Jumpin' Jupiter

Jumpin' Jupiter
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	August 6, 1955
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Milt Franklyn
Story by	Michael Maltese
Animation	Ken Harris Keith Darling Abe Levitow Richard Thompson Harry Love (Effects Animation)
Director(s)	Charles M. Jones
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Jumpin' Jupiter is the three hundred and ninety-eighth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on August 6, 1955. It was written by Michael Maltese, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Chuck Jones.

While camping out in the Superstition Mountain Desert, Porky Pig and Sylvester are secretly abducted by a Jupiter Jovian martian sent to Earth to obtain examples of animal life and return them to Jupiter.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Porky Pig	Mel Blanc
Sylvester	Mel Blanc (vocal effects)
Jupiter Jovian	N/A
Giant Bird-like aliens	N/A

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Superstition Mountains
• Outer Space
  • Jupiter
    • Giant alien planet

Objects

• Porky's tent
• Cot bed
• Buzz saw
• Booring Drills
• Denizens of the Planet Earth and Their Behavior by Dr. Sig Mundfre Ud

Vehicles

• Porky's jalopy
• Jovian flying saucer

Music

The music was composed by Carl Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: August 6, 1955 in theaters

Behind the scenes

• The title is likely a pun on the phrase "Jumping Juniper," or based on the jumping-Jupiter scenario. It is also likely taken from a quote Porky Pig said in an earlier short, Golden Yeggs (1950).
• This cartoon marks the final pairing of Porky Pig and Sylvester in Chuck Jones' Porky and Sylvester horror trilogy in the classic era, which started with Scaredy Cat (1948). And much like its previous cartoon from the previous year, Claws for Alarm (1954), Porky remains completely oblivious of the danger they are in throughout and never realizes it for the entire cartoon.
  • It is also the final short where Porky Pig does not co-star with Daffy Duck. He would make one more cameo appearance without him in Dumb Patrol (1964).
• The name of 'J. Pluvius, Head Microcosm' is based on Pluvius, or "Jupiter Pluvius," is a sort of nickname for Jupiter, meaning "bringer of rain."

Legacy

• This cartoon marks the debut of the Jupiter Jovian, which would later be known as the Instant Martian, Marvin the Martian's martian-based henchmen in the Bugs Bunny cartoon, Hare-Way to the Stars.
• Although shortened for time, this would be the final cartoon used in the final compilation movie, Daffy Duck's Quackbusters.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6