Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up

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Not suitable under 8; parental guidance to 9 (violence, themes, scary scenes, language)

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  • overall comments and recommendations
  • details of classification and consumer advice lines for Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up
  • a review of Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up completed by the Australian Council on Children and the Media (ACCM) on 25 March 2025.

Overall comments and recommendations

Children under 8 Not suitable due to violence, themes, scary scenes and language.
Children aged 8–9 Parental guidance recommended due to violence and themes.
Children aged 10 and over Ok for this age group.

About the movie

This section contains details about the movie, including its classification by the Australian Government Classification Board and the associated consumer advice lines. Other classification advice (OC) is provided where the Australian film classification is not available.

Name of movie: Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up
Classification: PG
Consumer advice lines: Mild crude humour, science fiction themes and animated violence
Length: 90 minutes

ACCM review

This review of the movie contains the following information:

A synopsis of the story

When a large asteroid rips a hole in the roof of Porky Pig (voice of Eric Bauza) and Daffy Duck’s (voice of Eric Bauza) home, a town representative gives then 10 days to fix the problem or their house will be torn down. The pair quickly set out to find a job and save their home. This proves to be easier said than done, as Daffy’s high jinx and shortcuts repeatedly get them fired. A chance encounter with Petunia Pig (voice of Candi Milo) leads them to a job at the local gum factory. It is here, that Daffy discovers that the same alien goo that hit their house has been secretly added to the main batch of gum which is being distributed worldwide as the company launches a new flavour. When Daffy investigates further, he discovers that the gum changes the chewer into a mindless zombie and he tries to warn the town about it. Instead of believing him, everyone thinks he is crazy and Daffy is thrown in jail. An angry Porky bails him out with the last of their money and is furious at their predicament, until Daffy proves to him and Petunia that the gum is controlled by an invader (voice of Peter MacNicol) who seems intent on blowing up the Earth and turning everyone into zombies. The trio set out to stop him by any means possible and ultimately wind up joining forces with him when they realise the extent of the danger that threatens them all.

Themesinfo

Children and adolescents may react adversely at different ages to themes of crime, suicide, drug and alcohol dependence, death, serious illness, family breakdown, death or separation from a parent, animal distress or cruelty to animals, children as victims, natural disasters and racism. Occasionally reviews may also signal themes that some parents may simply wish to know about.

Alien invasion; Zombies; Mind control; Bullying; Blind imitation of others.

Use of violenceinfo

Research shows that children are at risk of learning that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution when violence is glamourised, performed by an attractive hero, successful, has few real life consequences, is set in a comic context and / or is mostly perpetrated by male characters with female victims, or by one race against another.

Repeated exposure to violent content can reinforce the message that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution. Repeated exposure also increases the risks that children will become desensitised to the use of violence in real life or develop an exaggerated view about the prevalence and likelihood of violence in their own world.

There is some violence in this movie, including:

  • A meteor hits Porky and Daffy’s house, tearing through the roof, before crashing into the woods beyond.
  • As babies, Porky and Daffy are nearly attacked by wolves.
  • There is lots of slapstick violence as Porky and Daffy grow up, including sliding down banisters and flying through the closed front door of their house, and getting hit on the head with random items.
  • A bully attacks Porky, and Daffy retaliates by laying an egg on the roof and dropping it over the boy’s head.
  • Daffy shoots newspapers out of a gun.
  • A stick of gum explodes in Daffy’s mouth.
  • Daffy jumps on an official at town hall and rips his eyebrows off and pulls down the gentleman’s pants, attempting to demonstrate that the man is an alien.
  • A zombie scientist trips and smashes the invaders science experiment. The invader then slaps him across the face.
  • A gum monster slaps Daffy when he is caught in his tentacles.
  • The gum monster is shot with a fire torch and eventually explodes.
  • Porky shoots gas at people, making them gag. When they spit out the gum, Petunia incinerates the alien gum blob with a blow torch.
  • The invader shakes and slaps a scientist. He later smashes his alien ship console in fury and slams the scientist repeatedly into a screen.
  • Daffy smashes himself in the face with a mallet.
  • The invader indicates that he plans to blow up the Earth.
  • Jail bars electrocute Daffy.
  • Daffy repeatedly slams his head with a car door.
  • Porky and Daffy find themselves balancing on a huge wheel that crushes and flattens the invader.
  • A scientist slaps the invader.
  • Daffy is caught and stuck to a rock while trying to blow up an asteroid that is on a collision course for Earth.
  • An asteroid is destroyed in a massive explosion and it looks like Porky and Daffy don’t survive but they later are shown to be fine.
  • A lady’s head explodes off her shoulders.

Material that may scare or disturb children

Under fiveinfo

Children under five are most likely to be frightened by scary visual images, such as monsters, physical transformations.

In addition to the above-mentioned violent scenes, there are some scenes in this movie that could scare or disturb children under the age of five, including the following:

  • A creepy scientist, turned zombie, is seen lurching around town with green, glowing eyes and an iridescent goo leaking from his suitcase, while the invader’s evil laugh echoes in the background and a dark space ship lurks high above the Earth’s atmosphere. The invader himself has long claws on the end of his tentacle-like arms, and is repeatedly saying that he will take over Earth’s resources. He plans to turn all Earthlings into zombies by getting them to chew his gum. After a few chews, the people are mindless, with hot-pink, glowing eyes and an alien-controlled eyeball that pops out of their mouth to view the world at large.
  • A giant gum monster with teeth, a protruding eyeball and countless tentacles breaks free from the lab cell that he is contained in and chases Porky, Daffy and Petunia down the dark and deserted corridors of a factory as they scream and run.

Aged five to eightinfo

Children aged five to eight will also be frightened by scary visual images and will also be disturbed by depictions of the death of a parent, a child abandoned or separated from parents, children or animals being hurt or threatened and / or natural disasters.

In addition to the above-mentioned violent scenes and scary visual images, there are some scenes in this movie that could scare or disturb children aged five to eight, including the following:

  • Creepy zombies are all over the streets. No one is spared, not even children.
  • A group of angry zombies turn on Porky, Petunia and Daffy. They chase them and repeatedly try to trap and capture them. Porky and Daffy escape but Petunia is captured and turned into a zombie. They continue to chase Daffy and Porky, following them home where they have barricaded themselves inside. They are captured and the gum monster soon destroys their house, leaving nothing but debris and goo behind.

Aged eight to thirteeninfo

Children aged eight to thirteen are most likely to be frightened by realistic threats and dangers, violence or threat of violence and / or stories in which children are hurt or threatened.

  • Nothing further noted.

Product placement

The following products are displayed or used in this movie:

  • Boba tea. No specific brand is mentioned, just the product. The invader actually bows down before it and later treats everyone to tea.

Sexual references

There are some sexual references in this movie, including:

  • When Porky first sees Petunia, he is completely smitten and can only stare at her. Daffy says to Porky: “I bet you want a piece of that. I will get you some of that tasty dish.” Daffy is referring to pie but the connotation is clear.
  • Daffy and Porky assume that they will be probed by the alien invader. They tell him: “You can probe us in truck stop restrooms or on the French Riviera.” They then turn on each other, saying things like: I hope you get probed.” “I’ll show you probed.”

Nudity and sexual activity

There is some nudity and sexual activity in this movie, including:

  • While repairing their sidewalk, Porky says there should be no cracks showing. Daffy, meanwhile, has his full, bare bottom exposed.
  • While attempting to be an influencer, Daffy inflates his butt, making it much larger than normal and then shakes his behind in an attempt to be a sexy, dancing influencer. When he farts, his bottom deflates.
  • A few female characters in the film are depicted with abnormally large, protruding breasts.
  • Daffy pulls out all his feathers and runs naked to town hall, trying to get people to listen to him.
  • A couple kiss on a park bench.
  • Porky and Petunia kiss.

Use of substances

There is some use of substances in this movie, including:

  • Chewing gum is used as a form of mind control, turning the chewers into zombies.
  • A fisherman smokes a pipe and blows bubbles from the end.

Coarse language

There is some coarse language in this movie, including:

  • Losers
  • Lousy
  • Chumps
  • Cheapskates
  • Screw that up
  • Nerd
  • Weirdo
  • Imbecile
  • Kick zombie butt
  • Pukey
  • Bub
  • Jerks
  • Maniac
  • Barnyard freaks
  • Looney
  • Ninnies.
  • There is also some crude humour, such as when a dog farts and blows a gum bubble out of its rear end.

In a nutshell

Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up is an animated adventure, featuring classic characters and lots of the slapstick violence that Looney Tunes is known for. The film is best suited to audiences aged 9 and over.

The main messages from this movie are to never give up on your dreams; and to always stick together.

Values in this movie that parents may wish to reinforce with their children include:

  • Teamwork
  • Creativity
  • Persistence
  • Courage
  • Trust.

This movie could also give parents the opportunity to discuss with their children the importance of being persistent and not giving up, no matter how much the world tells you that you can’t do something or that you aren’t good enough.