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'. 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.

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