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This is a listing of the shorts, feature films, television programs, and television specials in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon series, extending from 1929 through the present day. Altogether, 1,002 animated shorts alone were released under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners from the 1930s through the 1960s (1000 official and 2 cut downs). From the beginning to the present day, 1,041 theatrical shorts have been created.

1920s–1930s

A total of 270 shorts were produced and released during the 1930s.
Additionally at least one short was produced in the 1930s, but never publicly released in theaters. A private Warner Bros end-of-year blooper reel with animated sequences featuring Porky Pig was included. This reel was never screened in theaters. A theatrical feature included an animated sequence featuring a Porky Pig lookalike.

Title	Animated by	Score by	Original release date
Bosko and Honey	Rollin Hamilton & Robert McKimson	Frank Marsales	1999 (1999)
The original version of what would later become Bosko's Dizzy Date. This version was planned for a theatrical release and was originally produced in 1932, but the Bosko's Dizzy Date version was released instead. It was not released to the public until in 1999 when it was released on VHS.
Breakdowns of 1939	Rod Scribner	Carl W. Stalling	January 1, 1939 (1939-01-01)
Annual Warner Bros. blooper reel in which included several sequences of Porky Pig swearing. Porky's sequences were edited together and released as a bonus on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 DVD set.
She Married a Cop	Leon Schlesinger	Cy Feuer	July 12, 1939 (1939-07-12)
Republic Pictures film, with animation sequences produced by Leon Schlesinger studio. The star of the sequence character resembles some of the earliest incarnations of Porky Pig.

1940s

A total of 307 shorts were produced and theatrically released in the 1940s. Additionally, Bugs Bunny was featured in a government-sponsored short for U.S. Department of the Treasury, but he also made a cameo appearance in a Puppetoon short and in two Warner Bros. live-action features.

Title	Directed by	Written by	Animated by	Original release date	Video if in the public domain
Any Bonds Today?	Bob Clampett	Bob Clampett	Virgil Ross, Robert McKimson, Gerry Chiniquy & Rod Scribner	April 2, 1942 (1942-04-02)^{[citation needed]}

Title	Director	Starring	Release date	Availability	Notes
Jasper Goes Hunting	George Pal	Jasper	July 28, 1944	Blu-ray - The Puppetoon Movie: Volume 2	Bugs Bunny makes a cameo appearance in this Puppetoons film Bugs Bunny's animated by Robert McKimson Bugs Bunny's voiced by Mel Blanc
Two Guys from Texas	Friz Freleng (uncredited)	Bugs Bunny	August 27, 1948	DVD - Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 (special feature)	Bugs Bunny makes a cameo appearance in this live-action Warner Bros. film.
My Dream Is Yours	Friz Freleng (uncredited)	Bugs Bunny and Tweety	April 15, 1949	DVD - Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 (special feature)	Bugs Bunny and Tweety make cameo appearances in this live-action Warner Bros. film.

1950s

A total of 278 shorts were produced and theatrically released in the 1950s. There were no additional shorts produced during the decade.

1960s

A total of 147 shorts were released during the 1960s; additionally, an unaired television cartoon pilot featuring the Road Runner was theatrically screened instead.

Title	Directors	Starring	Release date	Availability	Notes
Adventures of the Road Runner	Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble and Tom Ray	Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner	June 2, 1962	DVD - Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2	Unsold TV pilot, screened in theaters. Later cut down into three shorts; To Beep or Not to Beep (1963), Road Runner a Go-Go (1965), and Zip Zip Hooray! (1965).

1970s–present

Since the end of the regular production of the series in 1969, Warner Bros. has occasionally produced new Looney Tunes shorts that have been released theatrically.

Feature films

Television series

Television specials

External links

Complete single-page filmographies

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 {{DISPLAYTITLE:''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' filmography}}
-This is a '''listing of the shorts, feature films, television programs, and television specials''' in the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' and ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' cartoon series, extending from 1929 through the present day. Altogether, 1,002 animated shorts alone were released under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners from the 1930s through the 1960s (1000 official and 2 cut downs). From the beginning to the present day, 1,041 theatrical shorts have been created.
+This is a listing of the shorts, feature films, television programs, and television specials in the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' and ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' cartoon series, extending from 1929 through the present day. Altogether, 1,002 animated shorts alone were released under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners from the 1930s through the 1960s (1000 official and 2 cut downs). From the beginning to the present day, 1,041 theatrical shorts have been created.
 == 1920s–1930s ==
 {{Main list|Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1929–1939)}}
+A total of 270 shorts were produced and released during the 1930s.
-== other appears  ==
+<br>Additionally at least one short was produced in the 1930s, but never publicly released in theaters. A private Warner Bros end-of-year blooper reel with animated sequences featuring [[Porky Pig]] was included. This reel was never screened in theaters. A theatrical feature included an animated sequence featuring a Porky Pig lookalike.
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+|Aux2            = [[Rollin Hamilton]] & [[Robert McKimson]]
+|Aux3            = [[Frank Marsales]]
+|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999}}
+|ShortSummary    = The original version of what would later become ''[[Bosko's Dizzy Date]]''. This version was planned for a theatrical release and was originally produced in 1932, but the ''Bosko's Dizzy Date'' version was released instead. It was not released to the public until in 1999 when it was released on VHS.
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+|Aux3            = [[Carl W. Stalling]]
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+|ShortSummary    = Annual Warner Bros. blooper reel in which included several sequences of Porky Pig swearing. Porky's sequences were edited together and released as a bonus on the [[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4]] DVD set.
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+{{Episode list
+|RTitle          = ''[[She Married a Cop]]''
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+|ShortSummary    = [[Republic Pictures]] film, with animation sequences produced by [[Leon Schlesinger]] studio. The star of the sequence character resembles some of the earliest incarnations of Porky Pig.
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+}}
+== 1940s ==
 {{Main list|Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1940–1949)}}
+A total of 307 shorts were produced and theatrically released in the 1940s. Additionally, Bugs Bunny was featured in a government-sponsored short for [[U.S. Department of the Treasury]], but he also made a cameo appearance in a [[Puppetoon]] short and in two Warner Bros. live-action features.
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+|RTitle          = ''[[Any Bonds Today?]]''
+|DirectedBy      = [[Bob Clampett]]
+|WrittenBy       = Bob Clampett
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+!Title
+!Director
+!Starring
+!Release date
+!Availability
+!Notes
+|-
+|''[[Jasper Goes Hunting]]''
+| [[George Pal]]
+|Jasper
+| July 28, 1944
+|
+* Blu-ray - The Puppetoon Movie: Volume 2
+|
+* Bugs Bunny makes a cameo appearance in this [[Puppetoons]] film
+* Bugs Bunny's animated by [[Robert McKimson]]
+* Bugs Bunny's voiced by [[Mel Blanc]]
+|-
+|''[[Two Guys from Texas]]''
+| [[Friz Freleng]] (uncredited)
+| Bugs Bunny
+|August 27, 1948
+|
+* DVD - ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1]]'' (special feature)
+|
+* Bugs Bunny makes a cameo appearance in this live-action Warner Bros. film.
+|-
+|''[[My Dream Is Yours]]''
+|Friz Freleng (uncredited)
+| Bugs Bunny and Tweety
+|April 15, 1949
+|
+* DVD - ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1]]'' (special feature)
+|
+* Bugs Bunny and Tweety make cameo appearances in this live-action Warner Bros. film.
+|-
+|}
 == 1950s ==
 {{Main list|Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1950–1959)}}
+A total of 278 shorts were produced and theatrically released in the 1950s. There were no additional shorts produced during the decade.
 == 1960s ==
 {{Main list|Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1960–1969)}}
+A total of 147 shorts were released during the 1960s; additionally, an unaired television cartoon pilot featuring the Road Runner was theatrically screened instead.
+{|class="wikitable sortable"
+|-
+!Title
+!Directors
+!Starring
+!Release date
+!Availability
+!Notes
+|-
+|''[[Adventures of the Road Runner]]''
+|[[Chuck Jones]], [[Maurice Noble]] and [[Tom Ray]]
+|[[Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner]]
+|June 2, 1962
+|
+* DVD - ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2]]''
+|
+* Unsold TV pilot, screened in theaters.
+* Later cut down into three shorts; ''[[To Beep or Not to Beep]]'' (1963), ''[[Road Runner a Go-Go]]'' (1965), and ''[[Zip Zip Hooray!]]'' (1965).
+|-
+|}
 ==1970s–present==
 {{Main list|Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1970–present)}}
 Since the end of the regular production of the series in 1969, Warner Bros. has occasionally produced new ''Looney Tunes'' shorts that have been released theatrically.
 ===Feature films===
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 ===Television specials===
 {{Main list|List of Looney Tunes television specials}}
-== Further reading ==
-* ''Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons'', by Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald (1989), Henry Holt, {{ISBN|0-8050-0894-2}}
-* ''Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist'' by Chuck Jones, published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, {{ISBN|0-374-12348-9}}
-* ''That's Not All, Folks!'' by Mel Blanc, Philip Bashe. Warner Books, {{ISBN|0-446-39089-5}} (Softcover) {{ISBN|0-446-51244-3}} (Hardcover)
-* ''Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons'', Leonard Maltin, Revised Edition 1987, Plume {{ISBN|0-452-25993-2}} (Softcover) {{ISBN|0-613-64753-X}} (Hardcover)
 == See also ==
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 * ''[[The Golden Age of Looney Tunes]]''
+== Further reading ==
-==References==
+* ''Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons'', by Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald (1989), Henry Holt, {{ISBN|0-8050-0894-2}}
-{{Reflist}}
+* ''Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist'' by Chuck Jones, published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, {{ISBN|0-374-12348-9}}
+* ''That's Not All, Folks!'' by Mel Blanc, Philip Bashe. Warner Books, {{ISBN|0-446-39089-5}} (Softcover) {{ISBN|0-446-51244-3}} (Hardcover)
+* ''Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons'', Leonard Maltin, Revised Edition 1987, Plume {{ISBN|0-452-25993-2}} (Softcover) {{ISBN|0-613-64753-X}} (Hardcover)
 == External links ==