A report on Looney Tunes, Looney Tunes Cartoons and Space Jam: A New Legacy
Looney Tunes Cartoons is an American animated television series developed by Peter Browngardt and produced by Warner Bros. Animation, based on the characters from Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies.
- Looney Tunes CartoonsIt serves as a standalone sequel to Space Jam (1996) and is the first theatrically released film to feature the Looney Tunes characters since Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003).
- Space Jam: A New LegacyWith the release of Space Jam: A New Legacy, the restriction was removed.
- Looney Tunes CartoonsOn June 11, 2018, another series, titled Looney Tunes Cartoons, was announced by Warner Bros. Animation.
- Looney TunesA sequel to Space Jam titled Space Jam: A New Legacy, starring basketball player LeBron James, was released on theaters and HBO Max on July 16, 2021 after a Los Angeles special screening on July 12, 2021.
- Looney TunesThe film's trailer revealed that Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam will be allowed to appear with their trademark guns in the film; since HBO Max's Looney Tunes Cartoons, a temporary ban had been enacted to not depict firearms due to mass shootings and gun violence in the United States.
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Bugs Bunny
7 linksAnimated cartoon character created in the late 1930s by Leon Schlesinger Productions and voiced originally by Mel Blanc.
Animated cartoon character created in the late 1930s by Leon Schlesinger Productions and voiced originally by Mel Blanc.
Bugs is best known for his starring roles in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated short films, produced by Warner Bros. Though an early prototype of the character first appeared in the WB cartoon Porky's Hare Hunt (1938) and a few subsequent shorts, the definitive characterization of Bugs Bunny is widely credited to have debuted in director Tex Avery's Oscar-nominated film A Wild Hare (1940), which Bob Givens is credited for Bugs Bunny's character design.
In 2020, Bugs began appearing on the HBO Max streaming series Looney Tunes Cartoons.
Bugs also made his return to movie theaters in the 2021 Space Jam sequel Space Jam: A New Legacy, this time starring NBA superstar LeBron James.
Tweety
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Tweety is a yellow canary in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated cartoons.
Tweety has recently appeared as a major character in New Looney Tunes and Looney Tunes Cartoons, where his designs are mostly based on his Freleng heyday with a few Bob Clampett elements to make him more suited for 1942–1944, and his personality reverts him to being more violent and abusive in nature while being toned down to retain his cute facade.
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021), voiced by Bob Bergen
Daffy Duck
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Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon character created by Warner Bros. Styled as an anthropomorphic black duck, he has appeared in cartoon series such as Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, in which he is usually depicted as a foil for Bugs Bunny.
Daffy appears in Looney Tunes Cartoons, where he is voiced by Eric Bauza.
Eric Bauza (Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem, Looney Tunes Cartoons, Animaniacs, Bugs Bunny in The Golden Carrot, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Bugs and Daffy's Thanksgiving Road Trip, Bugs Bunny Builders )
Porky Pig
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Porky Pig is an animated character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons.
Porky's latest appearance is in Looney Tunes Cartoons, where he is once again voiced by Bob Bergen.
Eric Bauza (Space Jam: A New Legacy, Bugs and Daffy's Thanksgiving Road Trip )
Elmer Fudd
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Elmer J. Fudd is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies series and the archenemy of Bugs Bunny.
Elmer Fudd was depicted without his trademark double-barreled shotgun in the first season of Looney Tunes Cartoons on the streaming service, HBO Max.
Eric Bauza (Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem, Bugs Bunny in The Golden Carrot, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Bugs and Daffy's Thanksgiving Road Trip )
Sylvester the Cat
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Sylvester Pussycat, Sr. is a fictional character, an anthropomorphic tuxedo cat in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons.
Sylvester also makes recurring appearances in both New Looney Tunes and Looney Tunes Cartoons.
Sylvester appears in Space Jam: A New Legacy voiced again by Jeff Bergman.
Yosemite Sam
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Yosemite Sam is a cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of short films produced by Warner Bros. His name is taken from Yosemite National Park.
Yosemite Sam was depicted without six-gun pistols in Looney Tunes Cartoons on the streaming service, HBO Max.
However, this change appears to have been reversed, as he is once again depicted using his pistols in Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021).
Marvin the Martian
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Marvin the Martian is an extraterrestrial character from Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons.
Eric Bauza (The Looney Tunes Show, Looney Tunes Dash, Nike commercial, New Looney Tunes, Converse commercials, Ani-Mayhem, Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem, Walmart commercial, Looney Tunes Cartoons, Bugs Bunny in The Golden Carrot, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Bugs and Daffy's Thanksgiving Road Trip, MultiVersus, Bugs Bunny Builders, Tiny Toons Looniversity )
Tasmanian Devil (Looney Tunes)
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The Tasmanian Devil (also spelled Tazmanian Devil), commonly referred to as Taz, is an animated cartoon character featured in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons.
Taz first appears in the Looney Tunes Cartoons special Bugs Bunny's 24-Carrot Holiday Special in where he is a caroler.
Taz appears in the feature film Space Jam: A New Legacy with Tatasciore reprising the role, with additional dialogue done by Cummings.
Pepé Le Pew
2 linksPepé Le Pew is an animated character from the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, introduced in 1945.
Pepé makes a cameo in the Looney Tunes Cartoons episode "Happy Birthday Bugs Bunny!".
In March 2021, as a result of controversy surrounding the character, Pepé Le Pew was reported to be removed from modern Warner Bros. projects until further notice, starting with Space Jam: A New Legacy.