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Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)

Where Looney Tunes: Back in Action says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A cartoon studio, a Vegas casino, a desert Walmart and the Louvre: the road trip that only has two real filming cities on record

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Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Photo: Benoît Prieur · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Scenes and places

The studio lot and the destroyed water tower (2003)

Daffy, tired of playing second to Bugs, demands his own film and is fired by Kate. DJ, a security guard who dreams of being a stuntman, is told to escort him out, and the chase across the lot gets DJ fired too.

Set in Warner Bros. studio lot — The cartoon studio where Daffy demands his own film and DJ is told to throw him out. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A real studio lot in Burbank, California, where the Warner Bros. cartoons and films are run.

Filmed at Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank — The film's studio lot is set at Warner Bros.; a French Wikipedia filming section lists the Warner studio in Burbank among the shooting sites, but not which scenes were shot where. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Working studio in Burbank; visit only through the official studio tour.

DJ's house and the call from his father (2003)

Daffy follows DJ home, where DJ gets a message from his father, an actor he now learns is also a secret agent. Damian sends him to Las Vegas to find a diamond called the Blue Monkey.

Set in Damian Drake's house — The home DJ shares with his father, where a hidden message arrives through a painting.

No filming or setting address is given in the sources.

The Las Vegas casino (2003)

DJ and Daffy find Dusty Tails singing in a casino owned by Yosemite Sam, who works for Acme. Dusty hands over a playing card that is the first clue to the diamond.

Set in Yosemite Sam's casino, Las Vegas — A casino on the Las Vegas Strip, owned by Yosemite Sam, where Dusty Tails performs.

The Las Vegas Strip is the main hotel and casino corridor of the city.

Filmed at Las Vegas Strip (casino not identified) — A German Wikipedia background section says part of the film was shot in Las Vegas; it does not name the casino, so the point marks the Strip as a whole. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: The Strip is walkable between resorts; the exact casino used is unknown.

The car chase through Las Vegas (2003)

Sam and his gang steal Jeff Gordon's racing car to chase DJ and Daffy for the card. DJ and Daffy flee in the spy car just as Kate and Bugs, who followed them, climb aboard.

Set in Las Vegas Strip — The streets outside the casino, where Sam's gang steals a stock car and Kate and Bugs arrive in the spy car. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A long casino strip in Nevada that appears throughout road-trip comedies.

Filmed at Las Vegas Strip (street not identified) — Same basis as the casino: Las Vegas is named as a shooting city, but no street for the chase is given. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Strip roads are open to traffic and shared with pedestrians; the exact stretch is unknown.

The desert crash and the Walmart (2003)

The car runs out of gas and the group camps in the desert. Bugs tries to talk Daffy into coming back, and Daffy admits he envies how popular Bugs is without trying; the next day a Walmart appears and Wile E. Coyote tries to steal the card.

Set in Nevada desert — A stretch of desert where the spy car crashes and the group camps.

No filming place or setting address is given in the sources.

Area 52 and Mother's gadgets (2003)

The group reaches Area 52, a secret base run by Mother, who explains that the Blue Monkey can turn humans into monkeys and gives them spy gadgets. Imprisoned aliens led by Marvin the Martian try to steal the card, and the group escapes.

Set in Area 52 — A secret facility run by a woman called Mother, where captured aliens are held.

A made-up secret base; the German Wikipedia only says it parodies the real Nevada site known as Area 51.

The Louvre and the Mona Lisa map (2003)

At the Louvre, the group finds that the card lets them see a hidden map of Africa behind the Mona Lisa. Elmer Fudd chases Bugs and Daffy through famous paintings, and Kate is kidnapped.

Set in Musee du Louvre — Paris museum where the card turns out to be a viewing window for the Mona Lisa. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The Louvre in Paris is the world's most visited art museum.

The jungle temple and the Blue Monkey (2003)

The group follows the map to Africa. Granny, Sylvester and Tweety lead them to a jungle temple with the Blue Monkey, and then show themselves to be villains in disguise.

Set in Jungle temple, Africa — Ruins in the African jungle that hold the Blue Monkey.

No filming place or setting address is given in the sources.

Acme headquarters (2003)

Mr. Chairman, the boss of Acme, teleports everyone to his headquarters. He tricks DJ into handing over the diamond in exchange for DJ's father, then breaks his word.

Set in Acme Corporation headquarters — The villain company's headquarters, reached by teleport.

A fictional corporate tower; no location is given.

Characters

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