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List Of Tiny Toons Episodes

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Season 1 (1990–1991)

#AirdateProd. CodeTitlePlot1–101September 14, 1990KC/W-148'The Looney Beginning'A fictionalized origin story for the series. Taking inspiration from Bugs Bunny, an animator attempts to create rabbit characters, Buster and Babs Bunny, but discards the sketches. Bugs, Buster and Babs then create the show's setting of Acme Acres and find characters to inhabit it.2–102September 17, 1990A-140'A Quack in the Quarks'A loose Star Wars parody. Plucky Duck has to save a planet called Planet X from 'Duck Vader'.3–103September 18, 1990TMS-113'The Wheel o' Comedy'Wraparounds: Buster and Babs spin a special wheel to determine the characters that star in each segment.

'Devil Doggie': Elmyra Duff mistakes Dizzy Devil for a dog and takes him home with her.

'Optical Intrusion': Furrball accidentally glues a pair of magnetic 3-D glasses to his face and attempts to remove them.

'Win, Lose or Kerplowie': Babs, Plucky and Montana Max compete on a game show. After Buster discovers that Max is cheating, he kidnaps the host and takes his place to get revenge on Max.

4–104September 19, 1990TMS-122'Test Stressed'Wraparounds: Buster introduces the start of each segment.

'Never Too Late to Loon': Plucky asks Shirley the Loon to turn him into Albert Einstein to help pass a math test, only to fail the test because Einstein had poor grades as a youth.

'Li'l Sneezer': Sylvester the Cat tests Furrball by asking him to catch a mouse. The mouse, Sneezer, sneezes repeatedly and thwarts Furrball's attempts to catch him.

'To Bleep or Not to Bleep': Fowlmouth tries to ask Shirley on a date, but she shuns him because of his profane language. Buster then tries to control Fowlmouth after discovering that he does not swear around young children.

5–105September 20, 1990TMS-119'The Buster Bunny Bunch'Wraparounds: In a parody of The Mickey Mouse Club, various characters sing about Buster.

'Buffed Bunny': Presuming that Babs is showing excitement over a billboard for a gym, Buster tries to win her over by conditioning his body. At the end, he discovers that she was actually looking at a billboard for carrot cake.

'Squish': After stepping on a bug, Shirley predicts bad things for him, which results Dizzy dreaming that he has become the size of a bug.

'Born to Be Riled': Babs' classmates become offended by her impersonations of them, and retaliate by impersonating her.

6–106September 21, 1990TMS-108'Her Wacky Highness'After being punished for misbehavior at school for her lack of self-control, Babs runs off to Wackyland. She becomes queen of the land, but soon finds herself annoyed by the inhabitants' lack of self-control, and has to be rescued by Buster, Plucky and Hamton.

NOTE: Although each episode has different end credits, this episode's credit sequence was usually the only one seen on episodes aired on Children's ITV.

7–107September 22, 1990TMS-125'Hollywood Plucky'Wanting to get his movie script produced, Plucky travels to Hollywood with Hamton, and both are lured into jobs at a swanky celebrity restaurant but are quickly fired. Upon finally making contact with director Cooper DeVille after fighting with Ralph the security guard, Plucky discovers that Cooper already made a similar movie to Plucky's, only starring Buster and Babs.8–108September 24, 1990TMS-138'Journey to the Center of Acme Acres'A massive earthquake leaves ruins to Acme Acres and sends the characters to the center of the Earth, where they find that gremlin's are causing the earthquakes because their large gold nugget has been stolen by Montana Max. The characters then take the gold nugget from Max and return it to the gremlins.9–109September 25, 1990TMS-131'It's Buster Bunny Time'Wraparounds: A parody of Howdy Doody with Buster as Buffalo Bob and Plucky as Howdy Doody.

'Bag That Bunny': Elmyra pays Calamity Coyote to help her catch Buster. Despite several attempts, he fails to catch Buster, and is then taken home by Elmyra instead.

'Lifestyles of the Rich and Rotten': In this parody of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, Buster and Babs attempt to interview Montana Max.

'The Anvil Chorus': Anvils repeatedly fall on Plucky during the playing of Giuseppe Verdi's The Anvil Chorus. The finale features cannons shooting at Plucky to the tune of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture.

10–110September 26, 1990A-127'Stuff That Goes Bump in the Night'Wraparounds: Buster and Babs scare each other.

'Home Wrecker': After finding steel bars driven down into his burrow, Buster finds that Montana Max is building a house right over him. He then disguises himself as a ghost to scare Max away.

'Fang You Very Much': Elmyra joins a pet-of-the-month club and receives a bat who turns into a vampire.

'Easy Biter': Hamton is annoyed by a mosquito who keeps trying to bite him. He finally releases him, only to have the mosquito's entire family invade his house.

11–111September 27, 1990W-133'Looking Out for the Little Guy'Wraparounds: Buster describes each episode as an example of the characters looking out for those smaller than they are.

'Awful Orphan': Elmyra discovers Sneezer in a basket on her doorstep and cares for him as if he were a baby.

'The Re-Return of the Toxic Revenger': When the water from Plucky's swamp is stolen by Montana Max to fill his pool, Plucky dresses as a superhero (The Toxic Revenger) and tries to return the water.

'Dog-Bird Afternoon': Byron Basset tries to keep Furrball from getting to a nest with baby birds in it. After Furrball is thwarted, the birds rescue Byron from the top of the house.

12–112September 28, 1990W-132'Starting from Scratch'This episode is a homage to Don Bluth's An American Tail, only it's done with fleas instead of mice.

A family of fleas becomes separated when their younger child lands on Furrball. Buster, Babs and Plucky shrink themselves to flea size to help the young flea reunite with his family, who then take residence on Furrball.

13–113September 29, 1990W-121'Citizen Max'A Citizen Kane parody with Montana Max in the role of Charles Foster Kane. Hamton interviews the other characters, asking why Max said 'Acme,' but is unable to find an answer. At the end, it is revealed that he actually said 'acne.'14–114October 1, 1990W-117'Hare Raising Night'Buster, Babs, Plucky and Hamton attempt to stop a mad scientist named Dr. Gene Splicer, who performs mutation experiments on animals.15–115October 2, 1990A-105'Furrball Follies'Each of these shorts is linked to the other chronologically. In all three, Furrball attempts to find a home, while being chased by two bully cats named Amby and Floyd.

'K-9 Kitty': Furrball is taken into the house of a couple with poor vision after they mistake him for a seeing-eye dog. After the couple receive new eyeglasses, they find out that a cat is in their house, and get rid of him because they dislike cats.

'Aroma Amore': After having a stripe accidentally painted on his back, Furrball hides in a junkyard, where he is pursued by Fifi La Fume, who mistakes him for a skunk. Furrball finally removes the stripe then paints Amby and Floyd to look like skunks.

'Cross-Country Kitty': Furrball is taken into Mary Melody's house, where he begins pursuing Sweetie Bird. Mary takes him on vacation to distract him from Sweetie, but he still travels across the country several times in attempts to capture Sweetie. At the end, Furrball is scared off by dogs that Sweetie has brought into the house, and runs back to the cardboard box he had been living.

Note: First Appearance:Amby and Floyd

16–116October 3, 1990W-128'The Acme Acres Zone'Wraparounds: A parody of The Twilight Zone with Buster as Rod Serling.

'A Walk on the Flip Side': Montana Max dreams that he has become a rabbit. He finds Buster and Babs living in his house, who call an animal shelter and have him taken away. After waking from the dream, Max promises to be nice to rabbits, which he disregards as he throws Buster and Babs out into the cold. However, Max then finds several rabbits in his cabinets.

'A Bacon Strip': Plucky and Hamton sneak onto Montana Max's property and Hamton goes skinny-dipping in the pool. After having his clothes stolen, Hamton has to return naked to his house, where his friends have planned a surprise birthday party.

'Senserely Yours, Babs': Babs loses her sense of humor (personified as a ghost of herself), and Hamton and Calamity attempt to capture it.

17–117October 4, 1990A-126'Life in the 90's'Wraparounds: Buster introduces each segment, describing them as examples of life in the 1990s.

'Whining Out': Buster, Babs, Plucky and Hamton attend a fancy restaurant called Attitude, where they are treated poorly by the staff.

'Paper Trained': While on his paper route, Buster demands subscription money from Montana Max. After Max finally pays, he reads in the paper that the last of his diminished funds was used to pay Buster.

'Butt Out': Babs is annoyed by Roderick and Rhubella Rat, who are smoking next to her at a restaurant. She teaches them about the dangers of smoking by posing as a doctor.

18–118October 5, 1990W-109'Rock 'n' Roar'The characters are playing soccer when Buster's ball falls down into a hole. In it, Buster finds what he believes to be hundreds of soccer balls, one of which he believes is his. Actually, it's a dinosaur egg that hatches, leading Buster to attempt raising the young dinosaur, whom he names Rover. After Rover destroys Acme Acres, Buster finds a passageway to the dinosaur world and returns him to his home.19–119October 8, 1990W-124'Prom-ise Her Anything'After being asked to the prom by Babs, Buster tries to learn how to dance by watching an old Bugs Bunny routine, but performs them poorly until Bugs comes in and assists him. Meanwhile, Elmyra tries to get Montana Max to like her, even though he is instead focusing on the girl that Dizzy has brought.20–120October 9, 1990KC-101'Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow'Buster Bunny is brought home by Elmyra, but tries to escape when he realizes how awful it is. Before leaving, Buster frees the other pets Elmyra has locked up, but he himself is recaptured. Babs, Fifi, Furrball and Tyrone Turtle come to the rescue.21–121October 10, 1990A-102'Cinemaniacs!'Wraparounds: Buster and Babs 'theater hop' at a multiplex while being chased by usher Montana Max.

'Superbabs': A parody of the Superman film franchise with Babs in the role of Superman and Montana Max as 'Wex Wuthor'. Superbabs tries to thwart Wex's plot to destroy Acme Acres by pouring ink all over it.

'Duck Trek': A parody of Star Trek with Plucky, Hamton, Furrball (in a rare speaking role) and other characters as the crew members. They land on a planet in search of a toupee for Plucky, but are chased by a hair monster. However, they manage to escape the clutches of the planet's hairs when Hamton worries the planet bald.

'Pasadena Jones': A parody of Indiana Jones with Buster as Indiana Jones. Buster enters a secret temple to find the Secret of Life, which is revealed to be friendship.

22–122October 11, 1990W-104'You Asked for It'Wraparounds: Buster and Babs describe the episode as a 'viewer request' day. Plucky invents a machine to pick who will star in each segment, but becomes frustrated when it fails to pick him.

'Debutante Devil': Taz gives Dizzy instructions to eat Babs. She then corrects Dizzy's behavior by giving him a finishing school-style routine.

'Sleight of Hare': Buster works as a magician's rabbit at Montana Max's birthday party, then gets revenge after the magician quits due to Max's constant interruptions.

'Duck Out of Luck': Buster and Babs say that the viewers decide what happens to Plucky within the episode. Plucky goes through several transformations and settings.

23–123October 12, 1990KC-112'Gang Busters'Montana Max and his gang frame Buster for stealing a slushie machine, and Plucky Duck acts as Buster's lawyer to prove him innocent. However, Buster and Plucky end up imprisoned together and are commended for capturing escapees Rocky and Mugsy in the process of breaking out. To get his revenge on Monty, Buster and company rap until Monty confesses to the crime.24–124October 17, 1990W-130'Wake Up Call of the Wild'Wraparounds: Buster and Babs talk about the 'call of the wild' and animal instincts.

'Migrant Mallard': Plucky attempts to migrate with a flock of ducks and makes several attempts to modernize them in the process. At the end, the ducks are portrayed flying south while listening to Walkman's.

'It's a Jungle Out There': Concord Condor escapes the zoo in search of 'wide open spaces.' After being pursued by Arnold the Pitbull and other creatures, he returns to the zoo.

'Kitty Cat-Astrophe': Furrball fantasizes that he is living in prehistoric times and ends up destroying Hamton's kitchen.

25–125October 19, 1990KC-107'Buster and the Wolverine'In a parody of Peter and the Wolf, conductor Elmyra describes Buster, Babs, Plucky, Hamton, Furrball and Sweetie being pursued by a wolverine. Each character is represented by a musical instrument.26–126October 22, 1990KC-123'You Asked for It, Part II'Wraparounds: A second set of 'viewer request' episodes. Buster and Babs try to pick names out of a drum, but Dizzy eats the drum.

'The Weird Couple': A parody of The Odd Couple. After Dizzy moves into Hamton's house, he becomes tired of Dizzy's destructive nature, but after Dizzy insists on being let back in, the two end up in his cave.

'The Return of the Toxic Revenger': Plucky, as The Toxic Revenger, attempts to eliminate Montana Max's factory, which is polluting the sky with smog.

'Little Cake of Horrors': Hamton is on a diet and is tempted by a chocolate cake. After dreaming of being tormented by the cake, he calls Dizzy and asks him to eat it.

27–127October 26, 1990W-142'Europe in 30 Minutes'Plucky wins a trip to Europe on a game show and takes Buster, Babs and Hamton with him. After arriving in England, they meet Princess Diana and Prince Charles, along with a crazed palace chef. Buster and Babs gets kidnapped first by the two villains, and then thwart the plans of two villains who want to kidnap the royal couple.28–128October 30, 1990A-136'The Wacko World of Sports'Wraparounds: Buster and Babs describes the sporting activities determined in each segment.

'Tennis the Menace': Buster poses as a professional tennis player after discovering that Montana Max has been cheating against his competitors.

'Bleacher Bummer': Furrball and Dizzy sneak into a baseball game in which Acme Acres is competing against rival Perfecto Prep. There, the two inadvertently reveal that the rival team has been cheating.

'Miniature Goof': Buster and Babs try to play a game of miniature golf on a course owned by Roderick and Rhubella Rat, but after being unfairly treated by the rats, they pose as the Vanderbunnys.

29–129November 1, 1990FC-115'Rainy Daze'Wraparounds: Buster and Babs describe what the other characters do on rainy days.

'Rent-a-Friend': Montana Max calls a rent-a-friend service, and Buster is sent. Buster then outsmarts Max's attempts to get rid of him.

'Bunny Daze': Babs uses her imagination to make household chores fun.

'Fur-Gone Conclusion': Buster and Babs accidentally end up in the Arctic, where they protect a baby seal from Gotcha Grabmore, who is scalping fur.

30–130November 2, 1990KC-116'Fields of Honey'Searching the film vault for a female cartoon character to act as her mentor, Babs discovers Honey of Bosko and Honey. She then builds a theater to show Bosko and Honey shorts, which proves massively popular.31–131November 5, 1990W-137 (note: Likely a credits error; probably animated by AKOM)'Sawdust and Toonsil'Gogo Dodo and other Wackyland characters are kidnapped by a circus owner, and have to be rescued by Buster, Babs and Plucky.32–132November 6, 1990W-135'Spring in Acme Acres'*'Love Among the Toons': Elmer Fudd, as Cupid, gets tired of his job and hires Concord Condor to take his place. Concord proves incompetent, however, and Elmer has to help fix the mistakes that Concord has made.

'Elmyra's Spring Cleaning': Elmyra is overzealous in cleaning her house.

'That's Incredibly Stupid': Plucky and Dizzy compete on a game show where they have to perform dangerous stunts. Plucky tricks Dizzy into doing the first two stunts, but is then beaten up in the final stunt, which is judging a beauty competition.

33–133November 7, 1990A-152'Psychic Fun-Omenon Day'Wraparounds: Shirley predicts what will happen to each character by looking into her crystal ball.

'Piece of Mind': A parody of This Is Your Life with Wile E. Coyote as the narrator, summarizing Calamity Coyote's life and relationship with Little Beeper as Calamity falls from the top of a very tall building.

'Class Cut-Up': In this sequel to One Froggy Evening, Hamton is given a frog to dissect in class, but refuses to do so after he finds that it is still alive and singing. However, it only sings around him and appears dead to everyone else.

'Rear Window Pain': In reminiscent of Rear Window, Plucky has been hospitalized and is given a pair of binoculars to look out the window. There, he sees Elmer Fudd growing what he thinks are alien Elmer clones.

34–134November 8, 1990TMS-149'The Wide World of Elmyra'Wraparounds: Buster and Babs act as hosts of a wildlife show. Between each segment, they describe how 'dangerous' Elmyra is.

'Turtle Hurdle': Tyrone Turtle has just escaped Elmyra's house. He has to cross a busy highway to get to his pond, and is teased by Michigan J. Frog in the process. At the end, Tyrone finally returns to the pond, and Elmyra takes Michigan home.

'Drooley Davey': Elmyra has to babysit a salivating baby who dislikes being with her.

'Go Fetch': Elmyra plays fetch with Barky Marky against his will. He retaliates by chasing her with a tennis ball machine.

35–135November 9, 1990TMS-155'A Ditch in Time'Because he has procrastinated on his homework, Plucky invents a time machine and travels back to warn himself to do the homework. In the process, he accidentally sends himself, Buster, and Babs to prehistoric times.36–136November 12, 1990A-145'Animaniacs!'Buster shows Plucky how to make a cartoon as part of his class assignment. Plucky wins first prize at the film festival, but the prize is to take the course over, since he skipped most of it the first time.37–137November 13, 1990W-111'Career Oppor-Toon-ities'Wraparounds: Buster details the virtues of having a part-time job.

'Busters Guide to Getting a Job': Buster walks Babs though a step-by-step course on how to get a job. Buster and Babs end up at Weenie Burger, waiting on an unruly Montana Max.

'Working Pig': Hamton must attend to a customer in the toy department in order to get promoted to cleaning supplies. Unfortunately, that customer is Elmyra.

'Falling to Pizzas': A penniless Calamity Coyote attempts to steal a pizza from Little Beeper, who's working as a delivery boy.

38–138November 14, 1990E-103'Strange Tales of Weird Science'Wraparounds: Buster and Babs introduce the various segments dressed in lab coats.

'Scentimental Pig': Hamton accidentally spills a compound on his pants that was intended to make dog food palatable, and the other characters, including best friend Plucky, attempt to eat him.

'Pit Bullied': Furrball is conditioned by Sweetie not to eat birds, but to seek out dogs instead. So Furrball pursues Arnold the pit bull instead.

'Duck in the Muck': Plucky, as The Toxic Revenger, attempts to keep Montana Max from disposing of toxic sludge in Plucky's pond.

39–139November 15, 1990KC-129'Inside Plucky Duck'Wraparounds: Buster, Babs, and Calamity take a fantastic voyage into Plucky Duck's head.

'Bat's All Folks': The origin story of another of Plucky's heroic egos, Batduck.

'Wild Takes Class': Plucky demonstrates some of Daffy's advanced wild takes and ends up stuck as a giant eyeball.

40–140November 16, 1990KC-120'The Acme Bowl'The Acme Acres football team hasn't won a single game all season, but Buster declares the upcoming game against Perfecto Prep will be different, as he has a secret play book. Plucky acts as a double agent to Perfecto Prep so he can get a scholarship, but rethinks things when Sneezer is dismayed at his underhanded tactics.41–141November 19, 1990W-114'Dating, Acme Acres Style'*'Buster's Guide to Dating': Buster and Babs give instructions for a first date.

'Love Stinks': One of Calamity Coyote's attempts to catch Little Beeper makes him look like a skunk and the object of Fifi's affection.

'The Dream Date Game': Buster and Babs trick Montana Max into participating on a dating game show where the bachlorette is Elmyra.

42–142November 20, 1990E-110'Looniversity Daze'Wraparounds: Buster and Babs sing songs about Acme Looniversity.

'The Learning Principal': Buster is sent to the principal's office by Yosemite Sam.

'Eating Between the Lines': Sweetie pursues Bookworm at the Looniversity library.

'What's Up, Nurse?': Plucky fakes being sick to get out of a test. Unfortunately for him, the nurse's office is run by Elmyra.

43–143November 21, 1990KC-118'Best 'o Plucky Duck Day'*'One Minute 'Till Three': Plucky is eager to get out of school and start his weekend. But the clock won't let him, and Granny the teacher keeps handing out lengthy term papers for wrong answers.

'Sticky Feathers Duck': Plucky and Hamton steal an Acme Super Duper Munch 'n Crunch Bar (with almonds) from a store and suffer guilt. They return to the store to confess to the storekeeper, who warns them that if they ever return to the store, he will call the police.

'Duck in the Dark': Plucky spends the night at Buster's place, and has a nightmare thanks to an overdose of horror movies throughout the evening; notable for featuring 'Eddy Cougar', a parody of Freddy Krueger.

44–144November 23, 1990E-106'Hero Hamton'Hamton mistakenly hits Montana Max with his locker door and Max threatens to hit him. Plucky makes it even worse when he forces Hamton to have a boxing match with Max. Hamton tries to get out of the whole situation, but his friends help him with physical and spiritual training. On the night of the fight, Hamton is sitting in Porky's prop class feeling sorry for himself, and Buster and Babs take his place in the ring. When Hamton sees his friends get beat up and bounced around like basketballs, he uses the power of his ancestors (and Porky's props) to get even with Max, who chickens out.45–145November 26, 1990A-154'Whale's Tales'Elmyra finds a lost baby whale and keeps it as a pet. Buster and Babs convince Elmyra that the whale has to be returned to its mother, who is being held prisoner by the evil Gotcha Grabmore, maker of whale-based beauty products.46–146December 4, 1990W-141'Ask Mr. Popular'Wraparounds: Buster Bunny as Mr. Popular gives advice.

'Dapper Diz': Buster, Plucky and Hamton literally turn Dizzy Devil in to a proper gentleman. But Dizzy is miserable in this form.

' A Pigment of His Imagination': Feeling rejected, Hamton creates his own imaginary friend who treats him like a jerk.

47–147December 7, 1990KC-134'Son of Looniversity Daze'

'Plucky's Dastardly Deed': Plucky cheats on a test and later feels guilty about it.

'Open and Shut Case': Hamton is rewarded with a new hi-tech locker for his good grades that refuses to give him his lunch, even upon inputting the correct deactivation code.

'C Flat or B Sharp': Buster, Plucky, and Hamton must retrieve a piano from the Looniversity tower and present it to Yosemite Sam.

48–148December 10, 1990W-160'Mr. Popular's Rules of Cool'*'Mr. Popular's Rules of Cool': Buster (as Mr. Popular) and Babs try to turn Hamton into a cool dude.

'Slugfest' Plucky and Hamton pretend to be Immature Radioactive Samurai Slugs which soon leads them face to face with the slugs' enemy, the Iodizer.

'Venison Anyone?': Montana Max goes deer hunting and faces a street smart deer named Vinnie.

49–149December 12, 1990W-143'Fairy Tales for the 90's'Wraparounds: Babs, as Tinkerbunny, faces total chaos just from setting up modern fairy tales.

'Bunnochio': A failing toy company mistakes Buster for their newest brainstorm.

'Bear Necessities': Elmyra is the Goldilocks of the modern retelling of the 3 Bears story.

50–150December 14, 1990KC-144'Who Bopped Bugs Bunny?'A jealous toon named Sappy Stanley tries to eliminate Bugs and frame Daffy for the crime. Luckily, Buster and Babs are on the case.51–151February 1, 1991TMS-163'Tiny Toons Music Television'A collection of music videos, starring the Tiny Toons cast, for the following:

'Istanbul (not Constantinople)': Plucky & Hamton are hired to retrieve a stolen statue from Montana Max.

'Particle Man': Plucky takes on various wrestlers and loses.

'Respect': Starring Babs.

'Money (That's What I Want)': Starring Montana Max.

'Top Secret Apprentice': In a spoof of Fantasia's 'Sorcerer's Apprentice' segment, Buster decides to play with Bugs' new cartoon creator.

52–152February 4, 1991W-159'The Return to the Acme Acres Zone'Another version of the Acme Acres Zone, this time starring Babs.

'Real Kids Don't Like Broccoli': In the future, Buster is a detective on the case of missing droids.

'Boo Ha Ha': Plucky and Hamton stay at a haunted mansion and get haunted by a ghost.

'Duck Dodgers Jr': Plucky is Duck Dodgers's new eager young space cadet.

53–153February 6, 1991KC-161 (note: Likely a credits error; probably animated by AKOM)'The Acme Home Shopping Show'Wraparounds: Buster and Babs host their own shopping show.

'Oh, for Art's Sake': Plucky pauses a dog and cat fight and claims it to be his own painting.

'Teddy Bears' Picnic': Elmyra follows the Looney Tunes' Three Bears to an outdoor picnic.

'I Was a Teenage Bunny Sitter': Babs babysits a small rabbit kid named Duncan.

54–154February 8, 1991A-157'Weirdest Stories Ever Told'Wraparounds: Buster and Babs spend their day at the Looniversity library and are told to be quiet by librarian Foghorn Leghorn.

'Robin Hare': A Tiny Toons version of Robin Hood starring Buster Bunny.

'To Babs or Not to Babs': Babs is determined to become a star in Shakespeare's newest play.

'Elmyras 'Round the World': Buster dreams that Elmyra's world wide relatives have their eyes on him too.

55–155February 11, 1991W-162'Viewer Mail Day'Wraparounds: Buster and Babs decide to read their fan mail.

'Pluck 'O the Irish': Plucky & Hamton travel to Ireland and have to deal with a Banshee.

'Out of Odor': Elmyra pursues Fifi convinced she's a purple kitty.

'Buttering Up the Buttfields': Junior waiter Plucky Duck must tend to an important, high class, big butted couple named the Buttfields.

56–156February 12, 1991KC-156'Son of the Wacko World of Sports'*'Buster at the Bat': Sylvester narrates the Tiny Toons version of a classic poem with a surprise ending.

'Buster's New Bike': Buster must gets a new bike from a crooked dealer named Bicycle Bob.

'Acme Acres' Summer Olympics': The students of Acme Looniversity & Perfecto Prep compete in various sporting events.

57–157February 14, 1991KC-139'Pollution Solution'Wraparounds: Babs, as Tinkerbunny, has no choice but to do all the cleaning in Acme Acres the hard way.

'No Deposit, No Return of The Trash Bag Despenser': Plucky must teach Elmyra a lesson in recycling using another new heroic ego, The Trash Bag Dispenser.

'Jungle Bungle': Buster & Babs must deal with villain named Ronald Trump in order to save a rain forest.

'Waste Deep in Wackyland': Montana Max dumps all of his factory's pollution in Wackyland resulting in a harsh lesson from Gogo Dodo.

58–158February 15, 1991KC-153'You Asked for It, Again'*'Buster's Guide to Goofing Off': Buster teaches how to procrastinate on your homework.

'Elmyra at the Mall': Elmyra's love for animals gets her locked in the mall while it's being robbed by two burglars.

'Hold the Sugar': A colony of ants learn how much trouble a sugar addiction can get them into.

59–159February 18, 1991FC-151'Brave Tales of Real Rabbits'Wraparounds: Buster and Babs do their own version of Masterpiece Theater entitled Masterhare Theater.

'And All That Rot': Brainy Domes (Buster) and Flotsom (Babs) go searching for the queen's (Elmyra) missing jewels with Montiority (Monty) as their prime suspect.

'Day for Knight': Sir Buster goes on a quest to save Babs from a dragon.

60–160February 19, 1991KC-158'How Sweetie It Is'Wraparounds: Sweetie is upset that Buster and Babs star in all the episodes, and demands she gets one for herself.

'Egged on Eagle': Sweetie is the daughter of a Bald eagle.

'Let's Do Lunch': Elmyra allows Furrball to stay in her house on condition he doesn't try to eat Sweetie. Sweetie takes advantage of this and tries to goad Furrball into eating her.

'The Raven': Sweetie is the raven in the classic Edgar Allan Poe story, only more annoying.

61–161February 20, 1991W-164 (note: Likely a credits error; probably animated by Kennedy Cartoons)'New Character Day'Wraparounds: Buster & Babs audition new characters to appear on the show.

'The Roches': ...give a performance at Hamton's house.

'The Return of Pluck Twacy': Unconscious, Plucky dreams he is a detective searching for Shirley's missing, evil aura, in this homage to The Great Piggy Bank Robbery.

62–162February 22, 1991W-146'Here's Hamton'Wraparounds: Hamton is featured in parodies of famous TV intros.

'Milk, It Makes a Body Spout': Buster & Plucky compete to see who can be the first one to make Hamton shoot milk out his nose.

'America's Least Wanted': When Plucky learns that Hamton has a criminal double named Knuckles Cutlet, he decides to turn Hamton in for a reward.

'Drawn and Buttered': Hamton buys a mischievous lobster to cook for dinner.

63–163February 25, 1991W-147'No Toon is an Island'Buster, Babs, Plucky & Hamton discover a treasure map and let greed get in the way of their friendship.64–164February 26, 1991W-165'K-ACME TV'A collection of TV parodies starring the Tiny Toons cast. Some of the targets are Super Mario Bros., Jeopardy!, I Love Lucy, The Wonder Years, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, The People's Court, and Lucky Charms.65–165March 29, 1991KC-150'High Toon'Buster and Babs take a wrong turn on their way to Acmeland and end up in Prairie Junction, a western town troubled by The Coyote Kid and his gang of outlaws.

List Of Tiny Toons Episodes 1

Tiny Toon Adventures is an American animated television series created by Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Entertainment. It aired for three seasons between 1990 and 1992, accounting for a total of 98. Most episodes are either divided into three seven-minute segments with wraparounds before each segment, or a single segment of approximately 22 minutes; eight episodes use a 'two shorts' format. The following is a list of episodes of Tiny Toon Adventures. 1 Season 1: 1990-1991 2 Season 2: 1991-1992 3 Season 3: 1992 Tiny Toon Adventures Media: Tiny Toon Adventures (Episodes) The Plucky Duck Show How I Spent My Vacation Spring Break Night Ghoulery Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain Characters: Buster Bunny Babs Bunny Plucky Duck Hamton J. Pig Elmyra Duff Montana Max Fifi.

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Babs-a-thon, Part 5

Warning, Spoilers Ahead…

Oracle debuted in Suicide Squad #23. The true identity of Oracle was a complete mystery – man, woman, group?

Oracle would provide information for the Squad until the mystery was solved in Suicide Squad #38. It was a rather low-key revelation: Amanda contacts Oracle in cyber-space. Oracle questions why Flo (the Oracle’s usual contact) isn’t the one reaching out. Amanda informs Oracle that Flo died on a mission. The next panel reveals a wheelchair-bound redhead, a Batgirl plushie on the desk, mourning the loss of her friend.

I love the subtle revelation of Oracle’s secret identity. No storming the secret lair and gasping in shock. A simple one-panel revelation that relied on the art to provide the clues to her identity. Not that it didn’t blow my mind at the time.

A small pause in the Babs-a-thon to promote John Ostrander, Kim Yale, and the 1980s’ Suicide Squad title. If you haven’t read the Ostrander/Yale run – what are you waiting for? Ostrander & Yale created two of the most unique, groundbreaking, and iconic women in comics: Amanda Waller and Barbara Gordon as Oracle. The Squad consistently had multiple female characters – Flo, Karen, Nightshade, Enchantress, Mind-Boggler, Plastique, Vixen, Duchess, Jewlee, Poison Ivy – all different types of personalities, all written well. The development of the villains was great – Captain Boomerang and Deadshot owed their prominence to this title. Read this series!

Back to the Babs-a-thon –

Barbara had two more prominent appearance in the Squad. In Suicide Squad #48, Barbara visits her therapist. Babs reveals she has a recurring dream – she runs down a corridor to open the door – the identity of the person on the other side changes – it ranges from the Joker, Jim Gordon, Batman, to Batgirl herself. The individual always has a gun and shoots her. Babs doesn’t reveal the multiple choices to the therapist and focuses on the Joker –

“And then I feel the bullet boring its way through my body. My legs give way, useless as my spine is severed. There’s this awful wrench and grinding in my back – like a clutch out of gear – and then pain. There’s a woman screaming for rescue that never comes. And the room stinks of cordite and blood – my blood – and the Joker claws at me. And there is pain. And then the Joker is beating me, and he smells like paraffin and rotten lilacs, screeching I’m not cooperating, and every blow reverberates through my shot-out, shattered spine. And there is pain. And then – then – when he’s – when I’m naked – he starts taking pictures and I can’t stop him! And when – when he’s done – the Joker just…laughs!”

“For six months all I had was pain. They had to build a bridge between sections of my spine just so I could sit up straight. And I will never, never, never walk again.”

The therapy session would be taking place around 2 years after the Killing Joke. The Batman Chronicles story mentioned 6 months of therapy and Babs spent a year training with Richard Dragon, throw in 6 months to establish contact/work with the Suicide Squad = 2 years.

Bab’s paralysis/recovery, Jason’s death/resurrection, the 4 Robins, and Dick becoming Nightwing are all examples of why the New 52 compressed 5-year timeline doesn’t work for the Bat Family. Barbara and Jason’s respective Joker traumas were the defining obstacle of their lives – it took time and much inner strength to overcome. In the New 52, Babs, in a space of 5 years, became Batgirl, was paralyzed by the Joker, created the Oracle identity, formed the Birds of Prey, disbanded the Birds of Prey, regained the ability to walk, discarded the Oracle identity, and regained enough athletic ability to resume the Batgirl role. So, Babs was paralyzed for less than a month? Still traumatizing but it removes the strength and struggle it took for Babs to even create the Oracle role.

The therapist informs Barbara: “You have a right to be angry. It was a heinous act. It was unfair. You need to tell other people about your rage – like your father. Whenever you’re with him, you put on the act of perky, plucky Barbara Gordon. Why?”

Barbara responds: “What good would it do to get mad? He’d only feel more ashamed and guilty. He holds himself responsible. Dad always refused to have an officer of duty guarding us like they do in other cities. Wanted to be more ‘accessible’ to the taxpayers. We were ‘accessible’ all right.”

“But you do blame him – and Batman. Not unreasonably!”

“I mostly blame myself mostly. I should’ve known better than to just pop open the door without seeing who it was.”

“Why? Why should you have known better?”

Barbara leaves the therapy session, worrying that she has “another murderous sociopath stalking me!”

“And whose fault is this one, Barbara? Batman’s? Dad’s? Simon LaGrieve? Uh-uh. You wanted to be a superhero again so you created a computer version and called yourself Oracle. But you weren’t as good as you thought you were. Stop it! No more self-pity. No more playing the victim! Whatever it takes, Thinker, I’ll deal with you – myself!”

Trademark Barbara determination and independence on display.

Suicide Squad #49 was near the tail-end of Babs’ run with the team. Barbara continues to be stalked by the Thinker.

Babs is at the Gotham City Police Department Shooting Range: “What am I doing? I hate guns! Shut up! You know very well what you’re doing! You’re preparing to kill someone. You touched that maniac’s mind! You know what he wants to do! Carmichael’s a sociopath! He wants to kill you, your father – anyone who care’s anything about you! You swore – never again! You’d never be a victim again! Isn’t there any other way? Of course there is – I could just go tell Dad. But that would be the end of Oracle. The only place I have left where I can walk, where I can run, where I can dance is the cybernet! I lost my physical mobility because of one madman, must I lose my mental freedom as well?”

Notice that Bab’s never entertains the thought of contacting Batman or Nightwing. It reinforces the pre-Crisis and immediate post-Crisis canon that Barbara was not an intimate member of the Bat Family. I’m in the minority but I prefer it this way. I love Bab’s as an independent, adult woman, who, while inspired by Batman, carved her own path as a hero – one who didn’t need or require his guidance or approval. I prefer that Batman, amazed by Bab’s intelligence, strength, and determination, brought her into the fold after she created the Oracle identity. I feel Bruce saw Babs as well-intentioned but lacked the “true dedication” in her Batgirl career. He wasn’t wrong as Babs had retired her Batgirl-career pre-Killing Joke. Post Killing-Joke, Bruce realized Babs wasn’t here to play! We shouldn’t underestimate the guilt Bruce felt – not only for the shooting but for laughing with the Joker.

Babs wonders if she can bring herself to shoot Carmichael: “I won’t be a victim again. But does that mean I must become a killer? It flies in the face of everything I was taught – everything I believe! But perhaps everything I was taught to believe is wrong. Don’t we have the right to defend ourselves?”

Barbara hides out at the Hotel Tamarindo. Carmichael storms into the room, yelling for “Amy!”

Babs/Amy claims she only ships computers to Oracle but has never seen the actual person.

Carmichael throws Babs out of her wheelchair and threatens to “rip open her mind” and discover the truth.

Carmichael’s interrupted by Amanda Waller’s entrance: “So there you are, you nasty boy, you.”

“I know you. You’re Amanda Waller! I read all about you in the papers a year or so back! But you couldn’t be Oracle – or could you?!”

Carmichael tries to control Amanda’s mind but fails. Amanda and Carmichael brawl while Barbara grabs her gun: “Stand away from him, Mrs. Waller.”

“You can’t do it, girl.”

“I’ve got to do it! He’s a sociopath – he wants to kill me and my family – my friends!”

“Who you really trying to kill, girl?”

Babs visualizes shooting the Joker, Batman, Jim Gordon, and Batgirl.

“No one. Take this, please, Mrs. Waller.”

Waller knocks Carmichael unconscious and offers Babs continued work with the Suicide Squad: “Also got an offer to make to you. You got a thing about privacy. Fine. I won’t pry. But I think we can be a help to each other if you’re willing to listen.”

“You saved my life and helped keep me from taking a life. All right, Mrs. Waller – I’ll listen.”

I love the mutual respect between Babs and Amanda. Amanda didn’t threaten or blackmail Babs – she simply made an offer and was willing to back off if Barbara declined.

For those unfamiliar with Amanda’s backstory, she came from a poor background, suffered numerous heart-breaking tragedies, and built herself up by pure force of will. I think Amanda sees herself in Barbara – another woman brought down low by outside forces who raised herself up through pure determination.

Barbara would continue to aid the Suicide Squad but I’m switching to Showcase ’94 #12.

“A Little Knowledge” by Scott Peterson and Brian Stelfreeze. The short story takes place during the Prodigal-era of the Bat titles. Babs has stopped working with the Squad and began to make appearances in the Bat titles.

Babs hears a knock on her door – she opens it (using the peephole first), and discovers a rodent impaled by a knife.

“I can’t help wondering if they have to deal with this kind of thing in Metropolis.”

Babs receives a call: “I’ve been watching you.”

What is it with Babs and stalkers?

Barbara continues her work day: “A note from Robin. Great kid. Knows his stuff, too. And he always thanks me for the help. Means more to me than the money they send my way once in a while.”

Yes, Tim is polite and gracious. Unlike Bruce.

“Not that I’m complaining. Their generosity is what keeps me state of the art. Still, as much as I love Robin, I wish I didn’t get the feeling that he and Alfred were the only ones sending the mysterious checks I receive, funneled through dummy corporation seven times removed. Like I wouldn’t find out.”

Sorry, boys, you can’t fool the Oracle.

Babs continues to receive calls and weird notes.

Barbara is out grocery shopping when someone shoots at her: “I’m on my way home when the first shots fired. I see it hit the pavement before I hear it, and I’m already looking for places to dive. Then I remember I can’t dive anywhere anymore. I’m about to be shot. And there’s nothing I can do. Again.”

Babs returns home and receives another threatening call.

Babs has an origin/Killing Joke flashback:

“It was the Batman who made me want to become a hero myself. And even after he made it clear he didn’t want another partner, I kept at it.”

Independent Babs for the win!

“It was fun. Until the night when all the fun went away…forever.”

“I worked with what I had. From my days as Gotham’s head librarian I knew how to find out whatever I needed. If I could do that for citizens, I could do it for colleges, non-profit corporations, private investigators and super-heroes. Having been blessed with photographic recall, I studied a dozen newspapers, four dozen magazines, and my main haunt, the computer bulletin boards. I even hacked into the Gotham Bar Association to take the exam, just out of curiosity. Passed the first time, piece of cake. But the whole time I was improving my mind, I never got over losing the use of my legs. Although, when I think back on it all, I can’t believe I used to fight crime with a brown belt in Judo. A brown belt, for God’s sake.”

Barbara decides to talk to a friend. Enter Batman (Dick Grayson) via Batcave phone call.

Barbara confides in Dick: “The last time I was in a physical confrontation I shot a secret service agent. The time before that I got my spine blown out by the Joker. You can see why I’m a little nervous. Not exactly a great track record. I’m afraid.”

Dick advises: “Barbara, look – it…it never really goes away, you can try to lock it up, you can pretend you don’t feel it, but…but the fear’s always there somewhere. You can never escape it. You just have to overcome it. You have to prove you’re stronger. Do you want help with this guy?”

“No. Thanks, Dick, but…no. I need to do this on my own. I need to know if I can.”

My personal feeling is Barbara was brought into the Bat Family circle during the Knightsend/Prodigal era. I believe Dick is the one that invited Babs into the “family”. Not in a romantic way. Bruce was largely absent during from Gotham during this era and Dick will always be the more social/team-oriented member of the family. I see a reveal similar to the Batwoman/Nightwing moment in Batman: Bad Blood. The twist being that Barbara knows the secret identities – she’s had a lot of time to research since the Killing Joke.

Babs waits in her apartment. She receives another call: “Get ready, little girl. Here I come.” And the lights and phone go out.

Babs uses a back-up generator to access her computers. The security cameras reveal a Nick Riley: “And I finally understand who wants to kill me, and why.”

“I finally push the button. The first thing I installed. The think I hoped I never have to use.”

Riley enters the apartment: “You and me, we’re going to have a whole lotta fun.”

“No. I don’t believe this is going to be very much fun for you at all.”

Babs beats the man into unconsciousness. She then calls out to another man: “You can come in now, Mister Armonk.”

Armonk was sent to jail for murder two years ago with the assistance of Barbara Gordon. Armonk prepares to shoot Babs but she whips out her escrima sticks and knocks him out.

Batman compliments: “Nice job.”

“Batman? How long have you been here?”

“About five minutes. I came as soon as I got your signal.”

“Why didn’t you give me a hand?”

“Didn’t look like you needed it.”

“Hey, you looked good. Really good. How did it feel?”

“It felt good. I hope I don’t need to do that again. But it feels good to know I can. It may not be swinging from rooftops, but…but it’s not bad. Not bad at all.”

Babs would shortly form the Birds of Prey, first as a partnership with Black Canary and later expanding into a full-fledged group. One of my favorite series but it’s simply too lengthy to include in a Babs-a-thon.

Barbara’s other major development of the 90’s/2000’s was her romance with Dick Grayson. I started as a fan of the pairing. Babs – in the immediate post-Crisis era – dismissed Robin as a flirtatious, too young boy. Pre-Crisis, Babs dated Clark Kent and had a lengthy romance with Jason Bard. In both eras, Babs was intrigued by Batman. The point I’m making is Barbara dated adult men because she was an adult.

Shortly after the Prodigal era, Barbara and Dick began to head in a romantic direction. What I wanted, and what was initially portrayed, was Barbara falling for an older, more mature Dick. Dick is an adult and their age difference is no longer an issue for Barbara. Their early romance had touching moments as Babs let down her guard and allowed Dick in. Dick was still healing over the brutal end of his relationship with Starfire, so it made sense to go slow.

It didn’t take long for the pairing to jump the tracks for me. First, Babs is continually de-aged to become Dick Grayson’s one (only?) true love. First, no. Second, why does Babs have to be the one to have her history and accomplishments removed to accommodate Dick? Why does she lose her independence to become yet another sidekick of Batman? Third, Dick’s true love of his teenage/college years is Starfire. It’s Dick’s first intense, full-out love experience.

I could go on for a while about this pairing but I’ll save that for a separate post.

This concludes my Babs-a-thon. The issues mentioned in parts 1 – 5 cemented my impression of Barbara: an intelligent, determined, driven woman. I adored Barbara as Batgirl but it’s as Oracle that she became a force of nature in the DC Universe.

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