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
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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
- Illudium Phosdex
- Evaporator teleporter
- A-1 Disintegrating Pistol
- Acme Integrating Pistol
- Acme Disintegrating Pistol
- Dynamite stick
- Acme Ultimatum Dispatcher
- A-1 Ultimatum Answer
- Super Video Detecto
- Acme Destructo Co. explosives cannon
- Martian Matomic Masher
Vehicles
- Duck Dodger's spaceship
- Martian Maggot
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.
Crew Credits
- Layouts: Maurice Noble
- Backgrounds: Philip De Guard
- Effects animation: Harry Love
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
- This cartoon would be shown in The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie, and the television special Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes.
- 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.
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.
- In the Babylon 5 episode "Midnight on the Firing Line," the scene where Dodgers declares his mission to Dr. I.Q. is watched by Security Chief Michael on the monitor.
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
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