Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon character produced by Warner Bros.. He has appeared on series such as Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, where he is usually depicted as the best friend and occasional arch-rival of Bugs Bunny. Daffy was one of the first of the new "screwball" characters that emerged in the late 1930s to replace traditional everyman characters who were more popular earlier in the decade[citation needed], such as Mickey Mouse and Popeye. Daffy starred in 133 shorts in the Golden Age, making him the third most frequent character in the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoons behind Bugs Bunny's 166 appearances and Porky Pig's 159 appearances.
Daffy was #14 on TV Guide's list of top 50 best cartoon characters and was featured on one of the issue's four covers as Duck Dodgers with Porky Pig and the Powerpuff Girls (all of which are Time Warner-owned characters).
Daffy first appeared on April 17, 1937, in Porky's Duck Hunt, directed by Tex Avery and animated by Bob Clampett. The cartoon is a standard hunter/prey pairing for which Leon Schlesinger's studio was famous, but Daffy (barely more than an unnamed bit player in this short) was something new to moviegoers: an assertive, completely unrestrained, combative protagonist. Clampett later recalled, "At that time, audiences weren't accustomed to seeing a cartoon character do these things. And so, when it hit the theaters it was an explosion. People would leave the theaters talking about this daffy duck."
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Plot: In this adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Daffy Duck is the greedy proprietor of the Lucky Duck Mega-Mart and all he can think about is the money to be made during the holiday season. Disgruntled employees like Assistant Manager Porky Pig, Marvin Martian, Speedy Gonzales, and Elmer Fudd plead to Daffy Duck for small concessions like a day off on Christmas and discounted toys, but Daffy is relentless in his pursuit of the almighty dollar. It's up to last minute shopper Bugs Bunny; the ghosts of Christmases past (Tweety and Granny), present (Yosemite Sam) and future (Taz); and Porky Pig's young daughter Priscilla to make Daffy see the error of his ways and discover the true meaning of Christmas.
Keywords: christmasActors: Chuck Jones (writer), Chuck Jones (writer), Joe Alaskey (actor), Joe Alaskey (actor), Spike Brandt (director), Spike Brandt (producer), Sander Schwartz (producer), Dane Taylor (miscellaneous crew), Bonnie Negrete (miscellaneous crew), Tony Cervone (producer), Tony Cervone (director), Bobbie Page (producer), Linda Steiner (producer), Rob Desales (editor), Cameron Patrick (composer),
Plot: Daffy Duck is up to his old tricks again as he runs for President to eliminate rabbits. However, Bugs Bunny is ready for him as he gives the Duck an education in the various provisions of the Constitution of the United States even as Daffy experiences first hand the check and balances concept of the federal government's separation of powers.
Keywords: character-name-in-title, checks-and-balances, educational, government, reference-to-bugs-bunny, reference-to-daffy-duck, separation-of-powers, u.s.-congress, u.s.-constitution, u.s.-presidentActors: Joe Alaskey (actor), Brendan Fraser (actor), Joe Alaskey (actor), Joe Alaskey (actor), Timothy Dalton (actor), Brendan Fraser (actor), Jeff Bennett (actor), Jeff Bennett (actor), Jeff Bennett (actor), Bob Bergen (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Joe Alaskey (actor), Joe Alaskey (actor), Roger Corman (actor), Brendan Fraser (actor),
Plot: Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are up to their feuding ways again. Tired of playing second fiddle to Bugs, Daffy has decided to leave the Studio for good. He is aided by Warner Bros.' humor impaired Vice President of Comedy, Kate Houghton, who releases him from his contract and instructs WB security guard/aspiring stunt man DJ Drake to capture and "escort" Daffy off the studio lot. Suddenly a sidekick without a hero, the duck decides to ally himself with DJ, whether he likes it or not. Consequently, Daffy is on the scene when DJ discovers that his famous movie star father was Damian Drake, known for playing suave international spies onscreen, is actually a suave international spy in real life--and has been kidnapped by the evil insane nerdy, prancing villain known as Mr. Chairman of the equally nefarious Acme Corporation. It seems that Damian knows the whereabouts of the mysterious magical and powerful Blue Monkey Diamond, and the Chairman will do anything to get his hands on it! With Daffy in tow, DJ hits the road in a desperate attempt to outrace the evil Acme stooges to the diamond and save the world from their evil clutches. Unbeknownst to the two neo-spies, they are also being followed by VP Kate and Bugs--the studio brass has decided that the rabbit needs a comic foil after all, and Kate's job is on the line if she can't get Daffy back to work ASAP.
Keywords: acme-brand, africa, banana-peel, beaky-buzzard, bird, breaking-the-fourth-wall, car-chase, cartoon-bird, cartoon-dog, cartoon-duckActors: Peter Fitzgerald (director), Joe Alaskey (actor), Joe Alaskey (actor), Bob Bergen (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Joe Alaskey (actor), Peter Fitzgerald (actor), Billy West (actor), Billy West (actor), Peter Fitzgerald (editor), Peter Fitzgerald (producer), Peter Fitzgerald (writer), Elizabeth Yanoska (miscellaneous crew), Michael Thibault (editor),
Genres: Musical, Short,Actors: Joe Alaskey (actor), Joe Alaskey (actor), Bob Bergen (actor), Maurice LaMarche (actor), Tress MacNeille (actress), Greg Burson (actor), Greg Burson (actor), Greg Burson (actor), Kathleen Helppie-Shipley (producer), Tim Cahill (writer), Tim Cahill (producer), Richard Stone (composer), Julie McNally Cahill (writer), Julie McNally Cahill (producer), Douglas McCarthy (director),
Plot: In "Carrotblanca", Bugs Bunny runs an American bar and only looks out for himself. When he is given secret papers that will help defeat the rule of General Pandemonium. However when Bugs falls for Kitty, the wife of the leader of resistance, things change for him and he finds himself having to put himself on the line.
Keywords: airplane, airport, anthropomorphic-animal, anthropomorphism, anvil, bird, cartoon-bird, cartoon-canary, cartoon-cat, cartoon-duckActors: Joe Alaskey (actor), Milt Franklyn (composer), Jeff Bergman (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Carl W. Stalling (composer), June Foray (actress), Robert McKimson (director), Joe Alaskey (actor), Chuck Jones (director), Friz Freleng (director), Maurice Noble (director), Greg Ford (writer), Greg Ford (producer), Abe Levitow (director), Kathleen Helppie-Shipley (producer),
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi,I'm just wild about Harry
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