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Babs and Buster Bunny
Babs (left) and Buster (right) in front of Babs's burrow
First appearance	Regulars on Tiny Toon Adventures since the series premiere "The Looney Beginning" (September 14, 1990).
Created by	Tom Ruegger
Voiced by	Tress MacNeille (Babs) Charlie Adler (Buster, first through third seasons) John Kassir (Buster, partial third season)

Babs and Buster Bunny (no relation) are cartoon characters from the Warner Bros. animated television series Tiny Toon Adventures. They were the stars of the show—they both appear in the Tiny Toons logo, and the show usually begins and ends with gags performed by them.

Their names merely reflect an old naming convention in cartoons; as frequently mentioned during their introduction, they have "no relation" to each other nor to Bugs Bunny. Babs and Buster are about 14 years old, since Babs gives this as her age in "The Looney Beginning." Like the other Tiny Toons characters, they attend Acme Looniversity where the instructors include Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, as well as many other classic Warner Bros. cartoon stars. Their best friends are Plucky Duck, Hamton J. Pig, Shirley the Loon, Dizzy Devil, Fifi Le Fume, Fowlmouth, Gogo Dodo, and Furrball. Their rivials are Montana Max, Elmyra Duff, Perfecto Prep alumni and Arnold the Pitbull.

They were like Bugs Bunny in their theatrical mannerisms, their general confidence in themselves, and in their ability to work well with other headline characters. They were unlike him in their naïveté, due to their young age. Also, they tend to seek adventure, rather than wait for it to be thrust upon them, are more inclined to help others (usually those close to them) and they seem to be aware that an audience is watching.

Buster and Babs, together, had two end tags:

1. Buster: "Say good night, Babs."

Babs: "Good night, Babs!" (This is an homage to the classic sign-off of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.

2. Both: "ALOOOOOHA!"

Hints of a possible romance between the two were frequently dropped.

Contents 1 Babs Bunny 2 Buster Bunny 3 See also 4 External links

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Barbara Ann "Babs" Bunny, (voiced by Tress MacNeille), is a very cute female performer who will do nearly anything for a laugh. She is good at improvisational comedy, and is a comedic impressionist in the vein of Robin Williams; in "Born To Be Riled", her friends became annoyed with her accurate but unflattering impersonations of them and they retaliated by impersonating her in turn. Like Buster, Babs is usually willing to go out of her way for her friends, such as when she sabotaged a bunch of swan ballet dancers who were trying to thwart Shirley's debut.

Her mother (also voiced by Tress MacNeille), was heard but only shown from the waist down (similar to the appearance of Nanny in the animated series Muppet Babies). She has a father (also seen only from the waist down), who appeared in one episode as a monstrously large fellow who intimidated Buster when he dated Babs. However, in another episode ('Love Disconnection') where he drops Babs and her friends off at a party, Babs' father is portrayed differently as a goofy and clueless man who appears way out of touch with his daughter.

Babs is many times known to have a crush on Buster, who will nervously retreat from her advances. Buster has occasionally, returned the affection. Aside from taking her to the prom in one episode, towards the end of the series, in the episode Thirteensomething he shows that he harbors deep feelings for her, rescues her, and (somewhat forcably by her) embraces a kiss from her at the end of the episode. In the last episode, It's a Wonderful Tiny Toon Christmas Special he discovers that her life would be trite and miserable without him, and towards the end of the episode, embraces a kiss (this time willingly of his own accord) and recognizes the value they have towards each other. Presumably after this, he would no longer retreat from her in any way at all.

In "Fields of Honey", Babs went insane looking for a female mentor, as nearly all prominent classic Looney Tunes characters are male. She eventually found one: Honey, a forgotten actress from the old Bosko cartoons. Babs herself does reflect several surreal aspects common to very old cartoon characters, as well as the more manic personality given to Bugs Bunny early in his career. Her official outfit includes a yellow blouse and a purple skirt.

Babs typically has blue eyes; however, in one episode, it is revealed she wears blue contact lenses, and her eyes are naturally brown. Also, in another episode we can see the spirit of Babs' sense of humour with brown eyes as spirits don't wear contact lens.

Buster J. Bunny (voiced by Charlie Adler and John Kassir), is the leader of the Tiny Toons gang, a street-smart anthropomorphic blue rabbit who had to deal with the challenges of a tough school curriculum, the machinations of former friend, present-day rich kid and local bully Montana Max and the advances of crazed and dippy animal lover Elmyra Duff. Like Babs, he will do anything for a laugh, though he is marginally more sane and calm than his female counterpart.

Buster's parents, like many of the main characters on the show, have never been seen on screen. It is known that Buster does live with his mother however, because in Tiny Toons commercials, she has been referenced and has even been spoken to on the phone, mostly as a way to tell Buster that she was on her way home and he was having a party.

Buster has an extreme fondness for Bugs to the point of often imitating his mentor, such as using Bug's slap dance technique from Bully For Bugs (though with considerably less success). Although cool and collected for the most part, there are instances where other characters will get the better of Buster, or some unfortunate mishap will befall him, unlike his mentor Bugs, who for the most part was always on top of his game.

Buster's outfit is just a red shirt and white gloves, which brings up the question when he asked his creator in the pilot episode for some clothes "for the censors" even though he's completely pantless.

It is shown in "Buster and Babs Go Hawaiian" that Buster doesn't like riding on airplanes because he gets motion sickness. There he tried to persuade the script writers to make a rewrite regarding his disliking for air travel. Because they refused, he had no choice but to accept it.

In early development, Buster would have had the catchphrase "Hello Nurse!" This idea was dropped as they could not think of a good reason for him to say it; it later evolved into a character name on Animaniacs, as well as a cry of lust from its main characters.

Buster's sole end tag alone without Babs is "And dat's a wrap!"

• Tiny Toon Adventures
• Animaniacs
• Bosko and Honey
• Bugs Bunny

• Tiny Toon Adventures at the Internet Movie Database
• Tiny Toon Adventures at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• Don Markstein's Toonopedia