Baby Looney Tunes

Baby Looney Tunes is an American animated television series that ran from September 2002 to April 2005.
== Concept ==
The show features toddler versions of the Looney Tunes characters. They are cared for by Granny in the first season and, in the second season, go out on field trips with Floyd Minton, her nephew.
Due to the show's younger target demographic of pre-schoolers, the show had to deal with much stricter content regulations to comply with the TV-Y rating. Consequently, it does not rely on slapstick violence and visual gags, for which the classic Looney Tunes shorts are famous for, unlike previous TV spin-offs such as Tiny Toon Adventures, Taz-Mania, and The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries. Instead, the show focused more on real world problems and morals to which children could relate, such as sharing, understanding emotions, and playing with others.
== Development ==
Baby Looney Tunes was a show several years in the making. In the late 90s, companies like Tyco and Dakin released a set of merchandise featuring baby Looney Tunes characters under the name "Looney Tunes Lovables". They were more or less the same general design as they would later appear in the series, even down to the logo of the show itself. Songs released on a 1997 CD would later be used as "music video" segments in the show.
At the end of that same year, the show was announced under the title Lil' Looney Critters, but in April 1999, the name was changed to Baby Looney Tunes. This was mostly for simplification purposes and so that previous products under that title would still be viable.
Additionally, "Little Go Beep" was released in 2000 featuring Baby Wile E. and Baby Road Runner and containing the logo in its credits. It further solidified the idea of a fully-fledged series focusing on the Baby Looney Tunes, especially after Warner's previous announcement. While the content was toned down and simplified, it was relatively the same idea.
Also occurring in 2000, Warner decided to make the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies library exclusive to fellow Time Warner properties, specifically Cartoon Network. This made it much easier for a show to be produced and released on Warner's channels, and was subsequently put into production. 
== Characters ==
The main characters are:
* Baby Bugs
* Baby Daffy
* Tweety
* Sylvester
* Tasmanian Devil (Taz)
* Lola Bunny
* Petunia Pig
* Melissa Duck
* Granny
* Floyd Minton
Several other Looney Tunes characters except Speedy Gonzales and Goofy Gophers have made cameos over the course of the show's run, mainly as guest spots or during songs. Baby Prissy, Baby Marc Antony, and Baby Penelope appear in the songs, "Down by the Cage", "Paws and Feathers", and "Vive Le Pew", respectively. Baby Marvin, Baby Pepe, Baby Elmer, Baby Instant Martians, Baby Gossamer, and Baby Foghorn appear in "War of the Weirds", "New Cat in Town", "A Bully for Bugs", "A Mid-Autumn Night's Scream", "Stop and Smell Up the Flowers", and "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo-It!" respectively. Baby Wile E., Baby Road Runner, Baby Porky, and Baby Sam appear in multiple songs throughout the show.
== Episodes ==
A total of 52 episodes were produced over two seasons.
See the Baby Looney Tunes Episode Guide and List.
Each episode opened with the "Baby Looney Tunes Theme Song" and featured two twelve-minute segments.
== Reruns ==
Reruns aired on Cartoon Network from the show's end to 2009. They returned again in August 2015 to promote Cartoon Network's Uncle Grandpa episode "Uncle Grandpa Babies" and got a regular morning slot with the old Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts not long after. They were both removed in 2016. Reruns started airing on Boomerang on 29 August 2005, the same day as Duck Dodgers. They are currently airing as of July 2019. Reruns returned to Cartoon Network 13 September 2021, as part of the Cartoonito programming block. It was removed in June 2022. The series started airing on Discovery Family on 1 May 2023.https://twitter.com/CCNCartoonNews/status/1647384072761614338
== Notes ==
* Despite being part of the Looney Tunes franchise and being produced by Warner Bros. Animation, it was never aired on Kids' WB! It was, however, aired in syndication on mainly WB affiliates. It later aired on Cartoon Network. The reason for this remains unknown.Erickson, Hal, Television Cartoon Shows: The shows, M-Z, McFarland & Company, 2005
* Lola is featured as a character in this series. It is unusual considering that she had not been around long enough in the Looney Tunes media to be considered a "classic" character, as her debut appearance was in Space Jam, which has been released six years prior to the series' premiere.
== Gallery ==
=== Main ===
B5162F66-1731-40F8-9437-93A55CA00E06.png|Baby Bugs
A97DA64B-BFAF-49FE-BA66-BA38BEE4BBE7.png|Baby Daffy
70D7B433-95D0-42A1-ACEA-C63EC0F05548.png|Baby Sylvester
D88F67C8-5533-4AD8-B1BE-F196C4AF4D05.png|Baby Tweety
A2E1FEF5-86CA-4FAF-A6DB-61410E18151E.png|Baby Taz
A4B3CB9F-B256-4D65-8535-C3551B1CB573.png|Baby Lola
=== Recurring ===
F129AA40-55DA-459E-888A-BF8CDFEBB177.png|Baby Petunia
CF94397F-C244-4077-A7AF-0F83D3AD1752.png|Baby Melissa
=== Minor ===
Baby_Pepe.png|Baby Pepe
Baby_Marvin.png|Baby Marvin
Baby_Elmer.png|Baby Elmer
Baby_Leghorn.png|Baby Foghorn
Baby_Porky.png|Baby Porky
Baby Barnyard.jpg|Baby Barnyard Dawg
instant.jpg|Baby Instant Martians
baby sam.png|Baby Sam
baby gossamer.jpg|Baby Gossamer
20190323 172429.jpg.jpeg|Baby Wile E.
20190323 172448.jpg.jpeg|Baby Road Runner
Puppy Marc Antony.png|Baby Marc Anthony
Baby Michigan.png|Michigan J. Frog
Baby Prissy.png|Baby Prissy
Baby Penelope.png|Baby Penelope
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