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WHERE ARE THE LOONATICS?
11 years ago
For those of you who are checking out my concepts for a WB Fighting Game (I know, I need to come up with a title), you might be aware that the characters who are playable represent most of the Warner Bros franchises…except one.
As the title suggests, the superhero descendants of the Looney Tunes are absent from the roster. For those of you who don’t know who they are, Loonatics Unleashed was an animated TV series which ran from 2005 to 2007 on Kid’s WB and Cartoon Network in Britain (where I live). It was an attempt to make a darker and edgier variant of the Looney Tunes franchise…with little to no humour. This is where my first problem with the show lies. Trying to make Looney Tunes a gritty, realistic drama. The Looney Tunes are supposed to be…Looney! They’ve been making us laugh since the 1930s, why the sudden shift in tone?
I know they’re the descendants of the Looney Tunes, but why are they called the Loonatics? None of them seem like screwballs to me. The show does have humour…but it’s very, VERY weak. The show takes itself very seriously, which was its downfall, in my opinion.
The Just-Us League of Supertoons, a Tiny Toons group which featured Buster, Babs, Plucky, Shirley, Hamton, Fifi etc. as parodies of the Justice League, did the superhero genre how Loonatics should’ve handled it…as a parody! If you want another example of a superhero comedy show…check out Freakazoid.
It sounds the reason why the Loonatics are being left out is due to spite over their show being naff… well, yes. With that said, they’re not playable characters, but they would be in the game.
There would be a stage based on Acmetropolis, where the Loonatics can be seen chasing down Ophiuchus Sam or Sylth Vester while the battle takes place on a hovercraft which follows them, similar to the Lylat Cruise and Orbital Gate Assault stages that represent Star Fox. Like those stages, if the playable characters perform a specific action, the player could hear a chat between the Loonatics, once again, akin to Star Fox.
I’ll admit, I did have plans for Ace to be a playable character, but then I decided not to have them. Ace’s laser vision was too similar to Superman, and other than his sword and bike, there wouldn’t be much to him (e.g. alternate costumes, his WB Blast).
In fact, I was also going to make a moveset for Father Time and Big Fat Baby from Histeria! Their playstyle would have been similar to the Duck Hunt Dog. Then, I decided against it. With that said, they would be in the game, helping the characters gain the upper hand in battle.
So, yeah, Loonatics Unleashed would be in the game in some manner. It’s part of Warner Bros history. It’s similar to Jigglypuff. It’s not that popular, but it’s in the game.
As the title suggests, the superhero descendants of the Looney Tunes are absent from the roster. For those of you who don’t know who they are, Loonatics Unleashed was an animated TV series which ran from 2005 to 2007 on Kid’s WB and Cartoon Network in Britain (where I live). It was an attempt to make a darker and edgier variant of the Looney Tunes franchise…with little to no humour. This is where my first problem with the show lies. Trying to make Looney Tunes a gritty, realistic drama. The Looney Tunes are supposed to be…Looney! They’ve been making us laugh since the 1930s, why the sudden shift in tone?
I know they’re the descendants of the Looney Tunes, but why are they called the Loonatics? None of them seem like screwballs to me. The show does have humour…but it’s very, VERY weak. The show takes itself very seriously, which was its downfall, in my opinion.
The Just-Us League of Supertoons, a Tiny Toons group which featured Buster, Babs, Plucky, Shirley, Hamton, Fifi etc. as parodies of the Justice League, did the superhero genre how Loonatics should’ve handled it…as a parody! If you want another example of a superhero comedy show…check out Freakazoid.
It sounds the reason why the Loonatics are being left out is due to spite over their show being naff… well, yes. With that said, they’re not playable characters, but they would be in the game.
There would be a stage based on Acmetropolis, where the Loonatics can be seen chasing down Ophiuchus Sam or Sylth Vester while the battle takes place on a hovercraft which follows them, similar to the Lylat Cruise and Orbital Gate Assault stages that represent Star Fox. Like those stages, if the playable characters perform a specific action, the player could hear a chat between the Loonatics, once again, akin to Star Fox.
I’ll admit, I did have plans for Ace to be a playable character, but then I decided not to have them. Ace’s laser vision was too similar to Superman, and other than his sword and bike, there wouldn’t be much to him (e.g. alternate costumes, his WB Blast).
In fact, I was also going to make a moveset for Father Time and Big Fat Baby from Histeria! Their playstyle would have been similar to the Duck Hunt Dog. Then, I decided against it. With that said, they would be in the game, helping the characters gain the upper hand in battle.
So, yeah, Loonatics Unleashed would be in the game in some manner. It’s part of Warner Bros history. It’s similar to Jigglypuff. It’s not that popular, but it’s in the game.
