Template:Short description This is a listing of all theatrical animated shorts released by Warner Bros. under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners between 1970 and the present. It also lists shorts originally planned for theatrical release and other shorts that were not feature films, television series, or television specials.
A total of 38 animated shorts have been released since 1970.
1970–present
Theatrical cartoons
General theatrical releases
| Title | Director | Characters | Release date | Film shown with | Release location | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
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| The Duxorcist | Greg Ford, Terry Lennon |
Daffy, Melissa | November 20, 1987 | First screened independently with any feature film of exhibitor's choice, but was also edited into Daffy Duck's Quackbusters[1] | Los Angeles, New York |
Space Jam two-disc DVD, The Essential Daffy Duck, Looney Tunes Parodies Collection |
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| The Night of the Living Duck | Daffy | September 23, 1988 | First given a limited run at the New York Film Festival then shown at the beginning of Daffy Duck's Quackbusters[2] | Los Angeles. New York |
Space Jam two-disc DVD, The Essential Daffy Duck |
Mel Blanc's final short; Branded as a Merrie Melodies short | |
| Box-Office Bunny | Darrell Van Citters | Bugs, Daffy, Elmer | February 8, 1991 | The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter | US, Canada, Mexico | The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie | First Bugs Bunny cartoon since 1964 and first Elmer Fudd cartoon since 1962. |
| Chariots of Fur | Chuck Jones | Wile E. and Road Runner | December 21, 1994 | Richie Rich | Supergenius Hijinks, Looney Tunes Parodies Collection |
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| Carrotblanca | Douglas McCarthy | Bugs, The Crusher, Daffy, Foghorn, Barnyard, Giovanni Jones, Gossamer, Granny, Miss Prissy, Mugsy, Penelope, Pepé, Pete Puma, Porky, Sam, Sam Sheepdog, Sylvester, Tweety, & Beaky | August 25, 1995 | The Amazing Panda Adventure | Casablanca two-disc special edition, The Essential Bugs Bunny, Looney Tunes Parodies Collection |
Features more characters than any other cartoon | |
| Superior Duck | Chuck Jones | Daffy, Foghorn, Marvin, Porky, Taz, Tweety, Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote | August 23, 1996 | Carpool | US and its territories | Daffy Duck's Quackbusters, The Essential Daffy Duck, Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1, Joe's Apartment Blu-ray |
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| Pullet Surprise | Darrell Van Citters | Foghorn, Pete Puma | March 26, 1997 | Cats Don't Dance | The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie, Looney Tunes Parodies Collection | ||
| Coyote Falls | Matthew O'Callaghan | Wile E. and Road Runner | July 30, 2010 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Worldwide | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Supergenius Hijinks, Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run |
computer-animated; directed by Matthew O'Callaghan and produced by Reel FX Creative Studios |
| Fur of Flying | Wile E. and Road Runner | September 24, 2010 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, Supergenius Hijinks, Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run | |||
| Rabid Rider | Wile E. and Road Runner | December 17, 2010 | Yogi Bear | Yogi Bear, Supergenius Hijinks, Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run | |||
| I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat | Sylvester, Tweety, Granny | November 18, 2011 | Happy Feet Two | US and its territories | Happy Feet Two, Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run | ||
| Daffy's Rhapsody | Daffy, Elmer, Bugs (cameo), Taz (cameo), Tweety (cameo), Wile E. Coyote & Road Runner (cameo) | February 10, 2012 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | Worldwide | N/A |
Limited releases
| Title | Director | Characters | Release date | Film shown with | Release location | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Another Froggy Evening | Chuck Jones | Marvin, Michigan | October 6, 1995 | Limited release | Los Angeles | Space Jam two-disc DVD, Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 |
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| From Hare to Eternity | Bugs, Michigan (cameo), Sam | November 4, 1997 | The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie, Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 (1998 dubbed version), Looney Tunes Parodies Collection, Joe's Apartment Blu-ray |
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| Father of the Bird | Stephen Fossatti | Sylvester | November 14, 1997 | Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 |
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| Little Go Beep | Spike Brandt | Wile E. and Road Runner | November 6, 2000 | Daffy Duck's Quackbusters, Supergenius Hijinks, Looney Tunes Parodies Collection |
2000 Worldfest Houston International Film Festival[3] | ||
| Flash in the Pain[4] | Matthew O'Callaghan | Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, Tweety (cameo), Sylvester (cameo), Granny (cameo) | June 10, 2014 | N/A | computer-animated; produced by Reel FX Creative Studios | 2014 Annecy International Animated Film Festival[5] |
Originally planned for theatrical release
Premiered on television
| Title | Director | Characters | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century | Chuck Jones | Daffy, Gossamer, Marvin, Porky | November 20, 1980 | Daffy Duck's Quackbusters, Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1, The Essential Daffy Duck (special feature) |
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| Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers | Greg Ford, Terry Lennon |
Bugs, Daffy, Elmer, Sam, Porky ("Porky drum" ending) | August 25, 1992 | Space Jam two-disc DVD (edited), The Essential Bugs Bunny (uncut version), Looney Tunes Parodies Collection (uncut version) |
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| (Blooper) Bunny | Bugs, Daffy, Elmer, Sam | June 13, 1997 | LTGC Volume 1, Disc 1 (special feature) |
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Premiered on home video
All cartoons were produced by Sander Schwartz and Larry Doyle, with the exception of Daffy Duck for President, which was produced by Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone. There were several shorts planned and storyboarded in 2004 but all of them were canceled due to the box-office failure of Looney Tunes: Back in Action.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
| Title | Director | Characters | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
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| The Whizzard of Ow | Bret Haaland | Wile E. and Road Runner | November 1, 2003 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Supergenius Hijinks |
Premiered at Wal-Mart stores. |
| Museum Scream | Dan Povenmire | Sylvester, Tweety, Granny | March 31, 2004 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Blu-ray and Australian DVD edition), Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 |
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| Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas | Bill Kopp, Peter Shin |
Bugs, Sam | Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Blu-ray and Australian DVD edition), The Essential Bugs Bunny, Looney Tunes Parodies Collection | ||
| Attack of the Drones | Rich Moore | Daffy (as Duck Dodgers) | Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Blu-ray and Australian DVD edition), The Essential Daffy Duck | ||
| Cock-A-Doodle Duel | Peter Shin | Foghorn Leghorn | Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Blu-ray and Australian DVD edition) | ||
| My Generation G-G-Gap | Dan Povenmire | Porky | |||
| Daffy Duck for President | Spike Brandt, Tony Cervone |
Daffy, Bugs | November 2, 2004 | LTGC Volume 2, Disc 3 (special feature), The Essential Daffy Duck (special feature) |
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Miscellaneous Looney Tunes shorts
Made-for-TV cartoons
| Title | Director | Characters | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Elmer, Foghorn, Pepé, Petunia, Porky, Sam, Sylvester, Tweety | November 27, 1979 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 4 (special feature) |
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| Freeze Frame | Chuck Jones | Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner | |||
| Fright Before Christmas | Friz Freleng | Bugs, Taz, Clyde, Speedy | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 4 (special feature), Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 | ||
| The Yolk's on You | Tony Benedict Gerry Chiniquy Art Davis Dave Detiege |
Daffy, Foghorn, Prissy, Sylvester | April 1, 1980 | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 1 (special feature), The Essential Daffy Duck (special feature) |
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| The Chocolate Chase | Friz Freleng | Daffy, Speedy | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 1 (special feature), 4 Classic Cartoons promotional DVD, The Essential Daffy Duck (special feature) | ||
| Daffy Flies North | Tony Benedict Gerry Chiniquy Art Davis Dave Detiege |
Daffy | LTGC Volume 6, Disc 1 (special feature), The Essential Daffy Duck (special feature) | ||
| Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny | Chuck Jones | Bugs, Elmer, Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner (cameo) | May 21, 1980 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 4 (special feature) The Essential Bugs Bunny (special feature) |
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| Spaced Out Bunny | Bugs, Marvin, Hugo | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 4 (special feature), The Essential Bugs Bunny (special feature) Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 | |||
| Soup or Sonic | Wile E. and Road Runner | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 4 (special feature) The Essential Bugs Bunny (special feature) | |||
| Daffy & Porky in the William Tell Overture | Dan Haskett | Daffy, Porky | April 17, 1991 | LTGC Volume 4, Disc 2 (special feature) |
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Other shorts
| Title | Director | Characters | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
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| Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension | Douglas McCarthy | Daffy, Marvin, K-9 | October 23, 1996 | Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 |
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Webtoons
The following Flash animation shorts were released onto the official Looney Tunes website between 2001 and 2005. Two collections were released on home video in 2003, Stranger than Fiction and Reality Check.
| Title | Release date | Series | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
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| Survival of the Dimmest | May 1, 2001 | Toon Marooned | Looney Tunes: Reality Check | Survivor parody |
| Beach, Blanket, Bang-O | May 17, 2001 | |||
| Helter Shelter (Looney Tunes) | May 31, 2001 | |||
| Finder's Eaters | June 14, 2001 | |||
| Sandcastle Hassle | June 28, 2001 | |||
| I've Misplaced My Piano! | July 12, 2001 | |||
| Speared, Seared and Feared | July 31, 2001 | |||
| Oh My Darlin' Serpentine | August 14, 2001 | |||
| Obstacles, of Course | August 28, 2001 | |||
| Fowl Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain | September 6, 2001 | |||
| The Matwix | September 20, 2001 | N/A | N/A | The Matrix parody |
| Judge Granny: Case 1: Tweety vs. Sylvester (Cagey Witness) | October 4, 2001 | Judge Granny | Looney Tunes: Reality Check | Judge Judy parody |
| Twick or Tweety | October 18, 2001 | N/A | Looney Tunes: Stranger Than Fiction | N/A |
| Judge Granny: Case 2: Coyote vs. Roadrunner (Inherit the Windbag) | November 1, 2001 | Judge Granny | Looney Tunes: Reality Check | Judge Judy parody |
| Judge Granny: Case 3: Fudd vs. Duck (Fowl Play) | November 15, 2001 | |||
| Planet of the Taz | November 29, 2001 | Planet of the Taz | Looney Tunes: Stranger Than Fiction | Planet of the Apes parody |
| Beneath the Planet of the Taz | December 13, 2001 | |||
| Enough With the Planet of the Taz | December 27, 2001 | |||
| Tech Suppork | January 10, 2002 | N/A | N/A | |
| Satellite Sam | February 7, 2002 | |||
| Junkyard Run: Part 1 | February 21, 2002 | Junkyard Run | Looney Tunes: Reality Check | The Cannonball Run parody |
| Junkyard Run: Part 2 | March 7, 2002 | |||
| Junkyard Run: Part 3 | March 21, 2002 | |||
| Sufferin' Sasquatch | April 4, 2002 | Mysterious Phenomena of the Unexplained | Looney Tunes: Stranger Than Fiction | In Search of... parody |
| Who Wants to Be a Martian-aire? | April 18, 2002 | |||
| Loch Ness Mess | May 2, 2002 | |||
| Cropsy Curvy | May 16, 2002 | |||
| The Bermuda Short | May 30, 2002 | |||
| The Taming of the Screwball | June 13, 2002 | |||
| Gone in 30 Minutes | July 11, 2002 | The Royal Mallard | N/A | |
| Window Pains | July 25, 2002 | |||
| Daffy's Meet Market | August 8, 2002 | |||
| Cube Wars | August 22, 2002 | |||
| Hogs & Kisses | September 5, 2002 | |||
| ¡El Chupacabra! | October 17, 2002 | Mysterious Phenomena of the Unexplained | In Search of... parody | |
| The Island of Dr. Moron | October 24, 2002 | N/A | Island of Dr. Moreau parody | |
| Elmer Fudd vs. Yosemite Sam | November 7, 2002 | Aluminum Chef | Looney Tunes: Reality Check | Iron Chef parody |
| Sylvester Cat vs. Tweety Bird | November 21, 2002 | |||
| Sports Blab#1 | December 5, 2002 | Sports Blab | N/A | |
| Sports Blab#2 | December 19, 2002 | |||
| Tear Factor | January 2, 2003 | N/A | Fear Factor parody | |
| Cat Stays in the Picture | August 2004 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| H2Uh-Oh! | ||||
| Bunk Bedlam | ||||
| Yosemite Slam | ||||
| Parallel Porked | September 2004 | |||
| Full Metal Racket | ||||
| Wile E. Coyote Ugly | November 2004 | |||
| Oh Taz, You Devil! | ||||
| Multiplex Mallard | December 2004 | |||
| Snow Business | January 2005 | |||
| Maximum Tazocity | ||||
| Noie Da Topo | Mouse Trouble in English | |||
| Dating Do's and Don'ts: How to Be a "Mr. Good-Date" | February 2005 | N/A | ||
| Daffy Dentist D.D.S. | ||||
| Fast Feud | April 2005 | |||
| Stunt Duck | ||||
| Psycho Kitty | May 2005 | |||
| Wild KingDumb | ||||
| Malltown and Tazboy | June 2005 | |||
| Little Pet Shop of Horrors | ||||
| Grand Master Rabbit | ||||
| Dux's Tux's | July 2005 |
Commercial parodies
The following Flash animation shorts were also releasedTemplate:When onto the official Looney Tunes website.
- "Anvil-O's" (cereal)
- "Caves" (parody of MTV Cribs)
- "D.I.P.S. (Department of Investigations of Paranormal Sightings)"
- "Da Beepo" (2002) (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" (2001) (video game)
- "Looney Tunes Cruise Lines"
- "Porky's Pizza Palace"
- "Stone Cold Duck"
- "50/50" (20/20 parody)
- "Twick or Tweety"
Looney Tunes: Acme Fools
Acme Fools is a web short series where the Looney Tunes cast cosplay as characters and elements from the Warner Bros. media library as part of Warner Bros. 100th anniversary celebrations. They were released on the WB Kids YouTube channel over four weeks from March 27 to April 17, 2023.
- "The Wizard of Oz"
- "DC Superheroes"
- "Scooby Doo, Where Are You!"
- "The Flintstones"
References
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,
- Chuck Amuck : The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist by Chuck Jones, published by Farrar Straus & Giroux,
- That's Not All, Folks! by Mel Blanc, Philip Bashe. Warner Books, (Softcover) (Hardcover)
- Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons, Leonard Maltin, Revised Edition 1987, Plume (Softcover) (Hardcover)
External links
- The Big Cartoon DataBase entry for Merrie Melodies Cartoons and for Looney Tunes Cartoons
- Golden Age Cartoons' The Ultimate Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Website by Jon Cooke
- Official site
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