#my personal favourite short is probably Is duck dodgers. great gags. just all-together looks fantastic with that purple planet X scenery

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it's pretty interesting how marvin's defining characteristics in pop culture are the blowing up earth to see venus motivation and 'where's the kaboom' "catchphrase", both things that come from and occur only once in his very penultimate appearance of the golden age era. but in addition to that, are more associated with his initial green/red design, not the gold/green palette actually used for those final two shorts.

what Does also contain that green/red design is duck dodgers and the 24th 1/2 century, one of the two marvin shorts included in the bugs bunny/road runner compilation movie, which also named him and uses a new illustration with the "classic" palette, and I'm guessing that's what embedded those elements into newer generations' public perception and later marketing. I dunno I just think seeing what factors are picked up most by pop culture surrounding classic media is neat!!

#just tipping the brain out lads #marvin the martian #looney tunes #it's kind of like how bugs & daffy are the go-to duo in mind but it's Porky & daffy that pre-date it #and continue to be paired up in new versions! #I'm trying to think of other cases where a character gets something they said one time attributed to them as a catchphrase? there must be #later materials using a line for fan pandering not counting obv. #in defence of the first association he does try to blow up earth twice in the original run. he just has no motivation the first time lmao #it's just presented as. yeah. he's an alien of course he's going to do that #my personal favourite short is probably Is duck dodgers. great gags. just all-together looks fantastic with that purple planet X scenery #actually. duck dodgers > the hasty hare > hare-way to the stars > haredevil hare > mad as a mars hare #haredevil hare only ends up so low bc there's only 5 shorts and it's gotta go somewhere. otherwise it's great and pretty solid #hare-way to the stars is basically the same premise but stonger and the red art-deco space structure backgrounds are Gorgeous #mad as a mars hare is just.. not very good. there aren't a lot of laughs. it's kind of all over the place it doen't really have an identity #it's also over before you know it #and ymmv but I think the ending acknowledging elmer fudd is a little corny? #long post #long Tags lol