Editing Loonatics Unleashed (section)

{{short description|American superhero animated television series}}
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{{Infobox television
| image                = Loonatics Unleashed.svg
| caption              = 
| genre                = {{Plainlist|
* [[Action-adventure fiction|Action-adventure]]
* [[Comedy-drama]]
* [[Superhero fiction|Superhero]]
* [[Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction|Post-apocalyptic]]
* [[Science fiction on television|Science fiction]]
}}
| based_on             = {{Based on|''[[Looney Tunes]]'' created|[[Warner Bros.]]}}
| developer            = {{Plainlist|
* Christian Tremblay
* Yvon Tremblay
}}
| runtime              = 30 minutes
| composer             = Thomas Chase Jones
| executive_producer   = [[Sander Schwartz]]
| producer             = Ron Myrick 
| starring             = {{Plainlist|
* [[Charlie Schlatter]]
* [[Jessica DiCicco]]
* [[Jason Marsden]]
* [[Rob Paulsen]]
* [[Kevin Michael Richardson]]
* [[Candi Milo]]
}}
| narrated             = [[Candi Milo]]
| country              = United States
| network              = [[The WB]]<br /> [[The CW]]
| company              = [[Warner Bros. Animation]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|2005|9|17}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|2007|5|5}}
| num_seasons          = 2
| num_episodes         = 26
| related              = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[Duck Dodgers (TV series)|Duck Dodgers]]''
* ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]''
}}
}}

'''''Loonatics Unleashed''''' is an American [[Superhero fiction|superhero]] [[animated television series]] produced by [[Warner Bros. Animation]] that ran on [[Kids' WB]] for two seasons from 2005<ref>{{cite news |author=Gustines |first=George Gene |date=June 6, 2005 |title=It's 2772. Who Loves Ya, Tech E. Coyote? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/06/arts/television/06loon.html |access-date=October 30, 2010 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> to 2007. It also aired on [[Cartoon Network]] internationally (excluding US and Japan). The series was based/inspired on the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' cartoon characters, with the series described by Warner Bros. as an [[action comedy]]. ''Loonatics Unleashed'' is meant to be a mixture of the ''Looney Tunes'' shorts' irreverent style of humor and a modern action animated series, with the characters designed in a more action cartoon-inspired style.

Unlike previous ''Looney Tunes''-related shows, ''Loonatics Unleashed'' has a darker tone and takes place in a [[post-apocalyptic]] setting, following multiple minor story arcs.<ref name=Perlmutter>{{cite book|last1=Perlmutter|first1=David|title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows|date=2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1538103739|pages=370–371}}</ref> The initial concept designs were met with backlash among fans and there were petitions to have the designs changed, while [[Sander Schwartz]] defended the show's direction, saying the classic characters were "sharing DNA" with these new ones, and it was an extension of the franchise.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Buchner |first1=Chris |title=LOONATICS UNLEASHED - Saturday Morning Cartoons Forever |url=https://www.saturdaymorningsforever.com/2018/11/loonatics-unleashed.html |publisher=Saturday Morning Cartoons Forever |date=November 17, 2018}}</ref> [[Sam Register]], who became [[Warner Bros.|WB]]'s executive vice president of creative affairs in 2008, considers the character designs "a reminder of what not to do".<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Barnes |first=Brooks |date=May 19, 2010 |title=For Looney Tunes, a Big Left Turn at Albuquerque |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/movies/20looney.html |access-date=June 11, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> This serves as the final series of the ''Looney Tunes'' TV franchise to premiere in the 2000s decade. After ''Loonatics Unleashed'' ended, the franchise would go on hiatus until the release of ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]'' on [[Cartoon Network]], four years later.