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Lola Bunny Tier List

This is my rankings of the different versions of Lola Bunny. The versions I chose to rank are Space Jam, the DC comics, Tweety's Highflying Adventure, Baby Looney Tunes, Dating Do's and Don'ts, Loonatics Unleashed (Yes, I am aware it's not actually Lola but it's still a variation of her), The Looney Tunes Show, Rabbits Run, New Looney Tunes (Formally known as Wabbit), and Space Jam: A New Legacy.

1.DC Comics- This version of Lola is absolutely the most PERFECT version of Lola that there is. She's smart, strong, competent, independent, and feisty but is able to get into wacky situations like a traditional Looney Tune. She's a pizza delivery girl for mythical creatures, ancient spirits, and deities, which is awesome and has a lot of comedic potential that they take full advantage of. She shows that she can hold her own as a Looney Tune without having to rely on the other Looney Tunes to make her story work. She's sassy, witty, hot-headed, vindictive, resourceful, clever, can take a beating, and is just everything you want in a great female Looney Tune and a great Looney Tune in general. I'd love to see animated shorts based on the comics.

2.Space Jam: A New Legacy- I was very skeptical about this when I learned that out of nowhere at the last minute they replaced Kath Soucie with Zendaya, who is a TERRIBLE actress in my opinion. However, Zendaya did surprise me by actually giving a good performance, for once. She wasn't monotoned, wooden, or stale but full of energy, genuine emotion, and showing personality. This version of Lola takes full advantage of Lola by fleshing her out more and making her more important to the plot than she was in the original Space Jam. She's really awesome and a lot like her DC comic book version. The only thing holding her back is that Zendaya voices her. I'm sorry but the fact that Kath Soucie was going to voice her but they just out of nowhere screwed her over in favor of a big named (And OVERRATED) celebrity really leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

3.New Looney Tune- This is pretty much just like her DC comic book version where she is smart, competent, strong, and independent but is able to be in wacky situations. The episode Lola Rider is amazing and shows her full potential being shown. Kath Soucie even returned to voice her, showing off her versatility. The art style is terrible but this is a very faithful and well-done version of Lola. However, she's not higher because of two things. The first being she's only in three episodes, one of which is only for one minute. In her third and final appearance, she acts like a major fangirl that is kind of clueless, which seems out of character. However, I chalk that up to Lola just being such a big sports fan that when she's near someone she's a big fan of, she loses her senses in excitement.

4.Loonatics Unleashed- An underrated and overly hated show that is a lot of fun. Lola's descendant, Lexi Bunny, is the best part of the show because of her strong, smart, fun, sassy, and badass personality. Her personality is fleshed out and despite being the only girl never feels like she's just there to be the token chick but rather an essential member of the team. She's even second in command to Ace, Bugs Bunny's descendant. I really love her sass and how she carries herself in all situations whether mellow or dangerous. I find her interactions with Daffy Duck's descendant, Danger Duck. They have very much a sibling relationship where she never misses an opportunity to call him out on his crap, not to mention put him in his place when he does something to make her upset. I feel like this is what Lola and Daffy's interactions would be like, which I wish we would see more of with the actual Lola and Daffy.

5.Space Jam- The original Lola Bunny, who is awesome. I love her catchphrase, "Don't ever call me doll" and I wish that it would've stayed her catchphrase in later versions of Lola. She's smart, strong, feisty, has great expressions, is self-reliant, and never lets people underestimate her simply for being an attractive female. She's a wonderful character but she isn't very well written. She has less than 4 minutes of screen time in the whole movie, speaking and non-speaking. That makes her not as fleshed out as she could've been. They should've given her more to do and more of a role in the film. Not to mention make her a bit more looney like she would be in the comics. I feel like they should've modeled her personality a little bit more like Babs Bunny from Tiny Toon Adventures (Yes, Babs Bunny actually came before Lola).

6.Baby Looney Tunes- The same Lola we know and love but as a baby. She's still smart, strong, stands up for herself, is creative, feisty, caring, and maintains her amazing athletic skills. She's great but her being a baby does limit her.

7.Tweety's Highflying Adventure- This is just a cameo with her as a weather girl. She's cool and all but there's not much to judge because of how it's less than a minute.

8.Rabbits Run- This version of Lola is VERY different from the Lola that is normally shown in media. She's more of an airhead because of how she's based on The Looney Tunes Show version of Lola. So I should really hate this version but she was actually okay. She wasn't a brainless, man-obsessed, dumb blonde stereotype and actually had some independence and goals that didn't revolve around a man or just change out of nowhere. On her own, she's an entertaining character but she's still just NOT Lola.

9.Dating Do's and Don'ts- This version has no lines other than giggling like a dumb teenage valley girl stereotype. This really isn't anything like Lola and is just so out of character.

10.The Looney Tunes Show- I absolutely DESPISE this version of Lola. They took an already established character that was smart, competent, independent, self-reliant, and strong and turned her into the polar opposite of who she was. They made her a scatterbrained, man-obsessed, dumb blonde stereotype that never shuts up. This is bad fanfic levels of terrible character writing. The creators of the show actually said they never saw Space Jam or anything else Lola appeared in, which just shows how terribly written this character is. I respect people's opinions but saying this version of Lola is the best is just really insulting to the character, to women, and to quality writing. Just let this version DIE and never be allowed to see the light of day EVER again.

[ducktracy]

85. the miller’s daughter (1934)

release date: october 13th, 1934

series: merrie melodies

director: friz freleng

starring: n/a

chuck jones’ first animation credit! he’d be an animator for awhile, working under bob clampett’s unit (the irony!) until he got his own unit in 1938. some say his disdain for clampett comes from the fact that clampett was promoted director before he was (don’t quote me on that, though. i heard it awhile ago and can’t seem to find where i had heard it from), and an infamous, bitter rivalry came about, chuck lambasting bob for taking credit for work that wasn’t his—which is a rightful concern, he’s taken credit for bugs, porky, daffy, even saying he made sniffles the mouse or yosemite sam, all of which are blatantly wrong. nevertheless, it’s a battle of the egos, and we’ll learn more about it later (and once i can speak all these words with total confidence LOL). for now, ceramic toys come to life—shocker!—and antics ensue.

our cartoon opens witb the stars of the short: a ceramic sheep herder, his sweetheart, and his sheep. pan out to a view of the living room, a bird in its bird cage happily chirping along, a cat (sylvester?) creeping along and leaping at the cage. instead, it unsuccessfully lands on the table, knocking the ceramic girl to the ground and shattering her.

the owner of the house, a woman in typical housewife garb, scoops up the fragments of the girl and carries her to the attic, dumping her contents into a box.

after the ceramic sheepherder mourns his loss, he decides action must be taken. he slides down a lamp, fetching a pillow so his wooly companion can come to his aid. the sheep jumps down safely, and after the woman makes an exit, the two scale the stairs to the attic.

an exchange of “yoo-hoo!”s reunites the couple in the attic, the girl pointing to her shattered body and lamenting “look, am i busted up!” nevertheless, the sheepherder reassures he “that’s alright, i’ll fix it!” and slathers a helping of glue on her. elsewhere, the little ceramic sheep spots a photo of another sheep, baying excitedly and leaping right into the picture... or through it, as it rips.

our girl is good as new as she bends her joints and tests her stability. however, suspicions are raised as there’s one final piece left, seemingly no place to put it. i knew where this was going but loved it regardless—the sheepherder shyly returns the shard to the girl, who attaches it to her butt as the boy diverts his gaze. how scandalous! the awkward embarrassment of the sheepherder makes the scene entirely. they skip around in circles and hold dance in celebration.

a music sequence must be coming! it’s inevitable! a spider tickles the ivory on a piano. meanwhile, the three monkeys sing “the miller’s daughter”, turning out to be the three stooges. the three stooges would also assume the roles of the three monkeys in porky’s hero agency, i wonder how many more there are of the same vain? larry messes up a note, and slapstick ensues.

some nice rotoscoped animation of girls on a lampshade dancing to the music, their skeletons exposed as the lampshade is turned on by a mini ceramic figure of the thinker. quite an atmosphere change as two kettles play “cuban cabaret”, the girl and the boy dancing together. nothing extraordinary, but cute and amusing nonetheless. the sheepherder also conducts a clock-based orchestral arrangement of “the blue danube”, complete with a cuckoo clock. my, how we’re changing tones so quickly! atmosphere transforms once more as two silhouettes dance with each other in a picture frame. more beautiful rotoscoping! the scene drags on for awhile, but the animation is very nice to watch. the rotoscoping certainly reminds me of disney cartoons.

the performance ceases, and the ceramic couple applaud. the little sheep from before makes an appearance, too—investigating a ceramic lion. climax time! the lion chases after the sheep, who dives into an ash filled pipe, bringing literal connotations to the term black sheep.

cornered, the sheep cowers as the lion prepares to go in for the kill. not if the sheepherder has any say in the matter! he fires an arrow from a cupid statue and pings the lion right in the butt, who chases after THEM.

with quick thinking, the sheepherder hides behind a door, slamming it in the face of the ceramic beast, who crumbles away into mere shards of pottery.

back to relative safety, the lamb, girl, and sheepherder slide down the banister of the staircase, landing right back into their table. unfortunately, they kick the lamp over in the process, which ripples to the floor. in some unfortunate timing for the cat (yet comedic timing for us), the cat strolls along the scene, the housewife also spotting the damage. she grabs her broom and chases after the innocent cat. you’d think she’d notice her lamb figure is now BLACK, but i guess not! iris out as the chase continues outside.

this has been the most interesting merrie melody we’ve seen in the past few entries! it’s still rather average, but it’s endearing, moreso disney-esque than anything. the characters are cute, the animation is beautiful, the music benefits the atmosphere... some scenes dragged on quite a bit, and the climax didn’t feel too urgent, but so be it. a different take on the “come to life” genre for sure—for now, anyway. also, side note because i got distracted: notice how the merrie melodies are always one off cartoons, and the looney tunes shorts deal with the mascot at the time? bosko himself was never in any merrie melodies, and i don’t know if buddy has, either (i’ll need to double check). yet porky was first introduced in a merrie melody, as was bugs, elmer, tweety, sylvester, yosemite sam... i think daffy’s really the only one introduced first in looney tunes (but i’ll probably be kicking myself later on when i’m proved wrong, there’s gotta be at least SOMEONE else). anyway, just thought that was interesting! again, you can go either way on this cartoon: watch it or skip it. personally, it wasn’t the most engaging, so i might lean on the skip side, but it doesn’t at all make for a bad watch.

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