The Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated shorts released by Warner Bros. feature a range of characters which are listed and briefly detailed here. Major characters from the franchise include Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin the Martian, Pepé Le Pew, Porky Pig, Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester the Cat, the Tasmanian Devil, Tweety, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, and Yosemite Sam. This list does not include characters from Looney Tunes-related television series, like Tiny Toon Adventures characters, Animaniacs characters, or Duck Dodgers characters, as they have their own list.
Character table The following is a list of characters who are in at least 2 different types of "Looney Tunes" media, not including cameos.
+ Character(s) Theatrical shorts Feature films Television series Other mediaAngus MacRoryBarnyard DawgBeaky BuzzardBoskoBuddyBugs BunnyBunny & ClaudeBlacque Jacque ShellacqueDr. LorreCecil TurtleCharlie DogClaude CatColonel RimfireColonel ShuffleCool CatDaffy DuckElmer FuddFoghorn LeghornFoxyGabby GoatGoofy GophersGossamerGrannyHatta MariHector the BulldogHenery HawkHubie and BertieHugo the Abominable SnowmanK-9Lola BunnyMarc Antony and PussyfootMarvin the MartianMelissa DuckMerlin the Magic MouseMichigan J. FrogMiss Prissy Nasty CanastaPenelope PussycatPepé Le PewPete PumaPetunia PigPiggyPlayboy PenguinPorky PigRalph Wolf and Sam SheepdogRocky and MugsySlowpoke RodriguezSnifflesSpeedy GonzalesSpike the Bulldog and Chester the TerrierSylvester the CatTasmanian DevilThe Three BearsTweetyWile E. Coyote and the Road RunnerWitch HazelYosemite Sam
Recurring minor characters
The following is a list of recurring Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters without their own article:
Blacque Jacque Shellacque
Blacque Jacque Shellacque is a fictional cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series cartoons. He was created by Robert McKimson and Tedd Pierce, and first appeared in the 1959 Merrie Melodies short Bonanza Bunny set in the Klondike of 1896. Maurice LaMarche voiced the character from 2011 to 2014 in The Looney Tunes Show. The character was the inspiration for a specific version of five card draw poker mixed with blackjack named "Blacque Jacque Shellacque" in which the pot is divided between the winning poker hand and the winning blackjack hand. If everyone loses in blackjack, the winning poker hand takes all.
While similar in many ways to Yosemite Sam—both are short in stature and temper—Blacque Jacque possesses his own unique characteristics, not the least of which is his comically thick French Canadian accent, performed by Mel Blanc. Also, like Yosemite Sam and many other villains, Blacque Jacque Shellacque does not have a high level of intelligence, preferring to use force instead of strategy to fight Bugs. His usual swear word is Sacrebleu; and he is often portrayed as a thief.
Bunny and Claude
Bunny and Claude are two fictional cartoon characters in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series by Warner Bros. Cartoons which debuted in 1968. They are based on the real-life Bonnie and Clyde and the then-recent film about the pair's life that had been released by Warner Bros. Pictures.
They are depicted as a romantically involved pair of well-dressed rabbits who pull off carrot heists, and their catchphrase is "We rob carrot patches", based on the film Bonnie and Clyde's "We rob banks". Bunny was voiced by Pat Woodell and Claude was voiced by veteran Looney Tunes voice actor Mel Blanc. They both speak with pronounced Southern accents. Bunny and Claude are pursued by a stereotypical Southern sheriff (also voiced by Blanc in a fashion similar to his other characters, Foghorn Leghorn and Yosemite Sam).
They appeared in two cartoons produced by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation, Bunny and Claude (We Rob Carrot Patches), released in 1968, and The Great Carrot Train Robbery, released in 1969. Both films were directed by Robert McKimson, and were his first two cartoons he directed in his comeback to Termite Terrace.
A picture of Bunny and Claude is shown in the first Tiny Toons Looniversity special "Spring Beak", in which they are revealed to be Buster and Babs Bunny's aunt and uncle.
Colonel Shuffle
Colonel Shuffle is a stereotypical "gentleman" of the Southern United States. He has been shown as fiercely loyal to this region and deeply offended by anything that he feels reminds him of the Northern United States.
Appearances in theatrical shorts He referred to himself specifically by name in Mississippi Hare (1949), following a game of poker in which he lost (three queens to four kings) and proceeded to let off a barrage of gunfire. Sometimes, he is shown playing a banjo in classic Dixieland style.
In Dog Gone South (1950), Colonel Shuffle had an encounter with Charlie Dog (whom he defeated).
Later appearances A Colonel Shuffle-lookalike appears in the Tiny Toon Adventures episodes "Gang Busters" and "Fairy Tales for the 90's", voiced by Joe Alaskey and Frank Welker. In the first he's a prison warden of the prison in which Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are incarcerated, and in the second he's a toy company CEO who wants to possess ownership on Buster Bunny to market toys in his image.
Shuffle made his last animated appearance in The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries episode "The Cat Who Knew Too Much", under the name of Colonel Louie Z. Anna, an old rival of Granny's turned villain who tried to kidnap Tweety.
Dr. Lorre
Dr. Lorre is a character depicted as a mad scientist. He is a parody of the actor Peter Lorre.
He first appeared in the short Hair-Raising Hare, where he tries to catch Bugs Bunny with the help of his monster Rudolph. He later appeared in Birth of a Notion, where he orders his dog Leopold to catch Daffy Duck.
He has a minor appearance in the feature film Looney Tunes: Back in Action, where he is a worker at Acme Corporation in charge of torturing Damian Drake.
Dr. Lorre appears as a supporting character in the feature film Coyote vs. Acme. There his full name is mentioned as Dr. Peter Lorre. He is also shown as Granny's husband, and a former worker at Acme as an inventor of products for toons.
Gabby Goat
Gabby Goat is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes series of cartoons.
Ub Iwerks created Gabby, a loud and temperamental cynic, to be a sidekick for Porky Pig in the 1937 short Porky and Gabby, as Iwerks was briefly subcontracted to Leon Schlesinger Productions, to produce Looney Tunes films. The cartoon focuses on the title characters' camping trip, which is foiled by car trouble.
Gabby made only two other golden-age animated appearances in Porky's Badtime Story and Get Rich Quick Porky (the latter of which did not involve Iwerks), before his retirement.
The series New Looney Tunes revived the character of Gabby.
Hector the Bulldog
Hector the Bulldog is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Hector is a muscle-bound bulldog with gray fur (except in A Street Cat Named Sylvester and Greedy for Tweety, where his fur is yellowish) and walks pigeon-toed. His face bears a perpetual scowl between two immense jowls. He usually wears a black collar with silver studs.
Hector's first appearance was in 1945's Peck Up Your Troubles, where he foils Sylvester's attempts to get a woodpecker. He made a second appearance in A Hare Grows in Manhattan, leading a street gang composed of dogs in a Friz Freleng-directed short; this is also the only short where the dog has numerous speaking lines. Besides these starring roles, Hector is a minor player in several Tweety and Sylvester cartoons directed by Freleng in 1948 and throughout the 1950s. His usual role is to protect Tweety from Sylvester, usually at Granny's request. He typically does this through brute strength alone, but some cartoons have him outsmart the cat, such as 1954's Satan's Waitin', wherein Hector (as Satan) convinces Sylvester to use up his nine lives by pursuing Tweety through a series of extremely dangerous situations. In most of his appearances, the bulldog is nameless, though he is sometimes referred to as Spike, not to be confused with Freleng's other creation Spike who is often paired with Chester the Terrier.
From 1979 to 1983, when Sylvester was the mascot for 9Lives' line of dry cat food, Hector appeared in most TV commercials with the feline, whose plots typically involved Sylvester attempting to distract him to get the bowl of 9Lives, only for the cat to once again end up in danger by the end, with Sylvester proclaiming the brand as "worth riskin' your life for!".
Hector's most prominent role was as a regular cast member in the animated series The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries. In the cartoon, he plays Granny's loyal guardian. The show makes Hector's low intelligence his Achilles heel as Sylvester is constantly outwitting him.
Hector also appears in the video game Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters where he guards one of the time gears in Granwich. He also appears as an enemy in the game Looney Tunes: Twouble!, in which he can be distracted by giving him a bone.Infogrames (1998), Sylvester and Tweety: Breakfast on the Run EU Instruction Booklet
He is a member of the studio audience in the video game Sheep, Dog 'n' Wolf.
Jose and Manuel
Jose and Manuel are Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters created by Friz Freleng, debuting in the short "Two Crows from Tacos".
K-9
K-9 is Marvin the Martian's pet alien dog. He is a dog with green fur, and like his owner, he wears a helmet, skirt, and four slippers. K-9 debuts in Haredevil Hare (1948), where he and his owner Marvin tried to defeat Bugs Bunny. He returns in The Hasty Hare (1952), serving the same purpose. After that, he did not appear in another short film until Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension (1996), where he and Marvin confront Daffy Duck.
In the television series Duck Dodgers, K-9 appears as the pet of Martian Commander X-2 (Marvin's alternate character in the series), having major roles in the episodes "K-9 Kaddy" and "K9 Quarry". He has also had cameo appearances in other Looney Tunes related television series: Marvin and him make a cameo appearance at the end of the episode "What's the Frequency, Kitty?" from The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries; K-9 appears sleeping next to Marvin and Minerva Mink while they have a date in the episode "Star Warners" from Pinky and the Brain; in The Looney Tunes Show, K-9 has a cameo in the musical video "I'm a Martian" from the episode "Members Only". In Loonatics Unleashed, the character Sergeant Sirius is a robot dog based on him, being the pet of Melvin the Martian, a descendant of Marvin.
K-9 makes a cameo appearance in the film Space Jam, as part of the audience during the basketball game. He has a minor but most notable appearance in the film Space Jam: A New Legacy, where after Bugs claims Tune World in the name of the Earth, he appears alongside Marvin, who arrives to claim Tune World in the name of Mars.
K-9 also appears as a playable character in the mobile game Looney Tunes World of Mayhem.
Melissa Duck
Melissa Duck is a blonde female duck who is the girlfriend to and occasional female counterpart of Daffy Duck. She was created by Frank Tashlin as a prototype and later by Chuck Jones officially, appearing in the short, The Scarlet Pumpernickel, voiced by Marian Richman. A baby version appeared in Baby Looney Tunes as part of the main cast.
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