To celebrate the release of the original Animaniacs, the crew put an inflatable Yakko on top of the water tower. The CEO at the time thought it was Mickey Mouse and ordered for the balloon to be taken down (1993)
Peter Griffin makes an "American" equivalent of Speedy Gonzalez called Rapid Dave, as he feels Speedy is a bad influence because he's an immigrant (2007)
Animator Steve Peck created an unauthorized Looney Tunes short called "Rabbit Habit" where Elmer Fudd sells crack to Bugs. Peck showed it to Tex Avery, who loved it so much that he wished he could hire Peck. (1975)
Animaniacs and Tiny Toons creator Tom Ruegger pitched a series called "Mixed Nutz" that would've been a crossover between Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera. The series was greenlit but was cancelled. (2008)
Artist James Cauty and his son created a video called WB Splatter which reedited old Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry cartoons so that the cartoon violence was actual gory violence. It was shown at an art exhibit in London (2008)
When animator Virgil Ross went to work for Disney after working with WB, he apparently was so used to animating Daffy, he had a hard time animating Donald (1984)
Three Tiny Toons fans decided to write their own episode and send it to Warner Bros just for fun. The TTA cast loved it so much, they turned it into a real episode, which was Buster and Babs go Hawaiian (1991)
A sequel to Space Jam called Skate Jam starring Tony Hawk was planned but was cancelled following the box office failure of Looney Tunes Back in Action (2003)
When the world Trade Center collapsed, one of the casualties was the Warner Bros Studio Store. These recovered items are on display at the 9/11 Memorial Museum (2001)
DC releases these Looney Tunes DC crossover comic. The Looney Tunes cast would be drawn in a gritty style with a backup story in each issue drawing the DC heroes in the Looney Tunes style (2017)
As someone who likes indie, we can't keep saying "anyway watch indie animation" everytime a CEO does a CEO. Yes Indie animation is great and I love how far we've come but indie animation won't fix the industry, unions and fans can
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A PG13 Looney Tunes short was planned where Bugs would acknowledge that he did blackface. It was reworked into the NLTS episode "Your Rabbit Or Your Life" (2016)
A live action Marvin the Martian movie starring Mike Myers as Marvin was in the works at Warner Bros. The movie was scrapped but test footage can be found online (2008)
Bugs Bunny was cited in a real life court case when Linda Duffey Gwozdz claimed she accidentally killed her husband while reenacting a Bugs Bunny cartoon. She was found guilty of murder and was sentenced to life in prison. (2007)
Bye Bye Bunny and The Day The Earth Blew Up was NOT cancelled but will move to other streaming services, TDTEBU is still set to air on Cartoon Network's ACME Night (2022)
The OG Tiny Toons was Uber popular in Japan due to its art style. The series even got exclusive animated commercials by TMS, the same company behind Lupin The 3rd and Sonic X (1990)
This commercial which starts Mel Blanc's son Noel. This would be the last appearance of Mel Blanc, as he shortly checked into the hospital after this was filmed and died (1989)
When Cartoon Network first premiered it consisted of Looney Tunes and other classic cartoon reruns. Here is a promo for 2009. Happy Looney 30th Cartoon Network!
Cartoon Network banned Speedy Gonzales' cartoons from airing on the network due to "culture insensitivity". After public outcry from Latin American fans, the ban was lifted (1999)
A sequel to Space Jam called Golf Jam starring Tiger Woods was planned but was cancelled as the plot felt a little silly. The movie was parodied in a Robot Chicken sketch (Late 90s)
Lola Bunny was redesigned for Space Jam: A New Legacy, which caused massive backlash as Lola wasn't "hot anymore" and fans attempted to Sonic Movie style boycott the film. The design stayed the same (2021)
Eric Bauza tweets out this meme, which is a reference to Adam Levine of Maroon 5's leaked screenshots of him cheating on his partner on Instagram (2022)
Following a serious car crash, Mel Blanc was badly injured and fell into a coma. As a way to try to wake him up, one of his doctors told him "Bugs Bunny, are you there?" to which Blanc replies in Bugs' voice "What's up doc?" (1961)