#tiny toon looniversity

[ajpdamms1225]

HAPPY DUCK DHURSDAY

[acorndudesworld]

This year was... Something.

[seagull-scribbles]

All nighter before a deadline

[1337thegamer420]

These two again!

[happilyghostlyarie]

Lola bunny is kinda like Fred Jones. You can do whatever with their personalities as long as you keep a few things.

[toko-in-the-90s]

Higher quality version on my dA: https://www.deviantart.com/toko90s/art/Free-phone-wallpaper-Fifi-1020337815

[thatcartoonnetworkblog]

Cartoon Network Friday Spotlight: Tiny Toons Looniversity- "Save the Loo Bru"

Confession time- I like Tiny Toons Looniversity better than Animaniacs 2020. I think going for a full-fledged reboot has done the show wonders, and I've been thinking of a bigger piece where I discuss how this reflects who the Looney Tunes are today among other things.

For now, let's just talk about a specific episode. If you're not familiar with this take on the Toons, Buster and Babs (relation this time) are freshmen at the prestigious Tiny Toons Looniversity, where they hope to learn how to be like their cartoon idols. Unfortunately in this episode, the Toon crew (which still features Plucky, Hamton and Sweetie Pie) discover that the school's iconic coffee shop, run by Taz and served by Dizzy Devil, is going to be closed down by young tycoon Montana Max. Perfect timing for Buster, who is learning about his need for an archrival.

The rest of the episode has Buster use some of his idol's (guess who?) tricks to get at Max, including an extended bit in drag, to get him to fail. And who doesn't love some classic Looney Tunes action?

It's funny stuff, a lot of fun. Will hopefully expand on this later.

[alaffy]

Tiny Toons Looniversity

Once again, I'm reviewing a program that is a remake/reboot of a program I watched as a kid. This, of course, is based on Tiny Toon Adventures. Tiny Toon Adventures was a precursor of Animainacs as it was the first collaboration between Steven Spielberg and the WB animation department. It followed what was considered the "next generation" of WB animated characters, most of which were based on a toon from the classic era. All of the characters where teens, more or less.

It was a good show. It didn't have the wit of Animainiacs, in that Animainiacs was clearly written for all ages; whereas Tiny Toons I would say was for older children/younger teens. That being said, Tiny Toons actually has a banned episode. They decided to teach the kids the dangers of drinking, by having three characters basically become so addicted to drinking that they ruined their lives and then died after driving off a cliff. Now, at the end of the episode the three characters make it clear that it was all a skit and that they were fine...but, yeah, that got pulled. That being said, I haven't seen that episode since probably the '90s and I still remember the message behind it, so....

I'm not sure why they decided to do Tiny Toons Looniversity, perhaps it's because the Animainiacs new series was doing so well. However, the Animainiacs series was also a sequel to the original. This is clearly a reboot as none of the characters, bar Buster and Babs, know each other. Also, Buster and Babs Bunny (no relation) are now related. Twins, in fact. Which might lead to some confusion if kids watch both this and the original series, as they occasionally dated in the original series. But this show starts off as they go to Looniveristy and meet the other characters.

I'm going to be perfectly honest, I didn't make it past the first episode. When watching the show...I can see that the personalities of the characters are the similar to the originals. However, I have a feeling the writers were writing for an even younger audience then the original series and it kind of falls flat. I wouldn't say this a horrible reboot, but I have no inclination to watch the whole season.

[preciouslittletoonette]

How does “aging” work in Toonverse, especially with regards to the Tiny Toons?

Aging is a complicated concept to a lot of toons. Mainly because its a concept that comes with different forms so it isn't as straightforward as it is for humans. Humans get older as time goes on, easy as that. Not so much for toons. For toons, there's aging and then there's narrative aging.

Narrative aging is basically aging because that is what the story requires. If a cartoon was to let's say: have an episode that takes place in the past or in the future, the toon would age according to what was needed, aging both up and down (becoming older or becoming younger). Or heck a movie from a cartoon that takes place in the future of said cartoon, would have toons or maybe just specific toons age up. The unique thing about narrative aging is that it is rather simple to revert back to your original age with the possibility of being able to swap between the age forms.

An example of a toon who had gone through narrative aging would be Max Goof. Max Goof initially debuted as a child (Goof Troop) and that was his set age up until A Goofy Movie was in production and it was required of him to 'age up' to a teen for the story, which he did. He later then aged to young adult for "An Extremely Goofy Movie". Max can now change through the three different forms at will.

Another example on the opposite spectrum of aging would be the Looney Tunes, who would have to 'de-age' to act in Baby Looney Tunes. They don't swap to their baby forms at all but can do so if desired.

And then there's Aging, which is admittedly a little more complicated than narrative aging, especially in concern to Tiny Toon Adventures.

In the Tiny Toons Adventures' episode 'Fields of Honey', we are introduced to Honey, the very first female Looney Tunes character after Babs went scouting for a mentor in the old films archive. However, Honey has been missing for several decades after she and Bosko were kicked to the curb in favour of a new star like Porky Pig. With the help of a disembodied voice, Babs goes off to try and get people to remember Honey again.

Somewhere during the episode, Babs is stopped by the voice who points out towards Bugs Bunny who was surrounded by students and the voice states something pivotal to toon lore.

"It's Laughter that keeps a toon young. When the Laughter stops, a toon grows old and forgotten"

Laughter is a very powerful thing, especially in the Who framed Roger Rabbit Toonverse (which TTA is a part of). It plays a vital part in the life of a (comedy) toon. I put comedy here in brackets because laughter here would only relate to toons in the comedy genre. So for here:

Laughter=Remembrance

So to just rephrase the quote to be more inclusive of other genres:" It's Remembrance that keeps a toon young. When a toon stops being remembered, they grow old and eventually become forgotten."

Honey, because people stopped laughing at her (and in turn, forgot about her), began to age. And judging by how she looked by the 90s, she aged at the same pace of a human. If she were in her 20s when she was created in the 1930s, then she'd be roughly in her 80s physically by when the episode aired. That's OLD.

But luckily, like Narrative Aging, this sort of Aging can be reversed, albeit it's much more difficult. To quote TTA again (same episode):

" To save Honey, the people must watch and laugh again"

Basically what its saying here is that the public has to basically remember the toon to bring them back to their prime ages. It took at least a theatre full of interested and curious people to bring Honey (and Bosko who I assumed also aged as he was forgotten) back to her former glory.

And that's aging, with regards to Tiny Toon Adventures :). Stay tuned for my future rant as to why the character Sweet Pete from Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers 2022 frustates and infuriates me from the standpoint of Toon Lore.

[rgbyshipper101]

Wait so in Tiny Toons Looniversity Buster and Babs are related now?

That just messed with their catchphrase. And the last 30 years of fanfics/art.

[valkylander]

What are your favorite tiny toons episodes

Let's see...

I really liked Dating, Acme Acres Style (I quote it regularly) and Fields of Honey. Also Tiny Toon Music Television. And I remember liking Sepulveda Boulevard, but that might just be because I'm not familiar with the movie it's spoofing.

And then for Looniversity, my favorites I've seen so far are Prank You Very Much and Tears of a Clone.

[ajpdamms1225]

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[shadowwingtronix]

First Episodes Review> Tiny Toons Looniversity

BW Media Spotlight does a First Episodes Review of Tiny Toons Looniversity. Is it a bad show with all the changes?

In the 1990s Steven Spielberg decided to produce a show for Fox Kids, something he’s not usually known for. Tiny Toon Adventures didn’t make kid versions of the Looney Tunes. You’d have to wait for Baby Looney Tunes for that. Instead the usual suspects took a backseat as mentors to a whole new cast of kids at the high school Acme Looniversity. While being kid variants of the Looney Tunes they…

[nebelihood]

They spend every day together so they think the same

I've only watched the first episode but I'm really liking it so far! some animation leaves a little to wish for but honestly it has really aswesome and fluid scenes!!! love them qwq also I love that so FAR (first ep) they are including more school events (I kinda didn't like how little episode tiny toons had to do with actual school)

[1337thegamer420]

Finalized one of the sketches from a while back

[happilyghostlyarie]

Who is your favorite character in tiny toons looniversity?

I've certainly not given this an unnecessary amount of thought that's for sure.

I surprising really like every ttl character so far. I love Hamptons arc, I love that Plucky does exactly what you expect from him, I love Babs and Sweetie's relationship, Fifi always affects my brain no matter what, Dizzy is the non binary icon we didn't know we needed, but if you put a gun to my head (because I'm still indecisive as hell) I'd still struggle to choose between Shirley and Buster as my favourites.

Shirley is just vibes and I love that.

Buster maybe it's the main character energy or the fact that I eat up his enemies to lovers interactions with Plucky, but he's just such a lad.

But at the end of it all I think I'd go with Hampton.