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{{Infobox media franchise
| title = Looney Tunes
| image = Looney Tunes 2024.svg
| caption = Franchise logo since 2024
| creator = [[Leon Schlesinger]]<br>[[Hugh Harman]]<br>[[Rudolf Ising]]
| origin = ''[[Sinkin' in the Bathtub]]'' (1930)
| owner = [[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Entertainment]]
| years = 1930–present
| comics = [[#Related media|Comic books]]
| shorts = [[Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography|List of short films]]
| films = [[List of Looney Tunes feature films|List of feature films]]
| tv_specials = [[List of Looney Tunes television specials|List of TV specials]]
| animated_series = [[List of Looney Tunes television series|List of TV animated series]]
| video_games = [[List of Looney Tunes video games|List of video games]]
}}

'''''Looney Tunes''''' is an American [[media franchise]] produced and distributed by [[Warner Bros.]] The franchise began as a series of [[animated film|animated]] [[short films]] that originally ran from 1930 to 1969, alongside the related series ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'', during the [[golden age of American animation]].<ref name="bcdb">"[https://www.bcdb.com//Warner_Bros_/Looney_Tunes/ Looney Tunes]{{dead link|date=May 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}". ''www.bcdb.com'', April 12, 2012</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Lenburg |first=Jeff |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/100/mode/2up |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |pages=100–102 |access-date=June 6, 2020}}</ref> Following a revival in the late 1970s, new shorts were released as recently as 2014. The two series introduced a large [[List of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters|cast of characters]], including [[Bugs Bunny]], [[Daffy Duck]], and [[Porky Pig]]. The term ''Looney Tunes'' has since been expanded to also refer to the characters themselves.

''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' were initially produced by [[Leon Schlesinger]] and animators [[Hugh Harman]] and [[Rudolf Ising]] from 1930 to 1933.<ref name="LTMMDiffsColor" /> Schlesinger assumed full production from 1933 until he sold his studio to Warner Bros. in 1944, after which it was renamed [[Warner Bros. Cartoons]].<ref name="LTMMDiffsColor" /> The ''Looney Tunes'' title was inspired by that of [[Walt Disney]]'s ''[[Silly Symphonies]]''.<ref name="LTMMDiffsColor" /> The shorts initially showcased musical compositions owned by Warner's music publishing interests through the adventures of such characters as [[Bosko]] and [[Buddy (Looney Tunes)|Buddy]].<ref name="LTMMDiffsColor" /> However, the shorts gained a higher profile upon the debuts of directors [[Tex Avery]], [[Friz Freleng]], [[Chuck Jones]], [[Bob Clampett]], and [[Robert McKimson]], and [[Voice acting|voice actor]] [[Mel Blanc]] later in the decade.<ref name="LTMMDiffsColor" /> Porky Pig and Daffy Duck became the featured ''Looney Tunes'' characters, while ''Merrie Melodies'' featured one-shot cartoons and minor recurring characters.<ref name="LTMMDiffsColor" />

After Bugs Bunny became popular in the ''Merrie Melodies'' shorts of the early 1940s, ''Looney Tunes'' moved from [[black and white film|black and white]] to color production, ''Merrie Melodies'' having already been in color since 1934.<ref name="LTMMDiffsColor">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NGkcAQAAIAAJ |last1=Maltin |first1=Leonard |title=Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons |last2=Beck |first2=Jerry |date=1987 |publisher=New American Library |isbn=978-0-452-25993-5 |pages=222–229, 238, 256 |language=en}}</ref> The two series gradually lost their distinctions, and shorts were assigned to each series arbitrarily.<ref name="LTMMDiffsColor" /> From 1942 to 1964, ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' were the most popular animated shorts in movie theaters.<ref name="AniUSA">{{Cite web |title=Warner Bros. Studio biography |publisher=AnimationUSA.com |url=https://animationusa.com/resources/aboutwb.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203030720/http://animationusa.com/resources/aboutwb.html |archive-date=December 3, 2017 |access-date=July 22, 2008}}</ref>

''Looney Tunes'' has become one of the [[List of highest-grossing media franchises|highest-grossing media franchises]] of all time, spawning several television series, feature films, comic books, music albums, video games, and amusement park rides. Many of the characters have made and continue to make cameo appearances in television shows, films, and other media. Bugs Bunny, in particular, is regarded as a [[cultural icon]] and has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref name="Hollywood">{{Cite web |title=Bugs Bunny |url=https://walkoffame.com/bugs-bunny/ |access-date=June 28, 2012 |publisher=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce |archive-date=October 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030000539/http://www.walkoffame.com/bugs-bunny |url-status=live }}</ref> Many ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' films are ranked among the greatest animated cartoons of all time, and five of them have won [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film|Academy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 24, 2013 |title=TV Guide magazine's 60 greatest cartoons of all time |work=[[Fox News]] |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/tv-guide-magazines-60-greatest-cartoons-of-all-time/ |access-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235731/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/09/24/greatest-cartoons-all-time-tv-guide-list/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2013, [[TV Guide]] counted ''Looney Tunes'' as the third greatest television cartoon series of all time, behind ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and ''[[The Flintstones]]'', the latter of which also featured the voice talents of Mel Blanc and [[Bea Benaderet]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Definitive Ranking of The Simpsons, Peanuts, and More Old Cartoons From Your Childhood |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/definitive-ranking-old-cartoons/ |last=Sand |first=Richard |date=September 24, 2013 |access-date=February 5, 2023 |work=[[TV Guide]] |archive-date=January 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112200910/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Greatest-Cartoons-TV-Guide-Magazine-1071203.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

== History ==
{{Infobox film
| image          = 1967-1969 Looney Tunes Opening Title Card.png
| caption        = Final ''Looney Tunes'' opening title used in the 1967–1969 season<ref name="davemackey">{{Cite web |title=Field Guide to Titles and Credits |url=http://www.davemackey.com/animation/wb/fieldguide.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080229034139/http://www.davemackey.com/animation/wb/fieldguide.html |archive-date=February 29, 2008 |access-date=August 16, 2015}}</ref>
| director       = {{plainlist|
* [[Tex Avery]]
* [[Bob Clampett]]
* [[Arthur Davis (animator)|Arthur Davis]]
* [[Friz Freleng]]
* [[Hugh Harman]]
* [[Rudolf Ising]]
* [[Chuck Jones]]
* [[Robert McKimson]]
* [[Frank Tashlin]]
* [[Warner Bros. Cartoons#Directors|(more)]]}}
| producer       = {{plainlist|
* Hugh Harman
* Rudolf Ising
* [[Leon Schlesinger]]
* [[Edward Selzer]]
* [[John W. Burton (film producer)|John W. Burton]]
* [[David H. DePatie]]
* [[Friz Freleng]]
* [[William L. Hendricks]]}}
| story          = {{plainlist|
* [[Warren Foster]]
* [[Tedd Pierce]]
* [[Michael Maltese]]
* [[Warner Bros. Cartoons#Storyboard artists/writers|(more)]]}}
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Mel Blanc]]
* [[June Foray]]
* [[Arthur Q. Bryan]]
* [[Bea Benaderet]]
* [[Stan Freberg]]
* [[Warner Bros. Cartoons#Voices|(more)]]}}
| music          = {{plainlist|
* [[Carl W. Stalling]]
* [[Milt Franklyn]]
* [[William Lava]]
* [[Warner Bros. Cartoons#Music|(more)]]}}
| animator       = {{plainlist|
* [[Ken Harris]]
* [[Warren Batchelder]]
* [[Rod Scribner]]
* [[Abe Levitow]]
* [[Gerry Chiniquy]]
* [[Izzy Ellis]]
* [[Virgil Ross]]
* [[Ben Washam]]
* [[Bill Melendez]]
* [[Phil Monroe]]
* [[Manny Gould]]
* [[Richard Thompson (animator)|Richard Thompson]]
* [[Norman McCabe]]
* [[Warner Bros. Cartoons#Animators|(more)]]}}
| layout_artist  = {{plainlist|
* [[Maurice Noble]]
* [[Hawley Pratt]]
* [[Robert Gribbroek]]
* [[Warner Bros. Cartoons#Layout/Background artists/designers|(more)]]}}
| background_artist = {{plainlist|
* [[Paul Julian (artist)|Paul Julian]]
* [[Pete Alvarado]]
* Philip DeGuard
* [[Warner Bros. Cartoons#Layout/Background artists/designers|(more)]]}}
| studio         = {{plainlist|
* [[Harman and Ising|Harman-Ising Productions]] (1930–1933)
* Leon Schlesinger Productions (1933–1944)
* [[Warner Bros. Cartoons]] (1944–1964)
* [[DePatie–Freleng Enterprises]] (1964–1967)
* [[Format Films|Format Productions]] (1964–1967)
* [[Warner Bros. Cartoons#1967–1969: Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation|Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation]] (1967–1969)
* [[Warner Bros. Animation]]}} (1987–2014)
| distributor    = {{plainlist|
* [[Warner Bros.]]
* [[Vitaphone|The Vitaphone Corporation]]
* [[Vitagraph Studios|Vitagraph Company of America]]
}}
| released       = April 19, 1930—June 10, 2014
| color_process  = {{plainlist|
* [[Black and white|B&W]] (1930–1943)
* [[Technicolor]] (1942–2014)
* [[Cinecolor]] (1947-1948)}}
| runtime        = 6–10 minutes (one reel)
}}

''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' were so named as a reference to Disney's ''[[Silly Symphonies]]'' and were initially developed to showcase tracks from Warner Bros.' extensive music library; the title of the first ''Looney Tunes'' short, ''[[Sinkin' in the Bathtub]]'' (1930), is a pun on ''[[Singin' in the Bathtub]]''.<ref name="Beck">{{Cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |title=Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons |last2=Friedwald |first2=Will |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0894-2 |page=1}}</ref> Between 1934 and 1943, ''Merrie Melodies'' were produced in color and ''Looney Tunes'' in black and white.<ref name="LTMMDiffsColor" /> After 1943, both series were produced in color and became virtually indistinguishable, varying only in their opening theme music and titles.<ref name="LTMMDiffsColor" /> Both series made use of the various Warner Bros. characters. By 1937, the theme music for ''Looney Tunes'' was "[[The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down]]" by [[Cliff Friend]] and [[Dave Franklin]], and the theme music for ''Merrie Melodies'' was an adaptation of "[[Merrily We Roll Along (song)|Merrily We Roll Along]]" by [[Charles Tobias]], Murray Mencher and [[Eddie Cantor]].

=== 1930–1933: Harman and Ising era ===
In 1929, to compete against [[Walt Disney]]'s [[Mickey Mouse (film series)|Mickey Mouse short cartoons]], Warner Bros. became interested in developing a series of animated shorts to promote their music. They had recently acquired [[Brunswick Records]] along with four music publishers for US$28&nbsp;million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|28|1930|fmt=c}} million in {{currentyear}}) and were eager to promote this material for the sales of sheet music and phonograph records. Warner made a deal with [[Leon Schlesinger]] to produce cartoons for them. Schlesinger hired [[Rudolf Ising]] and [[Hugh Harman]] to produce the first series of cartoons. Schlesinger was impressed by Harman's and Ising's 1929 pilot cartoon, ''[[Bosko, The Talk-Ink Kid]]''. The first ''Looney Tunes'' short was ''[[Sinkin' in the Bathtub]]'' starring [[Bosko]], which was released in 1930.<ref name="bcdb" />

=== 1933–1936: Leon Schlesinger Productions ===
When Harman and Ising left Warner Bros. in 1933 over a budget dispute with Schlesinger, they took with them all the rights of the characters they had created. A new character called [[Buddy (Looney Tunes)|Buddy]] became the only star of the ''Looney Tunes'' series for a couple of years.

New directors including [[Tex Avery]], [[Friz Freleng]] and [[Bob Clampett]] were brought in or promoted to work with animators in the Schlesinger studio, with Avery's unit housed in a bungalow which the animators dubbed "[[Termite Terrace]]." In 1935, the first major ''Looney Tunes'' star debuted, [[Porky Pig]]. He first appeared along with [[Beans (Looney Tunes)|Beans the Cat]] in the ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon ''[[I Haven't Got a Hat]]'', directed by Friz Freleng. Beans was the star of the next Porky/Beans cartoon, ''[[Gold Diggers of '49]]'', but it was Porky who emerged as the star instead of Beans. The ensemble characters of ''I Haven't Got a Hat'', such as Oliver Owl and the twin dogs Ham and Ex, were also given a sampling of shorts. Beans and Porky proved much more popular in comparison. Beans was later phased out when his popularity declined, leaving Porky as the only star of the Schlesinger studio.

=== 1936–1944: More star characters and switch to color ===

The debuts of other memorable ''Looney Tunes'' stars followed: [[Daffy Duck]] in ''[[Porky's Duck Hunt]]'' (1937), [[Elmer Fudd]] in the ''Merrie Melodies'' short ''[[Elmer's Candid Camera]]'' (1940), [[Bugs Bunny]] in the ''Merrie Melodies'' short ''[[A Wild Hare]]'' (1940),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Adamson |first=Joe |url=https://archive.org/details/bugsbunnyfiftyye0000adam |title=Bugs Bunny: 50 Years and Only One Grey Hare |publisher=Henry Holt |year=1990 |isbn=0-8050-1855-7 |url-access=registration}}</ref> and [[Tweety]] in the ''Merrie Melodies'' short ''[[A Tale of Two Kitties]]'' (1942).

Bugs initially starred in the color ''Merrie Melodies'' shorts following the success of 1940's ''A Wild Hare'', and formally joined the ''Looney Tunes'' series with the release of ''[[Buckaroo Bugs]]'' in 1944. Schlesinger began to phase in the production of color ''Looney Tunes'' with the 1942 cartoon ''[[The Hep Cat]]''. The final black-and-white ''Looney Tunes'' short was ''[[Puss n' Booty]]'' in 1943, directed by [[Frank Tashlin]]. The inspiration for the changeover was Warner's decision to re-release only the color cartoons in the ''[[Blue Ribbon Classic]]s'' series of ''Merrie Melodies''.

Bugs made a cameo appearance in 1942 in the Avery/Clampett cartoon ''Crazy Cruise'' and also at the end of the Frank Tashlin 1943 cartoon ''[[Porky Pig's Feat]]'', which marked Bugs' only official appearance in a black-and-white ''Looney Tunes'' short. Schlesinger sold his interest in the cartoon studio in 1944 to Warner Bros. and went into retirement; he died five years later.

=== 1944–1964: The Golden era ===
More popular ''Looney Tunes'' characters were created (most of which first appeared in ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoons), such as [[Pepé Le Pew]] (debuted in 1945's ''[[Odor-able Kitty]]''), [[Sylvester the Cat|Sylvester]] (debuted in 1945's ''[[Life with Feathers]]''), [[Yosemite Sam]] (debuted in 1945's ''[[Hare Trigger]]''), [[Foghorn Leghorn]] (debuted in 1946's ''[[Walky Talky Hawky]]''), [[Marvin the Martian]] (debuted in 1948's ''[[Haredevil Hare]]''), [[Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner]] (debuted in 1949's ''[[Fast and Furry-ous]]''), [[Granny (Looney Tunes)|Granny]] (debuted in 1950's ''[[Canary Row]]''), [[Speedy Gonzales]] (debuted in 1953's ''[[Cat-Tails for Two|Cat Tails for Two]]''), [[Tasmanian Devil (Looney Tunes)|the Tasmanian Devil]] (debuted in 1954's ''[[Devil May Hare]]''), and [[Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog]] (debuted in 1953's ''[[Don't Give Up the Sheep]]'').

It was during this era that the series won five [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film|Academy Awards]]:
* ''[[Tweetie Pie]]'' (1947)
* ''[[For Scent-imental Reasons]]'' (1949) 
* ''[[Speedy Gonzales]]'' (1955) 
* ''[[Birds Anonymous]]'' (1957) 
* ''[[Knighty Knight Bugs]]'' (1958)

=== 1964–1969: DePatie–Freleng and Seven Arts era ===
During the mid-late 1960s, the shorts were produced by [[DePatie–Freleng Enterprises]] (and [[Format Films|Format Productions]]) (1964–1967) and [[Warner Bros.-Seven Arts]] (1967–1969) after Warner Bros. shut down their animation studio. The shorts from this era can be identified by their different title sequence, featuring stylized [[limited animation]] and graphics on a black background and a new arrangement, by [[William Lava]], of "[[The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down]]" which had first been used in the 1963 experimental short "[[Now Hear This (film)|Now Hear This]]" directed by Chuck Jones.

In 1967, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts commissioned an animation studio in [[South Korea]] to redraw 79 black-and-white Looney Tunes produced from 1935 to 1943 in color which were syndicated to TV stations from the late 1960s to the early 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 79 Redrawn Looney Tunes Cartoons (1990 and Older Airings) |url=https://animesuperhero.com/forums/threads/the-79-redrawn-looney-tunes-cartoons-1990-and-older-airings.5233591/ |access-date=April 6, 2021 |archive-date=April 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416093435/https://animesuperhero.com/forums/threads/the-79-redrawn-looney-tunes-cartoons-1990-and-older-airings.5233591/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The original ''Looney Tunes'' theatrical series ran from 1930's ''Sinkin' in the Bathtub'' to 1969's ''[[Injun Trouble (1969 film)|Injun Trouble]]'' by [[Robert McKimson]].

A [[Cool Cat (Looney Tunes)|Cool Cat]] cartoon called "Stage Cat" was planned, about Cool Cat being in a stage production, but it was cancelled when Warner Bros.-Seven Arts shut down.<ref name="bcdb" />

=== 1970–1999: Syndication and return to television and film ===
[[File:Looney Tunes logo.svg|thumb|Looney Tunes franchise logo used from 1985 to 2024, based on the wordmark used in the original shorts from 1939 to 1964.]]
The ''Looney Tunes'' series' popularity was further strengthened when it began airing on network and [[syndicated television]] in the 1950s under various titles and formats. The ''Looney Tunes'' shorts were broadcast with edits to remove scenes of violence (particularly suicidal gags and scenes of characters performing dangerous stunts that impressionable viewers could easily imitate), stereotypes, and alcohol consumption.

Production of theatrical animated shorts was dormant from 1969 until 1979, when new shorts were made to introduce the ''Looney Tunes'' to a new generation of audiences. [[Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1970–present)|New shorts]] have been produced and released sporadically for theaters since then, though usually as promotional tie-ins with various family movies produced by Warner Bros. While many have been released in limited releases theatrically for Academy Award consideration, only a few have gained theatrical releases with movies.

In the 1970s through the early 1990s, several feature-film compilations and [[television special]]s were produced, mostly centering on Bugs Bunny and/or Daffy Duck, with a mixture of new and old footage. These releases include ''[[The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie]]'' (1979), ''[[The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie]]'' (1981), ''[[Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales]]'' (1982), ''[[Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island]]'' (1983), and ''[[Daffy Duck's Quackbusters]]'' (1988).

In 1976, the ''Looney Tunes'' characters made their way into the amusement park business when they became the mascots for Marriott's two Great America theme parks in Gurnee, Illinois, and Santa Clara, California. After the [[Six Flags Great America|Gurnee park]] was sold to [[Six Flags (1961–2024)|Six Flags]] in 1984, they also claimed the rights to use the characters at the other Six Flags parks, which continues to the present. (Warner Bros. parent company Time Warner would own the Six Flags chain in whole or part form most of the 1990s.)

In 1988, several ''Looney Tunes'' characters appeared in cameo roles in the [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] film ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''. The more significant cameos featured Bugs, Daffy, Porky, Tweety, and Yosemite Sam. It is the only time in which ''Looney Tunes'' characters have shared screen time with their rivals at Disney (producers of the film)—particularly in the scenes where Bugs and [[Mickey Mouse]] are [[skydiving]], and when Daffy and [[Donald Duck]] are performing their "Dueling Pianos" sequence.

On July 10, 1989, after a battle with heart problems, [[Mel Blanc]] died at the [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center]] of [[cardiovascular disease]]. A picture depicting the ''Looney Tunes'' characters entitled "Speechless" was released shortly after his death.

Viacom-owned [[Nickelodeon]] aired ''Looney Tunes'' cartoons in a show called ''Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon'' between 1988 and 1999. Initially, the Nickelodeon package included cartoons that were typically omitted from the higher-profile Saturday morning network and syndicated weekday packages, including black-and-white Bosko cartoons that had not aired in many years and cartoons from the late DePattie–Freling and Seven Arts eras. In January 1999, it was reported that the cartoons shown on Nickelodeon would move to [[Cartoon Network]] in the fall of that year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amidi |first=Amid |date=January 20, 1999 |title=More Original Cartoons and Looney Tunes Arrive at Cartoon Network |url=https://www.awn.com/news/more-original-cartoons-and-looney-tunes-arrive-cartoon-network |access-date=March 22, 2021 |publisher=[[Animation World Network]] |quote=Fall 1999 will also see Cartoon Network adding 214 classic Warner Bros. shorts previously licensed by Nickelodeon to its existing library for a total of 680 Warner Bros. titles. |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415040854/https://www.awn.com/news/more-original-cartoons-and-looney-tunes-arrive-cartoon-network |url-status=live }}</ref> To date, ''Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon'' is the longest-airing [[animated series]] on the network that was not a [[Nicktoons|Nicktoon]].

In 1996, ''[[Space Jam]]'', a [[live-action animated film]], was released to theaters starring Bugs Bunny and basketball player [[Michael Jordan]]. Despite a mixed critical reception,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Movie Reviews: Space Jam |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/space_jam/ |access-date=January 23, 2008 |archive-date=January 13, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113201726/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/space_jam/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the film was a major box-office success, grossing nearly $100&nbsp;million in the U.S. alone, almost becoming the first non-Disney animated film to achieve that feat.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Space Jam (1996) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3849356801/weekend/ |access-date=December 2, 2011 |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |archive-date=July 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728113841/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=spacejam.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> For a two-year period, it was the highest grossing non-Disney animated film ever.<ref name="JerryBeck">{{Cite book |last=Beck |first=Jerry |url=https://archive.org/details/animatedmoviegui0000beck |title=The Animated Movie Guide |publisher=[[Chicago Review Press]] |year=2005 |location=Chicago, Illinois |author-link=Jerry Beck |url-access=registration}}</ref> The film also introduced the character [[Lola Bunny]], who subsequently became another recurring member of the ''Looney Tunes'' cast, usually as a love interest for Bugs.

In 1997, Bugs Bunny was featured on a U.S. 32 cent postage stamp, the first of five ''Looney Tunes'' themed stamps to be issued.<ref>[https://postalmuseum.si.edu/artofthestamp/SubPage%20table%20images/artwork/rarities/Bug%20Bunny/bugsbunny.htm ''Looney Tunes: Bugs Bunny stamp''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610134746/http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/artofthestamp/subpage%20table%20images/artwork/rarities/Bug%20Bunny/bugsbunny.htm |date=June 10, 2010}} [[National Postal Museum]] [[Smithsonian]].</ref>

The ''Looney Tunes'' also achieved success in the area of television during this era, with appearances in several originally produced series, including ''[[Taz-Mania]]'' (1991, starring Taz) and ''[[The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries]]'' (1995, starring Sylvester, Tweety, and Granny). The gang also made frequent cameos in the 1990 spinoff series ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'', from executive producer [[Steven Spielberg]], where they played teachers and mentors to a younger generation of cartoon characters ([[Plucky Duck]], [[Hamton J. Pig]], [[Babs and Buster Bunny]], etc.), plus occasional cameos in the later Warner Bros. shows such as ''[[Animaniacs]]'' (also from Spielberg) and ''[[Histeria!]]''. [[Traditional cel animation]] was used to animate the characters for ''Looney Tunes''' cartoons until 1999 when it was replaced with [[digital ink and paint animation]].

In 1979, ''[[Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol]]'' premiered. After ''[[The Chocolate Chase]]'', there would not be another short released for seven years. In 1990, it was made so there would be about one short per year until 1998. In 2003, there would be seven shorts produced to promote ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]''. The first of these to be released was ''[[The Whizzard of Ow]]'', which appeared on a DVD release of ''Back in Action'' that was sold exclusively at [[Walmart|Wal-Mart]] stores. Only about half of the shorts were shown in theaters; the rest would not be made available until 2004, when all seven shorts were included on the general home video release of the film. In 2010, five computer-animated shorts would be released and directed by [[Matthew O'Callaghan]], who would also direct another short, ''[[Flash in the Pain]]'', in 2014.

=== 2000–2014: Network exploration ===
In March 2000, it was revealed that the entire ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' library would be exclusive to Cartoon Network, starting with the fall of that year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 8, 2000 |title=Cartoon Net Lands Looney Toons Plus 4 New Shows |publisher=[[Animation World Network]] |url=https://www.awn.com/news/cartoon-net-lands-looney-toons-plus-4-new-shows |access-date=March 22, 2021 |quote=Cartoon Network has also landed the exclusive television rights to Warner Bros. classic LOONEY TUNES titles starting fall 2000. This is the first time the entire library of nearly 900 classic animated shorts has been featured exclusively on one TV network. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416093451/https://www.awn.com/news/cartoon-net-lands-looney-toons-plus-4-new-shows |archive-date=April 16, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Looney Tunes'' shorts were still airing on Disney's [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] as part of ''[[The Bugs Bunny Show|The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show]]'' at the time and the decision led to the show's cancellation. This decision would remain in effect for over 20 years until [[MeTV]] began airing the classic Warner Bros. cartoons (along with MGM and Paramount's library) in January 2021. In 2003, another feature film was released, this time in an attempt to recapture the spirit of the original shorts: the live-action/animated ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]''. Although the film was not financially successful,<ref>[https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3043067393/ ''Looney Tunes: Back in Action''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325073410/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=looneytunesbackinaction.htm |date=March 25, 2019 }} ''Boxofficemojo.com''. Retrieved on January 25, 2008.</ref> it was met with mixed-to-positive reviews from film critics and has been argued by animation historians and fans as the finest original feature-length appearance of the cartoon characters.<ref name="JerryBeck" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=November 14, 2003 |title=Looney Tunes: Back in Action :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews |publisher=Rogerebert.suntimes.com |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031114/REVIEWS/311140303/1023 |url-status=dead |access-date=October 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605194610/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20031114%2FREVIEWS%2F311140303%2F1023 |archive-date=June 5, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Rosenbaum |first=Jonathan |date=November 27, 2003 |title=Joe Dante Calls the Toon |work=Chicago Reader |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/news-politics/joe-dante-calls-the-toon/ |access-date=January 25, 2008}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=David Edelstein |date=November 14, 2003 |title=Movie Review: ''Looney Tunes: Back in Action'' |url=https://slate.com/culture/2003/11/bugs-as-groucho-marx-in-looney-tunes.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408032701/http://slate.msn.com/id/2091232/ |archive-date=April 8, 2008 |access-date=February 2, 2008 |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |publisher=slate.com}}</ref> In 2006, [[Warner Home Video]] released a new and Christmas-themed ''Looney Tunes'' direct-to-video film called ''[[Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas]]'', a parody of [[Charles Dickens]]' ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''. Other ''Looney Tunes'' TV series made during this time were ''[[Baby Looney Tunes]]'' (2001–2006), ''[[Duck Dodgers (TV series)|Duck Dodgers]]'' (2003–2005) and ''[[Loonatics Unleashed]]'' (2005–2007).

On October 22, 2007, ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoons became available for the first time in [[High-definition television|High-definition]] via [[Microsoft]]'s [[Xbox Live]] service, including some in Spanish.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=From Looney Tunes and iCarly to Shrek and SpongeBob SquarePants, Xbox 360 Launches Massive Library of Family Games and Entertainment |date=October 22, 2007 |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |url=https://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2007/oct07/10-22XboxFamilyContentPR.mspx |access-date=November 6, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604161629/http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2007/oct07/10-22XboxFamilyContentPR.mspx}}</ref> From February 29 – May 18, 2008, many ''Looney Tunes'' artifacts, including original animation cels and concept drawings, were on display at the [[Butler Institute of American Art]] in [[Youngstown, Ohio]], just off the campus of [[Youngstown State University]], near where the Warners lived early in life.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 24, 2008 |title=Youngstown News, Butler Institute goes Looney Tunes |url=https://www.vindy.com/news/2008/feb/24/butler-goes-looney-tunes/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504094244/http://www.vindy.com/news/2008/feb/24/butler-goes-looney-tunes/ |archive-date=May 4, 2013 |access-date=October 29, 2012 |publisher=Vindy.com}}</ref>

At the 2009 Cartoon Network [[Upfront (advertising)|upfront]], ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]'' was announced.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 7, 2009 |title=TAG Blog: At the 'Toon Factory of the Brothers Warner |url=https://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/at-toon-factory-of-brothers-warner.html |access-date=March 11, 2015 |website=animationguildblog.blogspot.co.uk |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129033014/http://animationguildblog.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/at-toon-factory-of-brothers-warner.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After several delays, the series premiered on May 3, 2011. Produced by [[Warner Bros. Animation]], the series centers on Bugs and Daffy as they leave the woods and move to the suburbs with "colorful neighbors" including Sylvester, Tweety, Granny, Yosemite Sam, etc. The series introduced the character [[List of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters#Tina Russo|Tina Russo]], a duck who becomes Daffy's girlfriend. The show also features 2-minute music videos titled respectfully "Merrie Melodies" (as a tribute to the ''Looney Tunes'' sister shorts) which features the characters singing original songs, as well as CGI animated shorts starring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner (which were removed after the first season). The series was cancelled after its second season.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=493806183195504641 |user=FrantzEdCharles |title=No Season 3 for the Looney Tunes Show |author=Frantz Charles |date=July 29, 2014 |access-date=October 15, 2021}}</ref>

Also, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner returned to the big screen in a series of 3-D shorts that preceded select Warner Bros. films. There were six in the works that began with the first short, ''[[Coyote Falls]]'', that preceded the film ''[[Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore]]'', which was released on July 30, 2010. On September 24, 2010, ''[[Fur of Flying]]'' preceded the film, ''[[Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole]]'', and on December 17, 2010, ''[[Rabid Rider]]'' preceded the film, ''[[Yogi Bear (film)|Yogi Bear]]''. On June 8, 2011, Warner Bros. Animation announced that there will be more ''Looney Tunes'' 3-D theatrical shorts; the first titled ''[[Daffy's Rhapsody]]'' with Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd, the next being ''[[I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat]]'' with Sylvester, Tweety,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Granny. ''Daffy's Rhapsody'' was to precede the film ''[[Happy Feet Two]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 8, 2011 |title=More 3D Looney Tunes Shorts On The Way |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=78492 |publisher=ComingSoon.net |access-date=October 29, 2012 |archive-date=September 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924042728/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=78492 |url-status=dead }}</ref> until the studio decided to premiere ''[[I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat]]'' instead. ''Daffy's Rhapsody'' instead premiered in 2012, preceding ''[[Journey 2: The Mysterious Island]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vary |first=Adam B. |title=Looney Tunes short with Tweety Bird, Sylvester - EXCLUSIVE CLIP |url=https://ew.com/article/2011/11/14/tweety-bird-sylvester-looney-tunes-clip-exclusive/#more-53075 |access-date=October 29, 2012 |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=June 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627005137/http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/11/14/tweety-bird-sylvester-looney-tunes-clip-exclusive/#more-53075 |url-status=live }}</ref> All five shorts were directed by [[Matthew O'Callaghan]].

In 2012, several announcements were made about a ''Looney Tunes'' reboot film titled ''Acme'', in development.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=September 19, 2012 |title=Former 'SNL' Star to Write 'Looney Tunes' Reboot Film (Exclusive) |publisher=hollywoodreporter.com |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/looney-tunes-jenny-slate-371643 |access-date=October 13, 2012 |archive-date=October 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012122802/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/looney-tunes-jenny-slate-371643 |url-status=live }}</ref> Former ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' cast member [[Jenny Slate]] was said to be on board as writer for the new film. Jeffrey Clifford, ''[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]'' producer [[David Heyman]], and ''[[Dark Shadows (film)|Dark Shadows]]'' writers David Katzenberg and [[Seth Grahame-Smith]] were slated to produce the film.<ref name="cartoon">{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=Paul |date=September 19, 2012 |title=Looney Tunes Movie Back In Action |publisher=Big Cartoon News |url=https://blog.bcdb.com/looney-tunes-movie-4722/ |url-status=dead |access-date=September 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209100944/http://blog.bcdb.com/looney-tunes-movie-4722/ |archive-date=December 9, 2012}}</ref> On August 27, 2014, writers [[Ashley Miller (screenwriter)|Ashley Miller]] and [[Zack Stentz]] were hired to script the film, directors [[Glenn Ficarra]] and John Requa were in talks to direct the film, while actor [[Steve Carell]] was rumored to be starring in a lead role.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 27, 2014 |title=Acme 'Looney Tunes' Movie Finds New Momentum with 'X-Men: First Class' Writers |publisher=hollywoodreporter.com |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/acme-looney-tunes-movie-finds-728298 |access-date=February 20, 2020 |archive-date=January 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111042312/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/acme-looney-tunes-movie-finds-728298 |url-status=live }}</ref> Despite this, the film never entered production.

=== 2015–2021: Revival ===
At the 2014 Cartoon Network [[Upfront (advertising)|upfront]], another series titled ''[[New Looney Tunes|Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production]]'' (later ''New Looney Tunes'') was announced.<ref name="WabbitVariety">{{Cite news |last=Steinberg |first=Brian |date=March 10, 2014 |title=Cartoon Network To Launch First Mini-Series, New Takes on Tom & Jerry, Bugs Bunny |work=Variety.com |publisher=Variety Media, LLC |url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/cartoon-network-to-launch-first-mini-series-new-takes-on-tom-jerry-bugs-bunny-1201128603/ |access-date=March 13, 2014 |archive-date=March 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311140254/http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/cartoon-network-to-launch-first-mini-series-new-takes-on-tom-jerry-bugs-bunny-1201128603/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Starring Bugs Bunny, the series premiered on both Cartoon Network and its sister channel [[Boomerang (TV network)|Boomerang]] in late 2015.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Steinberg |first=Brian |date=June 29, 2015 |title=Bugs Bunny, Scooby Doo Return to Boost Boomerang |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/bugs-bunny-scooby-doo-boomerang-1201530384 |access-date=December 28, 2017 |archive-date=December 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222105254/https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/bugs-bunny-scooby-doo-boomerang-1201530384/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The series had an unusually slow rollout, with the series being moved to the Boomerang streaming service in 2017, and was eventually cancelled on January 30, 2020.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

On June 11, 2018, another series, titled ''[[Looney Tunes Cartoons]]'', was announced by Warner Bros. Animation. It premiered on May 27, 2020, on the streaming service [[HBO Max]]. The series features "1,000 minutes of new one-to-six minute cartoons featuring the brand's marquee characters", voiced by their current voice actors in "simple, gag-driven and visually vibrant stories" that are rendered by multiple artists employing "a visual style that will resonate with fans", most noticeably having a style reminiscent of the styles of [[Tex Avery]], [[Bob Clampett]], [[Chuck Jones]], [[Friz Freleng]] and [[Robert McKimson]].<ref name="deadline hbomax" /> According to co-executive producer [[Peter Browngardt]], "We're not doing guns, but we can do cartoony violence — TNT, the Acme stuff. All that was kind of grandfathered in."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ito |first=Robert |date=May 29, 2020 |title=Bugs Bunny Is Back, and So Is the 'Looney Tunes' Mayhem |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/arts/television/looney-tunes-hbo-max.html |access-date=June 8, 2020 |website=[[The New York Times]] |archive-date=June 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607235439/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/arts/television/looney-tunes-hbo-max.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Sam Register]], president of Warner Bros. Animation also served as a co-executive producer for the series.<ref name="deadline hbomax">{{Cite web |last=Patrick Hipes |date=June 11, 2018 |title='Looney Tunes' Getting Short-Form Revival at WB Animation |url=https://deadline.com/2018/06/looney-tunes-short-form-revival-warner-bros-animation-1202407762/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=June 11, 2018 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143433/https://deadline.com/2018/06/looney-tunes-short-form-revival-warner-bros-animation-1202407762/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The series ended on July 27, 2023.

On February 11, 2021, it was announced two new series were in the works: ''[[Bugs Bunny Builders]]'' and ''Tweety Mysteries''. ''Bugs Bunny Builders'' began airing on Cartoon Network as part of [[Cartoonito]] and [[HBO Max]] on July 25, 2022; ''Tweety Mysteries'' would also air on [[Cartoon Network]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 17, 2021 |title=WarnerMedia Upfronts: Cartoonito Launches on HBO Max with 20 Series |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/warnermedia-upfronts-cartoonito-launches-on-hbo-max-with-20-series/ |access-date=February 17, 2021 |archive-date=March 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310112336/https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/warnermedia-upfronts-cartoonito-launches-on-hbo-max-with-20-series/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 17, 2021 |title=WarnerMedia Upfronts: Cartoon Network, HBO Max 'Redraw Your World' with More Kids Content |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/warnermedia-upfronts-cartoon-network-hbo-max-redraw-your-world-with-more-kids-content/ |access-date=February 17, 2021 |archive-date=February 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217193838/https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/warnermedia-upfronts-cartoon-network-hbo-max-redraw-your-world-with-more-kids-content/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Bugs Bunny Builders'' is aimed towards preschoolers; while ''Tweety Mysteries'' is a live-action/animated hybrid.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} However, the latter was scrapped for unknown reasons.

A sequel to ''Space Jam'' titled ''[[Space Jam: A New Legacy]]'', starring basketball player [[LeBron James]], was released in theaters and HBO Max on July 16, 2021, after a [[Los Angeles]] special screening on July 12, 2021. It is a film with a story of LeBron James' second son, Dom, who gets kidnapped by an evil [[AI]] named Al. G Rhythm ([[Don Cheadle]]), into the Warner Bros. server-verse. LeBron then assembles the Tune Squad to play against the algorithm and get his son back. It received generally negative reviews and underperformed at the box office.

=== 2022–present; Warner Bros. Discovery ownership and tax write-offs ===
A reboot of ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' titled ''[[Tiny Toons Looniversity]]'' premiered on September 8, 2023, on [[Max (streaming service)|Max]] and then aired the following day on Cartoon Network. The Looney Tunes characters reprise their roles as the professors at Acme Looniversity in this series.

In September 2021, it was reported that a film based on the ''Looney Tunes Cartoons'', titled ''[[The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie]]'' and starring [[Daffy Duck]] and [[Porky Pig]], was announced for release on [[HBO Max]] and Cartoon Network.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WarnerMedia Kids & Family Launches New Family Destination, ACME Night, Sundays on Cartoon Network Starting Sept. 19 and HBO Max Next Year {{!}} Pressroom |url=https://press.wbd.com/us/media-release/cartoon-network-9/warnermedia-kids-family-launches-new-family-destination-acme-night-sundays-cartoon |access-date=October 30, 2023 |website=press.wbd.com}}</ref> However, it was reported in August 2022 that the film would instead be shopped around to other streaming services.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mitovich |first=Matt Webb |date=August 22, 2022 |title=Batman Series, Urkel Holiday Movie Among Animated Projects Not Moving Forward at HBO Max, Will Be Shopped |url=https://tvline.com/lists/batman-caped-crusader-hbo-max-not-moving-forward-animated-urkel-holiday/ |access-date=October 30, 2023 |website=TVLine |language=en-US}}</ref> In October 2023, it was announced the film would instead be released in theaters, becoming the first animated non-compilation feature film in the franchise to do so.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barraclough |first=Leo |date=October 26, 2023 |title=Looney Tunes Movie 'The Day the Earth Blew Up' Launching at AFM From Warner Bros. Animation, GFM Animation (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/looney-tunes-movie-the-day-the-earth-blew-up-warner-bros-animation-gfm-1235769149/ |access-date=October 30, 2023 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Humes |first=Kaitlin |date=2023-10-28 |title=Looney Tunes Reveals First Look at First-Ever Fully-Animated Theatrical Release |url=https://www.cbr.com/warner-bros-first-fully-animated-looney-tunes-theaters/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref> In early August 2024, it was announced that [[Ketchup Entertainment]] acquired the North American theatrical distribution rights to the film.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cordero|first=Rosy|title=Warner Bros Animation's Looney Tunes Movie ''The Day The Earth Blew Up'' To Hit Theaters In New Ketchup Entertainment Deal|date=August 8, 2024|website=Deadline Hollywood|url=https://deadline.com/2024/08/looney-tunes-the-day-the-earth-blew-up-release-date-1236034711/|accessdate=September 2, 2024}}</ref>

On December 31, 2022, 256 shorts were removed from HBO Max, including ''[[What's Opera, Doc?]]'' and ''[[Duck Amuck]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alter |first=Rebecca |date=2023-01-03 |title=16 Seasons of Looney Tunes Vamoose From HBO Max |url=https://www.vulture.com/2023/01/hbo-max-removes-looney-tunes-episodes.html |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=Vulture |language=en}}</ref> though many were later re-added in March 2024 when the shorts on the service were rotated.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screencrush.com/130-looney-tunes-leaving-max/|title=130 'Looney Tunes' Shorts Are Being Added to Max, But 130 Others are Leaving|first=Matt|last=Singer|date=February 26, 2024|access-date=September 7, 2024}}</ref>

In August 2024, it was announced that Warner Bros. was planning to relaunch the ''Looney Tunes'' theatrical film series in 2028.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Amidi|first=Amid|date=August 30, 2024|title=Report: Warner Bros. Plans To Relaunch Looney Tunes Theatrically in 2028|url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/studios/report-warner-bros-plans-to-relaunch-looney-tunes-theatrically-in-2028-242805.html|access-date=September 2, 2024|website=[[Cartoon Brew]]}}</ref> In October 2024, it was reported that Warner Bros. was working on a "super secret ''Looney Tunes'' project".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelley |first=Aidan |date=October 26, 2024 |title=Warner Bros. Animation Is Working on a "Super Secret 'Looney Tunes' Project" |url=https://collider.com/warner-bros-secret-looney-tunes-project-explained-lightbox-expo/ |access-date=November 10, 2024 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref>

=== Home media ===
In the 1980s, the shorts received [[VHS]] releases, with the pre-August 1948 shorts released by [[MGM Home Entertainment|MGM/UA Home Video]] and the post-July 1948 shorts released by [[Warner Home Video]]. In 2003, Warner Home Video began releasing select shorts on [[DVD]], aimed at collectors, in four-disc sets known as the ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection]]'' starting with [[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1|Volume 1]]. This continued until 2008, when [[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6|the final volume of the Golden Collection]] was released. Then, from 2010 until 2013, the company released the ''[[Looney Tunes Super Stars]]'' DVDs. There have been numerous complaints regarding the ''Super Stars'' releases, however (particularly the first two), having the post-1953 shorts in a 16:9 widescreen format. The last DVD in the ''Super Stars'' series was ''Sylvester and Hippety Hopper: Marsupial Mayhem'', released on April 23, 2013. 2010 and 2011 saw the releases of ''[[The Essential Bugs Bunny]]'' and ''[[The Essential Daffy Duck]]'' DVDs. In 2011, the shorts were released on [[Blu-ray Disc]] for the first time with the ''Looney Tunes Platinum Collection'' series. On September 19, 2017, [[Warner Home Video]]'s [[Warner Archive Collection]] released the five-disc ''Porky Pig 101'' DVD-set.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Warner Archive Collection on Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/warnerarchive/posts/10155621100166563 |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/205910361562/10155621100166563 |archive-date=April 30, 2022 |website=[[Facebook]]}}{{cbignore}}{{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>
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== Licensing and ownership ==
In 1933, [[Harman and Ising]] left, taking the rights to the [[Bosko|Bosko characters]] with them. However, Warner Bros. retained the rights to the cartoons and the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' brand names, leaving their former producer Leon Schlesinger to start his own animation studio to continue the ''Looney Tunes'' series. With their retained Bosko rights, Harman and Ising began making cartoons at [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] in 1934 until they were fired in 1937 due to a lack of success. MGM proceeded to form [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio|their own studio]] to create its own cartoons. Time Warner eventually acquired the Bosko characters from Harman and Ising's estates. Meanwhile, the Schlesinger studio continued to make popular cartoons until 1944 when Schlesinger sold his studio to Warner Bros. Since then, Warner Bros. has owned all rights to all post-1933 characters created by Leon Schlesinger Productions and Warner Bros. Cartoons, even after the rights to individual cartoons were placed in other hands.

In 1955, Warner Bros. sold the television distribution rights to 191 of its cartoons (which included the black-and-white ''Looney Tunes'' and the black-and-white ''Merrie Melodies'' made after Harman and Ising left) to Guild Films.<ref name="google">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_DRYEAAAAMBAJ |title=Billboard |date=September 3, 2005 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_DRYEAAAAMBAJ/page/n5 6] |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=October 10, 2014}}</ref> The copyrights to those cartoons were assigned to [[Sunset Productions]], an entity owned by Warner Bros.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 16, 1955 |title=Guild Acquires 191 WB Cartoons |url=https://archive.org/details/variety197-1955-02/page/n185/mode/2up |publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Anderson |first=Christopher |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TLNkAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA176 |title=Hollywood TV: The Studio System in the Fifties |year=1994 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=9780292730595 |access-date=March 28, 2020 |archive-date=April 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406050137/https://books.google.com/books?id=TLNkAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA176 |url-status=live }}</ref> The cartoons were distributed by Guild Films until it went bankrupt and was bought by Seven Arts. Seven Arts bought WB in 1967, and WB regained the TV distribution rights to the black and white cartoons.

In 1956, [[Associated Artists Productions]] (a.a.p.) acquired television distribution rights to most of Warner Bros.' pre-1950<ref name="ymrt">{{Cite book |title=You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story |year=2008 |page=255}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Warner Bros Cartoons |url=https://www.newsfromme.com/pov/col225-2/ |access-date=March 4, 2023 |last=Evainer |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Evanier |year=1995 |archive-date=March 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304174219/https://www.newsfromme.com/pov/col225-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> library, including all ''Merrie Melodies'' (except for those sold to Guild and ''Lady, Play Your Mandolin!'') and color ''Looney Tunes'' shorts that were released prior to August 1948, while Warner still owned the copyright to all of the cartoons. Unlike the previous TV package, this package had the Warner titles kept intact and an "Associated Artists Productions presents" title inserted at the head of each reel (as a result, each ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon had the song "[[Merrily We Roll Along (song)|Merrily We Roll Along]]" playing twice).<ref name="geocities">{{Cite web |title=WHAT DID YOU SEE THIS MORNING? AAP! |url=http://geocities.com/argussventon/cartoondistributors/aap/aap.html |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027131515/http://geocities.com/argussventon/cartoondistributors/aap/aap.html |archive-date=October 27, 2009 |access-date=August 16, 2015}}</ref> Two years later, [[United Artists]] bought a.a.p. (which had also bought Paramount's ''[[Popeye the Sailor (film series)|Popeye]]'' films) who merged the company into its television division, [[United Artists Television]]. In 1981, UA was sold to MGM, and five years later, [[Ted Turner]] acquired the pre-May 1986 MGM library, as well the rights to the a.a.p. library. In 1996, Turner's company, [[Turner Broadcasting System]] (whose [[Turner Entertainment]] division oversaw the film library), was purchased by Time Warner (now [[Warner Bros. Discovery]]), which was also Warner Bros.' corporate parent.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jessell |first=Harry |date=October 3, 1994 |title=Turner takes a swing at Time Warner |work=Broadcasting & Cable |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/94-OCR/BC-1994-10-03-Page-0017.pdf |access-date=24 August 2021}}</ref> Then when MGM/UA terminated its distribution deal with Time Warner in 1999, it surrendered its home video rights to the a.a.p. library to WB.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/MGM+REGAINS+VIDEO+RIGHTS%253B+$225+MILLION+DEAL+TO+HELP+SELL+DVDS.-a083605917|title=MGM REGAINS VIDEO RIGHTS; $225 MILLION DEAL TO HELP SELL DVDS. - Free Online Library|website=www.thefreelibrary.com|access-date=2016-09-09|archive-date=2018-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411111537/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/MGM+REGAINS+VIDEO+RIGHTS%253B+$225+MILLION+DEAL+TO+HELP+SELL+DVDS.-a083605917|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldstein |first=Seth |date=27 March 1999 |title=MGM Buys Its Freedom, Pays Warner Vid To End Distrib Deal |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1999/1999-03-27-Billboard-Page-0006.pdf |access-date=6 March 2024 |website=World Radio History}}</ref> Since then, Warner Home Video (now [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]]) has held the video rights to the entire ''Looney Tunes''/''Merrie Melodies'' animated output by virtue of Warner Bros.' ownership of Turner Entertainment.

Starting in 1960, the cartoons were repackaged into several different TV programs that remained popular for several decades before being purchased by Turner Broadcasting System.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Looney Tunes on Television |url=http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/tv/ |access-date=November 12, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202172431/http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/tv/ |archive-date=December 2, 2010}}</ref> Turner's [[Cartoon Network]] reran the cartoons from its launch in 1992 until 2004, again from 2009 until 2017, and making a temporary return in April 2023 to celebrate WB's 100th anniversary. ''The Looney Tunes Show'' (not to be confused with the 2010s animated series of [[The Looney Tunes Show|the same name]]), an early 2000s anthology produced by Warner Bros. Animation for the network, was broadcast from 2001<ref name="tvschedulearchive">{{Cite web |title=The New Nick & More! Is Coming This Month! |url=https://www.tvschedulearchive.com/cartoon-network/2001/090201.txt |access-date=August 16, 2015 |publisher=tvschedulearchive.com |archive-date=July 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701001456/http://www.tvschedulearchive.com/cartoon-network/2001/090201.txt |url-status=live }}</ref> to 2004. The show featured shorts from the original ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' theatrical series. As of 2021, classic cartoons continue to air on CN's sister channel, [[Boomerang (TV network)|Boomerang]] and [[MeTV]]. Differing curated collections of ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' are available for streaming on both the [[Boomerang (TV network)#Mobile app/subscription service|Boomerang streaming service]] and [[HBO Max]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=VanDerWerff |first=Emily |date=June 23, 2020 |title=Looney Tunes' slapstick violence and gender-bending rabbits, explained by a 4.75-year-old |website=Vox |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/6/23/21294713/looney-tunes-hbo-max-review-critic-at-small-bugs-bunny-girl |access-date=July 11, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-date=July 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723170300/https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/6/23/21294713/looney-tunes-hbo-max-review-critic-at-small-bugs-bunny-girl}}</ref>

Five dozen ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' shorts from before December 1943 have lapsed into the [[public domain]] and are thus freely distributed through various unofficial releases.

== Filmography ==
{{main|Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography}}

== Characters ==
{{main|List of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters}}
The major characters of the original ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series are [[Bugs Bunny]], a clever and insouciant rabbit or hare who is portrayed as a [[trickster]]; [[Daffy Duck]], a black duck who was originally portrayed as a [[Screwball comedy|screwball]], but later became greedy and egocentric; [[Porky Pig]], a stuttering pig who often appears as the [[straight man]] to Daffy, and is the oldest of the franchise's recurring characters; [[Sylvester the Cat]], his prey [[Tweety]] (a small canary), and their elderly owner [[Granny (Looney Tunes)|Granny]]; [[Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner]], who routinely engage in high-speed chases in their home in the [[Southwestern United States|Southwest American]] desert; [[Elmer Fudd]], an unintelligent hunter who is Bugs' oldest nemesis; [[Yosemite Sam]], a hot-tempered cowboy who is another of Bugs' archenemies; [[Foghorn Leghorn]], a rooster who is known for his often excessive ranting; [[Marvin the Martian]], an alien commander from the planet [[Mars]], who aims to conquer the Earth; the [[Tasmanian Devil (Looney Tunes)|Tasmanian Devil]] (often nicknamed "Taz" in later media), a vicious, brutal marsupial with an insatiable appetite; [[Pepé Le Pew]], a French skunk who is always looking for love and romance; and [[Speedy Gonzales]], the self-proclaimed "fastest mouse in all of Mexico". One additional major character was introduced in post-Golden Age ''Looney Tunes'' media (starting with ''[[Space Jam]]''): [[Lola Bunny]], a female rabbit who is usually portrayed as Bugs' girlfriend.

== Racial stereotypes and censorship controversies ==
[[File:Hittin' The Trail For Hallelujah Land.webm|thumb|''[[Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land]]'']]

[[File:Friz Freleng - Merrie Melodies - Jungle Jitters (1938).webm|thumb|thumbtime=299|''[[Jungle Jitters]]'']]
Due to content considered offensive, [[stereotype]]d or insensitive, in 1968 Warner Bros. removed the "[[Censored Eleven]]" episodes of ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoons from broadcast or distribution. Depictions included those of [[African Americans]] (as in ''[[Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs]]'' and ''[[Jungle Jitters]]''), [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]], [[Japanese people]] (especially during WWII, as in ''[[Tokio Jokio]]'' and ''[[Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips]]''), [[Germans]], [[Italians]], [[White Southerners]], and [[Mexicans]].<ref>{{Cite web |title="The Warner Brothers: Albert, Harry, Jack, and Sam Warner". |url=https://www.german-way.com/warner.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018170049/http://www.germanhollywood.com/warner.html |archive-date=October 18, 2007 |access-date=January 23, 2008}}</ref>

In 1999, [[Cartoon Network]] ceased broadcast of all of Speedy Gonzales' cartoons, due to concerns about stereotyping of Mexicans.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/speedy-gonzales-caged-by-cartoon-network Speedy Gonzales Caged by Cartoon Network], www.foxnews.com, March 28, 2002</ref> Many [[Latinos]] protested that they were not offended, and expressed fondness for Speedy; the character's shorts were made available for broadcast on CN again in 2002.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Emling |first=Shelly |date=June 21, 2002 |title=Cartoon Network Putting Mexican Mouse Back in the Lineup |work=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=070aAAAAIBAJ&pg=6719,566640&dq=speedy+gonzalez+cartoon+network&hl=en |access-date=November 6, 2010}}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Many Warner Bros. cartoons contain fleeting or sometimes extended gags that make reference to racial or ethnic stereotypes, or use [[ethnic humor]]. The release of the ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3]]'' includes a disclaimer at the beginning of each DVD in the volume given by [[Whoopi Goldberg]]. She explains that the cartoons are products of their time and contain racial and ethnic stereotypes that "were wrong then and they are wrong today", but the cartoons are presented on the DVD uncut and uncensored because "editing them would be the same as denying that the stereotypes existed."<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 20, 2008 |title='Toon 'Types: Animated Stereotypes |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2008/02/20/toon_types_animated_stereotypes/ |access-date=February 26, 2022 |archive-date=October 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019223509/https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2008/02/20/toon_types_animated_stereotypes/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A similarly phrased written disclaimer is shown at the beginning of each DVD in the ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4]]'', ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5|Volume 5]]'', and ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6|Volume 6]]'' sets, as well as the Daffy Duck and [[Foghorn Leghorn]] ''[[Looney Tunes Super Stars]]'' sets and the [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection]].

== Accolades ==
=== Inducted into the National Film Registry ===
* ''[[Porky in Wackyland]]'' (1938), selected in 2000
* ''[[Duck Amuck]]'' (1953), selected in 1999
* ''[[One Froggy Evening]]'' (1955), selected in 2003
* ''[[What's Opera, Doc?]]'' (1957), selected in 1992

=== [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film]] (Cartoon) ===
* ''[[Tweetie Pie]]'' (1947)<ref name="1947 academy awards">{{Cite web |title=1947 academy awards |url=https://www.infoplease.com/culture-entertainment/awards/film/1947-academy-awards |access-date=June 26, 2013 |archive-date=November 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126120934/https://www.infoplease.com/culture-entertainment/awards/film/1947-academy-awards |url-status=live }}</ref> (MM)
* ''[[For Scent-imental Reasons]]'' (1949)<ref name="1949 Academy Awards">{{Cite web |title=1949 Academy Awards |url=https://www.infoplease.com/culture-entertainment/awards/film/1949-academy-awards |access-date=June 26, 2013 |archive-date=December 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202012501/https://www.infoplease.com/culture-entertainment/awards/film/1949-academy-awards |url-status=live }}</ref> (LT)
* ''[[Speedy Gonzales (film)|Speedy Gonzales]]'' (1955)<ref name="1955 academy awards">{{Cite web |title=1955 academy awards |url=https://www.infoplease.com/culture-entertainment/awards/film/1955-academy-awards |access-date=June 26, 2013 |archive-date=November 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130024921/https://www.infoplease.com/culture-entertainment/awards/film/1955-academy-awards |url-status=live }}</ref> (MM)
* ''[[Birds Anonymous]]'' (1957)<ref name="1957 academy awards">{{Cite web |title=1957 academy awards |url=https://www.infoplease.com/culture-entertainment/awards/film/1957-academy-awards |access-date=June 26, 2013 |archive-date=September 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928061815/https://www.infoplease.com/culture-entertainment/awards/film/1957-academy-awards |url-status=live }}</ref> (MM)
* ''[[Knighty Knight Bugs]]'' (1958)<ref name="1958 Academy Awards">{{Cite web |title=1958 Academy Awards |url=https://www.infoplease.com/culture-entertainment/awards/film/1958-academy-awards |access-date=September 20, 2007 |archive-date=October 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022175521/https://www.infoplease.com/culture-entertainment/awards/film/1958-academy-awards |url-status=live }}</ref> (LT)

=== Academy Award nominations ===
* ''[[Swooner Crooner]]'' (1944)
* ''[[Walky Talky Hawky]]'' (1946)
* ''[[Mouse Wreckers]]'' (1949)
* ''[[From A to Z-Z-Z-Z]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Sandy Claws (Looney Tunes)|Sandy Claws]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Tabasco Road]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Mexicali Shmoes]]'' (1959)
* ''[[Mouse and Garden]]'' (1960)
* ''[[High Note (Looney Tunes)|High Note]]'' (1960)
* ''[[The Pied Piper of Guadalupe]]'' (1961)
* ''[[Beep Prepared]]'' (1961)
* ''[[Now Hear This (film)|Now Hear This]]'' (1963)

== Related media ==
=== Television series ===
{{Main list|List of Looney Tunes television series}}
Series marked with * are compilations of earlier shorts.
* ''[[The Bugs Bunny Show]]'' (1960–2000)*
* ''[[The Porky Pig Show]]'' (1964–1967)*
* ''[[The Road Runner Show]]'' (1966–1973)*
* ''[[The Merrie Melodies Show]]'' (1972)*
* ''[[Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends]]'' (1990–1994)*
* ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' (1990–1992)
* ''[[Taz-Mania]]'' (1991–1995)
* ''[[The Plucky Duck Show]]'' (1992)
* ''[[The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries]]'' (1995–2000)
* ''[[Bugs 'n' Daffy]]'' (1995–1998)*
* ''[[Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain]]'' (1998–1999)
* ''[[Baby Looney Tunes]]'' (2001–2006)
* ''[[Duck Dodgers (TV series)|Duck Dodgers]]'' (2003–2005)
* ''[[Loonatics Unleashed]]'' (2005–2007)
* ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]'' (2011–2013)
* ''[[New Looney Tunes]]'' (2015–2020)
* ''[[Looney Tunes Cartoons]]'' (2020–2024)
* ''[[Bugs Bunny Builders]]'' (2022–present)
* ''[[Tiny Toons Looniversity]]'' (2023–present)

=== Television specials ===
* ''[[Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals]]'' (1976)
* ''[[Bugs Bunny's Easter Special]]'' (1977)*
* ''[[Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special]]'' (1977)*
* ''[[Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet]]'' (1979)*
* ''[[Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over]]'' (1980)
* ''[[The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special]]'' (1980)*
* ''[[Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars]]'' (1988)*
* ''[[Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster]]'' (1991)*

=== Films ===
==== Compilation films ====
* ''[[The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie]]'' (1979)
* ''[[The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie]]'' (1981)
* ''[[Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales]]'' (1982)
* ''[[Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island]]'' (1983)
* ''[[Daffy Duck's Quackbusters]]'' (1988)

==== Feature films ====
* ''[[Two Guys from Texas]]'' (1948) (cameo of Bugs Bunny only)
* ''[[My Dream Is Yours]]'' (1949) (cameos of Bugs Bunny and Tweety Bird only)
* ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' (1988) (cameos only)
* ''[[Gremlins 2: The New Batch]]'' (1990) (cameos of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig only)
* ''[[Space Jam]]'' (1996)
* ''Looney Tunes: Let's Play School'' (1999) (with [[overture]], [[intermission]], [[entr'acte]], and exit music) ([[Roadshow theatrical release]])
* ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed]]'' (2004) (cameo of Taz only)
* ''[[Space Jam: A New Legacy]]'' (2021)
* ''[[The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie]]'' (2024)
* ''[[Coyote vs. Acme]]'' (unreleased)

==== Direct-to-video ====
* ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Tweety's High-Flying Adventure]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Justice League: The New Frontier]]'' (2008) (cameo of Bugs Bunny only)
* ''[[Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run]]'' (2015)
* ''[[King Tweety]]'' (2022)
* ''[[Taz: Quest for Burger]]'' (2023)

=== Comic books ===
''Looney Tunes'' comic books were published beginning in 1941 by [[Dell Comics]] under license. These comics were, like many published by Dell, were produced in partnership with [[Western Publishing]]. After Dell and Western ended their partnership in 1962, Western continued the series under their [[Gold Key Comics]] and Whitman  imprints through 1984. Beginning in 1990, [[DC Comics]], which is owned by Warner Bros., has published ''Looney Tunes'' comics.

==== Dell Comics (1941–1962) ====
* ''Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics'' #1–165 (1941–1955)/''Looney Tunes'' #166–246 (1955–1962)
* ''Bugs Bunny'' #1–85 (1942–1962)
* ''Porky Pig'' #1–81 (1942–1962)
* ''Tweety and Sylvester'' #1–37 (1952–1962)
* ''Daffy Duck'' #1–30 (1953–1962)
* ''Looney Tunes'' #166–246 (1955–1962)
* ''Beep Beep The Road Runner'' #1–14 (1958–1962)

==== Western Publishing (1962–1984) ====
* ''Bugs Bunny'' #86–245 (1962–1984)
* ''Daffy Duck'' #31–145 (1962–1984)
* ''Tweety and Sylvester'' #1–120 (1963–1984)
* ''Porky Pig'' #1–109 (1965–1984)
* ''Yosemite Sam and Bugs Bunny'' #1–80 (1970–1983)
* ''Beep Beep The Road Runner'' #1–105 (1971–1984)
* ''Looney Tunes'' #1–47 (1975–1984)

==== DC Comics (1990–present) ====
* ''Bugs Bunny'' #1–3 (1990); #1–3 (1993)
* ''Looney Tunes'' #1–present (1994–present)

=== Video games ===
{{Main list|List of Looney Tunes video games}}
Video games based on ''Looney Tunes'' characters began in 1979 with the ''Road Runner'' pinball machine. More titles would continue to be released as video game hardware evolved throughout the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. Prominent characters who have received multiple video games include Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, the Tasmanian Devil, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, Speedy Gonzales, and Sylvester and Tweety.

== See also ==
{{Portal|Television|United States|Cartoon}}
* ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'', another series of animated cartoons also produced by [[Warner Bros.]] between 1931 and 1969
* ''[[Silly Symphony]]'', a series of animated shorts produced by [[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney Productions]] between 1929 and 1939
* ''[[Happy Harmonies]]'', a series of animated shorts distributed by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]] between 1934 and 1938
* [[Warner Bros. Cartoons]]
** [[List of Warner Bros. cartoons with Blue Ribbon reissues]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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