The twenty-third episode of the first season of Tiny Toon Adventures.
Buster and Babs talk about the "Call of the Wild" and animal instincts.
Short One: "Migrant Mallard"
Plucky attempts to migrate with a flock of non-anthropomorphic ducks and attempts to modernize them in the process.
Short Two: "It's a Jungle Out There"
Concord Condor escapes from the zoo in search of "wide open spaces". After being pursued by Arnold the Pit Bull and other creatures, he returns to the zoo.
Short Three: "Kitty Cat-Astrophe"
Furrball fantasizes that he is living in prehistoric times and ends up destroying Hamton's kitchen.
This episode provides examples of:
Overall:
- Credits Gag: Wayne Kaatz's office hours - 3:15 - 3:45 P.M.
- Three Shorts
Migrant Mallard:
- Alliterative Title: Migrant Mallard.
- Berserk Board Barricade: Plucky puts a board over his doorway when he tries to refuse flying south for the winter.
- Furry Confusion: Plucky attempts to fly south with a flock of non-anthropomorphic ducks in this short.
- Trademark Favorite Food: In the beginning of this short, Buster and Babs sneak into Elmer Fudd's farm and steal some of his carrots.
It's a Jungle Out There:
- Bears Are Bad News: A wild bear in the forest eats Concord and attacks Arnold.
- Butt-Monkey: Arnold. His attempts to find Concord and bring him back to the zoo result in Amusing Injuries.
- A Day in the Limelight: For Concord Condor.
- Disney Villain Death: When Arnold chases Concord through a hollow log, the other end is just over the edge of a cliff. Arnold falls down the cliff, but survives the fall to appear at the end of the short.
- New Job as the Plot Demands: Arnold works as a zookeeper in this short.
- "Shaggy Dog" Story: Arnold's attempts to bring Concord back to the zoo were all for nothing, as Concord willingly went back to the zoo on his own when he was hungry.
- Squashed Flat: Happens twice to Concord when he gets run over by a taxi.
- Swallowed Whole: A wild bear does this to Concord, and regrets it when Concord sets up camp in his stomach.
- Watch Out for That Tree!: Concord flies into a tree after the wild bear spits him out.
Kitty Cat-Astrophe:
- Big Eater: Hamton is depicted as this in this short, as he bakes a huge cake to satisfy the fifteen-minute gap between brunch and lunch.
- The Dog Bites Back: To get back at Furrball for destroying his house, Hamton imagines that he is a cat and Furrball is a mouse, and chases him.
- Feathered Fiend: Sweetie's prehistoric ancestor was a giant canary who attacked cats.
- Mr. Imagination: Furrball likes to live out his dreams of his wild cat heritage, and visualizes Hamton's kitchen appliances as vicious predators.
- Never Smile at a Crocodile: Furrball visualizes Hamton's stove as a vicious crocodile.
- Snakes Are Sinister: Furrball visualizes Hamton's mixer as a venomous, hypnotic cobra.
- Trash the Set: Near the end of this short, Hamton's house gets destroyed when Hamton and Furrball slide into Hamton's stove.
- Turns Red: Hamton does this angrily as Furrball trashes his house.
