YMMV / Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production

• Base-Breaking Character: Pepé Le Pew is back and while most people agree that shifting him away from his original shorts formula of stalking a cat with a stripe down her back was a much-needed change thanks to societal changes since then, debates on whether or not what they decided to change his character and shorts to are actually funny or not are still ongoing. New Looney Tunes turned him into a James Bond parody. Whether the parody is done well or even remotely fits the character is iffy in the first place. And then there's the fact that Penelope ended up getting the shaft because of it; despite her being the sympathetic one from the classic shorts.
• Broken Base:
  • The show taking a back-to-basics approach for the Looney Tunes has stirred some heated debate interestingly enough. Those for the back-to-basics approach argue that the franchise is at its best when it focuses more on comedy, negative continuity, and social commentary than character development and that the previous shows and projects took way too many liberties with the characters. Those against the back-to-basics approach think that the show doesn't have its own identity, that the comedy is stale, and that the other Looney Tunes shows, for all their faults, at least made attempts to stand out.
  • The addition of new characters (such as The Barbarian and Snow Stag) and creating misplaced matches with different characters instead of their usual pair-ups (Sylvester, Pete Puma and Claude Cat forming Terrible Trio) and new stories instead of Strictly Formula plots that happened in the original story (one episode featured Marc Anthony interacting with Tweety, Gabby Goat and Speedy and previously mentioned Cat Trio) can either be seen as polarizing changes or creative ideas that bring something fresh to the franchise, due to some people being bored of Strictly Formula plots of original cartoons.
• Character Rerailment:
  • After Bugs' (much-criticized) turn into a Stepford Snarker for the previous show, he has returned to his heroic roots.
  • Daffy Duck appears to have been rerailed as well — all the way back to his "completely screwy" persona from his earliest appearances, like Porky's Duck Hunt and The Wise Quacking Duck.
  • Tweety Bird has reverted back to the more aggressive personality that Bob Clampett originally gave him.
  • Lola Bunny has regained some of her competency, as well as her original voice actress from Space Jam, but has retained the design and some of the craziness of her Looney Tunes Show portrayal to remain palatable with the main cast, making her more of a Composite Character.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Claudette has quickly become one of the more popular new antagonists. It's not hard to figure out why a slender, female fox (with a French accent) would be popular. Kath Soucie's performance certainly helps out.
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: Although the show has barely aired at all in North America, the show is very popular in international countries, enough to renew the series for a third season (according to Porky's voice actor Bob Bergen).
• Heartwarming Moments:
  • The bond between Bugs and Squeaks. It's quite clear they see each other as brothers and always look out for each other.
  • Daffy may be back to his original screwball persona, but he genuinely wants to help people by bringing smiles to their faces.
  • Bugs displays that he is above hitting women because he refused to break his mother's heart. When Rhoda Roundhouse pushes him too far, the wabbit decides to retaliate, and guess who rooted for him? His mother.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: In "Bigs Bunny" Bugs lists a few of his and Squeaks' favorite topics of discussion, including "why Michael Jordan was better than LeBron James."
• Jerkass Woobie: Leslie P. Lilylegs. Even though he is like most antagonists and deserves the Butt-Monkey treatment from Bugs or Daffy, he gets treated poorly by whoever he works for. The episodes he is in usually have him wanting to get a promotion but failing.
  • Tad Tucker. While he does have a big ego and could be rude at times, Bugs messes with him because his favorite meal is a family of rabbits. And while Bugs is understandably annoyed and chooses to prank him without him even knowing he exists, if you look at it from Tad's perspective it's like every time he tries a new show it goes wrong for no reason.
  • Clovenhoof. Sure he kidnaps Bugs but he makes it clear that he just wants friends and is lonely. Plus some of the things he goes through feel too much at times. (Especially the superhero ep.)
• Karmic Overkill: Yeah, in "Etiquette Shmetiquette" Daffy pretends to be a chicken to try to get free food from Granny's finishing school (albeit because he was tired of eating out of the garbage). However, the abuse he receives afterward is disproportionate. Not only does Tweety mock Daffy several times, but the canary also strikes him with a ruler many times and stifles him because he doesn't like his singing. Next, he forces him to juggle several hissing cats on a ball with several books on his head, then popping said ball. After revealing he's not a chicken to get out of the charm school, the chickens beat up Daffy and Tweety forces him to wear a dress with firecrackers attached to it.
• Nightmare Fuel: Bugs' Gollum impression; "Trollum" is this. Bugs is seen looking absolutely feral with bulging, hyper-realistic eyes, and speaks in a creepy, raspy voice akin to the character he's referencing. This is Lampshaded by the characters who see Trollum; who are usually scared out of their wits, or cringes at how creepy he looks.
• Older Than They Think: Many people were surprised by Daffy's more wacky personality when they're used to his more jerkish, greedy side. This actually goes back to the very early shorts (the ones directed by Tex Avery and Bob Clampett), where he was more of a screwball trickster character, and, commonly, the later adaptations would show his more negative side (but still remember to show his more playful, screwball characteristics, as shown in 1988's Who Framed Roger Rabbit and 1996's Space Jam).
  • The same logic also applies to Tweety's more violent side.
  • Many people are unaware that Porky's fat design in this show is a Mythology Gag to Porky's original design from his early cartoons from the 1930s.
• Rescued from the Scrappy Heap: After being dropped for being The Scrappy for his inoffensive and obnoxious characterization around that time eighty years ago, Gabby Goat, while still a Hot-Blooded grumpy goat, here is made less unlikeable, given some Take That, Scrappy! moments when he is the Butt-Monkey and "Gettin' Your Goat" ends with Porky chasing him for his notable Hair-Trigger Temper and is depicted as a Deadpan Snarker who should've gone to Vegas.
• So Okay, It's Average: The general consensus of the show is that it is a decent but underwhelming fare that was hampered by its weird character designs and comedy that has already been done before, making it somewhat repetitive and stale. However, the characterizations are improved from the polarizing Looney Tunes Show, mainly due to trying to revert the characters to how they were in the '30s and '40s. It's generally agreed that an attempt at a "return to form" was handled better in the next entry of the franchise.
• Suspiciously Similar Song: The initial version of the Wabbit theme sounds pretty similar in style to the theme music for Disney's TaleSpin. The second theme song sounds like Wander over Yonder.
• They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: While returning Bugs to his classic roots, the show has still received criticism (though not as bad a case as The Looney Tunes Show) for its strange and unusual character designs ^note didn't help that the show aired around a time another show based on a cash cow received flak for the same reason, subpar animation, some of its repetitive humor and new characters, and the use of Hanna-Barbera Stock Sound Effects instead of the classic Warner Bros. ones, and trying way too hard to copy the original shorts. Season Two made attempts to rectify things.
• Unexpected Character: Considering he's been AWOL from the Looney Tunes series for 80 years, its safe to say that nobody expected Gabby Goat of all characters to return in "Gettin' Your Goat".

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