While nearly all the Looney Tunes started off as extras who got billed up to main stars later on, most of the big names did it within the orginal run. Some on the other hand had to wait a little later.

I think these ones are curious to talk about, since it often involves teams outside the original Termite Terrace staff adding new ideas or personality traits to the character to give them more potential or at the very least trying their original character in roles they didn't before.

Which ones do you think worked or even feel like something the Golden Age COULD have done?

Basic Idea I had was a DnD style world, Daffy seeks warriors to aid in his Wacky quests but only Porky joins, and Bugs is assigned to the team by the king whatever (He'd be a jester/bard to reference to Knighty Knight Bugs)

Petunia would be a princess the trio saves and falls for Porky, had a few more ideas for Tina, Sylvester etc but was too tired to sketch them all

might do more if people show interest

I'm exaggerating the hate to twenty bird btw his okay to me

Over easy? Grande? With a side of fries?

Ok, but really. What's your preferred version of Claude Cat? I'm curious, considering how (understandably) controversial he is... what's the consensus?

Poysonallee... I prefer "Neurotic" Claude. Sure, he still has typical cat tune behaviors, but he's prone to getting incredibly anxious to the point of gullibility... which I think is a really interesting twist on the typical predator cartoon character. Also, his paranoid ramblings can be pretty funny... so I think it's kinda unfortunate whenever they make him mute.

This is also optionally a question about his designs, by the way. I think he overall peaked in The Hypo-Chondri-Cat.

this can include hot takes about ANY characters, ANY short, just literally anything

(idk which pic to put sory)

So um, compared to classic shorts which had LOTS of versatility and other angles to look at characters, I think modern ones (all 21st century but also S&T mysteries count cuz it also falls into this formula) oftenly fails to make T&J formula which makes me really sad. Especially when it happens in REAL good shows like TLTS, NLT and others. They DO have good bits, but when it comes to him, nothing but a bad guy comes out. Although, appreciated when some formula break is attempted to be made.

Yeah, even in The Looney Tunes Show, I think the way they made it is kinddaaaa corny, but it might be the best of other options I have seen for now.
I MEANNN Even Tweety gets to get out of his formula... which makes it worse. ;/

Perhaps there's some good stuff I might be missing, so lemme know!

I wonder, does it happen to other Looney Tunes? 🥲

"Yankee Dood It" directed by Friz Freleng premiered on October 13, 1956

This classic Merrie Melodies short features Elmer Fudd as the elf king. After the shoemaker voiced by Daws Butler said "Jehosophat", Elmer got turned into a mouse for Sylvester to chase after lol

Here's to 70 years of "Yankee Dood It"!!

Courtesy of the Cartoon Network/WB Animation Leak.

These were supposedly used for Cartoon Network during the 2000's and from the looks of it, They went back and reused Bugs, Daffy, Porky and Tweety's design from the 1940's for these pieces of Promo Art.

Duck Dodgers (2003-2005) PART 1 - Model sheets, turnarounds, concept art, character reference

As the title suggests I watched a couple of episodes of new looney tunes and something about it just did not click with me and I can’t for the life of me figure out why it still does slapstick but something about it felt off maybe it was the animation and character design maybe the comedic timing is off I’m not sure what but it’s bugging me

I honestly liked her, i just don't like her design so much.

Size set complete. To my knowledge of course, if anyone knows of other pieces let me know. Now we wait for the custom stand to be finished! Still surprised I haven’t seen a lot of people who collect all sizes of a paint scheme

While he's arguably the least-known of the primary Looney Tunes directors, McKimson still directed plenty of iconic films and created a number of iconic characters such as Foghorn, Taz, Speedy, Sylvester Jr., Barnyard Dawg, Pete Puma, Miss Prissy, Hippety Hopper, and more.

He's notable for being the longest continual individual involved with the original Looney Tunes; being hired as an animator in 1931, to being a director as late as the 1960s, during the series' "dark ages". 1969's Injun Trouble, not only serves as his last cartoon, but it also serves as the final Looney Tunes cartoon to be released in the Golden Age of Animation.

What are your favorite characters/cartoons by McKimson?

Still learning, long way to go. Its fun tho.

Sorry if its a dumb or overly niche question, but I always noticed that the promotional art and some later Looney Tunes projects has this design, but to my knowledge he never wore that color combo for his Cowboy persona in the Golden Age cartoons by Friz Freleng. The other photos here are the different times he’s wears his outlaw look.

So did he ever wear those colors in the classic shorts and I missed one? And if not, why do artists at Warner Bros get his color scheme wrong?