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"And that's a rap"

  • Buster
Buster Bunny
Buster
First appearance "The Looney Beginning"
Voiced by Charlie Adler
Information
Species Rabbit
Gender Male
Relationships Babs Bunny (girlfriend)

Buster Bunny (voiced by Charlie Adler and later John Kassir) is the leader of the Tiny Toons gang, a street-smart, blue and white male rabbit who has to deal with the challenges of a tough school curriculum, the machinations of rich kid and local bully Montana Max, and the advances of crazed and ditzy 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 when he was having a party.

Buster has an extreme fondness for Bugs to the point of often imitating his mentor, such as using Bugs' "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.

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 dislike of air travel. Because they refused, he had no choice but to accept it.

Buster has parodied and portrayed many different characters and actors, from Superman to Chico Marx of the Marx Brothers.

Buster's outfit is just a red shirt and white gloves, looking similar to Reader Rabbit's outfit. He wears no pants, which brings up the question implied in "The Looney Beginning" when he asks his creator for some clothes "for the censors". His body is light blue and white.

Like their adult counterpart, Buster (and at times along with Babs) begin any attempts at mischief with, "Of course you realize, this means war." However, in order to make the line his own, Buster then adds, "Buster (and Babs) style!"

Buster's solo end tag alone (spoken without Babs) is: "And that's a wrap!"

The Bunny is the same one used for the latest version of Reader Rabbit.

As of 2020, Charlie Alder, according to his twitter, mentioned that he will not be reprising Buster's role, since Tiny Toons is getting a reboot that is still in development and will get released in 2021, in terms of that, someone else has to take Buster's role, like John Kassir.

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