


He also appears in the Taz-Mania episode " The Man from M.A.R.S." and makes a cameo in The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries episode " What's the Frequency, Kitty?" He appeared in Baby Looney Tunes. He guest-starred in a Tiny Toon Adventures segment entitled " Duck Dodgers Jr." where he was accompanied by an apprentice and niece named Marcia the Martian. He has battled for space territory, Planet X, with Daffy Duck. Marvin is consistently foiled by Bugs Bunny. The original reference to "Uranium Pu-36" changed to "Illudium Pu-36" in subsequent cartoons. Marvin attempts to destroy the Earth because, he reasons, "it obstructs my view of Venus" he has been trying to destroy the Earth for more than two millennia, suggesting that members of his species, and possibly martian creatures in general, have extremely long lifespans. Marvin always laboriously over-pronounces the name of the device, which resembles a mere stick of dynamite, in order to avoid any possibility of confusing it with some other similar technology. On numerous occasions, Marvin has tried to destroy the Earth with his "Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator" (sometimes pronounced "Illudium Pu-36"). He is also known for his quotes "Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom!", "Isn't that lovely?", "Isn't that delightful?", and "This makes me very angry, very angry indeed." The helmet and skirt that surround him are green and his suit is red (in a few of the original shorts, his suit was green). Marvin speaks with a soft, nasally accent and often speaks technobabble. The appearance of the combination of Marvin's head and helmet allegedly led to Bugs Bunny thinking he was a "bowling ball wearing a spittoon" in one cartoon. The curved crest of his helmet appears, with the push-broom-like upper section, to comically resemble an ancient Greek hoplite's or a Roman Centurion's helmet. His head is a black sphere with only eyes for features. The style of these resembles the Chuck Taylor All-Stars brand name, considered to be the "generic" or "standard" basketball sneaker. He wears a Roman soldier's uniform, with old-fashioned basketball shoes. He is often accompanied by his dog K-9, and sometimes by other creatures (one gag, first used in " Hare-Way to the Stars", being candy-sized "Instant Martians" that become full-size on addition of drops of water). Marvin hails from the planet Mars but is often found elsewhere, travelling on the Martian Maggot or other ships. Marvin was never named in the original shorts, although he was called "Commander Flying Saucer X-2" in the 1952 short " The Hasty Hare", but decades later, when the character attracted merchandising interest, the current name was selected. Marvin is the quietest, calmest and politest of the Looney Tunes villains, and the most soft-spoken, and unlike most of the other villains, he is very clever. He sometimes rather shows an interest in studying Earth, or kidnapping its various inhabitants, rather than destroying it. Despite his destructive tendency, he is still a comedic character. He regularly attempts to destroy Earth, often for petty reasons such as wanting a better view of Venus.

Marvin the Martian made his debut in the 1948 cartoon " Haredevil Hare". In recent years, Petunia has been seen on Baby Looney Tunes, The Looney Tunes Show, and New Looney Tunes.Chuck Jones noticed that Bugs Bunny soon began to outwit Yosemite Sam (the creation of senior director Friz Freleng), so he decided to create the opposite type of character one who was quiet, calm, polite and soft-spoken, but whose actions were incredibly destructive and also suitably dangerous. She was intended to be seen in Who Framed Roger Rabbit alongside Porky, but her scene was cut. Petunia made her first appearance in the 1937 short "Porky's Romance," but the character quickly faded into the background when Bugs and Daffy Duck became more popular than Porky. In Petunia's short, which was previewed over at BuzzFeed, she goes to excessive lengths to take a picture of a squirrel, even tightrope-walking along telephone wires. The shorts are part of the Looney Tunes Cartoons shorts, which all preserve the look and feel of the classic 1930s and 1940s Looney Tunes cartoons. The Gremlin, who made Bugs Bunny's life difficult in the 1943 short "Falling Hare," will also appear alongside Bugs again in a new short.

In one, Petunia Pig, Porky Pig's long-lost girlfriend, will star in her first solo Looney Tunes short. HBO Max released new Looney Tunes cartoons on Thursday, including two featuring obscure characters rarely seen in the Looney Tunes family.
