Looney Puffs

Looney Puffs
Television show information
Genre	Comedy Slapstick Adventure Satire
Created by	Lauren Faust
Based on	Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies
Developed by	Spike Brandt Tony Cervone Genndy Tartakovsky
Written by	Amy Keating Rogers Lauren Faust Carey Yost Rob Renzetti Charlie Bean Justin Thompson Nate Cash Brian Larsen Craig Lewis Paul Stec Cindy Morrow Clayton Morrow Paul Rudish Spike Brandt Tony Cervone Chris Savino Michael Ryan Darrell Van Citters Earl Kress Tom Sheppard Chris Reccardi
Directed by	Lauren Faust Randy Myers Brian Larsen Chris Savino Robert Alvarez John McIntyre Genndy Tartakovsky Rob Renzetti Paul McEvoy Brian Sheesly
Voices of	Joe Alaskey Tara Strong Tom Kenny Maurice LaMarche Jim Cummings Jeff Bennett Bill Farmer Rob Paulsen Carlos Alazraqui Tom Kane
Narrated by	Joe Alaskey ("A Looney Puffs Christmas")
Theme music composer	James L. Venable
Opening theme	"This is It" by Joe Alaskey (season 1) "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" (seasons 2‒5)
Composer(s)	James L. Venable Jennifer Kes Remington
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	76 (whole) 222 (segments) (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Sander Schwartz Lauren Faust
Producer(s)	Chris Savino
Running time	22 minutes (6 minutes per segment)
Production company(s)	Cartoon Network Studios Warner Bros. Animation
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Broadcast
Original network	Cartoon Network
Picture format	480i (4:3 SDTV) (Season 1-2) 1080i (16:9 HDTV) (Season 3-5)
Original release	May 13, 2002 ‒ January 16, 2006

Looney Puffs is an American animated television series created by Lauren Faust for Cartoon Network, based on the legendary Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies short film series. It is one of the programs shown on Cartoon Network's Cartoon Cartoons block, and is the only Cartoon Cartoons show to be a Looney Tunes property. It is also the only Looney Tunes series to be produced by Cartoon Network Studios. As the title suggests, the series stars PPG-ified versions of the Looney Tunes characters.

All episodes were directed by Lauren Faust, usually in collaboration with other directors who previously worked on The Powerpuff Girls.

The series premiered on May 13, 2002 and ended on January 16, 2006 with five seasons.

Premise

The Looney Tunes, here redesigned in the style for The Powerpuff Girls, continue their looney adventures, chases, tricks and other wackiness.

Characters

• Bugs Bunny (voiced by Joe Alaskey): A gray rabbit who is the leader of the gang.
• Lola Bunny (voiced by Tara Strong): An orange rabbit who is Bugs' girlfriend. In some episodes, she is shown to be Penelope's best friend.
• Daffy Duck (also voiced by Joe Alaskey): A black duck who exhibits a love-hate relationship against Bugs.
• Porky Pig (voiced by Tom Kenny): A pink pig who stutters a lot.
• Elmer Fudd (also voiced by Tom Kenny): A meek man who tries to hunt Bugs and/or Daffy, but with no success.
• Marvin the Martian (voiced by Rob Paulsen): A black martian who tries and fails to destroy planet Earth.
• Yosemite Sam (voiced by Maurice LaMarche): A western man who detests Bugs.
• Taz the Tasmanian Devil (voiced by Jim Cummings): A brown tasmanian devil who tends to eat anything he sees as food.
• Sylvester Cat (voiced by Jeff Bennett): A black and white cat who goes after Tweety.
• Tweety Bird (also voiced by Tara Strong): A yellow canary who frequently thwarts Sylvester.
• Speedy Gonzales (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui): A brown mouse who is really fast and lives in Mexico.
• Foghorn Leghorn (voiced by Bill Farmer): A rooster who blabbers a lot and lives on a farm.
• Barnyard Dawg (also voiced by Rob Paulsen): A brown and white dog who is frenemies with Foghorn Leghorn.
• Pepe Le Pew (also voiced by Rob Paulsen): A black and white romantic skunk who frequently mistakes Penelope for a female skunk.
• Penelope Pussycat (also voiced by Tara Strong): A black and white cat who frequently gets mistaken for a female skunk by Pepe Le Pew. In some episodes, she is shown to be Lola's best friend.
• Wile E. Coyote (voiced by Tom Kane; silent in the Road Runner episodes): A brown coyote who goes after Road Runner, and is intellectual. When not paired with Road Runner, he speaks in a British accent; otherwise he just holds up wooden signs to "talk".
• Road Runner (voiced by Paul Julian; uncredited): A baby-blue and navy-blue roadrunner who makes a "beep beep!" sound like a car, makes a cork-like noise with his tongue and escapes from Wile E. Coyote.
• Ralph Wolf (also voiced by Tom Kenny): A brown wolf who tries to steal sheep from his co-worker, Sam Sheepdog. He resembles Wile E. Coyote.
• Sam Sheepdog (also voiced by Jim Cummings): A tan sheepdog who pummels Ralph Wolf every time he catches him stealing some sheep.

Episodes

List of Looney Puffs episodes

Gallery

Characters

Bugs Bunny

Daffy Duck

Lola Bunny

Porky Pig

Sylvester Cat

Tweety Bird

Marvin the Martian

Elmer Fudd

Yosemite Sam

Taz the Tasmanian Devil

Speedy Gonzales

Foghorn Leghorn

Barnyard Dawg

Pepe Le Pew

Penelope Pussycat

Wile E. Coyote

Road Runner

Ralph Wolf

Sam Sheepdog

Opening

Seasons 1-2

Red rings and a black background.

Blue rings (with one red ring) and a red background.

Red rings and a navy blue background.

Orange rings and a black background.

Green rings and a red background.

Green rings and a black background.

Snow falling in the foreground and the shield wearing a Santa hat, as seen on A Looney Puffs Christmas.

Seasons 3-5

Red rings and a black background.

Blue rings (with one red ring) and a red background.

Red rings and a navy blue background.

Orange rings and a black background.

Green rings and a red background.

Green rings and a black background.

Posters

Poster featuring Bugs Bunny.

Poster featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.

Poster featuring Pepe Le Pew and Penelope Pussycat.

Poster featuring Wile E. Coyote. Inspired by this image

Poster featuring Wile E. and Road Runner. Inspired by a scene from Beep Prepared.

Poster featuring Wile E. and Road Runner.

Poster featuring Wile E. Coyote.

A crossover poster featuring Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner and The Powerpuff Girls.

DVDs

Season 1 DVD cover

Season 2 DVD cover

Season 3 DVD cover

Season 4 DVD cover

Season 5 DVD cover

DVD cover for the Christmas episode "A Looney Puffs Christmas".

DVD cover for the series finale "Attack of the Instant Martians".

Miscellaneous

Porky Pig in the Cartoon Cartoons logo customized for this show.

Some of the main characters. From counter-clockwise: Tweety Bird, Sylvester Cat, Lola Bunny, Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner

Alternate logo that looks closer to the original Looney Tunes logo.

Reception

The show received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics and people watching other Cartoon Network shows. Though the show was praised for it's humor, writing, cameos of characters from other CN shows and occasional throwbacks to the original cartoons, some people viewed the show as "quite boring", since it's simply just mixing the Looney Tunes characters with the designs of the Powerpuff Girls. Nevertheless, the show is one of Cartoon Network's top shows at that time and spawned some merchandise.

Tropes

Looney Puffs/Tropes

Trivia

• The show's theme song in season 1 is a reorchestrated version of "This is It" from The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show, sung by Joe Alaskey (Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck).
• Just like The Looney Tunes Show prior 2011, the opening intro has a recreation of the Warner Bros. logo seen in Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons.
• Unlike other Looney Tunes media, Daffy's bill and legs are colored yellow instead of orange.
  • Similarly, both Road Runner's beak and legs are yellow.
• Unlike other Looney Tunes media and like Carrotblanca, Penelope Pussycat speaks.
• Just like Class of 3000, where the Tom Lynch Company logo and the Moxie logo appear before the Cartoon Network Studios logo, the Warner Bros. Animation logo appears at the end of the credits before the Cartoon Network Studios logo.
• Although the show is partly inspired by The Powerpuff Girls, i.e. the Powerpuff redesigns for most of the characters, Craig McCracken has absolutely no involvement with the series.
• Just like The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, various characters from other Cartoon Network shows make cameos in some episodes.
• This is the only Looney Tunes series in which Tweety is voiced by a female.
• Daffy's relationship with Bugs differs from time to time in this series. Most of the time, he is portrayed as the usual greedy duck who is indifferent towards the rabbit, but sometimes he actually gets along fine with him, a trait that would later be carried on to The Looney Tunes Show.
• Wile E. Coyote's voice in this series, provided by Tom Kane, sounds like a mix between Mr. Herriman's voice from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and his voice from Wabbit/New Looney Tunes.
• As with other Cartoon Network shows of the time, the show uses Hanna-Barbera sound effects. However, a few Looney Tunes sound effects are still used:
  • Taz's spinning
  • The jet sounds accompanying the Road Runner's running
  • The Road Runner's tongue noise
  • Bob Clampett's "baywoop" sound
• Cartoon Cartoons bumper: Porky pops out of the "O" and says "C-c-c-c-Cartoon Cartoons!".
• Cartoon Network Studios logo: Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck rotate an arrow-shaped sign at each other, with "Rabbit season" and "Duck season" written on each side, respectively. Then, using reverse psychology, Bugs twists the sign at himself, prompting Daffy to direct the sign towards himself as well. As a result, he gets blasted by an offscreen rifle from the left, causing his bill to spin around his head before stopping on the top of it.