![]() It’s two characters in conflict, sometimes getting pretty violent. ![]() “Looney Toons is pretty much the antithesis of that. Quite frankly, a scythe-wielding Elmer Fudd sounds like nightmare fuel. He said, “We're going through this wave of anti-bullying, 'everyone needs to be friends', 'everyone needs to get along'.” This is not to say that the duo won’t have weapons of any kind Elmer Fudd, for instance, will utilize a scythe in the new shorts. He is one of the series' main recurring villains, along with Marvin the Martian and Yosemite Sam. He added that this was in line with modernising the show and some of the characters may end up being a little different. Fudd is a fictional cartoon character, one of the most famous Looney Tunes characters, and one of the archenemies of Bugs Bunny. But we can do cartoony violence – TNT, the Acme stuff. ![]() Because in the updated Looney Tunes cartoons streaming on HBO Max, he won’t be. In an interview with The New York Times, the show’s executive producer Peter Browngardt said, “We’re not doing guns. HEHEHEHEHE' Elmer Fudd, Looney Tunes, the Trope Namer. Fudd will have to find another way to bag that wascally wabbit, Bugs Bunny, during hunting season. In one of the new episodes, Fudd uses a scythe to chase Bugs Bunny, who then uses explosives to blow Fudd up several times. There are, however, still Acme dynamites on the show and Fudd has to expand his choice of weapons to fight his nemesis. However, there’s one thing that’s different if you pay close enough attention: They no longer have guns.įudd doesn’t have his rifle that he uses to hunt the “wascawwy wabbit” and Sam doesn’t have his pistols. It’s two characters in conflict, sometimes getting pretty violent.Both Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam may look the same in the new Looney Tunes Cartoons that just launched on the streaming service, HBO Max, in the US. "Looney Tunes’ is pretty much the antithesis of that. A throwback to the Looney Tunes cartoons of the 1930s and 1940s bringing back classic pairings like Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. “We’re going through this wave of anti-bullying, everybody needs to be friends, everybody needs to get along,” Ryan told the Times. Gunslinger Yosemite Sam’s two revolvers were also axed. ![]() Instead, show writers decided he’ll need to bump off Bugs with a Grim Reaper-style scythe. brought in as the series’ story editor, said the cartoons are both timeless and not of this time. When the perpetually-failing hunter Elmer Fudd heads out to hunt Bugs Bunny, he’ll no longer carry his trusty shotgun. Los Angeles-based indie comics artist Johnny Ryan. Elmer Fudd Loses His Rifle in New Looney Tunes Series for HBO Max By Kevin Burwick Published HBO Max is taking a stand against gun violence in their new take on Looney Tunes. “It’s like someone saying, ‘All right everybody, we’re writing new Beatles songs! Everyone get to work writing Beatles songs.'" “It’s hard, any time you have to work on your favorite thing,” Alex Kirwan, a writer and supervising producer, told the Times. Reconfiguring the series to the 21st century is not easy, but the show’s creators and animators said they were ready for the challenge. Through the years, the cartoons of “Looney Tunes” and its sister animated series, “Merrie Melodies," have been nominated for 22 Academy Awards and have won five Oscars, the Times reported. The “Looney Tunes" cartoons were originally created to play in theaters before feature films. “As much as we possibly could, we treated the production in that way.” had never stopped making “Looney Tunes” cartoons?’” Browngardt told the Times. but Elmer fudd or care to understand the history of looney tunes no. Because dismembering Bugs with a razor-sharp blade is far less damaging to young psyches than shooting the adorable bunny with a gun. Chuck Jones must be turning over in his grave along with Mel Blanc. The decision was made to do away with the ballistics and give ol’ Elmer a scythe instead. What is he going to have a camera to take pics with. The whole premise of the cartoon was him hunting for BB and Daffy with a gun. The looney tunes remake with Elmer Fudd not having a gun is ridiculous.
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