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. The animation was distributed by
Tokyo Movie Shinsha, a current
Japanese animation studio. 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 73 minutes, and is closed captioned for the hearing impaired. This special was re-edited and cut into four separate episodes for syndication and airs as part of the original series. These syndicated versions first aired in February of 1993 on the FOX Network.
Plot
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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 (also from WB).
- 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 is not a dream date.
- Fowlmouth drags Shirley the Loon to see Skunknophobia (presumably a play on the 1990 film Arachnophobia), a movie he has seen 100 times already—and one he will not shut up through.
- Elmyra Duff has the time of her life at a nature park, as the animals run for their lives.
Cast
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):
- #Enjoy Your Vacation.
- #Relish Your Youth.
- #Don't Pick Up Chainsaw-Wielding Hitchikers.
- #Feature Length Movies Should Not Have 18 Different Plots.
- Additional Viking Dialogue: Jerry Van Dyke
- These End Credits Are Interminable.
- Top 4 Reasons a Caricature of David Letterman Is in This Video:
- #We Admire His Comedy Stylings.
- #We Wanted to Use Merv Griffin, but He Threatened to Sue.
- #We Needed Some Filler.
- #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, which is the Tiny Toons theme in its original opening arrangement, plays. Suddenly, the key modulates. We Lied. Cast listing begins, the last of which is "Valhalla as Himself."
- 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."
Parodies
Also references
Celebrity caricatures
External links
Steven Spielberg productions
