A host of new characters are auditioned, including "The Roches," singing roach sisters who play in Hamton's kitchen. Plucky dreams he's a private eye in "The Return Of Pluck Twacy."A host of new characters are auditioned, including "The Roches," singing roach sisters who play in Hamton's kitchen. Plucky dreams he's a private eye in "The Return Of Pluck Twacy."A host of new characters are auditioned, including "The Roches," singing roach sisters who play in Hamton's kitchen. Plucky dreams he's a private eye in "The Return Of Pluck Twacy."
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- Buster Bunny
- (voice)
- Babs Bunny
- (voice)
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- Plucky Duck
- (voice)
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- Boxcars
- (voice)
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- Hamton J. Pig
- (voice)
- Daffy Duck
- (voice)
- Terre
- (voice)
- Maggie
- (voice)
- Suzzy
- (voice)
- White Rabbit
- (voice)
- Directors
- Ken Boyer(segment The Roches)
- Eddie Fitzgerald(segment The Return of Pluck Twacy)
- Writers
- Sherri Stoner(segment The Roches)
- Eddie Fitzgerald(segment The Return of Pluck Twacy)
- Paul Dini
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSteven Spielberg provides the voice for the white rabbit auditioning for Buster and Babs at the start of the episode. This character is a takeoff on Roger Rabbit, star of a film produced by Spielberg.
- Quotes
White Rabbit: P-b-b-b-blease! You have to let me on your show! I've got to keep my wife in glitter paint!
[pulls out a frying pan and starts hitting himself on the head with it]
White Rabbit: Look! I'm wacky! Zany! Toony!
[Trap door opens under Roger, sending him falling]
Buster Bunny: [to the audience] We're auditioning new characters for the show.
- Crazy creditsSpecial Thanks to Martin Scott Teddy Wainwright
- ConnectionsReferenced in Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure (1993)
- SoundtracksTurkey in the Straw
(uncredited)
Traditional
"New Character Day" is not one the best 'Tiny Toon Adventures', a long way from that, but there is enough to it that shows how great the show was at its best and why the show was a personal favourite of all the animated shows of the 90s. The two segments that make it up are "The Roches" and "The Return of Pluck Twacy". It has to be admitted, in my view, that one segment is much better than the other and is one so good that it is difficult to be too hard on "New Character Day".
Was not completely crazy about "The Roches". It was well animated and voiced and it was interesting to see The Roches on characteristic quirky form and in the form of animation. At its best though, the humour is more amusing than hilarious and there could have been more of it. Did find the segment overall on the slightly bland side and Hamton doesn't quite have the same amount of personality of The Roches.
In general, the humour could have been sharper and felt fresher. The wackiness is there but there is not much new here.
Did love the wraparound story though, which did see Buster and Babs in character and with great comic timing (especially Babs) and it was a lot of fun seeing the new auditioning characters. Even if the material is not the most original. Even better is the brilliant homage to 'The Great Piggy Bank Robbery' "The Return of Pluck Twacy". Plucky is the perfect choice for the titular character and the segment is often incredibly funny and with a suspenseful atmosphere.
Animation is vibrantly coloured and beautifully rich in detail, not just the backgrounds but also the expressions and reactions of the characters which are wonderfully looney. The Roches occasionally look a little incomplete. The music is dynamic and characterful as always and the theme song has always brought a smile to my face. Something that was the case when a child and still is now. Most of the characterisation is fine and the voice acting excellent.
Overall, pretty decent. One segment didn't wow me that much, but the other absolutely did and the wraparound story is great fun as well. 7/10
- TheLittleSongbird
- Dec 20, 2020
Details
- Runtime22 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1