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Duck Dodgers
Martian Commander X-2 (Marvin the Martian), Duck Dodgers and Eager Young Space Cadet.
Starring	Joe Alaskey Bob Bergen Tia Carrere
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	39
Production
Running time	22 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Cartoon Network
Original run	August 23, 2003 – November 11, 2005
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Duck Dodgers was an American animated television series based on the classic cartoon short Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century produced by Warner Bros. from 2003 to 2005. The series aired on Cartoon Network and it starred Daffy Duck as the titular character. It currently airs in reruns on the sister network, Boomerang.

Concept

Though primarily based around the original Duck Dodgers short, the series has also taken many visual and thematic cues from classic Looney Tunes shorts unrelated to the Dodgers character and its science fiction premise. Also, many other familiar characters from the Looney Tunes pantheon are featured in the series, often given traits to fit within Duck Dodgers's own universe. For example, Yosemite Sam becomes "K'chutha Sa'am," a parody of Klingons in Star Trek, Elmer Fudd becomes a parasitic mind-altering alien disease known as "The Fudd" (a take-off of The Flood in Halo, though more closely resembling The Borg in ), Witch Hazel was Leezah the Witch in one episode, Count Blood Count was Count Muerte in two episodes, and Wile E. Coyote was a Predator-like alien hunter in one episode where Martian Commander X-2 and K-9 were hunting. Nasty Canasta, Taz, Rocky and Mugsy, and The Crusher also made appearances on this series. In addition to these pop culture references, the show's theme (arranged by The Flaming Lips) is sung by Tom Jones, in a style reminiscent of Jones' performance of the theme from the James Bond film Thunderball. Jones also appeared in caricature form in the second season episode "Talent Show A Go-Go," to sing his signature song, "It's Not Unusual." The episode "In Space, No One Can Hear You Rock" feature Dave Mustaine of heavy metal band Megadeth, and the band performed "Back in the Day."

Duck Dodgers was nominated in the 2004 Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Production Produced For Children, Music in an Animated Television Production, Production Design in an Animated Television Production, and Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production. It was also nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in the category of SPECIAL CLASS ANIMATED PROGRAM in 2004 and again in 2005. This series ended production in 2005 after its third season.

The series starred a number of Looney Tunes characters, as well as new faces such as Queen Tyr'ahnee and Captain Star Johnson. However, this is the first TV series to spin-off from a Looney Tunes cartoon that stars Daffy Duck but doesn't feature Bugs Bunny at all, though references are made to him.

Characters

Galactic Protectorate

• Duck Edgar Dumas Aloysius Dodgers - A poor, hapless soul-Daffy-that was accidentally frozen for over 300 years. He was later revived by Professor I.Q. Hi in the 24th and one half century. Through scheming and lies he managed to trick everyone into believing he was a twenty-first-century hero. In reality, he was only a water-boy for a football team. He is selfish, gullible, and not particularly intelligent. However, he occasionally displays surprisingly high levels of heroism and competence, suggesting that he is not quite as daft as he appears to be, although he mostly succeeds through dumb luck and the work of the Eager, Young Space Cadet. He is played by Looney Tunes staple character Daffy Duck.
• The Eager, Young Space Cadet - Looks up to Dodgers, seeing him as a father-figure in many ways. He is utterly loyal to Dodgers and doesn't doubt a word he says. Despite this, he is much smarter than his so-called hero. Dodgers cares deeply for his cadet though he rarely shows it, and often tries to take credit for the cadet's work. Dodgers relies heavily on the cadet's assistance and would likely fail most missions without it. It should be noted that the cadet is also fairly successful as a ladies man, often being the one who gets the girl Dodgers swoons over. He graduated suma cum laude from the Protectorate Academy. Very little else is known about his past, though one episode portrays him as being the Prince and Ruler of his home planet of Swinus 9, with his own set of villains trying to dethrone or otherwise eliminate him. Since this was revealed in a story the Cadet told while babysitting his overly rambuctious neice and nephews, and they expressed no prior knowledge of this, it is unknown whether or not this is true or just his attempt to impress his impressionable relatives. He has claimed to have ended world hunger to Count Muerte, although this could be seen as bragging to a stranger. The cadet is played by Porky Pig.
• Professor Ignatius Q "I.Q." Hi - Hi is the scientist that revived Dodgers after being frozen for 350 years. Nervous and hard-working, he is often irritated and frustrated with Dodger's incompetence, and doubts that Dodgers truly was a twenty-first-century hero. In addition to being a hard-working scientist, he constantly wears gloves that streches up his arm, ending at his elbow.
• Captain Star Johnson - Johnson is a rival captain of Dodger's in the Galactic Protectorate. Gifted with a University education, Johnson has a Flash Gordon-like personality about him, and once took Dodgers to court over his incompetence. Since then, Johnson has been involved in freeing Mars from the military coup by General Z9, and searching for gangsters when Dodgers went missing for a brief period of time.
• Captain Long - Member of the Galactic Protectorate.

Martians

• Martian Commander X-2 The confident commander of the Martian military who is Dodgers' arch enemy. He is infatuated with the Martian Queen that he serves, and considers Dodgers more of a nuisance than a true enemy. Though in reality, he is almost as incompetent as Dodgers, evinced by the fact that he essentially created Duck Dodgers by going back in time and making him a hero. He is played by Marvin the Martian.
• The Martian Queen (AKA: Queen Tyr'ahnee, pronounced "tyranny") The beautiful ruler of Mars. She is in love with Dodgers and, just like Cadet, believes him to be a true hero. She wears Ancient Egyptian outfits.
• Commander K-9 - Martian Commander X-2's dog.
• Martian Centurion Robots - The faithful robotic servants of the Mars Empire. They appear to be sentient, and make up a large portion of the Imperial Army, while the organic Martians act as officers. This is a homage to the Cylon Centurions of Battlestar Galactica.
• Instant Martians Strange bird-like Martian beings with purple hair. They were used briefly as an escape ploy by Commander X-2. They emerge from minuscule seeds that are activated when they come in contact with water.
• Martian Commander Z-9:

Other Characters

• Master Moloch - A monkey-like alien who is a master of a special martial arts move. He trained Duck Dodgers and Cadet into learning that martial arts move when it came to fighting the Whoosh.

Other Villains

• Alien Hunter - An alien hunter who hunted Martian Commander X-2 and Commander K-9 when they were on their hunting trip. He is played by Wile E. Coyote.
• Archduke Zag - Cadet's evil cousin who took over Swinus 9. When news of Cadet's return reached the planet, Archduke Zag went into hiding and resurfaced to capture Princess Incense. When Cadet and Duck Dodgers followed him to a lava river, Archduke Zag and Cadet fought with laser sabers which Cadet won at. He then used lava-powered bracelets to conjure a lava monster to attack Cadet. When Duck Dodgers and Princess Incense have converted the lava monster's energy source, Archduke Zag was defeated.
• Baby-Faced Moonbeam -
• Black Eel - He first appeared when Agent Roboto formed the Legion of Duck Doom. He is a Seaman villain.
• Camoman - A supervillain who can blend into his surrounding unless it is plaid. He infiltrated Dodgers' ship when Bonified Heroes was filming Duck Dodgers so that Camoman can be on TV.
• Catapoids - Catepillar-like aliens who take the form of girls when Duck Dodgers first encounters them.
• Commandante Hilgalgo - Ruler of a California-based planet with less-advanced technology. Duck Dodgers takes on his tyranny disguised as Xero. His right hand man Sergeant Vasquez keeps trying to tell him that Xero and Duck Dodgers are the same. Soon, Xero and Commandante Hilgalgo engaged each other in a laser sword fight which Duck Dodgers won.
• Count Muerte - A fat-sucking vampire who plotted to suck the fat out of the Eager Young Space Cadet. He is played by Count Blood Count.
• '''Crusher -
• Dr. Menace -
• Dr. Woe - A mad scientist who took over Mars and Martian Commander X-2 had to fight him in order to free Queen Tyr'ahnee only for Duck Dodgers to interfere and thwart him. He is portrayed by the mad scientist from Water, Water Every Hare.
• Hungortus - The Eater of Worlds. Duck Dodgers and Martian Commander X-2 had to hire lawyers to help him decide if he should eat Earth or Mars. He is a parody of Galactus.
• K'Chutha Sa'am - Leader of the Klunkions, he first appeared in a plot to take over Earth only to be thwarted by Cadet (who found the Moonesium Rocks that transformed him into Pork Piggler). The Klunkions consider cats as their appetizer. On another occasion, they fought Duck Dodgers when they were guarding spoiled pop star Lady Chanticleer. K'Chutha Sa'am is played by Yosemite Sam.
• Long John Silver the 23rd - A descendant of Long John Silver who leads a band of Space Pirates. He and his pirates had possession of a device called Disappearo that enables their ship to disappear without detection when robbing spaceships on the traderoute. It took Duck Dodgers, Cadet, and Martian Commander X-2 (who was trying to claim the Disappearo for Mars) to thwart him, but Long John Silver the 23rd got away.
• Magnificent Rogue -
• Maninsuit -
• Mother Fudd - A large head of a parasetic mind-altering alien disease on a floating device. Anyone exposed to it resembles the person who plays it....Elmer Fudd. It started to infect everyone on Earth and Mars so they can invade the sun and take over the Solar System. Since they were hit by a magical rock earlier, Duck Dodgers, Cadet, and Martian Commander X-2 had to work together to infiltrate the Mother Fudd's ship and stop it. When the immunity jar reversed the powers, Mother Fudd reverted back to Elmer Fudd.
• Martian Gophers - Two six-limbed green gophers from Mars that Martian Commander X-2 and Commander K-9 encounter. Their king wanted to blow up Mars. They resemble the Goofy Gophers.
• Nasty Canasta - An intergalactic bounty hunter portrayed by the Looney Tunes character of the same name. He was hired by Martian Commander X-2 to take down Duck Dodgers who was vacationing on Roboworld. Disguised as a cowboy, he took on Duck Dodgers before being defeated by the robot version of Cadet.
• New Cadet - A female cadet who infiltrated Duck Dodgers' ship posing as Cadet's replacement so she can fall in love with him. She helped Duck Dodgers into thwarting a plot by Martian Commander X-2. Dr. I.Q. Hi didn't know he sent a new cadet until Dodgers discovered Cadet tied up below. The two managed to escape with New Cadet setting her eyes upon Martian Commander X-2.
• Serpenti Crime Family - Snake-like aliens who make up a crime family. It is led by Royal and Roy Serpenti.
• Tasmanian Warrior - A Tasmanian Devil-like lifeform living on the talking planet Masativo. He is played by the Tasmanian Devil.
• Whoosh - Dennis is from the same race as Master Moloch. He used a special martial arts move for a life of crime after he didn't get a perfect score. It took Duck Dodgers, Cadet, and Master Moloch to defeat him, but a villain's dojo received info about the special martial arts move from him.

Episode list

Season 1 (2003)	Season 2 (2004)	Season 3 (2005)
01 "Duck Deception / The Spy Who Didn't Love Me"	14 "Pig Planet"	27 "Till Doom Do Us Part"
02 "The Fowl Friend / The Fast and the Feathery"	15 "Invictus Interruptus / Pet Peeved"	28 "Villainstruck / Just the Two of Us"
03 "The Trial of Duck Dodgers / Big Bug Mamas"	16 "The Menace of Maninsuit / K-9 Quarry"	29 "The Kids Are All Wrong / Win, Lose of a Duck"
04 "Duck Codgers / Where's Baby Smarty Pants"	17 "Talent Show A-Go-Go / The Love of a Father"	30 "Boar to Be Riled / Clean Bill of Health"
05 "I'm Gonna Get You, Fat Sucka / Detained Duck"	18 "The New Cadet / The Love Duck"	31 "Best of Captains, Worst of Captains / That's Lifomatica"
06 "K-9 Kaddy / Pig of Action"	19 "The Fudd"	32 "Diamond Boogie / Corporate Pigfall"
07 "Shiver Me Dodgers"	20 "The Mark of Xero / I See Duck People"	33 "The Six Wazillion Dollar Duck"
08 "The Wrath of Canasta / They Stole Dodgers' Brain"	21 "Deathmatch Duck / Deconstructing Dodgers"	34 "Too Close for Combat / Fins of War"
09 "The Green Loontern"	22 "MMORD / Old McDodgers"	35 "Good Duck Hunting / Consumption Overruled"
10 "Quarterback Quack / To Love a Duck"	23 "Diva Delivery / Castle High"	36 "Lame Duck Mind"
11 "Hooray for Hollywood Planet"	24 "Surf the Stars / Samurai Quack"	37 "Master & Disaster / All in the Crime Family"
12 "The Queen is Wild / Back to the Academy"	25 "Of Course You Know This Means War and Peace Part 1"	38 "In Space, No One Can Hear You Rock / Ridealong Calamity"
13 "Enemy Yours / Duck Departure"	26 "Of Course You Know This Means War and Peace Part 2"	39 ""

Cast

• Joe Alaskey - (Daffy Duck as) Duck Dodgers, (Marvin the Martian as) Martian Commander X-2, Beaky Buzzard, Hubie and Bertie, Rocky
• Bob Bergen - (Porky Pig as) the Eager Young Space Cadet
• Michael Dorn - The Martian Centurion Robots, Captain Long
• Tia Carrere - The Martian Queen
• Richard McGonagle - Dr. I.Q. Hi
• John O'Hurley - Captain Star Johnson

Guest Casts

• Carlos Alazraqui - Commandante Hilgalgo
• Dee Bradley Baker - Alien Hunter
• Dick Beals - Baby-Faced Moonbeam
• Jeff Bennett - Count Muerte
• Jodi Benson - Capt. Torelli, Princess Incense
• John Billingsley - Dr. Psy-Q Hi
• Paget Brewster - Rona Viper
• Clancy Brown - Archduke Zag
• Corey Burton - Martian Commander Z-9
• Bruce Campbell - Pork Piggler
• Dane Cook - Van Chancy
• Jim Cummings - Tasmanian Warrior, Black Eel, Koo Koo
• Tim Curry - Magnificent Rogue
• John de Lancie - Sinestro
• Grey DeLisle - Catapoid
• Dom DeLuise - Roy Serpenti
• Dustin Diamond - Himself/Xainius the Eternal
• John DiMaggio - The Crusher, Long John Silver the 23rd, Kilowog, King Great White
• June Foray - Lezah the Wicked
• Stan Freberg - Martian Gopher King
• Jeff Garlin - Camoman
• Macy Gray - Lady Chanticleer
• Castulo Guerra - Sergeant Vasquez
• Jess Harnell - Martian Gopher #2
• Tom Jones - Himself
• Maurice LaMarche - K'chutha Sa'am, Dr. Woe, Masativo
• Mako - Happy Cat, Achoo
• Vanessa Marshall - The New Cadet (2nd Time)
• Ed McMahon - Himself
• Candi Milo - Rickki Roundhouse
• Dave Mustaine - Himself
• Daran Norris - Hungortus
• Rob Paulsen - Martian Gopher #1
• Burt Reynolds - Royal Serpenti
• Kevin Michael Richardson - Agent Roboto, Mugsy, Nasty Canasta
• Kelly Ripa - The New Cadet (1st Time)
• Randy Savage - Master Sergeant Emily Dickinson Jones
• Kevin Smith - Hal Jordan/Green Lantern
• James Patrick Stuart - Chancellor Flippauralius
• Quentin Tarantino - Master Moloch
• Genndy Tartakovsky - Himself
• Brian Tochi - The Whoosh
• Frank Welker - K-9, Maninsuit
• Billy West - The Fudd
• Brian Wilson - Himself
• Henry Winkler - Dr. Maniac

Trivia

• In one episode Dodgers temporarily becomes a Green Lantern (of DC comics fame) after accidentally picking up Hal Jordan's laundry. In the first part of the episode he forgets the real Lantern's Oath and makes up his own version, parodying not only the oath but an early Batman quote and the Pledge of Allegiance:

In blackest day or brightest night

Watermelon, cantaloupe, yadda yadda

Erm...superstitious and cowardly lot

With liberty and justice for all!

• In "Till Doom Do Us Part," Agent Roboto assembles some of Duck Dodgers' old enemies to form the Legion of Duck Doom (parody of the Legion of Doom). It's made up of Crusher, Fudd, Catapoid, Count Muerte, New Cadet, Black Eel, Nasty Canasta, Commandante Hilgalo, Baby-Faced Moonbeam, Beaky Buzzard, Long John Silver the 23rd, Kchutha Sa'am, and Taz.
• Though he is briefly referenced in two episodes, Bugs Bunny does not make a single appearance in the series.
• In "Surf the Stars," Duck Dodgers eats a can of pineapples and instantly becomes stronger, possibly a reference to Popeye and his spinach.
• In "Samurai Quack," Duck Dodgers eats a poisonous blowfish, and falls into a coma. In the coma, Dodgers dreams that he is Samurai Quack, a parody of Samurai Jack
• In the episode Fins Of War, SpongeBob SquarePants can be seen.
• "Pig Planet" features an appearance by the Cadet's nephews and niece, named Porko, Puerco, and Sow. These particular characters' personalities and voices were based on those of (and were possibly a tribute to) Yakko, Wakko, and Dot from Animaniacs. They were even voiced by the same actors.
• In "Shiver Me Dodgers", Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble of the the famous animated sitcom are seen in the line of pirates wanting to join the crew of Long John Silver the 23rd. However, in keeping with the theme of the episode, they were shown in pirate form.

External links

• Duck Dodgers at Cartoon Network (USA)
• Duck Dodgers at TV.com