#melvin the martian

[shnowyfox]

i also drew this one

time for my top surgery oh goodie

"Oh hi grandpa" what

[marciaofmars]

hi-hi!♡♡♡

Are you familiar with the Duck Dodgers universe or maybe you've heard of it?

If yes, what do you think about the characters you know?

"Funnily enough, my very first cosplay was of my dad's character, Commander X-2. I don't have photos of the cosplay at the moment, but I would be more than happy to show you once I get ahold of them!"

//hiiiii folks, this blog's not dead!! irl stuff got in thr eay for a while, but for the most part i cleared out the asks lol

[femalesonicexe2]

If Melvin and Marcia were siblings this would happen

Big bro and baby sister

[zestydistress]

•°∆Looney Tunes Marvin the Martian headcanons∆°•

My brain is fucked, so I'm writing Marvin the Martian lore late at night. I'm forcing you to read my headcanons.

MARTIAN HEADCANONS

Words for a Martian child (and/or like- daughter or son or something): neonate, scion, larva, pupa, bairn, fledgling, successor, stock, begat, brood, young, hatch, posterity, spawn, progeny, sprog, raise, and xerox. (Xerox is very frowned upon, and you would be scrutinized if you refered to a scion, or any martian, as a xerox.)

Words for a martian "parent": guardian, forebear, roots, engender, begetter, wellspring, watch, exemplar, sire. (Sire is also frowned upon.)

Words for a Martian "sibling": issue, kin, rings, latches, gilds, heir, stock, cognate.

Most martians have a biological need to take care of their own kind. Larva specifically. And it has become law on Mars that once a martian who lives on Mars reaches 1,000 years old they must take in a larva as a progeny and raise it.

Neonates are born from martians, the same as all creatures, but not in the way you think. Martians asexually reproduce, but only during death. As the final stage of death, instead of decomposition, a new martian is born from their ashes and is taken to "The Stock Center" whenever found. (The stock center is essentially an orphanage.)

Larva are not copies of their predecessors, they often hardly ever have anything in common with their source. What mostly affect a pupa's mind and body is their environment. This is why calling a martian a "xerox" is scrutinized and offensive. A xerox is a clone. A copy. They are not copies. Martians don't have blood relatives at all. I put parent and siblings in quotes when saying the word meanings because that's not really what they are.

There are many neonates in the stock center, because that is where every martian "child" goes as soon as someone finds them. There are too many, which is why it is mandatory. Martians don't have children nor parents, but what they've made is close.

The stock center is like an orphanage, but doesn't function like one. Instead of the "parent" picking a child, the Larvae(baby-ish -> child-ish) and Pupae(preteen-ish -> teen-ish) pick their guardian themselves.

Martians who work for/have worked for the monarch wear articles of clothing similar to that of Mars: the Roman God of War. It is known to bring them good fortune and prosperity in their battles. The first time martians had invaded earth was in Rome, and they had taken to the clothing and culture quickly, quite a few even stayed to just study the earthlings. (I had learned that Marvin's helmet and skirt were based off of Mars, the Roman God of War. I knew his outfit was roman inspired, but I didn't realize it was because of the MARS GOD.)

What always bugs me about how Marvin is sometimes portrayed: he celebrates earth holidays, specifically Christmas is what I see most of. But he wouldn't. I mean he might have started to celebrate with others because he's been on earth, but he would not want to go home to mars for Christmas because he does not have holidays. So:

Martians don’t celebrate earth holidays or anything(Though Marvin does like to attend the occasional holiday party, just to catch up with his enemies and study traditions of earthlings.), but they do have celebrations on certain dates. The Forebears(The day where the scion chose their roots, it is celebrated every year, like a birthday), Spawn Raise(an informal term for The Forebears), Emor(Their first attack to Earth, martians soon learnt after this first attack that most earthlings write from left to right), Revital(A week off of duties, 4 times a year, it differs from everyone when it will be depending on their job, and obviously things will change for legionaries, auxiliaries, velites, hoplites and other soldiers, but it is a mandated honoring), and more that I have yet to come up with. These "Holidays" are called Honorings on Mars.

Martian gender/sex. Doesn't exist. They don't have sexes or gender. They're more like bees, there's always a queen, workers and drones. The "drones" are called Roman soldiers(will give a list of types of Roman soldiers later, and that will be what everyone is called depending on what the drones do.) Drones protect the queen and carry out their bidding. Then there's workers, those are ones who are sent out to gather recourses and information. Workers are called proles. Martian's bodies have nothing to do with gender, their forms slightly mimic their guardians as they are larva. It's only slightly though, and then their body grows on its own without mimicking their watch. Most martians are smaller, like Marvin, but many are still quite tall, like the queen. And how drones & proles are chosen, it is completely up to the queen. A variety of martians even bounce from drones and proles if it is necessary. Also, all martians use any pronouns. They don't even use pronouns, they simply call them by rank or name, I just use pronouns for ease and so that you understand who I mean-

Proles often keep "pets," to help them with retrievals.

(A Roman soldier could be called: A legionary, if he was a Roman citizen and an elite soldier who served for at least 25 years.(make that 2,500 years.) An auxiliary, if he was a non-citizen recruit or conscript who served for less pay and often in more dangerous roles. A velite, if he was a light infantryman armed with darts and a wooden shaft. A hoplite, if he was a heavily armed spearman. A specific name based on his function, such as accensus, actuarius, adiutor, aeneator, or agrimensor. Will probably work on these more, as I've gotten them straight from Google.)

MARVIN/X-2/MARCIA/MELVIN HEADCANONS

Marvin is over 2,000 years old(this is canon)

He has 2 larvae, Melvin (eldest) and Marcia(youngest).

Marvin is a prole who was ordered to work as a drone due to the wars, therefore earning his uniform. He returned to being a prole after the wars. X-2 has and always will be a drone. Marcia will be a prole when she grows up, and Melvin won't have a proper role in Mars, as he decided to do what very few Martians do: go out on his own before being given his rank.

Marvin did not choose to keep K-9, he followed him into his spaceship when he was a pup. Marvin has been taking care of him since he was 457.

Melvin had requested immediately upon becoming 550 years old, that he be allowed on his own to explore, and Marvin was hesitant, but eventually agreed, IF! Melvin and him built the rocket he uses together, and Melvin would have never turned that down, after-all, he wanted to be just like his begetter so why would he not want to spend time with him? (I don't know anything about Melvin, I haven't seen loonatics unleashed)

Melvin joined Marvin to see who would be his cognate, and y’know, watch the process. He still feels he’s far too young to become an engender, despite being roughly the same age as his own, so he was content with watching the process and watching his heir, Marcia, and his progenitor, connect.

Marcia is very different from Melvin and Marvin, but they adore her either way. She doesn't care for needless destruction, but she does see the art in what Marvin does, and finds it entertaining to watch him and “Duck Dodgers” fight on the rare occasion. They are very funny, and she likes how Marvin shows off his weapons.

X-2 has ran into Marvin once. They stared at each other in confusion for a minute before carrying on their way, some martians look very, very similar, and it can be disorienting at first but you get over it.

Duck Dodgers often confuses Marvin and X-2, and the Martians don't really tell him their different because they don't know that he doesn't know. He figures it out one time when he's fighting X-2 and calls him Marvin.

Marcia loves earthlings and longs to study everything about them and their planet, she got this from reading Marvin's old notes on his findings on earth before seeking to explode it. She asks him to take her down there and show her the world, and he begrudgingly agrees. He doesn't like being on earth after the few bad things that happened the times he were on earth, but he'd do anything for his spawn.

Marcia often wears earthling clothes, and tries to play the games they took from earth but you can't really play baseball without gravity. Cards were more fun, though!

Marvin is called Antwerp by friends, and enemies trying to anger him.

You ever go insane late at night and create culture for martians in looney tunes? I'm n o t okay-

[mendfri]

Other Martians outside of DD03

Marcia the Martian is one of the few Martians other than Marvin to appear outside of DD03. Despite popular belief, she is indeed Marvin's daughter and not his niece. I don't know why the wiki states that she's his niece.

From an interview with Mike Kazaleh, the co-creator of the episode "Duck Dodgers Jr.": "...I also was told that I had to put in Marvin Martian's daughter."

But what if I told you... that there are others?

(All of these are from the Looney Tunes comics, by the way.)

Maarla the Martian, Marvin's supposed lover.

Marvin's unnamed children (??).

Mervin the Martian, Marvin's Great Uncle

Mervin with an unnamed Martian soldier

More pictures of said unnamed soldier

thank you for listening to my ted talk

Bonus

this just made me want more Duck Dodgers merch

[stormvanari]

thinkin’ about my Loonatics OCs and missing them

and i want to “distinct uniform” redesign them

[bobi200samatar]

I did another Loonatics meme thing because you loved the first one so much. This time, more of the extended cast has shown up, like Pierre le Pew, Sylver, Melvin the Martian, and Mr Leghorn!

[theangrycomet-art]

Loontics Unleashed: Tunnel Vision

The latest band climbing up the charts in Acemtropolis, they are one of the first non-human bands to gain recognition (as well as notoriety) in recent years after winning a record label with Acme Records in 2068.

They're technically a rock band, though they tend to explore genres.

They are scheduled to preform at the 2774 Basherball Championship halftime show, despite the more recent threats sent to them.

Lore Below:

Don't mess with any of the band member's equipment ESPECIALLY their instruments. Jax get's particularly nasty when her guitar is touched.

Dakota Frog

performer name: Lily Pad

she/her

lead vocals/bass

Writes most of the songs with Jax

in charge of choreography

Descendant of Michigan J Frog

used to suffer from severe stage fright so she could only sing in front of one person at a time

luckily she's conquered this fear with Tunnel Vision

cool headed though she isn't above getting into mischief

Jesse Rabbit (Rodger/Jessica Rabbit descendant)

Performer name: Dust Bunny

he/him

Speaks several languages-> translates their songs

Drummer/ male vocals

Descendant of Rodger and Jessica Rabbit

clutsiest of the group, he does the least amount of stunts during their shows

smooth talker- he manages their contracts and ensures they get paid fairly

acts dumber than he is so people underestimate him

Marcy the Martian

Performer Name: Asteroid Bebe

she/her

Proper Title: Crown Princess Mihl’ah Tyr'ah,

Keyboardist/ rapper

sound engineer with Jax

Daughter of Empress Tyr'ahnee and Commander X2, cousins with Melvin

though polite and well-meaning, she is regularly impeded by her short temper (this has improved as she has found an outlet through thier music)

initially visited Earth as a culture study

she's perfectly content to chill on earth for the next century or two

tranlsate's their songs into Martian, giving them a LARGE fandom amongst the Martian Empire

Jacqueline “Jax” E Coyote

performer name: Sandy Lane

she/

9 string guitar/ lead vocals

sound engineer with Marcy

Writes most of the songs with Dakota

See Link^^^

protective over her bandmates, she's usually the one to tell people off if they are crossing a line

Tech's sister

Albums:

2769: Sour Candy (the love song/bittersweet album going over the highs and lows of a relationships)

Tug a War

Heart Murmurs

Eat it Too

Mind over Matter

(I love you, Lady!) Buh bye!

Ladies and Gents

Double Blind Date

My Demons are my Angels

rock cover of “Hello my Baby”

2770: Don’t worry, this is Just a Test (experimental album)

No Martian’s were Harmed in the Making of this Song

What is this thing?

Pliers and Wires (the diffusing bomb song)

Murphy’s Law (The Disaster Song)

Self Destruct Button

Never Have I Ever

Never again

Zap!

Gravity (thou art a heartless bitch)

No Sounds in Space

2772: Open Season (the angry album) 

Count the Teeth

Leash Laws (This Bitch Bites)

Playboy Bunnies (Bad Hare Day)

Bring back the Noise (I hope you Croak)

Four Digits are All I Need (to Slap You)

Swallowing Honeybees

Pelt on the Wall

Feather Duster 

Dynamite in my Piano

2773: Insurance won’t Cover This (direct callout to how the comet situation was addressed)

What’s up, Doc?

Second Skin

You wanna put what in my what?

Arm Cast

Scalpel to the Forehead

Surgery won’t fix This

The Bone Doctor

Empty Vase

Blow my Chest Clean Off

Hospital Fees

Freaks

2774: Highlighter Pack (dedicated to the Loonatics)

Comet 

Start your Engines 

Let’s Jet

On my Radar 

Eye of the Storm

TNT’s the New Ibuprofen 

Dodging Bullets, Throwing Stones

Lab Safety

Highlighter Pack

[faafi]

I know you mentioned your favourite episodes, but do you have a favourite scene or favourite moment from Loonatics Unleashed? Or a favourite villain?

Admittedly, while writing my response, I realized that my all time favorite moments of this entire show are from fanfictions (LOL). I think that this says a lot about the creativity of the Loonatics Unleashed fandom; this fandom is very willing to experiment with the show's concepts and characters. I love how much this fandom has added to my enjoyment of this show. It fills me with lots of joy to read other people's interpretations of this show's characters and setting...

Okay. With that out of the way, here is my actual answer:

One of my personal favorite moments of the entire show is in the episode Going Underground (season 1, episode 5).

Here is some context for why this is my favorite LU scene:

I became interested in general Looney Tunes via The Looney Tunes Show (specifically the reactions by Spilling the Milk, a YouTube trio that watches cartoons).

My first exposure to Loonatics Unleashed was through this video (Rev and Tech's Best Moments). This scene (shown above) was the third clip of the video. And I vividly recall the SHOCK that I felt when I first watched it.

My jaw was agape. Honestly, I think that I screamed. Even if I didn't scream, I was definitely shocked.

At this time, I still wasn't used to Rev talking so quickly, and so I was caught off guard by how much Rev said in such a short time.

I have replayed this scene an inordinate amount of times, and I can't stop loving it. Everything is perfect. The vocal delivery from Rev's voice actor (Rob Paulsen) is HILARIOUS. This scene clearly shows Rev's best qualities: he is talkative, nice, and accomodating. The other Loonatics walking to view the scene is COMEDY GOLD. Here, Rev's dialogue is PERFECT. LITERALLY PERFECT.

IT'S SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This clip solidified Rev x Tech in my mind.

Other than this scene, pretty much any TechRev interaction is a favorite of mine (especially in The Family Business and The Heir From Up There). I can recite certain portions of Rev and Tech's interactions since their banter is really fun.

Furthermore, most of the scenes that include Rev are my favorites, too. However, there is a special type of Rev scene that vivifies me.

All of these scenes include Rev being overjoyed while he is stimming:

(top: The Comet Cometh; bottom left: Weathering Heights; bottom right: Sypher)

I can only partially describe the glee that I get from these scenes, but I will try...

I LOVE HIM SO MUCH I CAN'T HANDLE IT

FJIRKPHMKFSLJMBLJPQJFDFSDFWETJQPEEJGMXZB

JUST LOOK AT HIM

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EVEN ACE IS HAPPY TO SEE REV'S HAPPINESS

IT'S SO PERFECT

MY CHILD DESERVES TO BE HAPPY

LET HIM TALK!

(my live reaction to seeing the these scenes for the first time)

*end rant*

As for my favorite villain, I think that it's a toss-up between Melvin the Martian and Mastermind.

Yes, I know that these two villains are from my favorite episodes, but they both are so good in their respective roles.

For Melvin, it is incredibly apparent that Melvin has full capability of destroying Acmetropolis. And so, the Loonatics needed to use more than their powers or Tech's technology to defeat him.

As for Mastermind, her previous connections with Tech's past and her manipulation of technology is really well done. Her infiltration of the Loonatics HQ is really smart, and if Tech did not have the EMP, then Mastermind would have won.

To summarize, both villains have actual stakes; they can't only be beaten by Tech's technology. This is way better than an episode like Loonatics on Ice, where Tech's "Retro Fire Master Blaster" just fails to melt the iceberg. I have no idea why Tech's technology failed to melt the iceberg. If anything, this just feels like it is discrediting Tech's knowledge.

In contrast, both villains' powers requires the entire team to unite together. It's great.

Also, both of these villains are just iconic. At least to me. They are A LOT more iconic than other villains like the Ice Vikings or Adolpho.

Thanks for the question!

[guybracha]

DC animated derby

Which expanded team is better?

The Expanded Justice League of Unlimited or The Teen Titans and their honorary members?

Full Teams:

Justice League - Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Hawkgirl, Martian Manhunter, Flash, Green Lantern; Aquaman, Atom, Atom-Smasher, Aztek, B'wana Beast, Black Canary, Blue Devil, Booster Gold, Captain Atom, Captain Marvel, Commander Steel, The Creeper, The Crimson Avenger, Crimson Fox, Dove, Dr. Fate, Dr. Light, Dr. Mid-Nite, Elongated Man, Etrigan, Fire, Green Arrow, Gypsy, Hawk, Hourman, Huntress, Ice, Metamorpho, Mr. Terrific, Nemesis, Obsidian, Orion, Plastic Man, Question, The Ray, Red Tornado, Rocket Red, Sand, Shining Knight, Stargirl, Starman, Steel, S.T.R.I.P.E., Supergirl, Johnny Thunder, Thunderbolt, Vibe, Vigilante, Vixen, Waverider, Wildcat, and Zatanna

Teen Titans - Robin, Starfire, Raven, Beast Boy, Cyborg, Bumblebee, Speedy, Aqualad, Más y Menos, Red Star, Argent, Kole, Gnarrk, Pantha, Herald, Jericho, Wildebeest, Hot Spot, Bushido, Melvin, Teether, Timmy Tantrum, Bobby, Jinx, Kid Flash, Thunder and Lightning, Tramm, Killowat, and Wonder Girl.

[shnowyfox]

MARTIANS GETTING SICK HEADCANONS!!

Becuz I'm sick n ooogh I want to shove ice cubes down my throat.

-Antwerp-

"Chuck Jones, is that you?"

Very over dramatic. Practically bed ridden even if it's just a scratchy throat. Cries a lot. Wishes to be carried to the garden to feel the sun on his face one last time /ref

-Marvin-

*sniff* "nope. Earth isn't going to destroy itself.. yet..."

Overworks himself. Probably why he's sick in the first place. If K-9 doesn't convince him to take care of himself he'll easily work as normal until he passes out.

-X-2-

"Dodgers, I'm sick. Can we do this next week?"

Recognizes how bad it is to be working but war doesn't have sick days. All he can do is hope Dodgers is feeling merciful and that the Queen gives him easy tasks.

-Marcia-

"I don't need...ZZZZ"

"I'll go make some space soup"

Marcia tries to brush it off, she much rather be playing. But alas, her parental figures simply won't allow it. They give her tons of Gatorade, soup, and bland snacks while she sits in bed.

-Melvin- (the real one not that magenta motherfucker)

"Mmmggnn.. I'll do it tomorrow, Sirius."

Melvin doesn't exactly have anyone to take care of him. It's just Sirius and him. I also think he'd just try to sleep it off. Being in isolation in space means he doesn't have any medical professionals around so either he has a robot or he's fuckin done for if something serious comes along.

-Tyr'ahnee-

She's a queen. She just fuckin takes the day off and is waited on hand and foot by the centurions, but thats basically every day. She's extra demanding, though.

-Z-9-

"I'm still in space jail but now it sucks more."

He probably gets more grumpy with his cell mates and tries to get out of activities. If it's bad enough to go to the nurses though he always tries to come up with some quick way to escape. All it ends up doing though is landing him more time.

[seancasey4]

Art Final

For my final presentation, I decided to use futurism, surrealism, and abstract expressionism.

For Futurism, I put the setting in space. Futurism is defined by the futuristic ideas of its painters and having things not seen before. I also put the American flag on the moon to signify one of the most futuristic events in our country's history. I also put a martian, which ties into my next theme, about the idea that there can be aliens out in space in our future.

For surrealism, I center my piece around Melvin the Martian. Melvin is the only martian on the moon, and he lives there by himself. For fun, he likes to jump from crater to crater and see just how far he can make it. The only time he has had visitors were the astronauts that went there, but Melvin is glad they left him a cool souveinier.

Lastly, I incorporated abstract expressionism. I sed paint and put it in a funky manner and tried to be creative as possible. Normally I would have just done one shade as the background, but abstract expressionism taught me how to be bold and art is about standing out!

[miraculouswoman]

That ain't invader Zim that's Melvin martian

[musclefetish1962]

Melvin the Martian got all juiced up from his sweat! He got huge!

Martin Fitzwater

[marvin-the-martian-ask-blog]

Hello Marvin, do you have any family? Like siblings or parents?

Marvin: When you have lived as long as martians typically do, you tend to not keep in touch with your extended biological relatives

[femalesonicexe2]

I have never seen Loonatics unleashed