Which characters were in a unique canonical cartoon from the "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" series?
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Soup or Sonic Soup or Sonic is an animated cartoon distributed in the Merrie Melodies series, starring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. It was first aired on May 21, 1980 as a part of the television special "Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over" and was one of four new cartoons released. While the opening card was used for the first time, the closing card for this cartoon was previously used during the 1959-1960 season. This is the only canonical cartoon in which Wile E. Coyote catches the Roadrunner without him escaping afterward.
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Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner Wile E. Coyote (also known simply as "The Coyote") and the Road Runner are a duo of characters from the "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" series of cartoons. In the cartoons, the Coyote repeatedly attempts to catch and subsequently eat the Road Runner, a fast-running ground bird, but is never successful. Instead of his species' animal instincts, the Coyote uses absurdly complex contraptions (sometimes in the manner of Rube Goldberg) and elaborate plans to pursue his prey, resulting in his devices comically backfiring with the Coyote often getting injured in slapstick fashion. One running gag involves the Coyote trying in vain to shield himself with a little parasol against a great falling boulder that is about to crush him.
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Popeye the Sailor (animated cartoons) Popeye the Sailor is an American animated series of comedy short films based on the titular comic strip character created by E. C. Segar. In 1933, Max and Dave Fleischer's Fleischer Studios adapted Segar's characters into a series of "Popeye the Sailor" theatrical cartoon shorts for Paramount Pictures. The plotlines in the animated cartoons tended to be simpler than those presented in the comic strips, and the characters slightly different. A villain, usually Bluto, makes a move on Popeye's "sweetie," Olive Oyl. The villain clobbers Popeye until he eats spinach, giving him superhuman strength. Thus empowered, the sailor makes short work of the villain.
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Meany, Miny, and Moe Meany, Miny, and Moe are Walter Lantz characters, who made their first appearance in the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon "Monkey Wretches" (1935). Their final animated appearance was in 1937 in "The Air Express".
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A Tale of Two Kitties A Tale of Two Kitties is an American "Merrie Melodies" cartoon, released in 1942, notable for the first appearance of a flesh colored canary, who would come to be known as Tweety. It was directed by Bob Clampett, written by Warren Foster, and features music by Carl W. Stalling. It was also the first appearance of Babbit and Catstello, based on the popular comedy duo Abbott and Costello. The title is an obvious pun on the Charles Dickens classic, "A Tale of Two Cities".
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Development of Bugs Bunny A prototypical version of Bugs Bunny appeared in four cartoons before making his first official appearance in Tex Avery's "A Wild Hare".
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Blacque Jacque Shellacque Blacque Jacque Shellacque is a fictional cartoon character in the "Looney Tunes" cartoons. He was created by Robert McKimson and first appeared in the 1959 short "Bonanza Bunny".
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Yosemite Sam Yosemite Sam is an American animated cartoon character in the "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The name is somewhat alliterative and is inspired by Yosemite National Park. Along with Elmer Fudd, he is the de facto archenemy of Bugs Bunny. He is commonly depicted as an extremely aggressive gunslinging prospector, outlaw, pirate, or cowboy with a hair-trigger temper and an intense hatred of rabbits, Bugs particularly. In cartoons with non-Western themes, he uses various aliases, including "Chilkoot Sam" (named for the Chilkoot Trail; Sam pronounces it "Chilli-koot") in "14 Carrot Rabbit" (although in the same cartoon, when he tries to gain Bugs Bunny's trust, he cleverly invents the alias "Square-deal Sam"), "Riff Raff Sam" in "Sahara Hare", "Sam Schultz" in "Big House Bunny", "Seagoin' Sam" in "Buccaneer Bunny", "Shanghai Sam" in "Mutiny on the Bunny", and "Sam Von Schamm the Hessian" in "Bunker Hill Bunny" and many others. During the Golden Age of American animation, Yosemite Sam appeared in 33 shorts.
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Kit for Cat Kit for Cat is a 1948 "Looney Tunes" cartoon starring the cat that would eventually be known as Sylvester, an unknown cat, and Elmer Fudd. This cartoon features Elmer Fudd without his hat or hunting clothes just like he does with others.
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Beep, beep (sound) "Beep Beep" is onomatopoeia representing a noise, generally of a pair of identical tones following one after the other, often generated by a machine or device such as a car horn. It is commonly associated with the Road Runner cartoon (meep, meep) in the Looney Tunes cartoons featuring the speedy-yet-flightless bird and his constant pursuer, Wile E. Coyote. "Beep, Beep" is the name of a 1952 Warner Bros. cartoon in the "Merrie Melodies" series.
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The Super Snooper The Super Snooper is an animated short film in the "Looney Tunes" series directed by Robert McKimson and released on November 11, 1952, in the United States. Produced by Edward Selzer, the cartoon stars Daffy Duck- voiced by Mel Blanc- in a detective role.
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Betty Boop Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick. She originally appeared in the "Talkartoon" and "Betty Boop" film series, which were produced by Fleischer Studios and released by Paramount Pictures. She has also been featured in comic strips and mass merchandising.
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Warner Bros. Animation Warner Bros. Animation (currently known alternatively as Warner Animation Group for theatrically released films) is the animation division of Warner Bros. The studio is closely associated with the "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" characters, among others. The studio is the successor to Warner Bros. Cartoons (formerly Leon Schlesinger Productions), the studio which produced "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" cartoon shorts from 1933 to 1963, and from 1967 to 1969. Warner reestablished its animation division in 1980 to produce "Looney Tunes"–related works.
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Goofy Gophers The Goofy Gophers are animated cartoon characters in the "Warner Brothers", "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" series of cartoons. The gophers, named Mac and Tosh, are small and brown with tan bellies and buck teeth. They both have British accents. Their names are puns on the surname "Macintosh." They are characterized by an abnormally high level of politeness.
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Porky's Movie Mystery Porky's Movie Mystery is a Looney Tunes animated cartoon, starring Porky Pig, released to theaters on March 11, 1939. This short was directed by Bob Clampett, and the music was composed by Carl Stalling. It is a parody of the Mr. Moto series.
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A Hare Grows in Manhattan A Hare Grows In Manhattan is a Warner Bros. cartoon in the "Merrie Melodies" series, released on March 22, 1947 and directed by Friz Freleng. It stars Bugs Bunny and a pack of bulldogs (one resembles Hector). Unlike many cases where "hare" is a pun on "hair", the title here is a pun on a then-recent book which figures into the climax of the cartoon (however, it does also contain a punning reference to what hair does: grow).
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The Abominable Snow Rabbit The Abominable Snow Rabbit is a six-minute 1961 Warner Bros. "Looney Tunes" theatrical cartoon starring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. The cartoon was directed by Chuck Jones and co-directed by Maurice Noble, with a story by Tedd Pierce. The cartoon's title is taken from the phrase and horror film "The Abominable Snowman". It was the final original Chuck Jones theatrical cartoon with Daffy Duck.
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Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1940–49) Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1940–49)
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The Birth of a Notion The Birth of a Notion is a "Looney Tunes" cartoon animated in 1946 and released in 1947. It was reissued as a Blue Ribbon "Merrie Melodies" cartoon, retitled Birth of a Notion, with the ending theme song still being that of the "Looney Tunes" cartoon. It features Daffy Duck, as well as a dog named Leopold and an unnamed mad scientist. Director Robert McKimson used his "Barnyard Dawg" character design as Leopold, while the scientist is a caricature, both visually and vocally, of Peter Lorre. The title is a play on "The Birth of a Nation", but there is no other connection to that 1915 film.
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Hubie and Bertie Hubie and Bertie are animated cartoon mouse characters in the Warner Bros. "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" series of cartoons. Hubie and Bertie represent some of animator Chuck Jones' earliest work that was intended to be funny rather than cute.
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Goofy Goofy is a funny-animal cartoon character created in 1932 at Walt Disney Productions. Goofy is a tall, anthropomorphic dog with a Southern drawl, and typically wears a turtle neck and vest, with pants, shoes, white gloves, and a tall hat originally designed as a rumpled fedora. Goofy is a close friend of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck and is one of Disney's most recognizable characters. He is normally characterized as extremely clumsy and dimwitted, yet this interpretation is not always definitive; occasionally Goofy is shown as intuitive, and clever, albeit in his own unique, eccentric way.
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Muzzle Tough Muzzle Tough is a 1954 "Merrie Melodies" animated cartoon directed by Friz Freleng and featuring Tweety, Sylvester the Cat, Granny and Hector the Bulldog.