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Encyclopedia > Captain Star Johnson

Captain Star Johnson is a secondary league character on Duck Dodgers. He is a space captain for the Galactic Protectorate, and is voiced by John O'Hurley. Duck Dodgers was an American animated television series based on the classic cartoon short Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century produced by Warner Bros. ... John OHurley and Julia Louis Dreyfus in Seinfeld John Gerald OHurley (born October 9, 1956, in Kittery, Maine) is an American actor who is known for his career in soap operas as well as his role as J. Peterman on the hit television series Seinfeld. ...


Character

Star Johnson is a highly decorated space captain and the rival of Duck Dodgers, and was first seen in The Trial of Duck Dodgers, as the Captain who brought Dodgers to trial over Dodgers' incompetence. The case was, however, dismissed. Daffy Duck, Mars Exploration Rover Mission patch Duck Dodgers is the fictional star of a series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. ...


Star later appears flirting with another female officer called Tina in The Green Loontern, and despite his rivalry with Dodgers, teams up with him during General Z9s' coup of Planet Mars, and again when competing with Dodgers in the Captain of the Year award in The Best of Captains, the Worst of Captains (Although neither won, they did both beat rival captain, Captain Dallas Rodman). Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the solar system, named after the Roman god of war (the counterpart of the Greek Ares), on account of its blood red color as viewed in the night sky. ...


Personality

Johnson himself is ideally more competent than Duck Dodgers, investigating General Z9 before anyone else became suspicious. Johnson was also the first captain Dr. I.Q. Hi chose to investigate Dodgers' disappearance during a gangster investigation. It was also Johnson who tried to barricade Protectorate HQ during The Fudd to protect his fellow crewmen. Daffy Duck, Mars Exploration Rover Mission patch Duck Dodgers is the fictional star of a series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...


Star seems to enjoy mocking his fellow officers, and even in The Best of Captains, the Worst of Captains, he fires on another spaceship that has "parked" in his spot. As shown in Invictus Interruptus, he is also incredibly egotistic, taking all credit for destroying the Martian Invictus without mentioning the actions of his crew or the sacrifice of Duck Dodgers. Daffy Duck, Mars Exploration Rover Mission patch Duck Dodgers is the fictional star of a series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. ...


Star Johnson seems to be based largely on Flash Gordon, with some anti-hero elements. His rivalry with Dodgers echoes the rivalry between Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon (The latter being King Features Syndicates' answer to the former). he is the shits and da bomb Flash Gordon is a science fiction comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond, first published on January 7, 1934. ... In literature and film, an anti-hero is a central or supporting character that has some of the personality flaws and ultimate fortune traditionally assigned to villains but nonetheless also have enough heroic qualities or intentions to gain the sympathy of readers or viewers. ... Poster for Buck Rogers serial, 1939 Buck Rogers is a fictional pulp character that began in 1928 as Anthony Rogers, the hero of two novellas by Philip Francis Nowlan published in the magazine Amazing Stories. ... Flash Gordon is a science fiction comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond, first published on January 7, 1934. ... King Features Syndicate is a syndication company owned by The Hearst Corporation; it distributes about 150 comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and games to thousands of newspapers around the world. ...



 
 

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