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Porky Pig
Porky Pig is an
animated cartoon
character in the
Warner Bros.
Looney Tunes and
Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He was the first character created by the studio to draw audiences based on his
star power, and the
animators (particularly
Bob Clampett) created many critically acclaimed shorts using the fat little
pig. Even after he was supplanted by later characters, Porky continued to be popular with moviegoers and, more importantly, the Warners directors, who recast him in numerous
everyman and
sidekick roles. He is known for his signature line at the end of each short, "Th-th-th-that's all folks!" The slogan had also been used by both
Bosko and
Buddy and even
Beans at the end of every
Looney Tunes cartoon. In contrast, the
Merrie Melodies series used the slogan:
So Long, Folks! until the late 1930s when it was replaced with the same one used on the
Looney Tunes series. (When
Bugs Bunny was the closing character, he would break the pattern by simply saying, in his
Brooklynese accent, "And Dat's De End!")
Porky's most distinctive trait is a severe
stutter, for which he sometimes compensates by replacing his words; for example, "What's going on?" might become "What's guh-guh-guh-guh—...what's happening?" In the ending of many
Looney Tunes cartoons, Porky Pig bursts through a
bass drum head, and his farewell line "That's all folks!" becomes "Th-Th-Th-Th-Th-... That's all, folks."
[citation needed] Porky Pig would appear in 152 cartoons in the Golden Age of American animation.
Tazmania Devil
As the youngest of the Looney Tunes, the Tasmanian Devil, or 'Taz' as he has come to be known, is generally portrayed as a dim-witted teenager-type with a notoriously short temper and little patience. He will eat anything and everything, with an appetite that seems to know no bounds. He is best known for his speech consisting mostly of grunts, growls and rasps, and his ability to spin and bite through just about anything.
In 1991, Taz got his own show,
Taz-Mania, which ran for three seasons, in which he was the protagonist.
Tweety
Despite the perceptions that people may hold, owing to the long lashes and high pitched voice of Tweety, Tweety is male.
[citation needed] This was established several times in the series "Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries". It was also confirmed toward the end of "Snow Business" when Granny exclaimed to Tweety and Sylvester, "Here I am, boys!" On the other hand, his species is ambiguous; although originally and often portrayed as a young
canary, he is also frequently called a rare and valuable "tweety bird" as a plot device, and once called "the only living specimen". Nevertheless, the
title song directly states that the bird is a canary. His shape more closely suggests that of a
baby bird, which in fact is what he was during his early appearances (although the "baby bird" aspect has been used in a few later cartoons as a plot device). The yellow feathers were added but otherwise he retained the baby-bird shape.
In his early appearances in
Bob Clampett cartoons, Tweety is a very aggressive character who tries anything to foil his foe, even kicking his enemy when he is down. Tweety was tamed down when
Friz Freleng started directing the series into a more cutesy bird, and it hastened even more when
Granny was introduced, however sometimes Tweety still kept his malicious side.
Daffy Duck
Daffy Duck is an
animated cartoon
character in the
Warner Bros.
Looney Tunes and
Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, often running the gamut between being the best friend and sometimes arch-rival of
Bugs Bunny. Daffy was the first of the new breed of "
screwball" characters that emerged in the late 1930s to supplant traditional
everyman characters, such as
Mickey Mouse and
Popeye, who were more popular earlier in the
decade. Daffy starred in 133 shorts in the
Golden Age, third amongst Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoons, behind Bugs Bunny's 166 appearances and Porky Pig's 159 appearances, although Daffy is far more famous and plays a much more important role in recent Looney Tunes activity than Porky does.
Virtually every Warner Bros. cartoon director put his own spin on the Daffy Duck character - he may be a lunatic vigilante in one short, but a greedy gloryhound in another.
Bob Clampett and
Chuck Jones both made extensive use of these two very different versions of the character.
Bugs Bunny
According to
Bugs Bunny: 50 Years and Only One Grey Hare, he was born on July 27, 1940 in
Brooklyn, New York in a warren under
Ebbets Field, home of the
Brooklyn Dodgers. In reality, he was created by many animators and staff, including
Tex Avery, who directed
A Wild Hare, Bugs' debut role, and
Robert McKimson, who created the definitive "Bugs Bunny" character design. According to
Mel Blanc, the character's original
voice actor, Bugs has a
Flatbush accent. Bugs has had numerous
catchphrases, the most prominent being a casual "Eh... What's up, doc?", usually said while chewing a carrot.
He is the most prominent of the Looney Tunes characters as his calm, flippant
insouciance endeared him to American audiences during and after World War II. He is also a
mascot of the Looney Tunes, as well as
Warner Bros. in general.
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