#Looney Tunes birthday

[skullislandproductions]

It’s somebunny’s special day! Happy 84th Birthday Bugs! Tex Avery’s “A Wild Hare” was released July 27th, 1940.

[egophiliac]

don't think I'm not still obsessing over 7-12

[potatoes-tomatoes]

Happy Birthday, ya crazy mallard!

[h0neygh0ul]

“Oh gee, thanks…”

[dailylooneys]

Happy 80th Birthday to Pepe Le Pew

The world famous French skunk Pepe Le Pew now hits the big eight zero!

Created by director Chuck Jones and writer Mike Maltese, Pepe was inspired and based on famous womanizers of the 1930s and '40s, such as Clark Gable and Charles Boyer (with Pepe's name directly taken from Boyer's Pepe Le Monko (1937)), Pepe became an exaggeration of this characteristic.

Like many LT characters, Pepe started in as a prototype character named "Stinky" in Odor-able Kitty (1945), faking his French accent and revealed by the end that he is married and has kids.

Afterwards a couple more experimental shorts, such as Scent-imental Over (1947) and Odor of the Day (1948) (the only Pepe short directed by Arthur Davis), he would develop into the character that we know today. His most iconic for being oblivious to the fact that his odor is turns the "skunks" off. His relentless optimism, overtly romantic advances and overconfidence is part of what makes his character humorous and charming.

An interesting story to note is that while Jones adored the character and would continue his series well-after Mike Maltese left in 1953 during Warner Bros. Cartoons studio's brief shut down during the rise of the then-new and revolutionary 3-D in film, Maltese stated that wasn't too crazy about Pepe, according to Mark Evanier (animation historian and head writer of Garfield & Friends).

With the change in attitudes as times went on, along with Speedy Gonzales, Pepe has slowly garnered controversy in later years for being perceived as "problematic" and perpetuating assault. Interestingly, even as early as the 1990s, in Tiny Toon Adventures, this became one of the main reasons why Pepe's female counterpart, Fifi La Fume, is indeed a female, and why Pepe doesn't chase after Penelope that much in later Looney Tune productions or why Pepe is rarely seen in much merchandise. Though, despite this, Pepe still has his legion of fans to support him to this day, which resulted in his comeback after WB's brief decision to discontinue the character.

[beatradical]

Luffy Tunes!

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5th May 2024

Another year, another happiest Birthday to my sunny god, Monkey D. Luffy!!!

It's also Children's Day (Kodomo no Hi) in Japan today~

I couldn't decide on which phrase to go with,

they are both equally suitable... So here are both versions! :D

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KAIDO & LUFFY © Oda Eiichiro Fan art by Fuyu

[taxlthomas]

maybe 89 candles wasn’t all that great of an idea actually

[mistergaspertoons]

Happy birthday for this wascally wabbit

[justfrankie3]

Happy Birthday to my favorite guy ever!! 💞🎂🎉

I wanna hug him AAAAAAHH

MWAHAHAHAHAH

[metzitl-wat]

IT'S MARVIN AND K-9 BIRTHDAY, JUUHOOO!!

[wanderlovespeepers]

Guess who's bday boy😁

[skullislandproductions]

Happy Birthday Foghorn Leghorn! Robert McKimson’s “Walky Talky Hawky” released August 31st, 1946 introduced the loquacious rooster to the world, and it hasn’t, I say, it hasn’t been the same since.

[phantaevel]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEEEEE

now I'm 17 years old, I just have to LIVE until I'm 18

[just-honey-dewd]

(Clip is taken from : https://twitter.com/Zeriq_5/status/1684025757537013760?s=20)

Happy birthday Bugs! (I couldn’t make a specialised comic in time cuz I’ve got an art waiting list running a mile long. So here’s this silly au idea I’ve been working on!!!) Marvin/X-2 makes a cameo here, so two birds with one stone (/hj)!!!

Fr tho, I’ve been wanting to info dump about this lil au of mine for a while (these are evidently made in zine format cuz I made these for a uni project :p). Anyways, happy (late?) birthday Bugs and Marvin!

[woods-dfw]

Happy Birthday！！！Pepe！！！

[acmeoop]

For Me Doc? You Shouldn’t Have! “Happy Birthday Bugs Bunny” (2020)