Toro the Bull

Toro the Bull

Toro the Bull is a character created byChuck Jones in theLooney Tunes series of shorts. He is a large feisty dangerous bull covered in black hair and a grey muzzle with sharp horns and red eyes. He's fearless and very proud of his own strength. Toro's moos were recorded during bullfights in Spain.

Appearances[]

Shorts[]

He made his debut appearance in the short "Bully for Bugs". He makes short work of the regular matadors, then a burrowingBugs Bunny surfaces in the bullring. They battle back and forth but Bugs ultimately wins the war.

He would later make two appearances, both of which in stock footage from "Bully for Bugs"; first in "Hare-abian Nights" as Bugs tells caliphYosemite Sam his encounter, and again in the opening scene of "Mexican Cat Dance", again quickly dispatching the matador.

Movies[]

Toro the Bull appears at the beginning ofWho Framed Roger Rabbit, auditioning with other cartoon cows at the Maroon Cartoon Studios for a part in a cartoon.

Toro also appears in the filmsSpace Jam (whereDaffy Duck paintsMonstar Pound's butt red, causing the bull to charge at it) andLooney Tunes Back in Action.

Video Games[]

Toro has also appeared in several Looney Tunes games, such asBugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage, where he is tricked by Bugs and runs into steel grinders,Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble, in the level "Bully for Bugs" (which itself is based on the cartoon of the same name), andBugs Bunny: Lost in Time, in the La Corrida boss level. He also appears inLooney Tunes: Acme Arsenal as the boss of the level "Bully for Porky" along with Hyde Porky, inLooney Tunes: Back in Action: The Video Game where he is rampaging in the Louvre, and inLooney Tunes World of Mayhem as Lunar Toro, a Chinese lunar new year variant, El Espectro, a wrestler toon variant, and his original variant.

TV Series[]

Toro even appeared in theBaby Looney Tunes episode "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo-It!" where he saw Sylvester with a female cow and starts to chase him until Lola comes to the rescue by jumping on his back.

Toro appeared in theLooney Tunes Laff Riot test pilot before it was replaced byThe Looney Tunes Show.^[1] He also would have beenYosemite Sam's henchman.

Toro appeared inThe Looney Tunes Show Merrie Melodie "Stick to My Guns".

Toro appears in theBugs Bunny Builders episode "Speedy" as a member ofSpeedy Gonzales' soccer team

Filmography[]

Cartoons[]

1.  "Bully for Bugs" (1953)
2.  "Hare-abian Nights" (1959) 
3.  "Mexican Cat Dance" (1963)

Gallery[]

Toro in “Bully for Bugs”, sharping his horns.

Toro still sharping his horns to attack some members in the arena.

Toro in the arena.

Toro notices Bugs.

Toro’s menace stare.

Toro about to charge Bugs.

Toro being outsmarted by Bugs.

Toro behind Bugs before attacking him.

Toro sharping his horns once again.

Toro with gun in his tail.

Toro being tricked by Bugs Bunny realizing that he sets Booby traps around the arena.

Toro‘s angry stare.

Toro about to do a trick at Bugs by using a Elephant Bullets.

Toro furiously sharping his horns in frustration after failing to attack Bugs.

Toro about to charge at Bugs.

Toro in "Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage".

Toro as he appears in theLooney Tunes: Back in Action: The Video Game.

Everyone gasped.

Toro inSpace Jam.

Toro inThe Looney Tunes Show.

Toro in the Looney Tunes comics.

Toro withPepé Le Pew.

Toro inLooney Tunes World of Mayhem.

Toro inBaby Looney Tunes.

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