Looney Tunes: Laff Riot (Johnsonverse)

Looney Tunes: Laff Riot is an American animated comedy series produced by Warner Bros. Animation that ran from May 3, 2011 through August 29, 2020 on Cartoon Network. The series consists of nine seasons each containing 26 episodes, and features characters from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoon shorts updated for the 21st century.

Premise
The series revolves around Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck in a slapstick-based setting and other characters including Lola Bunny, Marisol Mallard, Porky Pig, Foghorn Leghorn, Elmer Fudd, Sylvester, Tweety, Granny, Gossamer, Yosemite Sam, Taz, Speedy Gonzales, Marvin the Martian, Pete Puma and more.

Wraparound segments
The show also features two other segments which wrap around the main plot. These consist of:


 * Merrie Melodies – Approximately two-to four-minute music videos showcasing classic characters singing brand new original songs. They appear midway through most of the episodes.
 * Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner – A series of CGI-animated shorts depicting Wile E. Coyote's attempts to catch the Road Runner.

Main

 * Bugs Bunny (voiced by Billy West) – is a grey and white male bunny who lives in a rabbit hole in the forest. Bugs generally plays the straight man to Daffy and Lola's various bouts of insanity, although Bugs is not without his own quirks. Despite being intelligent, Bugs has shown some level of tomfoolery, such as when he found jail "a smart aleck's paradise".
 * Daffy Duck (voiced by Eric Bauza) – is a male American black duck. Daffy has tried on numerous occasions to get rich quick but ended up failing repeatedly. While Daffy's greed and jealousy of Bugs remains, it appears less antagonistic in the show in favor of his screwball personality.
 * Porky Pig (voiced by Bob Bergen) – is a male pig who is one of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck's friends. Despite being bright and bookish, Porky has an innocent, naïve quality that Daffy frequently uses to his advantage.
 * Speedy Gonzales (voiced by Gabriel Iglesias) – is an extremely fast male mouse who lives with Bugs as his "mouse in the wall".
 * Yosemite Sam (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) – is a male cowboy. Sam is a liar, a thief, and a cheat, amongst other things, and is trigger-happy. His full name was revealed as Samuel Rosenbaum.
 * Lola Bunny (voiced by Kath Soucie) – is a brown female bunny who is Bugs' significant other, who is a trickster, yet bubbly and spontaneous. When they first meet, Bugs falls in love with her. Lola was redesigned in both appearance and personality to match the series, though her love of sports is carried over from Space Jam.
 * Marisol Mallard (voiced by Tara Strong) – is a new character original to the show who is a female yellow duck and Daffy's significant other. Marisol is based on Melissa Duck from the original theatrical shorts.
 * Petunia Pig (voiced by Lara Jill Miller) – A pink female pig who is Porky's kind, innocent significant other. Like Lola, Petunia was redesigned in both appearance and personality.

Recurring

 * Tasmanian Devil (voiced by Jim Cummings) –
 * Mac (voiced by Rob Paulsen) and Tosh (voiced by Jess Harnell) – are two goofy male gophers.
 * Pete Puma (voiced by Stephen Stanton) – is a dimwitted male puma.
 * Marvin the Martian (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) – is a male Martian who seeks to destroy Earth.
 * Witch Hazel (voiced by Laraine Newman) – is a female witch who is also a female hypnotherapist by trade.
 * Gossamer (voiced by Kedar Brown) – is a large orange furry male monster who is Witch Lezah's son.
 * Granny (voiced by Candi Milo) – is an old lady who is the owner of Sylvester and Tweety.
 * Sylvester (voiced by Bill Farmer) – is Granny's male Tuxedo cat who is always trying to devour Tweety, but always fails when Granny catches him and spanks him hard enough to spit Tweety out.
 * Tweety (voiced by Eric Goldberg) – is Granny's male Yellow canary who is frequently harassed by Sylvester.
 * Foghorn Leghorn (voiced by Jeff Bennett) – is a male rooster. Foghorn and Daffy get on very well, and are often involved in various schemes.
 * Pepé Le Pew (voiced by Maurice LaMarche) – is a French male skunk who's the local Casanova.
 * Elmer Fudd (voiced by Jeff Bergman) – is the resident male hunter who is constantly tricked by Bugs.
 * Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner (Road Runner is voiced by Paul Julian via archive recordings, Wile E. is mute most of the time, but is voiced by J.P. Karliak) – is a male coyote and a male roadrunner who are shown in short computer-animated segments in season one. They also make small cameos throughout the show.

Others

 * Henery Hawk (voiced by Ben Falcone) – is a male chickenhawk that likes to target chickens.
 * Cecil Turtle (voiced by Keith Ferguson) – is a male turtle. Cecil later becomes a con artist and an enemy of Bugs Bunny.
 * Penelope Pussycat (voiced by Tress MacNeille) - is Pepé Le Pew's crush who frequently rejects his advances, but when he doesn't smell, Penelope is willing to accept.
 * Slowpoke Rodriguez (voiced by Michael Pena) – is Speedy Gonzales' cousin who is the male Sheriff of Tacapulco, Mexico.
 * Hugo the Abominable Snowman (voiced by Bill Fagerbakke) – is a male Yeti that lives in Alaska.
 * Blacque Jacque Shellacque (voiced by S. Scott Bullock) – is a male tracker who is the male Canadian cousin of Yosemite Sam.
 * The Three Bears (voiced by Ed Asner, Sirena Irwin, and Jason Harris) – is a family of bears consisting of Henry Bear, Mama Bear, and Junior Bear.
 * Beaky Buzzard (voiced by Michael Ruocco) – is a male buzzard that rescues anyone in the desert in a hot-air balloon.
 * Cool Cat (voiced by Phil LaMarr) - is a male beatnik tiger that is perpetually stuck in the 1960s.
 * Colonel Rimfire (voiced by Ernie Sabella) - is a male hunter who is best friends with Elmer Fudd.
 * Merlin the Magic Mouse (voiced by Jay Leno) - is a male mouse who is based on W. C. Fields.
 * Melissa Duck (voiced by B. J. Ward) - is Daffy's ex-girlfriend, who sues him for harassment in the episode "Duck v. Duck".
 * Bunny (voiced by Maile Flanagan) and Claude (voiced by Chris Edgerly) - are a duo of bunny criminals whose specialty is robbing carrots.
 * Rapid Rabbit and Quick Brown Fox (both are usually mute, but the latter is voiced by James Arnold Taylor) - are a rabbit and a brown fox similar to Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner; Quick Brown Fox is revealed to be Wile E.'s cousin.
 * Priscilla Pig (voiced by Kyla Rae Kowalewski) - is a pink female pig who is Porky's adoptive daughter beginning in the episode "Porky's Daughter".
 * Rodney Rabbit (voiced by Chuck Deezy) – is a male rabbit who is Bugs Bunny's old childhood best friend since summer camp.
 * Ralph Wolf (voiced by Donovan Patton) - is a male wolf who is Wile E.'s cousin.
 * Sam Sheepdog (voiced by Peter Cullen) - is a male sheepdog who is lazy.
 * Owl Jolson (voiced by Kwesi Boakye) - is a male owl who is a singer at the nightclub.
 * Rocky (voiced by James Adomian) - is a male mobster who is the leader of a Mafia crime family.
 * Mugsy (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) - is a male mobster who is Rocky's dimwitted partner.
 * Bosko (voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos) - is a male inkblot who is
 * Honey (voiced by Kaitlyn Robrock) - is a female inkblot who is Bosko's girlfriend.
 * Buddy (voiced by Bret Iwan) - is a male human who
 * Cookie (voiced by Grey DeLisle) - is Buddy's girlfriend who
 * Foxy (voiced by Bruce Lanoil) -
 * Roxy (voiced by Desiree Goyette) -
 * Piggy (voiced by Robin Atkin Downes) -
 * Fluffy (voiced by Amber Hood) - is
 * Goopy Geer (voiced by Robert Morse) -
 * Beans (voiced by Thom Adcox-Hernandez) - is a male cat who is
 * Little Kitty (voiced by Leslie Carrara-Rudolph) - is a
 * Oliver Owl (voiced by Dave Fennoy) - is a male owl
 * Ham and Ex (voiced by Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci) -
 * Gabby Goat (voiced by Danny Mann) - is a male goat who is Porky's grumpy best friend.
 * Sniffles (voiced by Andrea Libman) - is a male mouse who is a chatterbox, annoying other characters.
 * Tom, Dick, and Larry (voiced by David Elder, Julien Neel and Sam Robson) - are
 * Eggbert (voiced by Zach Braff) - is a male
 * Egghead (voiced by John Kassir) - is
 * Miss Prissy (voiced by April Winchell) - is
 * Hubie and Bertie (voiced by Frank Todaro and Tru Valentino) - are a duo of male mice.
 * Michigan J. Frog (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) - is a male frog who
 * Sylvester Junior (voiced by Gregg Berger) - is a male Tuxedo cat who is Sylvester's son.
 * The Gremlin (voiced by Mark Whitten) - is a male gremlin who
 * Private Snafu (voiced by Trevor Devall) - is a male soldier who
 * Clyde Bunny (voiced by Joshua Rush) - is a male rabbit who is Bugs' nephew.
 * Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot (sounds by Kyle Hebert and Jane Carr) - are
 * Barnyard Dawg (voiced by Mark Hamill) - is a
 * Hector (voiced by Parker Simmons) - is a male bulldog who
 * Claude Cat (voiced by Cam Clarke) -
 * Charlie Dog (voiced by Richard Kind) -
 * The Nerdlucks (voiced by Jocelyn Blue, Charity James, June Melby, Catherine Reitman and Colleen Wainwright) - are a group of aliens who
 * J. P. Cubish (voiced by Rob Roggle) - is a rich, multi-millionaire dog who hires Daffy as his personal jester in the final season.

Production
Looney Tunes: Laff Riot was originally announced in July 2009 by Warner Bros. Animation. The show featured new character designs by Ottawa-based artist Jessica Borutski, which were retooled before the series began production. The Laff Riot pilot would surface on September 4, 2020. Further alterations for the series were made at the request of Johnson Industries' WBC Networks, which owned 50% of the network, eventually taking full ownership in 2015, including a more traditional logo.

The animation was produced by Yearim and Rough Draft Korea, along with Toon City Animation in the first season. The Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner CGI shorts were produced by Crew972.

On July 29, 2019, it was announced that the series would not be renewed for a tenth season. An hour-long special named Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run aired on August 4, 2015.

Broadcast
Looney Tunes: Laff Riot premiered in the United States on May 3, 2011 through May 14, 2014 on Cartoon Network. In Australia, the first two seasons of the series began airing on 9Go! and Foxtel channel on Cartoon Network.

Looney Tunes: Laff Riot debuted in Africa on Boomerang Africa on May 17, 2011, in France on Boomerang France, in the UK on Boomerang UK and on different Boomerang feeds throughout Europe.

Looney Tunes: Laff Riot premiered in the United States on Cartoon Network. In Middle East, on Cartoon Network Arabic and MBC3.

Critical response
Critical response to Looney Tunes: Laff Riot has been positive. The voice acting, designs, and slapstick received critical praise. The show remained consistently popular, garnering an average of 2 million viewers every episode.