November 9, 2003
Looney Tunes: Back in Action is a 2003 American-German live action/animated fantasy spy action adventure comedy film produced by Warner Bros. Feature Animation, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, and directed by Joe Dante. It is the third feature-length live-action animation hybrid film to feature Looney Tunes characters, after Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Space Jam (1996).
Storyline
Tired of playing second fiddle to Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck demands his own movie from the Warner Bros., but they promptly fire him. Aspiring stuntman DJ Drake is asked to escort Daffy off the studio lot, but the ensuing chase leads to the Batmobile demolishing the studio water tower. DJ is fired, and returns home with Daffy hitching a ride, discovering his father and action star Damian Drake is actually a secret agent. Damian instructs his son to travel to Las Vegas, find his associate Dusty Tails, and gain the mystical Blue Monkey diamond before being captured by the Acme Corporation, led by the childish Mr. Chairman. DJ and Daffy head for Vegas. Meanwhile, Bugs’ routines fall apart without Daffy, so V.P. for Comedy, Kate Houghton, is sent to rehire Daffy or face being fired herself. Bugs informs her of the situation and they pursue DJ and Daffy in Damian’s spy car.
In Las Vegas, DJ and Daffy meet Dusty in a casino owned by Acme operative Yosemite Sam. Dusty gives them a strange playing card, but when Yosemite tries to kill them, they flee in the spy car with Bugs and Kate, but when Daffy cries "Mother!", the car takes flight. Crashing in Death Valley, the group stumble across the secretive Area 52, run by Damian’s gadget specialist Mother. Mother plays a video recording, revealing Acme intends on using the Blue Monkey to transform mankind into monkeys to manufacture their products and then buy them as humans. Marvin the Martian, imprisoned in the facility, escapes and leads a group of fellow alien inmates to obtain the playing card but the heroes escape. Realising the card has the Mona Lisa’s face on it, the group conclude they must view the painting in the Louvre, Paris.
At the Louvre, the group discover the card contains a viewing window and looking through it reveals the Mona Lisa has a map of Africa hidden beneath it. Elmer Fudd appears, revealing he is "secretly evil", and chases Bugs and Daffy through the gallery for the card whilst Kate is kidnapped by Mr. Chairman’s bodyguard Mr. Smith to obtain a photo of the African map though DJ rescues her. Elmer is disintegrated after jumping out of a pointillism artwork by Bugs.
DJ, Kate, Bugs, and Daffy travel to Africa, meeting Granny, Sylvester, and Tweety, who escort them to the ruins of a jungle temple where they find the Blue Monkey. Granny and co. reveal themselves to be Mr. Chairman, Smith, and the Tasmanian Devil in disguise. Mr. Chairman uses a disintegration gun to transport himself and the heroes to the Acme headquarters where he forces DJ to give him the diamond when Damian is revealed to be his prisoner.
Marvin is sent to place the Blue Monkey on an Acme satellite which will emit an energy beam around the world to turn everyone, save Mr. Chairman, into monkeys. DJ and Kate rescue Damian from a death trap, whilst Bugs and Daffy pursue Marvin. Bugs is incapacitated, prompting Daffy to become Duck Dodgers, removes his beak and uses it to destroy the Blue Monkey. The transforming energy beam only strikes Mr. Chairman, turning him into a monkey.
Bugs and Daffy return to Earth, where Daffy discovers the whole adventure was staged to make a movie. However, Bugs promises Daffy they will be equal partners, but just as Daffy’s luck seems to be improving, he is flattened by the Looney Tunes’ iris, where Porky Pig tries to close the film with "That’s all folks!" only for the studio to shut down before he can finish and he tells the audience to go home.
Also See
- Space Jam (1996)
- Whizzard of OW! (2003 Short)
- Museum Scream (2003 Short)
- Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas (2004 Short)
- Duck Dodgers: Attack of the Drones (2004 Short)
- Cock-A-Doodle Duel (2004 Short)
- My Generation G-G-Gap (2004 Short)
Movie Trailer
Sound Effects Used
- H-B BLINK, CARTOON - HIGH EYE BLINKS
- H-B HORN, CARTOON - OLD KLAXON CAR HORN
- H-B SPIN, CARTOON - WACKY SPIN WITH DRUM
- H-B ZIP, CARTOON - LOW WHISTLE ZING OUT
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- Hollywoodedge, Chimpanzee Screeche PE026201
- Hollywoodedge, Crash Metal Shatter PE110101
- Hollywoodedge, Crash Metal Shatter PE110201
- Hollywoodedge, Crowd Reaction Shock PE142501
- Hollywoodedge, Doppler Car Horn By Ap PE077401
- Hollywoodedge, Doppler Car Horn By Ap PE077501
- Hollywoodedge, Doppler Horn By LeftT PE079801
- Hollywoodedge, Dog Large Angry Barks PE023801
- Hollywoodedge, Dry Squeaky Kiss OrS CRT027702
- Hollywoodedge, Elephant Trumpeting PE024801
- Hollywoodedge, Head Bonk Wbell Drum CRT031901
- Hollywoodedge, Head Bonk Whorn 3 Typ CRT032401 (1st bonk)
- Hollywoodedge, Hollowbomp Impact CRT030402
- Hollywoodedge, Lincoln Town Car In Sk PE073501
- Hollywoodedge, Low Pitched Squeak CRT049301
- Hollywoodedge, Old Car Horns Single CRT021302
- Hollywoodedge, Quick Double Bell Di CRT015001
- Hollywoodedge, Quick Whistle Zip By CRT057505
- Hollywoodedge, Single Sword Hit 3 Hig PE102701
- Hollywoodedge, Slap 1 PE104201
- Hollywoodedge, Slap 2 PE104301
- Hollywoodedge, Swish 9 Single PE116801
- Hollywoodedge, Swish 12 Single PE117101
- Hollywoodedge, Swish 15 Single PE117401
- Hollywoodedge, Swish 24 Single PE118301
- Hollywoodedge, Swish 29 Single PE118801
- Hollywoodedge, Wet Splats Various CRT052101
- Hollywoodedge, Wood Door OCKnob Ratt PE180201
- Hollywoodedge, Wood Impact Debris Fa PE113601
- ROADRUNNER MEEP MEEP
- Sound Ideas, ANIMAL, CREATURE - LARGE ANIMAL DEATH SCREAM
- Sound Ideas, BITE, CARTOON - BIG CHOMP
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - HIGH METAL WOBBLE BOING 01
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - HOYT'S BOING
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - TROMBOING
- Sound Ideas, BELL TREE - ASCENDING SHORT, MUSIC, PERCUSSION
- Sound Ideas, BUBBLE, CARTOON - SKIP'S FLARTLES 02
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - FAST ANVIL FALL AND IMPACT
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - FAST, HEAVY FALL WITH EXPLOSIVE IMPACT
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - GUN SHOT AND BULLET BOUNCE OFF METAL
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - GUN SHOT AND BULLET RICOCHET AROUND ROOM
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - HARD HEAD BONK WITH TWITTERING BIRDS, HIT
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - HEAD BONK WITH CUCKOO BIRD, SLIDE DOWN AND SPLAT, HIT
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - LARGE SPEAR THROW AND IMPACT, ARCHERY, ARROW (Impact only)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - TRIP, STUMBLE AND CRASH, FALL
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, AIRPLANE - JET: PASS BY
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, AIRPLANE - PROP PLANE DIVE AND SWOOP BY
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, AIRPLANE - PROP PLANE PASS BY FAST
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, AIRPLANE - PROP PLANE POWER DIVE SCREAM
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BEE - BEE BUZZING AROUND, FLY, INSECT
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BELL - ALARM BELL: FAST CLANGING
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - JEWS HARP BOING
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - VIBRATING WOODEN SPRONG
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOINK - VOCAL BOINK
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BONK - SINGLE BONK, LOW
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BONK - SINGLE BONK, MEDIUM
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BONK - SINGLE HEAD BONK
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, CHICKEN - LOUD SINGLE SQUAWK
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, DUCK - SINGLE DUCK QUACKING 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, ELEPHANT - ELEPHANT TRUMPETING
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, EXPLOSION - POWERFUL EXPLOSIVE BLAST
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, FUSE - LONG FUSE SIZZLING, SIZZLE
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, GUN - PUMPING OR COCKING GUN
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HIT - BIG ANVIL HIT
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HIT - BIG, HEAVY METALLIC HIT
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HIT - HARD DRUM HIT
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HIT - HEAVY DRUM HIT
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HIT - HEAVY METALLIC CLANK
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HIT - HOLLOW BANG
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HIT - METALLIC HEAD HIT
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HIT - METALLIC SMACK
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HIT - SINGLE HARD SMACK
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HIT - SINGLE TIMPANI HIT AND RISE
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HIT - SLIDE DOWN AND HIT (Hit part only)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HIT - SMALL METALLIC HIT WITH HORN
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HIT - SWISH AND BIG SOCK
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HIT - WHIPPY BANG
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HORN - LOW RASPBERRY HORN TOOT
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HORN - SHORT, SHARP HORN TOOT, HIGH
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HORN - SHORT HORN TOOT, LOW
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HORN - SHORT HORN TOOT, MEDIUM
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HORN - DOUBLE HORN TOOT, LOW
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, KISS - LONG SQUEAKY KISS AND POP
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, PLUCK - SMALL VIOLIN STRING PLUCK
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, PLUCK - SMALL VIOLIN STRING PLUCK AND BEND 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, PLUCK - SMALL VIOLIN STRING PLUCK AND BEND 02
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, PLUNGER - RUBBER PLUNGER WORKING ON FLOOR, SUCTION CUP
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, POP - BIG CORK POP
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, POP - BIG POP 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, POP - BIG POP 02
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, POP - BIG POP 04
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, POP - BOINKY POP
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, POP - LITTLE POP
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, POP - SMALL VOCAL POP 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, POP - WHOOSHY POP
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, RATTLE - MARBLE ROLLING AROUND IN METAL FUNNEL
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, RAZZBERRY - SHORT RAZZBERRY
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, REEL - FISHING REEL SPOOLING OUT LINE
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SCREAM - GIRL'S SHORT SCREAM, HORROR 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SHEEP - GOAT BAAA
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SIREN - OLD POLICE, FIRE OR AMBULANCE SIREN
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SKID - SHORT, LOW SKID
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SKID - SHORT, MEDIUM SKID
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SLIDE - BAGPIPE SLOW DOWN 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SLIDE - LONG VIOLIN SLIDE DOWN
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SLIDE - MEDIUM VIOLIN SLIDE DOWN
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SLIDE - SHORT VIOLIN SLIDE DOWN
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SLIDE - SHORT VIOLIN SLIDE UP
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SLIDE - SHORT WARBLY VIOLIN SLIDE, DOWN
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SNAP - LARGE RUBBER SNAP 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SNAP - LARGE RUBBER SNAP 02
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SNAP - THIN RUBBER SNAP
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SNAP - THIN RUBBER SNAP, TWO TIMES
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, STRETCH - GUITAR BEND: LONG STRETCH
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUAWK - BIG HORN SQUAWK
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUEAK - CONTINUOUS LITTLE SQUEAKS
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUEAK - RESIN SQUEAK, STRETCH 03
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUEAK - SEVERAL RUBBER SQUEAKS, STRETCH
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUEAK - SHORT METAL HINGE SQUEAK
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUEAK - SINGLE ROCKING CHAIR SQUEAK 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUEAK - SINGLE ROCKING CHAIR SQUEAK 02
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUEEZE - BIG ACCORDION SQUEEZE 02
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUEEZE - QUICK HARD NOSE GRAB
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SWISH - FAST WHIPPY SWISHES 01 (1st & 2nd part was heard)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SWISH - SINGLE FAST WHIPPY SWISH BY
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SWISH - SHARP VOCAL SWISH 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SWISH - SHARP VOCAL SWISH 02
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SWISH - WHIPPY VOCAL SWISH
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, TWANG - BOWSTRING TWANG 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, TWANG - BOWSTRING TWANG 02
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, TWANG - BUZZING WOOD TWANG 02
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, TWANG - WOBBLING SAW BLADE TWANG 02
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, TWANG - WOBBLING TWANG
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, TWANG - WOODEN TWANG
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, VIBRAPHONE - DREAMY VIBES EFFECT, MUSIC, PERCUSSION
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - FAST, LOW ZIP WHISTLE AND SUDDEN STOP
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - FAST WHIRLING ZIP
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - FAST ZING WHISTLE, ZIP
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - FAST ZIP BY
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - FAST ZIP IN
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - FAST ZIP WHISTLE 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - FLUTTER WHISTLE: LONG SPINNING WHISTLE
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - FLUTTERING WHISTLE UP AND DOWN
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - LONG ZIP BY
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SHORT ZIP
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SLIDE WHISTLE: FAST SLIDE UP, ZIP 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SLIDE WHISTLE: FAST SLIDE UP, ZIP 03
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SLIDE WHISTLE: FAST ZIP BY 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SLIDE WHISTLE: FAST ZIP UP
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SLIDE WHISTLE: SEVERAL QUICK ZIPS UP 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SLIDE WHISTLE: QUICK ZIP UP
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SLIDE WHISTLE: QUICK ZIP DOWN
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHIZZ - FAST WHIZZ BY
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHOOSH - SHORT INWARDS VOCAL WHOOSH
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHOOSH - SHORT VOCAL WHOOSH
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, VIBRAPHONE - DREAMY VIBES EFFECT, MUSIC, PERCUSSION
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, ZIP - QUICK ZIP IN 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, ZIP - QUICK ZIP IN 02
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, ZIP - QUICK ZIP IN 03
- Sound Ideas, COYOTE - LONG HOWL, ANIMAL or Hollywoodedge, Single Classic Wolf CRT012501
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, CARTOON - KEN'S BASS, DRUM AND CYMBAL CRASH
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, CARTOON - LARGE JUNK CRASH 01
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, CARTOON - SOLID BASS, DRUM AND CYMBAL CRASH, MUSIC, PERCUSSION 01
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, METAL - LARGE METAL AND GLASS CRASH 03
- Sound Ideas, ELECTRONIC - MAGICAL SWISH 02
- Sound Ideas, ELECTRONIC - MAGICAL ZIP 01
- Sound Ideas, ELECTRONIC - MAGICAL ZIP 02
- Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - INCREASING RUMBLE LEADING TO EXPLOSION
- Sound Ideas, GULP, CARTOON - BIG GULP, HUMAN or Hollywoodedge, Big Single Gulp ie Dr CRT026803
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - BRAKE DRUM AND BULB HORN HIT
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - COCONUT HIT 01
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - HEAVY TIMP RISE
- Sound Ideas, HIT, HUMAN - BIG HEAVY FACE SLAP, CARTOON 01
- Sound Ideas, HIT, HUMAN - BIG HEAVY FACE SLAP, CARTOON 02
- Sound Ideas, HIT, HUMAN - BIG HEAVY FACE SLAP, CARTOON 03
- Sound Ideas, HIT, METAL - ANVIL DROP ON FOOT, CARTOON
- Sound Ideas, HIT, METAL - ANVIL FALL ON HEAD, CARTOON 01
- Sound Ideas, HIT, METAL - ANVIL FALL ON HEAD, CARTOON 02
- Sound Ideas, HIT, METAL - BONK ON HEAD WITH METAL PIPE, CARTOON
- Sound Ideas, HIT, METAL - DULL, HEAVY METAL IMPACT, CARTOON 01
- Sound Ideas, HIT, METAL - DULL, HEAVY METAL IMPACT, CARTOON 02
- Sound Ideas, HIT, METAL - DULL METAL IMPACT, CARTOON 02
- Sound Ideas, HIT, METAL - DULL METAL IMPACT, CARTOON 03
- Sound Ideas, HUMAN, SCREAM - SCREAM: FEMALE, HORROR 03
- Sound Ideas, LAUGH, CARTOON - SHORT CRAZY LAUGH, HUMAN
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- Sound Ideas, PING, CARTOON - SMALL STRING PLUCK 01
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- Sound Ideas, PING, CARTOON - SMALL STRING PLUCK AND SLIDE
- Sound Ideas, PLINK, CARTOON - SOUR PLINK
- Sound Ideas, PLUCK, CARTOON - VAROOP
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - BOW STRING RICCO
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- Sound Ideas, SCI FI - SPACE TORPEDO
- Sound Ideas, SCI FI - SPRING ZAP BLASTER SHOT
- Sound Ideas, SLIDE, CARTOON - FIDDLE SLIDE DOWN, SHORT
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- Sound Ideas, SPIT, CARTOON - SINGLE SPUT
- Sound Ideas, SPLAT, CARTOON - PAINT FIGHT GLOP 08
- Sound Ideas, STRETCH, ROPE - STRETCHING ROPE CREAK, LONG
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- Sound Ideas, WATER, GURGLE - SHORT HOLLOW WATER GURGLE IN TUBE, CARTOON 03
- Sound Ideas, WHINE, CARTOON - SHELL SCREAMING WHINE DOWN
- Sound Ideas, WIND - HOWLING HORROR WIND, WEATHER
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP OUT
- STAR WARS LIGHT SABER SOUND
- TAZ SPIN
- WB CARTOON, HEAD SHAKE - TROMBONE GOBBLE
- WB CARTOON, HIT - EXPLOSIVE METAL CLANG
- WB CARTOON, SWISH - WHIPPY SWISH BY
- WB CARTOON, THUNK - SMALL THUNK
- WB CARTOON, ZIP - QUICK ZIP
- W-B, HIT, METAL - HIGH BONK ON HEAD WITH METAL PIPE, CARTOON
- WILHELM SCREAM
