Her Wacky Highness

It is very hard to not expect a lot from "Her Wacky Highness". Have always loved 'Tiny Toon Adventures', loving it even more each time re-watching episodes from time to time. Also, the concept is so great and immediately reminds one of Looney Tunes. And the previous five episodes set such a high standard, "The Wheel o' Comedy" was a slight disappointment but was still pretty great, so this had a lot to live up to.

Luckily, "Her Wacky Highness" didn't disappoint at all. It always entertained me when younger, but due to being more familiar with the humour, impersonations and references and getting more out of what was already an inventive concept it is even greater now. With each viewing, the more is gotten out of and new things big and small noticed when not done so well. That is all the beauty of 'Tiny Toon Adventures', as well as 'Animaniacs', 'Pinky and the Brain' and Looney Tunes, love them even more too now as a young adult that can sometimes be a child at heart.

"Her Wacky Highness" is centred around Babs. Which is far from a bad thing, quite the opposite. She was always one of my favourite 'Tiny Toon Adventures' characters, she has such a strong, memorable personality and often has some of the best lines that are so clever and witty, so really she deserved to be the dominant focus. And the writers clearly had the time of their lives with Babs' character and writing. She is very funny and sassy as usual, her strong personality maintained, but also relatable somewhat at the beginning in a situation that a lot have been in.

She expectedly has so many great lines that are filled with razor sharp wit and wackiness, which fit so perfectly in the Wackyland setting, which is as wonderfully wacky as one would expect. The exchanges with amusing and never annoying Gogo are suitably witty, and with the references being more familiar to me (the only one familiar to me as a child was the 'Wizard of Oz' one and mainly because that was one of my all-time favourites and still is) they were easier to have at least a good smile at. Actually liked the Snoopy, love Snoopy and still have my pink "I Love Hugs" pyjamas with him on the top, one best. Likewise with the imitations.

The story is inventively handled and doesn't feel too thin, the Wackyland setting living up to its name. The moral concerning Elmer is very funny as well as truthful, no offence to a great character such as Elmer. The voice acting is on the money, with the lion's share going to Tress MacNeille having a clear whale of a time as Babs. It does feel strange not having Arthur Q. Bryan voicing Elmer, but Jeff Bergman has a good go filling big shoes.

Animation continues to be great, with lots of vibrancy and detail. The music fits very well and has a lot of energy, character and lushness, adding to the action. The main theme as ever is hip and catchy and the "Elmer Fudd Blues" song makes an equally great impression.

Concluding, fabulous episode and one of the best "even better with each re-watch" ones. 10/10

This is my ninth favorite episode of the show, this one is another Babs centered episode, it's sort of "Tiny Toons" doing "Alice in Wonderland". I always felt Babs Achilles heel was that she didn't always know when comedy hour is over, this finally bites her in the butt whether she feels it or not.

We of course see her class clowning around which is funny but it's also suspenseful as we see Elmer is coming back to the classroom. I was thinking, "c'mon Babs kill the act, save the rest for the comedy club tonight" which is where her comedy act should have been in the first place. Unfortunately, Babs presses her luck and of course we see her luck has just run out. We see the principal of Acme Loonavercity and it's really funny as he's "The Wizard of Oz" as well as Babs home life which is a really busy one and sort of gives some explanation as to why she craves attention.

Babs of course refuses to accept the fact she has a problem and instead of dealing with it decides to run away because she wants more freedom and feels she's unappreciated; which isn't true as everyone does appreciate her but she doesn't appreciate them or not enough.

We see Wackyland which a Salvador Dali painting is come to life. This is also a little homage to the two Porky Pig shorts of him and the Do Do, both of those are trippy. The place is trippy central where everything is non sensical and just about anything can happen. I really like how this a place where verbal and visual humor go together, from seeing rolling stones literally to even the recent Warner Bros logo chasing down and waking the old logo from the 70's. It's stuff you have to see to believe.

We also see Buster, Plucky, and Hampton coming to find her, it's funny once again how Plucky shows his inventive side as he's constructed a PKE Meter like device to track Babs down, despite the fact it really wasn't needed as they already know from the note where she's gone. Really like how they react to Wackyland which I feel is how any normal person would if they ever came for a visit. The place is so unpredictable and strange it could be dangerous; like when they come toward this scary looking tree that looks like the one from "Evil Dead 2" and "The Guardian", really like Hampton's reaction and what he says, yeah even I wouldn't go into that tree as it looks like it has death carved all over it.

Of course, her time in Wackyland soon gets to her, as she see one sight gag too many, much like being in a comedy festival too long gets tiresome fast. Let alone there really isn't anyone she can really connect with when you think about it; it is Wackyland after all not like there's an anamorphic populace around. She learns her lesson that self-control does go a long way, but that there is a time and place for everything, and of course does what is right.

Really like the ending which shows self-control is important, but a little non self-control doesn't hurt either.

Rating: 4 stars