'Tiny Toon Adventures' proved frequently that it could do episodes structured as (mostly three) segments very well. The quality in most may not have been consistent, with for example one segment being especially great and another only average, but all the show's segment-structured episodes have a huge amount to recommend. Buster reprises his Mr Popular guise and is again great fun and very cool, his personality very well suited.
"Mr Popular's Rules of Cool" is made up of three segments, "Mr Popular's Rules of Cool", "Slugfest" and "Venison Anyone?" Once again it is good fun and has its charm, but other episodes are wittier and more inspired and the quality is inconsistent. One segment in particular is great and surprisingly so. One segment though didn't do much for me on the other hand. As an episode, it is a lot better than something like "Whale's Tales" but it's no "Fields of Honey" or "Her Wacky Highness" as far as previous episodes go.
"Venison Anyone?" is the segment that didn't do much for me. The animation, music and voice acting are great and actually do like Montana Max as a character (he grew on me overtime). The problem is that there is not really anything that's funny and when it comes to the wackiness factor that is pretty tame. The story is very thin and is rather routine. The character interaction felt bland.
It is a good thing though that the other two segments are well above average. "Mr Popular's Rules of Cool" may not have much hilarious and doesn't have an awful lot of originality, but it is very funny, has a nice wacky energy, has a very cool vibe and the character interaction is spot on. The best of the three segments is "Slugfest", a pretty genius parody of 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles". The witty lines and sight gags are aplenty, the energy is razor sharp, the action is beautifully animated and thrillingly choreographed and there is a creativity here that wasn't present in the others. Absolutely loved the way Plucky and Hamton interacted and their dynamic and characterisation reminded me very fondly of Daffy Duck and Porky Pig.
The animation is vibrantly coloured and beautifully rich in detail, not just the backgrounds but also the expressions and reactions of the characters which are wonderfully loony. The music is dynamic and characterful as always and the theme song has always brought a smile to my face. Something that was the case when a child and still is now. A vast majority of the characterisation is great, especially in "Slugfest", and the voice acting even more so.
Overall, pretty good but not great. 7/10
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