The BEST episodes directed by Tex Avery

Homesteader Droopy
star
8.50
58 votes

#1 - Homesteader Droopy

Droopy - Season 1 - Episode 15

Homesteaders are not popular in cattle country, so when the cows complain to the sheriff (The Wolf), the law makes it tough on the Droopy family.

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A Wild Hare
star
8.04
22 votes

#2 - A Wild Hare

Looney Tunes - Season 1940 - Episode 24

The first "true" appearance of Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. While hunting rabbits, Elmer Fudd comes across Bugs Bunny who tricks and harasses the hunter.

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The Three Little Pups
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8.00
29 votes

#3 - The Three Little Pups

Droopy - Season 1 - Episode 13

A variation on the age-old 'Three Little Pigs' theme, with Droopy and pals being the target of one of the most laid-back wolves you'll ever see.

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Porky's Duck Hunt
star
7.92
12 votes

#4 - Porky's Duck Hunt

Looney Tunes - Season 1937 - Episode 10

New duck hunter Porky is constantly taunted by a very early version of Daffy, and all the other ducks.

Tortoise Beats Hare
star
7.86
114 votes

#5 - Tortoise Beats Hare

Looney Tunes - Season 1941 - Episode 9

A $10 bet is between Bugs and Cecil Turtle when they agree to compete in a race against each other. Bugs is sure that he'll win, because Cecil is a turtle, but Cecil has some tricks up his sleeves, unbeknownst to Bugs.

The Cagey Canary
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7.71
7 votes

#6 - The Cagey Canary

Looney Tunes - Season 1941 - Episode 38

A scheming cat attempts to capture a canary.

A Feud There Was
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7.50
6 votes

#7 - A Feud There Was

Looney Tunes - Season 1938 - Episode 28

Two feuding families of stereotypical hillbillies.

Daffy Duck in Hollywood
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7.24
77 votes

#8 - Daffy Duck in Hollywood

Looney Tunes - Season 1938 - Episode 37

Daffy Duck wreaks havoc on a movie set at Wonder Pictures.

Porky the Rain-Maker
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7.20
10 votes

#9 - Porky the Rain-Maker

Looney Tunes - Season 1936 - Episode 20

Porky's father sends him to the store to buy some feed with their last dollar.

Little Red Walking Hood
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7.16
43 votes

#10 - Little Red Walking Hood

Looney Tunes - Season 1937 - Episode 32

A take on Little Red Riding Hood.

Porky's Preview
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7.14
37 votes

#11 - Porky's Preview

Looney Tunes - Season 1941 - Episode 13

Porky previews his film at a movie theater.

The Bear's Tale
star
7.13
39 votes

#12 - The Bear's Tale

Looney Tunes - Season 1940 - Episode 11

Parody of Goldilocks and Red Riding Hood fairy tales.

Picador Porky
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7.13
8 votes

#13 - Picador Porky

Looney Tunes - Season 1937 - Episode 5

Porky and two pals stumble onto a Mexican town on the day of the town's annual bullfight.

Thugs with Dirty Mugs
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7.12
68 votes

#14 - Thugs with Dirty Mugs

Looney Tunes - Season 1939 - Episode 15

Parody of famous gangster pictures.

Screwball Football
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7.11
9 votes

#15 - Screwball Football

Looney Tunes - Season 1939 - Episode 42

Spot-gag cartoon taking place on a football field.

Crazy Cruise
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7.11
38 votes

#16 - Crazy Cruise

Looney Tunes - Season 1942 - Episode 8

A tour that takes us to different places around the world that includes: The African Jungle, The Carribean, The Swiss Alps, Veronica Lake, and The Pyramids.

Northwest Hounded Police
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7.10
29 votes

#17 - Northwest Hounded Police

Droopy - Season 1 - Episode 4

A wolf convict makes his escape, but is pursued by a diminutive Mountie who seems to be everywhere.

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The Heckling Hare
star
7.10
70 votes

#18 - The Heckling Hare

Looney Tunes - Season 1941 - Episode 23

Bugs' peace and quiet is interrupted when Willoughby, a dog, digs Bugs out of his rabbit hole. Willoughby takes an immediate disliking to Bugs, and he starts to chase him into a lake.

Don't Look Now
star
7.08
13 votes

#19 - Don't Look Now

Looney Tunes - Season 1936 - Episode 28

Cupid and a Devil are having fun on St. Valentine's Day with arranging and destroying love affairs.

Droopy's Double Trouble
star
7.00
29 votes

#20 - Droopy's Double Trouble

Droopy - Season 1 - Episode 11

Droopy and his identical twin brother Drippy are assigned to look after a house, and are told to deal violently with strangers. But Droopy takes pity on his friend Spike, and agrees to put him up for a few days - but he forgets to warn Drippy.

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Droopy's Good Deed
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7.00
29 votes

#21 - Droopy's Good Deed

Droopy - Season 1 - Episode 10

Droopy the Boy Scout attempts to do good deeds, but has various Spike-related hurdles to overcome first.

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Gold Diggers of '49
star
7.00
38 votes

#22 - Gold Diggers of '49

Looney Tunes - Season 1935 - Episode 21

Beans finds gold in the mountains and rushes into town with the news.

A Gander at Mother Goose
star
7.00
67 votes

#23 - A Gander at Mother Goose

Looney Tunes - Season 1940 - Episode 17

A collection of short gags based on classic nursery rhymes and fairy tales.

Dixieland Droopy
star
7.00
29 votes

#24 - Dixieland Droopy

Droopy - Season 1 - Episode 16

Don't be fooled by the title - Droopy looks like Droopy, but he's actually jazzman John Pettibone, with his performing flea combo, and the film shows how it came into being.

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Daredevil Droopy
star
7.00
58 votes

#25 - Daredevil Droopy

Droopy - Season 1 - Episode 9

Similar in tone to 'The Chump Champ' (1950), but this time Droopy and Spike are in competition for a circus acrobat's job.

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Holiday Highlights
star
7.00
7 votes

#26 - Holiday Highlights

Looney Tunes - Season 1940 - Episode 32

Spot-gag about all the holidays of the year.

Caballero Droopy
star
7.00
29 votes

#27 - Caballero Droopy

Droopy - Season 1 - Episode 12

Droopy is on his way to woo his lovely señorita when he is waylayed by a wolf intent on winning the fair lass. But the wolf wasn't counting on Droopy's uncanny ability to be in the right place at the right time.

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Of Fox and Hounds
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7.00
7 votes

#28 - Of Fox and Hounds

Looney Tunes - Season 1940 - Episode 38

A dimwitted hound, Willoughby, repeatedly asks sly fox, George, where the fox went.

Señor Droopy
star
7.00
29 votes

#29 - Señor Droopy

Droopy - Season 1 - Episode 5

A bullfight contest between Droopy and The Wolf, staged in the Chili Bowl.

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I Only Have Eyes for You
star
7.00
37 votes

#30 - I Only Have Eyes for You

Looney Tunes - Season 1937 - Episode 6

A deliveryman who drives an ice truck is wooed by a homely spinster bird who hopes to entice him with her culinary talents.

Drag-a-Long Droopy
star
7.00
29 votes

#31 - Drag-a-Long Droopy

Droopy - Season 1 - Episode 14

Droopy is a shepherd. His sheep graze into cattle country, despite the warning sign. He gets in an argument with the cattle owner, but of course, nobody wins a battle against Droopy.

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Out-Foxed
star
7.00
29 votes

#32 - Out-Foxed

Droopy - Season 1 - Episode 7

Droopy is an unlikely fox-hound, but the highly civilised (and resourceful) English upper-class fox makes even more unlikely prey.

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The Chump Champ
star
7.00
29 votes

#33 - The Chump Champ

Droopy - Season 1 - Episode 8

Droopy and Spike compete in a series of athletics contests, and no prizes for guessing who starts cheating.

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Deputy Droopy
star
7.00
29 votes

#34 - Deputy Droopy

Droopy - Season 1 - Episode 17

A jailhouse, a tempting safe... and a sleeping sheriff. Can the two villains make off with the loot without waking him up? Not if deputy Droopy has his way.

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Wags to Riches
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7.00
29 votes

#35 - Wags to Riches

Droopy - Season 1 - Episode 6

A millionaire with two dogs (Spike and Droopy) leaves his fortune to Droopy with the stipulation that should he be killed the entire fortune who would to Spike. Guess what Spike is up to?

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The Penguin Parade
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7.00
11 votes

#36 - The Penguin Parade

Looney Tunes - Season 1938 - Episode 11

A penguin nightclub opens with various acts.

The Shooting of Dan McGoo
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7.00
29 votes

#37 - The Shooting of Dan McGoo

Droopy - Season 1 - Episode 2

This starts off as an adaptation of Robert Service's poem 'The Shooting of Dan McGrew', complete with a literal depiction of a man with one foot in the grave, but when Dan McGoo turns out to be Droopy, it turns into another Droopy-versus-the Wolf gagfest.

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Wild and Woolfy
star
7.00
29 votes

#38 - Wild and Woolfy

Droopy - Season 1 - Episode 3

The Wolf rides into town, terrorises it, kidnaps the girl, and is chased by the outraged townspeople, accompanied by Droopy, who despite introducing himself as "the hero" at the end, in fact barely features in this one - but connoisseurs of Tex Avery wolves will have a field day.

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Dumb-Hounded
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7.00
29 votes

#39 - Dumb-Hounded

Droopy - Season 1 - Episode 1

The Wolf escapes from prison but is hounded by the police dog named Droopy. Wherever The Wolf goes, the little fellow is there, too.

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Millionaire Droopy
star
7.00
29 votes

#40 - Millionaire Droopy

Droopy - Season 1 - Episode 18

Despite what's printed on the credits, Tex Avery had nothing to do with this cartoon - it's a Cinemascope remake of 'Wags to Riches' (1949), put together by others from his original artwork and production cels. Apart from the new Cinemascope backgrounds, it's identical to the earlier film.

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The Mice Will Play
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6.97
35 votes

#41 - The Mice Will Play

Looney Tunes - Season 1938 - Episode 40

When the cat's away, the mice will play.

Milk and Money
star
6.92
36 votes

#42 - Milk and Money

Looney Tunes - Season 1936 - Episode 26

Porky and his horse enter a race in order to save their farm.

Hamateur Night
star
6.88
8 votes

#43 - Hamateur Night

Looney Tunes - Season 1939 - Episode 4

It's amateur night at the local theatre.

Believe It or Else
star
6.86
7 votes

#44 - Believe It or Else

Looney Tunes - Season 1939 - Episode 18

Spot-gag spoof of the Believe It, or Not! franchise.

A Day at the Zoo
star
6.80
10 votes

#45 - A Day at the Zoo

Looney Tunes - Season 1939 - Episode 8

Spot-gag cartoon of the different animals at the zoo.

The Village Smithy
star
6.75
12 votes

#46 - The Village Smithy

Looney Tunes - Season 1936 - Episode 31

Porky works at a blacksmith.

Daffy Duck & Egghead
star
6.72
81 votes

#47 - Daffy Duck & Egghead

Looney Tunes - Season 1938 - Episode 1

Daffy Duck torments Egghead.

Ceiling Hero
star
6.71
7 votes

#48 - Ceiling Hero

Looney Tunes - Season 1940 - Episode 27

Spot-gag of airplanes flying over mid-west America.

Land of the Midnight Fun
star
6.67
6 votes

#49 - Land of the Midnight Fun

Looney Tunes - Season 1939 - Episode 32

Travelogue parody of a cruise ship travelling to Alaska.

Cinderella Meets Fella
star
6.67
8 votes

#50 - Cinderella Meets Fella

Looney Tunes - Season 1938 - Episode 21

Fairy-tale satire to the original Cinderella fairy-tale.