New Looney Tunes

**New Looney Tunes** (formerly known as **Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production** in the first season only) is an American animated television series from Warner Bros. Animation based on the characters sprung from *Looney Tunes* and *Merrie Melodies*.

The series would soon be followed by the more traditionally formatted *Looney Tunes Cartoons* on May 27, 2020, now streaming on HBO Max.

## Premise

*New Looney Tunes* follows Bugs Bunny as he stars in a new series consisting of slapstick comedic shorts that find the iconic, carrot-loving rabbit matching his wits against classic characters, such as Theodore "Tasmanian" Devil, Wile E. Coyote and Yosemite Sam. Along the way, Bugs will encounter brand-new foes but he'll have some help from new friends like Bigfoot and Squeaks the Squirrel!

## Cast

### Main

* Jeff Bergman – Bugs Bunny, Sylvester Cat, Elmer Fudd, Foghorn Leghorn
* Dee Bradley Baker – Daffy Duck, Squeaks Squirrel
* Kath Soucie — Lola Bunny, Sniffles Mouse
* Bob Bergen – Porky Pig, Tweety Bird
* Fred Tatasciore — Yosemite Sam
* J. P. Karliak — Wile E. Coyote
* Paul Julian — Road Runner (archive audio)
* Jim Cummings — Tazmanian Devil
* Dino Andrade — Speedy Gonzales
* Eric Bauza — Pepé le Pew
* Maurice LaMarche — Yosemite Sam (season one only)

### Supporting

* Eric Bauza – Marvin the Martian, Hubie Rat, Bertie Mouse, Rock Hardcase, Cal
* Jeff Bennett – Hubie Rat, Bertie Mouse (both in *Wabbit!*), Dr. Clovenhoof, Horace the Horse, Winter Stag
* Jeff Bergman — Michigan Frog, Mac Gopher
* Bob Bergen — Gabby Goat, Clyde Bunny
* Dee Bradley Baker — Frisky Puppy, Carl GrimRabbit (*The Grim Rabbit*), Krakos the Polar Bear, Shifty Rat, Mannermaid Enforski
* Matt Craig – Cecil Turtle, Tosh Gopher, Marc Anthony Bulldog, Count Bloodcount, Hazmats, Trey Hugger, Paul Perdy, Pacifico Mule, Minnesota Rats, Curt Martin, Pizza Guy, Red Omaha
* Jim Cummings – Blacque Jacque Shellacque, Liam Luxurious
* J. P. Karliak – King Nutininkommen
* John Kassir – Pete Puma, Claude Cat, John
* Matthew Mercer – Bigfoot[18]
* Candi Milo – Granny, Ivana, Bear Scout, Weasel Scout, Witch Hazel
* Kath Soucie – Claudette Dupri, Pampreen Perdy
* Fred Tatasciore – Carl the Grim Rabbit (*Grim on Vacation* - onwards)

## Production

After *The Looney Tunes Show* ended production in 2013, concepts for a new show featuring the Looney Tunes led to the decision for a reboot of the characters. At the time, the idea of making a reboot of all of the Looney Tunes focused mainly on Bugs Bunny and in March 2014, it was announced that the reboot would be known as wabbit. (or bugs! in some regions), to coincide with other reboots of Warner Bros. classics, such as Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! and The Tom and Jerry Show.

Sam Register, promoted to president of Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Digital Series a month prior, became supervising producer for the series. The animation was done by Yearim and Rough Draft Studios from South Korea (the latter only working on the first season) and Snipple Animation from the Philippines.

The aim of the reboot was for its cartoons to match the tone of the Looney Tunes shorts in their earlier days. This led to the characters returning to their slapstick comedy roots, but with producers seeking to avoid their clichés, such as the anvil gag. The show's production team placed their emphasis on writing original stories, as well as devising "modern heavy objects to cause pain", according to producer Erik Kuska, with each episode featuring a few shorts in which one or a number of characters became caught up in a situation that they would handle in their own personal way. Despite that, some classic objects can occasionally be seen, such as boulders or safes. Similarly, some classic expressions can be heard, such as Bugs forgetting to "make that left turn at Albuquerque", or uttering "of course you know, this means war" (though "war" is usually replaced with other phrases invoking conflict of some sort). The characters themselves saw some alterations to their appearances, with some also reverting to personality traits they originally had in their earliest appearances – for example, Daffy Duck was reverted to his original screwball personality from his early shorts.

### Release

On May 22, 2018, the Boomerang streaming service announced that New Looney Tunes would continue into 2019. The third season is the show's last, with the final episodes being released on January 30, 2020.

## Trivia

* The titled series was brought onto the service on July 1st, 2020.