Because they were written to entertain both parents and children, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies served an unexpectedly _______ purpose: vex, parry, and overture, for example, are among the advanced vocabulary that the young audience could learn in context from The Bugs Bunny Show.

a. Didactic

b. Obfuscating

c. Edifying

d. Aggrandizing

e. Ephemeral

f. Mystifying