Point, Laser Point is the 26th episode of The Looney Tunes Show and the season one finale.
Plot
Daffy is let out of prison for one day with a tag. Daffy is on his computer registering Porky for an online dating service. He skews the facts, such as claiming Porky is six feet and three inches tall rather than three feet and six inches. When Porky notes that he is 100 pounds, Daffy enters 185, making Porky worry that the girls that meet him will be disappointed because of the lies. Daffy points out that any girl who goes out with Porky Pig is going to be disappointed no matter what, and puts on the profile the name Lorenzo Vilagairirosa instead of Porky's real name, then uses a photo where only half of Porky's face can be seen. Porky complains that you can barely see him, to which Daffy replies, "Precisely Lorenzo."
Over an hour later, Daffy watches television while Porky notes that no one has looked at his profile, making Daffy regret uploading the picture. Bugs arrives carrying some groceries and hears about Porky's registration on the dating web site, and just then does someone comment positively on Porky's profile. While Porky attempts to reply, Daffy intervenes and tells Porky not to reply until he knows what the person looks like, and when he clicks on the profile, that someone turns out to be Granny, much to their surprise. Bugs and Daffy find out that Porky and Granny are both on a dating website, lonely, and live in a big house alone. Porky says that at least she has pets, and suggests that he should get a pet, but Daffy says that pets are only for people that have no hope of marriage. Then, Daffy says that Porky she definitely get a pet. (Porky then doesn't appear for the rest of the episode until the end except for the Merrie Melodies song Table For One)
At Granny's mansion, Granny attempts to chat with Porky on her computer while Sylvester, in the process of chasing Tweety, unwittingly trips on the power cord and shuts off the computer. Granny tells Sylvester to quit chasing Tweety, then pulls out his toys, which include a rubber mouse, a ball on a spring, and a laser pointer. Sylvester quickly becomes addicted to the dot the laser pointer projects, claiming it is a combination of a bird, a mouse, and a can of tuna. Bugs and Daffy visit Granny, since she is lonely, and she says she was about to go sailing, and invites them along. In the car, Granny prepares to back the car out of her driveway, only to put it in drive and crash into her garage. Shocked by this, Bugs and Daffy fasten their seat belts, and Granny backs up into her garbage can as she tries to drive.
Sylvester, unaware that Granny left, looks for the dot by searching drawers, purses, and other places. He notices that Tweety is not in his cage, then finds him in another room playing a zombie video game. Sylevester corners him and is about to eat him, when Tweety asks for a final request. Sylevester agrees, saying that he's an animal and not a monster. Tweety asks for the laser pointer, which Sylevester thinks is a pen, and points the dot at expensive vases and pictures of Sylevester, and of course the cat breaks them all, trying to catch the dot, also injuring himself in the process. On the street, Sylvester, injured from Tweety's tricks, questions his addiction for the laser, then goes even more insane when he sees red dots. He begins to see red dots everywhere, and he screams while running and eventually runs into a telephone pole with ads posted on it. He sees an ad for people who need help, then speaks words of advanced vocabulary as he points to another ad for vocabulary improvement.
Granny continues driving but is slow to the point where elderly people on scooters can pass her. She eventually stops on a curb and goes to a yard sale, which is not what Bugs or Daffy had in mind. It turns out she had meant "yard-sailing" as Daffy comments: "We should have just let Porky go out with her." Meanwhile, at Freleng Help Care, Sylvester takes a peek inside to find Wile E. Coyote reading a book titled What are You Really Chasing. After getting a confused stare from Wile E., Sylvester buzzes in for Witch Lezah and takes a seat next to Wile E. while waiting, Sylvester tries to glance at Wile E.'s book but is constantly scared off when Wile E. notices and absentmindedly looks at him. After a while, Witch Lezah calls for Sylvester and he, before going in, attempts to have a conversation with Wile E., only to receive another confused glare from the coyote.
After the yard sale, Granny relaxes on her front porch and watches television as Bugs stares at her. While Daffy sits on his recliner and eats porridge, Bugs claims that Granny needs excitement in her life and wants to help, asking Daffy to tag along. As Bugs exits, Daffy attempts to follow while using a cane to help him walk. Afterwards, they, along with Granny, go skydiving, kayaking, and skip through a field. They then go to a shooting range, do more skipping, and go to a racetrack, where Bugs and Granny crash into Daffy. At the hospital, Daffy has three casts wrapped around him, but he and his friends they laugh it off as if nothing happened.
Witch Lezah is counseling Sylvester and tries to hypnotize him out of his laser point trance. Although a skeptical Sylvester claims it will be futile, he is indeed hypnotized when Witch Lezah snaps her fingers. Witch Lezah then asks Sylvester to dream about his childhood, and he remembers being a nerdy child chasing butterflies in a field and hanging with another cat. In his flashback, however, he sees a red laser dot and chases it, and it turns out to be his mother. He clings to his mother and, in real life, clings to Witch Lezah and kisses her nose. Witch Lezah notes that what he wanted was actually his mother, not the red dot, and when he claims she is retired in Florida, Witch Lezah tells him that he should visit her. When Sylvester ponders how he will get there, Witch Lezah casts a spell and sends him there, then realizes that she needs to ask for payment before she helps anyone, rather than at the end of the session, since she magically sends them away.
Sylvester appears in Florida, through a cloud of dust and wonders which condo his mother is in, then sees a red laser point in one of the windows. Meanwhile, Bugs and Daffy visit Granny and make plans about playing tackle football with her. Granny, however, has different plans and decides to take a nap. When Daffy tells her that they are about to play football, Granny questions if they are attempting to kill her, noting that she is ninety years of age. She, instead, wants to lie on a beach but then notes that it will be exhausting before closing the door on them. Back in Florida, Sylvester's mother is in her condo knitting a sweater while wearing a collar with a red jewel hanging from it. Upon seeing Sylvester, she angrily notes that he has never visited before and tells him to leave. Her other son, Alan, visits her as well, and he is surprised to see Sylvester. Their mother grumpily chides Sylvester that he should have called in advance because she has a busy schedule.
Witch Lezah is counseling Tweety and tells him that he wants Sylvester to chase him, then teleports him to Florida as well. Afterward, she realizes that she has made the same mistake of not asking for payment. In Florida, Alan notes that Tweety has arrived, and his mother is disgusted by the fact that Sylvester has yet to catch him. She then tells him that he should have made use of his life, rather than have spent it chasing Tweety, and is appalled by the fact that he is not married and has no children. As she continues ranting about his flaws, Sylvester thinks about how annoying her voice is and how he would enjoy being in Granny's mansion chasing the red dot. Sylvester sees Tweety fly away, and he goes over to chase him, claiming he does not need a red dot when he has Tweety.
Granny is lying on a beach surrounded by seagulls, where she sadly notes that she feels as if something is missing. Just then, Sylvester and Tweety arrive, and she kisses them, noting she would rather spend time with them than hang out with Bugs and Daffy. Meanwhile, Bugs and Daffy are doing yoga, as Daffy comments: "Granny's missing out."
In the epilogue, Porky decides to get a pet and buys a pet snake. Soon, the snake eats him instead of Porky feeding the snake as Porky comments: "I'm supposed to give you food, not be your food." Porky is left nothing to do but scold the snake for eating him. Bugs drops Daffy back of to the police station.
In the WBA logo gag, Lezah casts a spell on the audience while chanting "Show's over" three times.
Cast
Actor | Voice(s) |
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Jeff Bergman | Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Tweety |
Bob Bergen | Porky Pig |
June Foray | Granny |
Roz Ryan | Witch Lezah |
Jeff Bennett | Alan |
Estelle Harris | Sylvester's Mother |
Fred Armisen | Speedy Gonzales |
- Leslie Hunt, Wile E. Coyote, Marvin the Martian, Pete Puma, and Porky's Mother all appeared in this but they had no lines.
Quotes
- Daffy: Old people are the worst. All they do is sit around all day, eating gross food.
Bugs: Are you eating porridge?
Daffy: It's easier on my soft teeth. - Witch Lezah: Mmm-mmm-mm. I have got to start making people pay up front.
- Witch Lezah: (after making the same mistake as last time) Mmm-mmm-mmm! I done it again!
- Witch Lezah: (after the end credits) Show's over, show's over, show's over!
- Sylvester: (about the laser pointer) It's like a bird, a mouse, and a can of tuna all mixed up into a perfect red dot!
- Sylvester: (going insane) I need help! (runs into an ad reading "Need help?" on it) How fortuitous! How serendipitous! How propitious! (points to an ad reading "Improve your vocabulary!" on it) Best class I ever took.
- Granny: We're here. Let's start sailing!
Bugs: (confused) Where's the ocean?
Granny: Yard sale-ing!
Daffy: (behind Granny's back) We should've just let Porky go out with her. - Sylvester's Mother: Close the door! What, do you want me to air condition all of Florida?!
- Sylvester: Who needs a red dot when I've got a yellow bird?
- Granny: Turns out I like spending my time with a cat and a bird; it's better than spending it with a duck and a rabbit.
Trivia
- This is the final episode of the series where there is a CGI short.
- The episode's title is a parody of the novel Point, Counter Point by Aldous Huxley.
- Granny is seen watching Off Duty Cop on her porch.
- Sylvester had a strong craving for the red dot from the pen Granny played with, but he said he needed to have it despite not knowing was it was. It was not until he was under hypnosis that he realized his craving for the red dot was really the craving for his mother who wore a necklace with a bright red dot.
- A non CGI Wile E. Coyote is seen at the Help Center, reading a book called "What Are You Really Chasing?", a joke on his many failed attempts to catch the Road Runner.
- This is the second time that Wile E. Coyote is shown outside of his CGI short. The first was in Blow My Stack.
- After Sylvester realizes his true nature is chasing Tweety, his mother's necklace's red glow burns out, signifying that she is no longer worth something to chase. Not to mention, she talked to Sylvester in an angry tone of voice and he said he even thought Tweety had an annoying voice.
- It is revealed that Tweety actually wanted to be chased around by Sylvester, which is the reason he was magically transported to Florida by Witch Lezah and to the same location where Sylvester was transported to.
- The name of the Help Center is named "Freleng Help Center", a reference to classic Looney Tunes animator, cartoonist, director, and producer, Friz Freleng.
- This is the second time Witch Lezah used her magic spells. The first time she used magic was in Sunday Night Slice.
- This is the first time Witch Lezah is shown to be a therapist.
- The Sylvester and Tweety segment in this episode was originally from a 7-minute Sylvester and Tweety short from Laff Riot.