Duck Dodgers

Although Bugs Bunny is briefly referenced in two episodes, he does not appear in Duck Dodgers.

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Many familiar characters from the Looney Tunes pantheon appeared in the series, usually given traits to fit Duck Dodgers' own universe. For example, Yosemite Sam became "K'chutha Sa'am," a parody of the Klingons from Star Trek (1966). Elmer Fudd became a parasitic, mind-altering alien disease known as The Fudd (2004), though it more closely resembles the Borg from Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). Taz was a barbarian ship captain forced into single combat with Dodgers (a parody of the Star Trek: The Original Series (1966) episode "Arena"). Wile E. Coyote appeared as a Predator-like alien hunting the Martian Commander.

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This is the first Looney Tunes series to air on Cartoon Network before Kids' WB was shut down in 2008.

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Four of the series' five main characters appeared in Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953): Daffy Duck (Duck Dodgers), Porky Pig (the Eager Young Space Cadet), Marvin the Martian (the Martian Commander X-2) and Dr. I. Q. Hi (himself). The fifth main character, the Martian Queen, however, was created specifically for the series.

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In the first season's ninth episode, The Green Loontern (2003), Dodgers temporarily becomes a Green Lantern (of DC Comics fame) after accidentally picking up the wrong laundry. Film director Kevin Smith has a cameo voicing Hal Jordan, who shows up to reclaim the Power Ring and the Superhero Costume.

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The series premiered in 2003, the same year as Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003).

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In the third season's first episode, Till Doom Do Us Part (2005), Agent Roboto assembles some of Duck Dodgers' old enemies to form the Legion of Duck Doom (a parody of DC Comics' the Legion of Doom and Superman Revenge Squad). It consisted of Crusher, Fudd, Catapoid, Count Muerte, New Cadet, Black Eel, Nasty Canasta, Commandante Hilgalo, Baby-Faced Moonbeam, Long John Silver the 23rd, K'Chutha Sa'am and the Tasmanian Warrior.

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It premiered on the 50th anniversary of the animated short Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953), written by Michael Maltese and directed by Chuck Jones.

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The Martian Queen, Queen Tyr'ahnee, is compared to Lord Dominator from Wander Over Yonder (2013).

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Pamela Anderson and Jennifer Martin were considered to voice Queen Tyr'ahnee.

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The series was primarily based on the 1953 theatrical short Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century.

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