Quackodile Tears

Quackodile Tears is a 1962 Merrie Melodies short directed by Arthur Davis.
== Title ==
The title is a play on the phrase "crocodile tears."
== Plot ==
Honeybunch is sitting on an egg in her nest and knitting. She tells Daffy that it's his turn to sit, but he refuses until she kicks his butt. He moves the egg for a moment to fluff up the nest, but the egg rolls away down the hill and into another nest full of eggs. Unbeknownst to him, these are alligator eggs. Unable to tell the difference, Daffy picks an egg at random and brings it back to his nest. The mother alligator sees him take an egg and cries out, and the father alligator chases Daffy. They squabble about the egg back and forth for a while until Honeybunch returns.
Daffy uses a grenade painted white as a trap for the crocodile. Honeybunch mistakes it as Daffy throwing away their egg, so she strangles Daffy and forces him to sit on that "egg", ignoring Daffy's explanation that it is a grenade, not the real egg. It explodes, setting his tail on fire.
She makes him sit on the real egg until it hatches into a baby alligator. And when Daffy starts clobbering the alligator with a bat, she tells her husband it's just an ugly duckling which will grow into a beautiful swan. Meanwhile, Mrs. Alligator tells her husband something similar, since both families had swapped eggs.
== Availability ==
lt vs2 uk.jpg|(1982) VHS The Looney Tunes Video Show, Volume 2
Daffy Duck (1990) (UK VHS).jpeg|(1990) VHS Daffy Duck (1990)
LTSPB Vol. 2.jpg|(1995) VHS Special Bumper Collection (Vol. 2)
Daffyltcollectionhgafdsjk.jpg|(1996) VHS Daffy Duck
8158quVPv4L. AC SL1500 .jpg|(2003) VHS Daffy Duck (2003)
=== Streaming ===
Lt boomerang.jpg|Boomerang App (2017 - )
Lt hbo max.jpg|HBO Max (2020 - 2022) (restored)
== Censorship ==
* The version of this short shown on CBS's The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show was cut to remove Daffy substituting his egg for a firecracker so the alligator can get it, only for the alligator to catch wise and force Daffy to sit on the firecracker.https://web.archive.org/web/20240224055614/https://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-q-r.aspx
== Goofs ==
* After Daffy puts the dynamite stick through the female alligator's eggs and then her husband puts it into the nest, you can see a stick already being there, which is replaced by the one the gator places in.
== Notes ==
* Arthur Davis assumed supervision for this short, making it his first time directing since 1949. Davis directed this cartoon using Friz Freleng's unit, as his own got dissolved around late 1949 due to budget problems. This would also be the final Warner Bros. short he directed until 1980.
* This short was included in The Bugs Bunny Mother's Day Special.
* Unlike other cartoons featuring Daffy, he is not drawn with his white collar around his neck. However, the lobby card for the cartoon portrays him with his collar.
* This cartoon was originally slated to be included on the Looney Tunes Super Stars' Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl DVD, but was replaced early in development due to executive backlash from Warner Home Video.https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/whv-announcement-looney-tunes-super-stars.290816/#post-3537991
== Gallery ==
QuackodileTearsCredits1.png
QuackodileTearsCredits2.png
Quackodile-tears600.jpg|Lobby card
1666308026-435-5940-color-model-sheet-09.jpg|Color guide (circa May 1961)
== References ==
es:Quackodile Tears
Category:1962
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Arthur Davis
Category:Daffy Duck Cartoons
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by June Foray
Category:Cartoons written by John Dunn
Category:Cartoons produced by David H. DePatie
Category:Cartoons animated by Bob Matz
Category:Cartoons animated by Lee Halpern
Category:Cartoons animated by Art Leonardi
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Robert Gribbroek
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Tom O'Loughlin
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with music by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn