The BEST episodes of Looney Tunes season 1943

Every episode of Looney Tunes season 1943, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Looney Tunes season 1943!

Series of comedy short films from 1929 to 1969 during the golden age of American animation, alongside its sister series Merrie Melodies.

Last Updated: 2/8/2024Network: Cartoon NetworkStatus: Ended
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Tortoise Wins by a Hare
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7.61
46 votes

#1 - Tortoise Wins by a Hare

Season 1943 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/20/1943

Bugs is fed up with Cecil winning all the races they compete in. So, Bugs decides to cheat with having different gadgets and costumes on, making Cecil have to finish last for once (maybe).

Directors: Robert Clampett
Fin'n Catty
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7.57
7 votes

#2 - Fin'n Catty

Season 1943 - Episode 23 - Aired 10/23/1943

A cat tries various methods to get a goldfish out of his bowl.

Directors: Chuck Jones
Tin Pan Alley Cats
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7.50
4 votes

#3 - Tin Pan Alley Cats

Season 1943 - Episode 19 - Aired 7/17/1943

A cat is led to temptation in a jazz nightclub.

Directors: Robert Clampett
Daffy - The Commando
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7.41
44 votes

#4 - Daffy - The Commando

Season 1943 - Episode 26 - Aired 11/20/1943

Commando Daffy Duck goes behind enemy lines and causes havoc for a Nazi German officer and his troops.

Directors: Friz Freleng
Yankee Doodle Daffy
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7.41
132 votes

#5 - Yankee Doodle Daffy

Season 1943 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/5/1943

Daffy Duck is an agent representing Sleepy LaGoon, and attempts to sell his talent to Porky Pig.

Directors: Friz Freleng
Writer: Tedd Pierce
Scrap Happy Daffy
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7.37
41 votes

#6 - Scrap Happy Daffy

Season 1943 - Episode 20 - Aired 8/21/1943

During World War Two, Daffy Duck owns a junkyard which collects scrap metal to use in building weapons to continue the Allied fight against the Axis powers.

Directors: Frank Tashlin
To Duck or Not to Duck
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7.36
45 votes

#7 - To Duck or Not to Duck

Season 1943 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/6/1943

Daffy challenges duck hunter Elmer to a boxing match, rigged in his favor with the collusion of the duck referee. In the stands, Elmer's dog Larrimore suspects that something funny is going on, but he's drowned out by Daffy's all-duck cheering section.

Directors: Chuck Jones
Writer: Tedd Pierce
Super-Rabbit
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7.24
80 votes

#8 - Super-Rabbit

Season 1943 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/3/1943

Special carrots make Bugs into a superhero. The first villain he goes up against is Cottontail Smith who is a mad and evil Texas rabbit. Unfortunately, little by little, Bugs' powers start to wear off.

Directors: Chuck Jones
Writer: Tedd Pierce
The Wise Quacking Duck
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7.19
43 votes

#9 - The Wise Quacking Duck

Season 1943 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/1/1943

The aptly named Mr. Meek is sent by Sweety Puss to kill Daffy for dinner.

Directors: Robert Clampett
The Aristo-Cat
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7.09
65 votes

#10 - The Aristo-Cat

Season 1943 - Episode 16 - Aired 6/19/1943

Meadows the butler, fed up with the family cat's practical jokes, walks off the job, leaving the formerly-pampered feline alone and totally helpless.

Directors: Chuck Jones
Writer: Tedd Pierce
Wackiki Wabbit
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7.08
73 votes

#11 - Wackiki Wabbit

Season 1943 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/3/1943

Two castaways wash ashore of a deserted island. They're extremely hungry and are continually wanting to eat one another. That is, until Bugs comes along.

Directors: Chuck Jones
Writer: Tedd Pierce
Puss n' Booty
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7.05
37 votes

#12 - Puss n' Booty

Season 1943 - Episode 28 - Aired 12/11/1943

Woman wonders why her little pet birds keep disappearing. Rudolph the cat knows, but other than burping feathers, he's not saying. But it looks like he's met his match when the woman orders another bird from the pet shop: a little yellow canary named "Petey"

Directors: Frank Tashlin
The Fifth-Column Mouse
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7.03
36 votes

#13 - The Fifth-Column Mouse

Season 1943 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/6/1943

The mice of a house prepare for war when their appeasement policy fails to end the menace of a cat.

Directors: Friz Freleng
A Corny Concerto
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7.02
49 votes

#14 - A Corny Concerto

Season 1943 - Episode 22 - Aired 9/18/1943

Making fun of "Fantasia", Bugs, Porky Pig and Porky's dog do a ballet after Elmer Fudd introduces "A Tale of the Vienna Woods."

Directors: Robert Clampett
Tokio Jokio
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7.00
6 votes

#15 - Tokio Jokio

Season 1943 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/15/1943

A U.S. propaganda short featuring a newsreel "captured from the enemy" reveals Japanese propaganda in a string of gags and stereotypes.

Directors: Norm McCabe
Pigs in a Polka
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6.97
40 votes

#16 - Pigs in a Polka

Season 1943 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/2/1943

The story of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf, this time performed as pantomime to the Hungarian Dances by Johannes Brahms.

Directors: Friz Freleng
Porky Pig's Feat
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6.95
43 votes

#17 - Porky Pig's Feat

Season 1943 - Episode 18 - Aired 7/17/1943

After Daffy Duck gambles away all of his and Porky's money, the duo have no money to pay the expensive bill for their stay at the Broken Arms Hotel, and the receptionist will not let them leave until they pay the bill.

Directors: Frank Tashlin
The Unbearable Bear
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6.94
33 votes

#18 - The Unbearable Bear

Season 1943 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/17/1943

Sniffles' fast-talking causes mayhem amongst a fox burglar and a drunken bear.

Directors: Chuck Jones
Falling Hare
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6.91
54 votes

#19 - Falling Hare

Season 1943 - Episode 24 - Aired 10/30/1943

Fiction becomes reality when Bugs starts reading a book about gremlins that terrorize military aircraft. Unfortunately for Bugs he ends up on one with a Gremlin.

Directors: Robert Clampett
An Itch in Time
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6.86
44 votes

#20 - An Itch in Time

Season 1943 - Episode 27 - Aired 12/4/1943

Elmer threatens to give his dog a bath if he doesn't stop scratching, but the poor pooch is the victim of a hungry flea whose tools of the trade include pickaxes and dynamite.

Directors: Robert Clampett
Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk
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6.60
5 votes

#21 - Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk

Season 1943 - Episode 15 - Aired 6/12/1943

Bugs works as a harvester in the Giant's garden. The Giant's vegetables are predictably as big as him, but can Bugs resist the sweet temptation of these gigantic carrots?

Directors: Friz Freleng
Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs
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6.44
9 votes

#22 - Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs

Season 1943 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/16/1943

Parody on the Grimm brothers fairy-tale; where So White flees from the Wicked Queen and enlists in the U.S. army as a squad cook.

Directors: Robert Clampett
Confusions of a Nutzy Spy
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6.22
9 votes

#23 - Confusions of a Nutzy Spy

Season 1943 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/23/1943

Porky and his bloodhound that has sneezing problems trying to track down a Nazi spy.

Directors: Norm McCabe
Inki and the Minah Bird
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6.20
5 votes

#24 - Inki and the Minah Bird

Season 1943 - Episode 25 - Aired 11/13/1943

Inki runs into a hungry lion whilst hunting with a spear. However, the lion has difficulty when he encounters the mynah bird who challenges him.

Directors: Chuck Jones
Hiss and Make Up
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6.00
4 votes

#25 - Hiss and Make Up

Season 1943 - Episode 21 - Aired 9/11/1943

A cat and a dog are forced to become friends, in favour of being kicked out during snowstorm for the night.

Directors: Friz Freleng