TV SERIES · 1990– · USA
Tiny Toon Adventures
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- #001
Wackyland, the strange world Gogo Dodo comes from, was not created for this series; it first appeared in the little-known Looney Tunes short Porky in Wackyland (1938), which also featured a dodo that looked and moved exactly like Gogo Dodo in this series.
- #002
According to Maurice LaMarche, in an episode where Babs impersonated Plucky, Dizzy, Shirley and Fifi, Tress MacNeille's performance was so accurate for those characters that the voice actors and actresses (LaMarche, Joe Alaskey, Gail Matthius and Kath Soucie) worried the studio would fire them and replace them with MacNeille.
- #003
Danny Cooksey, who voiced Montana Max, was the only non-adult member of the cast at the time.
- #004
Each episode contained 25,000 animation cels, more than double the industry standard of 10,000 at the time, which allowed the characters to move more fluidly.
- #005
Buster and Babs represented different sides of Bugs Bunny's character. Buster represented his sarcastic, witty side, while Babs represented his more eccentric, wild side.
- #006
The series was originally planned as a feature film for theatrical release, but it was later turned into a television series.
- #007
This is the only animated series in which Steven Spielberg provided his own voice as a guest star. In all his later cameos on other series, his voice was imitated by Frank Welker.
- #008
According to producer Tom Ruegger, the famous Warner Brothers animator Chuck Jones was not very fond of the series featuring "junior versions" of the characters he created. As a result, characters such as Calamity Coyote and Little Beeper (based on Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner, respectively) were used sparingly throughout the series, and Barky Marky (based on Marc Antony) became the subject of a running joke about his lack of appearances.
- #009
In "Test Stress (1990)," the fourth episode of the first season, Acme Acres is shown to be in Arkansas.
- #010
The Warner Brothers studio security guard character Ralph appeared as a regular character in another Warner Brothers animated series, Animaniacs (1993).
- #011
The melody of the series' theme song is quoted in the theme song of the series Harry the Bunny, which aired on the BabyFirst channel.
- #012
Writer Paul Dini said the original idea for this series came from then-Warner Brothers President Terry Semel, who said he wanted to bring new life to the animation department.
- #013
Most of the characters were based on classic Looney Tunes stars, including minor characters such as Beaky Buzzard and Sniffles the Mouse (Concord Condor and Li'l Sneezer, respectively). Although Buster was based on Bugs Bunny, Merrie Melodies once featured a younger rabbit named Buster whom Bugs saved from a cougar. (That fellow, however, had brown fur.)
- #014
The nonsense word "narf," which Pinky made famous in Animaniacs (1993), first appeared in a hidden message in the credits of the first season's twentieth episode, "You Asked for It: Part 1." The message read: "Guy Who Says "Narf" - Eddie Fitzgerald."
- #015
Dennis "Quozl" Falk was an extremely obsessive fan the production team encountered while working on this series. He was a stalker who sent disturbing letters to Tress MacNeille, causing her to fear for her life and to cancel convention appearances she had planned to make where he lived.
- #016
Voice director Andrea Romano sat through auditions by more than 1,200 actors and actresses for the series.
- #017
The soundtrack album "Tiny Toons Sing" premiered in 1992 and was available on CD and audio cassette.
- #018
In an episode where Babs took on numerous identities, she impersonated Marge, Bart and Maggie Simpson. Tress MacNeille, who voiced Babs, is one of the regulars on The Simpsons (1989).
- #019
Elmyra is the exact opposite of Elmer Fudd. Elmer is male and Elmyra is female, and her name is the feminine version of Elmer. Duff is Fudd spelled backwards. While Elmer tries to shoot and kill a rabbit (or duck), Elmyra is an animal lover who smothers them with affection.
- #020
This was the first animated series produced by Steven Spielberg and Warner Brothers Animation.
- #021
Pitbull Arnold is a parody of Arnold Schwarzenegger and is usually seen working for Montana Max. Montana Max's voice actor, Danny Cooksey, appeared in Schwarzenegger's Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) as John Connor's friend.
- #022
Fifi Le Fume's perfume of choice is Le Stink.
- #023
According to Paul Dini, Danny Cooksey was as good as Montana Max because he could do a "tremendous mean voice."
- #024
Plucky Duck was originally named Mucky Duck; it was Joe Alaskey who asked the producers whether the name could be changed to Plucky, and the name stayed that way.
- #025
Unlike its sister series Animaniacs, the show was not re-released on DVD as a complete series set.
- #026
Hamton and Elmyra are the only characters whose parents' faces are shown on screen.
- #027
Furrball is based on both Sylvester and Penelope Pussycat.
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