Baby Looney Tunes
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Baby Looney Tunes is a Canadian-American animated television series that shows Looney Tunes
characters as toddler
s. It was produced by Warner Bros. Animation
.
The show premiered on WB stations usually before or after the Kids' WB! block on September 7, 2002. The show is similar to Muppet Babies
, with the main characters taken care of by Granny
.
Throughout the first Season until episode 18 the babies wore diapers except for Taz and Tweety (but he was revealed diapered in a flashback in "The Littlest Tweety"). After that the babies wore nothing at all except Petunia who wore a pair of yellow frilled panties (Or rubber pants.).
The show has also featured toddler versions of Baby Porky
, Baby Elmer
, Baby Sam
(as well as in "A Mid-Autumn Night's Scream", where Bugs dresses up as Sam for Halloween), Baby Gossamer
, Baby Michigan
(in one episode Sylvester hits a golden statue of him), Baby Wile E. & Road Runner
, Baby Foghorn and Puppy Barnyard
, Baby Pepé
, Baby Duck Dodgers
(in one episode Daffy dresses up as Dodgers for Halloween, which was "A Mid-Autumn Night's Scream"), Baby Marvin, Puppy K-9
, and Baby Instant Martians
(in same episode as Baby Duck Dodgers), usually during musical sequences between stories and in some episodes. Baby Speedy
and Kitten Penelope
never appeared in the show.
Britt McKillip
, the voice for Baby Lola, was the only child actress; she began the role at the age of 11. The other cast members were adults.
June Foray
, the voice for Granny, was the only American actress, while everyone else is Canadian.
Daytime Emmy (Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition) in 2006. They also composed the score for the Easter special, "Eggs-traordinary Adventure", writing the music and lyrics for the featured songs.
has released 32 of the 54 episodes of Baby Looney Tunes plus a DVD of the only Baby Looney Tunes movie: Eggs-traordinary Adventure
Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and was Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. Since its first official release, 1930's Sinkin' in the Bathtub, the series has become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television...
characters as toddler
Toddler
A toddler is a young child, usually defined as being between the ages of one and three. Registered nurse, midwife and author, Robin Barker, states 'Any time from eight months onwards your baby will begin to realise he is a separate person from you...
s. It was produced by Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Bros. Animation is the animation division of Warner Bros., a subsidiary of Time Warner. The studio is closely associated with the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters, among others. The studio is the successor to Warner Bros...
.
The show premiered on WB stations usually before or after the Kids' WB! block on September 7, 2002. The show is similar to Muppet Babies
Muppet Babies
Jim Henson's Muppet Babies is an American animated television series that aired from September 15, 1984 to November 2, 1991 on CBS. The show portrayed childhood versions of the Muppets living together in a large nursery in the care of a human woman called Nanny...
, with the main characters taken care of by Granny
Granny (Looney Tunes)
Granny is a co-star of many Sylvester the Cat and Tweety Bird animated shorts throughout the 1950s and 1960s, is a Looney Tunes character that was created by Tex Avery. She is the owner of Tweety . Granny's voice was first provided by Bea Benaderet from 1937 through 1953...
.
Characters
The main characters are:- Baby BugsBugs BunnyBugs Bunny is a animated character created in 1938 at Leon Schlesinger Productions, later Warner Bros. Cartoons. Bugs is an anthropomorphic gray rabbit and is famous for his flippant, insouciant personality and his portrayal as a trickster. He has primarily appeared in animated cartoons, most...
- He is indicated to be the oldest of the babies, which validates him as the leader. His leadership however does tend to cause dispute, especially with Lola and most especially Daffy. - Baby LolaLola BunnyLola Bunny is a cartoon character from Warner Bros. Studios. She is an anthropomorphic rabbit and has been established as having a romantic involvement with Bugs Bunny, as well as being his main love interest and girlfriend.-Space Jam:...
- She is second in the lead after Bugs but sometimes she takes charge. Her independence is greater than the others and she has more boyish tendencies than the other girls. - Baby DaffyDaffy DuckDaffy Duck is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, often running the gamut between being the best friend and sometimes arch-rival of Bugs Bunny...
- Often he is self indulgent and always wants his personal gain. When problems arise, he believes it is himself who is treated unfairly, not noticing the inconvience inflicted on the others. Half the time, he does show and mean good intent. - Baby MelissaMelissa DuckMelissa Duck is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons and the animated television series Baby Looney Tunes...
- She often sticks with Petunia. She is a highly ambitious and thoughtful sort with a good nature, but at times she can be a control freak and get on the others nerves. - Baby PetuniaPetunia PigPetunia Pig is an animated cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros. She looks much like her significant other, Porky Pig, except that she wears a dress and now has braided black hair, although the character did not originally have...
- She often sticks with Melissa. She is smarter than the other babies with insatiable curiosity. - Baby TazTasmanian Devil (Looney Tunes)The Tasmanian Devil, often referred to as Taz, is an animated cartoon character featured in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes series of cartoons. The character appeared in only five shorts before Warner Bros...
- As much as Taz is well behaved, he often mistakes various objects for food and sometimes breaks things with his spin. He has a sense of fun which exceeds all the others and he is prone to being a cry baby. - Baby TweetyTweetyTweety Bird is a fictional Yellow Canary in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated cartoons. The name "Tweety" is a play on words, as it originally meant "sweetie", along with "tweet" being a typical English onomatopoeia for the sounds of birds...
- The youngest and the smallest of the gang. Depicted as the brainstormer, because he comes up with ideas when the others are fresh out of them. He is very sensitive about his small frame (which he must overcome in most episodes centered around him) and curious about what he encounters. - Baby SylvesterSylvester (Looney Tunes)Sylvester J. Pussycat, Sr., Sylvester the Cat or simply Sylvester, is a fictional character, a three-time Academy Award-winning anthropomorphic Tuxedo cat in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies repertory, often chasing Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales, or Hippety Hopper...
- At times he is shy and hesitant and he makes an easy target for Daffy to hoax and trade with. He is rarely seen using his claws. He likes to get attention from Granny more than the others. - GrannyGranny (Looney Tunes)Granny is a co-star of many Sylvester the Cat and Tweety Bird animated shorts throughout the 1950s and 1960s, is a Looney Tunes character that was created by Tex Avery. She is the owner of Tweety . Granny's voice was first provided by Bea Benaderet from 1937 through 1953...
- She offers professional love and care for the babies to keep them happy. The babies are fascinated and touched by her wisdom and her ability to overcome problems when they arise. - Floyd Minton - Granny's nephew. Sometimes he is overwhelmed by the responsibility he takes on the babies but he is determined never to let Granny down. He often keeps an eye on one of the individual babies in each episode during Season 2.
Throughout the first Season until episode 18 the babies wore diapers except for Taz and Tweety (but he was revealed diapered in a flashback in "The Littlest Tweety"). After that the babies wore nothing at all except Petunia who wore a pair of yellow frilled panties (Or rubber pants.).
The show has also featured toddler versions of Baby Porky
Porky Pig
Porky Pig is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He was the first character created by the studio to draw audiences based on his star power, and the animators created many critically acclaimed shorts using the fat little pig...
, Baby Elmer
Elmer Fudd
Elmer J. Fudd/Egghead is a fictional cartoon character and one of the most famous Looney Tunes characters, and the de facto archenemy of Bugs Bunny. He has one of the more disputed origins in the Warner Bros. cartoon pantheon . His aim is to hunt Bugs, but he usually ends up seriously injuring...
, Baby Sam
Yosemite Sam
Yosemite Sam is an American animated cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The name is somewhat alliterative and is inspired by Yosemite National Park...
(as well as in "A Mid-Autumn Night's Scream", where Bugs dresses up as Sam for Halloween), Baby Gossamer
Gossamer (Looney Tunes)
Gossamer is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. The character is a hairy, red monster. His rectangular body is perched on two giant tennis shoes, and his heart-shaped face is composed of only two oval eyes and a wide mouth, with...
, Baby Michigan
Michigan J. Frog
Michigan J. Frog is an animated cartoon character who debuted in the Looney Tunes cartoon One Froggy Evening , written by Michael Maltese and directed by Chuck Jones...
(in one episode Sylvester hits a golden statue of him), Baby Wile E. & Road Runner
Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner
Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner are a duo of cartoon characters from a series of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. The characters were created by animation director Chuck Jones in 1948 for Warner Bros., while the template for their adventures was the work of writer Michael Maltese...
, Baby Foghorn and Puppy Barnyard
Barnyard Dawg
Barnyard Dawg is a Looney Tunes character. An adult anthropomorphic basset hound, he is the archenemy of Foghorn Leghorn. He was created by Robert McKimson, who also created Foghorn and was voiced by Mel Blanc...
, Baby Pepé
Pepé Le Pew
Pepé Le Pew is a fictional character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, first introduced in 1945. A French skunk that always strolls around in Paris in the springtime, when everyone's thoughts are of "love", Pepé is constantly seeking "l'amour" of his own...
, Baby Duck Dodgers
Duck Dodgers
Duck Edgar Dumas Aloysius Eoghain Dodgers is the metafictional star of a series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. He is actually the famous cartoon star Daffy Duck, cast in the role of an intergalactic future hero....
(in one episode Daffy dresses up as Dodgers for Halloween, which was "A Mid-Autumn Night's Scream"), Baby Marvin, Puppy K-9
K-9 (Looney Tunes)
K-9 is a green cartoon Martian dog in the Warner Brother's Looney Tunes series of animated shorts. He is closely associated with Marvin the Martian as K-9 is Marvin's pet dog and sidekick in some Looney Tunes productions.-History:...
, and Baby Instant Martians
Hare-Way to the Stars
Hare-Way to the Stars is a 1957 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short, starring Bugs Bunny, and released on March 29, 1958.-Plot:...
(in same episode as Baby Duck Dodgers), usually during musical sequences between stories and in some episodes. Baby Speedy
Speedy Gonzales
Speedy Gonzales is an animated caricature of a mouse in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He is portrayed as "The Fastest Mouse in all Mexico" with his major traits being the ability to run extremely fast and speaking with an exaggerated Mexican accent...
and Kitten Penelope
Penelope Pussycat
Penelope Pussycat is a fictional character, an anthropomorphic cat featured in the Warner Bros. classic Looney Tunes animated shorts. Though typically a non-speaker, her "meows" and "purrs" were most often provided by Mel Blanc using a feminine voice. In the 1959 short "Really Scent", she was...
never appeared in the show.
Britt McKillip
Britt McKillip
Brittney "Britt" McKillip is a Canadian actress and musician best known for her role in the movie Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular and its sequel Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy as Hannah Marie, and for her role as Reggie Lass in the cable series Dead Like Me, the film Dead Like Me:...
, the voice for Baby Lola, was the only child actress; she began the role at the age of 11. The other cast members were adults.
June Foray
June Foray
June Foray is an American voice actress, best known as the voice of many animated characters...
, the voice for Granny, was the only American actress, while everyone else is Canadian.
Music
Underscoring for the series was written by veteran animation composers Steven Bernstein and Julie Bernstein. They were nominated for aDaytime Emmy (Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition) in 2006. They also composed the score for the Easter special, "Eggs-traordinary Adventure", writing the music and lyrics for the featured songs.
DVD releases
Warner Home VideoWarner Home Video
Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., itself part of Time Warner. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video . The company launched in the United States with twenty films on VHS and Betamax videocassettes in late 1979...
has released 32 of the 54 episodes of Baby Looney Tunes plus a DVD of the only Baby Looney Tunes movie: Eggs-traordinary Adventure
| DVD Name | Ep # | Release Date | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eggs-traordinary Adventure | 3 | Easter Easter Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday... 2004 |
Special features: 2 bonus episodes, 2 music videos, Granny's Activity Day Challenge |
| Volume 1: Playday Pals | 4 | March 7, 2006 | Special feature: Menu Challenge: Baby Trivia |
| Volume 2: Let's Play Pretend | 4 | March 7, 2006 | Special feature: Menu Challenge: What's That Sound? |
| Volume 3: Puddle Olympics | 8 | March 13, 2007 | None |
| Volume 4: Tooth Fairy Tales | 8 | August 14, 2007 | None |
External links
- DVD review of Baby Looney Tunes Volume Three: Puddle Olympics and production notes