Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century

Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century is an 1957 Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It premiered in theaters on June 25, 1957 and was written by Michael Maltese and directed by Chuck Jones.

Duck Dodgers and Space Cadet land on a mysterious planet to obtain an atom. However, a Martian lands on that same planet and attempts to beat them to it.

Memorable quotes
Space Cadet: Happy B-B-Birthday you thing from another world you!

X-2: Oh, thank you!

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Duck Dodgers
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Space Cadet
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Marvin the Martian
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dr I.Q.Hi
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dr I.Q.Hi
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mel Blanc

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States

Music
The music was composed by Carl Stalling.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: July 25, 1957 in theatres

Behind the scenes

 * The short is parodying the sci-fi character Buck Rogers
 * Whether or not it was intentional, in 1979, a Buck Rogers series was created called ''Buck Rogers in the 25th Century"

Everlasting Influence

 * A sequel would later be made called "Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century"
 * Duck Dodgers himself would make later appearances (sometimes without Cadet) in series such as the Duck Dodgers Jr segment of the Tiny Toon Adventures episode "The Return Of The Acme Acres Zone", Marvin the Martian In The Third Dimension, Superior Duck, Attack of the Drones and in Bugs Bunny Builders
 * A Duck Dodgers series would be made in 2003 simply called Duck Dodgers