Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1970–present)
This is a listing of all theatrical animated shorts released by Warner Bros. under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners between 1970 and the present. It also lists shorts originally planned for theatrical release and other shorts that were not feature films, television series, or television specials.
A total of 38 animated shorts have been released since 1970.
1970–present
[edit]Theatrical cartoons
[edit]General theatrical releases
[edit]Title | Director | Characters | Release date | Film shown with | Release location | Availability | Notes |
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The Duxorcist | Greg Ford, Terry Lennon |
Daffy, Melissa | November 20, 1987 | First screened independently with any feature film of exhibitor's choice, but was also edited into Daffy Duck's Quackbusters[1] | Los Angeles, New York |
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The Night of the Living Duck | Daffy | September 23, 1988 | First given a limited run at the New York Film Festival then shown at the beginning of Daffy Duck's Quackbusters[2] | Los Angeles. New York |
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Mel Blanc's final short; Branded as a Merrie Melodies short | |
Box-Office Bunny | Darrell Van Citters | Bugs, Daffy, Elmer | February 8, 1991 | The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter | US, Canada, Mexico | First Bugs Bunny cartoon since 1964 and first Elmer Fudd cartoon since 1962. | |
Chariots of Fur | Chuck Jones | Wile E. and Road Runner | December 21, 1994 | Richie Rich |
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Carrotblanca | Douglas McCarthy | Bugs, The Crusher, Daffy, Foghorn, Barnyard, Giovanni Jones, Gossamer, Granny, Miss Prissy, Mugsy, Penelope, Pepé, Pete Puma, Porky, Sam, Sam Sheepdog, Sylvester, Tweety, & Beaky | August 25, 1995 | The Amazing Panda Adventure |
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Features more characters than any other cartoon | |
Superior Duck | Chuck Jones | Daffy, Foghorn, Marvin, Porky, Taz, Tweety, Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote | August 23, 1996 | Carpool | US and its territories |
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Pullet Surprise | Darrell Van Citters | Foghorn, Pete Puma | March 26, 1997 | Cats Don't Dance |
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Coyote Falls | Matthew O'Callaghan | Wile E. and Road Runner | July 30, 2010 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Worldwide |
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computer-animated; directed by Matthew O'Callaghan and produced by Reel FX Creative Studios |
Fur of Flying | Wile E. and Road Runner | September 24, 2010 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | ||||
Rabid Rider | Wile E. and Road Runner | December 17, 2010 | Yogi Bear |
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I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat | Sylvester, Tweety, Granny | November 18, 2011 | Happy Feet Two | US and its territories |
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Daffy's Rhapsody | Daffy, Elmer, Bugs (cameo), Taz (cameo), Tweety (cameo), Wile E. Coyote & Road Runner (cameo) | February 10, 2012 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | Worldwide |
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Limited releases
[edit]Title | Director | Characters | Release date | Film shown with | Release location | Availability | Notes |
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Another Froggy Evening | Chuck Jones | Marvin, Michigan | October 6, 1995 | Limited release | Los Angeles |
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From Hare to Eternity | Bugs, Michigan (cameo), Sam | November 4, 1997 |
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Father of the Bird | Stephen Fossatti | Sylvester | November 14, 1997 |
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Little Go Beep | Spike Brandt | Wile E. and Road Runner | November 6, 2000 |
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2000 Worldfest Houston International Film Festival[3] | ||
Flash in the Pain[4] | Matthew O'Callaghan | Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, Tweety (cameo), Sylvester (cameo), Granny (cameo) | June 10, 2014 | 2014 Annecy International Animated Film Festival[5] | N/A | computer-animated; produced by Reel FX Creative Studios |
Originally planned for theatrical release
[edit]Premiered on television
[edit]Title | Director | Characters | Release date | Availability | Notes |
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Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century | Chuck Jones | Daffy, Gossamer, Marvin, Porky | November 20, 1980 |
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Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers | Greg Ford, Terry Lennon |
Bugs, Daffy, Elmer, Sam, Porky ("Porky drum" ending) | August 25, 1992 |
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(Blooper) Bunny | Bugs, Daffy, Elmer, Sam | June 13, 1997 |
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Premiered on home video
[edit]All cartoons were produced by Sander Schwartz and Larry Doyle, with the exception of Daffy Duck for President, which was produced by Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone. There were several shorts planned and storyboarded in 2004 but all of them were canceled due to the box-office failure of Looney Tunes: Back in Action.[citation needed]
Title | Director | Characters | Release date | Availability | Notes |
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The Whizzard of Ow | Bret Haaland | Wile E. and Road Runner | November 1, 2003 | Premiered at Wal-Mart stores. | |
Museum Scream | Dan Povenmire | Sylvester, Tweety, Granny | March 31, 2004 |
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Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas | Bill Kopp, Peter Shin |
Bugs, Sam |
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Attack of the Drones | Rich Moore | Daffy (as Duck Dodgers) |
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Cock-A-Doodle Duel | Peter Shin | Foghorn Leghorn |
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My Generation G-G-Gap | Dan Povenmire | Porky | |||
Daffy Duck for President | Spike Brandt, Tony Cervone |
Daffy, Bugs | November 2, 2004 |
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Miscellaneous Looney Tunes shorts
[edit]Made-for-TV cartoons
[edit]Title | Director | Characters | Release date | Availability | Notes |
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Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Elmer, Foghorn, Pepé, Petunia, Porky, Sam, Sylvester, Tweety | November 27, 1979 |
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Freeze Frame | Chuck Jones | Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner | |||
Fright Before Christmas | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Taz, Clyde, Speedy |
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The Yolk's on You | Tony Benedict Gerry Chiniquy Art Davis Dave Detiege |
Daffy, Foghorn, Prissy, Sylvester | April 1, 1980 |
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The Chocolate Chase | Friz Freleng | Daffy, Speedy |
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Daffy Flies North | Tony Benedict Gerry Chiniquy Art Davis Dave Detiege |
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny | Chuck Jones | Bugs, Elmer, Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner (cameo) | May 21, 1980 |
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Spaced Out Bunny | Bugs, Marvin, Hugo |
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Soup or Sonic | Wile E. and Road Runner |
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Daffy & Porky in the William Tell Overture | Dan Haskett | Daffy, Porky | April 17, 1991 |
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Other shorts
[edit]Title | Director | Characters | Release date | Availability | Notes |
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Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension | Douglas McCarthy | Daffy, Marvin, K-9 | October 23, 1996 |
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Webtoons
[edit]The following Flash animation shorts were released onto the official Looney Tunes website between 2001 and 2005. Two collections were released on home video in 2003, Stranger than Fiction and Reality Check.
Title | Release date | Series | Availability | Notes |
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Survival of the Dimmest | May 1, 2001 | Toon Marooned |
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Survivor parody |
Beach, Blanket, Bang-O | May 17, 2001 | |||
Helter Shelter (Looney Tunes) | May 31, 2001 | |||
Finder's Eaters | June 14, 2001 | |||
Sandcastle Hassle | June 28, 2001 | |||
I've Misplaced My Piano! | July 12, 2001 | |||
Speared, Seared and Feared | July 31, 2001 | |||
Oh My Darlin' Serpentine | August 14, 2001 | |||
Obstacles, of Course | August 28, 2001 | |||
Fowl Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain | September 6, 2001 | |||
The Matwix | September 20, 2001 | N/A | N/A | The Matrix parody |
Judge Granny: Case 1: Tweety vs. Sylvester (Cagey Witness) | October 4, 2001 | Judge Granny |
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Judge Judy parody |
Twick or Tweety | October 18, 2001 | N/A |
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N/A |
Judge Granny: Case 2: Coyote vs. Roadrunner (Inherit the Windbag) | November 1, 2001 | Judge Granny |
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Judge Judy parody |
Judge Granny: Case 3: Fudd vs. Duck (Fowl Play) | November 15, 2001 | |||
Planet of the Taz | November 29, 2001 | Planet of the Taz |
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Planet of the Apes parody |
Beneath the Planet of the Taz | December 13, 2001 | |||
Enough With the Planet of the Taz | December 27, 2001 | |||
Tech Suppork | January 10, 2002 | N/A | N/A | |
Satellite Sam | February 7, 2002 | |||
Junkyard Run: Part 1 | February 21, 2002 | Junkyard Run |
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The Cannonball Run parody |
Junkyard Run: Part 2 | March 7, 2002 | |||
Junkyard Run: Part 3 | March 21, 2002 | |||
Sufferin' Sasquatch | April 4, 2002 | Mysterious Phenomena of the Unexplained |
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In Search of... parody |
Who Wants to Be a Martian-aire? | April 18, 2002 | |||
Loch Ness Mess | May 2, 2002 | |||
Cropsy Curvy | May 16, 2002 | |||
The Bermuda Short | May 30, 2002 | |||
The Taming of the Screwball | June 13, 2002 | |||
Gone in 30 Minutes | July 11, 2002 | The Royal Mallard | N/A | |
Window Pains | July 25, 2002 | |||
Daffy's Meet Market | August 8, 2002 | |||
Cube Wars | August 22, 2002 | |||
Hogs & Kisses | September 5, 2002 | |||
¡El Chupacabra! | October 17, 2002 | Mysterious Phenomena of the Unexplained | In Search of... parody | |
The Island of Dr. Moron | October 24, 2002 | N/A | Island of Dr. Moreau parody | |
Elmer Fudd vs. Yosemite Sam | November 7, 2002 | Aluminum Chef |
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Iron Chef parody |
Sylvester Cat vs. Tweety Bird | November 21, 2002 | |||
Sports Blab#1 | December 5, 2002 | Sports Blab | N/A | |
Sports Blab#2 | December 19, 2002 | |||
Tear Factor | January 2, 2003 | N/A | Fear Factor parody | |
Cat Stays in the Picture | August 2004 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
H2Uh-Oh! | ||||
Bunk Bedlam | ||||
Yosemite Slam | ||||
Parallel Porked | September 2004 | |||
Full Metal Racket | ||||
Wile E. Coyote Ugly | November 2004 | |||
Oh Taz, You Devil! | ||||
Multiplex Mallard | December 2004 | |||
Snow Business | January 2005 | |||
Maximum Tazocity | ||||
Noie Da Topo | Mouse Trouble in English | |||
Dating Do's and Don'ts: How to Be a "Mr. Good-Date" | February 2005 | N/A | ||
Daffy Dentist D.D.S. | ||||
Fast Feud | April 2005 | |||
Stunt Duck | ||||
Psycho Kitty | May 2005 | |||
Wild KingDumb | ||||
Malltown and Tazboy | June 2005 | |||
Little Pet Shop of Horrors | ||||
Grand Master Rabbit | ||||
Dux's Tux's | July 2005 |
Commercial parodies
[edit]The following Flash animation shorts were also released[when?] onto the official Looney Tunes website.
- "Anvil-O's" (cereal)
- "Caves" (parody of MTV Cribs)
- "D.I.P.S. (Department of Investigations of Paranormal Sightings)"
- "Da Beepo" (2002) (Road Runner's psychic hotline)
- "The Law Firm of Duck, Duck, McKimson & Duck" (law firm)
- "Elmer Fudd's Extreme Wabbit Hunt Wampage 3: Elmer's Wevenge" (2001) (video game)
- "Looney Tunes Cruise Lines"
- "Porky's Pizza Palace"
- "Stone Cold Duck"
- "50/50" (20/20 parody)
- "Twick or Tweety"
Looney Tunes: Acme Fools
[edit]Acme Fools is a web short series where the Looney Tunes cast cosplay as characters and elements from the Warner Bros. media library as part of Warner Bros. 100th anniversary celebrations. They were released on the WB Kids YouTube channel over four weeks from March 27 to April 17, 2023.
- "The Wizard of Oz"
- "DC Superheroes"
- "Scooby Doo, Where Are You!"
- "The Flintstones"
References
[edit]- ^ Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation p21
- ^ Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation p21
- ^ "My Name Is Earl Kress Blog". 12 May 2008. Archived from the original on 12 May 2008.
- ^ "Warner Bros. Announces New Looney Tunes 3D Theatrical Shorts". 8 June 2011.
- ^ "Studios, France, Emerging Industries Energize Annecy". 9 June 2014.
Further reading
[edit]- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons, by Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald (1989), Henry Holt, ISBN 0-8050-0894-2
- Chuck Amuck : The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist by Chuck Jones, published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0-374-12348-9
- That's Not All, Folks! by Mel Blanc, Philip Bashe. Warner Books, ISBN 0-446-39089-5 (Softcover) ISBN 0-446-51244-3 (Hardcover)
- Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons, Leonard Maltin, Revised Edition 1987, Plume ISBN 0-452-25993-2 (Softcover) ISBN 0-613-64753-X (Hardcover)