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Arnold the Pit Bull

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Arnold the Pit Bull is a cartoon character from the Warner Bros. animated television series Tiny Toon Adventures and it's reboot Tiny Toons Looniversity. He appears occasionally in the show. Arnold was voiced by Rob Paulsen in the original show and is voiced by David Errigo Jr. in the reboot.

Biography

Arnold is a white, male pit bull who is usually wearing sunglasses. He lives in Acme Acres. Arnold is one of the few characters in "Tiny Toons" not directly modeled after another existing Warner Brothers character. Arnold is loosely based on Arnold Schwarzenegger and Hanz and Franz from SNL, and he speaks similar to them as well.

Personality

Arnold is extremely vain and enjoys being the center of attention by the ladies. He is a large bodybuilder who loves working out and admiring his huge muscles. In "The Buster Bunny Bunch" episode segment "Buffed Bunny", he owns a gym called "Arnold's Pump You Up Gym, We Pump You Up And Spit You Out." Buster goes there once when he mistakenly thinks Babs wanted him to be buff like Arnold, as depicted in the billboard he thinks she is looking at (she is actually looking at the one underneath that shows a hunk of carrot cake). He is forced to do unusually harsh labor at Arnold's command, but Bugs Bunny talks some sense into Buster, which helps him outsmart the Pit Bull bully (leading a furious Arnold into a steam room and then turning up the heat full blast, causing Arnold to shrink many times his size into a miniature version of himself).

He sometimes appears as an authority figure such as a lifeguard, zoo keeper, bouncer or a security guard (even at times for Montana Max). He is belittling and cruel to the others, considering them as "puny weaklings" beneath him in intellect and strength. He has a quick temper and in fits of anger, he will destroy everything in his path. However, there are times in which he seems to get along well with everyone else, such as traveling with them on spring break to Fort Lauderdale in Tiny Toon Spring Break and going to their prom with his date, Arnolda (a female version of Arnold), in "Prom-ise Her Anything".

In the "It's Buster Bunny Time" episode segment "Lifestyles of the Rich and Rotten", Arnold mentions that he is from Romania (which also explains his accent) and should move back there because it is safer, as a furious Monty chases him with a mallet for failing to stop Buster and Babs from entering his property and causing a lot of havoc and destruction.

In Tiny Toons Looniversity, Arnold appears as the leader of the Skulls and Sillybones Society in "Skulls and Sillybones". In the episode, he makes Buster, Plucky, and Hamton perform various tasks in order to be initiated in the society. However, these tasks involved humiliating themselves in front of the entire society. Arnold also constantly refers to Buster as "pledge bunny". Later, he forces Buster to humiliate Babs in front of the entire campus with a barrel of slipping oil as the final initiation task. Buster, not wanting to humiliate his best friend/twin sister, retaliates by instead spreading some of the society's secrets. An embarrassed Arnold kicks Buster out of the society while still calling him "pledge bunny". Buster corrects him on his name and states that he would never humiliate Babs as part of some ritual to join their society, nor should anyone force others to do terrible things in order to earn a place in a certain club. Convinced by Buster's speech, the other society members take off their robes and partake in Babs and Sweetie's "all-toons included" club celebration. Arnold also thought the idea of everyone being included sounded fun, so he removed his robe and joined in the festivities, ready to "show [his] face and party without rules" but not before introducing himself to Li'l Sneezer (who briefly mistook him for a new student).

Quotes

  • "Hear me now and see me next week."
  • "I hurt you. I mess you up. I make you not there."
  • "I would rather you didn't see me now." (after being shrunken by Buster Bunny in the steam room)
  • "Smell my words and hear my breath, wimpy pool person, make yourself useful and refill the pool!"
  • "Don't you argue with me, you scrawny little nothing person!"
  • "I see you've met Arnolda. She's the only girl I know who's better looking than me."
  • "Since you are here, don't let this pig eat like a pig and then swim and cramp up!"
  • "Birdies, birdies, love little birdies. Got to eat birdies!" (after being hypnotized by Furrball to eat Sweetie)

Media

From the Tom Ruegger interview (creator of Tiny Toon Adventures):

Interviewer "Not every Tiny Toon was based on a Looney Tunes character. What was the thinking behind adding a character based on Shirley MacLaine, or one based on Arnold Schwarzenegger? (Though Arnold the Pit Bull was kind of based more on Hanz and Franz from SNL...)"

Tom Ruegger "At that time, in the news, the pit bull had become well-known as a fierce breed, and we wanted to establish a sizable heavy for Furrball, so we went with the pit bull. The Arnold voice was provided by Rob Paulsen, who was our utility infielder on Tiny Toons, and was to become one of the big voice stars on Animaniacs. Of course, the pit bull evolved and appeared as a heavy in other cartoons featuring other Tiny Toon characters." [[1]]

Appearances

Tiny Toon Adventures

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Specials

Video Games

  • Arnold appears in most of the Tiny Toon Adventures video games, sometimes as an enemy and sometimes as a boss.

Music

  • 1992 Japanese import audio CD of Tiny Toons Sing! -- Song: Tiny Toons Rap (Vocals only), Song: Don't Worry be Happy (Vocals only)

Tiny Toons Looniversity

Season 1

Season 2

Gallery

Main article: Arnold the Pit Bull/Gallery

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