Dating, Acme Acres Style is the 41st episode of Tiny Toon Adventures.
Wraparounds[]
Buster and Babs do another public service announcement episode, with the topic being how to get a date.
Segments[]
Buster's Guide to Dating[]
In Buster's room, he tells the boy viewers the simple steps of asking someone on a date, in which he calls Babs to ask her on a date. Babs also tells the girl viewers about how not to sound to anxious, if the boy who asked her out is a dweeb, a comment Buster finds offensive.
At an office, Babs makes Buster take tests such as an inkblot test, and tells him to say different words after she said a word first. The first two words Babs thinks of are "Love" and "Fun," in which Buster replies, "Baseball," but when she says her name, Buster mistakenly says, "Chubby," to which Babs gets angry and ties his ears in knots. Buster then says to never ever call a girl chubby.
At the library, Babs (dressed like a judge) makes Buster agree on the pre-date agreement, and he does, but before Babs could date Buster, she calls her unseen friend, Harriet to find out what she thinks of him. At first, Harriet makes it sound like Buster is a jerk who did some horrible stuff, until Babs informs both Buster and the viewers that she thinks he's cute. Babs then tells the viewers only to go out with guys your best friend thinks is cute.
That night, Buster arrives at Babs' Burrow only to be greeted by Mr. Bunny (with an evil voice) who told him to come in. Meanwhile, Babs, in her room, tries to look for something other than her normal yellow and purple dress to wear, but nothing seems to work for her. Back in the living room, Buster is trying to have a nice conversation with Babs' father (who is shown to be a monster-type rabbit), only for Buster to inadvertently insult him for his height. Back in her room, Babs is still trying to pick her outfit, up to the point where she asks the Animator for help. The animator paints her normal dress back on her.
After Babs is finally ready, both she and Buster left her burrow, only to realize that their date is over, since it took Babs hours to found the right outfit, and Babs says goodbye to Buster. Disappointed that the date didn't go as planned, Buster tells the boy viewers that they should forget about dating, and do something else with their time, but then Babs appears and tells the girl viewers the one important thing after the first date: the good night kiss, in which she puts on lipstick and gives Buster a big kiss, which causes him to look and act all goofy looking (similar to what he did in the opening wraparound), then Babs pours a large amount of water on to Buster to calm him down. Afterwards, he then takes back what he said earlier about dating being a waste of time and tells the viewers that, "Dating is ABSOLUTELY THE BEST!", then faints afterward. Babs looks over Buster, and saying, "Ain't he cute?"
Love Stinks[]
At a vacant lot near the city, Calamity Coyote (Devius coyotius) is hatching his new plan to capture Little Beeper (Expedious birdius), placing birdseed under a can of Acme Tar, where a bowling ball will roll over and hit the can, causing the tar to hit Beeper, making him, stick to the ground so he can't get far. However, when the fuse of the cherry bomb under the bowling ball doesn't set the trap, Calamity is surprised. Meanwhile, having finished the seeds, Beeper runs off. Calamity runs to the trap and wonders why his plan didn't work, when suddenly the bowling ball starts to roll and hit the can. It misses Calamity, but hits a chicken's nest which was also part of the trap. Calamity decides to leave, only to step on a bowling pin, which causes him to fall into the tar, covering his body. The chicken flies over him, and its feathers cover his back. Just as he is cleaning up, Fifi (Sexius skunkius) shows up and mistakes Calamity for a boy skunk. The moment he sees her, Calamity tries to escape, but thanks to the tar, he is stuck, and Fifi leaps onto him. She begins to kiss him. Calamity, who can't stand the smell, escapes Fifi's hold by inhaling, making his stomach larger so Fifi won't have a hold on him, then runs off, as Fifi is on the tar pits.
Calamity is on a building while finishing his Acme Jr. Jet for his new plan; flying the jet to capture Beeper, who mistakes an "X" he set up for a Hopscotch line. Just then, Fifi is searching for her dream boy, when she sees Calamity and mistakenly thinks he is about to fly into her heart, only to miss. Just as Calamity is about to capture Beeper, Fifi uses a remote control to re-route the jet to bring Calamity to her instead, but Calamity takes the remote and accidentally smashes into a brick wall.
Calamity buys and builds an Acme Zap Trap, which is a robot version of a female Road Runner, but with the press of a button, turns it into a cage. When he sees Beeper, he changes the cage back into a robot female road runner. However, Beeper isn't fooled and uses the same remote to turn the robot from a female road runner into a female coyote, causing Calamity to fall for the trap and get trapped inside the cage. Suddenly, Calamity turns around to see that Fifi is also in the cage and she begins to kiss him a lot. As she was kissing him, Calamity came up with an idea, he would use a file to file his way out. While doing that, Beeper appears in the cage, blows a raspberry, and leaves. As Fifi climbs onto Calamity's head and looks into his eyes upside down, she asks him the big question, "Will you be my boyfriend?" While she is staring at him lovingly with her purple eyes, her tail gently wraps itself around him and holds him in its fluffy coils. Calamity's eyes begin turning green. Her smell melts the cage, and he is able to escape from her again.
Later, Calamity has boxes of tar remover, and wipes the tar off his body. Suddenly, Fifi appears again, frightening Calamity, as she asks him about her dream skunk, and he realizes that she doesn't know that he and her dream skunk are the same guy. Calamity shakes his head, "no," making Fifi sad, and she walks away in tears. As Calamity feels sorry for her, Beeper sneaks up behind Calamity and surprises by honking like a truck horn. Beeper laughs at Calamity while running backward, not looking where he is going, causing him to run into a parking meter and fall onto the pit of tar and feathers. Seeing what happened, Calamity whistles out to Fifi, who sees Beeper as another boy skunk and begins chasing him instead after he flees the scene. Calamity jumps happily to see himself come out on top for once.
Dream Date Game[]
Back in the studio, Buster and Babs tell the viewers other ways of getting a date, such as a video dating service or having a friend and set them up for one. Just as Buster was about to suggest the last one (beg), Montana Max appears out of nowhere and complains that the whole dating episode is the worst ideas ever and that they should do something else, something with action and danger. This gives Buster an idea; he asks Monty to follow him around the corner and begins to tie up and gag him. Babs then suggests that they should try The Dream Date Game.
At the Dream Date Game studio, the announcer introduces Buster as the host, and Buster explains that in this show, a lucky bachelorette will go on a date with one of the three bachelors behind the corner. The first bachelor to be shown is Hamton, who is eating a tall sandwich and asking, "When's lunch?" The second bachelor is Plucky, who he asks, "Can I trade my date in for cash?" The third and final bachelor is Monty, who is seen tied up and gagged, thanks to Buster, and wants someone to call his lawyer. Then Buster introduces the lucky Bachorette, who is none other then Elmyra Duff, who runs and begins to hug Buster, to the point where she wants to take him home. Buster tells her that he's the host and she can only date one of the three Bachelors who are around the corner. Buster then gives Elmyra question cards to read to the bachelors, to decide which one will she go out with.
The first question goes to Hamton, who is eating a watermelon. Elmyra asks him, "If I were ice cream and you were a dessert topping", but then she changes the remaining question to, "What's the capital of South Dakota?", to which Hamton answers, "Hot Fudge Sundae?" Buster stops the show and asks Elmyra what kind of question she asked, as it makes no sense. He then asks her if she ever saw the show before, to which she says, "No", then she jumps and hugs him again. Buster tells her not to touch the host, and then to ask the next bachelorette another question.
The next question goes to Plucky; Elmyra asks, "We're at a expensive restaurant, and you find you've forgotten your wallet." Once again, she changes the remaining question to, "Who was the twelfth president of the United States?" Plucky answers, "Pierre, South Dakota". Buster stops the show again and tells Elmyra that no one cares who the twelfth president of the United States was. Hamton answers, "Zachary Taylor," which is the correct answer, but not part of the game. Buster yells for them to stop. Once again, he explains to Elmyra that she's on the Dream Date Game and she gets to pick which one of the three the lucky Bachelors she will go out with, but Elmyra says she wants to date Buster instead. She asks him if the bachelors are all bunnies like him. Buster says, "No, they're not Bunnie...", but then stops himself and sarcastically says all three of them are bunnies, much to the Bachelors' disgust. Elmyra is happy to hear this, and asks Bachelor number three if he is a bunny with a fluffy tail and long ears. Monty says he's not and plans to buy the network so he can cancel the show. As he says this, Babs, dressed like Vanna Pink, comes by and dresses Monty as a rabbit. Just as Elmyra is about to choose which Bachelor she wants, a gong is heard, which means which means the the Q&A segment of the show is over and she must choose her dream date, after the commercial break, which shows a commercial for Weenie Burger.
After the break, Buster asks Elmyra which Bachelor will she go out with: Bachelor number one; Hamton, Bachelor number two; Plucky, or Bachelor number three; Monty. Elmyra chooses Monty, who she thinks is a cute bunny. Babs appears again and says that for their "Dream Date," they will be going to Elmyra's house, where Monty will be living from now on inside a cage, which will include an exercise wheel, a water bottle for drinking, a feeding trough, and a bed made of shredded newspapers to sleep on. And should he try to escape, there will be an electric fence to stop him. Buster, Babs, and Elmyra blow kisses to the screen.
Allusions[]
- The Dream Date Game is a parody of The Dating Game.
Trivia[]
- In the first wraparound, Babs' full name is Barbara Anne, which she despises.
- Throughout "Buster's Guide to Dating", Babs has a pointy tail like Buster's, instead of her usual cotton tail.
- In "Buster's Guide to Dating", during the scene where Buster tells Rule #9, he has six fingers on his right hand and five fingers on his left hand.
- Production-wise, this is the first episode composed by the late Richard Stone.
- "Buster's Guide to Dating" marks the first of two appearances of Babs' father. Later, in the "Love Disconnection" segment "The Amazing Three", he is the size of a normal anthropomorphic rabbit instead of the monster-like rabbit he is here.
- "Love Stinks" marks the first time Calamity Coyote goes through a problem that Furrball went through, in this case, being chased by Fifi, who thinks he is a boy skunk.
- "Love Stinks" is reminiscent of Pepé Le Pew shorts.
- In "Love Stinks", Fifi's eyelids are purple instead of their usual white.
- In "Love Stinks", Fifi has purple eyes.
- "Love Stinks" marks the first and only time Calamity defeats Little Beeper.
- In "Dream Date Game", a commercial for Weenie Burger is featured which was previously used in "The Wheel o' Comedy" segment "Win, Lose, or Ker-plowie".
- The title card for "Dream Date Game" shows Babs as the bachelorette instead of Elmyra, which doesn't happen in the episode.
- Just for the record, the 12th President of the United States was Zachary Taylor.
Goofs[]
- In "Buster's Guide to Dating", the effect where Babs jumps away after tying Buster's ears into a knot has yellow and purple in it, though she's only wearing a light blue shirt.
- During "Love Stinks", while he was covered in tar, Calamity's nose kept changing from black to red.
Cast[]
| Voice Actors: | Character(s): |
| Charlie Adler | Buster Bunny, Babs' Father |
| Tress MacNeille | Babs Bunny |
| Joe Alaskey | Plucky Duck |
| Don Messick | Hamton J. Pig |
| Cree Summer | Elmyra Duff |
| Danny Cooksey | Montana Max |
| Kath Soucie | Fifi La Fume |
| Frank Welker | Calamity Coyote, Little Beeper |
Quotes[]
- Buster: "Occasionally, we on Tiny Toons provide a public service."
- Babs: "Like the time we told you to hide your brussels sprouts in your napkin."
- Buster: "Yeah."
- Babs: "Love."
- Buster: "Baseball."
- Babs: "Fun."
- Buster: Baseball.
- Babs: "Babs Bunny."
- Buster: "Chubby."
- Babs: "Chubby?" (ties Buster's ears in a knot)
- Buster: "Rule #5; Never ever call a girl chubby."
- Buster: (to the viewers) "Guys, when dealing with a date's parents, small talk is unavoidable. Rule #9, pick a topic you're comfortable with." (To Babs' father) "Gee, Sir, you must displace a great deal of water when submerged!"
- Plucky: "Can I trade my date in for cash?"
- Elmyra: "Bachelor number one, if I were ice cream and you were a dessert topping, what's the capital of South Dakota?"
- Elmyra: "Bachelor number two, we're at an expensive restaurant, and you find that you've forgotten your wallet. Who was the twelfth President of the United States?"
- Hamton (about to eat a tire covered in whipped cream): "I'll eat anything, except pork."
Gallery[]
- Main article: Dating, Acme Acres Style/Gallery
Transcript[]
To read this episode's transcript, click here.
Home Video Releases[]
