Duck Dodgers in Attack of the Drones (2004 TV Short) User Reviews

Fun Duck Dodgers short

[Rectangular_businessman · 8/10 · 5 June 2023]

I would have never expected to see Dr. John A. Zoidberg in a Looney Tunes cartoon: This is also the only Looney Tunes short ever directed by Rich Moore, better known for the Disney movies Wreck-It Ralph and Zootopia, but who also worked in shows like The Simpsons, The Critic, and of course, Futurama.

Which might be the reason of plenty of the black comedy gags used here, feeling almost like a Futurama episode mixed with the Duck Dodgers show from the year 2003, a combination which surprisingly works very well here.

A shame the poor perfomance at the box office from Looney Tunes: Back in Action didn't allow more shorts like this one being made.

A new Duck Dodgers Theatre short

[toon_dude · 24 April 2004]

Duck Dodgers in Attack of the Drones puts our heroe Duck Dodgers, voiced by Billy West, In a parody With Star Wars Episode II. The Galactic republic senate, (which features cameos from the sci fi genre) needs an army to stop an impending invasion. From Here, Dodgers goes to the local 'Clone O Matic' and creates one hundred duplicates of himself.

The cartoon has alot of funny site gags and tries very hard to meet the standards of the golden cartoons, It does not meet with the classic "Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century" but it is still very funny. Comparing it to the original, This one has alot of computer animation for Invaders, Space Crafts, Drones and the like and it lacks the layout designs of Maurice Noble as seen in many space-set Looney Tunes. A very good cartoon worth a watch.

Even though made in this decade it maintains the wit of the early cartoons

[TheLittleSongbird · 9/10 · 2 July 2010]

As a fan of the early Looney Tunes cartoons, I enjoyed Duck Dodgers in Attack of the Drones. It isn't as good as any of Daffy Duck's best work, but it is certainly worth seeing. While told a little too fast, it does have an interesting story and is fun to watch.

The animation is surprisingly good, the galactic backgrounds are stunning and the visual ideas are original and wondrous. The music is above decent too, and there are some cracking dialogue and visual gags. Daffy is wonderful here, while Porky is good while not having as much to do. Jeff Bennett and Billy West give excellent vocal performances, Mel Blanc I feel is better as he immortalised those early cartoons pretty much single-handedly, but both do great jobs with the wit of their characters and dialogue.

Overall, surprisingly entertaining, fun and actually makes an effort to stick true to the spirit of the originals. 9/10 Bethany Cox