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Recap / The Looney Tunes Show S2 E16 "Mrs. Porkbunny's"

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The sixteenth episode of The Looney Tunes Show.

Bugs and Porky start a business selling carrot cake.

This episode features the "Stick to My Guns" Merrie Melodies music video.


This episode provides examples of:

  • Bears Are Bad News: In the "Stick to My Guns" Merrie Melodies music video, one of the stupid things that Sam does is practice yodeling in a grizzly bear's cave. This naturally results in him disturbing the grizzly bear's hibernation and the grizzly bear attacking him.
  • The Cameo: Toro the Bull from "Bully for Bugs" appears in the "Stick to My Guns" Merrie Melodies music video when Sam mentions that he wore ankle weights during the "Running of the Bulls".
  • Danger — Thin Ice: In the "Stick to My Guns" Merrie Melodies music video, one of the stupid and dangerous things that Sam does is skate on thin ice. he falls into a hole.
  • Department of Redundancy Department: Bugs' suggestion for the name of his and Porky's carrot cake company is "CC Cake" - "CC" as in "carrot cake". Porky's response is this: "You said CC Cake'. That's 'Carrot Cake Cake'. That doesn't even make SENSE!"
  • Feud Episode: Bugs and Porky start arguing when they cannot agree on the name and marketing of their company.
  • Good News, Bad News: This episode ends with Foghorn telling Bugs and Porky this regarding their commercial; the good news is that he liked their decision to cast Daffy as Mrs. Porkybunny, finding him likable, heartwarming, and utterly endearing. The bad news is that rest of America found it unlikable, untrustworthy, and very disturbing, meaning that their company has gone out of business.
  • Hypocritical Humor: When Porky has an announcement, Daffy starts making guesses as to what it is. Then, when Daffy has an announcement and Porky correctly guesses what it is, Daffy gives him a hard time for guessing.
  • Jumping the Shark: In the "Stick to My Guns" Merrie Melodies music video, one of the stupid and dangerous things that Sam does is attempt to jump over a shark tank on a motorcycle. He ends up getting eaten by the shark.
  • Take That!: In the "Stick to My Guns" Merrie Melodies music video, which is about all of the various incredibly stupid things Yosemite Sam does and has done, one stanza is him talking about how he's a big fan of the band Matchbox 20 and obediently buys every album they release. For comparison, other stupid things he mentions in the song include building his dream home on wet sand, starting a vendetta with the Mafia, asking a cannibal to a dinner date, skating on thin ice, riding a 10-speed bike on the Interstate and heating his house with a microwave.
  • Too Dumb to Live: Yosemite Sam in the "Stick to My Guns" Merrie Melodies music video. Sam sings about all the dumb decisions he makes throughout his life, which include wearing ankle weights during the "Running of the Bulls", declaring a vendetta on the Mafia, and paying thousands of dollars for one rhinestone.

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