Tiny Toon Adventures
Series, 1990, Syndication, Set in Acme Looniversity
Tiny Toon Adventures is #11 of 28 in release order and #11 of 28 in chronological order in the Saturday Morning Cartoons.
The story
Follow the adventures of a group of young cartoon characters who attend the Acme Looniversity to become the next generation of characters from the Looney Tunes series.
Tiny Toon Adventures recap
A new generation of cartoon characters attends Acme Looniversity, a school in Acme Acres where the classic Looney Tunes stars teach them how to be funny. The students are not relatives of the originals but are modelled on them: Buster and Babs Bunny ("no relation"), who share Bugs's wit; Plucky Duck, a scheming glory hound in Daffy's mould; Hamton J. Pig, a neat, nervous pig like Porky; and Montana Max, a spoiled rich kid, and Elmyra Duff, a girl who loves animals to death, as their main antagonists. Others include Dizzy Devil, Furrball, Fifi La Fume, Shirley the Loon, Calamity Coyote, Little Beeper and Gogo Dodo, who lives in Wackyland. Episodes mix chases, parodies of films and TV, music videos and jokes aimed at adults. Steven Spielberg produced it through Amblin with Warner Bros. Animation, and Tom Ruegger created it. The show premiered in 1990, ran mainly in syndication for two seasons, moved to Fox Kids for a third in 1992, and won several Daytime Emmy Awards over its 98 episodes.
Tiny Toon Adventures ending explained
The last regular episode, "It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special" (December 1992), parodies It's a Wonderful Life: Buster, pushed out as the star of the show by Montana Max, is shown by an angel what it would be like without him, and decides to come back. Two Fox specials followed, Tiny Toons Spring Break (1994) and Tiny Toons' Night Ghoulery (1995). Its team went on to make Animaniacs, and a reboot, Tiny Toons Looniversity, arrived in 2023.
Where to watch Tiny Toon Adventures
Tiny Toon Adventures isn't on a US streaming service right now. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 7.5/10
Where it fits
- Release order: after Captain Planet and the Planeteers, before The Pirates of Dark Water.
- Chronological order: after Captain Planet and the Planeteers, before The Pirates of Dark Water.
Cast
- Tress MacNeille as Babs Bunny (voice)
- Charlie Adler as Buster Bunny (voice)
- Joe Alaskey as Plucky Duck (voice)
- Don Messick as Hampton J. Pig (voice)
- Cree Summer as Elmyra Duff (voice)
- Danny Cooksey as Montana Max (voice)
- Kath Soucie as Fifi La Fume (voice)
- Gail Matthius as Shirley the Loon (voice)
- Candi Milo as Sweetie Bird (voice)
- Frank Welker as Furrball / Byron Basset (voice)
- Maurice LaMarche as Dizzy Devil (voice)
- Jeff Bergman as Foghorn Leghorn (voice)