Look, a tiny mouse in a big hat is basically a guaranteed recipe for success. Give that little guy a cute catchphrase and basically superpowers and you’ve got a character for the ages. Unfortunately, unsurprisingly for the year 1953, Speedy’s first appearance was a little… unkind in its portrayal. Which is saying a lot when the final version is wearing a huge sombrero. For that reason you might find your collar a little tight when watching his debut, Cat-tails for Two.
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Taz Enters The Rotation
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In 1954, Bugs would go on a tropical trip in the cartoon Devil May Hare, and would run into a Looney Tune that, though late to the party, would become maybe one of the most beloved of all, especially when it comes to bootleg t-shirts: Taz, the Tasmanian Devil. The dust-cloud-causing, middling-to-decent-video-game-having, tornado of a toon would be here to stay, and would forever cause children to have no idea what an actual Tasmanian Devil looks like.
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