Talk:Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century

Proposed merge
This article needs to be merged with the general Duck Dodgers article as the entirety of it is duplicated.


 * Please sign your posts on talk pages, user 67.169.63.116. Yes, something should be done, and a merge is one possibility. Andrewa 19:12, 4 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose the merge proposal. As a Hugo award winner and a frequent mention in lists of the funniest cartoons of all time, this particular cartoon should have its own article. Andrewa 03:03, 5 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Support the merge proposal. The information is redundant and there is not enough unique material to justify a seperate page. This viewpoint is supported by the fact that said material is not there and the article is mostly just a duplicate. 67.169.63.116 17:15, 5 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Comment: The article is growing. That's what stubs are for. Andrewa 20:01, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Harry Love
Any chance there will be a separate Harry Love page for the animator of this cartoon and disambiguation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.228.188.146 (talk) 17:57, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Plot copied from
I've removed the notice that stated that the plot details were copied from the Duck Dodgers article, it's not necessary in terms of the GFDL and I think this note is sufficient.

The plot section also needs a refactor IMO, which I'll do as I find time. Andrewa 06:02, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:DuckDodgersTitleCard.jpg
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Hugo award winner?
I'm lost. I can't find internal supporting evidence that the cartoon won a Hugo. The article to which both this article and the category in the footer point back to states it was a nominee not a winner. Specifically, I'm looking at the intro to the document which states, "Winning titles are listed first, with other nominees listed below," and the section which shows "DDit24.5C" below the winner for 2004. Could someone please point out what I'm missing? (If I'm correct than also the category for Hugo Award Winners needs fixing). --Aladdin Sane (talk) 02:08, 11 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I'll go you one better: From their official site]. It leaves this short as nominated but losing to George Pal's War of the Worlds. So I'd say that statement is in error. --Tbrittreid (talk) 22:50, 11 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I've removed the category. If anyone knows of a category for nominees please add it.  &mdash;Aladdin Sane (talk) 19:25, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Plot trim
Just a quick note: I massively trimmed the plot section, as I believed it was way too detailed. This cartoon is actually very straightforward, plot-wise - aside from the beginning and the bit about plotting the course, the initial meeting between Dodgers and the cartoon's conclusion, most of the cartoon is about the sight gags and back-and-forth between the two main characters. In a way, it's similar to a Wile E. Coyote / Road Runner cartoon, though because there are many more of those, it makes more sense to go into detail about the Coyote's traps since each cartoon shows different ones.

If people disagree about this level of detail, I won't be offended if someone decides to revert my edit. I may not be aware of the general rules surrounding cartoon plots. Thanks for your patience. :) &mdash; KieferSkunk (talk) &mdash; 19:21, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Title music contains a reference to another old song
The article mentions that Carl Stalling composed original music for this cartoon, with the notable exception of a reference to Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse" (which was referenced in a lot of WB cartoons). However, there's another reference in the title music, but I don't actually know what it is. Does anyone else? (And unfortunately, I doubt there's much third-party source material about that musical reference.) Here's a link to a video that contains the original composition (the "monkey bathing a cat" film): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkviIYKjPyw &mdash; KieferSkunk (talk) &mdash; 19:27, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Ah! I found one version of it - another Raymond Scott composition titled "Egyptian Barn Dance": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MYymw9WE7c&list=PLrE3AiD44C2RtuptdLVRajQ69SUvOVWC4&index=12 &mdash; KieferSkunk (talk) &mdash; 19:32, 26 June 2020 (UTC)