"Duck Dodgers" (2003) TV series 2003-

Writer:

Dean Wellins (additional material)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | unknown

Release Date:

23 August 2003 (USA)

Genre:

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

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Duck | Duck Dodgers | Surrealism | Future | Outer Space

Awards:

2 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Joe Alaskey	...	Duck Dodgers / ... (26 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)

Series Directed by
Spike Brandt		(39 episodes, 2003-2005)
Tony Cervone		(39 episodes, 2003-2005)

Series Writing credits
Paul Dini		(26 episodes, 2003-2005)
Tom Minton		(26 episodes, 2003-2005)
Spike Brandt		(25 episodes, 2003-2005)
Tony Cervone		(25 episodes, 2003-2005)
Mark Banker		(13 episodes, 2005)
Kevin Seccia		(6 episodes, 2005)
John Matta		(3 episodes, 2005)
Ken Daly		(2 episodes, 2005)
Michael Grodner		(2 episodes, 2005)
Tom Ruegger		(2 episodes, 2005)
Dean Wellins		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Bobbie Page	....	associate producer (39 episodes, 2003-2005)
Sander Schwartz	....	executive producer (20 episodes, 2003-2005)
Spike Brandt	....	supervising producer (19 episodes, 2003-2004)
Tony Cervone	....	supervising producer (19 episodes, 2003-2004)
Paul Dini	....	producer (19 episodes, 2003-2004)
Tom Minton	....	producer (19 episodes, 2003-2004)
Linda Steiner	....	producer (19 episodes, 2003-2004)

Series Original Music by
Robert J. Kral		(39 episodes, 2003-2005)
Douglas Romayne		(12 episodes, 2004-2005)

Series Film Editing by
Rob Desales		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Collette Sunderman		(39 episodes, 2003-2005)

Series Art Direction by
Mark Whiting		(39 episodes, 2003-2005)

Series Production Management
Pam Arseneau	....	production manager (unknown episodes)
Bonnie Buckner	....	post-production supervisor (unknown episodes)
Margaret M. Dean	....	production supervisor (unknown episodes)
Marlene Fenton	....	assistant production manager (unknown episodes)
Marcus Irvin	....	assistant production manager (unknown episodes)
Michelle Pniewski	....	assistant production manager (unknown episodes)
Howard Schwartz	....	production supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Kelsey Mann	....	background artist (12 episodes, 2003-2005)
Ross Anderson	....	3D artist (unknown episodes)
Spike Brandt	....	storyboard (unknown episodes)
Tony Cervone	....	storyboard (unknown episodes)
Ruben Chavez	....	key background artist (unknown episodes)
Lance Falk	....	property designer (unknown episodes)
John Fisher	....	property designer (unknown episodes)
Kevin Frank	....	storyboard (unknown episodes)
Frederick J. Gardner III	....	property designer (unknown episodes)
Bruce Largent	....	property designer (unknown episodes)
Cameron Loney	....	3D artist (unknown episodes)
Stephen Nicodemus	....	lead background painter (unknown episodes)
Daniel Phillis	....	3D artist (unknown episodes)
Linda Redondo	....	color key (unknown episodes)
Lon Smart	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
Neal Sternecky	....	storyboard (unknown episodes)
Heidy Villafane	....	3D artist (unknown episodes)
Raph Young	....	3D artist (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Kerry K. Brody	....	adr editor / dialogue editor / ... (19 episodes, 2003-2004)
George Brooks	....	sound effects editor / sound editor (19 episodes, 2003-2004)
Robert Hargreaves	....	supervising sound effects editor / supervising sound editor (19 episodes, 2003-2004)
Mark Keatts	....	adr editor / supervising dialogue editor / ... (19 episodes, 2003-2004)
Mark Keefer	....	adr editor / dialogue editor / ... (19 episodes, 2003-2004)
Kelly Ann Foley	....	adr editor / dialogue editor (13 episodes, 2003)
Morten Folmer Nielsen	....	adr editor / adr recordist (13 episodes, 2005)
Ed Collins	....	supervising recording engineer (unknown episodes)
Jeff O. Collins	....	recording machine operator (unknown episodes)
John Hegedes	....	re-recording engineer (unknown episodes)
Kerry Iverson	....	adr dialogue editor (unknown episodes)
Christopher D. Lozinski	....	recording machine operator (unknown episodes)
Preston Oliver	....	recording machine operator (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Heidy Villafane	....	3D artist (39 episodes, 2003-2005)
Simon Legrand	....	digital artist (8 episodes, 2005)
Darren Randall	....	visual effects artist (6 episodes, 2004)
Liam Witehouse	....	visual effects artist (2 episodes, 2005)
Zoe Copcutt	....	CGI production manager (unknown episodes)
Andy Jolliff	....	additional camera effects (unknown episodes)
Jesse Silver	....	CGI assistant production manager (unknown episodes)
Gary Timpson	....	assistant CGI director (unknown episodes)
Michael Viner	....	CGI director (unknown episodes)

Series Animation Department
Kirk Tingblad	....	animation director / storyboard artist (38 episodes, 2003-2005)
Mark Lewis	....	designer: prop (26 episodes, 2003-2005)
Eric Semones	....	background artist (12 episodes, 2004-2005)
Frederick J. Gardner III	....	background designer (7 episodes, 2003)
Neal Sternecky	....	storyboard artist (6 episodes, 2003)
Trevor Wall	....	storyboard artist (5 episodes, 2003)
Andy Suriano	....	character designer / character layout artist (2 episodes, 2004-2005)
Spike Brandt	....	animation timer (unknown episodes)
Jan Browning	....	animation checker (unknown episodes)
Susan Burke	....	animation checker (unknown episodes)
Tony Cervone	....	character designer (unknown episodes)
Geno DuBois	....	director of ink and paint (unknown episodes)
Chuck Gefre	....	animation checker (unknown episodes)
Jeff Hall	....	animation timer (unknown episodes)
Karl Jacobs	....	animation checker (unknown episodes)
Justin Schultz	....	animation checker (unknown episodes)
Scott Shaw	....	character designer (unknown episodes)
Kunio Shimamura	....	animation timer (unknown episodes)
Jesse Silver	....	background artist (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Liz Carroll	....	casting administrator (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Myra Owyang	....	assistant editor (39 episodes, 2003-2005)
Tim Iverson	....	vice president of post-production (unknown episodes)
Bradford Keatts	....	supervising on-line editor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Douglas Romayne	....	composer: additional music (36 episodes, 2003-2005)
Zoran Borisavljevic	....	composer: additional music (unknown episodes)
Wayne Coyne	....	composer: theme music (unknown episodes)
Steven Drozd	....	composer: theme music (unknown episodes)
The Flaming Lips	....	music performers: "The Duck Dodgers Theme" (unknown episodes)
Tim Isle	....	music editor (unknown episodes)
David Klotz	....	music editor (unknown episodes)
Craig Sharmat	....	composer: additional music (unknown episodes)
Mako Sujishi	....	music mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Collette Sunderman	....	voice director (39 episodes, 2003-2005)
Dane Taylor	....	production technology (13 episodes, 2003)
Mark Banker	....	story editor (13 episodes, 2005)
Howard C. Base	....	production coordinator (6 episodes, 2005)
Rita Cooper	....	publicist (unknown episodes, 2004)
Spike Brandt	....	supervising director / title designer: main titles (unknown episodes)
Trish Burgio	....	background paint (unknown episodes)
Tony Cervone	....	supervising director / title designer: main titles (unknown episodes)
Athena Christianakis	....	production accountant (unknown episodes)
Michael Diaz	....	production administrator (unknown episodes)
Robert Fewkes	....	production administrator (unknown episodes)
Peter Girardi	....	title designer: main titles (unknown episodes)
Wendy Guin	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Luisa Guzman	....	production accountant (unknown episodes)
Carol Iverson	....	track reading (unknown episodes)
Bradford Keatts	....	director of technical operations (unknown episodes)
Christopher Keenan	....	development and creative supervisor (unknown episodes)
Andy Lewis	....	production management (unknown episodes)
Jairo Lizarrzu	....	background key design (unknown episodes)
Tim Maloney	....	background paint (unknown episodes)
Lawrence Marvit	....	background key design (unknown episodes)
Doug Ninneman	....	model cleanup (unknown episodes)
Eric Nordberg	....	markup painter (unknown episodes)
Joel Parod	....	background paint (unknown episodes)
Fred Salinas	....	track reader (unknown episodes)
Dennis Venizelos	....	background paint (unknown episodes)
John Voralik	....	assistant production manager of technical operations (unknown episodes)
Amy E. Wagner	....	production administrator (unknown episodes)
Jason Wyatt	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)

Series Thanks
Chuck Jones	....	special thanks (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Animation
• Cartoon Network

Distributors

• Cartoon Network
• Hollydan Works (2008) (Yugoslavia) (DVD)
• Warner Bros. Television

Special Effects

• Liquid Animation (cgi animation)

Other Companies

• DigiPost.TV  re-recording facilities
• Funny Garbage  main titles
• Lotto Animation  animation services
• Warner Bros. Animation  recording facilities
• Warner Bros. Records  The Flaming Lips appear courtesy of
• Warner Strategic Marketing  The Flaming Lips appear by arrangement with
• Yearim Productions Co. Ltd.  animation services

Also Known As:

"Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century" - USA (long title)

Runtime:

USA:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-Y7 | Brazil:Livre

Company:

Warner Bros. Animation

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.

Quotes:

Daffy Duck as Duck Dodgers:Sorta like the pawns in checkers.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Nostalgia Critic: The Looney Tunes Show: Good or Bad? (#6.11)" (2013)

A rarity....

I am an enormous fan of animation and of the original Looney Tunes cartoons. In general cartoons of this last decade have been awful or shows that started off good but now mediocre. Duck Dodgers is a rarity, seriously while not the best animated show out there in the world it is light years away from being the worst. I'd rather watch Duck Dodgers than something like Pokemon or Shaggy and Scooby Doo:Get a Clue, the former had a great concept but the later episodes especially are really predictable and the less said about the latter the better.

Back to Duck Dodgers, the animation is lovely to look at, not slip shod or flat, but colourful, well drawn and fluid. The galactic backgrounds often look absolutely amazing especially. The music is also great, the theme tune is very catchy and memorable, and the writing is sharp, not as razor sharp as the original cartoons, but sharp and funny enough. Yes, it was funny, there are many episodes that have many hilarious visual gags and dialogue to delight not only kids but adults as well. The episode ideas don't feel contrived or slushy, a major plus in my book, they are just episodes that spring from a great concept and work above decently with well above average material. Also the voice acting do really well. I do miss Mel Blanc I admit, he immortalised the original cartoons and was just a phenomenal voice actor overall. That said, Joe Alaskey, Tia Carrere, Bob Bergen, Tara Strong and Grey DeLisle all do great jobs with their characters. Speaking of the characters, I always delight in Daffy Duck, he has a witty, outrageous and manic persona that makes him truly unique and he is on top form as an incompetent space captain. Porky as the cadet isn't given as much to do but he does well with what he has, and the Martian Queen is beautiful and somewhat sexy.

Overall, this is if given a chance, a great series. Not as good as the originals, which I admit I wasn't expecting, but it is for me one of the better animated shows of the last decade. 10/10 Bethany Cox