1937

thumb|right|Original Looney Tunes theme score
1937 would be a breakthrough year for Warner Brothers animation as the studio found its identity through its shorts, new significant characters like Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd first appearing, and Mel Blanc lending his voice to become the main voice actor of the studio's output.
== History ==
* The Looney Tunes start using "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" as their theme music.
* The Merrie Melodies start to break away from the obligation of every short having at least one full chorus song. 1937 saw the release of the very first three Merrie Melodies without song breaks, those being "Pigs Is Pigs", "Uncle Tom's Bungalow", and "The Lyin' Mouse".
* Porky's famous "in a drum" closing was first used. The Porky drum design was changed two years from now.
* The Porky Signature theme was abandoned after "Porky's Garden".
* The Porky Signature theme is used on the closing for only four cartoons, similar to how the Merrie Melodies started using an instrumental version of "Merrily We Roll Along" on the closing titles starting with "Plenty of Money and You".
* Mel Blanc's first cartoon, "Picador Porky," is released.
* Joe Dougherty is replaced by Mel Blanc as Porky's voice actor starting with "Porky's Duck Hunt".
* First appearance of Gabby Goat.
* All cartoons by Ub Iwerks were made this year.
* First color cartoon by Frank Tashlin.
* First appearance of Daffy Duck.
* Both cartoons "Uncle Tom's Bungalow" and "Clean Pastures", released right after each other, are notable as the third and fourth entries (and second and third Technicolor entries) in the infamous Censored Eleven.
* First appearance of Egghead.
* The Color Rings change from blue from 1936-37 to yellow rings starting with "Little Red Walking Hood".
* First appearance of Elmer Fudd. 
* Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones leave Tex Avery's unit and work for Ub Iwerks as co-directors at his studio.http://likelylooneymostlymerrie.blogspot.com/2012/05/163-porky-and-gabby-1937.html
*Bob Clampett directs his first Looney Tunes cartoon called "Porky's Badtime Story."http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Funnyworld/Clampett/interview_bob_clampett.htm Clampett's unit is, for tax reasons, owned by producer Leon Schlesinger's cousin Ray Katz.
* Friz Freleng leaves the studio to work for MGM as a director of The Captain and the Kids film series.
*Cal Howard and Cal Dalton inherit Friz's unit after his departure.
== Theatrical Shorts ==
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== Character Debuts ==
* February 27 - Drunken Bull in "Picador Porky"
* April 3 - Petunia Pig in "Porky's Romance"
* April 17 - Daffy Duck in "Porky's Duck Hunt"
* May 15 - Gabby Goat in "Porky and Gabby"
* July 17 - Egghead in "Egghead Rides Again"
* November 6 - Elmer Fudd in "Little Red Walking Hood"
== People ==
=== Births ===
* February 15 - Ron Dias
=== Deaths ===
* July 20 - Elmer Wait
== References ==
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