  duck amuck is a surreal animated cartoon directed by chuck jones and produced by warner bros. cartoons. the short was released in early 1953 by the vitaphone corporation, the short subject division of warner bros. pictures, as part of the merrie melodies series. it stars daffy duck, who is tormented by a seemingly sadistic, initially unseen animator (who turns out to be bugs bunny), who constantly changes daffy's locations, clothing, voice, physical appearance and even shape. pandemonium reigns throughout the cartoon as daffy attempts to steer the action back to some kind of normality, only for the animator to either ignore him or, more frequently, to over-literally interpret his increasingly frantic demands. in 1994, it was voted #2 of the 50 greatest cartoons of all time by members of the animation field, losing only to what's opera, doc?, also made by chuck jones. it remains one of the most notable warner animations, and has been inducted into the united states library of congress and selected for preservation in the national film registry. the short was included on the looney tunes golden collection: volume 1 dvd box set (with optonal audio commentary by noted animation historian jerry beck) and the looney tunes platinum collection: volume 1 blu-ray box set. the short inspired the 2007 nintendo ds game looney tunes: duck amuck. ==plot== the cartoon's title sequence and opening scene suggest daffy duck is to star as a musketeer, who boldly acts out an action scene with a fencing foil. as he thrusts the foil and advances, the background abruptly disappears, leaving a plain white screen. confused by this, daffy turns to the animator and asks him to complete the scenery. he walks off the screen, and the animator fills in a new background that has nothing to do with the previous scene. daffy returns and starts to repeat his opening scene, but quickly notices the different background and leaves, returning in a different costume and altering his performance to match the new scene. the animator substitutes several different, unrelated backgrounds, each time prompting daffy to change costumes until the background
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