Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1970–present and miscellaneous)

Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1970–present and miscellaneous)

This is a listing of all the animated shorts released by Warner Bros. under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners between 1970 and today, plus a listing of feature films, television programs, television specials, and various other animated shorts and productions distributed and/or produced by WB.

A total of 35 regular shorts have been released since 1970.

Contents

1970–present — 35 titles

Theatrical cartoons — 14 titles

Limited releases — 6 titles

Title Series Director Characters Release date City Notes DVD & Blu-ray availability
The Duxorcist LT Greg Ford,
Terry Lennon
Daffy, Melissa 1987-11-20 LA/NYC Shown as a scene in Daffy Duck's Quackbusters Space Jam two-disc DVD,
The Essential Daffy Duck
The Night of the Living Duck MM Greg Ford,
Terry Lennon
Daffy 1988-09-23 LA/NYC Shown at the beginning of Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
Mel Blanc's final Looney Tunes short
Space Jam two-disc DVD,
The Essential Daffy Duck
Another Froggy Evening LT Chuck Jones Marvin, Michigan 1995-10-06 LA Space Jam two-disc DVD,
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1
From Hare to Eternity LT Chuck Jones Bugs, Michigan (cameo), Sam 1996-03-XX LA The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie,
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1
Father of the Bird LT Stephen Fossatti Sylvester 1997-11-14 LA Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1
Little Go Beep LT Spike Brandt Wile E. and Road Runner 2000-12-30 LA Daffy Duck's Quackbusters,
Supergenius Hijinks

Other theatrical releases — 11 titles

Title Series Director Characters Release date Released theatrically in Film shown with DVD & Blu-ray availability
Box Office Bunny LT Darrell Van Citters Bugs, Daffy, Elmer 1991-02-11 US, Canada, Mexico The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
Chariots of Fur LT Chuck Jones Wile E. and Road Runner 1994-12-21 Richie Rich Supergenius Hijinks
Carrotblanca LT Douglas McCarthy Beaky, Bugs, The Crusher, Daffy, Foghorn, Barnyard, Giovanni Jones, Gossamer, Granny, Miss Prissy, Mugsy, Penelope, Pepé, Pete Puma, Porky, Sam, Sam Sheepdog, Sylvester, Tweety 1995-08-25 The Amazing Panda Adventure Casablanca two-disc special edition,
The Essential Bugs Bunny
Superior Duck LT Chuck Jones Daffy, Foghorn, Marvin, Porky, Taz, Tweety 1996-08-23 US and its territories Carpool Daffy Duck's Quackbusters,
The Essential Daffy Duck,
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1
Pullet Surprise LT Darrell Van Citters Foghorn, Pete 1997-03-26 Cats Don't Dance The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
Coyote Falls LT Matthew O'Callaghan Wile E. and Road Runner 2010-07-30 Worldwide Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore,
Supergenius Hijinks
Fur of Flying LT Matthew O'Callaghan Wile E. and Road Runner 2010-09-24 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole,
Supergenius Hijinks
Rabid Rider LT Matthew O'Callaghan Wile E. and Road Runner 2010-12-17 Yogi Bear Yogi Bear,
Supergenius Hijinks
I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat LT Matthew O'Callaghan Sylvester and Tweety Bird 2011-11-18 Happy Feet Two Happy Feet Two
Daffy's Rhapsody LT Matthew O'Callaghan Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd 2012
Untitled Wile E. Coyote & Road Runner LT Matthew O'Callaghan Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote 2012

Non-theatrical cartoons — 21 titles

Made-for-TV cartoons — 10 titles

Title Series Director Characters Release date Notes DVD & Blu-ray availability
Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol MM Friz Freleng Bugs, Elmer, Foghorn, Pepé, Petunia, Porky, Sam, Sylvester, Tweety 1979-11-27 Edited from the television special Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales LTGC Volume 5, Disc 4 (special feature)
Freeze Frame MM Chuck Jones Wile E. and Road Runner 1979-11-27 LTGC Volume 5, Disc 4 (special feature)
The Fright Before Christmas MM Friz Freleng Bugs, Taz 1979-11-27 LTGC Volume 5, Disc 4 (special feature),
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1
The Chocolate Chase LT Friz Freleng Daffy, Speedy 1980-04-01 Edited from the television special Daffy Duck's Easter Special LTGC Volume 6, Disc 1 (special feature),
4 Classic Cartoons promotional DVD,
The Essential Daffy Duck(special feature)
Daffy Flies North MM Tony Benedict
Gerry Chiniquy
Art Davis
Dave Detiege
Daffy 1980-04-01 LTGC Volume 6, Disc 1 (special feature),
The Essential Daffy Duck(special feature)
The Yolk's on You MM Tony Benedict
Gerry Chiniquy
Art Davis
Dave Detiege
Daffy, Foghorn, Prissy, Sylvester 1980-04-01 LTGC Volume 6, Disc 1 (special feature),
The Essential Daffy Duck(special feature)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny MM Chuck Jones Bugs, Elmer 1980-05-21 Edited from the television special Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over LTGC Volume 5, Disc 4 (special feature)
Spaced-Out-Bunny MM Chuck Jones Bugs, Marvin 1980-05-21 LTGC Volume 5, Disc 4 (special feature),
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1
Soup or Sonic MM Chuck Jones Wile E. and Road Runner 1980-05-21 LTGC Volume 5, Disc 4 (special feature)
Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century MM Chuck Jones Daffy, Gossamer, Marvin, Porky 1980-11-20 Planned for theatrical release, then changed into a TV format cartoon, edited from the television special Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Daffy Duck's Quackbusters,
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1,
The Essential Daffy Duck (special feature)

Premiered on DVD or TV — 4 titles

Title Series Director Characters Release date Notes DVD availability
(Blooper) Bunny MM Greg Ford,
Terry Lennon
Bugs, Daffy, Elmer, Sam 1991-02-01 Planned for theatrical release, first shown on Cartoon Network LTGC Volume 1, Disc 1 (special feature)
Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers LT Greg Ford,
Terry Lennon
Bugs, Daffy, Elmer, Porky, Sam 1992-12-31 Planned for theatrical release, first shown on Nickelodeon Space Jam two-disc DVD (edited),
The Essential Bugs Bunny (uncut version)
Daffy Duck for President LT Spike Brandt,
Tony Cervone
Bugs, Daffy 2004-11-02 Direct-to-DVD short, planned for theatrical release LTGC Volume 2, Disc 3 (special feature),
The Essential Daffy Duck
Daffy & Porky in the William Tell Overture MM Dan Haskett Daffy, Porky 2006 Edited from the 1991 television special Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster LTGC Volume 4, Disc 2 (special feature)

Premiered elsewhere — 1 title

Title Series Director Characters Release date Notes DVD & Blu-ray availability
Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension LT Douglas McCarthy Daffy, Marvin 1996-06-29 Theme park attraction at Warner Bros. Movie World Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1

Planned for theatrical release, but never screened theatrically — 6 titles

Title Series Director Characters Release date Notes
The Whizzard of Ow LT Bret Haaland Wile E. and Road Runner 2003-11-01 Premiere at Wal-Mart stores, available on the Looney Tunes: Back in Action DVD and Supergenius Hijinks
Museum Scream LT Dan Povenmire Sylvester, Tweety 2004-03-31 Available on bonus disc of Australian edition of Looney Tunes: Back in Action and Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1
Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas LT Bill Kopp,
Peter Shin
Bugs, Sam 2004-03-31 Available on bonus disc of Australian edition of Looney Tunes: Back in Action and The Essential Bugs Bunny
Attack of the Drones LT Rich Moore Daffy (as Duck Dodgers) 2004-03-31 Available on bonus disc of Australian edition of Looney Tunes: Back in Action and The Essential Daffy Duck
Cock-A-Doodle Duel LT Peter Shin Foghorn 2004-03-31 Available on bonus disc of Australian edition of Looney Tunes: Back in Action
My Generation G-G-Gap LT Dan Povenmire Porky 2004-03-31 Available on bonus disc of Australian edition of Looney Tunes: Back in Action

There have been several stories planned and storyboarded in 2004 but many of them were canceled due to the box-office failure of Looney Tunes: Back in Action.[citation needed]

Miscellaneous shorts — 12 titles

Title Director Release date DVD & Blu-ray availability Notes
Breakdowns of 1939 Unknown 1939-XX-XX LTGC Volume 4, Disc 4 Porky Pig appears in the annual Warner Bros. blooper reel and swears.
Any Bonds Today? Bob Clampett 1942-XX-XX LTGC Volume 1, Disc 3 (part of ToonHeads: The Lost Cartoons) (edited) Bugs, Elmer, and Porky all appear
Point Rationing of Foods Chuck Jones 1943-02-XX LTGC Volume 3, Disc 3, LTPC Volume 1, Disc 3 (special feature)
Hell-Bent for Election Chuck Jones 1944-07-XX LTPC Volume 1, Disc 3 (special feature) FDR campaign short
Dive Bombing Crashes 1945-XX-XX Only entry in the Navy's Flight Safety Training film series made by Warner Bros.
So Much for So Little Chuck Jones 1949-XX-XX LTGC Volume 2, Disc 4, LTPC Volume 1, Disc 3 (special feature)
Orange Blossoms for Violet Chuck Jones 1952-05-24 LTGC Volume 2, Disc 4, LTPC Volume 1, Disc 3 (special feature) Not an animated film.
A Hitch in Time Chuck Jones 1955-XX-XX LTPC Volume 1, Disc 3 (special feature)
90 Day Wondering Chuck Jones 1956-XX-XX LTGC Volume 4, Disc 3, LTPC Volume 1, Disc 3 (special feature) featuring Ralph Phillips
Drafty, Isn't It? Chuck Jones 1956-XX-XX LTGC Volume 4, Disc 3, LTPC Volume 1, Disc 3 (special feature) featuring Ralph Phillips
Adventures of the Road-Runner Chuck Jones 1962-06-02 LTGC Volume 2, Disc 2 TV-pilot
Later cut down into three shorts.
Philbert: Three's a Crowd Richard Donner (live action)
Friz Freleng (animation)
1963-04-01 LTGC Volume 3, Disc 4 TV-pilot
The Door[1][2] Ken Mundie 1968-06-01 LTPC Volume 1, Disc 3 (special feature) Produced by "Campbell-Silver-Cosby Corporation," a studio co-owned by Bill Cosby, who was then a popular recording artist with Warner Bros. Records. Cosby and Mundie would later team up to create Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids.

Notes

  • Jasper Goes Hunting is a George Pal Puppetoon Stop-motion animation film with a brief standard animation cameo appearance of Bugs Bunny (animated by Robert McKimson), Released by Paramount Pictures in 1944.
  • Neath The Bababa Tree and Put On The Spout cartoons by Dr. Seuss and were only distributed by Warner Bros in 1931. Both toons are thought to be lost.
  • I'm Mad from 1994 is not part of the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies series. It was shown with the film Thumbelina and is more a part of the Animaniacs TV series.

Spooney Melodies — 5 titles

Title Director Release date LTGC availability (all as special features) Notes
Cryin' for the Carolines Unknown 1930-12-XX LTGC Volume 1, Disc 3 (part of ToonHeads: The Lost Cartoons)
LTGC Volume 6, Disc 3
A live basic animation 5 minute short featuring Milton Charles, "The Singing Organist." The only known surviving one of the 'Spooney Melodies' series.
Just a Gigolo Unknown 1931-5-XX
Say a Little Prayer for Me Unknown 1931-7-XX
When your Lover has gone Unknown 1931-9-XX
For You Unknown 1931-12-XX

Private Snafu shorts — 26 titles

Title Director Release date LTGC availability (all as special features) Note
Coming!! Snafu Chuck Jones 1943-06-XX LTGC Volume 5, Disc 3
Gripes Friz Freleng 1943-07-XX LTGC Volume 5, Disc 3
Spies Chuck Jones 1943-08-XX LTGC Volume 3, Disc 4;
The Goldbrick Frank Tashlin 1943-09-XX LTGC Volume 4, Disc 2
The Infantry Blues Chuck Jones 1943-09-XX
Fighting Tools Bob Clampett 1943-10-XX
The Home Front Frank Tashlin 1943-11-XX LTGC Volume 4, Disc 2
Rumors Friz Freleng 1943-12-XX LTGC Volume 3, Disc 4
Booby Traps Bob Clampett 1944-01-XX
Snafuperman Friz Freleng 1944-03-XX LTGC Volume 3, Disc 4
Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike Chuck Jones 1944-03-XX
A Lecture on Camouflage Chuck Jones 1944-04-XX
Gas Chuck Jones 1944-05-XX
Going Home Chuck Jones Unrelesed,
(Planned for 1944)
The often-quoted "Coming Home" is a non-existent title. It refers to "Going Home" - "Coming Home" was a result of an old typo. [3]
The Chow Hound Frank Tashlin 1944-06-XX
Censored Frank Tashlin 1944-07-XX LTGC Volume 4, Disc 2
Outpost Chuck Jones 1944-08-XX
Pay Day Friz Freleng 1944-09-XX
Three Brothers Friz Freleng 1944-09-XX
Target: Snafu Friz Freleng 1944-10-XX
In the Aleutians - Isles of Enchantment Chuck Jones 1945-02-XX
It's Murder She Says Chuck Jones 1945-02-XX
Hot Spot Friz Freleng 1945-07-XX
No Buddy Atoll Chuck Jones 1945-07-XX
Operation Snafu Friz Freleng 1945-10-XX
Secrets of the Caribbean Chuck Jones Unreleased
(planned for 1945)
Master given to the Army[4]
Lost cartoon

Note:Private Snafu Cartoons, made by UPA, MGM, and Harman-Ising studio (in 1940's) are not listed.

Seaman Hook shorts (made for the U.S. Navy in 1945) — 3 titles

Title Director Release date LTGC availability (all as special features) Notes
The Good Egg Chuck Jones 1945-XX-XX Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5
The Return of Mr. Hook Robert McKimson 1945-XX-XX Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5
Tokyo Woes Robert Clampett 1945-XX-XX Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5

Notes

  • "Take Heed Mr. Tojo" is the first cartoon in the Hook series produced at Walter Lantz studio and released in December 1944.

Webtoons — 63 titles

Individual Episodes

  • Bunk Bedlam
  • Cat Stays in the Picture
  • Daffy Dentist DDS
  • Dating Do's and Don'ts: How to Be a "Mr. Good-Date"
  • Dux's Tux's
  • Fast Feud
  • Full Metal Racket
  • Grand Master Rabbit
  • H2 Uh-Oh
  • The Island of Dr. Moron
  • Malltown and Tazboy
  • The Matwix
  • Maximum Tazocity
  • Multiplex Mallard
  • Oh Taz, You Devil
  • Parallel Porked
  • Satellite Sam
  • Snow Business
  • Sports Blab #1 & 2
  • Stunt Duck
  • Tear Factor (Fear Factor parody)
  • Tech Suppork
  • Twick or Tweety
  • Wild KingDumb
  • Wile E. Coyote Ugly
  • Yosemite Slam

Series

  • Aluminum Chef (Iron Chef parody)
    • Elmer Fudd vs. Yosemite Sam
    • Sylvester Cat vs. Tweety Bird
  • Judge Granny (Judge Judy parody)
    • Case 1: Tweety vs. Sylvester
    • Case 2: Coyote vs. Roadrunner
    • Case 3: Fudd vs. Duck
  • Junkyard Run (Cannonball Run Parody) (Parts 1, 2, & 3)
  • Mysterious Phenomena of the Unexplained
    • #1: Sufferin Sasquatch
    • #2: Who Wants to Be a Martian-aire?
    • #3: Loch Ness Mess
    • #4: Cropsy Curvy
    • #5: The Bermuda Short
    • #6: The Taming of the Screwball
    • #7: ¡El Chupacabra!
  • Planet of the Taz (Planet of the Apes parody)
    • #1: Planet of the Taz
    • #2: Beneath the Planet of the Taz
    • #3: Enough With the Planet of the Taz
  • The Royal Mallard
    • #1: Gone in 30 Minutes
    • #2: Window Pains
    • #3: Daffy's Meat Market
    • #4: Cube Wars
    • #5: Hogs & Kisses
  • Toon Marooned (Survivor parody)
    • Part 1: "Survival of the Dimmest"
    • Part 2: "Beach, Blanket, Bang-O"
    • Part 3: "Helter Shelter"
    • Part 4: "Finder's Eaters"
    • Part 5: "Sandcastle Hassle"
    • Part 6: "I've Misplaced My Piano"
    • Part 7: "Spread, Seared and Feared"
    • Part 8: "Oh My Darlin' Serpentine"
    • Part 9: "Obstacles, of Course"
    • Part 10: "Fowl Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain"

Commercials

  • "Anvil-O's" (cereal)
  • "Caves" (parody of MTV Cribs)
  • "D.I.P.S. (Department of Investigations of Paranormal Sightings)"
  • "Da Beepo" (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" (video game)
  • "Looney Tunes Cruise Lines"
  • "Porky's Pizza Palace"
  • "Stone Cold Duck"
  • "50/50" (20/20 parody)
  • "Twick or Tweety"
  • "Judge Granny"
  • "Mysterious Phenomena of the Unexplained"
  • "The Royal Mallard"
  • "Toon Marooned"
  • "Planet of the Taz"

Feature films

Television specials

Notes

  1. ^ Independently produced film (1967 copyright) purchased and distributed by WB in 1968
  2. ^ ibid.
  3. ^ http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/miscelooneyous/snafu/
  4. ^ http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/miscelooneyous/snafu/

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)

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