Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes

Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes
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Production company	Warner Bros. Animation
Release date	March 1, 1993
Starring	Jeff Bergman Joe Alaskey June Foray Mel Blanc (classic material)
Producer(s)	Steven S. Greene Katherine Helppie-Shipley
Music composed by	Milt Franklyn Carl W. Stalling
Story by	Greg Ford Terry Lennon
Director(s)	Greg Ford Terry Lennon
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Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes is a direct-to-video special starring Bugs Bunny and Marvin the Martian. It was released on March 1, 1993.

Bugs has been kidnapped by martians and brought to space by Marvin and K-9, who sue him for Earthly charges. He must defend the Earth on courtroom charges that Earthlings are casting aliens in a negative light.

Detailed summary

Cartoons featured

• Haredevil Hare (clips)
• Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
• No Parking Hare (Traffic scenes)
• Lighter Than Hare (Robots and Yosemite Sam of outer space)
• Boyhood Daze (Alien dream sequence)
• His Hare Raising Tale (Haredevil Hare flashback)
• There Auto Be a Law (Heavy traffic scene)
• The Hole Idea (Modern era scene)
• Lumber Jerks (Log factory scene)
• Rocket-bye Baby
• Martian Through Georgia
• The Hasty Hare
• Hare-Way to the Stars

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor

Locations

• Earth
  • United States

Music

The music was reused from:

• Lighter Than Hare (Opening scene)
• Rocket Squad
• Scrambled Aches (Do-it Yourself Hints From Your Pals, the Ancient Astronauts Ad)
• A Sheep in the Deep
• This Is a Life?
• Rabbit Every Monday

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: March 1, 1993 on VHS.

Behind the scenes

• The special was originally planned to air on CBS, but for unknowns reasons was instead given a direct-to-video release.
• To date, this is the final Looney Tunes special that uses classic footage from its cartoon library.
• Kirk from Star Trek makes a cameo in the special. He uses Spock's Vulcan hand salute.
• Stills from this special were featured in The Looney Tunes Treasury on page 83.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • March 1, 1993: Warner Home Video releases Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes on VHS.
  • October 6, 2020: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Marvin the Martian Space Tunes/Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes on DVD.