Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century

Duck Dodgers in the 24½th (twenty-fourth and a half) Century is a 1953 Merrie Melodies short directed by Chuck Jones.

Plot
Duck Dodgers must search for the rare element Illudium Phosdex, "the shaving cream atom." In the future, the only remaining supply of the element is on the mysterious "Planet X", which fortunately is found when Dodgers follows a path of planets shaped like letters, leading from Planet A to Planets B, C, D, and so on until he reaches Planet X. Dodgers is about to claim Planet X in the name of the Earth when Marvin the Martian, in a ship called the Martian Maggot, lands on the same planet and claims it in the name of Mars.

Porky Pig is the "Eager Young Space Cadet." The planet that Duck Dodgers and Marvin the Martian fight over is destroyed, and the remaining area claimed by Daffy at the end is barely large enough for him to stand upon. The dismissive attitude to Dodgers' pyrrhic victory is epitomized by Porky's cynical response to his boss's overblown proclamation, "B-B-Big deal."

Availability

 * (1982) VHS - The Looney Tunes Video Show, Volume 13
 * (1985) VHS - A Salute to Chuck Jones
 * (1993) LaserDisc - Daffy Duck's Screen Classics: Duck Victory
 * (1995) VHS - Classic Collection (WHSmith Exclusive Video) (United Kingdom only)
 * (1998) VHS - Space Tunes
 * (1999) VHS - Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Volume 2: Running Amuck
 * (2000) DVD - Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens
 * (2003) DVD - Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1, Disc 2
 * (2011) DVD - The Essential Daffy Duck, Disc 1
 * (2011) Blu-ray, DVD - Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1, Disc 2
 * (2015) Blu-ray - Calamity Jane (restored)
 * (2017) Streaming - Boomerang App

Sequels

 * Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century (1980).
 * Tiny Toon Adventures: "Duck Dodgers Jr.", segment in the episode "The Return of the Acme Acres Zone" (1990)
 * Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension (1996), a 3D cartoon.
 * Attack of the Drones (2003).
 * Duck Dodgers (TV series) (2003-2005)