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Taz

Taz appeared in five theatrical shorts in the classic era and then became one of the largest merchandising properties Warner Bros. has ever had, which is a ratio no other cartoon character comes close to.

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Looney TunesDebut 1954animationtelevisionfilm

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First appearance
Devil May Hare (1954), Warner Bros. Cartoons
Created by
Robert McKimson, Sid Marcus
Also known as
The Tasmanian Devil
Universe
Looney Tunes
Appears in
animation, television, film

Who is Taz?

Taz appeared in five theatrical shorts in the classic era and then became one of the largest merchandising properties Warner Bros. has ever had, which is a ratio no other cartoon character comes close to. Robert McKimson built him out of a single idea — an appetite with a tornado attached — and Mel Blanc performed him as growls, snorts and a spinning whirr rather than words, which meant almost no writing was required. The character was reportedly close to being dropped after the first short and was kept on the strength of audience mail. What made him enormous was the 1980s and 1990s licensing boom: the spinning tornado is a shape rather than a face, it reads at any size, and it looked like attitude at exactly the moment attitude sold, which put him on more shirts than most of the Looney Tunes leads combined.

Taz: the details

First appearance
Devil May Hare, June 1954
Created by
Robert McKimson, with story by Sid Marcus
Only five classic shorts
A tiny filmography for one of the studio's biggest licensing properties
Voiced by
Mel Blanc, in growls and vocal effects rather than dialogue
Kept by audience demand
The character was reportedly close to being dropped after his debut
The tornado is the licence
A shape rather than a face, which is why it prints at any scale
His own series
Taz-Mania ran from 1991

Why Taz endures

Five shorts and four decades of merchandising — the clearest case in animation of a character whose commercial life dwarfs his filmography.

What Taz looks like on a shirt

Signature motif: Brown devil with an enormous jaw, or the spinning brown tornado

The tornado is the better design, because it is a shape and not a portrait — it survives being printed large across a chest, small on a sleeve, or embroidered, and it carries the character without needing a face at all.

The tornado shape outperforms the character portrait at every size. Brown and black on white, or red on black for the nineties treatments. Adult sizing carries this licence more than youth does.

Taz T-shirts

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Looney Tunes Tasmanian Devil Tornado Retro Poster T-Shirt, Men, Black, 3X-Large
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Looney Tunes Tasmanian Devil Tornado Retro Poster T-Shirt, Men, Black, 3X-Large
$19.99on amazon.com · Oct 6, 2026
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Sizes: kids to adult

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BandAgesUS sizesSearch
Toddler 2–4 years 2T, 3T, 4T Search toddler sizes
Kids 4–7 years XS (4/5), S (6/7) Search kids sizes
Youth 8–14 years M (8), L (10/12), XL (14/16) Search youth sizes
Adult 15+ S–3XL Search adult sizes

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Who has played Taz

PerformerProductionYearType
Mel BlancDevil May Hare1954Voice

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Taz T-shirts: common questions

Who created Taz?

Taz was created by Robert McKimson and Sid Marcus, first appearing in Devil May Hare in 1954 (Warner Bros. Cartoons).

What does a Taz T-shirt usually look like?

Brown devil with an enormous jaw, or the spinning brown tornado. The tornado shape outperforms the character portrait at every size. Brown and black on white, or red on black for the nineties treatments. Adult sizing carries this licence more than youth does.

Are Taz T-shirts made for children?

Yes — Taz appears on our kids pages, and shirts are commonly made from US toddler 2T up through youth XL.

Who has played Taz?

Taz has been voiced by Mel Blanc (Devil May Hare, 1954).

How much does a Taz T-shirt cost?

Taz shirts we currently track start from around $14.39 on amazon.com. Every price on this page is dated, because they move.

This profile was compiled from published reference material about Taz — first appearance, creator credits and production history — and is a secondary source rather than a substitute for the original publication. Where a detail could not be corroborated it has been left out. We do not physically test garments; see how we work for what that means and what it does not.

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