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Spring Break is the first two part special of the Tiny Toons Looniversity series.

Spring Break has arrived and all the Tiny Toons are preparing to reunite with their families and have the best times of their lives. For the main characters, it turns into an adventure for them: Hamton and Sweetie overslept on their train ride and they have the adventure of a life time. Plucky's parents get their time tables of their son's spring break wrong so the duck ends up stowing away in the Bunny Twins' suitcase and comes with them to their home in Burrowville where he becomes a favorite to the Bunny family and Buster and Babs end up trying getting back their attention (namely their mother’s) to participate in the Bunny Festival and perform on stage with their mother like every year.

Not to be confused with the Spring Break special from the original Tiny Toon Adventures series.


This episode provides examples of:

  • Calling Parents by Their Name: This episode reveals that Plucky refers to his parents by their names (Ralph and Maria), because as he puts it, everyone in his family are equals.
  • Canines Gambling in a Card Game: When Intimidating Irving is first shown, he is seen playing poker with other dogs.
  • "Freaky Friday" Flip: After constantly arguing while on a unplanned adventure, a solar eclipse leads to Hamton and Sweetie Bird swicthing bodies.
  • Huge Rider, Tiny Mount: Sweetie is able to carry Hamton while flying despite him being three times her size.
  • Inevitable Waterfall: Hamton and Sweetie get stranded in the Yukon, and at one point attempt to use a raft to travel south. It isn't long before they find themselves going over a waterfall.
  • Mythology Gag:
    • The special begins with the Toons doing various things to Daffy with a paintbrush as he tries to teach them, much like Bugs Bunny did in Duck Amuck, finishing by giving him the same plant-creature-with-a-"screw + ball"-flag-on-his-tail appearance as in that cartoon.
    • Plucky's father's name is Ralph, as it was in the original series (specifically "The Potty Years").
    • Several drawings can be seen on Buster and Babs' refrigerator, one of them being the Warners' water tower, another being of "Aunt Bunny and Uncle Claude" (Bunny and Claude being obscure Looney Tunes stars from the Seven Arts era who appeared in "We Rob Carrot Patches"), and another being sketches of Buster and Babs as they appeared in "Buster and Babs Go Hawaiian".
  • Playing Sick: Buster and Babs do this when they feel neglected by B'shara in favor of Plucky, who let him sleep in the big bed of her guest bedroom while turning their bedroom into an exercise room. This backfires, as it renders them unable to participate in the talent show at the Burrowsville talent show, and Plucky having to take their place. Near the end, B'Shara reveals to Plucky that she knew they were faking the entire time.

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