# Bug's Bunny gets a new "hip" look?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-gets-a-new-hip-look/290447 "2005-02-17T00:08:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-gets-a-new-hip-look/290447/41 "2005-02-18T00:41:05Z")
There’s no doubt that this’ll suck… but that’s pretty much what the Looney Tunes characters do nowadays. I can’t think of anything since Tiny Toons that’s been worth watching at all (Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain were excellent, of course, but I don’t really count those as Looney Tunes). There was that awful Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries show, the Baby Looney Tunes thing, and the crappy new Duck Dodgers series (okay, I’ve only sat through one episode - the Green Lantern one - but it sucked). At least these things are kinda-sorta new characters and they didn’t make a cartoon where Bugs Bunny finds a magical ring and becomes Buzz or something. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_A_Tame_Lion)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-gets-a-new-hip-look/290447/42 "2005-02-18T01:11:00Z")
What these character redesigns really indicate, more than anything else, is creative bankruptcy. Is it really that impossible to come up with new characters and stories, something that is the creative expression of someone living and working today, rather than just retread–or “improve”–the work of people long dead or retired? Should we really believe that there is no one out there drawing characters who, if given the chance, could become something as classic as the original Looney Toons became? Of course, it’s also a sign of the laziness of the executive types. Rather than make the effort to find the new talent with the new ideas/characters, they’d rather take the weak and indolent way out by trying to squeeze another few nickels out of the long-dead franchise. All in all, pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-gets-a-new-hip-look/290447/43 "2005-02-18T02:14:06Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > Want to bet that we’ll be told that these new characters have “attitude?” > > As if the original Bugs, Daffy, et al. didn’t have “attitude.” > > Feh. Tell me about it—how many other American cartoon characters tricked people into demanding to have themselves shot? (“Duck season!” “Rabbit season!” “Rabbit season!” “DUCK SEASON!” ::BLAM!:🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-gets-a-new-hip-look/290447/44 "2005-02-18T14:07:15Z")
If they make a new talking Wile E. Coyote cartoon, I want him to be voiced by Kelsey Grammer. How perfect would that be? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-gets-a-new-hip-look/290447/45 "2005-02-18T16:45:26Z")
Why do their hands remind me of _The Maxx_? Really, I don’t mind of they redesign the Looney Toons. Looney Toons in the 28th century actually sounds like a really cool concept to me. The problem here is: they look like shit. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-gets-a-new-hip-look/290447/46 "2005-02-18T17:00:34Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > The problem here is: they look like shit. I think the Buzz on the post looks more like he wants to eat my eyes. “It’s no use hidin’ Doc. Ya can’t outrun me. You can’t stop me. You shoulda made that left toin at Albekoikee. Instead, ya wound up in a livin nightmare. Now, come on out so’s I can chow down on yer peepers.” ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-gets-a-new-hip-look/290447/47 "2005-02-18T17:22:15Z")
[Keith Olbermann] I have two words for Warner Brothers: New Coke [/Keith Olbermann] ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-gets-a-new-hip-look/290447/48 "2005-02-18T17:48:26Z")
Looks like Batman Beyond. Supposedly, Bugs can shoot lasers from his eyes, and is a martial arts expert. Christ I want to go die now ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-gets-a-new-hip-look/290447/49 "2005-02-18T20:49:35Z")
Sure, but how does he look in a [dress?](http://cache.tias.com/stores/oldtimes/pictures/qx6443d.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-gets-a-new-hip-look/290447/50 "2005-02-18T21:16:09Z")
Buzz Bunny reminds me of the scary rabbit from _Donnie Darko_. Little kids are gonna have nightmares about this character. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-gets-a-new-hip-look/290447/51 "2005-02-18T21:53:33Z")
Good lord, if the rabbit and the duck - the alleged good guys - look like that, what in tarnation are the future equivalent of Yosimite Sam or Elmer Fudd going to look like? I shudder to think. ---
**Author:** ![Naz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@Naz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Naz)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-gets-a-new-hip-look/290447/52 "2005-02-18T23:02:11Z")
Am I the only one who had trouble figuring out who was who? Ye gods, what lousy character models. Although I will have to watch at least once, just to see the wretchedness. Perhaps I’ll be able to use the experience to warn future generations. “Gather around children, for I shall tell you a tale of the evil of focus groups…” ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-gets-a-new-hip-look/290447/53 "2005-02-18T23:23:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Am I the only one who had trouble figuring out who was who? Ye gods, what lousy character models. Not at all. They all look _exactly the same_. I wonder if people will even be able to tell them apart when watching the show. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-gets-a-new-hip-look/290447/54 "2005-02-18T23:41:10Z")
I must be in the decided minority who likes the new designs and is kind of curious to see what they’ll do with it. As far as telling them apart goes, they do look awfully similar stylized; however, I figure voices and mannerisms will go far in making them distinct. Charges of being creatively bankrupt seem a little premature at this point. I recall feeling the same way about _Batman Beyond_; boy, was I wrong. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-gets-a-new-hip-look/290447/55 "2005-02-18T23:47:02Z")
To its credit, **Batman Beyond** didn’t recycle existing _Batman_ elements nor his Rogue’s Gallery. Heck, aside from the “Batman” in the name and the presence of Bruce Wayne, it was its own universe (at least until “Revenge of the Joker” came out). I wouldn’t bet money on seeing that level of originality from **Loonatics.** ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-gets-a-new-hip-look/290447/56 "2005-02-19T00:29:25Z")
**rjung.** We just might, though. These are both WB animated properties, and the potential is still there for a distinctly different series under a superficially similar brand name. As for ‘Batman’ recycled elements-- there’s the continuation of a mentor/protege relationship, Gotham City itself, WayneTech, Commissioner Gordon, The Batcave equipment and crimefighting elements of detective work, nighttime rooftop jumping and physical brawling, and a dangerous psychotic villain with a toothy smile. And those are just the simlarities I can think of from _Batman Beyond’s_ first episode! Grant you, there was an honest attempt to make it its own series but you have to admit it did directly recycle more ideas from Batman’s run. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-gets-a-new-hip-look/290447/57 "2005-02-19T05:15:19Z")
> [@Naz](#): > > Ye gods, what lousy character models. I agree. _The Simpsons_ have pretty damn basic character models and they seem to sport an average of 4 to 5 colors each. These guys appear to be 3 colors across the board. Black base, their own “unique” color, and then white teeth. Piss poor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-gets-a-new-hip-look/290447.md?page=2)