Baby Looney Tunes
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| Genre | |
| Based on | Looney Tunes |
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| Theme music composer |
Lisa Silver Patty Way |
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| Ending theme | "The Baby Looney Tunes Way" (Instrumental) |
| Composer(s) |
Steve Bernstein Julie Bernstein |
| Country of origin |
United States Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 53 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Warner Bros. Animation |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television |
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| Original release | June 3, 2001 – October 16, 2006 |
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Baby Looney Tunes is an American-Canadian animated television series taking place in an alternate universe depicting the Looney Tunes characters as infant versions of themselves. It was produced by Warner Bros. Animation.[1] The show is similar to Muppet Babies, with the main characters taken care of by Granny.
Their twin show Duck Dodgers debuted on August 23, 2003, months after the movie "Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure" premiered.
The show premiered on WB stations usually before or after the Kids' WB! block from 2001 to 2002 and continued to air on Cartoon Network from 2002 until 2006. Reruns of the show returned August 17, 2015 to help promote the premiere of the new Uncle Grandpa special, Uncle Grandpa Babies. The program stayed on the network after that week. As of September 2015 "Baby Looney Tunes" airs on Boomerang.
Characters
Main characters
- Baby Bugs – (voiced by Samuel Vincent) He is indicated to be the oldest of the babies, which validates him as the leader. His leadership however does tend to cause tension, especially with Lola and Daffy.
- Baby Daffy – (Also voiced by Samuel Vincent) He is second in the lead after Bugs. Often, he always wants his personal gain. When he does not get want he wants he believes he is treated unfairly, not noticing the inconvenience inflicted on the others. But half the time he does show and mean good intact.
- Baby Lola – (voiced by Britt McKillip) She is third in the lead after Bugs & Daffy, but sometimes, she takes charge. Her independence is greater than the others and she has more boyish tendencies than the other girls.
- Baby Taz – (voiced by Ian James Corlett) 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. He is also more babyish, crying for when things go wrong or when they don't go they way he wants them to.
- Baby Sylvester – (voiced by Terry Klassen) The tallest of the babies, not counting Bugs and Lola's ears. At times, he is shy and anxious, 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. Sylvester is afraid of lightning and he hates pickles.
- Baby Tweety – (Also voiced by Samuel Vincent) 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 version of Tweety had already originally apperad in the classic Looney Tunes shorts Tale of two Kittens (1942), Birdy and the Beast (1944), A Gruesome Twosome (1945)..
- Baby Melissa – (voiced by Janyse Jaud) She often sticks with Petunia; the two were abruptly added to the main cast in the middle of the first season. She is a highly practical and creative sort with a friendly personality, but at times she can be a control freak and get on the others' nerves.
- Baby Petunia – (voiced by Chiara Zanni) She often sticks with Melissa; the two were abruptly added to the main cast in the middle of the first season. She is more intelligent than the other babies with insatiable curiosity. In the episode "Petunia the Piggy Bank", she learned to save money.
- Granny – (voiced by June Foray) She offers professional love and care for the babies to keep them happy. Being the only adult in their lives, the babies are fascinated and inspired by her intelligence, wisdom and ability to overcome problems when they arise with ease.
- Floyd Minton – (voiced by Brian Drummond) 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.
- Although not on the show a baby version of Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, appears in Sike Brandit's Little Go Beeb (2000).
Other characters
All of the other Looney Tunes characters except Speedy Gonzales have made cameos over the course of the show's run, mainly as guest spots or during songs. Penelope Pussycat is only shown in still portraits. For example, she can be seen in parody paintings of Caesar Augustus, American Gothic and cupid during the "Vive Le Pew" song at the end of the episode "The Dolly Vanishes/Duck Reflucks".
Music
Underscoring for the series was written by veteran animation composers Steven Bernstein and Julie Bernstein. They were nominated for a Daytime Emmy (Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition) in 2006. They also composed the score for the Easter movie, Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure, writing the music and lyrics for the featured songs.
DVD releases
Warner Home Video[2] has released 15 of the 53 episodes of Baby Looney Tunes, including the DVD of the only Baby Looney Tunes movie: Eggs-traordinary Adventure
| DVD Name | Ep # | Release Date | Special Features |
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| Eggs-traordinary Adventure | 3 | May 25, 2004 |
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| 4 Kid Favorites: Baby Looney Tunes | 12 | January 17, 2012 |
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In the United Kingdom, 4 volumes were released on DVD from July 15, 2013. Each disc contains 4 half-hour episodes.
| DVD Name | Episodes listed | Release Date |
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| Baby Bugs Bunny |
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July 15, 2013 |
| Baby Taz |
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July 15, 2013 |
| Baby Sylvester |
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July 15, 2013 |
| Baby Tweety |
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July 15, 2013 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Baby Looney Tunes- TV.com". Tv.com. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ↑ http://www.warnerbros.com/studio/divisions/home-entertainment/warner-home-video.html
External links
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- Official website
- Baby Looney Tunes at the Internet Movie Database
- Baby Looney Tunes at TV.com
- Baby Looney Tunes at Cartoonito
- DVD review of Baby Looney Tunes Volume Three: Puddle Olympics and production notes
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