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== Relationship between Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies ==
"That's all folks" - I agree, it had to be done! :)


The Merrie Melodies article (opening section) refers to Looney Tunes as a parent series, while the Looney Tunes article (opening section) refers to Merrie Melodies as a sister series. Which is more accurate? In the absence of such thing as some sort of series incest, these relationships apparently contradict.
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== The Censored Eleven ==


2warped@gmail.com [[Special:Contributions/71.238.46.250|71.238.46.250]] ([[User talk:71.238.46.250|talk]]) 03:40, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
Any chance of mentioning "The Censored Eleven" - those eleven LT cartoons that are withheld from distribution due to use of racist and sexist sterotypes
:I beleive I have at least a few of them on a DVD of old WB cartoons, although WB isn't mentioned anywhere on the artwork, so maybe these have fallen into PD? There's more than a few containing "blackface" characters, and also ''The Ducktators'' about WWII which, undertandably given the time, isn't too kind to Japan, Germany or Italy. [[User:Boffy b|Boffy b]] 10:30, 2005 Jan 1 (UTC)
:There's an already an article on the [[Censored Eleven]] - feel free to add links to it, or add to the article. --[[User:Modemac|Modemac]] 16:53, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)


:"Sister series" is correct for the historical context of the shorts series, "parent" is more correct as far as branding is considered today. The lead has been fixed to reflect this. --[[User:FuriousFreddy|FuriousFreddy]] ([[User talk:FuriousFreddy|talk]]) 01:48, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
== Merrie Melodies v/s Looney Tunes ==


== Proposed merge with [[The Looney Tunes Show (2002 TV series)]] ==
Re Merrie Melodies v/s Looney Tunes: For some years wasn't one series in color and the the other in b&w, or am I misremembering? -- [[User:Infrogmation|Infrogmation]] 01:20 Mar 21, 2003 (UTC)


Article contains no useful info and it was just a reruns of the original series/ [[User:JDDJS|JDDJS]] ([[User talk:JDDJS|talk]]) 14:37, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
: This is correct. [[Merrie Melodies]] went to color in [[1934]], but [[Looney Tunes]] remained in black and white until [[1942]]. --[[User:B Touch|b. Touch]] 20:18, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)


good idea [[User:13jospin|13jospin]] ([[User talk:13jospin|talk]]) 10:44, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
== Recurring characters ==


== Removal of The Martian Queen content ==
Looking for feedback on the decision to split the character list into "Major Recurring Characters" and "Minor Recurring Characters." I think it keeps the lists neater, since the "stars" are largely in the first list. However, it is tempting to use "Popular Recurring Characters" and "Not-So-Popular Recurring Characters" as the headings, since characters like Bosko and Buddy aren't popular today, but the Tasmanian Devil and Marvin the Martian are. Problem is, "Popular" and "Not-So-Popular" (or the equivalent) require more of a value judgment than I'm willing to make. Granted, Major/Minor requires such a judgment, but it's easier to make based on the number of films a character appeared in.


In these sets of edits [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Looney_Tunes&diff=625544389&oldid=625196580][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Looney_Tunes&diff=next&oldid=625567429] user {{U|Zjec}} added content about a Martian Queen character. I feel this content is clunky and distracts from the scope of the paragraph, which is to present a quick prose list of various Looney Tunes series. I also don't think the parentheticals that indicate who "stars" in the series is useful and it invites more additions like the Martian Queen. For this reason (which I explained in my [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Looney_Tunes&diff=prev&oldid=625567429 original edit summary] I am removing the content again. If the paragraph were specifically about ''Duck Dodgers'', it would make more sense to mention the Martian Queen, but that is not what the paragraph intends to cover. [[User:Cyphoidbomb|Cyphoidbomb]] ([[User talk:Cyphoidbomb|talk]]) 18:10, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
Opinions? [[User:BrianSmithson|Brian]] 20:00 UTC.


: I don't see what the problem is. She's another looney tunes character and thought it'd be nice to give her some recognition - 18:15, 16 September 2014 (UTC) user {{U|Zjec}}
: I see someone has switched some characters around again. This seems to be a matter of opinion for most cases, as I would not call "Witch Hazel" a major recurring character (she appeared in only 4 cartoons), while Buddy was the sole headlining star of over 20 cartoons between 1933 and 1935. I tend to agree with [[User:BrianSmithson]] that this is a tough one to call since the Looney Tunes filmography spans over 4 decades. I decided I'd break the character lists up into decades per when the character was introduced with no differentiation between Major/Minor just that the characters were recurring or became notorious: [[1930s]], [[1940s]], [[1950s]] or [[1960s]]?


::We don't give "recognition" to characters; information shouldn't be gratuitously included. If there is a logical reason for writing about a character in a paragraph that is focused on the different series, you haven't yet explained it. The focus of the paragraph isn't "characters in Looney Tunes shows" or "new characters introduced in Looney Tunes shows". Thus, I find it an unnecessary inclusion, especially when stuffed into a parenthetical. [[User:Cyphoidbomb|Cyphoidbomb]] ([[User talk:Cyphoidbomb|talk]]) 19:39, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
:: I like the idea of bolding the characters that are recognizable except that it's a judgment call again. Oh well, I'm happy with it as you have truly captured the major ones, I guess we'll have to see if someone comes along and suddenly thinks Charlie Dog or Witch Hazel or Michigan J. Frog needs to be bolded ;) ... [[User:Jeff schiller|Jeff schiller]] 20:44, 2005 Jan 14 (UTC)


== Roger Rabbit an epic? ==
::: Hey, thanks. Unfortunately, it was summarily deleted by an anonymous contributor who appears to not have agreed. Should we restore it, then? -- [[User:Kizor|Kizor]] 23:00, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)


Does [[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]] qualify as an [[epic film]]? While I enjoyed the film I don't think it has particularly "large scale, sweeping scope and spectacle". <small><span class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:CryptographicallyInsecure|CryptographicallyInsecure]] ([[User talk:CryptographicallyInsecure|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/CryptographicallyInsecure|contribs]]) 22:16, 17 October 2014 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
== Combined article on Warner Bros cartoons? ==
:{{u|CryptographicallyInsecure}} Hi, I don't think it's the correct way to describe the film. I changed epic to film. [[User:Cyphoidbomb|Cyphoidbomb]] ([[User talk:Cyphoidbomb|talk]]) 14:43, 21 October 2014 (UTC)


== Question about the ''Looney Tunes'' article ==
Does anyone else think it would be worth combining the Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes articles into a combined article on WB cartoons generally, using this Looney Tunes article as the basis? It seems that the article could stand to be expanded into a more thorough history of the cartoon studio and the characters generally.--[[User:Cinephobia|Cinephobia]] 21:51, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)


Why was it reverted back to the previous one? The ''Merrie Melodies'' article still mentions the one-off 1988 revival, so why can't this article mention the 1987 to present revival? [[Special:Contributions/24.180.56.157|24.180.56.157]] ([[User talk:24.180.56.157|talk]]) 22:20, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
:An article on the studio is at [[Termite Terrace]]. That can be expanded there. As for the characters, each has its own article, but if you want to discuss their development, it would probably make sense to discuss them at [[Termite Terrace]] as well. As far as combining the articles, I'm not too sold on that. The two series were completely seperate from each other until ''Looney Tunes'' went to color in [[1942]]. --[[User:FuriousFreddy|FuriousFreddy]] 14:19, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
::And when Bugs converted. --[[User:Wack'd About Wiki|Wack'd About Wiki]] 19:24, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
:::Thanks, I'd missed that article. However, it obviously is not currently the studio history. While it's appropriate to have that entry, I don't think it's a good place for the main studio history to sit. Firstly, it's wouldn't a terribly encyclopeadic name for the article once it was expanded to have a much wider focus than the building and its significance. Secondly, it would entrench the incorrect perception that all the WB animation emerged from that building, when only limited number of the staff were there for a limited time. I think entries should stay for the LT & MM series that address the unique features of those series, with cross references to an article that was a comprehensive studio history. While unusual, I think "Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies" would be a good title to distinguish the larger article. (I wondered about "Warner Bros animation" or "Warner Bros cartoons" but that would throw in things like Animaniacs, Tiny Toons, and The Iron Giant that seem to belong in a different place again). Thoughts? --[[User:Cinephobia|Cinephobia]] 09:26, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)


Also, the last pre-revival ''Looney Tunes'' short ended in 1969, not 1970. [[Special:Contributions/24.180.56.157|24.180.56.157]] ([[User talk:24.180.56.157|talk]]) 22:26, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
:::The [[Termite Terrace]] article should, in that case, be moved to [[Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.]], which was the official name of that company after [[Leon Schlesinger]] sold it. The [[television]] cartoons (''[[Tiny Toons]]'', et al), should be discussed in an article called [[Warner Bros. Television Animation]].


== External links modified ==
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Reverted back to a previous version after some vandalism, but I forgot to label it as a revert. --[[User:Gangster Octopus|Gangster Octopus]] 23:08, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)


Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I changed "Tweety Bird" back to "Tweety". The character name is always Tweety. "Tweety Bird" is occasionally used as a reference to Tweety's species (which is also just nominated as canary in some shorts).--[[User:Cinephobia|Cinephobia]] 23:26, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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== Tortus v/s Hare ==


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Eh...Bugs and Cecil were together in da first episode of Looney Tunes, right, doc? Than why are they listed to have aired in different decades? I think you've got your Looney Tunes history a little messed up, huh, doc? --[[User:Wack'd About Wiki|Wack'd About Wiki]] 14:29, 14 August 2005 (UTC)


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:You are incorrect. Neither Bugs nor Cecil Turtle appeared in the first "episode" of ''Looney Tunes''. ''Looney Tunes'' is not a TV show; it was a series of cartoons produced to be shown in movie theatres before the main feature from 1930 to 1969. The first ''Looney Tune'' was produced in 1930, Bugs first appeared in 1938, and Cecil first appeared in 1941. IF your information about ''[[Tortoise vs. Hare]]'' being the "first epidoes" of ''Looney Tunes'' derices from this link: [http://www.tv.com/the-looney-tunes-show/show/18884/episode_guide.html], you should be informed that the TV.com listing is not in chronological order by the films' actual release. ''Tortoise Beats Hare'' is approximately the 330th Warner Bros. short, nowhere near the first. --[[User:FuriousFreddy|FuriousFreddy]] 02:13, 17 August 2005 (UTC)


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== and the animators had a sense of humor... ==


Hello fellow Wikipedians,
Just a note of interest; a close friend of mine was studying graphic design in the late '80s, and somehow ended up working on the colorization of the B&W Warner Brothers cartoons. He told me that, even in the "non-controversial" shorts, the animators snuck a lot of offenses past all of us, inserting a single cel that showed something the censors (& parents) wouldn't have liked. The example he gave was of a cel he found in which Elmer Fudd suddenly had a huge erect penis sticking out of his fly.


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== 30s ==


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We should group the 30s characters by whether they co-stared with Porky, Bosko, or Buddy.


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== No Chuck Jones, Mel Blanc, etc? ==
Shouldn't the animators and voice actors appear in this article (as well as in the Merrie Melodies article)? Am I missing something?
[[User:138.88.239.35|138.88.239.35]] 16:58, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
:Yes you did. Look at the umbrella article about the Warner cartoon studio, [[Termite Terrace]]. [[User:Steelbeard1|Steelbeard1]] 17:12, 4 May 2006 (UTC)


==New Shorts==
== Ownership Section Incorrect ==
The new shorts which are said to be released in 2019 could possibly be the third and final season of Wabbit/New Looney Tunes. Doesn't make sense they would start a new series before finishing the current series. [[User:YouDontKnowSponge|YouDontKnowSponge]] ([[User talk:YouDontKnowSponge|talk]]) 20:50, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
::Can't be. Bergman isn't voicing Bugs, Eric Bauza is. Peter Browngardt isn't on Wabbit staff. Wabbit cartoons are longer than these shorts--[[User:Harmony944|Harmony944]] ([[User talk:Harmony944|talk]]) 15:11, 25 June 2018 (UTC)


:::The third season could be retooled like how the second season was retooled from the first season. Perhaps different people also worked on the third season. They could have changed the voice of Bugs for Season 3. Daffy is also in his New Looney Tunes design in a teaser image. Time will only tell. [[User:YouDontKnowSponge|YouDontKnowSponge]] ([[User talk:YouDontKnowSponge|talk]]) 19:05, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
"WB was able to retain the rights to "Lady Play Your Mandolin" and the black-and-white Looney Tunes, even though they all fell into the public domain (WB holds the original film elements)--a majority of these public domain shorts has been released on many low-budget independent home video labels"
::::You're really grasping at straws--[[User:Harmony944|Harmony944]] ([[User talk:Harmony944|talk]], [http://twitter.com/Digiranger1994 Twitter]) 15:31, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
==comics==
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== Taz ==
Can someone cite this? I don't think this is correct - only a relatively small portion of the Looney Tunes filmography is in the public domain, not "all". [[User:Jeff schiller|Jeff schiller]] 18:26, 1 June 2006 (UTC)


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== Official site... ==


== TV ==
Should we remove it from the External Links section? It hasn't been working for a while, at least since yesterday when I first tried it. [[User:Abby724|Abby724]] 04:04, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


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One of the greatest Loony Toon shows ever! --[[User:69.67.230.241|69.67.230.241]] 05:28, 17 August 2006 (UTC)


== "Goonie Tunes" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] ==
== Michigan J. Frog Multiple appearances ==
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== Semi-protected edit request on 24 March 2020 ==
I recommend that MJF be footnoted as having only one appearance in Loony Toons ([[One Froggy Evening]]). I know he had that follow up cartoon in the '90s (not to mention the whole WB mascot thing), but so did a lot of the others regarded as one-timers on the list (I know I've seen Pete Puma make appearences). Agreed? --[[User:Happylobster|Happylobster]] 15:38, 1 September 2006 (UTC)


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== Dubbed versions ==
In the third paragraph of the introduction it has been changed to say Bugs Bunny is a rapist and has died. (outlined in bold below) Page was then semi-protected so falsehoods cannot be changed. Rollback to previous true version is required


Looney Tunes has since become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television series, feature films, comic books, music albums, video games, and amusement park rides, as well as serving as Warner Bros.' flagship franchise. Many of the characters have made and continue to make cameo appearances in various other television shows, films, and advertisements. The most famous Looney Tunes character is '''Bugs Bunny, a struggling rapist who left the world on the 22nd of March, 2020 to witness perfection.[4]''' Several Looney Tunes films are considered among the greatest animated cartoons of all time (e.g. Duck Amuck, One Froggy Evening and What's Opera, Doc?; All three Merrie Melodies), and five (three Merrie Melodies: Tweetie Pie, Speedy Gonzales and Birds Anonymous; and two Looney Tunes: Knighty Knight Bugs and For Scent-imental Reasons) have won Academy Awards.[5] [[User:Bhar7198Bhar|Bhar7198Bhar]] ([[User talk:Bhar7198Bhar|talk]]) 00:20, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
The article doesn't seem to be clear enough about the dubbed versions. For example, it states, "These 'dubbed versions', which continue to be shown on cable and broadcast television to this day, are not representative of the original theatrical release versions of the 'Looney Tunes' and 'Merrie Melodies' shorts," but there is not enough information to understand what exactly makes these non-representative. I also don't think it's clear enough about what ''exactly'' is meant by "dubbed". - [[User:Furrykef|furrykef]] ([[User_talk:Furrykef|Talk at me]]) 20:01, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
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== Time Warner caves to far-left extremist anti-gun nuts. ==
I agree. I hate those dubbed versions. I wish they hadn't made those in the first place. I wish the cartoons went back to their original titles.


The anti-gun rights radical leftists in control of the corporation won't let the ''hunter'' Elmer Fudd or Yosemite Sam have guns because of "gun violence": [https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/looney-tunes-no-guns-elmer-fudd-bugs-bunny-cartoons] I see no reason why only criticism of the cartoon by leftists hysterically screaming "Racism!" over certain episodes created eighty years ago should be included in the article. If you truly are a neutral encyclopedia, you will include criticism by normal Americans over the show's recent radical leftist political agenda. <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/99.203.11.231|99.203.11.231]] ([[User talk:99.203.11.231#top|talk]]) 05:55, 8 June 2020 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
== Website 404 ==
:We can mention that the new cartoons do not include guns (in fact, I'd used the quote "“We’re not doing guns,” Browngardt said. “But we can do cartoony violence — TNT, the Acme stuff. All that was kind of grandfathered in.”" from [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/arts/television/looney-tunes-hbo-max.html]. But we can't be critical of that without reliable sources being critical of it, even the Fox news piece is not that. --[[User:Masem|M<span style="font-variant: small-caps">asem</span>]] ([[User Talk:Masem|t]]) 06:04, 8 June 2020 (UTC)


: Bear in mind that the characters being shot at were anthropomorphic, so it was essentially gun violence against persons. [[User:BMJ-pdx|BMJ-pdx]] ([[User talk:BMJ-pdx|talk]]) 07:00, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Warner_Bros_/Looney_Tunes/index.html returns 404 to me. - [[User:CosmicPenguin|CosmicPenguin]] ([[User talk:CosmicPenguin|Talk]]) 22:32, 16 October 2006 (UTC)


== Letterboxing? ==
== Jordan vs Lebron ==


Ok, who wrote this article? Are we seriously gonna call Lebron a basketball mega superstar and just call Jordan a basketball player? If anyone was the mega superstar it was Jordan. Whoever wrote that must be too young to remember the phenomenon that was Michael Jordan. There’s no need to go all King James like Space Jam 2 did. Either call them both basketball players or switch the descriptions. It’s absolutely disgraceful to pretend that James is on a level beyond Jordan. It would be like comparing any actor today to one of the true stars of golden age Hollywood. There’s no comparison. <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/2601:249:8100:D270:9C3D:1FD3:14CD:F1E|2601:249:8100:D270:9C3D:1FD3:14CD:F1E]] ([[User talk:2601:249:8100:D270:9C3D:1FD3:14CD:F1E#top|talk]]) 14:58, 28 December 2021 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
Watching the [[Looney Tunes]] and [[Merrie Melodies]] cartoons on TV over the years, it always seemed the edges were cropped off a bit to fit the screen. Is that real or am I imagining it? If it's real, do the new DVD releases fix this with [[letterbox|letterboxing]], etc? --[[User:RevWaldo|RevWaldo]] 21:25, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
*They seem to be in about a 4:3 ratio, which I would think would be normal. I don't think these cartoons were made for Cinerama. [[User:Wahkeenah|Wahkeenah]] 00:22, 15 November 2006 (UTC)


== Typing ==
*If one looks closely, he can see that the image near the edges of some films has been cropped off. This may be due to the fact that the image of many Looney Tunes films has rounded corners, but I'm no professional and don't know the exact reason. For example, in the dubbed version of Wakiki Wabbit, when Bugs speaks in some kind of weird language, even though the image is made smaller so you can read the translation, part of the letters is cropped off. As for the ratio, it's standard 4:3 ratio - it's just that the image is a little too magnified.--[[User:Megara|Mégara (Мегъра) - D. Mavrov]] 15:59, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
**I think you're onto it. They might have sliced the edges to make them look better on the DVD. I was capturing a few frames from ''[[Bugs Bunny: Superstar]]'' and realized that some of them indeed had rounded corners. Why that would be, I don't know, but it suggests that the 4:3 aspect ratio was standard. Speaking of [[Wackiki Wabbit]], any idea what they are getting at with that bogus wording "ofa enu maua te ofe popaa"? I read that as a heavily accented way of saying "often your Ma tees off Papa", which makes no sense in this context, but it might have meant something to the scriptwriters, or maybe it was yet another now-obscure radio catchphrase. [[User:Wahkeenah|Wahkeenah]] 17:34, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
***I have no idea about what Bugs says in that film. Many films from the 20s and the 30s have rounded corners, though. I saw this on a [[Charlie Chaplin]] film. --[[User:Megara|Mégara (Мегъра) - D. Mavrov]] 18:39, 21 November 2006 (UTC)


I know that Lola bunny name after my sister name Lola [[Special:Contributions/2600:6C64:7800:A9E:4422:6FA9:CDF2:4E33|2600:6C64:7800:A9E:4422:6FA9:CDF2:4E33]] ([[User talk:2600:6C64:7800:A9E:4422:6FA9:CDF2:4E33|talk]]) 10:17, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
== Self-reference ==


== Awkward Introductory Phrasing ==
"More about the controversial process of re-tracing and colorizing classic black and white animations in South Korea can be found at the Wikipedia [[Popeye]] page." I don't know how to reword this. Saying, "...can be found at [[Popeye]]" would sound awkward and confuse some people as to whether the article or cartoon should be referred. A see also template would not explain ''why'' the article should be seen. --<font color="Gray">[[User:Gray Porpoise|Gray]]</font> <font color="LightSeaGreen">[[Special:Contributions/Gray Porpoise|Porpo]]</font>[[Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Cetaceans|<span style="color:#00FF00;">ise</span>]] 21:49, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
:The relevant information should probably be moved to [[colorization]] (or whatever other appropariate generic title) and this page (and [[Popeye]]) can link to that. — [[User:BrianSmithson|BrianSmithson]] 22:04, 27 November 2006 (UTC)


The second sentence in this entire article has pretty awkward phrasing:
== The Trivia Section ==


"Then some new cartoons were produced from the late 1980s to the mid 2010s as well as other made productions beginning in 1972."
I don't agree with this piece of trivia being in this section. Even though the Canadian coins sound similar, their names have nothing else to do with Looney Tunes. I don't think sounding the same is enough of a connection to put into this trivia section.


Could this be written more elegantly? [[Special:Contributions/2601:44:404:23F1:18EC:1BA5:2647:C7CC|2601:44:404:23F1:18EC:1BA5:2647:C7CC]] ([[User talk:2601:44:404:23F1:18EC:1BA5:2647:C7CC|talk]]) 16:18, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
[[User:Adamantius|Adamantius]] 13:39, 19 January 2007 (UTC)Adamantius Jan. 19th 2007
*It's a play on words: The loon (bird) vs. "looney" meaning "crazy" (a 'coined' adjective form of "lunatic" or "lunacy"). What, you ''don't'' think the Canadians were calling the loon-adorned dollar coin "crazy"? [[User:Wahkeenah|Wahkeenah]] 14:56, 19 January 2007 (UTC)


== Orphaned references in [[:Looney Tunes]] ==
It has nothing to do with Looney Tunes, though. The real play on words is the toonie-


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== DVD releases? ==


<b>Reference named "Amazon":</b><ul>
Why is there no mention of DVD releases? [[User:Jbluez27|Jbluez27]] 22:18, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
<li>From [[Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness]]: {{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OQRUAO4|title=Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness|date=17 February 2015|via=Amazon}}</li>
:Look in the "Ownership" section of the article which mention the [[Looney Tunes Golden Collection]] box sets. [[User:Steelbeard1|Steelbeard1]] 22:38, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
<li>From [[Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost]]: {{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Scooby-Doo-Witchs-Ghost-Louis-Febre/dp/B00000JZAZ/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1310904730&sr=1-1|title=Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost|website=Amazon|year=1999|access-date=July 17, 2011}}</li>
<li>From [[Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!]]: {{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FZETHU/|title=Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!|date=19 September 2006|via=Amazon}}</li>
<li>From [[Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood]]: {{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01C9O7EH6|title=Scooby Doo and Lego: Haunted Hollywood|date=10 May 2016|via=Amazon}}</li>
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== ''Coyote vs. Acme'' ==

I want [[User:MikeAllen|Mike Allen]] to add information about the cancelled ''[[Coyote vs. Acme]]'' in the revival section. [[User:The Media Expert|The Media Expert]] ([[User talk:The Media Expert|talk]]) 13:20, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

:Hi just now noticing this. Maybe we should wait until we see how it pans out. We should know by next month. <span style="solid;background:#a3b18a; border-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius: 4px; font-family: Papyrus">'''[[User:MikeAllen|<span style="color: #606c38">Mike</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:MikeAllen|<span style="color:#606c38">Allen</span>]]'''</span> 22:25, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

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Relationship between Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies[edit]

The Merrie Melodies article (opening section) refers to Looney Tunes as a parent series, while the Looney Tunes article (opening section) refers to Merrie Melodies as a sister series. Which is more accurate? In the absence of such thing as some sort of series incest, these relationships apparently contradict.

2warped@gmail.com 71.238.46.250 (talk) 03:40, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Sister series" is correct for the historical context of the shorts series, "parent" is more correct as far as branding is considered today. The lead has been fixed to reflect this. --FuriousFreddy (talk) 01:48, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Article contains no useful info and it was just a reruns of the original series/ JDDJS (talk) 14:37, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

good idea 13jospin (talk) 10:44, 21 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of The Martian Queen content[edit]

In these sets of edits [1][2] user Zjec added content about a Martian Queen character. I feel this content is clunky and distracts from the scope of the paragraph, which is to present a quick prose list of various Looney Tunes series. I also don't think the parentheticals that indicate who "stars" in the series is useful and it invites more additions like the Martian Queen. For this reason (which I explained in my original edit summary I am removing the content again. If the paragraph were specifically about Duck Dodgers, it would make more sense to mention the Martian Queen, but that is not what the paragraph intends to cover. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:10, 16 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see what the problem is. She's another looney tunes character and thought it'd be nice to give her some recognition - 18:15, 16 September 2014 (UTC) user Zjec
We don't give "recognition" to characters; information shouldn't be gratuitously included. If there is a logical reason for writing about a character in a paragraph that is focused on the different series, you haven't yet explained it. The focus of the paragraph isn't "characters in Looney Tunes shows" or "new characters introduced in Looney Tunes shows". Thus, I find it an unnecessary inclusion, especially when stuffed into a parenthetical. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:39, 16 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Roger Rabbit an epic?[edit]

Does Who Framed Roger Rabbit qualify as an epic film? While I enjoyed the film I don't think it has particularly "large scale, sweeping scope and spectacle". — Preceding unsigned comment added by CryptographicallyInsecure (talkcontribs) 22:16, 17 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

CryptographicallyInsecure Hi, I don't think it's the correct way to describe the film. I changed epic to film. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 14:43, 21 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Question about the Looney Tunes article[edit]

Why was it reverted back to the previous one? The Merrie Melodies article still mentions the one-off 1988 revival, so why can't this article mention the 1987 to present revival? 24.180.56.157 (talk) 22:20, 3 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Also, the last pre-revival Looney Tunes short ended in 1969, not 1970. 24.180.56.157 (talk) 22:26, 3 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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New Shorts[edit]

The new shorts which are said to be released in 2019 could possibly be the third and final season of Wabbit/New Looney Tunes. Doesn't make sense they would start a new series before finishing the current series. YouDontKnowSponge (talk) 20:50, 22 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Can't be. Bergman isn't voicing Bugs, Eric Bauza is. Peter Browngardt isn't on Wabbit staff. Wabbit cartoons are longer than these shorts--Harmony944 (talk) 15:11, 25 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The third season could be retooled like how the second season was retooled from the first season. Perhaps different people also worked on the third season. They could have changed the voice of Bugs for Season 3. Daffy is also in his New Looney Tunes design in a teaser image. Time will only tell. YouDontKnowSponge (talk) 19:05, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
You're really grasping at straws--Harmony944 (talk, Twitter) 15:31, 3 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

comics[edit]

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"Goonie Tunes" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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Semi-protected edit request on 24 March 2020[edit]

In the third paragraph of the introduction it has been changed to say Bugs Bunny is a rapist and has died. (outlined in bold below) Page was then semi-protected so falsehoods cannot be changed. Rollback to previous true version is required

Looney Tunes has since become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television series, feature films, comic books, music albums, video games, and amusement park rides, as well as serving as Warner Bros.' flagship franchise. Many of the characters have made and continue to make cameo appearances in various other television shows, films, and advertisements. The most famous Looney Tunes character is Bugs Bunny, a struggling rapist who left the world on the 22nd of March, 2020 to witness perfection.[4] Several Looney Tunes films are considered among the greatest animated cartoons of all time (e.g. Duck Amuck, One Froggy Evening and What's Opera, Doc?; All three Merrie Melodies), and five (three Merrie Melodies: Tweetie Pie, Speedy Gonzales and Birds Anonymous; and two Looney Tunes: Knighty Knight Bugs and For Scent-imental Reasons) have won Academy Awards.[5] Bhar7198Bhar (talk) 00:20, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

 Already done Javathunderman and Trivialist have already removed the vandalism. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 18:32, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Time Warner caves to far-left extremist anti-gun nuts.[edit]

The anti-gun rights radical leftists in control of the corporation won't let the hunter Elmer Fudd or Yosemite Sam have guns because of "gun violence": [3] I see no reason why only criticism of the cartoon by leftists hysterically screaming "Racism!" over certain episodes created eighty years ago should be included in the article. If you truly are a neutral encyclopedia, you will include criticism by normal Americans over the show's recent radical leftist political agenda. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.203.11.231 (talk) 05:55, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

We can mention that the new cartoons do not include guns (in fact, I'd used the quote "“We’re not doing guns,” Browngardt said. “But we can do cartoony violence — TNT, the Acme stuff. All that was kind of grandfathered in.”" from [4]. But we can't be critical of that without reliable sources being critical of it, even the Fox news piece is not that. --Masem (t) 06:04, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Bear in mind that the characters being shot at were anthropomorphic, so it was essentially gun violence against persons. BMJ-pdx (talk) 07:00, 14 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Jordan vs Lebron[edit]

Ok, who wrote this article? Are we seriously gonna call Lebron a basketball mega superstar and just call Jordan a basketball player? If anyone was the mega superstar it was Jordan. Whoever wrote that must be too young to remember the phenomenon that was Michael Jordan. There’s no need to go all King James like Space Jam 2 did. Either call them both basketball players or switch the descriptions. It’s absolutely disgraceful to pretend that James is on a level beyond Jordan. It would be like comparing any actor today to one of the true stars of golden age Hollywood. There’s no comparison. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:249:8100:D270:9C3D:1FD3:14CD:F1E (talk) 14:58, 28 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Typing[edit]

I know that Lola bunny name after my sister name Lola 2600:6C64:7800:A9E:4422:6FA9:CDF2:4E33 (talk) 10:17, 23 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Awkward Introductory Phrasing[edit]

The second sentence in this entire article has pretty awkward phrasing:

"Then some new cartoons were produced from the late 1980s to the mid 2010s as well as other made productions beginning in 1972."

Could this be written more elegantly? 2601:44:404:23F1:18EC:1BA5:2647:C7CC (talk) 16:18, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned references in Looney Tunes[edit]

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Looney Tunes's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "Amazon":

  • From Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness: "Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness". 17 February 2015 – via Amazon.
  • From Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost: "Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost". Amazon. 1999. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
  • From Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!: "Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!". 19 September 2006 – via Amazon.
  • From Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood: "Scooby Doo and Lego: Haunted Hollywood". 10 May 2016 – via Amazon.

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Coyote vs. Acme[edit]

I want Mike Allen to add information about the cancelled Coyote vs. Acme in the revival section. The Media Expert (talk) 13:20, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi just now noticing this. Maybe we should wait until we see how it pans out. We should know by next month. Mike Allen 22:25, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]