“ | No one escapes Blacque Jacque Shellacque! | „ |
~ Blacque Jacque Shellacque's catchphrase. |
Blacque Jacque Shellacque is a fictional character from Looney Tunes and in The Looney Tunes Show (2011-2013). He is a major antagonist turned anti-hero of the series. He makes cameo appearance every once in a while.
Blacque Jacque Shellacque is a hunter who has similarities and is a cousin to Yosemite Sam. He has a big nose and has a black moustache with a brown stubble. He wears a red winter cap with black bushy eyebrows and black eyes. He has low intelligence and he prefers force over strategy when fighting. Blacque is an obscure character from The Looney Tunes but still has many fans around the world.
Looney Tunes[]
Blacque Jacque Shellacque first appeared in 1959 in the short Bonanza Bunny, which takes place in the middle of the Klondike gold rush, Shellacque makes an attempt to steal Bug's bag of gold (Which is bright yellow paint painted on rocks, according to Bugs Bunny) through card cheating, out and out threats, and trickery, but Bugs has always outsmarted Blacque and defeats him using gunpowder and a match, causing an explosion. Shellacque appeared in many other Looney Tunes-related media after that and once did a cameo as a french soldier in Pepe le Lew's cartoon in Little Beau Pepe.
The Looney Tunes Show (2011-2013)[]
Blacque Jacque Shellacque appears in Ridiculous Journey in the second season of the Looney Tunes Show. He is a hunter who wants to presumably kidnap and kill Tweety Bird, Sylvester, and Tasmanian Devil. After failing numerous times with weapons such as sniper rifles and plane guns, he finally kidnaps them by latching a net onto them. There, he went to Granny and Bugs Bunny to give them to (As in the show, Sylvester and Tweety are Granny's pets, while the Tasmanian Devil is Bug's pet). He was sent by Yosemite Sam and in return, Shellacque got a mechanical bull. But since he was sent by Yosemite, he is confirmed an antagonist.
Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time[]
Blacque Jacque Shellacque appears as a minion during the Pirate Years and the 1930s levels in the video game Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time.
Trivia[]
- In Ridiculous Journey, it was confirmed by Yosemite that Shellaque was French-Canadian.
- In It's a Handbag, Shellaque was seen in the criminal notebook.
- The way Shellacque speaks is similar to the French Taunter in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.