Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | July 25, 1953 |
| Run time | 7:03 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Music composed by | Carl Stalling |
| Story by | Mike Maltese |
| Director(s) | Chuck Jones |
| Animation director(s) | Chuck Jones |
| Art director(s) | Chuck Jones |
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Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century is the three hundred and sixty-eighth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on July 25, 1953. It 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.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Duck Dodgers: A-HA! Got the drop on you with MY disintegrating pistol! And, brother, when it disintegrates, it disintegrates-thss. (Dodgers' pistol disintegrates) Well, whaddaya know... Heh... it disintegrated!
Space Cadet: Happy b-b-birthday you thing from another world you!
X-2: Oh, thank you!
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- Planet X
- Mars (mentioned)
- Planet A
- Planet B
- Planet C
- Planet D
- Planet E
- Planet F
- Planet J
- Planet K
- Planet L
- Planet N
- Planet P
- Planet Q
- Planet R
- Planet S
- Planet T
- Planet Y
- Planet Z
Objects
- Illudium Phosdex
- Evaporator teleporter
- A-1 Disintegrating Pistol
- Acme Integrating Pistol
- Axme Disintegrating Pistol
- Stick of dynamite
- Acme Ultimatum Dispatcher
- A-1 Ultimatum Answer
- Super Video Detecto Set
- Acme Destructo Inc. Explosive Charges Cannon
- Martian Matomic Masher
Vehicles
- Duck Dodger's spaceship
- Martian Maggot
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Carl Stalling.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: July 25, 1953 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The short is a parody of the character Buck Rogers, from the science fiction comic strip of the same name.
- Whether or not it was intentional, a Buck Rogers television series was created in 1979, titled Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
Errors
Everlasting influence
- In 1980, a sequel/remake would later be made called Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century.
- Duck Dodgers himself would make later full-length or cameo appearances (sometimes without Cadet) in television series such as Tiny Toon Adventures, Baby Looney Tunes, and Bugs Bunny Builders. They would also appear in the shorts Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension, Superior Duck, Attack of the Drones, and the feature-length film Looney Tunes: Back in Action.
- A Duck Dodgers television series would be made from 2003 to 2005, simply called Duck Dodgers.
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- In the United States:
