Your Essential Series Collection

[Jeff Harris]

In case you haven't heard the news, Warner Bros. is about to release an Essential Bugs Bunny DVD collection. Upon looking at the contents, not quite impressed, but it's a good template.

This is kind of strange to do around these parts, but what would be your essential collection of popular characters? Your mission, if you choose to accept it, create a two-disc Essentials Collection. One character. Between 10-14 shorts (about two hours of video) you feel are the essential shorts representative of your character on one disc, and assorted videos featuring your character, including modern takes on the character, on the other disc.

Here's my Essential Daffy Duck.

Disc One:
Daffy Duck & Egghead (1938, Avery)
Daffy Duck in Hollywood (1938, Avery)
Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur (1939, Jones)
My Favorite Duck (1942, Jones)
Draftee Daffy (1945, Clampett)
Book Revue (1946, Clampett)
Nasty Quacks (1945, Tashlin)
The Scarlett Pumpernickel (1950, Jones)
Drip-along Daffy (1951, Jones)
Rabbit Seasoning (1952, Jones)
Duck Amuck (1953, Jones)
Muscle Tussle (1953, McKimson)
Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century (1953, Jones)
Robin Hood Daffy (1958, Jones)

Disc 2:
The Night of the Living Duck (1988, Ford/Lennon)
Daffy Duck For President (2004)
Daffy Meets Drew and Mimi (The Drew Carey Show)
Daffy Sells Stuff (Visa Ad/PSAs/Post)
Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars (1988 TV special)
Duck Dodgers: The Series (2004, Samurai Quack/The Green Loontern)

[donaldduck12]

Okay let's try it

Essential Mickey Mouse

Disc One
Plane Crazy (1928)
Steamboat Willie (1928)
Band Concert (1935)
Mickey's Service Station (1935)
Thru the Mirror (1936)
Moving Day (1936)
Clock Cleaners (1937)
Lonesome Ghosts (1937)
Mickey's Trailer (1938)
Brave Little Tailor (1938)
Pointer (1939)
Sorcerer's Apprentice (1940)
Little Whirlwind (1941)
Symphony Hour (1942)

Disc Two
Mickey and the Beanstalk (1947)
Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
Prince and Pauper (1990)
Mickey's Mountain (2001)
Daisy-Bo-Peep (2006)

[donaldduck12]

Essential Donald Duck

Wise Little Hen (1934)
Donald and Pluto (1936)
Don Donald (1936)
Donald's Cousin Gus (1939)
Mr. Duck Steps Out (1940)
Donald's Dog Laundry (1940)
Donald's Snow Fight (1942)
Der Fuehrer's Face (1943)
Aquarela do Brasil (1943)
Three Cabelleros Song (1945)
Donald's Crime (1945)
Blame it On the Samba (1948)
Toy Tinkers (1949)
Rugged Bear (1953)

Donald in Mathmagic Land (1959)
Really Mighty Ducks (1996)
Noah's Ark (1999)
Donald's Dynamite: Opera Box (2002)

[donaldduck12]

Essential Spider-Man

Disc 1
Origin of Spider-Man (from 1967 series)
Triumph of Green Goblin (from Amazing Friends)
Fantastic Mr. Frump (from Amazing Friends)
Hobgoblin Parts 1 and 2 (from TAS)

Disc 2
Insidious Six Parts 1 and 2 (from TAS)
Where Evil Nests (from Unlimited)
Law of the Jungle (from New Animated Series)
Final Curtain (from Spectacular)

[Sketch]

I decided to take a crack at a show that's near and dear to me with a 14 episode overall set and 8 episode character spotlights

The Essential Ninja Turtles Fred Wolf Films Series Collection

Disc 1

Episode 001 - "Turtle Tracks"
Episode 002 - "Enter the Shredder"
Episode 003 - "A Thing About Rats"
Episode 004 - "Hot Rodding Teenagers from Dimension X"
Episode 005 - "Shredder & Splintered"
Episode 006 - "Return of the Shredder"
Episode 018 - "Return of the Technodrome"

Disc 2

Episode 036 - "Cowabunga Shredhead"
Episode 063 - "The Big Rip Off"
Episode 064 - "The Big Break-In"
Episode 065 - "The Big Blow Out"
Episode 107 - "One Upon a Time Machine"
Episode 159 - "The Legend of Koji"
Episode 170 - "Shredder Triumphant"

Tubular Team-Ups

Episode 013 - "Invasion of the Punk Frogs"
Episode 041 - "Casey Jones: Outlaw Hero"
Episode 043 - "Corporate Raiders from Dimension X"
Episode 048 - "Leatherhead: Terror of the Swamp"
Episode 050 - "Usagi Yojimbo"
Episode 052 - "Usagi Come Home"
Episode 106 - "The Turtles and The Hare"
Episode 109 - "Michelangelo Meets Mondo Gecko"

The Essential Leonardo

Episode 033 - "Take Me to Your Leader"
Episode 034 - "Four Musketurtles"
Episode 085 - "Leonardo Lightens Up"
Episode 090 - "Farewell, Lotus Blossom"
Episode 099 - "Leonardo VS Tempestra"
Episode 119 - "Leonardo Cuts Loose"
Episode 122 - "Leonardo, Renaissance Turtle"
Episode 140 - "Snakes Alive!"

The Essential Donatello

Episode 037 - "Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers"
Episode 089 - "Donatello Makes Time"
Episode 092 - "Donatello's Degree"
Episode 102 - "Beyond the Donatello Nebula"
Episode 111 - "Donatello's Bad Time"
Episode 117 - "Donatello's Duplicate"
Episode 138 - "Donatello Trashes Slash"
Episode 157 - "Night of the Dark Turtle"

The Essential Michelangelo

Episode 044 - "Pizza by the Shred"
Episode 049 - "Michelangelo's Birthday"
Episode 066 - "Michelangelo Toys Around"
Episode 087 - "Funny, They Shrunk Michelangelo"
Episode 093 - "Michelangelo Meets Bugman"
Episode 095 - "What's Michelangelo Good For?"
Episode 112 - "Michelangelo Meets Bugman Again"
Episode 125 - "Michelangelo, the Sacred Turtle"

The Essential Raphael

Episode 081 - "Raphael Knock's em Dead"
Episode 083 - "Raphael Meets His Match"
Episode 101 - "Raphael Drives 'em Wild"
Episode 115 - "Raphael VS the Volcano"
Episode 121 - "Turtle of a Thousand Faces"
Episode 142 - "Mr. Nice Guy"

I can't decide on the remaining two Raphael episodes but I don't think there are any other ones that spotlight him. Probably just about any episode will suffice though because if nothing else Raphael is always entertaining.