* - Also includes Bonus Feature (see below)

(35 full-length episodes on 4 dual-layered discs) Presented on three single-sided discs and one double-sided (eh?), this collection includes the following adventures:

This four-disc set contains the first 35 episodes from the debut season (1990-91), from 'The Looney Beginning' to 'A Ditch in Time' interestingly enough, Volume 2 should lead off with Episode #36, 'Animaniacs!'. Though some may balk at the idea of 'divided' season collections, Tiny Toon Adventures' first season ran for a whopping 65 episodes, while both follow-up seasons only featured 33 episodes combined. The music in particular holds many episodes together like glue-and though the series took some time to find its footing, most fans recognized how special Tiny Toons was right from the start. Early budget concerns almost limited the series' potential, but its scope was eventually increased at the insistence of executive producer Steven Spielberg, who pushed for a full orchestral backing and often provided direct feedback for the creative team. Lesser creative teams would have simply 'extremed up' the characters and treated the series as a merchandising vehicle, but it's obvious that most everyone involved with Tiny Toons was a huge fan of classic animation. It's a pleasing enough formula that works well, but Tiny Toon Adventures is anything but a cheap knock-off of the original. Most share almost identical characteristics with their older counterparts, leading to many familiar relationships and good-versus-evil dynamics. A few of these folks are Buster and Babs Bunny (see also: Bugs), Plucky Duck (Daffy), Hamton (Porky Pig), Elmyra (Elmer Fudd), Montana Max (Yosemite Sam) and Dizzy Devil (Taz), though many more pop up along the way. The world they inhabit is Acme Acres, a colorful landscape with modern structures, wooded areas and plenty of inhabitants.

Still, Tiny Toons was the series that really got the ball rolling, and it's no surprise that this series caught on fast and stuck around for a few years.įor the new folks, Tiny Toon Adventures is best described as a careful reworking of the original Looney Tunes formula, albeit with updated descendants of the original crew. Just a few years earlier, Warner Bros.' decision to revitalize their stagnant animation department set the stage for such a project, not to mention sister series Animaniacs and the excellent Batman: The Animated Series a few years later.

It was also the year that Steven Spielberg's Tiny Toon Adventures premiered, and darned if it wasn't one of the best things since.well, the original Looney Tunes. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles juggernaut was rolling on, video games were still a quarter and kids could wear hideously-colored shirts to school and get away with it. 1990 was a pretty good time to be an 11 year-old.

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