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[[File:duck_dogers_4840.jpg|frame|Dodgers isn't worried, he's wearing his [[Bulletproof Vest|Disintegration-Proof Vest]]!]]


An obvious parody of ''[[Buck Rogers|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'', this [[The Golden Age of Animation|1953]] [[Chuck Jones]] short featured [[Daffy Duck]] as the eponymous Duck Dodgers, a cocky, spectacularly inept space hero who, with the help of an Eager Young Space Cadet played by [[Porky Pig]], battles Marvin the Martian for control of Planet X, only known location of "Illudium Phosdex", the shaving cream atom.
An obvious parody of ''[[Buck Rogers|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'', this [[The Golden Age of Animation|1953]] [[Chuck Jones]] short featured [[Daffy Duck]] as the eponymous Duck Dodgers, a cocky, spectacularly inept space hero who, with the help of an [[Eager Young Space Cadet]] played by [[Porky Pig]], battles Marvin the Martian for control of Planet X, only known location of "Illudium Phosdex", the shaving cream atom.


Also an obvious send-up of the [[Cold War]], with Earth representing the [[Yanks With Tanks|United States]] and Mars the [[Reds With Rockets|Soviet Union]]. The escalation of their conflict is a perfect illustration of the doctrine of Mutual Assured Destruction.
Also an obvious send-up of the [[Cold War]], with Earth representing the [[Yanks With Tanks|United States]] and Mars the [[Reds with Rockets|Soviet Union]]. The escalation of their conflict is a perfect illustration of the doctrine of Mutual Assured Destruction.


The popularity of this short led to a number of subsequent Duck Dodgers adventures, including a ''[[Duck Dodgers]]'' cartoon series fifty years later.
The popularity of this short led to a number of subsequent Duck Dodgers adventures, including a ''[[Duck Dodgers]]'' cartoon series fifty years later.


This short is also No. 4 on [[The 50 Greatest Cartoons]] list.
This short is also No. 4 on [[The 50 Greatest Cartoons]] list.

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=== Tropes Employed in this Cartoon Include: ===
* [[Eager Young Space Cadet]]
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* [[Had the Silly Thing In Reverse]]

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* [[An Aesop]]: Whether obvious or not, the creative team behind this short stated that it is an allegory for the Cold War. This can be read in the 50 Greatest Cartoons book.
* [[An Aesop]]: Whether obvious or not, the creative team behind this short stated that it is an allegory for the Cold War. This can be read in the 50 Greatest Cartoons book.
* [[Armor Is Useless]]: Inverted, it's the ''only'' thing that survives when Daffy gets shot
* [[Armor Is Useless]]: Inverted, it's the ''only'' thing that survives when Daffy gets shot.
* [["BANG!" Flag Gun]]: The Ultimatum Dispatcher
* [["BANG!" Flag Gun]]: The Ultimatum Dispatcher.
* [[Beleaguered Assistant]]: The Eager Young Space Cadet
* [[Beleaguered Assistant]]: The [[Eager Young Space Cadet]].
* [[Berserk Button]]: "That's the last straw! Now I use my secret weapon!"
* [[Berserk Button]]: "That's the last straw! Now I use my secret weapon!"
* [[Bulletproof Vest|Disintegration Proof Vest]]
* [[Bulletproof Vest|Disintegration-Proof Vest]]
** Note that only the ''vest'' is disintegration proof, not the guy inside it
** [[Exact Words]]: Note that only the ''vest'' is disintegration proof, not the guy inside it
* [[Captain Space, Defender of Earth!]]
* [[Captain Space, Defender of Earth!]]: ''[[Title Drop|"Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century!"]]''
* [[Disintegrator Ray]]: And brother, when it disintegrates, it ''disintegrates.''
* [[Disintegrator Ray]]: And brother, when it disintegrates, it ''disintegrates.''
** Well, what do you know? [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|It disintegrated.]]
** Well, what do you know? [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|It disintegrated.]]
* [[Escalating War]]: Between Dodgers and Marvin the Martian
* [[Escalating War]]: Between Dodgers and Marvin the Martian.
* [[Everything Explodes Ending]]: The cartoon ends with Dodgers and Marvin blowing up Planet X.
* [["Everything Explodes" Ending]]: The cartoon ends with Dodgers and Marvin blowing up Planet X.
* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]: ''See'' [[Disintegrator Ray]]'', above.''
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: ''See'' [[Disintegrator Ray]]'', above.''
* [[Glad I Thought of It]]: Finding the way to Planet X. Gad, how ''does'' he do it?
* [[Glad I Thought of It]]: Finding the way to Planet X. Gad, how ''does'' he do it?
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* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]: Porky Pig as the Eager Young Space Cadet.
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* [[Had the Silly Thing In Reverse]]: The [[Trope Namer]]
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* [[Instant People, Just Add Water]]: The Integrating Pistol.
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* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]: Porky Pig as the Eager Young Space Cadet
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* [[Ironic Echo]]: "[[Not Big Enough for the Two of Us|There ain't enough room on this planet for the two of us!]]"
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* [[Instant People, Just Add Water]]: The Integrating Pistol
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* [[Ironic Echo]]: "[[Not Big Enough for The Two of Us|There ain't enough room on this planet for the two of us!]]"
* [[Large Ham]]: DUCK DODGERS! IN THE 24th AND A HALF CENTURY!
* [[Large Ham]]: DUCK DODGERS! IN THE 24th AND A HALF CENTURY!
* [[Layman's Terms]]: Dodgers explaining how they will navigate to Planet X
* [[Layman's Terms]]: Dodgers explaining how they will navigate to Planet X.
* [[Messy Pig]]: Only in Duck Dodger's head.
* [[Messy Pig]]: Only in Duck Dodger's head.
* [[Mineral MacGuffin]]: Illudium Fosdex -- the Shaving Cream Atom
* [[Mineral MacGuffin]]: Illudium Fosdex -- the Shaving Cream Atom.
* [[Morally-Ambiguous Ducktorate]]
* [[Morally-Ambiguous Ducktorate]]: Dodgers, of course.
* [[Earthshattering Kaboom|Planet X Shattering Kaboom]]
* [[Earthshattering Kaboom|Planet-X-Shattering Kaboom]]
* [[Pyrrhic Villainy]]: By the ''Hero'', yet. (''See'' [[What the Hell, Hero?]],'' below.'')
* [[Pyrrhic Villainy]]: By the ''Hero'', yet. (''See'' [[What the Hell, Hero?]],'' below.'')
* [[Retro Rocket]]: Both Dodgers' and Marvin's
* [[Retro Rocket]]: Both Dodgers' and Marvin's.
* [[Screw Your Ultimatum]]
* [[Screw Your Ultimatum]]: the Ultimatum Responder.
* [[Space Cadet]]: As in, Eager Young
* [[The Television Talks Back]]: Marvin shoots Dodgers from the screen on which Dodgers is watching him.
* [[The Television Talks Back]]: Marvin shoots Dodgers from the screen on which Dodgers is watching him.
* [[Title Drop]]: Duck Dodgers himself is prone to this.
* [[Title Drop]]: Duck Dodgers himself is prone to this.
* [[Trick Bullet]]: Dodgers fires an Ultimatum Gun at Marvin, which shoots a bullet that stops in mid-air, opens and out pops a written ultimatum. Marvin responds with an Ultimatum Responder, which fires a bullet that stops and shoots a bullet of its own. Dodgers fires the Ultimatum gun again, and this time the bullet's message reads "Ouch!"
* [[Trick Bullet]]: Dodgers fires an Ultimatum Gun at Marvin, which shoots a bullet that stops in mid-air, opens and out pops a written ultimatum. Marvin responds with an Ultimatum Responder, which fires a bullet that stops and shoots a bullet of its own. Dodgers fires the Ultimatum gun again, and this time the bullet's message reads "Ouch!"
* [[Visual Pun]]: Planet X's name. The unknow zone has all the planet by letters and begins with Planet A. And have the letter printed in them.
* [[Visual Pun]]: Planet X's name. The unknown zone has all the planet by letters and begins with Planet A. And have the letter visible on them in the shape of the planet's largest continent.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Dodgers ends up blowing up the only known supply of the Shaving Cream Atom.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Dodgers ends up blowing up the only known supply of the Shaving Cream Atom.


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Latest revision as of 13:19, 19 April 2021

Dodgers isn't worried, he's wearing his Disintegration-Proof Vest!

An obvious parody of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, this 1953 Chuck Jones short featured Daffy Duck as the eponymous Duck Dodgers, a cocky, spectacularly inept space hero who, with the help of an Eager Young Space Cadet played by Porky Pig, battles Marvin the Martian for control of Planet X, only known location of "Illudium Phosdex", the shaving cream atom.

Also an obvious send-up of the Cold War, with Earth representing the United States and Mars the Soviet Union. The escalation of their conflict is a perfect illustration of the doctrine of Mutual Assured Destruction.

The popularity of this short led to a number of subsequent Duck Dodgers adventures, including a Duck Dodgers cartoon series fifty years later.

This short is also No. 4 on The 50 Greatest Cartoons list.

WARNING! There are unmarked Spoilers ahead. Beware.

Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century is the Trope Namer for:
Tropes used in Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century include:
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