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Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1970–present)#Miscellaneous shorts

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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 ==

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The Duxorcist

| rowspan="2" |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 QuackbustersReading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation p21

|Los Angeles,
New York

|

|

  • First cartoon of the modern-day Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies series.
  • First cartoon that the Greg Ford/Terry Lennon team worked on.
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 QuackbustersReading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation p21

|Los Angeles.
New York

|

|Mel Blanc's final short; Branded as a Merrie Melodies short

{{nowrap|Box-Office Bunny}}

|Darrell Van Citters

|Bugs, Daffy, Elmer

|{{nowrap|February 8, 1991}}

|The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter

|rowspan="3" | {{nowrap|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

|

|

  • First LT/MM short directed by Chuck Jones since 1964.
  • First LT/MM short produced by Chuck Jones Film Productions.
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

|

|Features more characters than any other cartoon

Superior Duck

|Chuck Jones

|Duck, Foghorn, Marvin, Porky, Taz, Tweety, Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote

|August 23, 1996

|Carpool

|rowspan="2" | US and its territories

|

| rowspan="2" |

Pullet Surprise

|Darrell Van Citters

|Foghorn, Pete Puma

|March 26, 1997

|Cats Don't Dance

|

Coyote Falls

| rowspan="6" | {{nowrap|Matthew O'Callaghan}}

|Wile E. and Road Runner

|July 30, 2010

|Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

|rowspan="3" | Worldwide

|

| rowspan="5" |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

|

I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat

|Sylvester, Tweety, Granny

|November 18, 2011

|Happy Feet Two

| US and its territories

|

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

|

  • Digital - Stars of Space Jam: Looney Tunes Collection

== Limited releases ==

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{{nowrap|Another Froggy Evening}}

| rowspan="2" |Chuck Jones

|Marvin, Michigan

|October 6, 1995

| rowspan="5" |Limited release

| rowspan="4" |Los Angeles

|

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From Hare to Eternity

|Bugs, Sam, Michigan (cameo)

|November 4, 1997

|

|

  • Simultaneous release.
  • Last cartoon directed by Chuck Jones.
Father of the Bird

|{{nowrap|Stephen Fossatti}}

|Sylvester

|November 14, 1997

|

|

  • First Sylvester cartoon since 1966
  • Last cartoon to use cels
  • Last cartoon produced by Chuck Jones and the last cartoon to have Chuck Jones involved.
  • Last cartoon produced by Chuck Jones Film Productions.
Little Go Beep

|Spike Brandt

|Wile E. and Road Runner

|November 6, 2000

|

|2000 Worldfest Houston International Film Festival{{cite web|url=http://www.mynameisearlkress.com/weblog/?p=67|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512144025/http://www.mynameisearlkress.com/weblog/?p=67|url-status=usurped|archive-date=12 May 2008|title=My Name Is Earl Kress Blog|date=12 May 2008}}

Flash in the Pain{{Cite web|url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/warner-bros-announces-a-trio-of-new-looney-tunes-3d-theatrical-shorts-43976.html|title = Warner Bros. Announces New Looney Tunes 3D Theatrical Shorts|date = 8 June 2011}}

| Matthew O'Callaghan

|Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, Tweety (cameo), Sylvester (cameo), Granny (cameo)

| June 10, 2014

| 2014 Annecy International Animated Film Festival{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/markets-festivals/studios-france-emerging-industries-energize-annecy-1201216458/|title = Studios, France, Emerging Industries Energize Annecy|date = 9 June 2014}}

| N/A

|computer-animated; produced by Reel FX Creative Studios

= Originally planned for theatrical release =

== Premiered on television ==

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Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century

|Chuck Jones

|Daffy, Gossamer, Marvin, Porky

|November 20, 1980

|

|

  • Planned for theatrical release, then changed into a TV format cartoon, edited into the NBC-TV special Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
  • Re-branded as a Merrie Melodies short
Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers

| rowspan="2" |Greg Ford,
Terry Lennon

|Bugs, Daffy, Elmer, Sam, Porky ("Porky drum" ending)

|August 25, 1992

|

|

  • Planned for theatrical release
  • Edited into the CBS TV special Bugs Bunny's Creature Features
(Blooper) Bunny

|Bugs, Daffy, Elmer, Sam

|June 13, 1997

|

|

  • Planned for theatrical release, first shown on Cartoon Network
  • Final cartoon that the Greg Ford/Terry Lennon team worked on.
  • Produced in 1991

== 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|date=December 2010}}

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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

|{{nowrap|Dan Povenmire}}

|Sylvester, Tweety, Granny

| rowspan="5" |{{nowrap|March 31, 2004}}

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| rowspan="5" |

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

| rowspan="2" |

My Generation G-G-Gap

|Dan Povenmire

|Porky

Daffy Duck for President

|Spike Brandt,
{{nowrap|Tony Cervone}}

|Daffy, Bugs

|November 2, 2004

|

|

  • Direct-to-DVD short, planned for theatrical release
  • Based on the book of the same name by Chuck Jones

Miscellaneous Looney Tunes shorts

= Made-for-TV cartoons =

{{Main list|List of Looney Tunes television specials}}

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Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol

|Friz Freleng

|Bugs, Elmer, Foghorn, Pepé, Petunia, Porky, Sam, Sylvester, Tweety

| rowspan="3" |{{nowrap|November 27, 1979}}

| rowspan="2" |

|rowspan="3"|

  • Edited from the CBS TV special Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales
  • Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol and Freeze Frame were re-branded as Merrie Melodies shorts
Freeze Frame

|{{nowrap|Chuck Jones}}

|Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner

Fright Before Christmas

|Friz Freleng

|Bugs, Taz, Clyde, Speedy

|

The Yolk's on You

|Tony Benedict
Gerry Chiniquy
Art Davis
Dave Detiege

|Daffy, Foghorn, Prissy, Sylvester

| rowspan="3" |April 1, 1980

|

|rowspan="3"|

  • Edited from the NBC TV special Daffy Duck's Easter Special
  • The Yolk's on You and Daffy Flies North were re-branded as Merrie Melodies shorts
The Chocolate Chase

|Friz Freleng

|Daffy Duck, Speedy

|

Daffy Flies North

|Tony Benedict
Gerry Chiniquy
Art Davis
Dave Detiege

|Daffy

|

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny

| rowspan="3" |Chuck Jones

|Bugs, Elmer, Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner (cameo)

| rowspan="3" |May 21, 1980

|

|rowspan="3"|

  • Edited from the CBS TV special Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over
  • Soup or Sonic was re-branded as a Merrie Melodies short
Spaced Out Bunny

|Bugs, Marvin, Hugo

|

Soup or Sonic

|Wile E. and Road Runner

|

Daffy & Porky in the William Tell Overture

|Dan Haskett

|Daffy, Porky

|rowspan="3"| April 17, 1991

|

|

= Other shorts =

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Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension

|{{nowrap|Douglas McCarthy}}

|Daffy, Marvin, K-9

|{{nowrap|October 23, 1996}}

|

|

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.

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Survival of the Dimmest

| May 1, 2001

| rowspan="10" | Toon Marooned

| rowspan="10" |

  • DVD - Looney Tunes: Reality Check

| rowspan="10" | 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

|

  • DVD - Looney Tunes: Reality Check

| Judge Judy parody

Twick or Tweety

| October 18, 2001

| N/A

|

  • DVD - Looney Tunes: Stranger Than Fiction

| N/A

Judge Granny: Case 2: Coyote vs. Roadrunner (Inherit the Windbag)

| November 1, 2001

| rowspan="2" | Judge Granny

| rowspan="2" |

  • DVD - Looney Tunes: Reality Check

| rowspan="2" | Judge Judy parody

Judge Granny: Case 3: Fudd vs. Duck (Fowl Play)

| November 15, 2001

Planet of the Taz

| November 29, 2001

| rowspan="3" | Planet of the Taz

| rowspan="5" |

  • DVD - Looney Tunes: Stranger Than Fiction

| rowspan="3" | 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

| rowspan="2" |N/A

| rowspan="2" |N/A

Satellite Sam

| February 7, 2002

Junkyard Run: Part 1

| February 21, 2002

| rowspan="3" | Junkyard Run

| rowspan="3" |

  • DVD - Looney Tunes: Reality Check

| rowspan="3" | The Cannonball Run parody

Junkyard Run: Part 2

| March 7, 2002

Junkyard Run: Part 3

| March 21, 2002

Sufferin' Sasquatch

| April 4, 2002

| rowspan="6" |Mysterious Phenomena of the Unexplained

| rowspan="13" |

  • DVD - Looney Tunes: Stranger Than Fiction

| rowspan="6" |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

| rowspan="5" | The Royal Mallard

| rowspan="5" | 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

| rowspan="2" | Aluminum Chef

| rowspan="5" |

  • DVD - Looney Tunes: Reality Check

| rowspan="2" | Iron Chef parody

Sylvester Cat vs. Tweety Bird

| November 21, 2002

Sports Blab#1

| December 5, 2002

| rowspan="2" | Sports Blab

| rowspan="2" | N/A

Sports Blab#2

| December 19, 2002

Tear Factor

| January 2, 2003

|N/A

| Fear Factor parody

Cat Stays in the Picture

| rowspan="4" | August 2004

| rowspan="22" |N/A

| rowspan="22" |N/A

| rowspan="11" |N/A

H2Uh-Oh!
Bunk Bedlam
Yosemite Slam
Parallel Porked

| rowspan="2" | September 2004

Full Metal Racket
Wile E. Coyote Ugly

| rowspan="2" | November 2004

Oh Taz, You Devil!
Multiplex Mallard

| December 2004

Snow Business

| rowspan="3" | January 2005

Maximum Tazocity
Noie Da Topo

| Mouse Trouble in English

Dating Do's and Don'ts: How to Be a "Mr. Good-Date"

| rowspan="2" |February 2005

| rowspan="10" |N/A

Daffy Dentist D.D.S.
Fast Feud

| rowspan="2" | April 2005

Stunt Duck
Psycho Kitty

| rowspan="2" | May 2005

Wild KingDumb
Malltown and Tazboy

| rowspan="3" | June 2005

Little Pet Shop of Horrors
Grand Master Rabbit
Dux's Tux's

| July 2005

=Commercial parodies=

The following Flash animation shorts were also released{{when|date=July 2023}} 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''=

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

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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)

External links

  • The Big Cartoon DataBase entry for [https://archive.today/20121204170735/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Warner_Bros_/Merrie_Melodies/index.html Merrie Melodies Cartoons] and for [https://archive.today/20121205000401/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Warner_Bros_/Looney_Tunes/index.html Looney Tunes Cartoons]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090706080219/http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/ Golden Age Cartoons' The Ultimate Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Website by Jon Cooke]
  • [https://www.wbkidsgo.com/looney-tunes Official site]

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