Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century

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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 Michael Maltese
Animation Lloyd Vaughan
Ken Harris
Ben Washam
Director(s) Charles M. 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, produced by Edward Seltzer, 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: Are you ready, eager young space cadet?
Space Cadet: I-I-I'm r-r-r-all set, sir.
Duck Dodgers: Then make way for DUCK DODGERS IN THE 24TH AND A HALF CENTURY!


Duck Dodgers: I claim this planet in the name of the Earth!
(Marvin the Martian plants a Martian flag)
Marvin: I claim this planet in the name of Mars! Isn't that lovely, hmmm?


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!
Marvin: Oh, thank you!


Duck Dodgers: As I was saying, buster, this planet ain't big enough for the two of us, so off you go! (to audience) And now, this planet is hereby claimed for the Earth in the name of DUCK DODGERS IN THE 24TH AND A HALF CENTURY!
Space Cadet: Eh-b-b-b-big deal...

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Duck Dodgers Mel Blanc
Doctor I.Q. Hi Mel Blanc
Space Cadet Mel Blanc
Marvin the Martian Mel Blanc


Organizations

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

Vehicles

  • Duck Dodger's spaceship
  • Martian Maggot

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Crew Credits

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. The title is also a parody of the strip's full name, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century A.D.
  • The MPAA certificate number is 15464.

Errors

Legacy

In popular culture

  • In the 1977 movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Roy wakes up one morning to find his daughter watching this short on TV.

Critical reception

In other languages

Language Name Meaning

Home availability

References