Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation

A spin-off from the early ‘90s series—executive produced by Steven Spielberg—showcasing the escapades of a new generation of Looney Tunes characters, this 1992 direct-to-video animated film follows the stories of various Acme Looniversity students on summer vacation. Plucky Duck is desperate to go with Hamton J. Pig and his family to the Happy World Land amusement park, but is less than thrilled with the actual road trip (including sitting next to Uncle Stinky). Babs and Buster Bunny engage in a water gun fight that results in a downriver adventure (and a meeting with a Deliverance-styled possum family, among other silly strangers). Other characters include Valley Girl-ish Shirley the Loon, Dizzy Devil, lavender skunk Fifi La Fume, and animal-squeezing psycho Elmyra (who obliviously harasses creatures at a nature park). Combining pop culture references and inside jokes (including the finale “plot hole” in which Babs wonders “how those hack writers” are going to get out), this cartoon blast from the past is a strong optional purchase. Aud: P. (J. Williams-Wood)