The Duxorcist

The Duxorcist is a 1987 Looney Tunes short directed by Greg Ford and Terry Lennon.
== Plot ==
Daffy Duck receives a call from Melissa Duck that her house is being haunted. Daffy quickly rushes over and checks the house. When he opens the oven, it is a frozen barren land with small people living in an igloo. When he opens the refrigerator, fire leaps out and burns him. When the cupboard door is opened, there is a train heading straight towards him. He quickly slams it and goes to talk to Melissa after noticing her beauty. 
After the pair share a kiss, he finds out that she is possessed, so he gets a book and starts reading corny ghost jokes. The three ghosts that possessed Melissa jump out and chase Daffy down the street.
== Censorship ==
* When "The Duxorcist" aired as an individual cartoon on ABC's The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show, Daffy's line after he pushes the possessed female duck (Melissa) off him ("Oh no, not another schizophrenic dame. Hey, Sybil, any more like you in the family? Can you send back that older sister of yours?") was replaced with the scene of Daffy saying, "I don't know my own strength!" (which was cut from the scene of Daffy kissing Melissa and triggering her possession) due to a Standards and Practices rule stating that mental illnesses could not be mocked or even mentioned.
== Availability ==
QuackbustersVHS.jpg|(1989) VHS Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
lt ddq beta.jpg|(1989) Beta Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
lt ddq ld.jpg|(1989) LaserDisc Daffy Duck's Quackbusters, Side 2
514NV7A22EL.jpg|(1992) VHS Bugs Bunny's Creature Features
LOONEY TUNES AFTER DARK.jpg|(1993) LaserDisc Looney Tunes After Dark
Hijink.jpg|(2000) VHS Bugs Bunny's Halloween Hijinks
lt sj2d.jpg|(2003) DVD Space Jam two-disc special edition, Disc 2
lt ddq dvd.jpg|(2009) DVD Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
The Essential Daffy Duck.jpg|(2011) DVD The Essential Daffy Duck, Disc 2
Lt 4kf ltc.jpg|(2015) DVD 4 Kid Favorites Looney Tunes Collection
lt df tlts ddq.jpg|(2016) DVD Looney Tunes Double Feature The Looney Tunes Show Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
Looney Tunes Parodies Collection.jpeg|(2020) DVD Looney Tunes: Parodies Collection
=== Streaming ===
lt hbo max.jpg|HBO Max (2020 - 2022) (restored)
== Notes ==
* This is the first new theatrical Daffy Duck short since 1968's "See Ya Later Gladiator".
** Moreover, this is also the first new theatrical Looney Tunes short since 1969's "Injun Trouble".
* This short was included in Daffy Duck's Quackbusters the following year.
* The short later appeared as part of the 1992 TV special Bugs Bunny's Creature Features.
* The cartoon's soundtrack is composed of music from cartoons such as "Transylvania 6-5000", "Feed the Kitty", "Rabbit Seasoning", "Rabbit Fire", "Mouse Wreckers", "Hillbilly Hare", "Duck Amuck", and "Hyde and Hare". All of the scores were from Carl W. Stalling, except for the first one, which was from William Lava.
** This is one of the three modern-day theatrical Looney Tunes cartoons to re-use archive music cues from the classic shorts as opposed to having newly scored music. The other two modern Looney Tunes cartoons to re-use classic-era music scores include "The Night of the Living Duck" and "Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers".
* The 1946-1955 version of "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" is used as the opening theme, while the 1955-1964 version of the same tune is used as the ending theme. The ending rings seems to be recycled from an old "14 Carrot Rabbit" print.
* When this cartoon was released on the Looney Tunes After Dark LaserDisc in the mid-1990s, the end credits after the "That's all, Folks!" ending card are cut, presumably due to time constraints. On TV airings as well as DVD releases, the end credits are kept intact.
* Since Mel Blanc was too ill to record voices at the time the cartoon was made and therefore could not scream, Daffy's screaming when the ghosts chase him in the ending is recycled audio from "Duck Amuck".
* This cartoon was shown in theaters with Nuts during its original release.
== Gallery ==
TheDuxorcistOpeningRings.png|Opening color rings
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=== TV Title Cards ===
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Category:Daffy Duck Cartoons
Category:Shorts
Category:1987
Category:Looney Tunes Shorts
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with music by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons directed by Terry Lennon
Category:Cartoons directed by Greg Ford
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Robert Givens
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Richard H. Thomas
Category:Cartoons animated by Norman McCabe
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Frank Raciti