WAIT... Remember Duck Dodgers?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 มิ.ย. 2024
- The world of the Looney Tunes is pretty large, spanning so many years that your grandparents or even great grandparents may have seen when it originally began. Duck Dodgers happens to be the spin-off show continuing a legacy based on a short cartoon film of the same name, Duck Dodgers. Let's take a look into this early 2000's Looney Tunes spin-off featuring Daffy Duck as the title character of Duck Dodgers!
Written By: Jordan Fringe
Edited By: Jordan Fringe & Jackson S.
Channel Art By: Jerry Meehan - บันเทิง
Thanks so much for watching! Let me know your thoughts on Duck Dodgers and what your favorite Looney Tunes spin-off is?
I’m guessing this means an upcoming video for the Duck Dodgers game on N64…
Hey can you do a video on Angelo rules an old cartoon network show
Loonatics Unleashed will always have a special place in my heart.
My favorite LT spin-off is between this, The Looney Tunes Show, Looney Tunes Cartoons or Tiny Toons.
I know that this video made me remember Darkwing Duck 🎉🎉
Duck dodgers is definitely one of the better looney toon spin offs
Along with Looney Tunes Cartoons, The Looney Tunes Show, Tiny Toons and maybe the reboot lol.
Its Looney Tunes.
New Looney Tunes
In my opinion Duck Dodgers and The Loony Tunes Show are best Loony Tunes spinoffs.
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I think the martian queen became a popular character in this series. The fans gave her a proper name "Queen Tyr'ahnee" and her attractive design caused her to fall victim to a particular rule of the internet.
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@@yardslammer009kennedy2dear god
And I look at deviantart in hopes of finding a side that ain’t what we know it for so far I got nothin but when I searched for that particular queen
I didn’t sleep that night😰
I blame the episode about singing for that.
what do u mean the fans gave her that name...? That was her name in the show since the beginning
@@tiablue9106 No one ever spoke her name out loud. She was only ever referred to in the show as The Martian Queen.
The Green Lantern crossover episode of Duck Dodgers is a certified hood classic.
Don’t forget the Megadeth episode
Yeah, the Megadeth one was how I actually heard Megadeth for the first time ever lil
BLACK VINYL AND LATEX?
And Samurai Quack
Hellloooooo Detroit
I adored Duck Dodgers as a kid, and I think it's part of why Daffy is my favorite Looney Toon even over Bugs. Though I will admit, they make a great duo and elevate each other even higher
Same 💯
The thing is Daffy was always funnier and Bugs was always too cool to be funny
It’s Looney Tunes
Not Toons
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I always loved both Bugs and Daffy, whether it's from their separate cartoons or whenever they're together.
The Martian queen isn't just a baddie. For a character with very little facial features she's a baddie. They didn't have to go so hard.
The theme song for this show was epic
And the duck dodgers alter ego is definitely one of daffy’s most iconic roles
Finally! People are talking about this show. I was marathoning it weeks ago. It was my favorite Looney Tunes series as a kid. Joe Alaskey was the Daffy Duck voice actor I grew up with, and they did a really great job implementing the Looney Tunes flare for a new Millennium. I forgot how short this series actually was, but it got 3 seasons and a theme that absolutely slapped by Tom Jones, who Dodgers also paid tribute to in the show, even dressed like him. The crossovers like Samurai Quack was also awesome. This show went wild in the best possible ways.
Show much to enjoy about Duck Dodgers, one of them being that despite Dodgers being an arrogant, selfish, lazy goofball, he can actually be a pretty competent badass. He is even a master of the nunchaku.
Do you know when it can be streamed
the thing that makes doger miles above other 'dumber character spinoff' is that, while he's in-universe overhyped as a hero, in reality he's just below average, and will still try to rise to occasion when the chips are down, usually failing, but giving an opening for his teammates to save the day
To this day, I believe the Megadeth episode of Duck Dodgers is one of the best celebrity cameos in a show. I was in my early teens when that episode aired and it absolutely melted my brain. It was so cool.
I enjoyed when Joan Rivers interviewed GWAR.
This show got me into Megadeth. Back in the Day is so good
That episode is literally the only reason why I remembered this show lol. I know for a fact I've seen other episodes as a kid, but didn't find the show interesting, and can't recall many other specifics. But I vividly remember seeing Dave Mustaine on that episode and being like "what is going ON here" 😂
You know a series is gonna be amazing when TOM JONES sings the opening theme to it.
One of my favorite shows of all time, unashamed to say I had a crush on the Martian Queen, so many sci-fi parodies done right in one show, sadly nothing of that quality has been done since.
I had a crush on the Martian Queen too. I was only like 6-7 years old when the show started but i think she was my awakening. That see through clothes she wears is a tease
2003 was my year of cartoon crushes. 11-year-old me had crushes on the Martian Queen, Jenny from My Life as a Teenage Robot, and Starfire from Teen Titans.
It's that line under her eyes that gives her the look of a constant blush.
Remember it being a solid show if short lived show at the time. The Tom Jones theme song is still great. One of the better Looney Tunes spin offs.
I was a Boomerang kid, more so than any other kids cable channel. Subsequently Duck Dodgers was a huge influence on my childhood and I remember vividly experiencing the third season while it was still airing. It cemented Daffy as my favorite Looney Tunes character for eons (although the Looney Tunes Show usurped that slightly by making me adore Lola), and it inspired my love for animation as an art form and my desire to become a cartoonist as an adult. It’s an unsung gem of the early 2000s.
One of my favorite spin-offs cartoons. This show was comedy gold!
Hands down one of the best cartoon theme songs of all time, it is SO good and memorable
The way that this series cemented both the "Enemies to Lovers" trope, as well as introducing me to Megadeth, and also the Talent show where they both ended up singing? So many moments from this show that live rent-free in my mind
You gotta commend the staff at the time for experimenting with the Looney Tunes in the early 00s, proving they can work in different genres. Duck Dodgers, The Looney Tunes Show, and yes Loonatics, were all gems.
For their so called “evergreen” IP, I wish they did more with them.
I agree and plus the Looney Tunes babies show. I’ve always liked how they can work in everything
Ikr? Like, I love how WB was like "hey, you know these 50+year old cartoon characters that are traditionally used in comedic shorts? Let's do something, like, super deep and creative with them. Sci-fi, fantasy, procedural drama, aliens/basketball, DITL, Christmas spinoffs, let's just work with what we have and, well, do it!" Like, the people on the creative team in this era were literal geniuses.
Unfortunately WB is becoming more self-aware and trying too hard to be the "Golden Age". The "Evergreen era" actually tried to be it's own thing while honouring the LT legacy, that's why it worked so well.
Im not gonna lie, as a 9 year old kid in 2003, I actually wasnt much a fan of Duck Dodgers, but then one day I was bored, checked it out, and the particular episode I saw had the Martian Queen as a central focus and uh, yeah, she is what got me into the show. and even to this day, the Martian Queen is still one of my highest rated, non-anime, animated women
I can not imagine why.
@@rapatacush3 Blues in the Night.
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Thats funny queen is was my favorite character too
i can smell you from here
I loved this show as a kid. It turned me from a childhood of being a Bugs fan to a teenager being a Daffy fan. Had no idea there was a re-release, I always figured that the show was so short lived because it was that classical cartoon niche in a time where everything was leaning towards dark and more mature stuff. This show was great and an instant classic, it deserves more recognition alone.
Remember it? I just saw the entire series again a few months ago. Still funny. Still amazing. I miss akus VA mako so much still in the samurai duck episode
That wound still feels fresh.
@@stillcantbesilencedevennow yeah I miss his VA too. Lines all hit hard
Used to watch this all the time! The Green Loontern episode was my favorite episode ever and strangely the Martian Queen was one of my early animation crushes lol. Daffy as Green Lantern even appeared in Lego Batman 3
The first episode alone will get you hooked. It simultaneously establishes the characters and their traits, the main conflict of the whole show, and its tone while also having its own story.
And let’s be honest, we’re all still fawning over Queen Tyr’ahnee.
Right up there with The Looney Tunes Show as one of my favorite Looney Tunes spin-offs. They really captured the Chuck Jones look from the art style.
I remember watching this show years ago when I was a kid, and while I liked it a lot, my 5 year old brain thought it was more serious compared to other Looney Tunes shows, especially with the martian queen involved.
As a Brit, I used to watch this _a lot_ on Boomerang. I loved this show!
One thing especially with early seasons I loved was that some episodes felt like it was just one gaint setup for a dad joke.
A pretty great looney tunes spinoff.
Duck Dodgers is what Loonatics should have been. A comedy action that kept its wacky origins while still telling an awesome story.
I absolutely love Duck Dodgers! To this day I still watch it especially when I have nothing better to do!!!
In fact two of my all time favorite episodes of this show is "Diamond Boogie" and the one where Tom Jones guest stars even though he sings the shows theme song.
I remember being obsessed with this show, and really liking Queen Tyranny's design growing. I never knew it moved to Boonerang and didn't know there was a third season! Guess I should go fix this.
Duck Dodgers is such a gem of a show. Dane cook playing as van chancy in the game show episode is my favorite out of the series
I loved that the Queen had got that wierd crush on Dodgers. Never understood, but every moment is a pure gold.
This was under-rated and overlooked by more popular shows. Talk about a hidden gem
I loved that tom jones sang the theme song, RIP to a legend
Tom Jones is still alive, as of the writing of this comment.
@@firecoroner oh shit you right, got him confused with tony Bennett lol thx for fact checking me dude 🤘
It would never have been as good in any other voice
Duck dodgers theme goes so hard. It’s one of my favourite looney tunes spin-offs other than the looney tunes show
This solidified me as a daffy fan, it was such a good show
The episode where Dodgers swaps voices with Tom Jones was one of my favs.
The Martian Queen was basically a sex symbol for growing boys, this show was the best
Duck Dodgers was a W series in my book. I even played the flash games on Cartoon Network's website
I freaking LOVED this show. Marvin the Martian was my favorite looney tune, which helped, but I loved the silly world.
Tiny Toons, This, The Looney Tunes Show are the greatest Looney Tunes spin offs. I was and still am a huge sci/fi person and the original Duck Dodger cartoon being one of my favorites I loved this as a kid.
They should've done one more season with the finale being a two or three-part epic fight for the universe with Bugs as the main villain.
Fun fact: Duck Dodgers originally was intended to be a theatrical film from Warner Bros' feature animation division, and was pitched immediately after Iron Giant's production was completed. Spike Brandt & Tony Cervone (supervising directors for the TV show) and frequent Brad Bird collaborator Dean Wellins animated a trailer and showed it to WB. WB nixed the idea because they didn't feel the characters could "carry a feature film on their own". Production artwork and footage from that trailer appear in the opening credits of the TV show.
I remember loving this show, but much like Megas XLR it always felt like a bit of a black sheep among the Cartoon Network series, being of a different format than other shows and as far as I can remember getting a lot less promotion and airtime. It's a shame since those were two of my favorite series at that time and they both really deserved more love!
One of my favorite shows as a kid.
This was and still is one of my favorite show. Especially the samurai quack episode.
I was just talking to my little brother about seeing this show way back when. You've done it again Jordan, bottled nostalgia.
Lol I absolutely loved this show when I was a kid. Duck Dodgers was probably the first show I ever watched that had 4th wall breaking and absurdist humor 😂 And I swear, that Dave Mustane episode alone is the reason I became a metalhead later in life
This one was definitely a core memory for myself and my younger brother.
I remember this show a bit when I was growing up, the most I recall though was the Queen Martian being one of my first childhood cartoon crushes. Don’t ask me why. 😂
Really liked this show growing up, the humour was always a highlight for me, not to mention, even as a kid I was fascinated with sci fi and this show was pretty much everything I wanted. Rewatching it as an adult gives a new layer to the show as now I understand a lot of the references that previously went over my head. Like how there was an entire episode dedicated to Godzilla, Mazinger Z and Astro Boy.
I completely forgot about this show. Legit unlocked a memory
The Samurai Jack parody episode is legendary. They even got Genndy Tartakovski and Makoto Iwamatsu to guest star.
Something of note with Frank Welker: apparently he is the third highest grossing actor in the world and of all time currently.
The queen of mars was the first cartoon waifu that made me realize there was more to life than cartoons.
I have to agree, even if I found her intimidating
Her singing in the Jazz club, was quite memorable ^^
@@raidenakajacktheripper5988 being intimdating is good for a queen character I would say :D
@@arsenelupin9697 omg yes, who knows how she sings so well without a mouth
@@JokeofAllButts That is a good point
I always thought Queen Tyrhanee was a fantastic counterbalance to Marvin the Martian.
I’ve only heard of Duck Dogers in a reference in the live action “Loony Toons Back in Action”. Fun to learn about the old spin off
It’s Looney Tunes
Not Toons
While I will never call the show a top favorite, I still always did enjoy it. "Fun" really is the best descriptor of it.
An absolutely brilliant spinoff and one that desrved at least one more season. I remember watching it when i was growing up and it was hilarious. Might have to go rewatch it sometime
The theme song to this show was without a doubt my biggest musical inspiration.
I watched the first two seasons a year ago. I love this show. I showed my dad an episode or two from it and he was laughing at some jokes and he really likes the old looney tunes shorts. The theme song is better than it has any right to be This is one of (if not) joe alaskey and bob Bergen’s best performances as daffy and porky respectively.
I feel like this show is slowly becoming more underrated as the years go on because of the popularity of the looney tunes show. It’s a show that definitely deserves more recognition and I’m happy it has gotten a Blu-ray release. Great video, Jordan.
It had the most sense of identity outside all the usual Looney Tunes hijinks, and I hope more people remember it for that.
The Megadeth episode is forever my favorite episode. The Queen just saying "Attack the...Megadeth!" Lives rent free in my head
I absolutely love this show.
Oh Duck Dodgers was one of my favorite cartoons growing up! I vividly remember watching episodes on Boomerang almost every morning on the TV in our basement ^^
I always loved the Theme Song and how funky and epic it sounded!
I vividly remember being so excited for this show as a kid due to the marketing, and then never actually being able to catch a single episode due to my schedule at the time. XD
This series was my introduction to Megadeth. They are my favorite thrash metal band. And thanks for reminding me I’m old, as I saw the series when it first aired.
Duck Dodgers! There are 2 very memorable episodes of this series I can never forget - "Of Course You Know This Means War", two parts, where a disgraced Dodgers, a framed Cadet Porky, and a replaced Marvin the Martian move to stop a Martian Plot to invade Earth, and "The Fudd", an off putting episode where characters are inflicted with a virus called The Fudd where they simply give off a creepy laugh - where it culminates to an amazing cameo of Elmer Fudd.
This was a nostalgic throwback. I was a highschooler at this time, watching TV just to shirk off homework, and seeing unique takes of characters from the classic Loony Toons were an amazing sight to see. Thanks for this, man! Looking to more throwbacks!
'Samurai Quack' is one of the funniest things I've ever seen, and I'm 56.
Speaking of which, I watched the original airing of 'Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century' in 1980. Regrettably, they've now removed the part where Marvin fires his Earth-destroying missile, only to reassure us that it'll take three days to reach us, giving us plenty of time to prepare.
I love Genndy Tartakovsky's cameo in that Samurai Quack episode.
"You're lucky I didn't cut you to ribbons."
"Not with a Y7 rating you won't."
I think that might have been why I didn’t get to finish this series when it was airing. The time slot seemed to always conflict with something else. But the few episodes I happened to catch, I loved. Honestly, I thought this only had one season! Thanks for reminding me that this exists, I think I’ll binge this this weekend.
This was one of my absolute favorite shows growing up.
this show was the best, i just loved how hilarous and random. and the best part has to be how it's DC cannon that Daffy Duck was a Green Lantern
The theme song has no right being as good as it was.. Also I think they actually got Tom Jones to sing it which is insane.
"Duck Dodgers of the 24th and ½ century!"
Loved watching this show all the time at night on Boomerang from Cartoon Network. Definitely an Amazing Looney Tunes Spinoff.
the looney tunes spinoffs from the 90s-2010s are all very underrated
I recently discovered Duck Dodgers, unfortunately just missed the demographic to catch it on TV. But this show is amazing! Really captures the edgy 2000's humour of what I call the "Looney Tunes Renaissance". Like, I am just in love with the fact that throughout this era WB was saying "let's just take these comedic cartoon characters we normally do in shorts and do super deep and creative stuff with them!" Like, holy shit.
And the dynamic between these three is killer.
Just like Kitty Katswell herself; people only remember this show just for Marvin's queen and her "fan-arts"
This show was a big part of my childhood ☺️✨
I remember this show being prominently featured in the CN City bumpers
A few weeks away from the Tiny Toons reboot, I think it's amusing that you posted this, Jordan. Because the budget for this went all over the place originally, with it originally being a Dodgers movie, and before that it was gonna be a continuation of Tiny Toons that followed the characters into young adulthood rather than the early high school of the original show.
This was a great show. Honestly I think it was too smart for itself
The show has the best cameos with Tom Jones, Green lantern and Megadeth
While I absolutely loved Duck Dodgers growing up, my favorite part was always the absolute banger of an intro song. And going back to it today, it still holds up.
This show was my favourite as a kid and it introduced me to a very special character: Marvin the Martian. I hope the fact it's been released on Blu-Ray is a sign of a reboot.
Some of my favorite Looney Tunes stuff ever. In a way, the series is like very high-quality fanfiction (don't knock fanfiction, for you'd be amazed at some of the stuff written). Even the guest voice actors were great to have on, with my favorite one - which may or may not be a surprise, as I was in high school during this time - being Lewis Black.
A shame we won't get more shows quite like this one, ditto for it being as relatively short-lived as it was, but at least we got a good and good-quality show that still had a decent run. Highly recommend adding it to anyone's and everyone's library.
"The Queen of Mars, is the overall main baddie of the show."
Uh, phrasing 😏
It was on purpose lol
Daffy Duck deserves more spin-offs! Maybe one about Drip-Along Daffy, with Porky as the comedy relief and Nasty Canasta as the main antagonist.
What I particularly remember about this Duck Dodgers was the game series on the old CN website. They released new levels incrementally, and I was addicted to waiting and playing the latest level upon release. I have no idea if the game was actually good enough that it made that kind of commitment worthwhile lol
I absolutely love watching this show! It’s easily one of my favorite iterations of the Looney Tunes!
Such a fantastic show!
I hadn't really thought about how old that original short was considering I rented the N64 game numerous times after seeing the cartoon on TV
I genuinely am the only one who watched a TON of Duck Dodgers as a kid in my group of friends. Glad to see it getting some love.
Man, it's odd to see Looney Tunes stuff from this era. Before it went computer animated with the new stuff but after the golden ages of Merry Melodies.
I have always preferred Daffy over Bugs.
Same
So glad you did a video on this show, I loved it as a kid! It's a big part of why Daffy is my favorite. Rewatched it a few years ago, still holds up imo and I got a lot of references I missed before. Great writing, great cast, such a fun show. Wish it could've lasted longer!
Jordan, thank you so much for uploading your awesome retrospectives.
To get a bit personal, in there earlier months of this year, I’d get home from work, smoke a bowl, and enjoy the heck out of each of your new uploads. I’ve recently been placed on probation, and having to suddenly stop smoking after four+ years is hard to get used to. Having ADD, I just can’t vibe or appreciate things like I did with the herb. But your calming voice, bringing me back to the early 2000s is really all I need at the moment to just calm down and be myself. Thanks again. ❤️
I love this cartoon and will rewatch it many more times
The episode with Dave mustane and the back in the day song was just amazing as a kid to me. Love this show
Loved this show!! I still quote some of the most hilarious lines such as "if you're ever on stage and don't remember what city you're in, just yell 'Thank You Detroit!' There's a 47% chance you'll be right". Also the entire Ghost in the Machine spoof episode is in my opinion the funniest, with gems like the fortune teller "did one of you have a grandfather?" And "Thumb, thumb, thumb, lens cap, eyeball, thumb...Bananas are loaded with potassium." Now I want to go rewatch it.
I adored this show growing up! I think my favorite episode is the one where Dodgers went to a robot recreation of the old west and dealt with Nasty Canasta who was reimagined as an intergalactic bounty hunter.