Draftee Daffy

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Drafteedaffycornettwood.jpg|Daffy saluting a painting of General MacArthur.
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Vlcsnap-2022-08-23-23h17m59s976.png|"Howdy doody son!"
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Vlcsnap-2022-08-23-23h19m47s188.png|"Is this trip really necessary son?"
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Vlcsnap-2022-08-23-23h20m42s762.png|"What's all the hubbub, bub?"
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Vlcsnap-2022-08-23-23h23m55s491.png|"So long Dracula!"
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Draftee Daffy is a 1945 Looney Tunes short directed by Bob Clampett.
== Plot ==
Having read about the U.S. fighting forces pushing the Nazi troops back during World War II ("A thshmathing frontal attack on the enemy rear?"), Daffy is in a patriotic mood. However, his mood quickly changes to fear when he gets a call that "The Little Man from the Draft Board" wants to see him.
Hiding in his house, Daffy looks out, eventually seeing the little man, who attempts to hand him a telegram (presumably with Daffy's conscription order). Daffy continues to try and outrun the little man, who seems to be everywhere that Daffy happens to be at the moment.
Daffy even goes so far as to plant a bomb near the man, finally, Daffy locking him in a safe, bricking the safe up, putting up a wall over the bricks, chortling, "So long, Dracula!", running to the roof and taking off in a rocket. However, the rocket soon plunges back to earth, causing Daffy to crash-land in Hell. Shrugging off this turn, Daffy spots a demon and tells him, "Oh well, at least I put one over on that dope from the draft board!" The demon takes off his mask to reveal he's the man from the draft board, who then replies with the popular catchphrase of the "Richard Q. Peavey" character from The Great Gildersleeve, "Well, now, I wouldn't say that," and proceeds to chase Daffy into the distance, letter still in hand.
== Caricatures ==
* Theodore Roosevelt
* Douglas MacArthur
* Richard LeGrand's character Richard Q. Peavey
== Availability ==
Cartoon Moviestars 2.jpg|(1989) VHS Cartoon Moviestars: Bugs and Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons
LT Laserdisc 2.jpg|(1989) LaserDisc Cartoon Moviestars: Bugs and Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons
Golden-Age-of-Looney-Tunes-2-F.jpg|(1992) LaserDisc The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Vol. 2, Side 5: Bob Clampett
LTCE VOL 7 WELCOME TO WACKYLAND.jpg|(2000) VHS Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Volume 7: Welcome To Wackyland (1995 Turner dubbed version)
Golden Collection box 3.jpg|(2005) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3, Disc Four (with optional audio commentary by Eddie Fitzgerald and John Kricfalusi)
lt cas4.jpg|(2006) DVD Looney Tunes Collection All Stars Volume 4
lt spotlight 7.jpg|(2009) DVD Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 7, Disc 2
LTPC Volume 3 Cover.png|(2014) Blu-ray Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3, Disc Two (same version from LTGC volume 3)
LT Platinum Collection VOL 3 DVD Cover.png|(2014) DVD Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3, Disc Two (same version from LTGC volume 3)
lt cv3.jpg|(2018) DVD Looney Tunes Collection Volume 3
=== Streaming ===
lt boomerang.jpg|Boomerang App ( - )
lt hbo max.jpg|HBO Max (2020 - 2023)
lt max.jpg|Max (2023 - )
== Notes ==
* Despite Daffy trying to avoid being conscripted in this short, Daffy had already been depicted as serving in the armed forces in earlier shorts such as "Daffy - The Commando" and "Plane Daffy". 
* The setup of Daffy and The Little Man from the Draft Board in this cartoon is very similar to that of the wolf and Droopy from the Tex Avery cartoons from rival studio MGM (particularly the Droopy cartoon "Dumb Hounded"), as The Little Man from the Draft Board often pops up everywhere Daffy is, causing the duck to flee to escape from him throughout the picture to avoid getting drafted into the army.
* This is the first Looney Tunes to have the black background with red Color Rings, a color scheme that had previously been used in the 1942–43 season. However, the background is smaller than the 1942–43 season.
*Along the bottom of the painting of General MacArthur, Cornett Wood's name can be seen.
*This was the last cartoon that was released during Bob Clampett's time at the Warner Bros. cartoon studio before he left four months later.
*This was the final short within the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies line to have a focus on the still ongoing World War II; released over three months before the declaration of victory in Europe and eight months before the final surrender of Japan ending the conflict. In this case, the cartoon's message is to inform audiences to not avoid conscription.
* The Little Man from the Draft Board's question "Is this trip really necessary, son?" refers to the government's attempt to curb the public's consumption of fuel during the war. It was also used by Bugs in "Baseball Bugs".
== Gallery ==
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== References ==
es:Draftee Daffy
Category:Daffy Duck Cartoons
Category:Cartoons directed by Bob Clampett
Category:Shorts
Category:1945
Category:Cartoons written by Lou Lilly
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons animated by Basil Davidovich
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Thomas McKimson
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer
Category:Cartoons in a.a.p. package
Category:Wartime Shorts