Looney Tunes In Pop Culture

Looney Tunes has been mixed in Pop Culture for decades with many references, spoofs, and parodies of the characters.

Futurama

 * Clips of various Looney Tunes cartoons are often featured in the opening sequence of several Futurama episodes.

The Fairly Odd Parents

 * Channel Chasers, part of the 4th season, featured numerous parodies of TV shows and movies, one of which is Looney Tunes.

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 party with his face pixelated.
 * In The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!, The Road Runner gets run down and dies. After The Road Runner's death, Wile E. Coyote (voiced by Jess Harnell) 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.

Batman: The Animated Series

 * 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.

South Park

 * In the episode "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe", Cartman has a strange ability to play "I Love to Singa".
 * In another episode Marvin the Martian, Gossamer and Wile E. Coyote appear.

Barney and Friends

 * The character of Baloney in the Animaniacs episode, "Baloney and Kids" is an obvious parody to Barney.

Family Guy

 * See: Family Guy

The Simpsons

 * See: The Simpsons

Gilligan's Island

 * In the episode "You've Been Disconnected" Mr. Howell tells Gilligan that he will have as much 24 carrot gold as Bugs Bunny.
 * In the Tiny Toon Adventures episode "Kon Ducki" Gilligan and The Skipper make a cameo driving the S.S. Minnow.
 * An episode of Animaniacs also parodied the opening sequence to Gilligan's Island.

MAD

 * See: MAD

Robot Chicken

 * See: Robot Chicken

The Cleveland Show

 * In the "Pilot" episode Peter Griffin straps a rocket to his back and tries to catch The Road-Runner only so he can blow up Cleveland Browns house.

The Electric Company

 * See: The Electric Company

Phineas and Ferb

 * In the episode "Swiss Family Phineas" wile 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 The Road-Runner.

SpongeBob SquarePants

 * In the episode "Christmas Who" when Sandy was explaining Christmas to SpongeBob, she looked like The Road-Runner at one point.
 * In the episode "Bikini Bottom Triangle" one of the mermaids addresses SpongeBob as Freakazoid.
 * In the Duck Dodgers episode "Fins of War" a character resembling SpongeBob makes a cameo as a busboy.

The Ren & Stimpy Show

 * In the Tiny Toons Spring Break Special the Tiny Toons bus runs over a chicken and a squirrel who resemble Ren & Stimpy.
 * In the 1st Ren & Stimpy episode, Stimpy says Elmer Fudd's catchphrase "I'm hunting fow wabbits!"

Rugrats

 * An episode of  Animaniacs parodies the show as "Animani-rats".

The Muppet Show

 * In one episode at the end a rabbit says Porky Pigs catchphrase "T-t-thats all folks!"
 * In a "Vetranarians Hospital" sketch the paitent is a bunny. When Miss Piggy asks what the bunny's name is Doctor Bob replies "Well he hasent said 'Eh...Whats up doc?' so hes not you know who."

Sesame Street

 * The Baby Looney Tunes episode "I Strain" features a parody of the show.
 * In The Looney Tunes Show episode "It's a Handbag" evil versions of Bert and Ernie are seen in Daffy's handbook of criminals.
 * In the Tiny Toon Adventures episode "Toon Physics" Elmyra's talking Barbete doll mentions the show.
 * In one episode of Sesame Street a Road-Runner comic book is seen on the frount door of Hoopers Store.
 * In the Elmo's World episode of balls, the ending line of the TV cartoon is "That's ball folk's" a pun of Porky Pigs catchphrase "That's all folks".
 * Bugs Bunny appeared in the "Yakety Yak" music video which was shown on Sesame Street.
 * In a Bert and Ernie sketch Ernie days to Dr. Livingstone "Whats up Doc?"
 * In one episode Maria reads a book called "Bugs: A Rabbit to Remember" to Elmo and Roxy.

Mupet Babies

 * 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 "Whats 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.

Fraggle Rock

 * In the episode "Gone But Not Forgotten" a parrot asks "Whats up Doc?" to Doc.

Night Court

 * Wile E. Coyote appears in one episode were the judge tells him to leave The Road-Runner alone.

101: Dalmations: The Series

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

Class of 3000

 * Wile E. Coyote appears in one episode riding on some rocket powered roller skates and howling like a real coyote.

The Living Color

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

Cheers

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

Farscape

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

Friends

 * In one episode the Road Runner cartoon Going! Going! Gosh is shown being watched by few of the characters.

My Life as a Teenage Robot

 * In one episode Sylvester the Cat gets captured.

Scooby Doo

 * Scooby Doo and Shaggy Rogers are seen in Looney Tunes: Back in Action in the WB Cafeteria, arguing with Matthew Lillard.
 * In Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Scooby drinks a potion which turns him into the Tasmanian Devil.
 * In the What's New Scooby Doo? episode "New Mexico, Old Monster", the Road-Runner and Wile E. Coyote make cameo appearences while Scooby and the gang are driving through the desert.

Mickey Mouse Club

 * The Tiny Toons episode, The Buster Bunny Bunch, is a clear parody of the show.

Jules Verne

 * Around The World In 80 Days - Tweety's High-Flying Adventure
 * A Journey To The Center Of The Earth - Journey To The Center Of Acme Acres

​Charles Dickens

 * His book  A Christmas Carol  served as the inspiration for  Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas  as well as a  The Looney Tunes Show   episode.

Mark Twain
​ Dr. Seuss
 * Bugs Bunny In King Arthur's Court - an obvious spoof of A Connecticuter In King Arthur's Court


 * Tiny Toon Adventures - "It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special"  - A blue-colored Grinch, accompanied by his dog Max, looks down on "all the Shmagoos down in Shmagoo-ville", then dashes out of the way when he realizes he's in the path of  Buster  and  Babs ' sled.


 * Tiny Toon Adventures - Elephant Issues -  Plucky  makes a reference to  Green Eggs & Ham.


 * Animaniacs-The Warners and the Beanstalk" - The Warners try to convince the giant to eat gold eggs and meat in a manner similar to   Green Eggs and Ham . 


 * Animaniacs-  " The Kid in the Lid " - The plot is a parody of  The Cat in the Hat.


 * Freakazoid!   - "The Freakazoid"  - The song " You're a Meany, Nasty Lobe " is a parody of the song  "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"  from  How the Grinch Stole Christmas!'


 * Histeria!  - "The Legion of Super Writers"  - Among the books that  Edgar Allen Poe  vandalizes are  The Cat in the Hat  and Green Eggs and Ham.


 * Histeria! - "Writers of the Purple Prose" - As part of one of the customer reviews for Chit's Notes, Loud Kiddington states that "Chit's Notes helped me get through the abridged version of Hop on Pop'"!"


 * Histeria! - "Presidential People" - The "Bush VS Broccoli" sketch is another parody of Green Eggs and Ham.

Real People
Barones Orczy
 * Her series,  The Scarlet Pimpernel,  served as the inspiration for  Chuck Jones ' cartoon  The Scarlet Pumpernickel.

Walt Disney

 * Acme Cable TV - Dizzy Devil appears as a parody of Walt.

Abbott and Costello

 * A Tale of Two Kitties - Babbit and Catstello, the anti-heroes of the cartoon, are obvious spoofs of Abbot and Costello
 * The Big Snooze - Bugs: "We're like Rabbit and Costello!"
 * Animaniacs - the Rita & Runt theme song mentions Abbot and Costello

Groucho Marx

 * Hollywood Steps Out
 * Hair-Raising Hare
 * 14 Carrot Rabbit

Errol Flynn

 * You Ought to Be in Pictures - while resigning from Warner Bros.,Porky remarks to his producer Leon, "W-w-what has Errol Flynn got that I don't?"
 * The Scarlet Pumpernickel - Daffy parodies Errol and even makes 2 direct references to him in the cartoon

John Kricfalusi

 * Tiny Toons Spring Break Special - given that John reportedly hated Tiny Toon Adventures (despite the fact that he designed Sappy Stanley for the episode Who Bopped Bugs Bunny?) Rank and Stumpy, parodies of Ren & Stimpy, were created for this episode as a joke to get back at John's criticism of TTA
 * 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."

Michael Jordan

 * He was parodied in the  Animaniacs  episode, "Hooray For North Hollywood Part II."
 * Michael also stars with the Looney Tunes in the movie Space Jam.

Batman

 * The Looney Tunes Show - Reunion  -  Daffy claims he is Batman
 * The Looney Tunes Show - Another Bat Idea - Wile E. Coyote uses an ACME Batman Costume to try to catch The Road-Runner
 * Tiny Toons - The Just-Us League Of SuperToons, The Return Of Batduck   - Plucky poses as Batduck, an obvious parody of The Caped Crusader
 * Tiny Toons - Bat's All, Folks - the main antagonist, Question Mark (voiced by Charlie Adler), is an obvious spoof of Batman villain The Riddler
 * Looney Tunes - Gee Whizzzz - Wile E. Coyote uses an ACME Batman Costume to try to catch The Road-Runner.

Casablanca

 * Carrotblanca - The short is a parody of the film.

Monsters Inc.

 * The film referenced Marc Antony, from Looney Tunes.

The Shining

 * There is a scene in which the character Dick Hallorann says "Eh, what's up, Doc?" in an impersonation of Bugs Bunny.

Wayne's World

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

Wayne's World 2

 * At one point Garth says Tweety's catchphrase "I tawt I taw a putty tat" when a woman was flirting with him.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

 * See: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Super Size Me

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

E.T.

 * A Wile E. Coyote plush is seen in the film.
 * In the Tiny Toon Adventures episode "Buster & Babs Go Hawwian" a movie poster for E.T. is seen.
 * In Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation Buster, Babs and Byron Basset knock down E.T. and Elliot.

Sesame Street: Follow That Bird

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

The Bob Hope Christmas Special

 * Big Bird (from Sesame Street) says one of his favorate movie stars is The Road-Runner.

Dolphin Tale

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

UHF

 * Weird Al Yankovic says the Road Runner cartoons are sad stories of a pathectic coyote chasic a sadistic roadrunner.

Lucasfilm

 * Looney Tunes: Back In Action -In the film's final scene, Bugs fights the bubble gun-yielding Marvin with a carrot-shaped lightsaber whilst reading a book called "The Force For Dummies"
 * Attack Of The Drones - the title of the cartoon explains itself
 * A Quack in the Quarks - a typical Star Wars parody, complete with a villain named "Duck Vader" (voiced byJeff Bergman)

Walt Disney Pictures

 * Looney Tunes - Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs  - a parody of Disney's 1st animated feature,  Snow White & The 7 Dwarfs


 * Looney Tunes -  Sniffles  - the character was heavily based off of Disney's Oscar-winning animated short,  The Country Mouse
 * Animaniacs - Cutie & The Beast  - an obvious parody of  Beauty & The Beast,  a then-recent Disney film based on the fairy tale of the same name
 * Tiny Toon Adventures -  The show has parodied many Disney films and cartoons including  Who Framed Roger Rabbit? ,  The Little Mermaid  and  Mickey Mouse Club . Roger Rabbit even made two cameo appearnces in the show.

Pac-Man

 * The game on KidsWB.com called "Taz-Man" is meant to be a parody of the game. Taz is in the role as Pac-Man and Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig play as the ghosts.
 * In the Tiny Toon Adventures episode Gang Busters Buster Bunny and Plucky Duck play Pac-Man using their eyeballs as the characters. Plucky was Pac-Man and Buster was the ghosts.
 * In the Tiny Toons episode Buster & Babs Go Hawwian Montana Max plays a parody of the game called Plane-Man.
 * In the game Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose there is a maze game that is similar to Pac-Man but has a different gameplay.
 * The mini-game "Temple Run" from Loons: The Fight for Fame is a parody of Pac-Man.

Super Mario Bros.

 * The Tiny Toon Adventures episode "K-Acme TV" parodies the game as "Super Pluckyo Bros." with Plucky Duck as the role as Mario.

Frogger

 * The Tiny Toon Adventures episode "The Wide World of Elmyra" parodies the game in the segment "Turtle Hurdle" with the fact of Michigan J. Frog trying to help Tyrone Turtle cross the road.

Pong

 * In the Tiny Toon Adventures episode "Gang Busters" parodies the game with Buster and Plucky playing it using their eyeballs.

Space Invaders

 * The mini game Marvin the Martain in Galixy Invaders from Loons: The Fight for Fame is a parody of Space Invaders.

Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy

 * In the episode "Die Sweet Roadrunner Die", Wile E. Coyote kills and eats The 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 he becomes a Christian.

CollegeHumor

 * In the video "Angry Birds: PSA" (a parody of Angry Birds) Tweety, Porky Pig, Foghorn Leghorn and The Road-Runner appear. The Road-Runner also was able to talk in the video.