, such as in "Mutiny on the Bunny" ("I'm-a sailin' with the tide, or my name ain't Shanghai Sam... and it is.") and in "Big House Bunny" ("You'll do fifty years, or my name ain't Sam Schultz!").
268	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Count Bloodcount in ''Transylvania 6-5000''.
269	* OutGambitted: Daffy, Elmer, and Yosemite Sam always get caught in this trope.
270	* OutlawCouple: Bunny and Claude
271	* OverlyLongGag: "Naughty But Mice": Sniffles repeatedly telling the electric shaver to stay put while he got the medicine. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that Sniffles was drunk.
272	* OverlyLongName: "A Taste of Catnip" features Dr. Manuel Jose Olvera Sebastian Rudolfo Ortiz Pancho Jiminez Perez III.
273	* OverlyPolitePals: Mac and Tosh, the Goofy Gophers.

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