Review of Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992) by Danielle S — 18 Sep 2008

Wade Pig: "Whoa! That was some time we had there!

Winnie Pig: I'll say! Now let's go home.

Hampton: Okay, Mom.

Plucky Duck: B-b-but we didn't do anything! All we did was ride around in the monorail!

Wade Pig: Can't do it all on the first visit, Plucky. Maybe you'll have to look forward to the next time we come.

Plucky Duck: WHAT? BUT WE CAME ALL THAT WAY... COULDN'T WE... ALL THAT TIME... FUN PIXIES... HAPPY-GO-PUKEY?

Winnie Pig: Oh dear, I guess Plucky's had way too much excitement for one day.

Wade Pig: Put him in back, Hampton.

Hampton: Okay.

Plucky Duck: [singing out of his mind] Happy World Land... Happy World Land... where all your dreams come true...".

The Tiny Toon Gang are young off-springs of the classic cartoon characters who made audiences laugh back in the 1940's and 1950's and are currently learning cartoon comedy to "earn their Toon Degree." Summer Vacation has started and each character has their own idea of what to do. Buster Bunny (Charles Adler) and Babs Bunny (Tress MacNeille) start a water gun fight which ultimately leads to Acme Acres getting flooded and them both sailing down the Mississippi. Plucky Duck (Joe Alaskey) joins Hamton Pig (Don Messick) on a cross-country car trip to the Happiest Theme Park in the World, but Hamton's family proves to be more difficult than he imagined. Meanwhile, in other stories scattered throughout, Elmyra Duff (Cree Summer) tries to find a cat to hug and squeeze, Fifi Le Fume (Kath Soucie) attempts to go out on a date with her favourite skunk star and Shirley the Loon (Gail Matthius) goes to the cinema with a loud-mouth Fowlmouth (Rob Paulen). While the premise sounds thin for a feature-length film, the many directors and screenwriters make all the stories work well together. The best of these is Plucky's unfortunate road trip, which utilises a golden comedic opportunity very well: feeling pity for somebody, while also laughing at their predicament. Plucky's annoyed reaction to all the bad things that happen to him are a perfect blend of script and animation, all in the confines of a small car stuffed with pork. Elmyra's story definitely ranks second just to see how a little, almost innocent girl can cause fear into so many jungle animals. The aforementioned cartoon violence definitely comes to the fore-front with Buster and Babs' story, which makes us smile not only due to the hilarity of the outcomes, but also nostalgically, since Ruegger and company would probably not be allowed to show half of what they do in that segment. Practically half of that segment plays as a parody and homage to Deliverance, including a clever twist on the dueling banjos scene, featuring the unforgettable Tiny Toon Adventures theme song.