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Looney Tunes is a series of theatrical cartoon shorts, produced by Warner Brothers since the late 1930s, early 1940s. These cartoons are famous for launching characters like Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck, Tweety & Sylvester, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, the Tasmanian Devil, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn,... and many others. Since the 1950s the cartoons continued their popularity broadcast on television. Looney Tunes, as one of the most influential cartoon series of all time, has naturally been referenced in The Simpsons many times.

References to Looney Tunes in The Simpsons

Episodes

Season	Episode number	Episode name	Reference
2	27	Principal Charming	Marge tells her sister Patty that she has to wax the mustache on her upper lip because, "...you don't want to go out on your first date looking like Yosemite Sam". Yosemite Sam is a villainous cowboy in the Looney Tunes universe, known for his large moustache.
3	39	"Bart the Murderer"	Two horses in the race are named Sufferin' Succotash and Ooh, Ain't I a Stinker?, which are catchphrases of respectively Sylvester the cat and Bugs Bunny.
3	50	"Homer Alone"	The Brat'us Don'thaveacow'us & Homo Neanderthel'us scene makes a reference to a typical way many Road Runner cartoons start off, where the Coyote and Road Runner freeze frame during a chase while a subtitle gives their supposed Latin names for a few seconds.
4	69	"Lisa's First Word"	When toddler Bart hears Lisa say her first word, he exclaims: "Sufferin' succotash!", Sylvester's catchphrase.
5	88	"Bart's Inner Child"	The scene where Homer dumps the trampoline of a cliff is a parody of the Road Runner cartoons.
6	112	"Homer Badman"	One of the mistakes Rock Bottom wants to correct is: "Lyndon Johnson was not the voice of Yosemite Sam".
7	146	"The Day the Violence Died"	The Itchy and Scratchy cartoon appearing near the end of the episode has Itchy chasing Scratchy in a desert landscape at super speed, resembling the Road Runner cartoons.
8	163	"The Springfield Files"	Marvin the Martian appears in a line-up of aliens and utters his catchphrase This makes me so angry, when he and the others aliens are told to leave again.
167	"The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show"	June Bellamy, the voice of Itchy and Scratchy, claims she did the voice of the Road Runner, but the studio had her record only one "meep". To avoid having to pay her more (to record two "meep"s), the studio then doubled the "meep" in playback to produce the Road Runner's characteristic "meep-meep". June Bellamy herself is a parody of Looney Tunes voice actress June Foray.
9	181	"Lisa's Sax"	Michigan J. Frog appears as the mascot of The Warner Brothers Network, which he was in reality too at the time.
11	228	"Brother's Little Helper"	Chief Wiggum says to Bart "That's the end of your Looney Tune, Drugs Bunny!"
13	282	"The Old Man and the Key"	One of Los Souvenir Chaquitos wears a Tasmanian Devil jacket.
283	"Tales from the Public Domain"	In the "D'oh, Brother Where Art Thou?" segment Captain Horatio McCallister plays the Greek sea god Poseidon and torments Homer's ship by creating a wave. McCallister then grins: "Ain't I a stinker?" This is a direct reference to the classic Warner Brothers cartoon "Duck Amuck" (1953), in which Daffy Duck is tormented by an invisible animator, who turns out to be Bugs Bunny in the end, grinning: "Ain't I a stinker?"
16	345	"There's Something About Marrying"	After Bart and Milhouse's attempt to get a seedless watermelon dropped on Barney Gumble by using a can of Duff Beer as bait backfires, Barney says to the boys "Now, as the Road Runner said to the coyote..." then jumps up ala the Road Runner saying "Meep-meep!" and zips off with a ricochet sound effect.
17	363	"The Last of the Red Hat Mamas"	The rabbit at the Easter celebration is called Hugs Bunny, a reference to Bugs Bunny. Later, Homer mentions the Road Runner, surprised to learn there is an actual bird by that name.
18	383	"G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)"	The scene where Homer is getting chased by the helicopter drone is a parody of Looney Tunes. Homer fools the drone by reading a newspaper, dressing like a female drone, using soap suds to disguise himself as an old man in the bath (which prompts the drone to hold up a sign saying "Sorry, sir") and then sneaking around, hiding behind objects and luring the drone into a dark cupboard full of TNT and when the drone lights a match to see, it explodes. The monitor that the Army colonel is watching this on then says "That's All Folks!"
19	415	"Smoke on the Daughter"	The couch gag shows Wile E. Coyote paint the couch on the wall. The family run into and gets hurt as Maggie zooms in and exclaims the Road Runner's one words "Meep Meep".
417	"Apocalypse Cow"	One of the chickens is named "Leghorn", a reference to Foghorn Leghorn.
22	476	"Homer the Father"	The Itchy & Scratchy cartoon is titled "Ain't I a Stinger?", punning one of Bugs Bunny's catchphrases.
479	"The Scorpion's Tale"	A Coyote and Road Runner appear in the desert in a parody of the Road Runner cartoons.
23	489	"Treehouse of Horror XXII"	Ned Flanders killing Patty and Selma with a rock is a parody of the Road Runner cartoons. He then runs off with a "meep meep".
24	513	"Penny-Wiseguys"	Bart mentions Bugs Bunny recognizing theme song.
520	"Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing"	Marvin the Martian appears in the fighting video game Mixed Martian Arts.
25	547	"Luca$"	A parody of Road Runner.
552	"The Yellow Badge of Cowardge"	Edwin Moses falls off a cliff in a parody of the Road Runner cartoons.
30	643	"Treehouse of Horror XXIX"	The song Lisa sings in "Multiplisa-ty" is "You'll Be Trapped", a parody of "This Is It", the theme song for The Bugs Bunny Show, written by Mack David and Jerry Livingston. In "Geriatric Park", one of the Los Souvenir Jacquitos has the Tasmanian Devil on his jacket.

Comics

Comic issue	Story name	Reference
Simpsons Comics #72	Homer's Run	When Bart's pager starts beeping Homer says "Hey there's a Road Runner on the island. We eat tonight! Lisa go get me a giant slingshot, anvil and some dynamite."
Simpsons Comics #179	Itchy & Scratchy in Mousery	The Elmer award features a statue Elmer Fudd and is named after him.
Bart Simpson #38	Milhouse's Guide to Keeping it Cool	Milhouse hops around Bart and acts like the character Chester, from a couple of Looney Tunes shorts.

Books

Picture	Book	Reference
	Bart Simpson's Guide to Life	The Tasmanian Devil is mentioned as having come from the state of Tasmania, Australia.

Games

Picture	Game	Reference
	The Simpsons Game	The chasm death cliché in the level Bargain Bin is a reference to Wile E. Coyote.
	The Simpsons: Tapped Out	Hugs Bunny is a character in the game.

Special guest voices

Cast

Picture	Name	Role in Looney Tunes	Role on The Simpsons
	June Foray	Provided the voice of Granny in Tweety & Sylvester and Witch Hazel in Bugs Bunny.	Voiced the receptionist for the Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers Babysitting Service in the Season 1 episode "Some Enchanted Evening".

External links

Looney Tunes at Wikipedia

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