Superior Duck

Superior Duck is a 1996 Looney Tunes short directed by Chuck Jones.
== Title ==
The title is a play on "Super-Man".
== Plot ==
Daffy is a superhero named "Superior Duck" who tries to do good, but can't get started due to an unprofessional Narrator messing up his intro. There are cameo appearances by Foghorn Leghorn, Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, Tasmanian Devil, Tweety, Marvin the Martian, Porky Pig, and Superman. After dealing with the unreliable narrator for a good amount of time, Daffy eventually gets fed up with him and fires him, deciding that he will resort to saving the human race, but Superman intervenes and tells him to "bug off". Daffy takes a literal approach to the suggestion by changing in a phone booth and becoming "Superior Bug".
== Availability ==
SUPERIOR DUCK.jpg|(1998) VHS Superior Duck (uncut version)
Lt ddq dvd.jpg|(2009) DVD Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (uncut version)
The Essential Daffy Duck.jpg|(2011) DVD The Essential Daffy Duck, Disc 2 (cut version)
51LA0AzTVqL. SL500 AA300 .jpg|(2011) Blu-ray Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1, Disc Three (restored, cut version)
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
JoesApartmentBluRay.jpg|(2024) Blu-ray Joe's Apartment (restored, cut version)
=== Streaming ===
lt boomerang.jpg|Boomerang App (2017 - ) (restored, cut version)
lt hbo max.jpg|HBO Max (2020 - 2022) (restored, cut version)
==Censorship==
*When the cartoon was restored and released on The Essential Daffy Duck DVD in 2011, the scene when the narrator keeps screwing up on the introduction to Superior Duck such as "Faster than a speeding bullet." and "Able to leap the tallest buildings." was cut for unknown reasons despite DC Comics being owned by Warner Bros. The edited version has since been the version used in all television and streaming versions since the release of the DVD.
== Notes ==
* This short was released theatrically alongside Carpool.
* This is the second Chuck Jones-directed cartoon to feature Tweety; the first was "No Barking" (1954).
* This is the first Chuck Jones-directed cartoon to feature:
** Foghorn Leghorn would be followed by another produced cartoon by Chuck Jones "Pullet Surprise".
** Tasmanian Devil, though, this is the only Chuck Jones-directed cartoon to feature him, as well as the only theatrical cartoon since his last appearance in "Fright Before Christmas" which was directed by Friz Freleng.
* This is the first cartoon to have Daffy interact with Wile. E Coyote and Foghorn with the latter since "The Yolks on You"
*The Chuck Jones website claimed the short was released in December 1995.https://web.archive.org/web/19981207052226/http://www.chuckjones.com/film.html
==Gallery==
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Carpoolsuperiorduck.jpeg|Newspaper ad also advertising Carpool (1996)
File:Carpool TV Spot with "Superior Duck" (Chuck Jones Daffy Duck short, 1996)
==References==
Category:Cartoons directed by Chuck Jones
Category:1996
Category:Daffy Duck Cartoons
Category:Shorts
Category:Looney Tunes Shorts
Category:Foghorn Leghorn Cartoons
Category:Tweety Cartoons
Category:Road Runner Cartoons
Category:Wile E. Coyote Cartoons
Category:Porky Pig Cartoons
Category:Taz Cartoons
Category:Chuck Jones Film Production Looney Tunes
Category:Duck Dodgers
Category:Cartoons animated by Tom Ray