# Why are Looney Toons characters popular with rednecks? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 25, 2006, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-looney-toons-characters-popular-with-rednecks/341523 "2006-01-25T06:22:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-looney-toons-characters-popular-with-rednecks/341523/1 "2006-01-25T06:22:58Z")
There is a similar thread in Cafe Society (wrong forum, I think,) asking this question, and it’s gotten no replies and it’s been up for a long time. I’ll ask it again right here because I am very curious myself. Why do a lot of rednecks have tattoos or truck decals of Warner Brother characters? TAZ in particular? How did Taz become such a popular symbol? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-looney-toons-characters-popular-with-rednecks/341523/2 "2006-01-25T06:32:04Z")
I figured the big one would be Yosemite Sam. Similar attitude- don’t take no shit from nobody. Popular on the mudflaps, it seems. As for Taz, I have no idea. He’s fast and he likes to eat. Don’t know how that connotes redneckism. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-looney-toons-characters-popular-with-rednecks/341523/3 "2006-01-25T06:36:14Z")
Because they’re popular with everybody and some people just like tattoos and mudflaps?