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Looney Tunes has been referenced in popular culture for decades with many spoofs and parodies of the characters.

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TV Shows[]

101 Dalmatians: The Series[]

  • In the episode "The Making of.." there is a parody of the Road Runner cartoons where Cruella de Vil takes Wile E. Coyote's place and Spot takes Road Runner's place.

2 Broke Girls[]

  • In the episode "And the Grate Expectations", Sophie tells Earl "If I took a run at you, you'd go right through that wall like Wile E. Coyote."
  • In "And the Inside Outside Situation", when Caroline spends the money Max was "saving for that Porky Pig bong", Max protests, "But when it's down to just resin, it says 'That's all Folks!'"
  • In "And the Partnership Hits the Fan", when served a tiny poached noisy scrub bird at a fancy restaurant, Max remarks sarcastically, "When I used to watch Tweety Bird, all I could think was 'Gosh, that looks delicious.'" Then later says, "You want me to chomp down on Foghorn Leghorn?!"

2 Stupid Dogs[]

  • The Little Red Riding Hood character seen in "Red", "Red Strikes Back" and "Return of Red" is very similar to the Little Red Riding Hood character seen in Little Red Riding Rabbit, in that she wears glasses, speaks and sings very loudly, and isn't very smart, along with singing the same tune as she strolls along (though rather than "The 5 o'clock Whistle", this Red sings "The 1812 Overture").
  • In the episode "Inside Out", the Little Dog finds himself inside of the Big Dog's after accidentally being swallowed, and he calls out "Pinocchio!" in the same fashion as Bugs Bunny does in Acrobatty Bunny.

3-2-1 Penguins[]

  • The back of the VHS cover for the episode "Trouble on Planet Wait Your Turn" describes 3-2-1 Penguins as part Chronicles of Narnia and part Looney Tunes.

44 Cats[]

  • The episode "The Flying Treasures Hunt" features a scene that homages Tweedy Bird.
  • In another episode, a character falls down the same way Wild E. Coyote falls.

Adventure Time[]

  • In the episode "Ignition Point", Jake says "Suffering Succotash", Sylvester's famous line.
  • In the episode, "May I Come In?" (Part 5 of the Stakes miniseries), when Lumpy Space Princess asked Princess Bubblegum what she was doing, she asked "Hunting wabbits?", a reference to the quote synonymous with Elmer Fudd.

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius[]

  • In the episode "Journey to the Center of Carl", while Jimmy and Sheen are inside Carl's body trying to thwart a swarm of germs Jimmy created and make an antidote from one of them, Sheen does a montage of impressions to try and distract the germs from Jimmy, concluding with saying "That's all, folks!" while making the same hand-wave gesture Porky Pig traditionally would when saying the line.
  • In the episode "Return of the Nanobots", as the titular Nanobots go around deleting everyone in Retroville, a parody of the first section of Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse" plays in the soundtrack, and the bots are also seen dancing to the music a couple of times.

Adventures of the Gummi Bears[]

  • In the episode "Good Neighbor Gummi", a dimwitted thief says, "Hey Rocky, I taw I taw a Gummi Bear". Rocky shares the name as the gangster.

ALF[]

  • “You Ain’t Nothing But a Hound Dog”: Kate compares a mess ALF makes to a Roadrunner cartoon.

All in the Family[]

  • In the episode "Edith Breaks Out", Road Runner is mentioned.

The Amazing World of Gumball[]

  • In "The Tape", characters are given Latin Names in a parody of the Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner shorts.
  • In "The Safety", Darwin is trying to censor a show Gumball is watching that is a blatant reference to the Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner shorts.
    • In "The Heist", Gumball and Darwin watch the episode on their TV.
  • Gumball's room has a pennant of a basketball team called "Ducks Dodgers".

American Dad![]

Main article: American Dad!

America's Funniest Home Videos[]

  • In one episode, a Marvin the Martian cup appears.
  • In another episode, Tweety and Sylvester at Six Flags appear.
  • In another episode, while reshowing some videos in slow motion, Road Runner's "Beep Beep!" is heard when a seagull swoops down and steals a man's burger.
  • In the show's 300th episode special, a guy falls down while riding roller skates, and Tom Bergeron called his move the "Wile E. Coyote".

Angry Birds Toons[]

  • In The Episode Chuck Time, When Red is first pushed off of the cliff, he remains in mid-air for a matter of seconds before actually falling similarly to Wile E. Coyote When He Fall In The Road Runner Cartoon

Aqua Teen Hunger Force[]

  • In the Season 9 (Aqua Something You Know Whatever) episode "The Granite Family", there is a villain called Time Warner (a reference to the company Time Warner, then the owner of the Looney Tunes) who sounds like Porky Pig (stating "That's all Folks!" at the end of the episode).

Batman: The Animated Series[]

  • In "Shadow of the Bat", Batman (using his Bruce Wayne voice) answers the phone with "What's up, doc?"
  • In "Joker's Wild" the Joker whistles The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down, Later he tries to watch a Bugs Bunny cartoon but is forced to change it back to the program the other inmates were watching.
  • In the episode "Trial", there is a scene in which the Joker says, "Th-th-th-that's all folks."
  • The Tiny Toons characters Buster and Babs Bunny make cameos in a magazine based on the series.
  • In the episode "Mad Love", after being thrown out by the Joker, Harley Quinn says, "At what point did my life go all Looney Tunes?"
  • In the episode "Catwalk", Scarface says "I twat a saw a puddy tat", which is a reference to Tweety's catchphrase that he utters whenever he sees Sylvester.

Batman: The Brave and the Bold[]

  • The episode "Legends of the Dark Mite!" contains visual references to "The Great Piggy Bank Robbery".
  • In "Emperor Joker" and "Bat-Mite Presents: Batman's Strangest Cases", Bat-Mite is about to end the show with the classic "That's all Folks!" line.

Beany & Cecil[]

  • In "Wildman of Wildsville", an attempt from Cecil to wrap jungle beatnik Go Man Van Gogh in a straitjacket leads to Cecil resembling a rabbit (complete with whiskers and buck teeth), prompting Cecil to imitate Bugs's carrot munching sound and say "Deeeeeeah... what's up, pops?" Go Man then paints a giant carrot and shoves it into Cecil's mouth while saying "Don't Bugs me, man! Don't Bugs me!"
  • In "The Rat Race for Space", when trying to locate space mouse Little Ace's mother, a peek into a mouse hole leads to a cat mauling Cecil. Upon emerging from the mouse hole, Cecil says "I taut I taw a puddy-tat!"
  • In "Beany and the Boo Birds", the titular ghostly birds are based on Tweety, specifically Beany & Cecil creator Bob Clampett's original take on Tweety.
  • In "Beany & Cecil Meet the Invisible Man", the main characters go visit Edgar Allen Po's Shadow, an Alfred Hitchcock-esque silhouette whose voice and mannerisms are based on Elmer Fudd, down to the laugh.
  • In "The Capture of Thunderbolt the Wondercolt", when Dishonest John and Thunderbolt confront each other wearing various disguises, the masks they remove from each other include a reddish-brown Bugs Bunny lookalike and a Porky-esque pig in a sailor hat.

Bobby's World[]

  • In "Adventures in Bobbysitting", Derek whispers to Bobby, "If she calls mom and dad, this means war!", which is a Bugs Bunny catchphrase.
  • In "Me and Roger", Bobby has a daydream where he is a raccoon and his dog Roger is Elmer Fudd who is hunting Webblys.
  • In "Bobby's Big Broadcast", Bobby first daydreams about being the Road Runner with Derek as Wile E. Coyote. At the end of the parody, Bobby stutters like Porky Pig and says "That's not the end, folks. We'll be right back."

Boy Meets World[]

  • In one episode, Cory is watching a Road Runner cartoon and refuses to stop watching it because he "wants to make sure the Coyote is okay".
  • In another episode while watching a opera with Mr. Feeny, Eric recognizes the music from What's Opera, Doc?.

Beetlejuice (TV series)[]

  • Beetlejuice's neighbor "The Monster Across the Street" resembles Gossamer.
  • In the episode "Laugh of the Party", Beetlejuice calls Lydia a "wascally wabbit" after seeing her pink bunny outfit for the Halloween costume party.
  • The episode "Sappiest Place on Earth" ends with Beetlejuice saying "That's it, kids!" over a bullseye background.

Ben 10[]

  • In one episode, Road Runner appears as a sketch for a blue figure (Ben as Heatblast) who saved the train.

Big Time Rush[]

Bionic Six[]

  • In the final episode, "That's All, Folks!", there are numerous references. Flub Fleming is play on the name Friz Freleng. The address "2222, Clampett Drive." is a nod to Bob Clampett. the character of Sammy Skunk and the hunter are a play on Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. In Flub's house, there a pictures of black ducks resembling Daffy Duck. The Acme Corporation appears in the episode.

Cheers[]

  • In one episode, some bar patrons discuss the Road Runner cartoons.

Class of 3000[]

  • Wile E. Coyote appears in one episode riding on some rocket powered roller skates and howling like a real coyote.
  • In "Two to Tango", one of the scenes had Eddie's legs tied to a rope and to his treasure chest he gave to Tamika for a gift. Tamika throws the chest off a nearby cliff and Eddie launches with it. When he is about to launch, he holds up a sign like Wile E. Coyote and it reads, "YIPE!"

Clerks: The Animated Series[]

  • The ending scene of "The Last Episode Ever" is a homage to the ending scene of "Duck Amuck".

The Cuphead Show![]

  • The title of the episode "Rats All, Folks" is based off the closing phrase "That's all, folks!".

The Cleveland Show (Family Guy spinoff)[]

  • In the "Pilot" episode, Peter Griffin straps a rocket to his back and tries to catch Road Runner (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) only so he can blow up Cleveland Brown's house. He succeeds in breaking Cleveland's bathtub, which makes Cleveland move.
  • In "The Hangover Part Tubbs" episode, Donna Tubbs askes if they drove all the way to Rochester black out drunk, to which Holt Richer responds "No, we Bugs Bunny-ied our way." The screen then pans over to a hole looking similar to a rabbit hole.
  • Speedy Gonzales appeared in "There Goes El Neighborhood".

Clone High (2002)[]

  • In the episode "Plane Crazy: Gate Expectations", Professor Scudworth's encounters with Skunky-Poo are parodies of Wile E Coyote and the Road Runner.

Courage the Cowardly Dog[]

  • The pilot episode, "The Chicken from Outer Space", as well as the episode from the actual series, "The Revenge of the Chicken from Outer Space", both end in a similar manner to the Bugs Bunny cartoon, "Hare Ribbin''", with Courage holding the iris out as he says "This shouldn't happen to a dog!" ("This still shouldn't happen to a dog!" in the latter), then the iris out closing on the dog's nose, much to his pain.

Dan Vs.[]

  • In "New Mexico", Chris hits a roadrunner with his car. Dan says, "I think we killed a celebrity!" Chris replies, "It's a roadrunner" to which Dan replied, "What if it's THE Road Runner!?"

Dexter[]

  • In Season 7 Episode 7, "Chemistry", when Isaak Sirko says, "...you were able to lead me into a trap, a mistake I assure you won't happen again", Dexter responds, "We have a cartoon in America about a coyote who chases after a roadrunner. He keeps thinking that. He keeps rocket-skating right off the cliff."

Dexter's Laboratory[]

  • At the end of "The Continuum of Cartoon Fools", Dexter mentions that he is no better than "that stupid coyote" and "that crazy duck."
  • The episode "Unfortunate Cookie" is similar to the Looney Tunes short, "D' Fightin' Ones" where Dexter getting his finger stuck with Dee Dee's finger is a reference to Sylvester the Cat being attached to the Bulldog.
  • In "Snowdown", after Dee Dee throws a snowball at Dexter while disguised as a snowman, upon revealing herself, she munches on the carrot used for the snowman's nose and says "Eeeah... What's up, Dex?"
  • In the episode "Road Rash" (which mostly parodies the Road Runner cartoons), after Dexter falls down a manhole, Dee Dee says the Road Runner's catchphrase "Beep beep!" and speeds off. Other times, Dee Dee says "Can't catch me!" in the same manner.

Doug[]

  • In "Doug's Midnight Kiss", at Beebe Bluff's New Year's Eve party, Chalky Studebaker spots Doug Funnie eating carrots at the refreshment table and greets him with, "Ehhhh, what's up, Doug?"

Drawn Together*[]

  • Marvin the Martian appears in two Drawn Together episodes: "Charlotte's Web of Lies" (where he is seen in Ling-Ling's Anger Management Group with The Hulk, Skeletor, and Yosemite Sam) and "Toot Goes Bollywood".
  • Elmer Fudd (voiced by Chris Edgerly) in one episode appears at a gay party with his face pixelated.
  • In another episode, Bugs Bunny appeared harassing Foxxy like he did in the cartoon "Duck Amuck".
  • In "Mexican't Buy Me Love", Toot does an impression of the Road Runner and tries to sped off like him.
  • In another episode, Spanky chases Wooldoor, and they freeze frame with Latin names just like in the Road Runner cartoons.
  • Sylvester made a cameo in the episode "Clum Babies".
  • Speedy appeared in an episode trying to be a member of the housemates. In the same episode a Wile E. Coyote-shaped crater is seen during the place wreck.
  • In another episode, Wooldoor is chased by cops into an Acme store.
  • In The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!, Road Runner gets run down and dies. After Road Runner's death, Wile E. Coyote (voiced by Jess Harnell; for some reason, his nose is red just like Ralph's) says that his life has no meaning without The Road Runner and then commits suicide by shooting himself in the head with a prop gun.

DynaMo (BBC Two/BBC Schools/Learning Zone)[]

  • At the end of one episode, DynaMo says "That's all, folks!"

EggBird (BabyTV)[]

In the episode "Elephant", the blue-and-white-striped EggBird guesses Wally is dressed as Yosemite Sam.

The Electric Company[]

The Emperor's New School[]

  • In the episode "Krunk Moves In", Kuzco inside a barrel crosses paths with Yzma. Before rolling over her, the Road Runner's signature "Beep beep!" can be heard.

Everybody Loves Raymond[]

  • In the episode Debra’s Sick, one room in the pediatrician’s office has pictures of the Looney Tunes cast, notably the baby versions of the cast. Though that episode predates Baby Looney Tunes by 5 years.

The Fairly OddParents[]

  • "Odd, Odd West" has a scene near the end of the episode when Chester is about to fight a wild feral coyote, to which he says "Bring it on, Wiley!" referencing Wile E. Coyote.
  • "Back to the Norm" features a scene which parodies the painted tunnel scene from the Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon "Fast and Furry-ous", where Mr. Crocker paints a tunnel with Trixie Tang on a cliff.
  • "Power Mad!" - When A.J. falls off the ladder and Chester stays on it, is a reference to the famous Wile. E Coyote and Road Runner shorts. Also, the way he fell off is a reference to the cliff gags.
  • "Channel Chasers", part of the 4th season, featured numerous parodies of TV shows and movies, one of which is Looney Tunes, titled "Rabid Rabbit". When Timmy, his adult counterpart, Cosmo, and Wanda enter this show, adult Timmy is a a rabbit and has the colors of Bugs Bunny, young Timmy wears clothing similar to Elmer Fudd, and Cosmo and Wanda are both rabbits in their respective colors. They encounter a duck, whose beak has been shot the opposite direction, à la Daffy Duck in "Rabbit Fire", whom Cosmo greets with "Ehh, what's up, dork?"
  • In "The Good Old Days!", Cosmo and Wanda's "old cartoon" appearance is similar to Foxy and Roxy, a pair of cartoon foxes that appeared in the 1930s.
    • When Timmy wished for everything to not be cartoon-related anymore, a POOF! sign appears saying "So Long, Folks", which was the original closing slogan for Merrie Melodies, before changing in 1933 to "That's all, Folks!".
  • "Love at First Height" - When Elvis Presley says "Did somebody knock?" It is a reference to the Looney Tunes episode "Rabbit Fire" wherein Bugs Bunny says the same words after coming out from the hole.
  • In extended version of A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!, Jorgen's scenes could be a parody of the Road Runner character, Wile E. Coyote, due to Jorgen using Cupid's bow and arrows, which failed him twice, and then backfired the last time.

Family Guy[]

Family Matters[]

  • In the episode Cousin Urkel, Carl says of Steve That boy is Looney Tunes.

Farscape[]

  • One of the episodes features a spoof of the Road Runner cartoons.

The Flash[]

  • In the episode "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 3", a scene from "Falling Hare" plays in the background while on the Nazi planet.

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends[]

  • In the episode "Store Wars", Frankie says "Here's your streamer, Bugs!" as she tosses the party streamers she bought for Madame Foster's birthday at Mr. Herriman's face
  • One episode is titled "World Wide Wabbit".
  • In the episode "Bus the Two of Us", Coco tells Goo to create a clone of Mr. Herriman after Wilt hides the real Herriman in the closet to prevent him from finding out that Bloo took the Foster's bus for a joyride. One of the Herriman clones looks similar to Bugs Bunny.
  • In the episode "The Big Cheese", after Mr. Herriman accidentally locks everyone out of Foster's as a result of him misunderstanding the instructions for a newly-installed security system, Frankie nicknames Herriman "Bugs Dummy".

Fraggle Rock[]

  • In the episode "Gone but Not Forgotten", a parrot asks "What's up, Doc?" to the character Doc.

Friends[]

  • In one episode, the Road Runner cartoon "Going! Going! Gosh!" is shown being watched by a few of the characters.
  • One of the couch cushions at Joey and Chandler's apartment resembles Marvin the Martian.

Full House[]

  • Joey Gladstone (played by Dave Coulier) does impressions of Looney Tunes characters throughout the series.
  • In "Our Very First Night", Stephanie and D.J. sneak down to the kitchen and are confronted by their uncle Jesse, who asks "Aren't you supposed to be in bed dreaming about Tweety Bird or Big Bird or Larry Bird or something?"
  • In "The Return of Grandma", Stephanie wants to watch Bugs Bunny, but Joey wants to watch Yogi Bear. Joey complains that every Bugs Bunny cartoon is the same, as in how Elmer and Yosemite Sam are always trying to shoot Bugs Bunny, and that since Bugs always pops his head out of the rabbit hole, he has a "death wish". Stephanie replies that it's "better than watching Yogi steal the same picnic basket".
  • In "Thirteen Candles", Joey takes Stephanie on a night out together while D.J. celebrates her birthday party, with one of their stops being the Daffy Duck Film Festival. Meanwhile, Michelle dances in her room with a large Bugs Bunny stuffed doll, to which her uncle Jesse comments, "Now this is a party. You got singing, dancing, cwazy wabbits..."
  • In "Joey's Funny Valentine", Michelle has returned a lost parrot to the owner of an electronics store that allows her to choose anything she wants as a reward. D.J. tries to talk Michelle into choosing a big-screen TV, and when she observes Michelle watching a cartoon on a small portable television, she comments to Michelle that with a big-screen TV, she "could watch Tiny Toons, and everything wouldn't look so tiny."

Futurama[]

Garfield and Friends[]

Gilligan's Island[]

  • In the episode "You've Been Disconnected", Mr. Howell tells Gilligan that he will have more carrots than Bugs Bunny does.

Gilmore Girls[]

  • In the episode "Dead Uncles and Vegetables", Rory and Lorelei call each other Mac and Tosh, after using the same words.

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.[]

  • In the episode "Corporal Carol", Gomer and Carol watch a Road Runner cartoon at a drive-in theater. The Road Runner's "Beep-beep!" plays during the scene. Gomer, having seen the cartoon before, states that it includes a fox, which has never been featured in any actual Road Runner cartoons.

Grimsburg[]

  • In the episode "The Flute Show", when Marvin goes into his mind to trace a mystery clue given in the form of a rabbit's bone, he says "Missing a bone, doc?" to a rabbit who is chewing on a carrot. The rabbit then says "Eh, I don't know what you're-" before Marvin rips his abdomen out and the rabbit then says "That's all Folks!" and then dies. Marvin then says that when he watched cartoons back then, they didn't have consequences and declares the bone to not be a match, an obvious nod to to the exaggerated and consequence-free nature of violence depicted in classic cartoons, contrasting with the more realistic and consequence-aware portrayals found in modern media.

Gurren Lagann[]

  • In the scene where Simon, Kamina and the members of the Black Siblings are dealing with a multi-faced monster, one of the monster faces says "B-b-b That's all folks!", a reference to Porky Pig's exit on the earlier Looney Tunes shorts.

House of Mouse[]

  • In "Pete's House of Villains", Ariel holds up a sign saying "Somebody stole my voice again". This is a reference to Wile E. Coyote holding up signs whenever he does not talk.
  • Near the end of "Timon and Pumbaa", Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck fight over ownership of the club (by Donald changing the club name from House of Mouse to House of Duck) in a similar vein to Rabbit Fire. At the end of the same episode, Mickey accidentally says "That's all, folks!" when he tells everyone good-bye; a reference to Porky Pig's famous catchphrase.

In Living Color[]

  • In one episode, Wile E. Coyote is put on trial by Congress for being so violent and Elmer Fudd is his lawyer.

Iron Chef America[]

  • In "Battle Carrots" (S13E03) Host Alton Brown closes the show with a quote from Bugs Bunny, "Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out of it alive." (from "Rabbit's Feat")

Jackass[]

  • In a segment of Jackass: The Lost Tapes on DVD, when Ryan Dunn gets covered in tar and feathers, he states, "I thought this only went on in Bugs Bunny cartoons."

JellyTelly[]

  • In the 7th JellyTelly DVD of What's in the Bible?, when Buck Denver says he was feeling peppy, Phil Vischer calls him "Peppy Lew Pew". Also during the outtakes when Phil made a mistake he stutters and says "That's all folks".

Johnny Test[]

  • In "Johnny vs. Bling Bling 3", Johnny and Dukey are chased by Bling Bling like Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, complete with Latin names.

Justice League Action[]

  • "Beep Beep!" - The title of this short is a reference to Road Runner's sound. The cartoon features Lobo using many traps in order to catch the Flash. At one point, the cliff below Lobo explodes and he falls down a cliff like Wile E. Coyote does. Flash ends the short by saying "Beep Beep!"

The King of Queens[]

  • In the episode "Bun Dummy", Dougs asks his friends if a woman wearing her hair in a bun is a good look, and Deacon replies, "Yeah, if you're the old lady that owns Tweety Bird."

King of the Hill[]

  • In the episode "Bobby Gets Grilled", when Joseph laments he can't dress up as Speedy Gonzales for Halloween anymore. After Bobby agrees it's racist, the Hispanic Emilio defends Speedy, claiming he's a hero who fights against American imperialism - specifically Sylvester the Cat. Bobby then comments that Mel Blanc probably wouldn't be able to do Speedy's voice nowadays, and when Joseph asks who he is, Bobby fills him in on Blanc being the genius who voiced the Looney Tunes characters.

Kirby: Right Back At Ya[]

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert[]

In the 2 February 2021 show, Stephen's report on Mitch McConnell describing Rep. Greene's "loony lies" featured a send-up of Porky's sign-off.

The Little Lulu Show[]

  • "Jumping Beans" - Lulu and Tubby are upset about having to get beans for their parents. While on their way to the store, Lulu sarcastically says "Quick as a bunny", prompting Iggy to pop out from under a manhole and say "Like Speedy Gonzales."

Littlest Pet Shop[]

  • "Blythe's Big Adventure Part 2" - After discovering she can talk to animals, Blythe runs down the street screaming, where a Chihuahua remarks, "I like you; you crazy." This is an obvious reference to Friz Freleng's Speedy Gonzales film.
  • "Secret Cupet" - A lovestruck Russell chases Penny Ling using Pepé Le Pew's trademark hopping gait.

MAD[]

Marvin Marvin[]

The Middle[]

  • "Bunny Therapy" - When Mike and Frankie give their son Brick a bunny, Brick gives it away to his sister Sue, who in turn names him Bugs.

Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures[]

  • A milkman duck in "Night of the Bat-Bat" resembles Daffy Duck.

Muppet Babies[]

  • In the episode "Comic Capers", Baby Piggy encounters a scene from "Puss n' Booty".
  • In another episode there are two chickens who talk like Foghorn Leghorn and Tweety.
  • In the episode "Who's Tale Is It, Anyway?", Baby Fozzie dressed as a farmer talks like Elmer Fudd. Baby Bean Bunny is also dressed as Bugs Bunny and says "What's up Foz?"
  • In the episode "Eight Flags over the Nursery", somebody asks if Baby Piggy is Porky Pig's sister.
  • In the episode "The Great Muppet Cartoon Show", Baby Fozzie dresses up as Bugs Bunny during the "We Love Cartoons" song number.

The Muppet Show[]

  • At the end of the Doug Henning episode, a rabbit says Porky Pig's catchphrase "Th-th-that's all folks!"
  • In the "Veterinarian's Hospital" sketch from the follow-up episode with Andy Williams, the patient is a bunny. When Miss Piggy asks what the bunny's name is, Doctor Bob replies, "Well he hasn't said 'Eh...What's up doc?' So he's not you know who."

My Life as a Teenage Robot[]

  • In one episode, Sylvester gets captured.

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic[]

  • "Griffon the Brush-Off" - In a chase scene, Pinkie Pie hops gleefully in pursuit of a fast-flying Rainbow Dash, a reference to the Pepé Le Pew/Penelope cartoons.
  • "Putting Your Hoof Down" - While trying to teach Fluttershy to be more assertive, Pinkie Pie uses Bugs Bunny-like reverse psychology on a salespony to get her to sell some produce for cheaper than usual.

The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh[]

  • In "The Great Honey Pot Robbery", Heff the Heffalump mistaking Roo as a giant mouse is a clear nod to the Sylvester and Hippety Hopper shorts.
  • In "How Much is That Rabbit in the Window?", Pooh says "Be very quiet, Eeyore. We're hunting flutterbys.", which is a nod to Elmer Fudd's iconic catchphrase.
  • In "My Hero", Tigger is washing Piglet's shirts and singing a jazzy version of "This Little Piggy", as "This Piglet shirt". But after accidentally washing and hanging Piglet himself up to dry, he notices, "Well, whaddaya know? Fresh out of Piglet shirts!" in a reference to Tweety's "This Little Piggy" routine.
  • In "Bubble Trouble", Gopher's portable hole is a nod to "The Hole Idea".
  • In "Fast Friends", Gopher's attempts to stop a fast-going Pooh paid homage to the Road-Runner and Wile E. Coyote shorts.
  • The episode "Cloud, Cloud, Go Away", in which a rain cloud follows Tigger around, has a similar plot to "Fiesta Fiasco".
  • In "Winnie the Pooh and Christmas, Too!", Tigger wakes Gopher up from his winter hibernation by lowering a loud alarm clock into his burrow hole on a string, very much like Bugs Bunny did in "Roman Legion-Hare" to wake up the sleeping lions in their room and attack Yosemite Sam.

Night Court[]

Oggy and the Cockroaches[]

Oscar's Oasis[]

  • Many of the characters from Oscar's Oasis often fall off a cliff the same way Wile E. Coyote falls off a cliff.
  • One of the show's main antagonists, Buck, is similar to Beaky Buzzard.

Ozzy & Drix[]

  • In the 11th episode of Season 2, "Double Dose", Gossamer makes a cameo appearance with Osmosis Jones as the Rabbit in his dream.

Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures[]

Pac-Man: The Animated Series[]

  • In a Pac-Mania break, the Ghost Monsters try to stop Pac-Man with the first gag from the Road Runner cartoon "Beep, Beep".

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt*[]

  • In the English translation of the manga chapter, "Cheese Horror Day", Panty tells Stocking to "kill the wabbit", a reference to Elmer Fudd's catchphrase.

Phineas and Ferb[]

  • In the episode "Swiss Family Phineas", while hugging Perry the Platypus, Buford says Elmyra Duff's catchphrase "I'm going to hug you, and squeeze you, and never let you go!"
  • In the episode "The Fast and the Phineas", Candace makes a pull over just like Road Runner.

Pingu[]

  • In the episode "Pingu Makes A Big Splash", when Pingu slips off the edge of the diving board, his fall is a parody of Wile E. Coyote's cliff falls.

Pokémon[]

  • One of the lines in the Kanto Pokérap is "That's all, folks!"
  • In the episode "The Purr-fect Hero", Brock says "That's not all, folks!" before sending out his Pokémon.
  • In the episode "It's Mr. Mime Time", when the two Mr. Mime are making a tower of mirrors to catch Team Rocket and their tank, Team Rocket says, "That's wall, folks".
  • At the end of the episode "Lights, Camera, Pika!", Ash and his friends say "That's all, folks!".

The Powerpuff Girls[]

  • In the episode "Helter Shelter", Professor Utonium, Blossom and Buttercup at one point are watching what appears to be a Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner short as evidenced by the "Beep beep!" noise.
  • One of the security guards in the episode "Film Flam", has a voice similar to that of Porky Pig, minus the signature stutter.
  • In the episode "I See a Funny Cartoon in Your Future", Madame Argentina (the villain of the episode) at one point says Bugs Bunny's line, "Ain't I a stinker?"
  • In The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!, Mojo Jojo holds a sign saying "Curses", a la Wile E. Coyote. He then flips the sign; written on the other side is "Curses I say! I express my frustration with a word that I feel sums up the overwhelming feeling of anger I experience when I find myself in such unfortunate situations such as this!"

The Ren & Stimpy Show[]

  • In the second half of the first Ren & Stimpy episode, "The Big Shot", Stimpy says Elmer Fudd's catchphrase "I'm hunting for a wabbit!" Coincidentally, Billy West, Stimpy's voice actor, would go on to voice Elmer Fudd.
  • In "Haunted House", Ren and Stimpy mistaking a ghost wearing a witch doctor's mask and wielding a chainsaw for a trick-or-treater and give him candy, very much like Bugs Bunny mistaking Marvin the Martian and K-9 for costumed trick-or-treaters in The Hasty Hare.
    • Additionally, this episode was originally written and boarded as a Tiny Toon Adventures segment titled "Hi, Spirits", and would have featured Gogo Dodo and Hamton J. Pig in Ren and Stimpy's roles, but it was rejected, and the unused story was then taken by its writers to The Ren & Stimpy Show and reworked into "Haunted House".
  • The episodes "Untamed World: A Cartoon" and "Lair of the Lummox" are similar to the travelogue cartoons directed by Tex Avery.

Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon"*[]

  • "Ren Seeks Help" ends with Ren, Stimpy, Mr. Horse, Mr. Froggy, and the animal control person in concrete rings much like the Looney Tunes circles. "That's it Folks!" appears in the bottom in the same font that "That's all Folks!" does.
  • In the same episode, the name of the Mental Asylum that was on the ambulance was called Clampett's Funny Farm.
  • In "Altruists", the green duck guarding the mansion that Ren and Stimpy break into looks remotely similar to Daffy Duck.

Richard Osman's House of Games[]

  • In Season 4 Episode 74 on 4 February 2021, the game "Rhyme Time" featured a picture of Amber Rudd beside the clue "Adversary of Bugs Bunny", so the answer was Elmer Fudd.
  • In Season 4 Episode 77 on 9 February 2021, the game "Answer Smash" featured a picture of Porky with a clue; when smashed together, the answer is Porky Pigloo.

Rick and Morty[]

  • In the episode "Something Ricked This Way Comes", Summer's boss The Devil files for bankruptcy, Rick tells Summer that The Devil's bankruptcy was similar to when Bugs Bunny f***ed (word bleeped out when on Cartoon Network/Adult Swim, optional uncensored track on DVD) the opera singer for twenty minutes, a reference to the Looney Tunes short "Long-Haired Hare".
  • In the episode "The Vat of Acid Episode", Rick mentions Bugs Bunny using reverse psychology.

Robot Chicken[]

Rocko's Modern Life[]

  • In the episode "Fatal Contraption", while the food processor is in the desert, the Road Runner (redesigned to probably avoid copyright issues) appears in the background. He tripped on the food processor and then appears on a roast, with a Wile E. Coyote-like character sitting by it waving at the processor (silently thanking him).

Rugrats[]

  • In the episode "Baseball", after seeing baseball player Bucky Majors hit a high flyball, Grandpa Lou says "So long, screwy! See you in St. Louis!", which is a phrase that has been said by Bugs Bunny on a few occasions.

Sailor Moon[]

  • In the episode "The Mysterious Sleeping Sickness: Protect the Girls in Love" (retitled "Talk Radio" for the first English dub), a sticker that looks similar to Bugs Bunny can be seen on top of Usagi's notebook.

Scooby-Doo[]

Seinfeld[]

  • In one episode where Elaine complains that they're going to miss the overture at the opera, Jerry sings the theme song from The Bugs Bunny Show.
  • Another features Jerry with a Tweety Pez dispenser.

Sesame Street[]

  • In one episode of Sesame Street, a Road Runner comic book is seen on the front door of Hooper's Store.
  • In the Elmo's World episode of balls, the ending line of the TV cartoon is "That's ball folks" a pun of Porky Pig's catchphrase "That's all folks".
  • Bugs Bunny appeared in the "Yakety Yak, Take It Back", music video which was shown on Sesame Street.
  • In a Bert and Ernie sketch, Ernie says to Dr. Livingstone "What's up, doc?" and mentions he learned it from Bugs Bunny.
  • In a Sesame Street News sketch where Kermit the Frog and Ali Baba attempt to get the cave housing the 40 Thieves to open, Kermit tries saying "Open Saskatchewan", ala Hassan in Ali Baba Bunny.
  • In one episode, Maria reads a book called "Bugs: A Rabbit to Remember" to Elmo and Roxy.
  • An unproduced Sesame Street insert was to repurpose footage from "Zoom at the Top", with new narration from Bugs Bunny to explain the difference between open and closed.

The Simpsons[]

Sister Sister[]

South Park*[]

  • In the episode "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe", the aliens have a device that makes a person sing "I Love to Singa". Both Cartman and Officer Barbrady are affected by this.
  • In "Scott Tenorman Must Die", Cartman says Porky's end catchphrase.
  • In "Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants", Cartman parodies Bugs Bunny to outsmart Osama.
  • In "Imaginationland Episode III", Marvin the Martian, Gossamer and a rabid Wile E. Coyote appear.
  • In "Coon vs. Coon and Friends", Cartman acts as Pussyfoot and Cthulhu as Marc Anthony in his "cute kitten" routine.

The Slammer (CBBC)[]

  • In one episode, there was a reference to "That's All Folks!"

Smiling Friends[]

• There’s an Adult Swim Bumper promoting Smiling Friends titled Smiling Symphonies spoofing Rabbit Fire in the same art style as the short. Mr. Boss playing the role of Elmer Fudd is on the hunt for Smiling Friends. Pim and Charlie are talking about a surgery the latter recently had. Charlie says “What’s up, Boss?” referencing Bugs Bunny’s “What’s up, Doc?” catchphrase. Mr. Boss shot Charlie with his rifle and his nose spins around like Daffy’s beak when shot by Elmer. Pim and Charlie runs away and argues whether if it’s Pim Season or Charlie Season while ripping the posters until the final poster reads “[as] season” like the ending punchline of Rabbit Fire.

SpongeBob SquarePants[]

The Steve Harvey Show[]

  • When talking about Beethoven, the students think of it being made for Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd chase sequences.
  • In the same scene, Steve mentions how the best Looney Tunes is when Foghorn Leghorn (also imitates him) beats Barnyard Dawg.
  • In another episode, the boys Romeo and Bullethead have a frog for their dissecting project and talk about how cute he is looking like the frog on the WB network. Michigan J. Frog is the reference.
  • Same episode with guest stars Kenan and Kel both talk about how to be romantic like Pepé Le Pew does to Penelope Pussycat in order to get the principal interested.

Space Goofs[]

Steven Universe[]

  • The entirety of the Season 4 episode "Kindergarten Kid" is an homage to Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner shorts.

Supergirl[]

  • In the episode, "Damage", when Lena Luthor asks Morgan Edge about the Acre Lee Chemical company, he asks if that's where the coyote bought the stuff he uses to catch the roadrunner.

Supernatural[]

  • In the episode "Bad Day at Black Rock", Dean says "Say goodbye, wascawy wabbit."
  • In the episode "Sympathy for the Devil", when Sam and Dean are transported onto the plane, they find themselves watching a Looney Tunes short that features Yosemite Sam being taken to Hell by the Devil, foreshadowing Sam Winchester finally accepting his role as the vessel of Lucifer and jumping into the Cage.

Teen Titans[]

  • In the episode "Don't Touch That Dial", there is a scene where Control Freak becomes like Road Runner and Beast Boy becomes a Wile E. Coyote-like coyote, albeit mostly feral. Staying true to Looney Tunes, when Control Freak stops on the edge of a rock and Beast Boy stops right in front of him, Control Freak tells Beast Boy, "I wouldn't stand there if I were you", after which a falling anvil then smashes part of the precipice, causing the left part of the precipice to fall while the right part remains in midair. In true Looney Tunes fashion, Beast Boy then holds up a sign saying "YIKES!" and plummets to the ground, after which Control Freak jumps in the air, beeping like the Road Runner, and dashes off in a cloud of smoke.

Teen Titans Go![]

  • In the episode "Squash & Stretch", Gumball and Darwin of The Amazing World of Gumball appeared in a Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner-styled cartoon on the Titans' television. Darwin's appearance has purple skin with red shoes and Gumball's appearance has green fur and wearing a red sweater.
  • Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and other Looney Tunes characters appear in "Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary".

Three's Company[]

  • In the episode "Professor Jack", when Terri introduces a doctor friend, Jack says, "What's up, doc?" and the other characters roll their eyes at his joke.
  • In the episode "Jack Goes to the Dentist", the dentist compares Terri's overbite to Bugs Bunny's.
  • In the episode "An Affair to Forget", Janet says she used to do an impression of Porky Pig, but Jack pushes up her nose and stutters the "That's all folks" line.

The Tom & Jerry Show[]

Total Drama Island[]

  • In the episode "Wawanakwa Gone Wild!", Gwen's duck behaves like Road Runner, both in its running style and capabilities, and in the way it sticks its tongue out at Gwen and kicks up its heels before dashing off. Gwen stands in for Wile E. Coyote in these scenes.

The Wacky World of Tex Avery[]

  • The titular character is based on Red Hot Ryder from "Buckaroo Bugs".
  • Maurice the Chicken resembles Tweety. They're both baby yellow birds wearing blue sailor hats and having long eyelashes.
  • One Maurice & Mooch short features an Elmer Fudd-like hunter carrying a rabbit.

Tweenies[]

  • In the episode "Television", Max says "That's all, folks!"

Victorious[]

  • In the episode "Opposite Date", Jade mentions the roadrunner to Cat only for Cat to say that she doesn't like him because he's mean to Wile E. Coyote and then calls him a dog.

Wait Till Your Father Gets Home[]

  • In the episode "The Hippie", Irma Boyle dryly tells her husband Harry they went through their whole vegetable supply "like Bugs Bunny."

Wander Over Yonder[]

Whose Line Is It Anyway?[]

  • In Season 2 Episode 21 of the American version, in the "Party Quirks" game, Ryan has to portray Wile E. Coyote trying to catch Road Runner.
  • In Season 2 Episode 33 during "Weird Newscasters", the top story was that "Hollywood was saddened when Foghorn Leghorn died today at the age of 65. Memorial services will be held tomorrow, after which the deceased will be served with a nice orange sauce."
  • In Season 3 Episode 12 during "Props", Drew Carey mimicked Bugs eating a carrot and asking "Eh, what's up doc?"
  • In Season 4 Episode 8 during "Props", Colin Mochrie improvised, "We're here today to bury Bugs Bunny."
  • In Season 5 Episode 5 during "Props", Drew and Ryan played Daffy and Elmer arguing about duck season or rabbit season.
  • In Season 5 Episode 14 during "Props", Drew imitates Foghorn, "I'm not a chic... I say, I'm not a chicken, boy; I'm a rooster!"
  • In Season 5 Episode 22, Drew notices a remarkable resemblance and asks Sally from the audience, "Do you own a little bird named Tweety?"
  • In Season 7 Episode 7 during "Props", Drew uses his prop to imitate Foghorn Leghorn, "Look, I say, look at me while I'm talking to you, boy."
  • In Season 8 Episode 6 during "Questions with Wigs", Ryan donned a skunk wig and imitated Pepé Le Pew as he pitched woo to Colin.
  • In Season 9 Episode 3 during "Props", Wayne pretended his props were Bugs' ears, saying "Yeah, officer, I saw the whole thing. Dude came and just cut Bugs Bunny in half!"
  • In Season 9 Episode 9 during "Scenes from a Hat", the suggestion "Unlikely cartoon characters to cameo in an adult movie" inspires impressions of Porky Pig and Elmer Fudd.
  • In Season 9 Episode 12 during "Scenes from a Hat", Ryan imagines Colin's tramp stamp reads "Come out of there you crazy rabbit!"
  • In Season 10 Episode 2 during "Scenes from a Hat", the suggestion "Strange things to shout out during sex" elicits Ryan's response, "Come out of there you crazy rabbit!"
  • In Season 15 Episode 2, Wayne and Colin use their props to imitate Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam.
  • In Season 15 Episode 11, Colin uses his prop to imitate Elmer Fudd.
  • In Season 16 Episode 13, three of the four introductions are Looney catchphrases: "Arriba, arriba!", "Sufferin' succotash", and "That's all, folks!"

Wild Kratts[]

  • While not mentioned by name in the episode entitled "Road Runner", there have been several allusions and mentions of the cartoon duo, especially the fact that coyotes could actually catch road runners.

Wipeout[]

  • In one episode, John Anderson says "Be vewy vewy quiet. I'm hunting cougars", a pun of one of Elmer Fudd's catchphrases.

Yin Yang Yo![]

  • The episode An Inconvenient Tooth parodies several aspects of the franchise.

Authors[]

Phil Robertson[]

John Kricfalusi[]

  • In his book Hollywood Cartoons: Animation in Its Golden Age, historian Michael Barrier stated that John's works "testify to his intense admiration for Bob Clampett's Warner Bros. cartoons."

Scholastic[]

  • In Pocket Dictionary of Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms, at the end of the book, "Well, that's all, folks." is in the Interjections part.
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Stephen King[]

  • The Shining — Jack and Wendy call their son, Danny, “Doc” because he likes Bugs Bunny cartoons.
  • IT — Eddie: “I hate it when you stutter my name, Bill; you sound like Elmer Fudd.” Ben: “Actually, Elmer Fudd had a lisp. Porky Pig had a stutter.”

Movies[]

Animalympics[]

  • The third animal to get the Olympic torch strongly resembles Wile E. Coyote.
  • When Bolt Jenkins prepares for the Animalympics, his head appears in the middle of the classic Looney Tunes logo.

The Angry Birds Movie[]

Batman: Assault on Arkham[]

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker[]

  • During the scene when Terry visits Bruce's dog Ace after the Joker's attack on Wayne Manor, Ace is watching the cartoon "Hare Ribbin'".


Batman Forever[]

  • During the scene where The Riddler (Jim Carrey) demonstrates to Two-Face (Tommy Lee Jones) what his device is capable of on two of his henchwomen, the cartoons that pop up in front of their eyes are "The Stupid Cupid" and "Satan's Waitin'".

Blazing Saddles[]

  • In a scene paying homage to Bugs Bunny, Sheriff Bart disguises as a Candygram to deliver a candy package with dynamite inside to Mongo. "Merrily We Roll Along" plays during the scene.

Blended[]

The Bob Hope Christmas Special[]

  • Big Bird (from Sesame Street) says one of his favorite movie stars is The Road Runner.

Boys on the Side[]

  • When Robin is visited by her mother in a hospital, "A Tale of Two Kitties" is briefly shown on a television screen.

Caddyshack II[]

  • When Jack Hartounian turns Bushwood into Jackie's Wacky Golf, props of various Looney Tunes characters are featured throughout the park's golf course. One of the holes resembles the Color Rings. At one point, Peter Blunt stands behind the Bugs Bunny prop and says "Eh, what's up, Doc?"

Cats & Dogs[]

  • Lou and his owner Brody watch "Chow Hound" in Brody's room.

City of Angels[]

  • When Seth is in the children's ward, audio from a Road Runner cartoon is played briefly, and a sticker of Sylvester is shown in one room.

Clerks[]

  • Dante mentions Tiny Toons at one point.

Coonskin*[]

  • The poster for this 1975 adult animated feature has the tagline "This is it folks!" written in the same script as "That's all Folks!" and features a black man standing in front of a Looney Tunes-style bullseye.

Deadpool 2[]

  • In the Super Duper Cut, there is a scene in which Wade says he's "hunting wabbits" when saying it was dust bunny season.

Dolphin Tale[]

  • Several times Hazel says Winter the Dolphin's chirps sounds like Tweety.

Down and Dirty Duck*[]

  • The poster for this 1974 adult animated feature has the tagline "Madder than Daffy..."

Dumb and Dumber[]

  • Right before Mental kills Harry's pet bird, he quotes Tweety.

The Game Plan[]

  • When Joe lisps due to his allergic reaction to Peyton's cinnamon cookies, one of his teammates teases him by saying, "Thuffering thuccotash, Thylvester."

Gremlins[]

Gremlins 2: The New Batch[]

Helping Teenagers Fight Cancer[]

  • A Wile E. Coyote poster is seen at one point.

Home Sweet Home Alone[]

Hoodwinked[]

  • The wolf falling off a cliff into the water is a reference to the Road Runner cartoons.

The Incredible Mr. Limpet[]

  • In at least one scene, the coral in the background bears a strong resemblance to Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, with the long "ears" of the rabbit pointed upward on the right side.

Inspector Gadget[]

The Iron Giant[]

As Hogarth prepares to investigate the "invaders from Mars", a Bugs Bunny toy is visible inside his toy chest.

Jackass: The Movie[]

  • During the segment when the crew are riding golf carts through various miniature golf courses, statues resembling Bugs Bunny & Porky Pig are shown.

Kangaroo Jack[]

  • The movie ends with the titular character in a red bullseye backdrop stammering like Porky Pig and saying "That's all, blokes!"

Kronk's New Groove[]

Lethal Weapon[]

Lethal Weapon 2[]

  • The opening music of the film quotes the "twang" used for the zooming shield sequence and "Merrily We Roll Along".

Lupin III: Die, Nostradamus[]

  • Lupin briefly watches a cartoon featuring a woodpecker who looks like Plucky Duck chasing a bear that looks like Buster Bunny with a mallet.

Madagascar[]

  • Gloria says "Puddy Tat" in one scene.

The Magic Roundabout[]

The American English dub of the film, retitled as Doogal, contains many pop culture references, including some to Looney Tunes.

  • Dylan says "What's up, doc?" after being startled awake.
  • At the end of the film, the narrator says "As a wise man once said, 'That's all, folks'".

Monsters Inc.[]

Mrs. Doubtfire[]

  • The opening scene of the film involves Daniel Hillard doing voice work for a cartoon named Pudgy and Grange that is a parody of Sylvester and Tweety. This animated sequence was directed by Chuck Jones. After Lou, his voice director, complains that Daniel is not sticking to the script, Daniel says "In the words of Porky Pig, 'Eh-pe-pe-pe-piss off, Lou!'" as he leaves the recording booth.

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed[]

Secret Sunshine[]

  • The steering wheel of Shin-ae's car depicts Babs Bunny.

Sesame Street: Follow That Bird[]

  • A Wile E. Coyote plush is seen as a carnival prize.

The Shining[]

  • There is a scene in which the character Dick Hallorann says "Eh, what's up, doc?" in an impersonation of Bugs Bunny.
  • Later the opening of The Road Runner Show is played.
  • Danny's nickname is Doc; Wendy explains that they call him that since he watches Looney Tunes constantly.

Short Circuit[]

  • When Number 5 (aka Johnny 5) is fighting the other S.A.I.N.T. robots, he impersonates Elmer Fudd by saying "Well, I guess that waps you up, you wascally wobot", then does Elmer's signature laugh.

Short Circuit 2[]

  • Johnny 5 occasionally says "Andale" and "Arriba", in reference to Speedy Gonzales.
  • When Johnny 5 tries to get rid of a cat on his head, he refers to the cat as "Sylvester".
  • At one point, Johnny 5 says "I'm okay-kay, just a few biddly-biddly Bugs Bunny to work out in out in! Perfectly functionality, functionality!"

Silent Night, Deadly Night[]

  • A toy store has a Bugs Bunny costume and a Daffy Duck stuffed animal.

Son of the Mask[]

  • Alvey Avery watches "One Froggy Evening" and does a Michigan J. Frog performance to drive his father crazy.

Spaceballs[]

  • The alien that pops out of John Hurt's chest does a Michigan J. Frog performance.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse[]

The character, Peter Porker/Spider-Ham is a reference to Porky Pig. During the film's climax when he goes back to his universe, he says "That's all, Folks!"

Super Size Me[]

  • Bugs Bunny and Sylvester appear on the McDonald's artwork for "The Last Supper".

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies[]

  • When the Teen Titans are exploring the Warner Bros. Studio, Beast Boy and Starfire see the WB Tower, and Starfire says, "That is where the Animaniacs live!"

UHF[]

  • George Newman says the Road Runner cartoons are sad stories of a pathetic coyote chasing a sadistic roadrunner.

Under Siege[]

  • Codenames used by William Strannix and his mercenaries include "Road Runner", "Wile E. Coyote", and "Tweety Bird". Strannix states that he chose "Road Runner" since he has "never been caught", then impersonates the Road Runner's "Meep meep".
  • At one point, Strannix mentions Daffy and Porky, then alludes to Yosemite Sam.

Wayne's World[]

  • Garth asks Wayne "Did you ever find Bugs Bunny attractive when he put on a dress and play a girl bunny?" Wayne tells him "No", and they laugh.

Wanna-Be's[]

  • Miki and Eri have dolls of Elmer Fudd, Wile E. Coyote, and the Road Runner in their room.

Wayne's World 2[]

  • Tiny Toon Adventures is mentioned.
  • Later, Garth says Tweety's catchphrase "I tawt I taw a putty tat" when a woman was flirting with him.

What's Up, Doc?[]

  • This screwball comedy from 1972 is named after Bugs Bunny's catchphrase. The cartoon "What's Up Doc?" also plays at the end.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit[]

Video Games[]

Angry Birds Seasons[]

Conker's Bad Fur Day[]

  • A character in the game named Jack speaks in a manner similar to that of Foghorn Leghorn.[2]

Cuphead[]

Dispatch[]

  • In the third episode "Turnover", the name Big Chungus is shown on the SDN (Superhero Dispatch Network) leaderboard.[3]

Earthworm Jim 2[]

  • One of the quiz show questions in the level "Villi People"[4] is "WWW stands for:" The correct answer is "1 - "Weewy Wascally Wabbit." This is a nod to Elmer Fudd's style of speech.[5]

Gex: Enter the Gecko[]

  • In the North American version of the game, one of Gex's one-liners is "Looks like Bugs Bunny after the trots!"[6]

King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder[]

  • Road Runner can be seen on the screen west of the anthill.[7] If the player uses the "Look" icon on it, the narrator will say "It looks like something is after him." The Road Runner makes the noise from the cartoons.[8]

Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals[]

  • Death scenes involving a feral pig will show an animation of the pig, wearing a bow tie, poking through Looney Tunes-esque concrete rings with text at the top and bottom reading "Al Lowe Production", spoofing Porky Pig and the "That's all Folks!" closing.[9]

Minecraft[]

  • One of the random splash texts that appear on the title screen is "What's up, Doc?"[10]

Pizza Tower[]


Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare[]

Shell Shockers[]

  • One of the daily challenges is called "Hunting Wabbits", a clear reference to Elmer Fudd.

Stumble Guys[]

The Simpsons Game[]

Transformice[]

  • There are title achievements called "¡Ándale! ¡Ándale!", "Speedy Gorgonzola", and "Beep, beep!".

Web Shows[]

The Angry Video Game Nerd[]

Annoying Orange[]

  • There is an episode on the "Annoying Orange Gaming" channel where Grapefruit plays the Bugs Bunny level on Looney Tunes Dash!

BrainPOP[]

CollegeHumor[]

Dragon Ball Z Kai Abridged[]

  • In Team Four Star's Dragon Ball Z Kai Abridged Episode 3.5, Android 18, 16, and Cell mention they like Road Runner, Pepé Le Pew, and Sam Sheepdog.

Homestar Runner[]

  • The Poopsmith, like Wile E. Coyote, sometimes talks by holding up signs.
  • Email island (Easter Egg) — Homestar Runner and Strong Bad imagine each other as various foods as the two castaways from Wackiki Wabbit did.
    • Email funny — Some of Strong Bad's wacky movements and sounds also come from Wackiki Wabbit.
  • Email lackey — Strong Bad quotes Bugs Bunny when he calls The Cheat "so trusting, so naive".
  • Email rock opera — Strong Bad applauds his creation with Speedy Gonzales' catchphrase, "¡Ándale! ¡Ándale! ¡Arriba! ¡Arriba!"
  • Email bottom 10 — When displaying #6 on Strong Bad's bottom 10, which is "The foul stench of wet The Cheat", The Cheat is seen sopping wet next to a glass of water and a tall ladder, which is likely a reference to several Looney Tunes cartoons which featured someone doing a high dive into a glass of water, instead of a tank of water, such as Stage Door Cartoon.
  • Halloween Potion-ma-jig — Strong Mad dresses as Gossamer.
  • Email theme song — The announcer quotes the theme song to the TV show Tiny Toon Adventures when he says, "They're tiny, they're toony, they're all a little loony. It's the Cheat Commandos."
    • In the DVD commentary, Matt makes reference to The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour, one of the many titles for the Saturday morning compilations of Looney Tunes cartoons on television.
  • Email pizza joint — The Cheat having a restaurant in The King of Town's Grill is similar to Rabbit Every Monday, where Bugs Bunny convinces Yosemite Sam that there is a party going on in a wood burning oven.
  • Weclome Back (DVD Commentary) — Matt mentions "the sheep and the wolf from those Looney Tunes cartoons". He was most likely referring to Sam Sheepdog and Ralph Wolf.
  • Sickly Sam's Big Outing — Old Timey Marzipan quotes Hare Tonic as she invites Sickly Sam to "cut [himself] a slice of rug".
  • Play Date — Homestar shouting of "peppering" refers to Bugs Bunny's line, "That's the old pepper, boy!" heard in Baseball Bugs.
  • Baddest of the Bands — Any time that the Limozeen Coloring Book is used on Strong Bad, he says the phrase, "...and name him George." This refers to The Abominable Snow Rabbit, a cartoon with Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and the Abominable Snowman, who is always wishing for a pet bunny rabbit to name George.
  • Email mini-golf (DVD commentary) — Matt compares "Sweet Cuppin' Cakes" to Wackyland where Gogo Dodo lives. Gogo is a character on Tiny Toon Adventures and is related to the Dodo from Looney Tunes cartoons like Porky in Wackyland, which is also where Wackyland originated.
  • @StrongBadActual — Strong Bad compares Coach Z fanart to the "instant Martians" from the episode Hare-Way to the Stars.
  • Haunted Photo Booth — The Poopsmith dresses up as an Instant Martian.
  • The Show: Ween Edition — Homestar dresses up as Tom Dover from "The Dover Boys".

Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy[]

  • In the episode "Die Sweet Roadrunner Die", Wile E. Coyote (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) finally kills and eats Road Runner, but realizes that he does not know what else to do in his life now. He tries working as a waiter, but gets fired after having a mental breakdown. He is about to kill himself, but then something hits his mind and he decides to become a Christian, much to the dismay of his coyote friend.

Something Series (TerminalMontage)[]

  • In the Season 1 episode "Something About Kirby Super Star", the Basketball Globe on Meme Nova based on Legoluigi26's Meme Nova, made a possible reference to Space Jam's theme song.
  • In the Season 6 episode "Stater Pokémon Battle Royale", Piplup holds a picky sign saying "R.I.P." before being crushed by Torterra, similar to Wile E. Coyote, and Leafeon's scream was the monster scream sound effect in various classic Looney Tunes cartoons, especially "Duck Amuck".

WWE Slam City[]

  • In the episode "Between the Rock and Pizza, Part 2", the animatronic penguin is doing a "popping-cork" tongue noise, just like the Road Runner.
  • In the episode "Best Dessert in the World", CM Punk chews an ice cream cone then says, "Ehhh... what's up Mark?", which is a catchphrase of Bugs Bunny. He also made the Road Runner sound.

Comics[]

DC Comics[]

  • In Animal Man #5, "The Coyote Gospel", is a metafictional story about violent funny animal cartoons in which "Crafty Coyote" (an obvious parody of Wile E. Coyote) is sent to the DC Universe to die repeatedly and horribly by his world's cruel creator god. The issue ends with a caption box saying "The end, folks".

Baby Blues[]

  • In one comic when Zoe's and Hammy's dad was complaining about them watching educational TV, the kids picture him as Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam and Road Runner.

Bloom County[]

  • Tweety appears in one comic trying to ask out Opus' ex-girlfriend, Lola.
  • The Bloom Picayune, a four-page faux newspaper found in the 1988 book Tales Too Ticklish to Tell, features an opinion section where "Barely Breathing in Boise" mentions a time when his friend's St. Bernard "rammed its nose so hard into my crotch I thought my head would turn red and start to expand like the Coyote in those 'Roadrunner' cartoons on TV."[11]

Calvin and Hobbes[]

  • In a few comics when Calvin and Hobbes were watching TV, Elmer Fudd's catchphrases are said on the TV.

FoxTrot[]

  • One comic strip features Jason Fox singing "Oh, We're the Boys from the Chorus" from "What's Up Doc?"

Garfield[]

  • In the 23 February 1997 comic strip, Garfield, who is on a diet, dreams that he is a rabbit. Jon gives him a carrot for breakfast. At the end of the dream, Garfield encounters Odie, who is dressed like Elmer Fudd, and hiding behind a "Rabbit Season" sign.

Off the Mark[]

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U.S. Acres[]

Magazines[]

Cracked Magazine[]

  • Bugs Bunny, Tweety, Road Runner, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, and Elmer Fudd appeared in a comic story that parodies The Simpsons.
  • The Looney Tunes and the characters from Tiny Toon Adventures made many other appearances in this magazine.

MAD Magazine[]

  • The Looney Tunes characters have made many cameo appearances in issues of MAD.

Musicals[]

Legally Blonde: The Musical[]

  • As Emmett Forest bumps into Elle Woods dressed as a Playboy Bunny, crying on a bench at the park after getting bullied by Vivienne Kensington at a party, his first line to Elle in this scene is "What's up.... doc?" (Bugs Bunny's catchphrase). This line is intentionally played for laughs.

Short Films[]

Fox and Crow[]

  • In the short "Mysto Fox", the Crow impersonates Bugs Bunny for most of the runtime.

Rabbit Habit[]

  • Rabbit Habit is a 1975 animated cartoon by Steve Peck that depicts Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd in Central Park twelve years after the Warner Bros. cartoons ended production. The cartoon contains liberal drug use, and also reuses Carl W. Stalling's music from numerous 1940s Warner Bros. cartoons. In the video description, Peck mentions that when he showed it to Tex Avery, he loved it and said "I wish I had a job to give you." Chuck Jones did not like how the characters were depicted in the short. According to Peck, the short "got big laughs at festivals."[12]

Commercials[]

The Best of Anime II*[]

  • Stacked text falls down and splatters blood, saying "This ain't no Looney Toons".

References[]

  1. ↑ https://kazunderworld.com/spongebob-in-randomland-drawings/
  2. ↑ https://youtu.be/MoBC5H0ioa0?t=274
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWe_p4nHg84
  4. ↑ https://www.gamefaqs.com/snes/588303-earthworm-jim-2/faqs/9094
  5. ↑ http://unearthed.rocketworm.com/two/answers.html
  6. ↑ https://youtu.be/-17-qzIGslA?t=16m55s
  7. ↑ http://www.sierrahelp.com/Misc/EasterEggs/KQEasterEggs.html
  8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0iW4efL4WM
  9. ↑ https://youtu.be/XNSwJbE4NvU?t=9m29s
  10. ↑ http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Splash
  11. ↑ http://www.platypuscomix.net/history/picayune4.html
  12. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN1bysnHXDg



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