Marvin the Martian
- The article is about the character. For other uses, see Marvin the Martian (disambiguation)
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Marvin the Martian is a Martian and a recurring antagonist in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical shorts. His voice was originated by Mel Blanc.
Marvin's Duck Dodgers counterpart is Commander X-2, leader of the Martian army who is deeply in love with Queen Tyr'ahnee.
In The Looney Tunes Show, Marvin is a foreign exchange student from Mars and is friends with Daffy, whom he went to school with. However, he's still bent on taking over the Earth.
Marvin's protégé in Tiny Toon Adventures is his daughter, Marcia the Martian.
Character description
Appearances
TV series
- The Bugs Bunny Show
- Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends
- Tiny Toon Adventures
- Taz-Mania
- 1.42a "The Man From M.A.R.S."
- The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
- 5.50b "What's The Frequency, Kitty?"
- Pinky and the Brain
- 4.64 "Star Warners"
- Bugs 'N' Daffy
- Duck Dodgers
- Baby Looney Tunes
- 1.19b "War of the Weirds"
- The Looney Tunes Show
- New Looney Tunes
- 2.30b "When Marvin Comes Martian In"
- 2.34b "Bugs Bunny Saves The Universe"
- 2.46a "Men In Quack"
- 3.05b "The Starship Mentalprise"
- 3.18b "Victory Clasp" (cameo)
- 3.38a "Close Encounters Of The Duck Kind" (cameo)
- 3.49a "Out Of Towner Alien Encounter"
- 3.50b "The Wrong Stuff" (cameo)
- 3.52 "The Legend Of Burrito Monday"
- Looney Tunes Cartoons
- Animaniacs (2020 TV series)
- 1.02C "Suffragette City"
- 2.07A "Yakko Amakko" (poster)
- 3.10C "The Stickening" (poster)
- Bugs Bunny Builders
Movies
Shorts
Comics
Video games
- Taz in Escape from Mars
- Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble
- Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions
- Looney Tunes Collector: Alert!
- Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time
- Sheep, Dog, 'n' Wolf
- Road Runner's Death Valley Rally
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action
- Looney Tunes: Space Race
- Looney Tunes: Marvin Strikes Back!
- Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal
- Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem
- MultiVersus
Commercials
Theme oarks
Podcasts
Biography
Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth Shattering Kaboom
Duck Dodgers of the 24th and a Half Century!
We're All a Little Looney
Come On and Slam! and Welcome to the Jam!
Marvin's Cancelled Movie
In leaked test footage, Marvin could be seen getting unwrapped by a kid on Christmas Day before escaping and attempting to vaporize the kid.
Marvin Gets Modern
Marvin in The Looney Tunes Show was a foreign exchange student from Mars and is Daffy's best friend.
Going Down the Rabbit Hole
Marvin Sells Out
Marvin appears in the Animaniacs segment "Suffragette City" in the march to Washington. He can also be seen on a poster at the end of the season 2 episode "Yakko Amakko".
In the MAD episode "Super 80's/Captain America's Got Talent", the anchorman on MAD News reports that NASA has discovered that there is water on Mars because Marvin left his sink running. Marvin is voiced by Kevin Schinick.
Development
Gallery
- Main article: Marvin The Martian/Gallery
Toys and Merchandise
Behind the Scenes
- Marvin originally had no name in his debut, though he was labelled as "X-2" in his model sheet. The name Marvin would be given to him once merchandise sold out like hotcakes.
- The name X-2 would later be used for Marvin's Duck Dodgers counterpart.
- When asked if Marvin would appear in Bugs Bunny Builders, Eric Bauza said that he cannot spoil it but he can't confirm nor deny it.
- Marvin would make his official debut in the series in the episode "Blast Off."
- Despite being one of the most popular Looney Tunes characters, Marvin only appeared in five shorts in the Golden Age of animation.
In popular culture
- In the 1984 film Gremlins, a Bugs Bunny doll has a tag with Marvin's face.
- In The Simpsons episode "The Springfield Files" Marvin is one of the aliens being interrogated. He states that he's "very angry" to be here.
- Marvin makes a cameo in the 1989 Disney film Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
- In the 1995 film Clueless, Travis says to Tai that he wants Marvin on his skateboard, before Tai reveals her notebook full of Marvin drawings.
- In the 2013 film Gravity, a Marvin figurine is seen floating around in the spaceship.
- Marvin appears on the NASA Mars Exploration Rover patch.
- In a deleted scene of the Futurama episode "That Darn Katz!", Marvin is seen as a student in Mars University.
- In the Fresh of the Boat episode "Louisween," Brian is dressed up as Marvin for Halloween.
- He has cameo as someone's avatar in the 2017 film Ready Player One.
- In the American Dad! episode "(You Gotta) Strike for Your Right," Roger says that sleeping with an alien is fine because people do it all the time. One person he mentions sleeping with an alien is "Marvin the Martian's wife."
- In the Young Sheldon episode "A Pink Cadillac and a Glorious Tribal Dance," Marvin appears on a poster advertising Texarkana-Con.
Drawn Together
- Main article: Drawn Together
- "Charlotte's Web of Lies:" Marvin can be seen in Ling Ling's support group next to Yosemite Sam.
- "Toot Goes Bollywood:" While Foxxy makes love to Scooby-Doo, Marvin can be seen waiting in line to have a stiletto placed in his butt.
