Tiny Toon Music Television is the 51st episode of Tiny Toon Adventures.
Wraparounds[]
Babs and Buster (and guest star Julie Bruin) host this parody of MTV.
Music Videos[]
"Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" by They Might Be Giants[]
Plucky, as an Istanbul P.I., is on the trail of a stolen statuette.
"Particle Man" by They Might Be Giants[]
Plucky is the pro wrestler of the title, pounded by Triangle Man, Universe Man, and others.
"Respect" by Aretha Franklin[]
Babs and her Walkman skate and dance about the library, courtroom, pet cemetery, and more.
"Money (That's What I Want)" by Barrett Strong[]
Money-grubbing Max sings about his love of money.
"Top Secret Apprentice"[]
Buster begins to play with Bugs' secret computer-animation system without his permission, and this causes the angered Bugs to throw him out of the laboratory.
Allusions[]
- "Top Secret Apprentice" is a parody of the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" segment of the 1940 Walt Disney film Fantasia. In keeping with the parody, there is no dialogue except for one line at the end spoken by Buster and all sound effects except the first time the door closes are represented by music.
- Julie Bruin is a caricature of comedian and MTV veejay Julie Brown, who also provides her voice. Brown had a show on MTV entitled Just Say Julie. Brown would later voice the voluptuous Minerva Mink in Animaniacs.
Trivia[]
- In "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)", the city of Istanbul is depicted as a stereotypical Arab city when it is in fact very different from such cities. For example, it is depicted as being in a desert with camels when in fact it is coastal.
- In "Particle Man", when Universe Man competes against Plucky in the ring, he is the size of a giant. However, at the end of the song, when Plucky runs into a cabin to hide, only to find that his opponents beat him to it, Universe Man is the size of a regular human.
- Danny Cooksey sings his version of "Money" on the album Tiny Toons Sing.
- Buster's introduction to "Top Secret Apprentice" is done in the style of Elmer Fudd's introductions from "A Corny Concerto", complete with the droopy gloves and the outfit coming apart.
- In "Top Secret Apprentice", one of Buster's adventures involves him searching for treasure in a sunken pirate ship. This concept would later be used in Buster's Hidden Treasure, a video game for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive.
- A phone number appearing before the "Respect" music video was removed from the Tiny Toon Adventures: Season 1, Volume 2 DVD release.
- At the end of "Money", Monty does an imitation of James Brown.
- The Hulu version of this episode begins with the "Warner Bros. Family Entertainment" logo usually seen in Animaniacs, but with the last few bars of "Merrily We Roll Along".
- This episode is omitted on Primetime Channel and myTV Channel airings.
- Triangle Man does not fight Universe Man
- Tom Ruegger uploaded a deleted scene on his Twitter and Instagram accounts; it consisted of Buster, Babs, and Fuddona continuing Julie Bruin's twister game, and Buster and Babs asking Plucky to name the music videos featured in the episode, he correctly names them except for "Istanbul Not Constantinople" which he just names as "Constantinople" and gets a camel dropped on him for the penalty.
Cast[]
| Voice Actors: | Character(s): |
| Charlie Adler | Buster Bunny |
| Tress MacNeille | Babs Bunny |
| Joe Alaskey | Plucky Duck |
| Jeff Bergman | Elmer Fudd |
| Julie Brown | Julie Bruin |
Quotes[]
- Buster: I suppose this means I don't get an "A" in the course?
Gallery[]
Main article: Tiny Toon Music Television/Gallery
Home Video Releases[]
Tiny Toon Music Television VHS
Tiny Toon Adventures Season 1, Vol. 2 DVD (Prologue to the "Respect" music video missing)
See Also[]
- Istanbul (Not Constantinople) on This Might Be a Wiki
- Particle Man on This Might Be a Wiki