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This is a listing of all the animated shorts released by Warner Bros. under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners between 1940 and 1949.
A total of 307 shorts were released during the 1940s.
Screenplay
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons were each assigned identification numbers that would appear directly on title cards shown at the beginning of each short. These numbers included cartoon studio production numbers, Vitaphone release numbers, Blue Ribbon re-release numbers, and MPAA certificate numbers. Not all of these types of numbers were listed in the title cards of every cartoon and the numbering schemes were sometimes inconsistent. For example, until 1943 cartoons listed Vitaphone release numbers but not cartoon studio production numbers. These release numbers, in turn, increased to 9999 but then restarted at 1. Complicating matters was the Warner Bros. Blue Ribbon re-release program, in which some cartoons were re-released in theaters with new title cards that often removed original production credits and substituted production or release numbers with new re-release numbers. In many cases, the Blue Ribbon releases are the only available prints of a cartoon, making it challenging to discern these cartoons' correct original production information.
In the list below, Blue Ribbon re-release numbers are noted with "BR" and Vitaphone release numbers are noted with "VP".
# | Title | Series | Director | Characters | Identification Numbers | Release date | Availability | reissue? | Notes |
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271 | Porky's Last Stand | LT | Robert Clampett | Daffy Duck, Porky Pig | 9158 | January 6, 1940 |
|
No | |
272 | The Early Worm Gets the Bird | MM | Fred Avery | 9103, BR 1318 |
January 13, 1940 |
|
Yes | ||
273 | Africa Squeaks | LT | Robert Clampett | Porky | 9160 | January 27, 1940 |
|
No | |
274 | Mighty Hunters | MM | Charles Jones | 9363, BR 1314 |
January 27, 1940 |
|
Yes |
| |
275 | Busy Bakers | MM | Ben Hardaway Cal Dalton |
9153 | February 10, 1940 |
|
Yes |
| |
276 | Ali-Baba Bound | LT | Robert Clampett | Porky | 9364 | February 10, 1940:424 |
|
No |
|
277 | Elmer's Candid Camera | MM | Charles Jones | Elmer Fudd, Happy Rabbit | 9371 | March 2, 1940 |
|
No |
|
278 | Pilgrim Porky | LT | Robert Clampett | Porky | 9368 | March 16, 1940 |
|
No | |
279 | Cross Country Detours | MM | Fred Avery | 9423 | March 16, 1940 |
|
Yes | ||
280 | Confederate Honey | MM | I. Freleng | Elmer | 9365 | March 30, 1940 |
|
No | |
281 | The Bear's Tale | MM | Fred Avery | 9369, BR 2-13 |
April 13, 1940 |
|
Yes | ||
282 | Slap-Happy Pappy | LT | Robert Clampett | Porky | 9370 | April 13, 1940 |
|
No | |
283 | Porky's Poor Fish | LT | Robert Clampett | Porky | 9372 | April 27, 1940 |
|
No | |
284 | The Hardship of Miles Standish | MM | I. Freleng | Elmer | 9373 | April 27, 1940 |
|
No | |
285 | Sniffles Takes a Trip | MM | Charles Jones | Sniffles | 9367, BR 1315 |
May 11, 1940:425 |
|
Yes | |
286 | You Ought to Be in Pictures | LT | I. Freleng | Daffy Duck, Porky Pig | 9366 | May 18, 1940 |
|
No |
|
287 | A Gander at Mother Goose | MM | Fred Avery | 9535 | May 25, 1940 |
|
No | ||
288 | Tom Thumb in Trouble | MM | Charles Jones | 9425, BR 1175 |
June 8, 1940 |
|
Yes | ||
289 | The Chewin' Bruin | LT | Robert Clampett | Porky | 9534 | June 8, 1940 |
|
No | |
290 | Circus Today | MM | Fred Avery | 9593 | June 22, 1940 |
|
Yes | ||
291 | Little Blabbermouse | MM | I. Freleng | Little Blabbermouse | 9159 | July 6, 1940 |
|
Yes | |
292 | Porky's Baseball Broadcast | LT | Isadore Freleng | Porky | 9536 | July 6, 1940 |
|
No |
|
293 | The Egg Collector | MM | Charles Jones | Sniffles | 9595 | July 20, 1940 |
|
Yes | |
294 | A Wild Hare | MM | Fred Avery | Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd | 9617 | July 27, 1940 |
|
Yes |
|
295 | Ghost Wanted | MM | Charles Jones | 9537 | August 10, 1940 |
|
No | ||
296 | Patient Porky | LT | Robert Clampett | Porky | 9538 | August 24, 1940 |
|
No | |
297 | Ceiling Hero | MM | Fred Avery | 9361:260 | August 24, 1940 |
|
No | ||
298 | Malibu Beach Party | MM | I. Freleng | 9633 | September 14, 1940 |
|
No | ||
299 | Calling Dr. Porky | LT | I. Freleng | Porky | 9616 | September 21, 1940 |
|
No | |
300 | Stage Fright | MM | Charles Jones | The Curious Puppies | 9757 | September 28, 1940 |
|
Yes | |
301 | Prehistoric Porky | LT | Robert Clampett | Porky | 9614 | October 12, 1940 |
|
No | |
302 | Holiday Highlights | MM | Fred Avery | 9637 | October 12, 1940 |
|
No | ||
303 | Good Night, Elmer | MM | Charles Jones | Elmer | 9775 | October 26, 1940 |
|
No | |
304 | The Sour Puss | LT | Robert Clampett | Porky | 9634 | November 2, 1940 |
|
No |
|
305 | Wacky Wildlife | MM | Fred Avery | 9759, BR 1316 |
November 9, 1940 |
|
Yes | ||
306 | Bedtime for Sniffles | MM | Charles Jones | Sniffles | 9635 | November 23, 1940 |
|
Yes | |
307 | Porky's Hired Hand | LT | I. Freleng | Porky | 9636 | November 30, 1940 |
|
No | |
308 | Of Fox and Hounds | MM | Fred Avery | Willoughby | 9771, BR 1362 |
December 7, 1940 |
|
Yes |
|
309 | The Timid Toreador | LT | Robert Clampett Norman McCabe |
Porky | 9638 | December 21, 1940 |
|
No |
|
310 | Shop Look & Listen | MM | I. Freleng | Little Blabbermouse | 9639 | December 21, 1940 |
|
No |