Stork Naked

Stork Naked is a 1955 Merrie Melodies short directed by I. Freleng.
== Title ==
The title is a play on the phrase "stark naked."
== Plot ==
A massive baby boom is happening in various parts around the world, and the stork is delivering multiple babies to these locations. At every stop he celebrates with a drink with the happy parents, resulting him to become increasingly drunk after each baby delivery. 
Meanwhile, at Daffy's house, his wife Daphne is knitting a tiny sweater. He tries it on, only for Daphne to tell him it's for a new baby. Daffy, not taking to the idea of having another mouth to feed, sets up all manner of anti-stork measures in an attempt to keep the stork away; anti-aircraft guns on the roof, bear traps in the bushes, a trampoline in the fireplace, a guillotine in the doorway, and alligators in the basement. The stork tries to deliver him an egg, and somehow evades all of the traps as Daffy falls into them. Legs pop out of the egg, so the stork lets it wander into Daffy's house, and he leaves. When the egg hatches, it looks just like the stork, so Daffy flies it back to him, happy to finally give him a dose of his own medicine.
== Availability ==
Lt vs5.jpg|(1982) VHS The Looney Tunes Video Show, Volume 5
DAFFY DUCK TALES FROM THE DUCKSIDE.jpg|(1992) VHS Daffy Duck: Tales from the Duckside
DAFFY DUCK'S SCREEN CLASSICS.jpg|(1993) LaserDisc Daffy Duck's Screen Classics: Duck Victory
ClassicCollection.jpg|(1995) VHS Classic Collection (WHSmith Exclusive Video)
SUPERIOR DUCK.jpg|(1998) VHS Superior Duck
8158quVPv4L. AC SL1500 .jpg|(2003) VHS Daffy Duck (2003)
400px-Looney Tunes Super Stars - Daffy Duck - Frustrated Fowl.jpg|(2010) DVD Looney Tunes Super Stars' Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl (cropped to widescreen)
Lt unleashed.jpg|(2012) DVD Looney Tunes Unleashed! (cropped to widescreen)
Lt 4kf ltc.jpg|(2015) DVD 4 Kid Favorites Looney Tunes Collection
Lt ssfm2.jpg|(2017) DVD Looney Tunes Super Stars Family Multi-Feature Vol. 2, Disc 1
=== Streaming ===
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== Notes ==
* The stork's first stop is the apartment of Mr. & Mrs. Pierce. This is a reference to longtime Termite Terrace veteran writer Tedd Pierce.
* Unlike most cartoons featuring The Drunk Stork, the stork starts out sober and becomes increasingly intoxicated with every delivery due to the parents requesting to celebrate with alcoholic beverages, even though this was previously subtly hinted via the stork's dialogue in "Goo Goo Goliath".
* This short was included in The Bugs Bunny Mother's Day Special.
* Though Daffy is depicted as a greedy, selfish, neurotic, sarcastic, immature, and spotlight-hungry antihero in the 1950s to the early-1960s since 1951's "Rabbit Fire", Daffy here is unusually nastier and more prone to violence, upsetting his wife when he tells her he doesn't want a baby and going to great lengths to keep the stork away, even if it means using dangerous booby-traps. However, Daffy at least retains some good nature in this short whilst interacting with his wife, Daphne.
** This is one of the only two cartoons from the "classic" (pre-1965) era where Daffy is depicted as nastier than he is usually depicted in the "classic" (pre-1965) era. The other one is "The Iceman Ducketh" (1964), the final pairing of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck from the "classic" era (as well as the last appearance of Daffy during the "classic" era), in which Daffy played the antagonist role.
** Interestingly, Daffy's extremely unlikable side from this cartoon would be exaggerated a decade later during the DePatie-Freleng and W-7 eras when Daffy became an antagonist to Speedy Gonzales.
* The animation of Daffy escaping the cellar hatch whilst batting down the alligators and panting after closing the hatch doors would later be used in "China Jones".
** Likewise, the guillotine gag would be repeated later in "Here Today, Gone Tamale", with Sylvester repeating the exact same "I forgot all about that silly thing!" line.
== Gallery ==
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== External links ==
* "Stork Naked" at the SFX Resource
 
Category:Daffy Duck Cartoons
Category:Cartoons directed by Friz Freleng
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Shorts
Category:1955
Category:Cartoons written by Warren Foster
Category:Cartoons with music by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Hawley Pratt
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Irv Wyner
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer
Category:DVD Widescreen Cropped Cartoons