Trivia / Duck Dodgers

• Acting for Two:
  • Dodgers and X-2 are both voiced by Joe Alaskey. It's a case that sticks out in which they both interact with each other in a constant basis. Alaskey also voices Rocky, Hubie, and Bertie.
  • Michael Dorn voices all the Centurions and Klunkins (minus Sa'am).
• The Cast Showoff: Queen Tyr'ahnee singing Blues in the Night in "Talent Show a Go-Go" let's Tia Carrere show off her singing prowess.
• Channel Hop: The show was forced to air its last few episodes on sister network Boomerang after getting screwed over and cancelled by Cartoon Network.
• Defictionalization: Dodgers and X-2 became the mascots of the Mars rovers Opportunity and Spirit, respectively.
• Kids' Meal Toy: Carl's Jr. and Hardee's had a set of four toys in 2005. There was the Martian Moped spring-loaded launcher, the Space Cadet bobblehead, the Lt. K9 anti-gravity crawler, and the Morph-O-Matic screen changer.
• The Other Darrin: In her titular episode, the New Cadet was voiced by Kelly Ripa. When she returned for Til Doom Do Us Part, her lines were supplied by Vanessa Marshall.
• Parody Assistance: Genndy Tartakovsky helped write "Samurai Quack" and both he and Mako provide voices.
• Post-Script Season: The "Of Course You Know This Means War and Peace" was written to wrap up the series if need be (hence, say, Dodgers learning to appreciate the Cadet), but more episodes were ordered.
• Screwed by the Network: The last episodes of season 3 didn't even air on Cartoon Network, as the series was abruptly pulled and moved to sister network Boomerang. Before then, it aired reruns on Cartoon Network at 12:30am on Fridays. It was dropped completely when CN made the late night/early morning hours a repeat of their Fridays block.
• What Could Have Been: The show falls into this. According to Bob Bergen, after Space Jam, there was once a Duck Dodgers movie in development where he would have voiced both Dodgers and Marvin, and the Cadet was not in the show. Said plans didn't go through, and the TV series was greenlit instead. However, clips from the unproduced movie made it into the show's Title Sequence, as confirmed by Bergen himself in a forum post (which confused some fans who didn't know of the original plans, especially given the differing animation styles).
  • A 1998-era pitch for the show included Lola Bunny as a third member of Dodgers' crew. A human woman named Sparky was also considered for this part with her design being recycled into the New Cadet.

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