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
Theatrical cartoons
General theatrical releases
Title | Director | Characters | Release date | Film shown with | Release location | DVD & Blu-ray 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 |
Space Jam two-disc DVD, The Essential Daffy Duck, Looney Tunes Parodies Collection |
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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 |
Space Jam two-disc DVD, The Essential Daffy Duck |
Mel Blanc's final short; Branded as a Merrie Melodies short | |
Box-Office Bunny | Darrell Van Citters | Bugs, Daffy, Elmer | February 11, 1991 | The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter | US, Canada, Mexico | The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie | 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 | Supergenius Hijinks, Looney Tunes Parodies Collection |
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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 | Casablanca two-disc special edition, The Essential Bugs Bunny, Looney Tunes Parodies Collection |
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 | Daffy Duck's Quackbusters, The Essential Daffy Duck, Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 |
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Pullet Surprise | Darrell Van Citters | Foghorn, Pete Puma | March 26, 1997 | Cats Don't Dance | The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie, Looney Tunes Parodies Collection | ||
Coyote Falls | Matthew O'Callaghan | Wile E. and Road Runner | July 30, 2010 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Worldwide | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Supergenius Hijinks, Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run |
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 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, Supergenius Hijinks, Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run | |||
Rabid Rider | Wile E. and Road Runner | December 17, 2010 | Yogi Bear | Yogi Bear, Supergenius Hijinks, Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run | |||
I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat | Sylvester, Tweety, Granny | November 18, 2011 | Happy Feet Two | US and its territories | Happy Feet Two, Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run | ||
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 | N/A |
Limited releases
Title | Director | Characters | Release date | Film shown with | Release location | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
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Another Froggy Evening | Chuck Jones | Marvin, Michigan | October 6, 1995 | Limited release | Los Angeles | Space Jam two-disc DVD, Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 |
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From Hare to Eternity | Bugs, Michigan (cameo), Sam | November 4, 1997 | The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie, Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 (1998 dubbed version), Looney Tunes Parodies Collection |
Last cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. | |||
Father of the Bird | Stephen Fossatti | Sylvester | November 14, 1997 | Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 |
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Little Go Beep | Spike Brandt | Wile E. and Road Runner | November 6, 2000 | Daffy Duck's Quackbusters, Supergenius Hijinks, Looney Tunes Parodies Collection |
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 | N/A | Computer animated; produced by Reel FX Creative Studios | 2014 Annecy International Animated Film Festival[5] |
Originally planned for theatrical release
Premiered on television
Title | Director | Characters | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
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Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century | Chuck Jones | Daffy, Gossamer, Marvin, Porky | November 20, 1980 | Daffy Duck's Quackbusters, Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1, The Essential Daffy Duck (special feature) |
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Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers | Greg Ford, Terry Lennon |
Bugs, Daffy, Elmer, Sam, Porky ("Porky drum" ending) | August 25, 1992 | Space Jam two-disc DVD (edited), The Essential Bugs Bunny (uncut version), Looney Tunes Parodies Collection (uncut version) |
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(Blooper) Bunny | Bugs, Daffy, Elmer, Sam | June 13, 1997 | LTGC Volume 1, Disc 1 (special feature) |
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Premiered on home video
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 | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
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The Whizzard of Ow | Bret Haaland | Wile E. and Road Runner | November 1, 2003 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Supergenius Hijinks |
Premiered at Wal-Mart stores. |
Museum Scream | Dan Povenmire | Sylvester, Tweety, Granny | March 31, 2004 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Blu-ray and Australian DVD edition), Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 |
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Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas | Bill Kopp, Peter Shin |
Bugs, Sam, Wile E. Coyote (cameo), Road Runner (cameo) | Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Blu-ray and Australian DVD edition), The Essential Bugs Bunny, Looney Tunes Parodies Collection | ||
Attack of the Drones | Rich Moore | Daffy (as Duck Dodgers), Zorak from Space Ghost (cameo), The Great Gazoo from The Flintstones (cameo) |
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Blu-ray and Australian DVD edition), The Essential Daffy Duck | ||
Cock-A-Doodle Duel | Peter Shin | Foghorn Leghorn | Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Blu-ray and Australian DVD edition) | ||
My Generation G-G-Gap | Dan Povenmire | Porky | |||
Daffy Duck for President | Spike Brandt, Tony Cervone |
Daffy, Bugs | November 2, 2004 | LTGC Volume 2, Disc 3 (special feature), The Essential Daffy Duck (special feature) |
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Miscellaneous Looney Tunes shorts
Made-for-TV cartoons
Title | Director | Characters | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray 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 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 4 (special feature) |
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Freeze Frame | Chuck Jones | Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner | |||
Fright Before Christmas | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Taz, Clyde, Speedy | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 4 (special feature), Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 | ||
The Yolk's on You | Tony Benedict Gerry Chiniquy Art Davis Dave Detiege |
Daffy, Foghorn, Prissy, Sylvester | April 1, 1980 | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 1 (special feature), The Essential Daffy Duck (special feature) |
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The Chocolate Chase | Friz Freleng | Daffy, Speedy | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 1 (special feature), 4 Classic Cartoons promotional DVD, The Essential Daffy Duck (special feature) | ||
Daffy Flies North | Tony Benedict Gerry Chiniquy Art Davis Dave Detiege |
Daffy | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 1 (special feature), The Essential Daffy Duck (special feature) | ||
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny | Chuck Jones | Bugs, Elmer, Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner (cameo) | May 21, 1980 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 4 (special feature) The Essential Bugs Bunny (special feature) |
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Spaced Out Bunny | Bugs, Marvin, Hugo | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 4 (special feature), The Essential Bugs Bunny (special feature) Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 | |||
Soup or Sonic | Wile E. and Road Runner | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 4 (special feature) The Essential Bugs Bunny (special feature) | |||
Daffy & Porky in the William Tell Overture | Dan Haskett | Daffy, Porky | 2006 | LTGC Volume 4, Disc 2 (special feature) |
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Other shorts
Title | Director | Characters | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
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Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension | Douglas McCarthy | Daffy, Marvin, K-9 | October 23, 1996 | Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 |
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Webtoons
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.
Commercials
The following Flash animation shorts were also released 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"
References
- ^ 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
- 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)