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Favorite Warner characters and why?

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been discussing old WB cartoons, and jokes that even adults can appreciate.

Well of the Classic Genre my favorite is Marvin, since I've often been surrounded by annoying "earth creatures" and feel a bit of an outsider. That and that way he talks just cracks me up. Of the more recent I've been compared to the Brain more times then I remember, and I do like the character for the classic radio drama appeal. (yes, Orson Welles lived on in that little mouse with a big head.)
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Foghorn Leghorn, i just love the way he talks.
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yeah, I seem to be surrounded by Leghorn fans....
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Yakko is my favorite of the Warners.

Pinky and The Brain are also up there, but you have to count them as a single unit.
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I like the old Buggs Bunny, that was more of a condescending, sarcastic prick. :D I'm not sure when exactly they changed him.
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The Animaniacs Trio...they made my childhood fulfilling. It's more than watchable now, let alone when I was a kid.
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Daffy Duck, man. Especially when he was all Duck Tracy and Tommy Gunning the fuck out of SNAKE EYES, PUMPKIN HEAD and all sorts of other mobster goons. :lol:
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Daffy Duck, because he never quite won.

He was also funny as hell. :D
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^There's also Captain Hareblower. A very lovely homage.
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Daffy Duck, definitely. Especially when he was more...daffy.

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The Warner Trio, Bugs Bunny, Foghorn Leghorn, Dodo, Daffy Duck, Tasmanian Devil, The Tiny Toons version of Daffy, Speedy Gonzales, Wile E. Coyote, Yosemite Sam, Pepe Le Pew. There's more but I'm too tired to think right. :)
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Oh, I know... I know!!! WB cartoon character...! This has got to be IT!



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Bugs Bunny.
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Cecil Turtle's laid-back quality always appealed to me, especially when he got the comeuppance on Bugs. :D
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I find it awesome that he was the only character to have ever, y'know, beat Bugs.
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Actually, one time Bugs was in a cartoon drawn by Elmer Fudd. The Bunny never stood a chance. :P
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Gandalf wrote:Actually, one time Bugs was in a cartoon drawn by Elmer Fudd. The Bunny never stood a chance. :P
That was just an inferior retread of Duck Amok though.

On topic: well if Batman counts, I'm saying Freakazoid. I'm a little less sure if it has to be one of the "classic" characters. Wile E. Coyote, Taz, and Daffy are probably the top contenders for my pick there.
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For me it's got to be Marvin the Martian.
Why?
Because for him there is no such thing as going too far.
The term "overkill" isn't in his vocabulary.
He was going to blow up the Earth because it blocked his view of Venus.
Sure, he could have just jumped into his flying saucer and flown around the Earth to get a better view, but fuck that shit.
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Hell, look at what he did to Planet X.
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Shroom Man 777 wrote:I find it awesome that he was the only character to have ever, y'know, beat Bugs.
He wasn't.
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Oh, yeah! Those guys are really tough nuts to crack! There wasn't a thing Bugs could do, except of the miraculous...
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