In the Love Disconnection episode segment, The Amazing Three, where Babs Bunny, Fifi La Fume, and Shirley attend a prom at Perfecto Prep (a rival university), red punch gets spilled on Shirley and she begins a rampage very similar to that of Carrie (although much more G-rated), from the Stephen King novel of the same name. She can levitate herself during meditation, commune with her aura (which is sometimes a separate entity from her) and also fire force-blasts from her hands when agitated. Shirley is adept at mind reading, channeling and projecting her aura (a glowing likeness of herself with a mind of its own). Ohm what a loon I am.") or fortune-telling, Shirley hangs out with her Acme Looniversity classmates and best friends, Babs Bunny and Fifi La Fume. When not meditating (sometimes levitating while chanting, "Ohm what a loon I am. Jealous at her superior dance skills, they mock her accent and try to sabotage her performance at their recital, but are soon thwarted by Shirley's nimble moves and a behind-the-scenes Babs, staging a sabotage of her own. In the Music Day episode segment, Loon Lake, Shirley is a keen ballerina who has to face prejudice when attending an upmarket ballet school otherwise attended exclusively by Perfecto Prep swans, including Giselle. The aura sometimes lags behind, causing Shirley to lean back into a room and whistle for it. The aura can float out of her body, punch somebody, then return, all while Shirley is serenely meditating. She's into E.S.P., telekinesis, astrology, crystals, tarot cards, tea leaves, palm reading, levitation and reincarnation. Her head is in the clouds and her mind is in a galaxy far, far away. She is our New Age space cadet and mystic. Besides, in your next lives, you're all coming back as avocados, so there." Always in a state of unflappable cosmic oneness, Shirley is the spaciest toon in Acme Acres. Many characters regard Shirley as a flake, but she takes their skepticism philosophically "I know I'm at one with the spiritual plane. Her intelligence is somewhat obscured by a thick Valley girl accent and obsession with superficial New Age paraphernalia. Shirley is a young clairvoyant loon with extraordinary psychic powers. More often than not, other toons refer to Shirley as "Shirley the Loon" rather than "Shirley McLoon." Her name is derived from fellow New Age aficionado, Shirley MacLaine, while the latter part of the name is an obvious pun. Shirley is one of the few characters of the show not directly inspired by an existing Looney Tunes character, but she bears more than a passing resemblance to Melissa Duck. She attends Acme Looniversity and lives in Acme Acres. Shirley is a young, white loon, who wears a pink shirt and a pink bowed ribbon in her blonde hair.
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