Marvin the Martian

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Marvin the Martian (in the English original Marvin the Martian ) is a character invented by Chuck Jones for the cartoons of the Warner Bros. film studios.

figure

Marvin is short, has a black, round head, but apart from two large eyes, no other anatomical structures can be recognized. He always wears a helmet reminiscent of that of a Roman centurion , a red shirt, white gloves, a circular skirt, red trousers and large tennis shoes.

voice

His voice came initially from Mel Blanc , later from Joe Alaskey . Marvin's voice, which originally sounded very British and distinguished, was taken over by the voice actor and dialogue author Eberhard Storeck , later Walter von Hauff , in the German version .

development

His first public appearance - still under the name Commander X-2 - Marvin had on the side of Bugs Bunny on July 24, 1948 in the film Bunnies in Space . In this story, Bugs Bunny gets caught as a "volunteer" in a rocket that goes to the moon . There Bugs meets Marvin, who is about to blow up the earth because, as he emphasizes, it blocks his view of Venus . Bugs thwarted this and since then Marvin has regarded the destruction of the earth as his life's work. In the golden age of American animated films, Marvin appeared in three other short films with Bugs Bunnys from 1952 to 1963 and in 1953 with Daffy Duck and Piggy Dick in Astro-Daffy . He then appeared in two short films from 1980 that were part of two television specials. Once in Spaced Out Bunny ( Bugs Bunny's Bustin 'Out All Over ) and again in The Return of the Duck Dodgers ( Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special ). In the mid-1990s, Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension (1996) and two other short film appearances followed.

At his side is Commander K9 , a green dog who wears the same helmet, the same skirt and the same sneakers as Marvin, as well as the so-called instant Martians , green, bird-like creatures that grow from small pills that you only take with you Pour water over it (hence " instant "). He also has a niece named Marcia.

Marvin the Martian starred in the 1979 theatrical compilation film Bugs Bunnys wild, daring hunt . Other compilation television specials in which he appeared appeared from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. He also appeared in the television series Mein Name ist Hase , shown on ZDF from 1983 to 1987 , which ran in the United States from 1960 to 2000 under the title The Bugs Bunny Show . Several other series appearances have followed since the 1990s. In the early 2000s, several webtoons were posted with him on the Looney Tunes website. Marvin was also in several direct-to-videos and in the three animated films, Wrong Game with Roger Rabbit (1988), where he had a short appearance, Space Jam (1996) and Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) see.

Marvin can be seen in various Warner parks within a 3D film . In Germany, the film ran in Warner Brothers Movie World (1996-2004). The film was also shown in Spain (Parque Warner) until 2010.

Heraldic animal for NASA

The NASA used it as an official emblem for its planetary missions of the Mars Rovers Spirit .

Filmography

Short films

  • LT stands for the Looney Tunes series, MM stands for the Merrie Melodies series
First broadcast (USA) German title Original title familiar characters LT / MM Director Remarks
July 24, 1948 Rabbits in space Haredevil Hare Bugs Bunny , K-9 LT Chuck Jones German alternative title: moon landing
June 7, 1952 Marvin the Martian The Hasty Hare Bugs Bunny, K-9 LT Chuck Jones
July 25, 1953 Astro-daffy Duck Dodgers in the 24th Century Daffy Duck , Piggy Dick MM Chuck Jones Hugo Award nomination; German alternative title: Astro-Duffy
29 Mar 1958 Star flight Hare way to the stars Bugs Bunny LT Chuck Jones newly published as MM
Oct 19, 1963 Marsh bunny Mad as a Mars Hare Bugs Bunny MM Chuck Jones German alternative title: Mars bunny
May 21, 1980 - Spaced out bunny Bugs Bunny, Hugo the Abominable Snowman MM Chuck Jones & Phil Monroe Part of the special: Bugs Bunny's Bustin 'Out All Over
Nov 20, 1980 The return of the Duck Dodger Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24th Century Daffy Duck, Piggy Dick, Gossamer MM Chuck Jones Part of the special: Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
Oct 6, 1995 - Another froggy evening Michigan J. Frog, short appearance: Pussyfoot LT Chuck Jones Brief appearance
June 29, 1996 Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension Daffy Duck, K-9 LT Douglas McCarthy
23 Aug 1996 - Superior Duck Daffy Duck, short appearances: Foghorn Leghorn , Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote , Piggy Dick, Taz , Tweety , Superman LT Chuck Jones Brief appearance

Compilation movie

TV Shows

documentary

TV specials

Some television specials appeared, most of which consist of old short films. Only Bugs Bunny's Bustin 'Out All Over from 1980 is an original animation production. In Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special from the same year there were to see a new Duck Dodgers short film.

Real films / animated films

Direct-to-Videos

Webtoons

In the early 2000s, several webtoons were published on the Looney Tunes website:

  • 2001: Toon Marooned # 10 (short appearance)
  • 2002: Mysterious Phenomena of the Unexplained # 2
  • 2002: Satellite Sam (short appearance)
  • 2002: Tech Suppork (short appearance)
  • Malltown and Tazboy (short appearance)
  • Parallel Porked (short appearance)

Real film

commercial

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  1. ↑ Article on spaceref.com [1] , June 2, 2003
  2. ↑ a b c Title at Bugs Bunny and Looney Tunes on fernsehserien.de
  3. ↑ Haredevil Hare ARD title on cartoonvergleich.blogspot.com. Yosemite Sam, August 11, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  4. ↑ a b c d e Time of Change VHS title on looneytunesingermany.blogspot.com. Yosemite Sam, December 21, 2009. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  5. ^ Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension in the online film database . Retrieved August 1, 2019.