Top 500 Bush and Looney Characters

' The'  Top 500 Bush and Looney Characters is a list created by Bush and Looney released as a two-disc DVD and as a written book. The list was formed with the cooperation of the cast and crew and the criteria had to do with how popular and how important each character was. Though a tie for Bush Longtail and Looney Lion was expected, controversy arose when Bush was actually placed below Looney, who had the number one slot. The complete list without descriptions can be seen here.

The List

 * 1) Looney Lion- Though it's a controversial decision to place Looney over the other titular character, Bush Longtail, it's a fact that whether or not his fanbase is larger, Looney is more essential to the show than Bush. Looney is characterized as somewhat of a stereotypical trailer park boy in his youth in a lion's body. Looney can be typified by his irresponsibility, his recklessness and his carelessness, and his unreliably foolish decisions. He is known for being bluntly rude but at the same time compassionate and friendly. Even though he makes peabrained decisions frequently that attribute to the laughter from the show, he is shown to be more intelligent than he is made out to be and maybe even more perceptive than Bush. He had many poor grades for lack of effort, but he is shown to at least possess common sense and is more worldly than his naive best friend. When a looker like Winkle McGee becomes popular with his peers, Looney isn't easily indoctrinated and is more of a free-thinking nonconformist, while Bush has been known to easily conform and not branch out. Looney can represent someone who grew up poor and that while reliability, responsibility, and caution are virtues in a person, you needn't have them to be a kindly free-thinker.