Fifi Le Fume
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Fifi La Fume is a cartoon character from the Warner Bros.
animated television series Tiny Toon Adventures
. She is one of the main characters on the show. Fifi is voiced by Kath Soucie
. Fifi is a young, purple and white female skunk
with a pink bowed ribbon
in her hair. She attends Acme Loonerversity and lives in Acme Acres. She is also one of Acme Loonerversity's cheerleaders in which, like the other two (Babs Bunny & Shirley the Loon), she wears a royal blue ribbon in place of her pink ribbon.
character Pepé Le Pew
, who occasionally, though not often, serves as her mentor
in the series. Her fur
is purple and white, as opposed to a normal skunk's black and white
, and she keeps a ribbon tied to her hair which causes it to fall over one eye, giving her a sultry, coquettish look. She has a massive tail, over twice the size of her own body, which is the source of her powerful odor. She uses her tail for a number of things, including a pillow
, a pom-pom, and a snare to capture potential boyfriend
s before they can get away.
Like Pepé, Fifi is French and very flirt
atious. She mainly speaks English with a few French words. She also shares the same faults as her idol: intense skunk-odor, and an inability to take "no" for an answer when pursuing the romantic object of her choice. When she falls in love, she loses all self control
, and will not allow anything to stop her from literally capturing her prey
.
Fifi's putrid stench has been shown to be powerful enough to melt solid steel (seen in "Love Stinks") and the more she falls in love, the stronger her stench gets. However, unlike Pepè, who reeks all the time, Fifi's musk
only comes into play when she is attracted to someone, or when it would advance the plot, thus allowing her to interact with other characters when she is not the central focus of the story. Fifi's character is also taken in a somewhat sympathetic light, for she, alone, longs for a lover, leaving many people to feel sorry for her. Also, while Pepè seems oblivious of himself smelling bad, Fifi realizes she has a foul odor and often uses it to her advantage during desperate situations. For instance, in "Out of Odor", she wielded her tail like a machine gun to fire clouds of musk. Other uses include providing a means of causing mishaps among an opposing team. Two such examples are "The Acme Bowl" and "Son of the Wacko World of Sports". In "The Acme Bowl", Fifi caused Roderick Rat to turn green and fumble the football after she laid out a wall of brownish yellow clouds in his way. In "Son of the Wacko World of Sports", Fifi knocked out the Perfecto catcher (Rubella Rat) in a baseball game after Sylvester joked that she hadn't reached first base since 1988, which annoyed Fifi. It is also shown that her smell can be erased by tomato juice
, but the effects are only temporary and can be reversed quickly by washing the tomato juice off.
Fifi is also referred to in casting documents as being something of a feminist
, as she is the pursuer, as opposed to the more usual female role of pursued. She's described as imagining that there's nothing a boy could do that she couldn't do herself. Her remarks toward boys are also rather self-regardingly amusing. For instance, in "Aroma Amore", Fifi affectionately remarked, "Leettle boys are such children!"
Fifi is also far more versatile than her Looney Tunes counterpart, appearing in stories that do not entirely revolve around enrapture with Romance. Apart from being a 'lovair', her many adventures include the prom, looking for mature boys, having to deal with Elmyra
, attempting to get an autograph from a famous movie star skunk hunk
, and much more.
Her end tag credit has Fifi bidding goodbye to the viewer with a somewhat flirtatious "Au revoir, ma petite potato du couch."
, and Shirley the Loon. The majority of Fifi's appearances were as a part of this group.
Together, they were the cheerleaders
for the Acme Looniversity Football Team, and at one point, the unofficial back-up players. Another time, in search of more mature men, the three went to a high-class dance only to find that all the boys there were stuck-up. However, most of their time together was spent just hanging out and doing girl stuff.
Like Buster Bunny
, Fifi's family was occasionally spoken of but never seen. After capturing Furrball (whom she'd mistaken for a cute boy-skunk), she had planned to introduce him to her family. Despite having a family, she lives by herself in a beat-up, red Cadillac DeVille
in the Acme Acres Junkyard. In a bio published in issue #25 of the Tiny Toon Adventures comic (Marvel Comics
volume), a character bio described Fifi as "a expatriate
of Paris", indicating that she lived there before moving permanently to Acme Acres.
, Fifi's most frequent object of affection was Furrball. Fifi first pursued him in the episode "Aroma Amore", wooing the reluctant feline (who had acquired a white stripe down his back) all across Acme Acres before Furrball covered his stripe with blue paint, escaping her. Furrball then vengefully painted a pair of unconscious bully cats in skunk colors, leaving Fifi to happily chase after them.
Fifi was next seen chasing Furrball in "Ask Mr. Popular", where she could be seen pursuing him, Dizzy Devil, and Concord Condor down an alley, trying to capture them with a large net, as one of Buster's examples on how to make friends. In addition, she and Furrball had a brief scene together at the end of the first short of "Mr. Popular's Rules of Cool," dancing with each other on the floor of the "Cool Club."
Fifi's third romantic encounter with Furrball occurred in the 1992 Tiny Toon Adventures Annual (published by Marvel Comics
). In a text story, Furrball's attempt to catch and eat Sweetie had unintended consequences after bumping into Fifi. Furrball went from predator to prey in an instant as Fifi began amorously chasing him. According to the prose, Furrball escaped; "And as (Fifi) slipped into something more comfortable, Furrball slipped away into the night".
A color activity book published by Merrigold Press in 1995 also contained a story where Fifi chases Furrball, though it was merely an adaptation of "Aroma Amore". The book did feature several bonus pages of artwork featuring Fifi wooing Furrball; scenarios that were not present in the original episode.
, Fifi found brief joy with a genuine skunk; this one being a movie-star named Johnny Pew. After waiting on him hand-and-foot in exchange for an autograph, Fifi discovered he was an arrogant jerk when he gave her autograph away to a voluptuous female skunk named Bimbette. Fifi promptly and literally kicked him to the curb, where Johnny was captured by Elmyra and forced to be her pet "kitty".
Johnny Pew was voiced by Rob Paulsen
and he was one of the antagonists in the movie.
that she had set-up to trap him.
from the Batman
series) makes a pass at Fifi (as Scentanna, a parody of Zatanna
from the DC universe), but she rejects Decoy by blasting him with a shot from her tail, causing him to crumble to the floor.
Fifi and all her friends were once pursued by Elmyra in the episode "The Horror of Slumber Party Mountain". Elmyra had disguised herself as a gruesome monster and was picking-off the Tiny Toons cast one-by-one to make them her pets. They all eventually freed themselves by the end of the episode.
Elmyra attempted (successfully) to make Fifi her pet in "Out of Odor", when Elmyra (repeatedly) mistook her for a cat (she assumed "skunk" meant "stinky kitty"). She disguised herself as Pepe Le Pew, went to her Cadillac, and luring Fifi out, squished tomato
es all over her, which nullified her scent. Fifi regained her odor after washing off all the tomato juice, but Elmyra's nose became clogged due to a rose allergy, allowing her to capture Fifi. How Fifi escaped is unknown, though some imply that this took place before "Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow".
Bimbette was also voiced by Kath Soucie
.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
animated television series Tiny Toon Adventures
Tiny Toon Adventures
Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures, usually referred to as Tiny Toon Adventures or simply Tiny Toons, is an American animated television series created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation. It began production as a result of Warner Bros....
. She is one of the main characters on the show. Fifi is voiced by Kath Soucie
Kath Soucie
Katherine Elaine Soucie is an American voice actress. She is sometimes credited as Kath Soucie, Katherine Soucie, Kath Souci, Kath E...
. Fifi is a young, purple and white female skunk
Skunk
Skunks are mammals best known for their ability to secrete a liquid with a strong, foul odor. General appearance varies from species to species, from black-and-white to brown or cream colored. Skunks belong to the family Mephitidae and to the order Carnivora...
with a pink bowed ribbon
Ribbon
A ribbon or riband is a thin band of material, typically cloth but also plastic or sometimes metal, used primarily for binding and tying. Cloth ribbons, most commonly silk, are often used in connection with clothing, but are also applied for innumerable useful, ornamental and symbolic purposes...
in her hair. She attends Acme Loonerversity and lives in Acme Acres. She is also one of Acme Loonerversity's cheerleaders in which, like the other two (Babs Bunny & Shirley the Loon), she wears a royal blue ribbon in place of her pink ribbon.
Character Profile and Personality
Fifi is a teenage skunk based on the Looney TunesLooney Tunes
Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and was Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. Since its first official release, 1930's Sinkin' in the Bathtub, the series has become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television...
character Pepé Le Pew
Pepé Le Pew
Pepé Le Pew is a fictional character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, first introduced in 1945. A French skunk that always strolls around in Paris in the springtime, when everyone's thoughts are of "love", Pepé is constantly seeking "l'amour" of his own...
, who occasionally, though not often, serves as her mentor
Mentor
In Greek mythology, Mentor was the son of Alcimus or Anchialus. In his old age Mentor was a friend of Odysseus who placed Mentor and Odysseus' foster-brother Eumaeus in charge of his son Telemachus, and of Odysseus' palace, when Odysseus left for the Trojan War.When Athena visited Telemachus she...
in the series. Her fur
Fur
Fur is a synonym for hair, used more in reference to non-human animals, usually mammals; particularly those with extensives body hair coverage. The term is sometimes used to refer to the body hair of an animal as a complete coat, also known as the "pelage". Fur is also used to refer to animal...
is purple and white, as opposed to a normal skunk's black and white
Black-and-white
Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray...
, and she keeps a ribbon tied to her hair which causes it to fall over one eye, giving her a sultry, coquettish look. She has a massive tail, over twice the size of her own body, which is the source of her powerful odor. She uses her tail for a number of things, including a pillow
Pillow
A pillow is a large cushion support for the head, usually used while sleeping in a bed, or for the body as used on a couch or chair. There are also throw pillows , which are pillows that are purely decorative and not designed for support or comfort...
, a pom-pom, and a snare to capture potential boyfriend
Boyfriend
A boyfriend is a person's regular male companion in a romantic or sexual relationship, although normally not in long-term committed relationships, where other titles A boyfriend is a person's regular male companion in a romantic or sexual relationship, although normally not in long-term committed...
s before they can get away.
Like Pepé, Fifi is French and very flirt
Flirting
Flirting is a playful, romantic, or sexual overture by one person to another subtly indicating an interest in a deeper relationship with the other person, and can involve verbal communication as well as body language...
atious. She mainly speaks English with a few French words. She also shares the same faults as her idol: intense skunk-odor, and an inability to take "no" for an answer when pursuing the romantic object of her choice. When she falls in love, she loses all self control
Self control
Self control is the ability to control one's emotions, behavior and desires in order to obtain some reward later. In psychology it is sometimes called self-regulation...
, and will not allow anything to stop her from literally capturing her prey
Predation
In ecology, predation describes a biological interaction where a predator feeds on its prey . Predators may or may not kill their prey prior to feeding on them, but the act of predation always results in the death of its prey and the eventual absorption of the prey's tissue through consumption...
.
Fifi's putrid stench has been shown to be powerful enough to melt solid steel (seen in "Love Stinks") and the more she falls in love, the stronger her stench gets. However, unlike Pepè, who reeks all the time, Fifi's musk
Musk
Musk is a class of aromatic substances commonly used as base notes in perfumery. They include glandular secretions from animals such as the musk deer, numerous plants emitting similar fragrances, and artificial substances with similar odors. Musk was a name originally given to a substance with a...
only comes into play when she is attracted to someone, or when it would advance the plot, thus allowing her to interact with other characters when she is not the central focus of the story. Fifi's character is also taken in a somewhat sympathetic light, for she, alone, longs for a lover, leaving many people to feel sorry for her. Also, while Pepè seems oblivious of himself smelling bad, Fifi realizes she has a foul odor and often uses it to her advantage during desperate situations. For instance, in "Out of Odor", she wielded her tail like a machine gun to fire clouds of musk. Other uses include providing a means of causing mishaps among an opposing team. Two such examples are "The Acme Bowl" and "Son of the Wacko World of Sports". In "The Acme Bowl", Fifi caused Roderick Rat to turn green and fumble the football after she laid out a wall of brownish yellow clouds in his way. In "Son of the Wacko World of Sports", Fifi knocked out the Perfecto catcher (Rubella Rat) in a baseball game after Sylvester joked that she hadn't reached first base since 1988, which annoyed Fifi. It is also shown that her smell can be erased by tomato juice
Tomato juice
Tomato juice is a juice made from tomatoes. It is usually used as a beverage, either plain or in cocktails such as a Bloody Mary or Michelada.-History:...
, but the effects are only temporary and can be reversed quickly by washing the tomato juice off.
Fifi is also referred to in casting documents as being something of a feminist
Feminism
Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
, as she is the pursuer, as opposed to the more usual female role of pursued. She's described as imagining that there's nothing a boy could do that she couldn't do herself. Her remarks toward boys are also rather self-regardingly amusing. For instance, in "Aroma Amore", Fifi affectionately remarked, "Leettle boys are such children!"
Fifi is also far more versatile than her Looney Tunes counterpart, appearing in stories that do not entirely revolve around enrapture with Romance. Apart from being a 'lovair', her many adventures include the prom, looking for mature boys, having to deal with Elmyra
Elmyra Duff
Elmyra Jessica Duff is a cartoon character from the Warner Bros. animated television series Tiny Toon Adventures. She is one of the main characters from the show. Elmyra is voiced by Cree Summer in all of her appearances...
, attempting to get an autograph from a famous movie star skunk hunk
Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation
Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation, also referred to as Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation or How I Spent My Vacation, is a 1992 American direct-to-video animated film from Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Entertainment. The film was produced in...
, and much more.
Her end tag credit has Fifi bidding goodbye to the viewer with a somewhat flirtatious "Au revoir, ma petite potato du couch."
Best Friends & Family
Like the other characters in the series, Fifi attended Acme Looniversity to be properly educated in the techniques of being a successful cartoon character. Fifi's best friends in the series were fellow classmates Babs BunnyBabs and Buster Bunny
Babs and Buster Bunny are cartoon characters from the Warner Bros. animated television series Tiny Toon Adventures. They are the stars of the show— they both appear in the Tiny Toons logo, and the show usually begins and ends with their gags. Buster is voiced by Charlie Adler for most of the...
, and Shirley the Loon. The majority of Fifi's appearances were as a part of this group.
Together, they were the cheerleaders
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
for the Acme Looniversity Football Team, and at one point, the unofficial back-up players. Another time, in search of more mature men, the three went to a high-class dance only to find that all the boys there were stuck-up. However, most of their time together was spent just hanging out and doing girl stuff.
Like Buster Bunny
Babs and Buster Bunny
Babs and Buster Bunny are cartoon characters from the Warner Bros. animated television series Tiny Toon Adventures. They are the stars of the show— they both appear in the Tiny Toons logo, and the show usually begins and ends with their gags. Buster is voiced by Charlie Adler for most of the...
, Fifi's family was occasionally spoken of but never seen. After capturing Furrball (whom she'd mistaken for a cute boy-skunk), she had planned to introduce him to her family. Despite having a family, she lives by herself in a beat-up, red Cadillac DeVille
Cadillac DeVille
The de Ville was originally a trim level and later a model of General Motors' Cadillac marque. The first car to bear the name was the 1949 Coupe de Ville, a prestige trim level of the Series 62 luxury coupe. The last model to be formally known as a de Ville was the 2005 Cadillac Deville, a...
in the Acme Acres Junkyard. In a bio published in issue #25 of the Tiny Toon Adventures comic (Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
volume), a character bio described Fifi as "a expatriate
Expatriate
An expatriate is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country and culture other than that of the person's upbringing...
of Paris", indicating that she lived there before moving permanently to Acme Acres.
Furrball
Mirroring the skunk/cat relationship between Pepe le Pew and Penelope PussycatPenelope Pussycat
Penelope Pussycat is a fictional character, an anthropomorphic cat featured in the Warner Bros. classic Looney Tunes animated shorts. Though typically a non-speaker, her "meows" and "purrs" were most often provided by Mel Blanc using a feminine voice. In the 1959 short "Really Scent", she was...
, Fifi's most frequent object of affection was Furrball. Fifi first pursued him in the episode "Aroma Amore", wooing the reluctant feline (who had acquired a white stripe down his back) all across Acme Acres before Furrball covered his stripe with blue paint, escaping her. Furrball then vengefully painted a pair of unconscious bully cats in skunk colors, leaving Fifi to happily chase after them.
Fifi was next seen chasing Furrball in "Ask Mr. Popular", where she could be seen pursuing him, Dizzy Devil, and Concord Condor down an alley, trying to capture them with a large net, as one of Buster's examples on how to make friends. In addition, she and Furrball had a brief scene together at the end of the first short of "Mr. Popular's Rules of Cool," dancing with each other on the floor of the "Cool Club."
Fifi's third romantic encounter with Furrball occurred in the 1992 Tiny Toon Adventures Annual (published by Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
). In a text story, Furrball's attempt to catch and eat Sweetie had unintended consequences after bumping into Fifi. Furrball went from predator to prey in an instant as Fifi began amorously chasing him. According to the prose, Furrball escaped; "And as (Fifi) slipped into something more comfortable, Furrball slipped away into the night".
A color activity book published by Merrigold Press in 1995 also contained a story where Fifi chases Furrball, though it was merely an adaptation of "Aroma Amore". The book did feature several bonus pages of artwork featuring Fifi wooing Furrball; scenarios that were not present in the original episode.
Calamity Coyote
In the episode "Love Stinks", when an attempt by Calamity Coyote to trap Little Beeper backfires, Calamity wound up coated in black tar with a stripe of white feathers flowing down his back. This immediately attracted Fifi, who continuously attempted to capture the terrified coyote until he managed to escape a smelly fate by removing the tar from himself (only moments before Fifi came rounding a corner after him). Little Beeper, mocking Calamity for all his recent skunk troubles, ended up covered in the tar and white feather stripe, leaving him to become Fifi's next romantic target. Little Beeper ran screaming in terror down the street at super speed with Fifi patiently hopping behind him.Johnny Pew
In the direct-to-video Tiny Toons movie Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My VacationTiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation
Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation, also referred to as Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation or How I Spent My Vacation, is a 1992 American direct-to-video animated film from Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Entertainment. The film was produced in...
, Fifi found brief joy with a genuine skunk; this one being a movie-star named Johnny Pew. After waiting on him hand-and-foot in exchange for an autograph, Fifi discovered he was an arrogant jerk when he gave her autograph away to a voluptuous female skunk named Bimbette. Fifi promptly and literally kicked him to the curb, where Johnny was captured by Elmyra and forced to be her pet "kitty".
Johnny Pew was voiced by Rob Paulsen
Rob Paulsen
Robert Fredrick "Rob" Paulsen III , sometimes credited as Rob Paulson, is an American voice actor, best known as the voice behind Raphael from the 1987 cartoon of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Yakko Warner and Dr...
and he was one of the antagonists in the movie.
Dizzy Devil
In the second segment of the episode "New Class Day", titled "Sound-Off", all the Tiny Toons characters were thrown into a silent film. Dizzy Devil chased Buster and Babs into a hollow tree (or thought he did), but when he reached in he pulled out a swooning Fifi by her tail. Fifi sighed "What a man!" and promptly chased Dizzy down the street. Dizzy attempted to escape the love-struck Fifi on a bicycle, but after a considerable amount of pedaling discovered it to be a stationary piece of exercise equipmentExercise equipment
An apparatus or device used in any given physical activity for shaping and forming muscle groups for specific areas of the body. A mechanism or machine that is intended to promote health and fitness by using motion with varying degrees of resistance either fixed or adjustable.-Exercise...
that she had set-up to trap him.
Hamton J. Pig
In "Prom-ise Her Anything", Hamton asked Fifi to be his date to the Prom, and Fifi enthusiastically (and magnetically) accepted in a heartbeat. They were never shown having a real romantic interest in one-another beyond their prom date, though the two did have a few scenes together in other episodes, such as when Fifi hugged Hamton like a Teddy Bear at the end of "The Acme Bowl," and in "The Just-Us League of SuperToons" where Hamton (as Decoy, a parody of RobinRobin (comics)
Robin is the name of several fictional characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, originally created by Bob Kane, Bill Finger and Jerry Robinson, as a junior counterpart to DC Comics superhero Batman...
from the Batman
Batman
Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...
series) makes a pass at Fifi (as Scentanna, a parody of Zatanna
Zatanna
Zatanna Zatara is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Murphy Anderson, Zatanna first appeared in Hawkman vol. 1 #4...
from the DC universe), but she rejects Decoy by blasting him with a shot from her tail, causing him to crumble to the floor.
Pepè Le Pew
In "Out of Odor", Elmyra Duff disguised herself as Pepè Le Pew to trick Fifi into becoming her pet. Fifi fell for the ruse and rushed quickly to "Pepè". Painfully squeazing Elmyra to near-bursting, Fifi stated, "Ever since I met you I have had a, how you say, crush, on you".Elmyra Duff
Like most characters on the show, Fifi's encounters with Elmyra usually involved the latter trying to make the former a pet. Fifi was one of Elmyra's pets/prisoners in "Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow"; after Elmyra catches Buster, he leads Fifi and Elmyra's other captives on a daring escape. When Buster is recaptured, Fifi and the others work with Babs to rescue him and teach Elmyra a lesson.Fifi and all her friends were once pursued by Elmyra in the episode "The Horror of Slumber Party Mountain". Elmyra had disguised herself as a gruesome monster and was picking-off the Tiny Toons cast one-by-one to make them her pets. They all eventually freed themselves by the end of the episode.
Elmyra attempted (successfully) to make Fifi her pet in "Out of Odor", when Elmyra (repeatedly) mistook her for a cat (she assumed "skunk" meant "stinky kitty"). She disguised herself as Pepe Le Pew, went to her Cadillac, and luring Fifi out, squished tomato
Tomato
The word "tomato" may refer to the plant or the edible, typically red, fruit which it bears. Originating in South America, the tomato was spread around the world following the Spanish colonization of the Americas, and its many varieties are now widely grown, often in greenhouses in cooler...
es all over her, which nullified her scent. Fifi regained her odor after washing off all the tomato juice, but Elmyra's nose became clogged due to a rose allergy, allowing her to capture Fifi. How Fifi escaped is unknown, though some imply that this took place before "Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow".
Bimbette
Fifi briefly competed with a voluptuous pink skunk named Bimbette for the affections of Johnny Pew in How I Spent My Vacation. In the end, Fifi lost Johnny's attention to Bimbette, but discovered it to be no total loss; Johnny was arrogant and insensitive.Bimbette was also voiced by Kath Soucie
Kath Soucie
Katherine Elaine Soucie is an American voice actress. She is sometimes credited as Kath Soucie, Katherine Soucie, Kath Souci, Kath E...
.
Cameos
- In the first segment of the episode New Class Day, titled Just-Us League of Supertoons, Fifi was a member of the mighty superheroSuperheroA superhero is a type of stock character, possessing "extraordinary or superhuman powers", dedicated to protecting the public. Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes — ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas —...
team, the Just-Us League of Supertoons. She was the team's sorceressMagic (paranormal)Magic is the claimed art of manipulating aspects of reality either by supernatural means or through knowledge of occult laws unknown to science. It is in contrast to science, in that science does not accept anything not subject to either direct or indirect observation, and subject to logical...
, Scentanna, the Mystical Maiden of Musk. An obvious parody of the DC ComicsDC ComicsDC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
all-star superhero team, the Justice League of AmericaJustice LeagueThe Justice League, also called the Justice League of America or JLA, is a fictional superhero team that appears in comic books published by DC Comics....
, Fifi's character of Scentanna was an homage to the JLA's classic magic-wielding sorceress, ZatannaZatannaZatanna Zatara is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Murphy Anderson, Zatanna first appeared in Hawkman vol. 1 #4...
. The episode was written by Paul DiniPaul DiniPaul Dini is an American writer and producer who works in the television and comic book industries. He is best known as a producer and writer for several Warner Bros./DC Comics animated series, including Star Wars: Ewoks, Tiny Toon Adventures, Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated...
with help from Bruce TimmBruce TimmBruce Walter Timm is an American character designer, animator and producer. He is also a writer and artist working in comics, and is known for his contributions building the modern DC Comics animated franchise, the DC animated universe.-Animation:Timm's early career in animation was varied; he...
, the two driving forces behind the DC animated universeDC animated universeThe DC Animated Universe is a fan term that refers to a series of popular animated television series and related spin-offs produced by Warner Bros. Animation which share the same continuity. Most of these series are adapted from DC Comics properties...
. - Fifi made a brief cameo in the AnimaniacsAnimaniacsSteven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs, usually referred to as simply Animaniacs, is an American animated series, distributed by Warner Bros. Television and produced by Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation. The cartoon was the second animated series produced by the collaboration of Steven...
episode Survey Ladies. In that episode, she is seen running a perfume shop and tries to help Yakko, Wakko, and DotYakko, Wakko, and DotYakko, Wakko and Dot Warner, also known as "The Warner Brothers " or "The Warner Siblings", or just simply "The Warners", are the three titular cartoon characters featured on the animated series Animaniacs. The trio of red-nosed Warner siblings were considered to be the stars of the ensemble of...
find the right cologneEau de CologneEau de Cologne or simply Cologne is a toiletry, a perfume in a style that originated from Cologne, Germany. It is nowadays a generic term for scented formulations in typical concentration of 2-5% essential oils. However as of today cologne is a blend of extracts, alcohol, and water...
for Dr. Scratchansniff. Coincidentally, Fifi also dressed up as Dot Warner in the Tiny Toons Halloween special.
Production
- Early production artwork illustrated by Dan HaskettDan HaskettDan Haskett is a veteran Black animator who designed the character "Belle" for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, as well as "Ariel" for The Little Mermaid and Tod as an adult for The Fox and the Hound....
shows Fifi as a standard black and white skunk, as opposed to the purple and white version seen in the final product. Her design also featured a few other variations in build and design. - Fifi's character, though a protege of Pepe LePew, might also have been inspired by another flirtatious Judeo-Canadian moufette, Miz Mam'selle Hepzibah from Pogo (which, coincidentally, was in the midst of a brief return to syndication when Tiny Toon Adventures first aired).
External links
- Tiny Toon Adventures at the Big Cartoon DataBaseBig Cartoon DataBaseThe Big Cartoon DataBase is an online database of information about animated cartoons, animated feature films, animated television shows and cartoon shorts....