''Bugs Bunny Builders'' is an American
animated television series produced by
Warner Bros. Animation, based on the characters from ''
Looney Tunes
''Looney Tunes'' is an American animated comedy short film series produced by Warner Bros. starting from 1930 to 1969, concurrently with its partner series '' Merrie Melodies'', during the golden age of American animation.[ ...]
'' and ''
Merrie Melodies
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''.
[ The series aired on July 25, 2022 on Cartoon Network on their ]Cartoonito
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preschool block and was released on July 26 on HBO Max.[ It is the second pre-school program in the ''Looney Tunes'' franchise, following '']Baby Looney Tunes
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'' animated series in 2002.
Plot
The Looney Builders, managed by Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny, help their friends and neighbors around Looneyburg. By working together as a team, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety, and others use their tools and wild vehicles to pull off some of the looniest construction jobs ever.
Voice cast
* Eric Bauza
Eric Bauza (born December 7, 1979) is a Canadian-American voice actor and comedian. His most-known roles include Stimpy on '' Ren and Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon"'', Foop on ''The Fairly OddParents'' and its reboot '' Fairly Odder'', Thunderbolt ...
as Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny is an animated cartoon character created in the late 1930s by Leon Schlesinger Productions (later Warner Bros. Cartoons) and voiced originally by Mel Blanc. Bugs is best known for his starring roles in the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Mer ...
, Daffy Duck
Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon character created for Leon Schlesinger Productions by animators Tex Avery and Bob Clampett. Styled as an anthropomorphic black duck, he has appeared in cartoon series such as ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melo ...
, Tweety
Tweety is a yellow canary in the Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' and '' Merrie Melodies'' series of animated cartoons. The name "Tweety" is a play on words, as it originally meant "sweetie", along with "tweet" being an English onomatopoeia fo ...
* Chandni Parekh as Lola Bunny
* Bob Bergen
Robert Bergen (born March 8, 1964) is an American voice actor. He voices Warner Bros. cartoon characters Porky Pig and Tweety and has voiced characters in the English dubs of various anime. He formerly hosted the children's game show ''Jep!'', a ...
as Porky Pig
Porky Pig is an animated character in the Warner Bros. '' Looney Tunes'' and '' Merrie Melodies'' series of cartoons. He was the first character created by the studio to draw audiences based on his star power, and the animators created many crit ...
, Cecil Turtle
Cecil Turtle is a fictional character in the Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of films. Though he made only three theatrical appearances, Cecil has the unusual distinction in that he is one of the very few characters w ...
* Jeff Bergman
Jeffrey Bergman (born July 10, 1960) is an American voice actor and impressionist who has provided the modern-day voices of various classic cartoon characters, most notably with ''Looney Tunes'' and Hanna-Barbera.
Bergman was the first to repla ...
as Sylvester, Foghorn Leghorn
* Alex Cazares as Petunia Pig
* Fred Tatasciore
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as Taz Taz or TAZ may refer to:
Geography
* Taz (river), a river in western Siberia, Russia
* Taz Estuary, the estuary of the river Taz in Russia
People
* Taz people, an ethnic group in Russia
** Taz language, a form of Northeastern Mandarin spoken ...
, Gossamer
* Keith Ferguson as Wile E. Coyote
* Debi Derryberry
Debi Derryberry is an American voice actress who has provided voices for a number of animations and video games.
Biography
Derryberry was born in Indio, California to a family of Hungarian Jewish descent. Her grandparents were Holocaust surviv ...
as Hippety Hopper
Hippety Hopper is a young kangaroo character in the Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' series of cartoons. Robert McKimson introduced Hippety Hopper in '' Hop, Look and Listen'' (1948), which established the pattern for future Hippety Hopper cartoon ...
and Pouncy (credited as Looney Kangaroo Kid and Looney Cat Kid)
* Dawson Griffin as Sniffles
* Andrew Morgado as George P. Mandrake
* Candi Milo
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as Pauleen Penguin, Gertie Mouse
* Max Mittelman
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and Noshir Dalal (respectively) as Mac and Tosh Gopher
* Charlie Townstead as Bizzy Buzzard
* Zehra Fazal
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as Brenda Buzzard
* David Shaughnessy as Hoots Talon
* Kari Wahlgren
Kari Wahlgren (born July 13, 1977) is an American actress who has provided English-language voices for animated movies, TV series, and video games. She got her start in anime voice-overs as Haruko Haruhara in ''FLCL'', and would later land majo ...
as Ruthie Mouse
* Ben Diskin as Tibs Squirrel
* Frank Todaro as Hector the Bulldog
Episodes
Shorts
International broadcast
The series premiered on Cartoonito
Cartoonito is a brand name used by Warner Bros. Discovery for a collection of television networks and programming blocks that target preschool-age children. The name combines the "cartoon" with the Spanish suffix "ito", meaning "small".
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in Latin America on December 1, 2022, as part of its launch.
The series premiered on Boomerang
A boomerang () is a thrown tool, typically constructed with aerofoil sections and designed to spin about an axis perpendicular to the direction of its flight. A returning boomerang is designed to return to the thrower, while a non-returning b ...
in Portugal on November 20, 2022, as part of its Cartoonito block.
The series premiered on Cartoonito
Cartoonito is a brand name used by Warner Bros. Discovery for a collection of television networks and programming blocks that target preschool-age children. The name combines the "cartoon" with the Spanish suffix "ito", meaning "small".
As o ...
in the UK and Ireland on November 4, 2022.
Reception
The show gained positive reception from critics. Tierra Carpenter of WISH-TV
WISH-TV (channel 8) is a television station in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, affiliated with The CW. It is locally owned by Circle City Broadcasting alongside Marion-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WNDY-TV (channel 23) and low-power, ...
says "Tapping into parents’ nostalgia, “Bugs Bunny Builders” is THE show parents have been waiting for to introduce their favorite Looney Tunes characters to their kids. The show is designed to be funny on two levels, allowing kids to laugh along with these characters while also enticing parents to stay in the room and watch together."
References
Notes
External links
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