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Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures (a.k.a. Tiny Toons) was an American animated television series created by the Warner Bros. Animation studio. It was the result of the first collaboration between Steven Spielberg and the newly reborn Warner Bros. Animation studio. The first season aired in 1990, the second season was aired in 1991, and the third and final season was aired in 1993.

The idea for the show was that of Terry Semel, then president of Warner Bros. In the mid-1980s, he saw how successful and popular younger versions of famous characters like Ultraman Kids, Muppet Babies and Flintstones Kids were, and thought of doing a kids version of Looney Tunes
. Originally, the characters were going to be the offspring of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies
gang or Bugs Bunny and co. themselves as children (an idea which perhaps ended up becoming Baby Looney Tunes
). It wasn't until Steven Spielberg and his hugely successful production company Amblin Entertainment (makers of hits like Gremlins and Gremlins 2: The New Batch
, the Back to the Future
Trilogy, Who Framed Roger Rabbit
and more) got involved that characters became spiritual, not literal, descendents of Warner's famous cartoon stars and that the kid characters would be the protegés of the Golden Age WB animated cartoon film stars. Early on, the characters were intended to be used in its theatrical feature-length film, but in December of 1988, it was officially decided that the Tiny Toons would instead be used in its television series.

The animation studio was reinstated by Warner Bros. following the success of Who Framed Roger Rabbit
, which featured appearances by many of the classic Warner Bros. cartoon stars including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and many others. The studio worked with Steven Spielberg to produce a new generation of cartoon stars for the 1990s, influenced by the classic Warner Bros. cartoons of old, which Spielberg had long considered a major influence on his own career.

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Characters

The series premiered in 1990, and it was an instant hit. It revolved around a group of young cartoon characters training at Acme Looniversity to be the next generation of Looney Tunes
characters. As a result most of the characters were designed to resemble younger versions of classic Warner Bros.' most popular cartoon stars.

Major characters include:

Buster Bunny and Babs Bunny (no relation), modeled after Bugs Bunny
Plucky Duck, a spiritual descendant of Daffy Duck
Hamton J. Pig, molded in the image of Porky Pig
Furrball, a cat based loosely on the luckless Sylvester
Sweetie Pie, based on Tweety Bird
Fifi La Fume, a female version of Pepe Le Pew
Shirley the Loon
, a somewhat ditzy character possibly based on Melissa Duck
; her name and New Age obsessions are inspired by Shirley MacLaine
Calamity Coyote
, a young Wile E. Coyote-in-training
Little Beeper, a miniature Road Runner
Dizzy Devil, a junior Taz
Montana Max, a rich brat modeled after Yosemite Sam
Elmyra Duff, a sweet but obtuse young girl who loves animals but unwittingly harms them, based on Elmer Fudd

The original inspiration for two of the characters was somewhat obscure compared to the others: Li'l Sneezer was a revival of Sniffles the mouse, and Gogo Dodo was based on the original Dodo from Porky in Wackyland
, a theatrical Looney Tunes release directed by Bob Clampett in 1938. In fact, the latter became the only visible Acme Looniversity alumnus to be an offspring of a classic Looney Tunes character.

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