Duck Dodgers (2003– )

Animated sci-fi series based on the alter ego of Looney Tunes star Daffy Duck, the semi-heroic, yet incompetent space captain Duck Dodgers.

Stars:

Joe Alaskey, Bob Bergen, Richard McGonagle

2 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Joe Alaskey	...	Duck Dodgers (25 episodes, 2003-2005)
Bob Bergen	...	The Eager Young Space Cadet (25 episodes, 2003-2005)
Richard McGonagle	...	Dr. I.Q. Hi (22 episodes, 2003-2005)
Michael Dorn	...	Centurion Robots (22 episodes, 2003-2005)
Tia Carrere	...	Queen Tyr'ahnee - The Martian Queen (19 episodes, 2003-2005)
Grey DeLisle	...	Computer (12 episodes, 2003-2005)
John O'Hurley	...	Captain Star Johnson (12 episodes, 2003-2005)

Storyline

Animated sci-fi series based on the alter ego of Looney Tunes star Daffy Duck, the semi-heroic, yet incompetent space captain Duck Dodgers.

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Plot Keywords:

duck | duck dodgers | surrealism | future | outer space | 

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Taglines:

If he's our future, we're history.

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-Y7

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 August 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The episode "Green Loontern", which had Dodgers joining the Green Lantern Corps, featured the first animated appearances of many of the more popular Green Lanterns from the comic books, most prominently Boodika and Ch'p. Green Lanterns that were captured by Sinestro included Guy Gardiner, Salaak, Arissa, and Kyle Rayner. Comic fan and writer Kevin Smith voiced the most famous Green Lantern, Hal Jordan.

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Quotes

Porky Pig: Uh, c-can I put my clothes back on? My n-n-nipples are getting cold.

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Crazy Credits

The opening titles credit the "starring" Looney Tunes like human actors: "Starring Daffy Duck as Duck Dodgers", "Porky Pig as The Eager, Young Space Cadet" and "Marvin the Martian as The Martian Commander".

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Connections

Featured in The Nostalgia Critic: The Looney Tunes Show: Good or Bad? (2013)

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Soundtracks

Theme Song
Performed by Tom Jones

User Reviews

The future isn't as good as it was in 1953

Take Futurama's Captain Zapp Brannigan and Lieutenant Kif and put them up against Emperor Zurg from the animated Buzz Lightyear series, and you've got "Duck Dodgers." What were they thinking?! Daffy is too over-the-top smarmy, Porky's voice doesn't sound right (even though Bob Bergen is doing it -- maybe the editing is bad?), and Marvin has changed from a bumbling absentminded alien into a bellowing fleet

commander who's as malevolent as he is ineffective. You know the type; they're a dime a dozen these days.

Throw in an army of disposable robots to do Marvin's work for him, way more sexual innuendo than the original Warner Bros. cartoons ever had, lots of pointless dialogue EXPLAINING what's going on instead of SHOWING it, and weird character animation (some of it looks like it's straight out of 'Ren & Stimpy,' with the wild faces the characters make sometimes), and you come out with a series that's a pale shadow of the original. "The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries" did a fine job of putting familiar characters into fun new situations while keeping their personalities and their looks intact; why can't "Duck Dodgers?"