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Cool Show; One episode is based entirely on Star Trek, 18 April 2005
Author: monstermania from california

This is a cool series that takes old characters and uses them to spoof Alien, TNG/VOY, and countless other sci-fi shows. The animation is well done, and the voices are true to the characters.

I think that it is great for older kids and adults because of some of the inside jokes that may confuse. However, if you know a bit about popular culture, you will see lots of cool gags and references to modern TV and film. I especially like the design of ships, as the earth ships are very classically styled and the Martian ships are kind of like Akira class vessels from Star Trek.

The episode "The Fudd" is based on the concept of the Borg from Star Trek in every way. It was cool to see Trek being used in such a funny way.

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Very Funny Cartoon!, 5 October 2003
Author: SonicStuart from Kansas City, MO

I think this is a very funny cartoon! It is a spoof of an old TV show called Buck Rodgers and then came The spoof Duck Dodgers.

One time in late 1998 when I was out in Los Angeles, CA to see Hanna-Barbera and Warner Brothers cartoon studios, when I was in the Warner-Brothers studio, I saw a few posters of Duck Dodgers and I was thinking are they going to make a TV show of Duck Dodgers? Then I thought that would be funny if they did because of seeing a lot of space future adventures with Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, plus seeing Daffy Duck being blowin' up in action! Then 5 years later they made one. I watch it every Saturday Morning @ 10:30 am on Cartoon Network!

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Very Enjoyable!!, 23 December 2005
Author: vales1431 from United States

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I was never much into the Looney Tunes bandwagon (more of a Hanna-Barbera fan actually) but when I first caught a glimpse of Duck Dodgers on the Boomerang Channel, that was it! I have been following it loyally ever since. The show is funny, very graphically-detailed and well put together. The relationship between Dodgers and his "eager space cadet" Porky kills me with laughter, as does his hi-jinx confrontations with his rival Marvin the Martian, all amid

the "cold war/ us versus them" face-off between Earth and Mars. I love the ship designs , not to mention plots borrowed from other science-fiction movies and shows (i.e. the episode where the Martian Queen pursues Dodgers into a Nebula thus provoking a game of hide-and-seek a-la-Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan). I honestly cannot get enough of this show; for a cartoon, in my opinion, it is definitely up there with all sci-fi/comedy/actioners! Wonderfully thought out indeed.

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i like it, 23 September 2003
Author: Thermal Heat (ThermalHeat) from nyc

My favorite part of the show is the theme song at the begining sung by tom jones it just makes the show for me. After that who cares. it does have it moments for me after all i always thought daffy duck was histercal and porky pig as his sidekick is great.

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Mixed feelings, 15 April 2006
Author: Drake TigerClaw from United States

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Well as with so many of the recycled cartoons out there I have mixed feelings about duck dodgers. The show had a lot of potential because its silly sci-fi and you can do anything with it. But then again as usual they tried to throw in a bunch or lame jokes and clichés. There are also a number of vague references to other shows and movies, which go over a lot of people's heads. The animation is a bit above the typical for a modern series and in an unusual twist the CG work does not look totally out of place.

Over all I liked the series (Aside: and the Martian Queen) but it could have been made better in a few ways.

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The fate of the universe is in the hands of a stupid duck, 17 June 2008
10/10
Author: pootie_tang from Between Dingataca's toes

In the year 2003, Duck Dodgers was the water boy of his college football team when, for unknown reasons, he was frozen for three and a half centuries. After being unfrozen by I.Q. Hi, and most likely through trickery and deceit, Dodgers managed to gain status as captain of his own ship as well as gaining a crew member(the eager young space cadet) and even a few sworn enemies(Commander X-2(a.k.a. Marvin the Martian) and the queen of Mars). Despite a few returning characters as well as the setting being the same (in idea at least), this cartoon series is nowhere near a rehash of the original Looney Tunes short from many decades back.

Duck Dodgers is oblivious, incompetent, vain, selfish, and hopelessly dimwitted ("my beautiful face and charisma may not be enough to carry this show"). Cadet is Dodgers' ill-treated and under-appreciated("here's to me keeping you off the streets for another year Cadet!") yet faithful assistant (who often does much more work than his captain) and he is the sanest character on the show. I.Q. Hi is Dodgers' boss who for some reason puts his trust in Dodgers eliminating bad guys from the galaxy. Commander X-2 is Dodgers' seemingly eternal enemy who periodically schemes with the queen of Mars to think of ways to kill Duck Dodgers. He is also a mama's boy. The Martian queen seems sane enough except for the fact that she thinks Dodgers is a heroic genius and she has a love-hate relationship with him(but mostly hate). There are also many surprise appearances of characters from cartoons past.

Without a doubt, this show's greatest advantage is the voice acting. Even very funny and clever jokes won't translate well in a cartoon if the actors lack comic timing and delivery. I've seen a lot of shows, both cartoon and not, and I honestly think Duck Dodgers had some of the best comedy and voice acting ever. Joe Alaskey who does the voices of both Duck Dodgers and Marvin the Martian is spot on with the characters. I never would have even guessed he did both of their voices if I hadn't checked IMDb. The characters of Cadet and Marvin were twisted and made more interesting and I have to say it's probably difficult to make classic characters funny in a whole new way but they did it.

This brings me to the comedy, which is obviously one of the most important things. Well, this show definitely delivers if you're tired of the same old garbage that somehow passes off as animated comedy nowadays. When I first saw it I expected very little to be honest. But what I got was one of the funniest and best conceived shows I'd seen in a while..which was a surprise considering this is an action comedy starring a cartoon duck.

This show also had some of the funniest and most ridiculous plots: - Dodgers and Cadet are ordered to enforce law on a distant planet while dressed up as bikers. Upon arriving there it seems the planet's inhabitants are law-abiding citizens. So Dodgers decides that in order to not have to pay for his bike, they will have to make the citizens into a violent biker gang. - Dodgers can't take the pressure of his job anymore so he quits and decides to work in the fast food industry. - A music legend is unfrozen by Dodgers' crew when they need help to fend off the Martians, whose latest plan involves replacing the Earth's music with easy listening jazz. - Dodgers accidentally eats a rare and poisonous fish and hallucinates that he is in a Samurai Jack episode. - In one of my favorite episodes, a virus known as 'The Fudd' is spreading and everyone who comes in contact with it develops the characteristics of a certain hunter.

Not only did Duck Dodgers have great writing, characters, animation, and comedy, but it also had some cool guest stars lend their voices to the show. The theme song is even sung by Tom Jones and although I'm not a huge fan of his I do think that's pretty impressive for a cartoon on cartoon network! Even Quentin Tarantino, Brian Wilson, and Bruce Campbell appeared which was especially cool for me since I'm a big fan of them.

My only complaint is that this show isn't on DVD…and Cartoon Network put the crap that is Baby Looney Tunes on DVD! What the hell??

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I agree its not the best, but I think it's still good., 20 October 2003
Author: SSJAniFan from Pine Valley, California

Okay, a few people have trashed this series, and a few others like it. I would head more towards the like side, I don't think it's the best show ever, but it's nice. Daffy, as usual, is the typical clueless, egotistical loveable moron who needs his sidekick(Porky)'s help in most cases. These try to add a science fiction-esque twist to the Looney Tunes characters. While I agree that the series is not as good as the original 50's short, I don't think the series is trying to take its place, and I think the creators know this. To try and take the place of Chuck Jones's original masterpiece would probably be impossible, and I believe that when this show was created the writers knew this, which is why it is quite different from the the original, and even its lackluster sequel. Still, it's way better than Powerpuff Girls(gag me).

BOTTOM LINE: Although I won't be frantically searching this show out, it is a nice way to kill half an hour if I happen upon it.

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Has it's moments!, 7 November 2005
Author: Tiro Lihipha from Canada

Duck Dogers isn't the stink people make it out to be. Though it may steal jokes and ideas from other shows it also improves them! It usually has very interesting stories with good voice acting, which actually sound like the original characters! And occasionally has me rolling on my sides laughing at it's stupid jokes. Like the episode "The six wazillion dollar duck" with some nutty doctor who can't go without saying something totally hilarious every line he has! So give it a shot it's not a bad show one of the best new Donald duck shows! Give it a watch, you might find it brings back memories of the old WB cartoons, with a new style comic twist!

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to quack or not to quack, 23 October 2003
Author: aaronj2004 from shoreline, wa



i love duck dodgers a lot

there is a good moment from last week's episode that i find funny when dodgers met the green lantern before he got back his uniform and what is even funnier .. he was not in his uniform he was just in his feathers

now that i've got that joke out of the way,

dodgers should get more crew members for his ship to appear in season 2 [when that time comes] most of my suggestions for crew members would include; - bugs bunny [as a admiral] - pepe le pew [as a lieutenant] - lola bunny [as medical officer] - sylvester the cat [as engineer officer] and other looney toons characters - and the reason i'm making these crew character suggestions for season 2 is because that it's just only daff and porky i mean, daff should have improvements on that ship, to fit a bigger crew

i mean , let's face the facts , does dodgers not like being picked up no does he like having to eat disgusting parasites no does he like to see the cadet scared of various stuff no my point is, if you have more than one member on a ship there's a greater chance that dodgers will listen to not only the cadet but also the other members if it's just him and the cadet, then the cadet is pretty much is on his own

now to end this comment with a duck dodgers version of a quote from shakespeare's hamlet

"to quack or not to quack , that is the question"

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There out to be a law!, 1 November 2005
Author: ldavis-2 from lalaland

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I finally saw "Duck Dodgers" last night. As Chuck Jones and Mel Blanc (bless them) are no longer with us, I was prepared for a letdown, and I wasn't disappointed!

In the original, Daffy was a bombastic nitwit, which was part of his charm; here, he's a loathsome prick! In the episode I saw, he demands help as he has Eager Young Space Cadet cleaning his house. Mr. Hi assigns him a robot. Dodgers likes the robot until he dispatches the bad guys better that Dodgers ever did, earning Mr. Hi's raves. Dodgers is now hell-bent on getting rid of him. When the robot sacrifices himself for him, Dodgers actually seems devastated -- until Mr. Hi says he can rebuild him. Dodgers throws a fit, stomping on the heap of metal that saved his life!

I was so disgusted by what the no-talent clowns behind this "cartoon" did to Daffy and Porky, I'll never watch this "Duck Dodgers" again!

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