Recap / Tiny Toon Adventures S 2 E 10 Love Disconnection

The 10th episode of the second season of Tiny Toon Adventures, and the 75th episode overall.

Buster hosts the game show, "Love Disconnection", wherein he sets up dates for Gogo and Babs.

Short One: "My Dinner With Elmyra"

Montana Max's parents are going for dinner with the Duff parents and Monty unwillingly takes Elmyra to the Weenie Burger restaurant, where he is teased by the other toons. Later, Monty and Elmyra go to the cinema, watching Monty's least favorite movie, The Adventures of Fido and Mewmew. Monty changes his sour tune when Elmyra kisses him at the end of the date.

Short Two: "The Amazing Three"

Tired of their friends' immature habits, Babs, Shirley and Fifi decide to go to the Senior Dance at Perfecto Prep to date older guys. Their attempts at wooing older men however have unforeseen and dire consequences...

This episode provides examples of:

Overall:

• Affectionate Parody: Of Love Connection, with Buster in the role of Chuck Woolery.
• All Love Is Unrequited: In the first wraparound, Elmyra hugs Monty, much to the latter's ire as he pushes her away, and when Folwmouth tries to make a move on Shirley, she punches him.
• Be Careful What You Wish For: In the second wraparound, Babs wants to meet "A sophisticated, older guy with a special affinity for rabbits". Buster sets her up with Elmer Fudd, much to her ire. Her response? "In your dreams, pal!"
• Call-Back: Mitzi Avery and Taffy Varga, two of Dizzy's human girlfriends appear in the first wraparound.
• Credits Gag: Don't tell anyone - Fifi is secretly engaged to Paul Dini.
• Last of His Kind: A card Buster pulls out describes Gogo Dodo as such (a given, considering he's a younger version of the Wackyland Dodo).
• Ship Tease: In the second wraparound, when Buster asks Babs to tell him about her perfect guy, he says, "As if I didn't know.", indicating he knows that Babs is attracted to him.
• Two Shorts: The sixth of eight episodes to use this format.

My Dinner With Elmyra:

• Affectionate Parody:
  • This episode is one of My Dinner with Andre.
  • The Adventures of Fido and Mewmew is one of The Adventures of Milo and Otis.
• Bland-Name Product: Weenie Burger's Happy Baby Puppy Face Meal is a parody of the McDonald's Happy Meal.
• Didn't Think This Through:
  • Monty tries to ruin his date with Elmyra by taking her to Weenie Burger. He didn't count on her liking their Happy Baby Puppy Face Meals (even going as far as having him order one for her), or the other Tiny Toons hanging out there.
  • When Monty and Elmyra go to the movie theater, Monty is excited to see Death Lords, when he finds out that Elmyra had already bought the tickets. He didn't count on the tickets being for The Adventures of Fido and Mewmew.
• Exposed Embarrassing Purchase: Monty is forced into taking Elmyra on a date, and they end up at Weenie Burger, a popular burger joint. Elmyra then talks Monty into ordering her meal, which is something for small children called the Happy Baby Puppy Face Meal. Monty tries to discreetly whisper the name to the cashier, trying to maintain his cool demeanor. But the cashier loudly states "Oh, you want a Happy Baby Puppy Face Meal!", causing the entire restaurant to burst into laughter at Monty.
• The Faceless: Mrs. Max.
• Humiliation Conga: An incredibly mean-spirited short in which Monty is laughed at and mocked at every turn. Given his nature, this is completely played as Monty getting what’s coming to him.
• Kids' Meal Toy: invoked Montana Max is forced to take Elmyra Duff to dinner and a movie. Monty tries to ruin his date by taking Elmyra to Weenie Burger, but his plan backfires, as Elmyra loves Weenie Burgers' Happy Baby Puppy-Face Meals, and she makes Monty buy one for her. When Monty tries to secretly order one, the manager and the toons think he's buying one for himself, prompting the latter to laugh at him. The Happy Baby Puppy-Face Meal's choices of side dish are Cutie Clown Crunchy Creamy Coleslaw or Friendly Frilly Funny Fun Fries, and the prize Elmyra gets with her Happy Baby Puppy-Face Meal is a rabbit puppet.
• Kissing In A Tree: Sung sarcastically by the other Tiny Toons to Monty.
• Movie-Theater Episode: In the second half of this short, Monty takes Elmyra to the movie theater to see Death Lords. To his surprise, Elmyra has already paid for the movie tickets, but much to his ire, the tickets are for The Adventures of Fido and Mew-Mew.
• Not So Above It All: Mary Melody is among the diners at Weenie Burgers who laugh at Monty. She even sings a lyric of Kissing In A Tree.
• Post-Kiss Catatonia: Happens at the end of the short. After Elmyra plants a big one on Monty, he was left shocked and then went to his limo saying to himself:
  Monty: I think I'm in love.
• Villain Protagonist: Montana Max is depicted as the main protagonist of this short, in response to his voice actor, Danny Cooksey, complaining about having to play "The Bad Guy".

The Amazing Three:

• Attractive Bent-Gender: Dizzy Devil to the male Perfecto Prep Seniors, after eating the ACME Li'l Wonder Make-up Kit.
• Bookends: This short begins and ends with Buster, Plucky, and Hamton playing "Will Dizzy Eat It?".
  Plucky and Hamton: Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
• Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: This exchange between Babs and Shirley at the beginning:
  Babs: I think it's time we associated with a better class of guys; suave guys, sophisticated guys.
  Shirley: Guys who wouldn't feed a stealth bomber to a tasmanian devil.
• Blow You Away: Babs attempts to flirt with an older rabbit by telling him to whistle. He sarcastically does so, and Babs is propelled backwards into the buffet table, knocking her out.
• Call-Back: Uncle Stinky from the Direct to Video movie, How I Spent My Vacation appears in this episode, but he doesn't look sloppy like he usually does.
• Extreme Omnivore: Buster, Plucky, and Hamton play a game with Dizzy called "Will Dizzy Eat It?", wherein they feed Dizzy things such as a land mine covered in guacamole and a stealth bomber.
• The Faceless: Mr. Bunny, whose face is shown as a silhouette in his car. He also looks quite different from his appearance in the "Dating, ACME Acres Style" episode segment, "Buster's Guide to Dating", wherein he is shown as a monster-like rabbit.
• Feed It a Bomb: One of the things Buster feeds Dizzy is a land mine covered in guacamole, which explodes in Dizzy's stomach.
• Fountain of Youth: Shirley tries to make a move on an older male duck at the senior dance by asking him what his astrological sign is. Out of his beak comes Antiquated Linguistics as he belittles her, telling her how childish and unfounded astrology is. However, she has such a hard time understanding him that she reverts into a baby! Prior to that, Shirley said that she would impress the duck with her "keen wit and intellect".
  Shirley: Like, umm, what's your sign?
  Duck: Ah! A devotee of the unseen world. The universe fantastique. Almost amusing in an infantile sort of way, though terribly childish and laughably unfounded.
  (Shirley reverts into a baby)
  Duck: I believe Voltaire put it best when he likened astrology to astronomy as the mad daughter of a wise mother. Don't you agree?
  Shirley: I go like, nappy-poo now. Goo googoo gaa gaa gaa? (she crawls away)
  Duck: Quite.
• Go-Karting with Bowser: Montana Max and Arnold the Pit Bull take part in Buster, Plucky, and Hamton's "Will Dizzy Eat It?" game near the end of the short.
• Lipstick-and-Load Montage: Babs, Shirley, and Fifi dressing up to attend the fancy party at Perfecto Prep.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Babs stops an older skunk chasing Fifi by yanking her away, and he collides with the buffet table trying to grab her. The punch bowl is spilt all over Shirley, who goes into a psychic tantrum and brings the party to an end.
• She Cleans Up Nicely: Babs, Shirley, and Fifi when they change clothes for the Senior Dance at Perfecto Prep, courtesy of the ACME Li'l Wonder Make-up Kit.
• Smelly Skunk: Fifi. When she explains how she got the invitation to the senior dance at Perfecto Prep to Babs and Shirley, her stench caused the mailman to throw his mail bag down and run away.
• Shout-Out:
  • Babs attempts to pick up a guy using Lauren Bacall's "You know how to whistle?" quote from To Have And Have Not.
  • Shirley's psychic rampage is a G-rated version of the prom scene of Carrie, with punch taking the place of pig's blood. Babs even asks Fifi if she's seen that particular movie.
  • The hooting that Plucky and Hamton do during “Will Dizzy Eat It?” directly refers to The Arsenio Hall Show.
• Throw the Dog a Bone: Fifi, usually unlucky in love because of her smell, is the only one that succeeds in finding an older boy interested in her (justified, even the boy is a skunk). However he found her too attractive.

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