# Best Moments for Looney Tunes Characters **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 15, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-moments-for-looney-tunes-characters/213353 "2003-11-15T01:15:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mofo\_Rising](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mofo\_Rising](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mofo_Rising)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-moments-for-looney-tunes-characters/213353/1 "2003-11-15T01:15:38Z")
I know everybody has got to have their favorite moments from Looney Tunes. For example, my favorite moment for Yosemite Sam is during the cartoon where he’s a pirate and Bugs is aboard his ship. There’s a moment where Bugs keeps throwing lit matches into the hold filled with explosives. After each match Yosemite yells “Nooooooo!” and runs in after it. The way he yells “Noooooo!” cracks me up every time I see it. Second for Sam would be his introductory speech “I’m the rootin’-tootin’-est, dad-burnedednest. . .” I don’t know the rest. Any other favorites? ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-moments-for-looney-tunes-characters/213353/2 "2003-11-15T01:26:23Z")
Duck Dogers turns towards his eager young Space Cadet and says “Wipe that smile off your face!” So eager young Space Cadet puts his hand on his forehead and proceeds to wipe his entire face right off his head. Porky Pig’s best moment. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-moments-for-looney-tunes-characters/213353/3 "2003-11-15T01:31:42Z")
Any one of Foghorn Leghorn’s little insults: “That boy’s like Paul Revere’s ride: A little light in the belfry.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-moments-for-looney-tunes-characters/213353/4 "2003-11-15T01:36:23Z")
Elmer: “Oh Bwunhilda, you’re so wuvely!” Bugs: “Yes, I know it, I can’t help it.” Elmer: “Oh, Bwunhilda, be-e-e my _wuv!_” ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-moments-for-looney-tunes-characters/213353/5 "2003-11-15T01:36:54Z")
Daffy: “Pronoun trouble.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-moments-for-looney-tunes-characters/213353/6 "2003-11-15T01:45:07Z")
Daffy, after being squeezed out of giant Elmer’s cigarette along with Bugs, points to Bugs: “He’s Jack.” Great timing, for a duck. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-moments-for-looney-tunes-characters/213353/7 "2003-11-15T02:20:45Z")
When Daffy’s beak has been blown around to the back of his head, and he has to twist it back to the front. ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-moments-for-looney-tunes-characters/213353/8 "2003-11-15T02:59:17Z")
The Martian, after Bugs has extinguished the fuse on the cannon the Martian was using to blow up the Earth: “Where’s the ka-boom? There was supposed to have been an Earth-shattering ka-boom.” ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-moments-for-looney-tunes-characters/213353/9 "2003-11-15T03:01:51Z")
Bugs Bunny’s masterpiece was the cartoon with the Irishman Steve Brody. We witness Bugs systematically dismantling a man’s sanity, until he jumps screaming off the Brooklyn Bridge. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-moments-for-looney-tunes-characters/213353/10 "2003-11-15T03:06:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Baker \* > \*\*Elmer: “Oh Bwunhilda, you’re so wuvely!” > > Bugs: “Yes, I know it, I can’t help it.” > > Elmer: “Oh, Bwunhilda, be-e-e my _wuv!_” \*\* That’s “What’s Opera, Doc?” Definitely Elmer Fudd’s best moment. ---
**Author:** ![burntsand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@burntsand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burntsand)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-moments-for-looney-tunes-characters/213353/11 "2003-11-15T03:10:24Z")
Welcome to my shop Let me cut your mop Let me shave your crop! Daintily! Daint-til-ly! Best Bugs from possibly the finest Looney Toon ever, **The Rabbit of Seville**. I also love Foghorn Leghorn’s “Fortunately, I keep my feathers numbered for just such an emergency”, and Marvin the Martian’s “Mutiny makes me very angry, very angry indeed”. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-moments-for-looney-tunes-characters/213353/12 "2003-11-15T03:12:04Z")
Marvin Martian: ‘Where’s the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom!’ Poor little world destroying alien bowling ball. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-moments-for-looney-tunes-characters/213353/13 "2003-11-15T03:14:41Z")
::Looks at Julius Henry’s post:: That wasn’t there when I opened this thread. Honest. Shee…that’s what I get for reading other threads first… ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-moments-for-looney-tunes-characters/213353/14 "2003-11-15T03:22:34Z")
There is the delightful moment when Marc Anthony discovers the kitten wasn’t baked into a cookie (the payoff to a sequence so good that Pixar ripped it off entirely in _Monsters, Inc._). Any of the shots of Michigan J. Frog when he isn’t singing crack me up. I also like the song in “I Haven’t Got a Hat.” (Best known for the first appearance as a minor character of a stuttering pig. 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![okielady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/fbc32d/32.png) [@okielady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okielady)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-moments-for-looney-tunes-characters/213353/15 "2003-11-15T03:49:32Z")
Bugs Bunny “Of course you realize…THIS means WAR.” ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-moments-for-looney-tunes-characters/213353/16 "2003-11-15T04:42:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by burntsand \* > \*\*Welcome to my shop > Let me cut your mop > Let me shave your crop! > Daintily! Daint-til-ly! > > Best Bugs from possibly the finest Looney Toon ever, The Rabbit of Seville. > > I also love Foghorn Leghorn’s “Fortunately, I keep my feathers numbered for just such an emergency”, and Marvin the Martian’s “Mutiny makes me very angry, very angry indeed”. \*\* Oh, no no…the best Bugs moment from that one was: Elmer Fudd: Oooh, wait’ll I get that wabbit! Bugs(in full mantilla drag): Whaaat would you want with a wabbit? Can’t you see that I’m much sweeter, I’mmmmm yer little senoriter. You are my type of guy! Let me straighten yer tie, then I will dance for you! ---
**Author:** ![riserius1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@riserius1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/riserius1)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-moments-for-looney-tunes-characters/213353/17 "2003-11-15T04:55:01Z")
Pete Puma: "I got a little rabbit in this hole, and I’m gonna eat 'em up! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE . Eddie Murphy once said this was the funniest moment ever aired on television. Chris W ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-moments-for-looney-tunes-characters/213353/18 "2003-11-15T06:37:32Z")
Daffy Duck (after beating up the Tazmanian Devil over a dollar): “I may be a coward, but I’m a greeeeeeedy little coward” Bugs Bunny vs. the vampire: “Abrakapocus… Hocuskadabra” ---
**Author:** ![don\_Jaime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-moments-for-looney-tunes-characters/213353/19 "2003-11-15T06:50:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by riserius1 \* > **Pete Puma: I got a little rabbit in this hole, and I’m gonna eat 'em up! > EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.** “Oh, yeah, I like a LOTTA lumps!” Thank God for the lesser-known characters. We can argue Daffy’s greatest hit for hours, but there’s been a surfeit of Daffylove in the past few years. Here’s a few more stars in need of promotion: **Claude Cat** - Poor Claude had to deal with insane barking puppies and abusive mice, but had a neat trick to make up for it: after shooting to the ceiling to cling by his claws, he’d drop, stop about a foot off the ground, and swing his legs around to land on his feet. Sounds like nothing to describe, but the ease of movement and the sardonic expression make it. **Miss Prissy** - Yup, ol’ Square-Britches. She’s taught generations how to say “Ye-E-es!” to maximum effect. Her best moment is teasing the dog with exotic dance and a cassava melon. Also prompts one of the dog’s better cracks: “This chick’s off her onion!” **Sniffles** - Poor little shlub gets no respect! Sometime in the next month or so, Cartoon Network will trot out a charming short where this babyish mouse stays up to meet Santa Claus. The whole thing’s a delight, but the silent final half clenches it. It’s the early proof of what Chuck Jones could do with facial expressions. That bed is just _mean._ ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-moments-for-looney-tunes-characters/213353/20 "2003-11-15T07:10:01Z")
How about the Playboy Penguin from Hoboken? (I just call him Hoboken.) At the end of Frigid Hare Bugs complains about only having four more days of vacation left, so how will he get to the beach and enjoy it? (He was trying to get to a beach - I think Pizmo,wherever that is - but took a wrong turn at “albakoikee” - I can’t say Albequerque without trying to be Bugs Bunny - and ended up in the Antarctic.) Anyway, little Hoboken tugs on Bugs until he leans an ear down, and the wee penguin whispers something (I didn’t realize he could talk until then). Bugs gets all excited - “The days down here are six months long?!? I won’t have to be back at work until July 14th, 1953!” And Bugs puts on a tux and he and Hoboken toddle away wing-in-paw. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-moments-for-looney-tunes-characters/213353.md?page=2)