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Shirley "the Loon" McLoon is a fictional character, a female waterfowl citizen of Acme Acres featured in Tiny Toon Adventures. Image File history File links Shirley_the_Loon. ... Image File history File links Shirley_the_Loon. ... A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... Falcated Duck at Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands centre, Gloucestershire, England Wildfowl or waterfowl, also waterbirds, is the collective term for the approximately 147 species of swans, geese and ducks, classified in the order Anseriformes, family Anatidae. ... Tiny Toon Adventures (aka Tiny Toons) is an animated television series created by the Warner Bros. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


Shirley is one of the few characters of the show not directly inspired by an existing Looney Tunes character, but she bears more than a passing resemblance to Melissa Duck. Although she seems reasonably intelligent, she speaks with a thick Valley girl accent and is obsessed with superficial New Age paraphernalia. Her name is derived from fellow New Age aficionado Shirley MacLaine, while the latter part of the name is an obvious pun. More often than not, characters refer to Shirley as "Shirley the Loon" rather than "Shirley McLoon." Shirley is often pursued romantically by Plucky Duck and Fowlmouth. When not meditating (and sometimes levitating while chanting, "Ohm what a loon I am... Ohm what a loon I am...") or fortune-telling, Shirley hangs out with her Acme Looniversity classmates Babs Bunny and Fifi Le Fume. Looney Tunes opening title Looney Tunes is a Warner Brothers animated cartoon series which ran in many movie theatres from 1930 to 1969. ... Melissa Duck is a fictional character featured on the animated television series, Baby Looney Tunes voiced by Janyse Jaud. ... In the United States, Valley girl, or Val, is a term coined for residents of the San Fernando Valley, and originated in the 1970s. ... New Age describes a broad movement characterized by alternative approaches to traditional Western culture. ... Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty April 24, 1934) is an Academy Award-winning American actress, well-known not only for her acting, but for her devotion to her belief in reincarnation. ... It has been suggested that dajare be merged into this article or section. ... Plucky Duck Plucky Duck is a fictional anthropomorphic green duck who appeared in the 1990s animated series Tiny Toon Adventures. ... Fowlmouth is one of the minor characters on the animated series Tiny Toon Adventures. ... Tiny Toon Adventures is an animated television series created by the Warner Bros. ... Babs and Buster Bunny are cartoon characters from the Warner Bros. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


Shirley is a keen ballerina who has to face prejudice when attending an upmarket ballet school otherwise attended exclusively by Perfecto Prep swans. Jealous at her superior dance skills, they mock her accent and try to sabotage her performance at their recital, but are soon thwarted by Shirley's nimble moves and a behind-the-scenes Babs, staging a sabotage of her own. Maya Plisetskaya, prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet from 1943 to 1960 and prima ballerina assoluta from 1960 to 1990. ... Prejudice Baerass the name implies, the process of pre-judging something. ... Act 4 of Swan Lake: choreography by Petipa and Nureyev, music by Tchaikovsky. ... Perfecto Prep is a fictional preparatory school in the TV series Tiny Toon Adventures. ... Swans can refer to: Swan, the bird. ... A recital (from the Latin word recitare, meaning: to read out) consists of an account or repetition of the details of some act, proceeding or fact. ...


Shirley also seems to have telekenetic powers. During an episode where Babs Bunny, Fifi LeFume, and Shirley attend a prom at Perfecto Prep, a rival university, red punch gets spilled on Shirley, and she begins a rampage very similar (although much more G-rated to Carrie), from the Stephen King novel of the same name. The scene even goes as far as when Fifi asks what is Shirley doing, Babs dryly remarks, "Remember the movie 'Carrie'?"


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Shirley is voiced by Gail Matthius, a former castmember of NBC's Saturday Night Live during its low-rated and widely panned 1980-1981 season. Matthius's recurring character from SNL, an irritating Valley Girl named Vicky, is similar to Shirley the Loon in voice. In the Japanese dub, Shirley is voiced by Mika Kanai. Gail Matthius, born in 1953, is an American actress and voice actress. ... Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late night 90-minute American comedy-variety show based in New York City which has been broadcast by NBC nearly every Saturday night since its debut on October 11, 1975. ... Mika Kanai (かない みか Kanai Mika, originally 金井 美香 Kanai Mika, born March 18, 1964) is a Japanese voice actress who was born in Tokyo. ...

Warner Bros. Animation and Comics
Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies
Primary: Bugs Bunny • Daffy Duck • Porky Pig • Elmer Fudd • Sylvester • Tweety Bird • Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner • Foghorn Leghorn • Pepé Le Pew • Yosemite Sam • Speedy Gonzales • Marvin the Martian • Tasmanian Devil
Secondary: Bosko • Buddy • Goopy Geer • Foxy • Happy Rabbit • Piggy • Beans • Michigan J. Frog • Petunia Pig • Henery Hawk • Rocky and Mugsy • Granny • Hector the Bulldog • Goofy Gophers • Cecil Turtle • Sylvester Jr. • Gossamer • Spike and Chester • Hippety Hopper • Marc Antony and Pussyfoot • Witch Hazel • The Three Bears • Hubie and Bertie • Claude Cat • Sniffles • Ralph Phillips • Beaky Buzzard • Charlie Dog • Pete Puma • Crusher • Private Snafu • Sam Sheepdog and Ralph Wolf • Slowpoke Rodriguez • Merlin the Magic Mouse and Second Banana • Cool Cat
Comics and TV Shows: Honey Bunny • Bull and Axle Gator • Buddy Boar • Wendell T. Wolf • Francis X. Bushlad • Digeri Dingo • Willie Wombat • Daniel and Timothy Platypus • Lola Bunny • Melissa Duck • Queen Tyr'ahnee
Television Animation
Tiny Toon Adventures : Buster and Babs Bunny • Plucky Duck • Hamton J. Pig • Montana Max • Elmyra Duff • Dizzy Devil • Furrball • Calamity Coyote • Little Beeper • Gogo Dodo • Sweetie Pie • Shirley the Loon • Fifi Le Fume • Li'l Sneezer • Concord Condor • Byron Basset • Fowlmouth • Barky Marky • Mary Melody
Animaniacs : Yakko, Wakko, and Dot • Ralph the Guard • Thaddeus Plotz • Dr. Otto Scratchansniff • Hello Nurse • Ms. Flamiel • Pinky and the Brain • Snowball the Hamster • Slappy Squirrel • Skippy Squirrel • Walter Wolf • Buttons and Mindy • The Goodfeathers • Rita and Runt • Flavio and Marita • Minerva Mink • Chicken Boo • Katie Ka-Boom • Mr. Skullhead
Freakazoid! : The Huntsman
Histeria! : Father Time • Big Fat Baby • Miss Information • World's Oldest Woman • Loud Kiddington • Charity Bazaar • Aka Pella • Froggo • Toast • Pepper Mills • Cho-Cho • Lucky Bob • Pule Houser • Susanna Susquahanna • Bill Straitman • Mr. Smartypants • Chit Chatterson • Lydia Karaoke • Sammy Melman

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Shirley Peruniak: Quetico Park Naturalist (2442 words)
Shirley’s obvious enthusiasm and zest for Quetico comes from believing she is working in the greatest canoe park in the world.
Shirley is an accomplished naturalist and her records of birds and plants have increased our knowledge of Quetico’s natural history.
Jane Pringle, a long-time friend of Shirley’s, said that one of her first memories of Shirley is having her excitedly show her a shrew that she had found and preserved in her freezer.
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