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Shirley "the Loon" McLoon, a female waterfowl, is a citizen of Acme Acres featured in Tiny Toon Adventures.

Shirley's closest Looney Tunes analogue is Melissa Duck, as indicated by their connections to supernatural activity, and Shirley favoring Plucky (Daffy's counterpart) over Fowlmouth (Foghorn's counterpart).

Despite being an intelligent girly girl, Shirley 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 or fortune-telling, Shirley hangs out with her Acme Looniversity classmates Babs Bunny and Fifi La Fume. In one episode, while attending a high school dance, a bowl of punch is dumped onto Shirley's head. The sight of the red punch on her hands causes her to temporarily go insane. She then proceeds to destroy the school's gym in a telekinetic fit, similar to Carrie, after being doused with pig's blood. 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. Shirley did not have an end tag. Shirley is voiced by Saturday Night Live alumna Gail Matthius, whose SNL character Vicky the Valley Girl loosely inspired Shirley. In the Japanese dub, Shirley is voiced by Mika Kanai.

In Tiny Toons Looniversity, Shirley is the Resident Advisor (RA) at Babs Bunny's dorm Merrie Melodies. Thus, she is slightly older than most of her peers. In the series, she is also given a different style appearance, a new accent and a more calmer personality. Shirley is voiced by Natalie Palamides. Concept art for the series showed she was originally going to be Babs and Sweetie Bird's roommate and possibly a freshman rather than an RA in the final product.

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Characters
Main Characters
Bugs Bunny (Prototype Bugs Bunny) • Daffy Duck • Elmer Fudd • Foghorn Leghorn • Lola Bunny (Honey Bunny) • Marvin the Martian (K-9) • Pepé Le Pew (Penelope Pussycat) • Porky Pig • Road Runner • Speedy Gonzales • Sylvester (Sylvester Jr.) • Taz • Tweety • Wile E. Coyote • Yosemite Sam
Recurring Golden Age Characters
1930s debuts

Bosko • Honey • Bruno • Foxy • Piggy • Goopy Geer • Buddy • Cookie • Beans • Little Kitty • Oliver Owl • Ham and Ex • Petunia Pig • Piggy Hamhock • Gabby Goat • Egghead • Big Bad Wolf • Little Red Riding Hood • Yoyo Dodo • Mrs. Daffy Duck • The Two Curious Puppies • Sniffles • Inki • Minah Bird

1940s debuts

Willoughby • Three Little Pigs • Cecil Turtle • Beaky Buzzard • Mama Buzzard • Leo the Lion • Babbit and Catstello • Conrad the Cat • Hubie and Bertie • Claude Cat • A. Flea • Three Bears • Schnooks • Hector the Bulldog • The Drunk Stork • Gossamer • Rocky • Barnyard Dawg • Henery Hawk • Charlie Dog • Bobo the Elephant • Goofy Gophers • The Dog • Wellington • Gruesome Gorilla • Hippety Hopper • The Talking Bulldog • The Crusher • The Supreme Cat • Playboy Penguin

1950s debuts

Melissa Duck • Frisky Puppy • Granny (Proto-Granny) • Miss Prissy (Emily the Chicken) • Sam Cat • Nasty Canasta • Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot • Spike and Chester • Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog • The Weasel • Witch Hazel • Tasmanian She-Devil • Ralph Phillips • Egghead Jr. • Mugsy • Jose and Manuel • The Honey-Mousers (Ralph Crumden, Ned Morton, Alice Crumden, Trixie Morton) • Instant Martians • Slowpoke Rodriguez • Pappy and Elvis • Blacque Jacque Shellacque

1960s debuts

Cool Cat • Colonel Rimfire • Merlin the Magic Mouse • Second Banana • Bunny and Claude

One-Off Golden Age Characters
1930s debuts

Owl Jolson

1940s debuts

The Gremlin • The Dover Boys (Tom Dover, Dick Dover, Larry Dover, Dora Standpipe, Dan Backslide) • Mr. Meek • Russian Dog • The Little Man from the Draft Board • Colonel Shuffle • Giovanni Jones

1950s debuts

The Martin Brothers • Pete Puma • George and Benny • Toro the Bull • Babyface Finster • Michigan J. Frog • Shropshire Slasher • Mot • Pablo and Fernando • Charles M. Wolf • Señor Vulturo • Mighty Angelo

1960s debuts

Hugo the Abominable Snowman • Nelly the Giraffe • Count Bloodcount • Spooky • Rapid Rabbit and Quick Brown Fox

Post-Golden Age Characters
Tiny Toon Adventures

Buster Bunny • Babs Bunny • Plucky Duck • Hamton J. Pig • Fifi La Fume • Shirley the Loon • Sweetie Bird • Elmyra Duff • Montana Max

Taz-Mania

Jean • Hugh • Molly • Jake • Dog the Turtle • Drew

Pinky and the Brain

Pinky • The Brain

Baby Looney Tunes

Floyd Minton

Duck Dodgers

Dr. I.Q. Hi • Captain Star Johnson • Commander X2

Loonatics Unleashed

Ace Bunny • Lexi Bunny • Danger Duck • Slam Tasmanian • Tech E. Coyote • Rev Runner

The Looney Tunes Show

Tina Russo

New Looney Tunes

Squeaks the Squirrel • Bigfoot • Barbarian • Boyd • Cal • Carl the Grim Rabbit • Claudette Dupri • Dr. Clovenhoof • Eagle Scout • Elliot Sampson • Horace the Horse • Ivana • Jack • Thes • Leslie P. Lilylegs • Miss Cougar • Pampreen Perdy and Paul Perdy • Rhoda Roundhouse • Shameless O'Scanty • Sir Littlechin • Slugsworthy the First • Squint Eatswood • Tad Tucker • Trey Hugger • Viktor • Winter Stag

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