Duck Dodgers (TV series)
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| Duck Dodgers | |
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 Martian Commander X-2 (Marvin the Martian), Duck Dodgers and Eager Young Space Cadet. |
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| Genre | Animated television series |
| Starring | Joe Alaskey Bob Bergen Tia Carrere |
| Country of origin | USA |
| No. of episodes | 39 |
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| Running time | 30 minutes (15 minutes per segment) (approx. per episode) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Cartoon Network |
| Original run | August 23, 2003 – November 11, 2005 |
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Duck Dodgers is an American animated television series based on the classic cartoon short Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century produced by Warner Bros. from 2003 to 2005. The series aired on Cartoon Network.
Though primarily based around the original Duck Dodgers short, the series has also taken many visual and thematic cues from classic Looney Tunes shorts unrelated to the Dodgers character and its science fiction premise. Also, many other familiar characters from the Looney Tunes pantheon are featured in the series, often given traits to fit within Duck Dodgers's own universe. For example, Yosemite Sam becomes "K'chutha Sa'am," a parody of Klingons in Star Trek, and Elmer Fudd becomes a parasitic mind-altering alien disease known as "The Fudd" (a take-off of The Flood in Halo, though more closely resembling The Borg in Star Trek: The Next Generation). In addition to these pop culture references, the show's theme (arranged by The Flaming Lips) is sung by Tom Jones, in a style reminiscent of Jones' performance of the theme from the James Bond film Thunderball. Jones also appeared in caricature form in the second season episode "Talent Show A Go-Go," to sing his signature song, "It's Not Unusual." The episode "In Space, No One Can Hear You Rock" feature Dave Mustaine of heavy metal band Megadeth, and the band performed "Back in the Day."
Duck Dodgers was nominated in the 2004 Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Production Produced For Children, Music in an Animated Television Production, Production Design in an Animated Television Production, and Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production. As of 2005, this series ended production after its third season.
The series starred a number of Looney Tunes characters, as well as new faces such as Queen Tyr'ahnee and Captain Star Johnson. However, this is the first TV series to spin-off from a Looney Tunes cartoon that stars Daffy Duck but doesn't feature Bugs Bunny at all.
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- Duck Edgar Dumas Aloysius Dodgers A poor, hapless soul that was accidentally frozen for over 300 years. He was later revived by Professor I.Q. Hi in the 24th century. Through scheming and lies he managed to trick everyone into believing he was a twenty-first-century hero. In reality, he was only a water-boy for a football team. He is selfish, gullible, and not particularly intelligent. However, he occasionally displays surprisingly high levels of heroism and competence, suggesting that he is not quite as daft as he appears to be. He is played by Looney Tunes staple character Daffy Duck.
- The Eager, Young Space Cadet Looks up to Dodgers, seeing him as a father-figure in many ways. He is utterly loyal to Dodgers and doesn't doubt a word he says. Despite this, he is much smarter than his so-called hero. Dodgers cares deeply for his cadet though he rarely shows it, and often tries to take credit for the cadet's work. Dodgers relies heavily on the cadet's assistance and would likely fail most missions without it. The cadet is played by Porky Pig.
- Martian Commander X-2 The confident Martian Commander who is the common villain that Dodgers faces. He is infatuated with the Martian Queen that he serves, and considers Dodgers more of a nuissance than a true enemy. Though in reality, he is almost as incompetent as Dodgers, evinced by the fact that he essentially created Duck Dodgers by going back in time and making him a hero. He is played by Marvin the Martian.
- The Martian Queen (AKA: Queen Tyr'ahnee, pronounced "tyranny") The beautiful and sexy ruler of Mars. She is in love with Dodgers and, just like Cadet, believes him to be a true hero.
- Professor Ignatius Q "I.Q." Hi. Hi is the scientist that revived Dodgers after being frozen for 300 years. Nervous and hard-working, he is often irritated and frustrated with Dodger's incompetence, and doubts that Dodgers truly was a twenty-first-century hero.
- Martian Centurion Robots The faithful robotic servants of the Mars Empire. They appear to be sentient, and make up a large portion of the Imperial Army, while the organic Martians act as officers. This is a homage to the Cylon Centurions of Battlestar Galactica. All voiced by Michael Dorn.
- Captain Star Johnson Johnson is a rival captain of Dodger's in the Galactic Protectorate. Gifted with a University education, Johnson has a Flash Gordon-like personality about him, and once took Dodgers to court over his incompetence. Since then, Johnson has been involved in freeing Mars from the military coup by General Z9, and searching for gangsters when Dodgers went missing for a brief period of time.
- Instant Martians Strange bird-like Martian beings with purple hair. They were used briefly as an escape ploy by Commander X2. They emerge from miniscule seeds that are activated when they come in contact with water.
[edit] Episode list
| Season 1 (2003) | Season 2 (2004) | Season 3 (2005) |
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| 01 "Duck Deception / The Spy Who Didn't Love Me" | 14 "Pig Planet" | 27 "Til Doom Do Us Part" |
| 02 "The Fast and the Feathery / The Fowl Friend" | 15 "Invictus Interruptus / Pet Peeved" | 28 "Villainstruck / Just the Two of Us" |
| 03 "The Trial of Duck Dodgers / Big Bug Mamas" | 16 "The Menace of Maninsuit / K-9 Quarry" | 29 "The Kids Are All Wrong / Win, Lose of a Duck" |
| 04 "Duck Codgers / Where's Baby Smarty Pants" | 17 "Talent Show A-Go-Go / The Love of a Father" | 30 "Boar to Be Riled / Clean Bill of Health" |
| 05 "I'm Gonna Get You, Fat Sucka / Detained Duck" | 18 "The New Cadet / The Love Duck" | 31 "Best of Captains, Worst of Captains / That's Lifomatica" |
| 06 "K-9 Kaddy / Pig of Action" | 19 "The Fudd" | 32 "Diamond Boggie / Corporate Pigfall" |
| 07 "Shiver Me Dodgers" | 20 "The Mark of Xero / I See Duck People" | 33 "The Six Wazillion Dollar Duck" |
| 08 "They Stole Dodgers' Brain / The Wrath of Canasta" | 21 "Deathmatch Duck / Deconstructing Dodgers" | 34 "Too Close for Combat / Fins of War" |
| 09 "The Green Loontern" | 22 "MMORD / Old McDodgers" | 35 "Good Duck Hunting / Consumption Overruled" |
| 10 "Quarterback Quack / To Love a Duck" | 23 "Diva Delivery / Castle High" | 36 "Lame Duck Mind" |
| 11 "Hooray for Hollywood Planet" | 24 "Surf the Stars / Samurai Quack" | 37 "Mast & Disaster / All in the Crime Family" |
| 12 "The Queen is Wild / Back to the Academy" | 25 "Of Course You Know This Means War and Peace Part 1" | 38 "In Space, No One Can Hear You Rock / Ridealong Calamity" |
| 13 "Enemy Yours / Duck Departure" | 26 "Of Course You Know This Means War and Peace Part 2" | 39 "Bonafide Hero: Captain Duck Dodger" |
[edit] Cast
- Joe Alaskey as (Daffy Duck as) Duck Dodgers / (Marvin the Martian, as) Martian Commander X-2
- Bob Bergen as (Porky Pig as) the Eager Young Space Cadet
- Michael Dorn as the Martian Centurion Robots
- Tia Carrere as the Martian Queen
- Richard McGonagle as I.Q. Hi
- John O'Hurley as Captain Star Johnson
[edit] Guest Casts
- Carlos Alazraqui as Commandante Hilgalgo
- Dick Beals as Baby-Faced Moonbeam
- Jeff Bennett as Count Muerte
- Jim Cummings as The Tasmanian Devil, Black Eel
- John DiMaggio as Crusher, Long John Silver the 23rd
- Maurice LaMarche as Si'am
- Vanessa Marshall as The New Cadet (2nd Time)
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Agent Roboto, Nasty Canasta
- Kelly Ripa as The New Cadet (1st Time)
- Billy West as The Fudd
[edit] Trivia
- In one episode Daffy temporarily becomes a Green Lantern (of DC comics fame) after accidentally picking up Hal Jordan's laundry. In the first part of the episode he forgets the real Lantern's Oath and makes up his own version, parodying not only the oath but an early Batman quote and the Pledge of Allegiance:
- In blackest day or brightest night
- Watermelon, cantaloupe, yadda yadda
- Erm...superstitious and cowardly lot
- With liberty and justice for all!
- In "Till Doom Do Us Part," Agent Roboto assembles some of Duck Dodgers old enemies to form the Legion of Duck Doom (parody of the Legion of Doom).
- Though he is briefly referenced in one episode, Bugs Bunny does not make a single appearance in the series.
- In "Surf the Stars," Duck Dodgers eats a can of pinapples and instantly becomes stronger, possibly a reference to Popeye and his spinach.
- In "Samurai Quack," Duck Dodgers eats a poisonous blowfish, and falls into a coma. In the coma, Dodgers dreams that he is Samurai Quack, a parody of Samurai Jack.
*in one episode dodgers taps a magic wand on his head,(for some reason, i forget why)after he taps it on his head he then turns into beaky buzzard.then he does it again and he turns into axel(from taz mania),then he does it again and then he turns into muttley (from wacky races).he does it one last time and turns into himself again.
[edit] External links
- Duck Dodgers at the Internet Movie Database
- Duck Dodgers at Cartoon Network (USA)
