Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1950–1959)

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Note: Final appearance of Leo the Lion.

Note: First use of Melissa Duck's name.

Note: Final appearance of Beaky Buzzard.

Note: First appearance of Miss Prissy.

Note: Final appearance of Playboy Penguin.

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• First named appearance of Rocky.
• Only pairing of Daffy Duck and Rocky.

Note: Final appearance of Colonel Shuffle.

Note: First Foghorn Leghorn cartoon without Henery Hawk and/or the Barnyard Dawg.

Note: First appearance of Granny.

Note: First appearance of Sylvester Jr..

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• One of the "12 Missing Hares".
• Only pairing of Bugs Bunny and Hippety Hopper.
• Only cartoon where Hippety Hopper speaks.

Note: Final appearance of Inki (his only appearance in a color Looney Tunes cartoon) and the Minah Bird (his only appearance in a Looney Tunes cartoon).

Note: First appearance of Frisky Puppy.

Note: First appearance of Sam Cat.

Note: First Goofy Gophers cartoon to be directed by Friz Freleng.

Note: First pairing of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.

Note: First cartoon to be scored by Eugene Poddany.

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• Compilation short, reusing footage from Baseball Bugs (1946), Stage Door Cartoon (1944), Rabbit Punch (1948), Falling Hare (1943), and Haredevil Hare (1948).
• First appearance of Clyde Bunny.

Note: Final appearance of Hubie and Bertie.

Note: First pairing of Foghorn Leghorn and Miss Prissy.

Note: Final appearance of The Three Bears.

Note: First appearance of Nasty Canasta.

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• First Wile E. Coyote cartoon without the Road Runner.
• First pairing of Bugs Bunny and Wile E. Coyote.
• First use of Wile E. Coyote's name.
• First cartoon where Wile E. Coyote speaks.

Note: First appearance of Marc Antony and Pussyfoot.

Note: Final appearance of Willoughby.

Note: First appearance of Dodsworth.

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• First cartoon where Marvin the Martian has his familiar nasal voice.
• Final appearance of K-9.

Note: Final Porky Pig cartoon to be directed by Friz Freleng.

Note: First appearance of Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier.

Note: First official appearance of Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog.

Note: Final appearance of Dodsworth.

Note: Since 2020, some prints have the WB shield appear via an iris in instead of a zoom in.

Note: Only pairing of Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and Marvin the Martian.

Note: First appearance of Speedy Gonzales.

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• First WB cartoon produced in 3-D, and the only such cartoon until 2010's Coyote Falls.
• Re-released in 2D on November 13, 1954.

Note: Only pairing of Tweety, Sylvester and Rocky.

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• Final appearance of Frisky Puppy.
• Only Tweety cartoon to be directed by Chuck Jones.

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• First named appearance of Mugsy.
• First score entirely by Milt Franklyn.

Note: Final appearance of Spike and Chester.

Note: First appearance of Egghead Jr..

Note: First appearance of the Tasmanian Devil.

Note: First appearance of Witch Hazel.

Note: Only pairing of Tweety, Sylvester and Mugsy.

Note: Final appearance of Clyde Bunny.

Note: Final appearance of Bobo the Elephant.

Note: Underwritten by the Sloan Foundation.

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• First appearance of Ralph Phillips.
• Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

Note: Final pairing of Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and Nasty Canasta.

Note: Only Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog cartoon to feature Wile E. Coyote.

Note: Only pairing of Elmer Fudd and the Goofy Gophers.

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• Final cartoon where Granny is voiced by Bea Benaderet.
• Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

Note: Final Goofy Gophers cartoon to be directed by Friz Freleng.

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• Reuses animation from A Hare Grows In Manhattan (1947), Hare Do (1949), and Buccaneer Bunny (1948).
• First pairing of Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam.
• First cartoon where Granny is voiced by June Foray.

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• Final pairing of Porky Pig and Sylvester.
• Final Sylvester cartoon to be directed by Chuck Jones.

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• First appearance of Speedy Gonzales' redesign.
• First pairing of Speedy Gonzales and Sylvester.
• First Speedy Gonzales cartoon to be directed by Friz Freleng.
• Won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

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• Co-produced by the Sloane Foundation.
• Only pairing of Elmer Fudd and Tweety.

Note: Only pairing of Daffy Duck and Foghorn Leghorn.

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• First cartoon where Witch Hazel is voiced by June Foray.
• Final Witch Hazel cartoon to be directed by Chuck Jones.

Note: Final appearance of Nasty Canasta.

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• Reuses animation from Rabbit Fire (1951), Sandy Claws (1954), and Hare Lift (1952).
• Final pairing of Daffy Duck and Yosemite Sam.
• Final pairing of Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam.

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• Co-produced by the Sloane Foundation.
• Final pairing of Elmer Fudd and Sylvester.

Note: First appearance of José and Manuel.

Note: First appearance of Ralph Crumden, Ned Morton, and Alice Crumden.

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• First cartoon where anyone other than Mel Blanc is thanked for voice acting.
• Only cartoon to be scored by Shorty Rogers.
• First cartoon to be made at the Burbank lot after the studio moved.
• This short concludes without an end card (simply with "The End" superimposed over an iris-out).

Note: Despite being released under the Merrie Melodies series, both the opening and closing of this short use "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" as the theme music.

Note: First animated short to be added to the National Film Registry.

Note: Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

Note: Won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

Note: Only pairing of Daffy Duck and the Tasmanian Devil.

Note: Only pairing of Elmer Fudd and the Barnyard Dawg.

Note: Final Porky Pig cartoon to be directed by Chuck Jones.

Note: Reuses animation from Henhouse Henery (1949), The High and the Flighty (1956), and All Fowled Up (1955).

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• Final cartoon to be produced by Eddie Selzer.
• Final WB cartoon to be scored by Carl W. Stalling.

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• Final appearance of Charlie Dog (he appeared as a cameo).
• First cartoon to be produced by John Burton, Sr.

Note: Only Bugs Bunny cartoon to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

Note: Due to a musicians' strike taking place during this time, this is the first of six shorts using stock music by John Seely.

Note: Only cartoon where Elmer Fudd is voiced by Dave Barry.

Note: Final appearance of Barnyard Dawg outside a Foghorn Leghorn cartoon, and final appearance overall until 1962.

Note: Final short to use John Seely's stock music.

Note: Final appearance of Marc Antony and Pussyfoot.

Note: First short to be directed by Abe Levitow.

Note: No longer shown on American television due to liberal use of Chinese stereotypes.

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• Only cartoon to be directed by Ken Harris.
• Reuses footage from Bully for Bugs (1953), Water, Water Every Hare (1952) and Sahara Hare (1955).

A parody of The Jack Benny Program radio show, featuring the original voice cast of it. The majority of this has the characters depicted as mice, while the ending features the live-action Jack Benny.

Note: One of only two pre-1960 WB cartoons to thank voice actors other than Mel Blanc.

Note: Final appearance of the Drunk Stork.

Note: First appearance of Pappy and Elvis.

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• First appearance of Slowpoke Rodriguez.
• Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

Note: Final pairing of Tweety and Hector the Bulldog.

Note: First appearance of Blacque Jacque Shellacque.

Note: Final pairing of Bugs Bunny and Witch Hazel.

Note: Reuses footage from Too Hop to Handle (1956), Sandy Claws (1954), Tweety's Circus (1955), A Street Cat Named Sylvester (1953) and Gift Wrapped (1952).