Marvin the Martian
Overview
 
Marvin the Martian is a fictional character
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...

 appearing in the Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and was Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. Since its first official release, 1930's Sinkin' in the Bathtub, the series has become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television...

 cartoons. Marvin's likeness appears in miniature on the Spirit
Spirit rover
Spirit, MER-A , is a robotic rover on Mars, active from 2004 to 2010. It was one of two rovers of NASA's ongoing Mars Exploration Rover Mission. It landed successfully on Mars at 04:35 Ground UTC on January 4, 2004, three weeks before its twin, Opportunity , landed on the other side of the planet...

rover on Mars.
Animation director Chuck Jones
Chuck Jones
Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio...

 noted that Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny is a animated character created in 1938 at Leon Schlesinger Productions, later Warner Bros. Cartoons. Bugs is an anthropomorphic gray rabbit and is famous for his flippant, insouciant personality and his portrayal as a trickster. He has primarily appeared in animated cartoons, most...

 soon learned to outwit Yosemite Sam
Yosemite Sam
Yosemite Sam is an American animated cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The name is somewhat alliterative and is inspired by Yosemite National Park...

 (the creation of the senior director, Friz Freleng
Friz Freleng
Isadore "Friz" Freleng was an animator, cartoonist, director, and producer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros....

), so he decided to create the opposite type of character; one who was quiet and soft-spoken, but whose actions were incredibly destructive and legitimately dangerous.
Quotations

"At last, after 2,000 years of work, the Illudium PU-36 explosive space modulator"

"The Earth? Oh, the Earth will be gone in just a few seconds. [...] I'm going to blow it up. It obstructs my view of Venus."

"Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom!"

"Delays, Delays"

"Oh dear, now I shall have to create more Martians."

"Oh goody! My Illudium PU-36 Explosive Space Modulator!" "Well, back to the old drawing board." Other quotes;

"Being disintegrated makes me angry! Very angry, indeed!"

"Oh, that is an interplanetary flying space saucer. We are returning to Mars in it." (Bugs looks visibly shaken) "Isn't it delightful?"

(drives over Duck Dodger's Earth Flag) "I claim this planet in the name of Mars!" (looks at a clearly infuriated Dodgers) "Isn't that lovely?"

"This insignificant planetoid has been found guilty of crimes against the universe."

 
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