Marvin the Martian

Marvin the Martian ( in the original English Marvin the Martian ) is a fictional character from Chuck Jones for Warner Bros. Cartoons of the movie studios.

Figure

Marvin is dwarfed, has a black, round head, which, however, except for two big eyes, no other anatomical structures are visible. He always wears a helmet, reminiscent of that of a Roman centurion, a red shirt, white gloves, a circular skirt, red pants and big tennis shoes.

Voice

His voice came out on top by Mel Blanc, later by Joe Alaskey. Marvin's very British and distinguished -sounding original voice took over in the German version of the first voice actors and dialogue author Eberhard Storeck, later Walter von Hauff.

Development

Making his first appearance - under the name Commander X-2 - Marvin had on the side of Bugs Bunny on July 24, 1948 in the film Haredevil Hare. In this story, Bugs Bunny gets a " volunteer" in a rocket flying to the moon. There is true bugs on Marvin, who is just about to blow the earth into the air, because, as he points out, it Do not block the view of the Venus. Bugs frustrated that and since then Marvin considered the destruction of the earth as his life's task. He keeps popping up in various cartoons with Bugs Bunny on, since the episode published in 1953 Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century with Daffy Duck.

He is assisted by Commander K9, a green dog wearing the same hat, the same rock and the same trainers as Marvin, as well as the so-called Instant Martians, green, bird -like creatures that grow from small pills that you just have to must pour water (hence "Instant "). He also has a niece named Marcia.

Marvin is there to see in various Warner parks within a 3D movie. In Germany the film ran in Warner Brothers Movie World (1996 - 2004). The film was shown in 2010 in Spain ( Parque Warner ).

Emblem for NASA

NASA used it .. as the official emblem for one of their planetary missions, the Mars rover Spirit

Swell

• Looney Tunes
• Fictional person
• Cartoon character