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This is a list of television specials based on the Looney Tunes series of theatrical animated shorts. Note all specials were originally aired in prime-time unless otherwise noted.
| Title | Year | LTGC availability (all as special features) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies | December 16, 1972 | Produced by Filmation, with the Looney Tunes characters on loan from Warner Bros. (otherwise a silent partner) | |
| Carnival of the Animals | November 22, 1976 | Volume 5, Disc 4 | Animation/live-action mix Produced by Chuck Jones Enterprises. |
| A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court (retitled Bugs Bunny in King Arthur`s Court for subsequent rebroadcasts) | February 23, 1978 | Volume 6, Disc 1 | Produced by Chuck Jones Enterprises. |
| Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales | November 27, 1979 | Volume 5, Disc 4 | Three TV shorts later edited out of it. Produced by DePatie-Freleng and Chuck Jones Enterprises. |
| Daffy Duck's Easter Show | April 1, 1980 | Volume 6, Disc 1 | Three TV shorts later edited out of it. Produced by DePatie-Freleng. |
| Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over | May 21, 1980 | Volume 5, Disc 4 | Three TV shorts later edited out of it. Produced by Chuck Jones Enterprises. |
| Ounce of Prevention | 1982 | Awareness video about burn prevention in the home | |
| Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue | April 21, 1990 | Drug-abuse prevention television special, in collaboration with other franchises. |
| Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary Special | January 14, 1986 | Featuring interviews with celebrities |
| Happy Birthday Bugs!: 50 Looney Years | May 9, 1990 | |
| 'Hare's to Bugs! A Bugs Bunny Celebration | July 27, 2024 | Featuring interviews with Looney Tunes Alumni Billy West, Jeff Bergman, Candi Milo, Bob Bergen, Eric Bauza, Eric Goldberg, Animation Historian Jerry Beck & Many Others. It aired on MeTV Toons on Bugs Bunny's 84th Birthday. |
| Title | Year | Classic Clips From | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bugs Bunny's Easter Special | April 7, 1977 | Released on DVD. | |
| Bugs Bunny in Space | September 6, 1977 | Only special with no new animation | |
| Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special | October 26, 1977 | Featuring Witch Hazel Other shorts
| Released on DVD separately and as part of the Looney Tunes Holiday Triple Feature |
| How Bugs Bunny Won the West | November 15, 1978 | Hosted in live action by actor Denver Pyle Included in The Essential Bugs Bunny DVD, released on October 12, 2010 in the U.S. Included in Looney Tunes Parodies Collection DVD, released on February 4, 2020 in the U.S. The end where Bugs is singing "Home on the Range" is an audio clip from the 1951 short The Fair-Haired Hare | |
| Bugs Bunny's Valentine Special | February 14, 1979 | Released on DVD as Bugs Bunny's Cupid Capers | |
| The Bugs Bunny Mother's Day Special | May 12, 1979 | Later retitled Bugs Bunny's Baby Boomers | |
| Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet | November 15, 1979 | Released as part of the Looney Tunes Holiday Triple Feature DVD. | |
| The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special | October 26, 1980 | ||
| Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special | November 20, 1980 | Contains one all-new Duck Dodgers short; Released as part of the Looney Tunes Holiday Triple Feature | |
| Bugs Bunny: All American Hero | May 21, 1981 | ||
| Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television | January 11, 1982 |
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| Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars | October 21, 1988 |
| One of the first specials produced by Warner Bros. where new animation was both traditionally and digitally inked and painted. [1] Released on DVD with the Space Jam 2-disc DVD set. |
| Bugs Bunny's Wild World of Sports | February 15, 1989 | Included in The Essential Bugs Bunny DVD, released on October 12, 2010 in the U.S. | |
| Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster | April 17, 1991 | Contains one all-new Porky and Daffy short titled The William Tell Overture. *At the time of release Warner Bros had not regained the rights to their pre-1948 cartoons yet, so Ford and his crew reanimated this short for its inclusion in this special. | |
| Bugs Bunny's Creature Features | February 1, 1992 |
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| Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes | March 1, 1993 | Released straight to VHS. It was later released on the DVD "Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes Marvin the Martian Space Tunes" Double Feature. |
Several of these TV specials were given a new name when released on video.
| TV title | Home video title |
|---|---|
| Carnival of the Animals | Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals |
| Bugs Bunny's Easter Special | Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies |
| A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court | Bugs Bunny in King Arthur's Court |
| Bugs Bunny's Valentine | Bugs Bunny's Cupid Capers |
| The Daffy Duck Easter Show | Daffy Duck's Easter Egg-citement |
Looney Tunes is an American media franchise produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The franchise began as a series of animated short films that originally ran from 1930 to 1969, alongside the related series Merrie Melodies, during the golden age of American animation. Following a revival in the late 1970s, new shorts were released as recently as 2014. The two series introduced a large cast of characters, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig. The term Looney Tunes has since been expanded to also refer to the characters themselves.
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