Looney Tunes Cartoons: The Complete Series (Blu-ray Review)

• Reviewed by: Tim Salmons
• Review Date: Aug 12, 2026
• Format: Blu-ray Disc

Director

Various

Release Date(s)

2020-2024 (May 19, 2026)

Studio(s)

Warner Bros. Animation/HBO Max (Warner Archive Collection)

• Film/Program Grade: B-
• Video Grade: A
• Audio Grade: A
• Extras Grade: D

Review

The classic Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes era from 1930 to 1969 is considered the cream of the crop when it comes to quality, especially when these theatrical shorts hit their stride and became less about showcasing musical numbers to sell records and more about comedy with characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig, among many others. Occasional new shorts were produced over the years since then, not to mention various film and television appearances, but it wasn’t until the 2000s when the franchise saw revivals on the small screen in varying incarnations. One of those was Looney Tunes Cartoons, which streamed on HBO Max from 2020 to 2024, being made up of various animated segments that were similar to the theatrical shorts made in the heyday of Looney Tunes, at least as close as anyone has come.

While I certainly have some critiques of the show, one can definitely appreciate the filmmakers behind Looney Tunes Cartoons attempting to re-capture some of magic of the classic Looney Tunes animated theatrical shorts that all of us grew up watching on television. Not only are the characters portrayed and presented in the same way with a more adult edge, but they also go out of their way to mix up the styles of the intros of each cartoon. One random cartoon might have a “Blue Ribbon” title card, while another might feature the 1960s-style title card. And despite clearly being drawn in a digital domain, the style of the animation is mostly classic. Bugs, Daffy, Porky, Tweety, Road Runner, Foghorn Leghorn, and the rest all have a readily familiar look.

The content of each cartoon, however, can be a mixed bag. It’s hard to judge these things since many of us still have classic Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts up on pedestals, but the kind of comedy in these cartoons leans slightly more modern, influenced no doubt by the likes of Ren & Stimpy, at least in some cases. Again, it’s probably not fair to hold them to such high standards, but it’s difficult not to make comparisons when the filmmakers are trying so hard to replicate that classic style and feel. It doesn’t entirely work for me, though I did find some occasional laughs along the way, and appreciated what the show was trying to accomplish. It’s certainly closer in tone and feel to any classic Looney Tunes in decades. Younger viewers may get much more out of them, and perhaps that’s more than enough to warrant their existence.

Looney Tunes Cartoons was animated digitally, likely at 2K quality, and framed for streaming at the aspect ratio of 1.78:1. The Warner Archive Collection debuts the entire 82-episode run of the show on Blu-ray for the first time, spread out across six dual-layered BD-50 discs. As I said before, it’s a terrific-looking show, and it’s given much more space to breathe on disc. All of the episodes are colorful and vibrant with high levels of crisp detail and maxed-out bitrates. The contrast is perfect with deep blacks and only minor moments when detail is lacking on solid surfaces, which is most noticeable during the opening credits. Outside of that, the show is stable and beautifully-rendered, leaving no room for complaint.

Audio is included in English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio with optional subtitles in English SDH. The soundtracks for each short aren’t necessarily interested in blowing up the sound space with immense surround activity. Instead, they focus on strong scores and sound effects with everything from ambient to explosive qualities. Dialogue is always discernible and nothing sounds out of place. In other words, the show sounds just as good as it looks, without trying to re-invent the textures or styles found in the classic Looney Tunes library.

The Warner Archive Collection 6-Disc Blu-ray release of Looney Tunes Cartoons: The Complete Series is provided in a multi-disc blue Amaray disc with double-sided artwork, featuring the detailed contents of each disc on the inner sleeve. The following episodes and extras are included on each disc in HD:

DISC ONE (SEASON ONE – EPISODES 1-16)

1. Curse of the Monkeybird / Marvin Flag Gag: Deflating Planet / Harm Wrestling (11:47)
2. Big League Beast / Hole Gag: Mini Elmer / Firehouse Frenzy (11:50)
3. Boo! Appetweet / Hole Gag: Plunger / Bubble Dum (10:41)
4. Pain in the Ice / Tunnel Vison / Pool Bunny (12:12)
5. Pest Coaster / Rhino Ya Don’t! (11:27)
6. Buzzard School / Marvin Flag Gag: Giant Alien Mouth / Wet Cement (11:31)
7. Siberian Sam / Hole Gag: Fishing Pole / Fleece & Desist / Marvin Flag Gag: Split-Screen Marvin (11:32)
8. Grilled Rabbit / Cactus if You Can / Shower Shuffle (10:55)
9. Overdue Duck / Hole Gag: Bees / Vincent Van Fudd (12:37)
10. Hare Restoration / TNT Trouble / Plumber’s Quack (12:39)
11. Daffuccino / Hole Gag: Moving Hole / Kitty Livin’ (12:09)
12. Chain Gang(sters) / Telephone Pole Gag: Sylvester Car Jack Lift / Falling for It! (11:55)
13. Taziator / Marvin Flag Gag: Little Martian / Climate Control (12:45)
14. Lepre-Conned / Marvin Flag Gag: Flag Won’t Stay Straight / Brave New Home (11:24)
15. The Case of Porky’s Pants / Fully Vetted (12:40)
16. Erabbitcator / Marvin Flag Gag: Planet Split in Two / Sales Duck (11:06)

DISC TWO (SEASON ONE – EPISODES 17-31)

17. Pitcher Porky / Telephone Pole Gag: Cherry Picker / Duck Duck Boom! (12:05)
18. Postalgeist / Telephone Pole Gag: Anvil / Fudds Bunny (11:07)
19. Shoe Shine-nanigans / Multiply and Conquer / Parky Pig (11:08)
20. Shell Shocked / The Daffy Dentist (12:13)
21. Bugs Bunny’s 24-Carrot Holiday Special: Elf Help / Yuletide Taz / Holiday Purrchase / Ho Ho Go! / Snow Laughing Matter (28:11)
22. Puma Problems / Marvin Flag Gag: Bowling Ball / Duplicate Daffy (11:33)
23. Key-Tastrophe! / Hole Gag: Hammer the Rabbit Hole / Devil of a Drink (10:58)
24. Weaselin’ In! / Time Out! (11:18)
25. Bounty Bunny / Hole Gag: Underwear / Vender Bender (12:32)
26. Mallard Practice / Beaky Buzzard Gags: Mouse / Born to Be Wile E. (10:50)
27. Raging Granny / Daffy Psychic: Famous / Spare Me! (10:44)
28. Marv Attacks! / A Wolf in Cheap Clothing (11:44)
29. High Speed Hare / Beaky Buzzard Gags: Rattle Snake / Nutty Devil (11:55)
30. Pigture Perfect / Telephone Pole Gag: Grappling Hook / Swoop De Doo! (9:23)
31. A Pane to Wash / Telephone Pole Gag: High Wire / Saddle Sore! (11:10)

DISC TWO (SEASON TWO – EPISODE 1)

1. Red White and Bruised / Beaky Buzzard Gags: Bunny / Jet Porkpelled (11:23)

DISC THREE (SEASON TWO – EPISODES 2-11)

2. Mummy Dummy / Telephone Pole Gag: Shrinking Telephone Pole / In the Road Again! (10:45)
3. Emotional Support Duck / End of the Leash Gags: Tennis / Adopt Me! (13:05)
4. Rage Rover / To Hive and to Hold / Battle Stations (12:49)
5. Bonehead / Relax! (11:43)
6. Rotund Rabbit / Hog Wash (12:28)
7. Nip and Duck / Telephone Pole Gag: Circular Fan / Asphalt and Battery (11:56)
8. Battle of the Bunk / End of the Leash Gag: Pull the Carpet Out / Hot Air Buffoon (12:03)
9. Basket Bugs / A Skate of Confusion! (11:38)
10. Mt. Neverest / Telephone Pole Gag: Zip Line / Fast & Steady (10:04)
11. Looney Tunes Cartoons Back to School Special: Test Pest / End of the Leash Gag: Erase the Leash / Buzzard School (16:09)

DISC THREE (SEASON THREE – EPISODES 1-6)

1. Sam-merica / Put the Cat Out: Door Spin / BBQ Bandit (13:07)
2. Happy Birdy to You / Daffy Psychic: New Love / Spring Forward Fall Flat (11:38)
3. Frame the Feline / Daffy Traffic Cop Stop: Boating License / Unlucky Strikes (13:31)
4. Cro-Mag Numb Skulls / Trophy Hunter (12:43)
5. Bathy Daffy / End of the Leash: Bullseye Painting / Rabbit Sandwich Maker / Put the Cat Out: Window (11:43)
6. Pardon the Garden / Put the Cat Out: Flat on the Door / Downward Duck (12:28)

DISC FOUR (SEASON THREE – EPISODES 7-9)

7. Lesson Plan 9 from Outer Space / Balloon Salesman: Baboon / Portal Kombat (11:42)
8. Virtual Mortality / Daffy Traffic Cop Stop: Lions / Miner Threat (13:48)
9. Fowl Ploy / Sword Loser (13:49)

DISC FOUR (SEASON FOUR – EPISODES 1-10)

1. Ringmaster Disaster / Put the Cat Out: Eyeball / The Pain Event (13:28)
2. “Drum Schtick!” / Bugs Hole Gags: Frisbee / Beast A-Birdin’ (13:39)
3. Blunder Arrest / Telephone Pole Gag: Airplane Stairs / Cymbal Minded (12:24)
4. Hook Line and Stinker! / Balloon Salesman: Everything Pops / Don’t Treadmill on Me (11:04)
5. Stained by Me / Pilgwim’s Pwogwess (13:12)
6. Hideout Hare / Daffy Magician: An Ordinary Mop (10:10)
7. Booby Prize / End of the Leash Gags: Pea Shooter / Balloon Salesman: Porky’s Head (10:13)
8. “Grand Canyon Canary” / Hole in Dumb (13:08)
9. Funeral for a Fudd / Love Goat (14:29)
10. Practical Jerk! / Bottoms Up (12:53)

DISC FOUR (SEASON FIVE – EPISODES 1-2)

1. Looney Tunes Valentine’s Extwavaganza!: Duck Chocolate / Daffy Traffic Cop Stop: Lead Foot / Bunny and the Beast (15:08)
2. Bugs Bunny’s Howl-O-Skreem Spooktacula: Graveyard Goofs / Hex Appeal / Inn for Trouble / Mummy Dummy (28:54)

DISC FIVE (SEASON FIVE – EPISODES 3-11)

3. Skyscraper Scrap / Balloon Salesman: Feeling Down / The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (12:16)
4. Crumb and Get It / Bugs Hole Gags: Mini Bugs / Construction Obstruction (14:28)
5. Yosemite Samurai / Bugs Hole Gags: Bees Nest / “Dummies in the Dark” (14:00)
6. Pain Rent / Nest Effort (14:58)
7. “Feather of the Bride” / Daffy Magician: Pick a Card / Bugs Hole Gags: Rattlesnakes (10:30)
8. Poolside Pest / Put the Cat Out: Inside Out / Bulls-Eye Bunny (16:18)
9. Auto Birdy Shop / Daffy Traffic Cop Stop: Phone Booth / Eyes Wide Fudd (15:56)
10. Livin’ the Daydream / Duck Hunting Gag: Holograms / “Fake It ’Til You Bake It” (13:41)
11. Funny Book Bunny / Balloon Salesman: All the Balloons / “Kitty Krashers” (16:12)

DISC FIVE (SEASON SIX – EPISODES 1-5)

1. “Birthday Grifts” / Daffy Magician: Vintage Porkys / Tub-o-War (14:27)
2. Oregon Fail / Duck Hunting Gag: Duck Call / Life’s a “Beach” (15:16)
3. “Pearl” of My Dreams / Bugs Hole Gags 2: Down the Drain / Mech a Mess (14:12)
4. Boarding Games / Put the Cat Out: Paintings / “Winter Hungerland” (13:16)
5. “Tweet Suite” / Daffy Magician: Cut in Half / Desert Menu (14:42)

DISC SIX (SEASON SIX – EPISODES 6-10)

6. Abducted Bunny / Daffy Psychic: A New Job / Duck Hunting Gag: Decoy / Daffy Magician: Skeleton (10:59)
7. Feline Lucky / A Prickly Pair (15:10)
8. Wrong With the Wind / Daffy Magician: Pigs Feet / Moody at the Movies (14:18)
9. Boardwalk Bunny / Duck Hunting Gag: Crossbow / Cat Fished (15:58)
10. Daffy in Wacky Land (6:48)

• Looney Tunes Presents Sports Made Simple:
  • Gymnastics (1:49)
  • Beach Volleyball (1:24)
  • Mountain Biking (1:42)
  • Breaking (1:33)
  • Tennis (1:45)
  • 4x100m Relay (1:30)
  • Snowboarding (2:37)
  • Ice Hockey (2:39)
  • Figure Skating (3:00)
  • Bobsleigh (2:06)
  • Speed Skating & Short Track (2:40)
  • Ski Jumping (2:27)

The show’s six seasons bleeding into each other’s discs is clearly meant to maximize disc capacities and bitrates, but I found it annoying in an OCD sort of way. I would have preferred each season having its own dedicated disc, with the exception of the first season’s 31 episodes, of course. The inclusion of the sports shorts as a bonus feature is odd since they’re in the style of the New Looney Tunes show that aired from 2015-2020, and really should be included with a release of that show. Still, long-time Looney Tunes fans will at least be pleased to have them on disc at all, even if they do belong on another release. The biggest and most glaring omission, or in this case omissions, are the various shorts that were produced but never included in the main Looney Tunes Cartoons show. Some were shown at various Comic-Cons or on Youtube, but others have never been officially released anywhere. They include:

• A Hard Pill to Swallow
• Beach Blanket Bunny
• Big Rig Bunny
• Build-a-Lings
• Dynamite Dance
• Car Wars
• Happy Birthday Bugs Bunny!
• High Hopes
• Hole Lotta Trouble
• Life Boat
• Pwastic Suwgeon: Calves
• Pwastic Suwgeon: Pecs
• Sick as a Hare
• There Will Be Fudd

While the show and its release on Blu-ray has its pros and cons, the good far outweighs the... not necessarily bad, but at times a little irksome. Nevertheless, fans of Looney Tunes Cartoons, and Looney Tunes in general, will definitely want to have it in their collection—if not for any other reason than to finally have another show escape the death of being wiped from from a streaming service. For those reasons and more, this release comes highly recommended.

- Tim Salmons

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