Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography
Template:Use mdy dates This is a listing of the shorts, feature films, television programs, and television specials in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon series, extending from 1929 through the present day. Altogether, 1,002 animated shorts alone were released under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners from the 1930s through the 1960s (1000 official and 2 cut downsTemplate:Clarify). From the beginning to the present day, 1,041 theatrical shorts have been created.
1920s–1930s
A total of 271 shorts were produced and released during the 1930s. Additionally at least one short was produced in the 1930s, but never publicly released in theaters. A private Warner Bros end-of-year blooper reel with animated sequences featuring Porky Pig was included. This reel was never screened in theaters.
1940s
Template:Main list A total of 306 shorts were produced and theatrically released in the 1940s. Additionally, Bugs Bunny was featured in a government-sponsored short for U.S. Department of the Treasury, but he also made a cameo appearance in two Private Snafu shorts and in one Puppetoon short.
Four of the five additional shorts from this decade (those made for the U.S. government) are in the public domain.
1950s
Template:Main list A total of 278 shorts were produced and theatrically released in the 1950s. There were no additional shorts produced during the decade.
1960s
A total of 147 shorts were released during the 1960s. Additionally, an unaired television cartoon pilot featuring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner was theatrically screened instead.
1970s–present
Template:Main list Since the end of the regular production of the series in 1969, Warner Bros. has occasionally produced new Looney Tunes shorts that have been released theatrically.
Feature films
| Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| She Married a Cop | July 12, 1939 | Republic Pictures film, with animation sequences produced by the Leon Schlesinger studio. Paddy The Pig is the star of the sequence who resembles some of the earliest incarnations of Porky Pig.<ref name="auto">Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons, by Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald (1989), Henry Holt</ref> |
| Two Guys from Texas | August 27, 1948 | Animated sequence with a cameo appearance by Bugs Bunny. The animated sequence is included on disc 1 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 DVD as a special feature.<ref name="auto"/> |
| My Dream Is Yours | April 15, 1949 | Cameo appearance by Bugs Bunny and Tweety. The cameo scenes are included on disc 1 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 DVD as a special feature.<ref name="auto"/> |
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit | June 22, 1988 | A Disney/Amblin film released by Touchstone Pictures. Cameo appearances by Looney Tunes characters including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, Sylvester, Foghorn Leghorn, Marc Antony, Speedy Gonzales, Marvin the Martian, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, and Sam Sheepdog. |
| Gremlins 2: The New Batch | June 15, 1990 | Opening animated sequence with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, Porky Pig at the ending. A slightly longer intro is featured on the bonus content on various DVD and Blu-ray releases. |
| Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed | March 20, 2004 | Sequel to the 2002 film adaptation of Scooby-Doo originally by Hanna-Barbera. In one scene of the film Scooby-Doo drinks a potion that transforms him into Tasmanian Devil. |
| Justice League: The New Frontier | February 26, 2008 | Bugs Bunny makes a cameo appearance in this DC Comics direct-to-video Animated film. |
| Gravity | October 4, 2013 | Alfonso Cuarón-directed science fiction thriller film distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Marvin the Martian appears as a figurine on the space shuttle. |
| Ready Player One | March 29, 2018 | Steven Spielberg-directed Amblin Entertainment film distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Marvin the Martian appears as a character in the film's digital setting. |
| Overboard | May 4, 2018 | Speedy Gonzales appears as a tattoo on Leonardo Sullivan’s rear. |
| Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge | April 14, 2020 | Daffy Duck makes a cameo appearance in this direct-to-video animated Mortal Kombat film. |
Television series
Television specials
See also
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, Template:ISBN
- Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist, by Chuck Jones, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Template:ISBN
- That's Not All, Folks! My Life in the Golden Days of Cartoons and Radio, by Mel Blanc, Philip Bashe. Warner Books, Template:ISBN (Softcover) Template:ISBN (Hardcover)
- Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons, by Leonard Maltin, Revised Edition 1987, Plume Template:ISBN (Softcover) Template:ISBN (Hardcover)
References
External links
- Template:Official website
- The Big Cartoon DataBase entry for Merrie Melodies Cartoons and for Looney Tunes Cartoons
- Golden Age Cartoons' The Ultimate Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Website by Jon Cooke
Complete single-page filmographies
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