Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation

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Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation
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Directed by	Rich Arons
Produced by	Tom Ruegger Steven Spielberg (exec.)
Written by	Paul Dini Nicholas Hollander Tom Ruegger Sherri Stoner
Distributed by	Warner Home Video
Release date(s)	1992
Running time	73 min.
Country	U.S.A.
Language	English
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Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation is a direct-to-video (though it was briefly considered for theatrical release) animated movie made in 1991, and released in 1992 from Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Entertainment. It features the regular cast from the animated program Tiny Toon Adventures. The film was produced by Tom Ruegger and written by Paul Dini, Nicholas Hollander, Tom Ruegger and Sherri Stoner. It was executive produced by Steven Spielberg. The film was released unrated in the U.S., but was rated U in the UK and G in Australia. It is available only in VHS format at the moment (catalogue number 12290). It was also released on Laserdisc. The film is 80 minutes, and is closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Credit gags
4 Parodies
5 Also references
6 External links

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Superman makes a cameo, saving Babs and Buster Bunny and Byron Basset

The plot of the film centers on the various Tiny Toon characters and what adventures they have during the summer after their term at the Looniversity ends.

Buster and Babs Bunny have a water pistol fight, which leads to Acme Acres being flooded. The two bunnies float down the river and end up in the southern United States, with a few loose parodies of the movie Deliverance.
Plucky Duck tags along with Hamton J. Pig and his family as they drive to the amusement park HappyWorldLand. It is a very long and painful trip and ends in Plucky getting chased by an escaped, Jason-esque lunatic with a chainsaw and a hockey mask.
Fifi Le Fume has her eye on movie star Johnny Pew, and manages to track him down at the hotel he's staying at. They end up going on a date—too bad it's not a dream date.
Fowlmouth drags Shirley the Loon to see Skunkophobia (presumably a play on the 1990 film Arachnophobia), a movie he's seen 100 times already - and one he won't shut up through.
Elmyra Duff has the time of her life at a nature park, as the animals run for their lives.

[edit] Cast

Voice Actor:	Character:
Charles Adler	Buster Bunny
Tress MacNeille	Babs Bunny/Babs' Mother/Drive-thru Waitress/Big Boo
Gail Matthius	Shirley the Loon/Sissy Boo
Kath Soucie	Fifi Le Fume/Li'l Sneezer/Little Boo/Bimbette Skunk
Don Messick	Hamton J. Pig/Radio Announcer
Joe Alaskey	Plucky Duck/Tupelo Toad
Maurice LaMarche	Dizzy Devil
Frank Welker	Gogo Dodo/Furrball/Calamity Coyote/Little Beeper/Byron Basset/ Uncle Stinky
Rob Paulsen	Fowlmouth/Johnny Pew/Mr. Hitcher/Horatio/BanJo Possum
Cree Summer	Elmyra Duff/Mary Melody
Candi Milo	Sweetie Pie
Jonathan Winters	Wade Pig
Edie McClurg	Winnie Pig
Sorrell Booke	Big Daddy Boo
Greg Burson	Elmer Fudd

[edit] Credit gags

Tiny Toon Adventures is known for its gags, often only visible when watching the show frame-by-frame. Such is the case with How I Spent My Vacation, which has numerous gags inserted into its rapidly scrolling credits. The list includes:

Reason This Movie Went Straight To Home Video: Cuz It's So Darned Good!
Original Running Time: 8 hours, 47 minutes
Hey, What About That Urkel Kid? Is He Funny Or What?
First Theatrical Screening: June 8, 1991. Old Orchard Theatre. Skokie, Illinois.
Last Theatrical Screening: (Same as Above.)
This Film Has Been Edited For Your Protection.
Do Not Back Up. Severe Tire Damage.
Man In Sound Recording Booth Who Pushes That Funny Red Button A Lot: Link Poonie
Moral of the Story (Pick One):
1. Enjoy Your Vacation.
2. Relish Your Youth.
3. Don't Pick Up Chainsaw-Wielding Hitchikers.
4. Feature Length Movies Should Not Have 18 Different Plots.
These End Credits Are Interminable.
Top 4 Reasons A Caricature Of David Letterman Is In This Video thingybob:
1. We Admire His Comedy Stylings.
2. We Wanted To Use Merv Griffin, But He Threatened To Sue.
3. We Needed Some Filler.
4. We're Brown-Nosing Weasles Who Want Him To Mention Us On His Show.
Other Stuff Done By: Some Guy Named Bob
And That's The Final Credit. There is a pause in the credits as ending music plays. Suddenly, new music starts up. We Lied. Cast listing begins.
Our Only Regret: Joe Piscopo
Woman Who Cleans Studio: Queegee Bananahoe
Suggested Retail Price: $19.95 Without Rebate.
With Rebate: About A Buck And A Quarter.

The end tag is of Byron Basset, who sniffs around before saying "Woof."

[edit] Parodies

Frankenstein (1931)
It Happened One Night (1934)
I Love Lucy (1951)
Tonight! (1953)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Deliverance (1972)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
The Barbara Walters Special (1976)
Superman (1978)
1941 (1979)
Friday the 13th (1980)
Late Night with David Letterman (1982)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial* (1982)
Poltergeist (1982)
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (1984)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
The Arsenio Hall Show(1989)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Arachnophobia (1990)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)

Also parodies the THX Deep Note logo before a movie with an incredibly loud bang followed by "The audience is now deaf," and the Tiny Toons theme, when Plucky suggest they watch TV all summer.