Taz-Mania

Did You Know?

• Five video games based on the show were made: two by Sega for the Mega Drive/Genesis, Master System, and Game Gear, and three by Sunsoft for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy.
• In the Duck Dodgers episode "M.M.O.R.P.D.", one of Duck Dodgers' forms is Axl Gator, with vocal effects reprised by Rob Paulsen.
• Molly makes cameo appearances as a student of ACME Looniversity in the Tiny Toons Looniversity episodes "Skulls and Sillybones" and "Twin-Con".

Characters

The main character of the show is Taz the Tasmanian Devil, voiced by Jim Cummings, who appears in every episode. He is the older brother of Molly and Jake. Taz is messy, wild, perpetually hungry, afraid of water, and not very refined, but he is kinder and less violent than earlier versions of the character. He works as a bellhop at the Hotel Tazmania.

His mother, Jean Tazmanian Devil, voiced by Miriam Flynn, is a devoted and hardworking parent. Many episodes focus on her talking on the phone and managing a huge list of chores. The father, Hugh Tazmanian Devil, voiced by Maurice LaMarche doing an impression of Bing Crosby, is smooth, friendly, and sensible. He enjoys orange juice, golf, and bowling, and tends to explain things in excessive detail, often ending with "blah-blah-blah, yackity schmackity."

Molly Tazmanian Devil, voiced by Kellie Martin, is the sixteen-year-old sister. She is more controlled than Taz but still shares his wild and aggressive side, especially during sibling arguments. Jake Tazmanian Devil, voiced by Debi Derryberry, is the younger brother who is energetic, imaginative, cute, and looks up to Taz. The family pet is Dog the Turtle, with vocal effects by Rob Paulsen, a turtle that behaves like a dog.

Uncle Drew Tazmanian Devil, voiced by Maurice LaMarche impersonating Bob Hope, is cheerful, cool, quirky, and affectionate. He likes golf, bowling, telling jokes, and taking road trips, often dragging Taz along, in a nod to the old Hope and Crosby films. Taz’s boss is Bushwhacker Bob, voiced by Jim Cummings impersonating John Cleese. He is arrogant, incompetent, intimidating, and grumpy, serving as the hotel manager of the Hotel Tazmania.

As the owner, he is a snob who dislikes people and avoids work, leaving everything to his staff. His personality is based on Basil Fawlty from the British show Fawlty Towers. Bob’s mother, Mum, voiced by Rosalyn Landor, is the actual proprietor of the hotel. She is far more patient and clever than her son, and often embarrasses him by stating facts that are true.

Episode status and home media releases

Three VHS tapes were released in 1993. After its Fox Kids run, the series was rerun on TNT, briefly on TBS in 1996–1997 as part of their Disaster Area block, and on Cartoon Network, making it the first Warner Bros. Animation series to air on that network. Boomerang began airing reruns on July 15, 2023. Reruns currently air on MeTV Toons since February 2, 2026, and the series was among 100 Warner Bros.-owned animated series added to Tubi on March 1, 2026.

A DVD of the first four episodes was released in Europe in April 2010 and in the UK in 2011 as "Taz and Friends". A DVD of episodes 5–8 was released in Europe in July 2019 and in the UK in 2019 as "Taz and Friends, Volume 2". Warner Home Video released Taz Mania – Season 1, Part 1: Taz on the Loose on DVD in Region 1 on May 14, 2013, and Season 1, Part 2 on August 6, 2013. The third season was announced for DVD release on August 25, 2020, under the Warner Archive Collection.