Tiny Toon Adventures ran from 1990 to 1992. In addition to producing 98 episodes, there were two specials and a TV movie titled How I Spent My Vacation. The series was a collaboration between noted film director Steven Spielberg's production company Amblin Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation, and Tom Ruegger. The cartoon was ubiquitously popular and spawned toys, video-games, and other merchandise.
The success of the series was attributed to its superb voice cast, hilarious and witty writing, memorable music such as its theme song that was composed by Richard Stone, and an appealing lineup of zany and resonating characters. These episodes were voted by fans as being the best in the series.
Citizen Max (8.1)
A spoof of the movie Citizen Kane. This episode chronicled how Montana Max (Danny Cooksey) became the penny-pinching, obnoxious twerp he was. While featuring several callbacks to the movie, they also snuck in some references to Superman (Max owning the first comic issue) and Plucky's alias Deep Quack being an allusion to Deep Throat, a coverup that was formerly used to notify the press of President Nixon's dirty work.
This episode is remembered for its clever references and comedic story.
The Buster Bunny Bunch (8.1)
This episode had a few different storylines. The main one saw Buster Bunny (Charlie Adler) hit the gym before he realized he got more than what he bargained for while being training by Arnold (Rob Paulsen). Other storylines involved Dizzy (Maurice LaMarche) facing his crimes after squashing a bug and Babs Bunny (Tress MacNeille) irking her friends with her spot-on impersonations of them.
Fans fondly recall this episode for its spoof of The Mickey Mouse Club and Bab's uncanny impressions.
Kon Ducki (8.2)
In a parody of the 1950 film Kon Tiki, Pluck Heyerdahl (who is portrayed by Plucky Duck (Joe Alaskey)) and his crew are determined to legitimize a theory to the Explorer Club that ducks sailed to Salinas and not migrated.
Given 21 days, the crew voyage and encounter some dangerous and funny obstacles along the way. To make the episode even more comedic, it featured a behind the scenes portion of Plucky and the crew's journey. This was one of the few episodes that did not feature Babs.
Acme Cable TV (8.2)
In this anthology episode, Babs and Buster catch Taiwan fever and decide to watch TV while they get better. The segments parody various classic shows and commercials, including Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, Lassie, Hollywood Squares, and Roseanne.
The episode, among others, was co-written by Batman: The Animated Series writer Paul Dini. The episode was a also rare instance where Gogo was voiced by Rob Paulsen instead of his regular actor Frank Welker.
The Looney Beginning (8.2)
In the first episode of the series, the audience is introduced to the cast, including its two leads Babs and Buster. The story followed an animator creating the world of Tiny Toons with Babs, Buster, and Bugs Bunny's assistance.
The episode offered an interesting perspective of the process behind TV show production, covering the development of the concept with creating the characters, setting, auditions, and world-building. It was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) but lost to The Simpsons.
Fields of Honey (8.2)
While other students are working with their mentors, Babs feels left out as she doesn't have one. This inspires her to search for a mentor and in the process comes along Honey, an obscure female character that is reminiscent of Babs' personality.
Meanwhile, Buster and Plucky debate over whether Bugs or Daffy is the best-animated character of all time. The episode offered some humorous back-and-forth interactions with Buster and Plucky, along with some introspection about Babs and her identity as a toon.
Her Wacky Highness (8.3)
Another great episode from season one, the story dealt with Babs acting up in class and not letting up until she upset her teacher Elmer Fudd. Both her principal and mother insist she needs to control herself. Feeling unsatisfied and unappreciated, she runs away to Wackyland where there is no rhyme or reason and she can act however she pleased.
Yet, Babs quickly realizes this is more of a bad thing than a good thing. Viewers were mesmerized by the iridescent and chaotic world of Wackyland. "Her Wacky Highness" is one of the best Babs-focused episodes of the series.
Hollywood Plucky (8.3)
Plucky and Hampton travel to Hollywood for sight-seeing, celebrity watching, and to potentially sell Plucky's script. Meanwhile, having missed their bus, Babs and Buster are stranded in the desert.
Fans remember this episode for the characters' hilarious interactions with celebrities of the day (and present), including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Pee-wee Herman, Cher, and Roseanne Barr. For Animaniacs fans, this episode marked the first appearance of security guard Ralf who later appeared on said series.
Animaniacs! (8.3)
In this episode, Plucky is doomed to fail his class, Animation 101, unless he produces a film for the animation festival. He and Buster crackdown, along with a magical pen to guide Plucky through the process of animation.
While "The Looney Beginning" previewed how a show developed, "Animaniacs!" divulged more into this topic. This episode also had some fun easter eggs, including posters and title art of past Tiny Toon Adventures episodes and cameos from future Animaniacs characters.
Tiny Toon Music Television (8.6)
Buster and Babs host a music channel that is a spoof of MTV. Throughout the episode, there are several musical segments involving the characters singing songs that allude to well-known tunes such as Aretha Franklin's "Respect," They Might Be Giants' "Particle Man" and Barrett Strong's "Money (That's All I Want)."
The episode also featured a semi-parody of Fantasia's Sorcerer's Apprentice sequence. Many fans consider this the best episode of the series thanks to its brilliant parodies and music.