Remember that one day when you could wake up without an alarm? When you would get your favorite bowl of cereal and sit between the hours of 8 and 12? This is a blog dedicated to the greatest time of our childhood: Saturday mornings. The television programs you watched, the memories attached to them, and maybe introducing you to something you didn't realize existed. Updated every weekend.
At a time
when Warner Bros. didn’t have their
own animation facilities (having long since shut them down), they typically
contracted outside studios mostly run by former employees to produce cartoons
for them. However, there was one rare instance where they loaned out their Looney Tunes characters
to another studio for their own production.
Daffy with Drac and Frankie.
Filmation was that studio, and
that production was one of their offerings for The
ABC Saturday Superstar Movie: Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the
Groovie Goolies, with the Looney Tunes crossing over with the titular
Goolies.The hour-long special saw Daffy Duck (Mel Blanc) in Hollywood
producing a movie about King
Arthur starring himself when a ghoulish being identified as The Phantom (Larry Storch) threatened to destroy
every production Daffy worked on. Frankie Frankenstein (Howard Morris), a big fan of
Daffy’s, decided to go to Hollywood to help along with the other residents of
Horrible Hall. Naturally, the Looney Tunes coming face-to-face with the
monstrous Goolies did not go smoothly at first, but after the dust settled
production was back underway with the Goolies helping out. Unfortunately, The
Phantom, disguised as Hauntleroy (Morris), made off with the film into “Mad
Mirror Land”, where a live-action chase ensued; partially utilizing the stop-motion
pixilation technique writers Len
Janson and Chuck Menville
had used on short films
previously (home video releases would edit this sequence out, but they would be
repurposed as the Goolie short “The Haunted Heist”).
Daffy gets on Hagatha's bad side.
Along with
Daffy, Blanc voiced Porky
Pig, Elmer Fudd,
Yosemite Sam, Sylvester, Tweety, Wile E. Coyote, Pepe Le Pew
and Foghorn
Leghorn, while Jane
Webb (as Joanne Louise) voiced Petunia Pig in her first appearance since
the 1930s. Blanc famously hated the experience working on this short,
particularly with how they incorrectly pitched Daffy, Tweety and Elmer making
them sound off. This was the first and only time he ever worked for Filmation, spending
the majority of his career between Warners and Hanna-Barbera.
It wasn’t
until the late 60s that Saturday mornings were beginning to get into full
swing. Content with airing primetime reruns and a few new shows here and there,
that all changed in 1966 when CBS revitalized
its schedule with an action-heavy slant. When CBS showed massive success, the
other networks followed and Saturday morning suddenly became good business. So,
how would the networks advertise to their targeted audiences to tune in every
week? Simple: advertise in comic books! For almost every Saturday schedule for
decades, there was an artfully designed cartoon representing the networks’
schedules in every major publication. They even made sure to cover their bases
with ads in TV Guideand
newspapers so that parents would be aware shows for their kids would be on.
Below are some of the ads that ran
for the 1960s:
CBS
1966
1967
1968
1969
ABC
Ad celebrating The Beatles' success on ABC, reprinting the original 1965 ad.
Notable Roles: Rocket J. Squirrel, Natasha Fatale, Nell
Fenwick, Granny, Witch Hazel, Jokey Smurf, Magica De Spell
Foray got her start in radio through the WBZA Players, getting her own
series, Lady Make Believe, in the late 1930s. She became a popular voice
actress, appearing on multiple national network shows. In the 1940s, she began
doing film work which included a few live-action roles but was mostly voice
work; including roles in Disney’s Cinderellaand Peter Pan, Donald
Duck short Trick or Treat, and a variety of characters in Woody
Woodpecker cartoons. She was invited to join Warner Bros. in the mid-50s where she
became the permanent voice for Granny in their Looney Tunes franchise (taking
over for Bea Benaderet, whom
she would lose the role of Betty Rubble to in Hanna-Barbera’s The
Flintstones). Along with Disney, WB and Hanna-Barbera, she would do
work for Jay Ward
Productions, DiC
Entertainment and Nickelodeon. In the
1960s, she became an advocate for the preservation and promotion of animation,
writing numerous articles about it. She joined ASIFA-Hollywood and came up with the
idea of the Annie Awards, which began
celebrating the field of animation in 1972. Foray would also continuously lobby
the Academy to make an award for animation,
which they did in 2001 by creating the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
ASIFA-Hollywood would also establish the June
Foray Award in 1995, which honored “individuals who have made a significant
and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation”.
Foray was the first recipient. She made sporadic appearances in live television
and had cameo roles in the films Boris & Natashaand The
Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, both based on the Rocky
and Bullwinklefranchise she was part of. Foray died in 2017 after
suffering from declining health caused by a car accident two years prior.
Saturday Credits:
Andy’s Gang
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
The Bugs Bunny Show
George of the Jungle
Super President
Here Comes the Grump
The Pink Panther Show
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half Hour and a Half Show These Are the Days
For the history of Looney Tunes, check out the post here.
With the failure of
2003’s Looney Tunes: Back in Action,
Warner Bros. felt it was time to
look into revitalizing the franchise, try something new. Enter Adam Trevor
Grant and Joseph Louis Grant who introduced Loonatics
Unleashed.
Zadavia with the Royal Tweetums.
The
show was set in the 28th Century, where the descendants of the
original Looney Tunes lived on the
city-planet of Acmetropolis.
In the year 2772, a meteor struck Acmetropolis and gave a number of the
population superpowers. To protect Acmetropolis, a mysterious and powerful
alien woman named Zadavia (originally named Maxima, voiced by Candi Milo)
assembled six of the affected residents to form a superteam: The Loonatics.
The Loonatics: Lexi, Rev, Tech E., Ace, Danger and Slam.
The team was
comprised of team leader Ace Bunny (originally named Buzz until it was
discovered that name had been copyrighted by Dutch designer Metin Seven, voiced by Charlie
Schlatter), a former stunt rabbit who gained laser vision and was trained in
martial arts and swordsmanship; Lexi Bunny (Jessica DiCicco), a student and aspiring
cheerleader who gained super hearing, a psychic energy bolt and the ability to
manipulate plants, and brought her incredible agility to the team; Danger Duck
(originally named Duck, voiced by Jason Marsden), a former pool boy that could
generate spheres of energy called “eggs” that produce random effects or allow
him to control water, as well as a Quantum Quack that let him teleport; Slam
Tasmanian (originally named Spaz, voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson), a former
professional wrestler who gained super strength and a tornado form that allowed
him to fire tornado blasts with or without an electric jolt; Tech E. Coyote (originally
named Slick, also voiced by Richardson), a student at Acme Tech University with
super genius that gained magnetic manipulation and could regenerate his body from
a molecular level; and Rev Runner (originally named Roadster, voiced by Rob
Paulsen), a former delivery boy with a brilliant mind that gained super speed.
Each member of the team wore a full body black uniform distinguishable by the
different colored accents, and utilized various new gadgets whipped up by Tech
E. in their battles.
Syth Vester.
Other Looney Tunes descendants featured were
Mr. Leghorn (Bill Farmer
& Paulsen), a big name in the world of professional sports; The Royal Tweetums (Joe Alaskey), ruler of the
planet Blanc (named for Mel Blanc); Ophiuchus Sam (Maurice LaMarche), a short-tempered
thief who often forgot his name and what he was saying as he was saying it; Pierre Le Pew (also LaMarche),
runner of illegal fights and wearer of stinky cologne; Gorlop (Paulsen), a professional
wrestler; Queen Grannicus (Milo & Richardson), the evil caretaker of
Tweetums who wanted his throne for herself; Sylth Vester (a parody of Darth Vader and the Sith, voiced by Alaskey), a
mercenary who wore cyborg body armor to cover injuries from his various
encounter with Tweetums; Sagittarius Stomper (Billy West), a thief who utilized
robotic arms and legs made by his mother (Milo); Electro J. Fudd (also West),
a hunter with a wide variety of weapons; Melvin the Martian
(Alaskey), general of the Martian army; Sergeant Sirius (named
for the dog star), Melvin’s dog; Pinkster Pig (Bob Bergen), an orphan and former friend
of Danger who seemed to be on the side of law and order but used it as a cover
for his criminal enterprises; and Stoney (Alaskey) and Bugsy (James Arnold Taylor), employees
of Pinkster who went on a crime wave of stealing weapons and the mineral Curium
that could steal super powers.
General Deuce teaming-up with Optimatus.
Original characters
included Gunnar the
Conqueror (Tom Kenny), leader
of robotic Vikings that sought to freeze the planet; Professor Zane (Jeff Bennett), a mad scientist
who wanted to conquer the world with his monstrous Fuz-Zs (Steven Blum); Black Velvet (Vivica A. Fox), a woman whose
eyes were damaged by the meteor and was forced to remain in darkness; Weathervane (Kaley Cuoco), a wannabe weathergirl
who gained weather manipulation powers; Dr. Dare (Simon Templeman), a mad
scientist who learned to control earthquakes; Ringmaster (Tim Curry), the evil leader of
a circus who combined different creatures together to make his attractions; Otto the Odd (Dee Bradley Baker), the Ringmaster’s
boss who hid behind the guise of being a mere clown; Massive (Michael Clarke Duncan), a large
criminal with gravity manipulation powers; Drake Sypher (Phil LaMarr), who could absorb the powers
from others with a touch; Time
Skip (David Faustino),
who was able to manipulate time; Mallory
“Mastermind” Casey (Florence
Henderson), Tech E.’s former classmate who attempted to steal the
brainpower of the university staff; Optimatus (Charlie Adler), Zadavia’s evil
brother who possessed similar abilities; General Deuce (Khary Payton), former general
of Zadavia’s home planet of Freleng
(named for Friz Freleng) who
sought to conquer the galaxy; Adolpho
(Mark Hamill), a mutated
dolphin who sought revenge on the surface for polluting the oceans; Queen Athena (Serena Williams), leader of the
Apocazons (based on the mythological Amazons)
who wanted to eliminate the men of Acmetropolis; and Rupes Oberon (Marsden), a
musician who tricked Tech E. into building a cosmic guitar to steal Zadavia’s
powers and allow him to control the universe.
Lunatics Unleashed debuted on September 17, 2005 on the Kids’ WB! programming block
on The WB; which became The CW during the show’s second
season. It was designed to be an action-comedy that blended the classic Looney Tunes’ comedy stylings with
modern action animated series. The characters were designed by Christian Tremblay and Yvon
Tremblay and initially had a more menacing look to them. A teaser promo for
the series, originally called simply The
Loonatics, aired on The WB before the show’s debut. It used limited
animation, comic book-like panels, and the character’s original names to try
and build up hype for the show. It had an intentionally anime-inspired approach
to appeal to the children who grew up on the genre and to fit into the Kids’ WB!
schedule.
The original character designs.
Unfortunately for Warner
Bros. Animation, the promo had the opposite effect. Audiences complained
about the new character models while critics accused the studio of pandering to
a demographic while disrespecting the source material. An internet petition
against them was even started by 11-year-old fan, Thomas Adams. Despite president
Sander Schwartz’s assurances
that the classic characters were just “sharing DNA” with these new ones and it
was merely an extension of the franchise, the designs were redone and softened
with Walter Gatus serving as the lead
character designer.
The first season premiered to mixed reviews,
prompting the studio to make some changes for the second season. The stories
were much lighter and more comedic with a new intro to match. Zadavia was also more physically present,
rather than communicating through a hologram as he had during the first season.
The series ended after the planned 26 episodes had aired. It would be the last Looney Tunes television show until 2011’s
The Looney Tunes Show. During
the show’s run, two Flash games were run on the Kids’ WB! website: Acmetropolis Obstacle
Course, where players had to guide Lexi around various obstacles, and Slam’s
Snowboarding Slolom [sic], where players guided Slam down a hill while
performing tricks in the air for extra points. Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s released 4 toys
in their Cool Kids Combo meals based on the show in early 2006. In 2007, Warner
Home Video released the complete series to DVD across
two sets.
EPISODE GUIDE:
Season 1:
“Loonatics on Ice” (9/17/05) – The Loonatics have to save the planet
from a sudden and permanent cold snap.
“Attack of the Fuzz Balls” (9/24/05) – The latest pet craze turns sour
when Fur-Zs become giant monsters upon eating chocolate.
“The Cloak of Black Velvet” (10/1/05) – After having her eyesight
damaged by the meteor strike, Black Velvet seeks to plunge the entire world in
darkness.
“Weathering Heights” (10/8/05) – A weather girl gets struck by
lightning and gains the ability to control the weather.
“Going Underground” (10/29/05) – The Loonatics have to stop Dr. Dare
from using earthquakes to submerge the entire planet’s surface.
“The Comet Cometh” (11/5/05) – As the Loonatics celebrate the
anniversary of their powers, a larger meteor is found to be headed towards
Acmetropolis.
“The World is My Circus” (11/12/05) – A traveling circus abducts
humans and splices them together with animal DNA to perform in the show.
“Stop the World, I Want to Get Off” (11/19/05) – Gravity-manipulating
Massive plots to steal the basherball championship trophy.
“Sypher” (11/26/05) – Sypher decides he wants the glory of being a
superhero and uses his own abilities to steal those of the Loonatics.
“Time After Time” (2/11/06) – Trying to stop a time-manipulating thief
causes the Loonatics to enter a time loop.
“The Menace of Mastermind” (2/18/06) – A former classmate of Tech’s
breaks out of prison and plans to get revenge on him for putting her there.
“Acmegeddon Part I” (5/6/06) – Optimatus breaks the Loonatics’ foes
out of prison to unite them against the heroes.
“Acmegeddon Part II” (5/13/06) – Zadavia explains her connection to
Optimatus as he betrays his allies and seeks to suck the planet into a wormhole.
Season 2:
“Secrets of the Guardian Strike Sword” (9/23/06) – The mysterious
Deuce saves Ace’s life as he attempted to stop Ophichus Sam from robbing an
inter-dimensional train.
“A Creep in the Deep” (9/30/06) – A telepathic dolphin brainwashes sea
creatures into attacking manmade objects in the sea.
“I Am Slamacus” (10/7/06) – Pierre convinces Slam to enter a fighting
tournament, however he fails to mention the final match is a death match.
“The Heir Up There” (11/4/06) – The Loonatics have to get the Royal
Tweetums to his home planet while evading the evil Sylth Vester.
“The Family Business” (11/11/06) – Rev’s family come to visit, and
Rip’s jealousy towards his brother allows him to be possessed by a Bio-Tech
Brain Parasite.
“Cape Duck” (11/18/06) – Tech’s device malfunctions and allows Duck to
defeat the Sagittarius Stomper and cause him to become a sensation with the
public.
“The Hunter” (2/3/07) – The Loonatics try to deal with Massive while
Electro J. Fudd hunts Ace.
“It Came From Outer Space” (2/10/07) – Rev and Lexi mistake Tech’s
weapon system for a video game, accidentally shooting Melvin the Martian and
bringing his wrath on the city.
“Apocalypso” (2/17/07) – The Loonatics land on a planet of powerful
warrior women and their queen invites Lexi to join them.
“In the Pinkster” (2/24/07) – After Duck’s old friend helps them
against some gangster, things begin going bad for the team.
“The Music Villain” (3/3/07) – A band uses rock music to terrorize the
city and capture Zadavia.
“Planet Blanc: The Fall of Blanc (Part I)” (4/28/07) – Optimatus,
Deuce and Rupes Oberon conquer planet Blanc and plan to use the wormhole
generator to take over the universe.
“Planet Blanc: The Fall of Blanc (Part II” (5/5/07) – The Loonatics search
for Tweetums with Sylth Vester’s help while Decue betrays Optimatus to join the
heroes.
The cast of Duck Dodgers: Star Johnson, I.Q. Hi, Dodgers, Cadet, X-2 and Queen Tyr'ahnee.
2003 certainly seemed to be the year
for Duck Dodgers as the character was given his first television series by Cartoon Network. For the show, Captain
Duck Edgar Dumas Aloysius Eoghain Dodgers (Alaskey) was a 21st
century duck who was accidentally frozen and revived by Dr. Ignatius Q “I.Q.”
Hi (Richard McGonagle) in the year 2350 AD. Using various schemes and lies, he
managed to trick everyone into believing he was a hero back in his own time,
when in reality he was a water boy for a football team. As such, he was made a
member of the Galactic Protectorate and given his own sidekick, The Eager Young
Space Cadet (aka Porky Pig, voiced by Bob Bergen). Dodgers traveled the
universe, carrying out the Protectorate’s mission to defend it from the forces
of evil. Of course, the only way he succeeded in those endeavors was through
sheer dumb luck and the work of the Cadet, who was much smarter than Dodgers
but loyal to his partner. Dodgers’ chief rival in the Protectorate was Captain
Star Johnson (John O’Hurley), who was his better and tried to sue Dodgers over
his incompetence.
Dodgers with Z-9 and Dish.
The primary foes of the Protectorate were the Martians, whose army was
comprised of Martian Centurion Robots (all Michael Dorn) and instant Martians
grown from seeds with water. They were led by Martian Commander X-2 (aka
Marvin, voiced by Alaskey). X-2 was Dodgers’ arch-nemesis (even though X-2
regarded Dodgers as more of a nuisance), and he was aided by his loyal dog,
Commander K-9 (Frank Welker). Newly created for the show was the Martian Queen,
Tyr’ahnee (Tia Carrere); a competent ruler whose ability far outshone her
rival, the incompetent and cowardly President of Space (Tom Kane), who always hid in his fortress. She
had developed feelings for Dodgers and had a civil friendship with I.Q.,
despite their being on opposing sides. Tyr’ahnee was briefly overthrown by
Martian General Z-9
(Corey Burton) and his cyborg second-in-command, Dish (Tara Strong), in an attempt to conquer
both Mars and Earth.
Cadet with Rona Vipra.
Other new characters included Black Eel (Jim Cummings), a
parody of DC Comics’ Black Manta; Victor
Von Boogieman (Bennett), a thief from the disco planet Groovica; the
Magnificent Rogue (Tim Curry),
a handsome and suave celebrity villain; Camoman (Jeff Garlin), who could blend
into any surrounding (except plaid); Rona Vipra (Paget Brewster), a bounty
hunter that eventually flipped allegiances and aided Dodgers; Hungortus, an
alien entity with limitless cosmic powers (a parody of Marvel Comics’ Galactus); Flame Valet (Tom Kenny), a lawyer with fire
powers that served as the herald of Hungortus (a parody of Galactus’
herald, Firelord,
from Marvel Comics); Counselor
Combustion (Jennifer Hale), fellow
lawyer and sister of Flame Valet (also a parody of another herald, Frankie Raye);
Master Moloch (Quentin Tarantino),
a gibbon-like alien who trained Protectorate Agents; and Steve Boston (Chris Edgerly), a cyborg known as “The Six
Wazillion Dollar Man” (a parody of The Six Million Dollar Man); and Maninsuit (Welker), a giant
docile monster controlled by the Martians (and a parody of Godizlla, which is where the name came from);
amongst others.
Marvin knows he's the real reason the show exists.
Duck Dodgers premiered on
August 23, 2003 on Cartoon Network. It was developed by Spike Brandt, Tony Cervone, Paul Dini and Tom Minton. The series was
pitched three times. The first two times were directed towards Kids’ WB and
featured a third female member of the crew; initially a humanoid woman
named Sparky and then Lola
Bunny, who had made her debut in 1997’s Space Jam (Lola instead
appeared as a NPC in the 2000 video game, Duck Dodgers
Starring Daffy Duck). Ultimately, it ended up at Cartoon Network when
they were looking for a show that featured Marvin.
Tom Jones gets Tuned.
Dodgers went beyond its initial
science-fiction source material to lampoon various elements of pop culture. The
series ran for three seasons with episodes comprised primarily of two segments
each. Brandt, Cervone, Dini and Minton served as the primary writers, with
additional work from Tom Ruegger,
Mark Banker, Kevin Seccia, Ken Daly, John Matta, Michael Grodner, Jeff Goode, Bradford Schultze, and Tim McKeon. The series’ theme
was composed by Wayne Coyne
and Steven Drozd, arranged
by The Flaming
Lips and performed by Tom Jones
similarly to his rendition of the theme from the film Thunderball. Jones
would also make an appearance as himself in an episode performing his hit, “It’s Not Unusual”. Robert Kral and Douglas Romayne handled the
rest of the series’ music. It used a combination of cel shading for its
characters with CGI animation for the space backgrounds and ships. The
animation was provided by Yearim
Productions.
K'Chutha Sam.
A number of other Looney Tunes
characters made appearances on the show in various roles; typically,
antagonistic. Amongst them was Yosemite Sam as
K’Chutha Sa’am (Maurice LaMarche),
leader of the Klunkins (a parody of Star Trek’s Klingons); Elmer Fudd as the
parasitic mind-altering Mother Fudd (Billy
West), who gave anyone infected Fudd’s personality (based on Star Trek’s The Borg); Count Blood Count
as the fat-sucking vampire, Count Muerte (Jeff Bennett, whom the studio wanted
as Dodgers to tie into his casting in Back in Action and even recorded
an episode, but circumstances
with the film allowed the production to go with their first choice); Wile E. Coyote as
the Predator-like Alien Hunter (Dee
Bradley Baker), who was actually the preserved Wile E.; The Goofy
Gophers as Martian Gophers (Rob Paulsen
& Jess Harnell) who
caused trouble for X2 and Dodgers; Witch Hazel as Leezah the Wicked
(June Foray), a character in
a virtual MMORPG who needed Dodgers to rescue her; the scientist from Water, Water Every Hareas
mad scientist Dr. Woe (LaMarche), who was X2’s archenemy; Taz as the
Tasmanian Warrior (Cummings), a savage creature from the sentient planet Masatevo;
Petunia Pig as Princess Incense
(Jodi Benson); Rocky and Mugsy
(Alaskey & Kevin Michael
Richardson) as gangsters hired by Dodgers and Cadet to form their own crime
family to take down another one; Crusher (John DiMaggio) as the best
surfer in the universe; Ralph Phillips as
Baby-Faced Moonbeam (Dick Beals,
his original voice actor), an evil little boy with electromagnetic powers; the Shropshire
Slasher (Alaskey) as the Andromeda Annihilator, a convict seen in a space
prison; and Nasty
Canasta (Richardson) as an intergalactic bounty hunter. Michigan J. Frog
(Jeff McCarthy) also
appeared as the host of a talent show, and the Animaniacswere reimagined as the Cadet’s niece and nephews Porko (Paulsen),
Puerco (Harnell) and Sow (Tress
MacNeille). Although he was mentioned several times, Bugs Bunny is intentionally
never seen (except for an appearance in issue #159 of DC’s Looney Tunesanthology
comic, which featured Duck Dodgers stories based on the show starting from #118 before reverting
back to the classic iteration in #237).
Enter: the Green Loontern!
Along with the aforementioned Jones, there were several crossover
appearances made by real people and characters from other franchises. Dave Mustaine of the band Megadeth was featured in an episode with
the band preforming “Back
in the Day”. The DC Comics characters of the Green Lantern
Corps were also featured after Dodgers had mistakenly picked up Hal Jordan’s (Kevin Smith) uniform from the cleaners, turning
him into the Green Loontern. He aided the Corps against the latest plot by
their greatest foe, Sinestro
(John de Lancie).
The complete series.
Duck Dodgers was nominated for
an Annie Award and four
Emmy Awards in 2004, and two more Emmys in
2005. Alaskey won the 2004 Emmy for “Outstanding Performer in an Animated
Program”. Warner
Home Video released the complete first
and second
seasons to DVD in 2013 a few months apart. The third
was finally released in 2020, with the entire
series released onto Blu-ray in 2023 featuring the original short as a
bonus feature. It was made available to stream on the Boomerang app and to digitally
purchase on Amazon,
Apple
TV, Vudu
and Google
Play. The episode “The Green Loontern” was included as a bonus feature for
the direct-to-video movie, Green Lantern: First Flight. The Green Loontern would also make a
return appearance as an unlockable character in the video game LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham.
EPISODE GUIDE:
Season 1:
“The Trial of Duck Dodgers / Big Bug Mammas” (8/23/03) – Dodgers is
put on trial for his misconduct. / Alien girls kidnap Dodgers and plan to eat
him.
“The Fowl Fiend / The Fast & the Feather” (8/30/03) – Dodgers gets
a robot assistant. / Dodgers competes in a race against Martian Commander.
“Duck Deception / The Spy Who Didn’t Love Me” (9/6/03) – Dodgers and
Cadet sneak onto a Martian ship to restore power to their own. / Dodgers has to
escort a spy to a planet infested with Martians.
“Duck Codgers / Where’s Baby Smarty Pants” (9/13/03) – Dodgers and
Cadet have to get past Martian Commander to get to a spring to stop their
accelerated aging. / Dodgers distracts a peace treaty signing while Cadet
escorts a baby there.
“I’m Going to Get You Fat Sucka / Detained Duck” (9/20/030) – A
fat-sucking vampire turns Dodgers into his slave in order to get at Cadet. /
Criminal Drake Drakstar trades places with his look-a-like: Dodgers.
“K-9 Kaddy / Pig of Action” (9/27/03) – K-9 is harassed by gophers
while Martian Commander plays golf. / Cadet becomes powerful after finding a
piece of glowing ore.
“Shiver Me Dodgers” (10/4/03) – Dodgers, Cadet and Martian Commander
infiltrate a pirate spaceship in order to steal their invisibility device.
“They Stole Dodgers’ Brain / The Wrath of Canasta” (10/11/03) – The
Martians steal Dodgers’ brain to learn his secrets, but his replacement brain
turns out to be an upgrade. / A bounty hunter attempts to blow Dodgers’ cover
to the Martians.
“The Green Loontern” (10/18/03) – Dodgers becomes an unlikely member
of the Green Lantern Corps.
“Quarterback Quack / To Love A Duck” (10/25/03) – To prove he can be
right about something, Martian Commander attempts to turn Dodgers into a star
quarterback. / Tyr’ahnee wants to marry Dodgers, even if he doesn’t want to in
return.
“Hooray for Hollywood Planet” (11/1/03) – Dodgers heads to Hollywood
Planet where a film is to be made about him—or is it?
“The Queen is Wild / Back to the Academy” (11/8/03) – Tyr’ahnee tries
to get revenge on Dodgers by kidnapping Cadet. / Dodgers is sent back to
Galactic Training Academy.
“Enemy Yours / Duck Departure” (11/15/03) – Dodgers has to prove he’s
a worthy adversary for Martian Commander. / Dodgers quits the Protectorate to
work in a restaurant.
Season 2:
“Pig Planet” (8/14/04) – Cadet relays a story from his past to his
young relatives.
“Invictus Interruptus / Pet Peeved” (8/14/04) – Dodgers and Cadet take
on a Martian super weapon. / Dodgers adopts a shady pet.
“The Menace of Maninsuit / K-9 Quarry” (8/14/04) – Dodgers, Cadet and
Rikki Roundhouse have to rescue an entire planet. / Martian Commander goes for a
hunt on Mars.
“Talent Show A Go-Go / The Love of A Father” (8/14/04) – Dodgers uses
Tom Jones’ voice to win a talent show. / Dodgers accidentally frees a criminal
that resembles a kid.
“The New Cadet / The Love Duck” (8/14/04) – Dodgers resists a woman’s
attempt to seduce him. / Dodgers and Cadet set up a love boat in order to earn
some money.
“The Fudd” (8/14/04) – A hive-mind alien race called the Fudd
assimilates every being they encounter in a plot to destroy the sun.
“The Mark of Xero / I See Duck People” (1/7/05) – Dodgers invades a
planet to free its populace. / No one believes Dodgers when he claims his ship
is haunted.
“Deathmatch Duck / Deconstructing Dodgers” (1/14/05) – Dodgers tries
to save a planet from the destruction of Taz. / While stranded on a space
station, I.Q. and Tyr’ahnee discuss Dodgers’ intelligence…or lack thereof.
“M.M.O.R.P.D. / Old McDodgers” (1/21/05) – Cadet introduces Dodgers to
his favorite digital role-playing game. / Dodgers teaches Cadet farming so they
can grow food.
“Diva Delivery / Castle High” (1/28/05) – Dodgers and Cadet’s escort
duty goes any way but easy. / Dodgers explains to I.Q. what happened to his
castle.
“Surf the Stars / Samurai Quack” (2/4/05) – A bully challenges Dodgers
to a surfing contest. / Dodgers hallucinates after eating a poison blowfish.
“Of Course You Know This Means War and Peace” (2/25/05) – Cadet ends
up in prison for a blunder of Dodgers’ while General Z-9 plots to overthrow the
Queen and destroy the Protectorate.
Season 3:
“Till Doom Do Us Part” (3/11/05) – Robot assembles all of Dodgers’
enemies in order to enact his revenge.
“Villainstruck / Just the Two of Us” (3/18/05) – Dodgers has to keep
the Earth from becoming a water planet. / Dodger and Martian Commander end up
stranded, while their underlings all take a vacation.
“The Kids Are All Wrong / Win, Lose or Duck” (4/8/05) – Dodgers and
Cadet go undercover in high school to find a device that affects teens. / Earth
and Martian teams are abducted to compete on a deadly game show.
“Boar to Be Riled / Clean Bill of Health” (4/15/05) – Dodgers starts a
biker gang to get a free rocketcycle. / I.Q. creates a device for Dodgers that
works a little too well.
“The Best of Captains, The Worst of Captains / That’s Lifomatica” (4/22/05)
– Dodgers and Star compete to win “Captain of the Year” and the heart of a
colleague. / Dodgers’ new robot tries to take over his ship.
“Diamond Boogie / Corporate Pigfall” (9/16/05) – Dodgers and Cadet
look to reclaim some diamonds from the Martians. / Cadet becomes the head of a
successful company, which Dodgers tries to sabotage.
“The Six Wazillion Dollar Duck” (9/23/05) – Dodgers is turned into a
cyborg and has to prevent the Martians from getting their hands on the
technology.
“Too Close for Combat / The Fins of War” (9/30/05) – The Martians make
it so that Dodgers and Cadet believe the other is out to kill them. / Dodgers
and Cadet are sent out planetary ambassadors.
“Good Duck Hunting / Consumption Overruled” (10/7/05) – A bounty
hunter hired to kill Dodgers joins him instead. / Dodgers and the Martians hire
lawyers in order to convince a galaxy-devourer which of their planets to eat
next.
“A Lame Duck Mind” (10/14/05) – When the President of Space locks
himself in his closet, the codes to open it must be retrieved from Dodgers’
brain.
“Master & Disaster / All in the Crime Family” (10/21/05) – Dodgers
and Cadet learn kung-fu in order to beat a thief. / Dodgers tries to retrieve
the greatest gum in the galaxy from The Serpenti Gang.
“In Space, No One Can Hear You Rock / Ridealong Calamity” (11/4/05) – To
save Earth’s music from the Martians, the band Megadeth is revived. / Dodgers
and the Martians try to plot how to get I.Q. to go back home to Earth.
“Bonafide Heroes” (11/11/05) – Dodgers becomes the subject of a
reality show.
