Tina Russo

Melissa (now Tina Russo) Duck is a character who appeared in the 1950 Looney Tunes cartoon The Scarlet Pumpernickel, and later featured on the animated television series, Baby Looney Tunes voiced by Candi Milo.

Melissa is a comedian and enjoys making her friends laugh. However, her humor sometimes gets her in trouble when she crosses the line.

Many fans suspect that Melissa was invented for Baby Looney Tunesmuch in the same manner the character of Skeeter was invented forMuppet Babies — a result of the creators wanting more female characters. This, however, is not true. Melissa actually appeared in two Looney Tunes shorts as Daffy Duck's girlfriend — namely Chuck Jones' The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1950) and Robert McKimson's Muscle Tussle (1953). She also appeared in The Duxorcist, a segment of Daffy Duck's Quackbusters. In these appearances, Melissa is an adult.

Melissa was apparently the inspiration for the Shirley the Loon character on Tiny Toon Adventures. They are similar-looking female waterfowls with a romantic interest in the Daffy Duck/Plucky Duck character.

In The Looney Tunes Show, Melissa is renamed Tina Russo Duck. She is Daffy's tomboyishly beautiful girlfriend and a friend with Lola Bunny, and she now has brown hair and pale yellow feathers. She serves as the third tritagonist. She is voiced by Jennifer Esposito in the first season, and by Annie Mumolo in the second season. Her fate remains unknown after this.

Melissa appears in Castaras Babys, but as a young troublemaker. She interigates Daffy into getting Lyndsey, Draco, Betty and Daphne in trouble and she then blames it on him to Maria and Granny.

Trivia

 * Tina has so far only appeared in the TV show. It is extremely unlikely she'll ever appear again.