Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up

Story

When a large asteroid rips a hole in the roof of Porky Pig (voice of Eric Bauza) and Daffy Duck’s (voice of Eric Bauza) home, a town representative tells them they have 10 days to fix the problem or their house will be torn down.

The pair quickly set out to find a job and save their home, but Daffy’s high jinks and shortcuts repeatedly get them fired. A chance encounter with Petunia Pig (voice of Candi Milo) leads them to a job at the local chewing gum factory, where Daffy discovers that the same alien goo that hit their house has been secretly added to a new flavour of chewing gum that’s about to be distributed worldwide.

When Daffy investigates further, he discovers that the chewing gum changes the chewer into a mindless zombie. He tries to warn the town about it, but instead of believing him, everyone thinks he’s crazy and he’s thrown in jail.

An angry Porky bails him out with the last of their money and is furious at their predicament, until Daffy proves to him and Petunia that the chewing gum is controlled by an invader (voice of Peter MacNicol) who seems intent on blowing up the Earth and turning everyone into zombies. The trio set out to stop him by any means possible, but they wind up joining forces with him when they realise the bigger danger that threatens them all.

Themes

Alien invasion; zombies; mind control; bullying; blind imitation of others

Violence

Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up has some violence. For example:

A meteor hits Porky and Daffy’s house, tearing through the roof, before crashing into the woods beyond.
As babies, Porky and Daffy are nearly attacked by wolves.
There’s lots of slapstick violence as Porky and Daffy grow up, including sliding down banisters and flying through the closed front door of their house, and getting hit on the head with random items.
A bully attacks Porky, and Daffy retaliates by laying an egg on the roof and dropping it over the boy’s head.
Daffy shoots newspapers out of a gun.
A stick of chewing gum explodes in Daffy’s mouth.
Daffy jumps on an official at the Town Hall and rips his eyebrows off and pulls down the gentleman’s pants, attempting to demonstrate that the man is an alien.
A zombie scientist trips and smashes the invaders science experiment. The invader then slaps him across the face.
A gum monster slaps Daffy when he is caught in his tentacles.
The gum monster is shot with a fire torch and eventually explodes.
Porky shoots gas at people, making them gag. When they spit out the gum, Petunia incinerates the alien gum blob with a blow torch.
The invader shakes and slaps a scientist. He later smashes his alien ship console in fury and slams the scientist repeatedly into a screen.
Daffy smashes himself in the face with a mallet.
The invader indicates that he plans to blow up the Earth.
Jail bars electrocute Daffy.
Daffy repeatedly slams his head with a car door.
Porky and Daffy find themselves balancing on a huge wheel that crushes and flattens the invader.
A scientist slaps the invader.
Daffy is caught and stuck to a rock while trying to blow up an asteroid that is on a collision course with Earth.
An asteroid is destroyed in a massive explosion, and it looks like Porky and Daffy don’t survive but they later are shown to be fine.
A lady’s head explodes off her shoulders.

Sexual references

Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up has some sexual references. For example:

When Porky first sees Petunia, he is completely smitten and can only stare at her. Daffy says to Porky, ‘I bet you want a piece of that. I will get you some of that tasty dish.’ Daffy is referring to pie, but the double meaning is clear.
Daffy and Porky assume that they’ll be probed by the alien invader. They tell him, ‘You can probe us in truck stop restrooms or on the French Riviera.’ They then turn on each other, saying things like ‘I hope you get probed” and ‘I’ll show you probed’.

Alcohol, drugs and other substances

Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up has some substance use. For example:

Chewing gum is used as a form of mind control, turning the chewers into zombies.
A fisherman smokes a pipe and blows bubbles from the end.

Nudity and sexual activity

Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up has some nudity and sexual activity. For example:

While repairing their footpath, Porky says there should be no cracks showing. Daffy, meanwhile, has his full, bare bottom exposed.
While attempting to be an influencer, Daffy inflates his bottom, making it much larger than normal, and shakes it in a sexy, dancing way. When he farts, his bottom deflates.
A few female characters are shown with abnormally large, protruding breasts.
Daffy pulls out all his feathers and runs naked to the Town Hall, trying to get people to listen to him.
A couple kiss on a park bench.
Porky and Petunia kiss.

Product placement

Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up has some product placement – for example, boba tea. No specific brand is mentioned, but the invader bows down before it and later treats everyone to tea.

Coarse language

Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up has some coarse language – for example, ‘kick zombie butt’ and ‘screw that up’. Insults include ‘losers’, ‘chumps’, ‘cheapskates’, ‘nerd’, ‘weirdo’, ‘imbecile’, ‘pukey’, ‘bub’, ‘jerks’, ‘maniac’, ‘barnyard freaks’, ‘looney’ and ‘ninnies’. Crude behaviour includes when a dog farts and blows a chewing gum bubble out of its bottom.

Ideas to discuss with your children

Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up is an animated adventure featuring the classic characters and slapstick violence that Looney Tunes is known for. The movie is best suited to viewers aged 8 and over.

The main messages from Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up are to never give up on your dreams, and to always stick together.

Values in Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up that you could reinforce with your children include teamwork, creativity, persistence, courage and trust.

Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up could also give you the chance to talk with your children about the importance of not giving up, even if the world tells you that you can’t do something or that you aren’t good enough.