Daffy Duck | Fictional Characters Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia [Source] Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon puppet character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, often running the gamut between being the best friend and sometimes arch-rival of Bugs Bunny . Daffy was one of the first of the new " screwball " characters that emerged in the late 1930s to supplant traditional everyman characters, such as Mickey Mouse and Popeye , who were more popular earlier in the decade Template:Citation needed . Daffy starred in 999 shorts in the Golden Age , third amongst Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies films, behind Bugs Bunny's 72 appearances and Porky Pig's 72 appearances. Daffy was #14 on TV Guide 's list of top 50 best cartoon characters, [1] and was featured on one of the issue's four covers as Duck Dodgers with Porky Pig and the Powerpuff Girls (all of which are Hanna Barbera owned characters).

Contents [ show ] Origin Daffy first appeared on April 17, 1937, in Porky's Duck Hunt , directed by Tex Avery and animated by Bob Clampett. The puppet is a standard hunter/prey pairing for which Leon Schlesinger 's studio was famous, but Daffy (barely more than an unnamed bit player in this short) represented something new to moviegoers: an assertive, combative protagonist, completely unrestrainable. As Clampett later recalled, "At that time, audiences weren't accustomed to seeing a cartoon character do these things. And so, when it hit the theaters it was an explosion. People would leave the theaters talking about this daffy duck." [2] This early Daffy is less anthropomorphic and resembles a "normal" duck. The Mel Blanc voice characterization and the white neck ring contrasting with the black feathers, are about the only aspects of the character that remained consistent through the years. Blanc's characterization of Daffy holds the world record for the longest characterization of one animated character by his or her original actor: 52 years. The origin of Daffy's voice is a matter of some debate.

One oft-repeated "official" story is that it was modeled after producer Schlesinger's tendency to lisp. However, in Mel Blanc's autobiography, That's Not All Folks!, he contradicts that conventional belief, writing "It seemed to me that such an extended mandible would hinder his speech, particularly on words containing an s sound. Thus 'despicable' became 'desthpicable'." Daffy's slobbery, exaggerated lisp was developed over time, being barely noticeable in the early cartoons. In Daffy Duck and Egghead , Daffy does not lisp at all, except in the separately drawn set-piece of Daffy singing " The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down ", in which just a slight lisp can be heard. Daffy has no official middle name, but he has sometimes been given a "joke" middle name specific to the plot of a cartoon. In The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1949), he calls himself "Daffy Dumas Duck" as the writer of a swashbuckling script, a nod to Alexandre Dumas .

In The Looney Tunes Show (2011), the joke middle names "Armando" and "Sheldon" are used. Different interpretations Virtually every Warner Bros. cartoon director put his own spin on the Daffy Duck character - he may be a lunatic vigilante in one short, but a greedy gloryhound in another. Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones both made extensive use of these two very different versions of the character. Daffy's early years from 1937-1940 File:Porkysduckhunt.jpg It was Tex Avery who created the original version of Daffy in 1937. Daffy established his status by jumping into the water, hopping around, and yelling, "Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo! Hoo-hoo! Woo-hoo!". Animator Bob Clampett immediately seized upon the Daffy Duck character and cast him in a series of cartoons in the 1930s and 1940s. Clampett's Daffy is a wild and zany screwball, perpetually bouncing around the screen with cries of "Hoo-hoo!

Hoo-hoo!" (In his autobiography, Mel Blanc stated that the zany demeanor was inspired by Hugh Herbert 's catchphrase, which was taken to a wild extreme for Daffy). Clampett physically redesigned the character, making him taller and lankier, and rounding out his feet and bill. He was often paired with Porky Pig . World War II Daffy Daffy would also feature in several war-themed shorts during World War II . Daffy always stays true to his unbridled nature, however: for example, attempting to dodge conscription in Draftee Daffy (1945), battling a Nazi goat intent on eating Daffy's scrap metal in Scrap Happy Daffy (1943), and hitting the head of Adolf Hitler in Daffy the Commando 1943 . Daffy from 1946-1952 For Daffy Doodles (his first Looney Tunes cartoon as a director), Robert McKimson , Sr. tamed Daffy a bit, redesigning him yet again to be rounder and less elastic.

The studio also instilled some of Bugs Bunny 's savvy into the duck, making him as brilliant with his mouth as he was with his battiness. Daffy was teamed up with Porky Pig; the duck's one-time rival became his straight man . Art Davis , who directed Warner Bros. cartoon shorts for a few years in the late 1940s until upper management decreed there should be only three units (McKimson, Friz Freleng and Jones), presented a Daffy similar to McKimson's. McKimson is noted as the last of the three units to make his Daffy uniform with Avery's, with even late shorts such as Don't Axe Me (1958) featuring traits of the 'screwball' Daffy. Daffy's peak from 1953-1964 While Daffy's looney days were over, McKimson continued to make him as bad or good as his various roles required him to be. McKimson would use this Daffy from 1946 to 1961.

Friz Freleng's version took a hint from Chuck Jones to make the Duck more sympathetic, as in the 1957 Show Biz Bugs . Here Daffy is arrogant and jealous of Bugs, yet he has real talent, which is ignored by the theatre manager and the crowd. This cartoon finishes with a sequence in which Daffy attempts to wow the Bugs-besotted audience with an act in which he drinks gasoline and swallows nitroglycerine , gunpowder , and uranium -238 (in a greenish solution), jumps up and down to "shake well", and finally swallows a lit match that detonates the whole improbable mixture. Some TV stations, and in the 1990s the cable network TNT , edited out the dangerous act, afraid of imitation by young kids. Chuck Jones' Daffy from 1951-1964 File:RobHooDfy.jpg Pairing of Daffy and Porky in parodies of popular movies from 1951-1965 While Bugs Bunny became Warner Bros. ' most popular character, the directors still found ample use for Daffy.

Several cartoons place him in parodies of popular movies and radio serials. For example, Drip-Along Daffy ( released in 1951 and named after the popular Hopalong Cassidy character) throws Daffy into a Western , while Robin Hood Daffy (1958) casts the duck in the role of the legendary outlaw Robin Hood . In Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953), a parody of Buck Rogers , Daffy trades barbs (and bullets) with Marvin the Martian , with Porky Pig retaining the role of Daffy's sidekick. Other parodies were Daffy in The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946) as "Duck Twacy" ( Dick Tracy ) (by Bob Clampett) and as Stupor Duck ( Superman , now a WB property himself) (by Robert McKimson).

Pairing of Bugs and Daffy from 1951-1964 Bugs' ascension to stardom also prompted the Warner animators to recast Daffy as the rabbit 's rival, intensely jealous and determined to steal back the spotlight, while Bugs either remained indifferent to the duck's jealousy or used it to his advantage. Daffy's desire to achieve stardom at any cost was explored as early as 1940, in Freleng's You Ought to Be in Pictures , but the idea was most successfully used by Chuck Jones , who redesigned the duck once again, making him scrawnier and scruffier. In Jones' famous "Hunting Trilogy" (or "Duck Season/Rabbit Season Trilogy") of Rabbit Fire , Rabbit Seasoning , and Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (each respectively launched in 1951, 1952 and 1953) Daffy's vanity and excitedness provide Bugs Bunny the perfect opportunity to fool the hapless Elmer Fudd into repeatedly shooting the duck's bill off.

Also, these cartoons reveal Daffy's catchphrase, "You're despicable!" Jones' Daffy sees himself as self-preservationist, not selfish. However, this Daffy can do nothing that does not backfire on him, more likely to singe his tail feathers as well as his dignity than anything. [3] It’s thought that Chuck Jones based Daffy Duck’s new personality off of his fellow animator Bob Clampett who like Daffy was known as a shameless self promoter. In the new Cartoon Network series The Looney Tunes Show Bugs and Daffy live together in suburbia, opposite Yosemite Sam. Solo Daffy Film critic Steve Schneider calls Jones' version of Daffy "a kind of unleashed id ." [4] Jones said that his version of the character "expresses all of the things we're afraid to express." [4] This is evident in Jones' Duck Amuck (1953), "one of the few unarguable masterpieces of American animation," according to Schneider. [5] In the episode, Daffy is plagued by a godlike animator whose malicious paintbrush alters the setting, soundtrack, and even Daffy.

When Daffy demands to know who is responsible for the changes, the camera pulls back to reveal none other than Bugs Bunny. Duck Amuck is widely heralded as a classic of filmmaking for its illustration that a character's personality can be recognized independently of appearance, setting, voice and plot. [5] In 1999, the short was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry . Freleng's Daffy Friz Freleng used the Jones idea for Daffy in Show Biz Bugs (1957) wherein Daffy's "trained" pigeon act (they all fly away as soon as Daffy opens their cage) and complicated tap dance number is answered by nothing but crickets chirping in the audience, whereas Bugs' simple song-and-dance numbers brings wild applause. McKimson's Daffy McKimson made more benevolent use of Daffy, in Ducking the Devil for example his greed becomes a vital tool in subduing the Tasmanian Devil and collecting a big cash reward. McKimson also played with Daffy's movie roles however.

In 1959, Daffy appeared in China Jones (a parody of a television series of the day, China Smith , starring Dan Duryea ) in which he was an Irish private eye , with an Irish accent, instead of the usual lisp, in his voice. Daffy's pairing with Speedy in 1965-1968 When the Warner Bros. animation studio briefly outsourced cartoon production to DePatie-Freleng Entertainment in the 1960s, Daffy Duck became an antagonist (or inconsistent friend) in several Speedy Gonzales cartoons. For example, in Well Worn Daffy (1965), Daffy is determined to keep the mice away from a desperately needed well seemingly for no other motive than pure maliciousness. Furthermore, when he draws all the water he wants, Daffy then attempts to destroy the well in spite of the vicious pointlessness of the act, forcing Speedy to stop him. The Warner Bros. studio was entering its twilight years, and even Daffy had to stretch for humor in the period.

It's worth mentioning, though, that in many of the later DFE cartoons (such as Feather Finger and Daffy's Diner ) Daffy is portrayed as a more sympathetic character rather than the full-blown villain he is in cartoons like Well Worn Daffy and Assault and Peppered . The last cartoon featuring Daffy and Speedy is See Ya Later Gladiator , in what animation fans call the worst cartoon made by Warner Brothers. [6] Daffy today File:Daffyduck2011.png Daffy lives on in fucking appearances and later cartoons and puppets such as a piano duel with fellow fowl Donald Duck (from a rivals The Walt Disney Company ) in the 1988 Lionsgate film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, as both are playing Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2. In 1987, to celebrating Daffy's 50th anniversary, Warner Bros. released The Duxorcist , their first theatrical Looney Tunes short in two decades. Daffy Duck also appeared in several feature-film compilations, including two films centering Daffy.

The first was released in 1982, Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island ; the second came in 1988, Daffy Duck's Quackbusters , which is considered one of the Looney Tunes' best compilation films, and featured another new theatrical short Night of the Living Duck . Daffy has also had major roles in films such as Space Jam in 1996 and Looney Tunes: Back in Action in 2003. The latter film does much to flesh out his character, even going so far as to cast a sympathetic light on Daffy's glory-seeking ways in one scene, where he complains that he works tirelessly without achieving what Bugs does without even trying. Daffy has also been featured in several webtoons which can be viewed online . Daffy is shown as a baby in the Baby Looney Tunes show, and made occasional cameos on Animaniacs and Histeria! In the show Loonatics Unleashed , his descendant is Danger Duck (voiced by Jason Marsden ), who is also lame and unpopular to his teammates.

In the majority of these appearances, the selfish, neurotic and spotlight-hungry Daffy characterized by Chuck Jones is the preferred version. More recently, Daffy has been given larger roles in more recent Looney Tunes films and series. Following Looney Tunes: Back in Action , Warner Brothers has slowly moved the spotlight away from Bugs and more towards Daffy, as shown in the 2007 video release Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas , where Daffy plays the lead while Bugs Bunny appears in a supporting role. However, more recent merchandise of the duck, as well as that featured on the official website, have been shown to incorporate elements of the zanier, more light hearted Daffy of the 1940s. Producer Larry Doyle noted that recent theatrical cartoons were planned that would portray a more diverse Daffy closer to that of Robert McKimson's design; however, due to the box-office failure of Looney Tunes: Back in Action , these new films ceased production. [7] {C Daffy returned to Cartoon Network in The Looney Tunes Show , where he is voiced by Jeff Bergman Template:Citation needed .

His characterization here seems to incoporate some elements of Clampett and Jones' designs while giving him an overall cheery, if dimwitted personality. In the show, he has moved out of the forest and shares Bugs's house with him. Unlike Bugs and their neighbors, Daffy has no way of earning money and relies on Bugs for food and shelter. He has tried on numerous occasions to get rich quick, but ended up failing repeatedly. [8] Other Voice actors which voiced Daffy Daffy has been voiced by other actors besides Mel Blanc, Jeff Bergman, Hank Azaria, Dee Bradley Baker, and Joe Alaskey: Maurice LaMarche ( Taz-Mania ) Other Medias Daffy plays a piano duet with Donald Duck in the 1988 Lionsgate and Amblin Entertainment film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit . In the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog television "Zoobotnik", there is a name list and Daffy Duck's name was named on the list. A poster of Daffy is prominently displayed in Michael Garibaldi 's quarters in the science fiction TV series Babylon 5 .

In one episode, Zack Allen jokingly explains to G'Kar that Daffy is the "ancient Egyptian god of frustration". Garibaldi is also shown entertaining Ambassador Delenn with Duck Dodgers in the 24 and 1/2th Century, which he finds difficults to understand when Duck Dodgers accidentally puts his rocket into a bomb. Daffy Duck (Character) - Comic Vine Daffy Duck Character » Daffy Duck appears in 1047 issues . Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon character produced by Warner Bros. Daffy Duck is a cunning, scheming and sly cartoon character. Daffy Duck also has been depicted as the best friend and occasional arch-rival of Bugs Bunny. Daffy's Female counter-part goes by the name of "Mellisa Duck". The Daffy Duck wiki last edited by EpicTayMan on 03/08/14 05:45PM View full history Daffy is greedy, hot-headed and generally just in a bad-mood, he's very anti-social and edging on insanity.

Origin and History Daffy Duck is a Golden Age Cartoon character who was created in 1937, by Tex Avery. Daffy was one of the original creation of the "screwball" archetype. His main shtick was annoying enemies and running around, while yelling, "HOO-HOO, HOO!!!" 30's As stated above this is when Daffy was mainly a "Screwy Squirrel" type character. And as a result is generally considered the most different from his current and longest adaptation. During this time, he mostly appeared as the aforementioned screwball or as an antagonist to, his then enemy/friend Porky Pig . In his first appearance, "Porky's Duck Hunt", Daffy is being hunted by Porky and precedes to evade him the entire short. In his second appearance, and his first official cartoon, "Daffy and Egghead", Daffy has a completely one handed battle with, Egghead, the early name and design of Elmer Fudd .

Early 40's Daffy and Porky During the early 40s Daffy mostly keeps the same personality as before; however, his shorts were basically focused on him fighting in various battles of World War II. This is also the time when Porky and Daffy began appearing together as a comedy team of sorts. However; he had two very notable cartoon during this period of time. The First was the 1940s cartoon "You Ought To Be In Pictures". In this cartoon, Daffy convinces "his old pal" Porky to quit Leon Schlesinger's studio, so that Daffy can become the studio's big star. The cartoon is groundbreaking in that, though it wasn't the first, it was one of the first successful attempts to put animation and people together on the big screen and was voted the 32 Greatest cartoon in 1994. The Second is 1943s "Porky's Pig Feat". In the cartoon, Daffy actually calls Bugs "his hero" and calls him to help him out of a tight spot. This showcases just how different Daffy's personality, and by extension this interpretation, was in the early days.

Late 40's During the mid to late 40s is when remnants of the current and most famous adaptation of Daffy first began to appear. In the re-imagining of Daffy he became more mellow, a lot less screwy, and more savvy. He was now as quick witted as he was zany. During this time is when he was fixated into his long and famous run as partners with his one-time enemy Porky Pig. 50's- This is officially when Daffy's "Screwball" personality, was taken away. He was redesigned into less zany and even more cunning character. He was made more sympathetic, by making most people generally dislike him. However, to balance, he was made arrogant, conniving, and just slightly cowardly. These traits were most helpful with possibly his most famous pairing with Bugs Bunny. Their classic and timeless antics can be showcased in cartoons such as, The Hunting Trilogy, "Ali Baba Bunny and "Beanstalk Bunny", His other, and arguably more famous appearances are in his parodies of common movie genres.

As a matter of fact, during this era just about every short involved on another non-sequential adventure, with Porky Pig as his sidekick. This is opposite of Daffy's earlier shorts, where he's sidekick to Porky, the more famous character. Present Daffy really hasn't changed a lot since the 50s. he's made appearances in just about every Looney Tunes Special and Comics since then and will continue to. He now appears alongside Bugs, in the current The Looney Tunes Show, where is co-protagonist. This adaption of Daffy is pretty different from most portrayals, mainly because it more or less eliminates the conniving, savvy, and cunning part of his personality. However, he is still funny and is at least not a fool. Appearance Originally, Daffy look exactly like a small duck would., but as his personality changed, he, like most Looney Tunes, became more of a humanoid animal than anything growing to roughly four feet. However he's always been a duck with an orange bill and completely black feathers, save for a ring of white feathers around his neck.

Personality As mentioned above, Daffy was originally created with the "Screwball" personality. He later involved into a sympathetic, cunning dogged guy. Until he set firmly into evolved into the cunning, conniving, and arrogant dogged guy we've come to love. Best Cartoons & Characters Duck Amuck Is considered one of the few achievements in Animation Masterpieces. It stars Daffy Duck in a Post-Modern, Fourth Wall- Breaking cartoon. In the cartoon, Daffy appears on the scene and as he acts, the scenery changes. He then starts talking to the artist and engages in a number of hijinks which cause harm physical and to his Sanity. In the twist ending, it turns out the artist is Bugs Bunny Duck Twacy Duck Twacy appears in the 1946 short "The Great Piggy Bank Robbery" is Bob Clampett parody of the Dick Tracy Comics and film noir style as a whole.After his own Piggy Bank goes missing, Duck Twacy goes deep into the underworld and fights of hundreds of enemies in pure Dick Tracy fashion. This is cartoon is number 16 on the 50 Greatest Cartoons List.

Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century Duck Dodgers first appears in the 1953 short, :"Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century". Duck Dodgers is a parody of Buck Rogers and the space genre as a whole. In his first appearance, Duck Dodgers and his Eager Young Space Cadet, Porky Pig, has war with Marvin The Martian which causes the obliteration of the planet they were trying to claim. This cartoon is groundbreaking because it was fun entertaining, yet subtle in its cautionary tale about what would happen if the world faced a nuclear war. It was voted #4 on the list of 50 Greatest Cartoons. The Duck Dodgers character was so popular, that it spawned an entire series which lasted for three seasons. Green Loontern Daffy as Green Loontern one of the most memorable episodes came from the first season; in which Dodgers outfit gets switched with, Green Lantern , Hal Jordan 's at the cleaners. Book Revue Book Revue is a 1945 short which stars Daffy. The short takes place in a library, characters from a various number of books, and starts putting on a show. Even Frank Sinatra is there.

Tired of all the noise, half way through Daffy Duck shows and this is the fun really starts. He steps from a Looney Tunes Comic He dons a blond wig, a suave purple shirt, and a smooth accent He then does his rendition of "Carolina in the morning". He sees Red Riding Hood, and tells her about the horrors of going to see The Big Bad Wolf. Then the Big Bad Wolf shows up and chases Daffy through a number a books, until Daffy tricks him into falling in Dante's Inferno. Daffy and Red Dance and that's the end. One of Daffy's most famous moments is in this short, when he does his signature Clampett Corneal Catastrophe, and his entire body transforms into an eye, when he first sees the wolf. This was voted #45 on the 50 Greatest Cartoons list. Daffy Duck & Egghead Daffy Duck & Egghead is the second cartoon featuring Daffy Duck. It is basically a remake of the his first appearance, Porky's Duck Hunt.

The short revolves around an inept hunter Egghead, an early model of Elmer Fudd, and his attempt to capture Daffy Duck at his most screwball. Hilarity ensues. The cartoon is known for it's quick pacing, quick pans, and for Egghead shooting a member of the audience interrupting him while hunting. Daffy also performs his own rendition of the classic Merrie Melodies "The Merry Go Round Broke Down", it goes as following. Scarlet Pumpernickel Daffy as the Scarlet Pumpernickel The Scarlet Pumpernickel appears in the 1950 short of the same name. He is a parody of the book, The Scarlet Pimpernickel, Errol Flynn, and the swashbuckling film genre as a whole. The short begins with Daffy trying to convince founding member Jack (J.L.) Warner of the Warner Bros., to stop typecasting him in comedies and to put him in more serious roles. The short is about the Scarlet Pumpernickel as he battles for the love of Melissa Duck from the evil Grand Duke, played by Sylvester Cat. It ranked at number 31 on the list of 50 greatest cartoons.

This is also the cartoon where Daffy revealed his actual middle name Dumas. Robin Hood Daffy as Robin Hood Robin Hood Daffy appears in the 1958 short of the same name. The entire short is about a hapless Robin Hood, trying to convince a Friar, Porky Pig, that he is actually Robin Hood. Western-Type Hero Premiered in 1951, he was a parody of the western genre and was accompanied by his sidekick, Porky Pig, aptly named Comedy Relief. 50 Greatest Cartoons Daffy appears in more than 15% of the list of 50 Greatest Cartoons. And is in two of the top 5. He also has more appearances on the list than any other character with 9 appearances. 2.Duck Amuck Daffy Duck | Looney Tunes Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Daffy Duck seen first time in Porky's Duck Hunt . Daffy first appeared on April 17, 1937 in Porky's Duck Hunt , directed by Tex Avery and animated by Bob Clampett .

The cartoon is a standard hunter/prey pairing for which Leon Schlesinger 's studio was famous, but Daffy (barely more than an unnamed bit player in this short) was something new to moviegoers: an assertive, completely unrestrained, combative protagonist. Bob later recalled: "At that time, audiences weren't accustomed to seeing a cartoon character do these things. And so, when it hit the theaters it was an explosion. People would leave the theaters talking about this daffy duck." This early Daffy is less anthropomorphic and resembles a "normal" duck, being short and pudgy, with stubby legs and a beak. The only aspects of the character that have remained consistent through the years are his voice (provided by Mel Blanc ) and his black feathers with a white neck ring. Mel's voice for Daffy holds the world record for the longest voice-acting of one animated character by his/her original actor: 52 years. The origin of Daffy's voice is a matter of some debate. One often-repeated "official" story is that it was modeled after producer Schlesinger's tendency to lisp.

However, in Mel Blanc's autobiography, That's Not All, Folks!, he contradicts that conventional belief, writing, "It seemed to me that such an extended mandible would hinder his speech, particularly on words containing an s sound. Thus 'despicable' became 'dethpicable.'" In The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1950), Daffy has a middle name, Dumas, as the screenwriter of a swashbuckling script, a nod to Alexandre Dumas. Also, in the Baby Looney Tunes episode The Tattletale, Granny addresses Daffy as "Daffy Horacio Tiberius Duck." In The Looney Tunes Show (2011), the joke middle names "Armando" and "Sheldon" are used. Daffy's slobbery, exaggerated lisp was developed over time, and it is barely noticeable in the early cartoons. In Daffy Duck & Egghead , Daffy does not lisp at all except in the separately drawn set-piece of Daffy singing The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down in which just a slight lisp can be heard.

In Looney Tunes: Back In Action , Daffy is sick of Bugs and goes on an adventure with DJ to battle The ACME Company and save DJ's father, but his real purpose of coming is to get the Blue Monkey diamond. Different Interpretations Virtually every Warner Bros. cartoon director put his own spin on the Daffy Duck character – he may be a lunatic vigilante in one short but a greedy gloryhound in another or an outright villain in another (particularly the 1960s shorts where he is paired with Speedy Gonzales ). Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones both made extensive use of these two very different versions of the character. Daffy's Early Years Bob Clampett 's concept for Daffy. Tex Avery created the original version of Daffy in 1937. Daffy established his status by jumping into the water, hopping around, and yelling, "Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo! Hoo-hoo! Woo-hoo!" Animator Bob Clampett immediately seized upon the Daffy Duck character and cast him in a series of cartoons in the 1930s and 1940s.

The early Daffy is a wild and zany screwball, perpetually bouncing around the screen with cries of "Hoo-hoo! Hoo-hoo!" (In his biography, Mel Blanc stated that the zany demeanor was inspired by Hugh Herbert 's catchphrase, which was taken to a wild extreme for Daffy). Bob physically redesigned the character, making him taller and lankier and rounding out his feet and bill. He was often paired with Porky Pig . 1941-1945 Daffy would also feature in several war-themed shorts during World War II. Daffy always stays true to his unbridled nature, however; for example, he attempts to dodge conscription in Draftee Daffy (1945), battles a Nazi goat intent on eating Daffy's scrap metal in Scrap Happy Daffy (1943), and hits Adolf Hitler's head with a giant mallet in Daffy - The Commando (1943). Daffy was "drafted" as a mascot for the 600th Bombardment Squadron. Plane Daffy is also focused on WW2, focusing on Hitler and Daffy in a house.

1946-1952 For Daffy Doodles (his first Looney Tunes cartoon as a director), Robert McKimson tamed Daffy a bit, redesigning him yet again to be rounder and less elastic. The studio also instilled some of Bugs Bunny's savvy into the duck, making him as brilliant with his mouth as he was with his battiness. Daffy was teamed up with Porky Pig; the duck's one-time rival became his straight man. Arthur Davis , who directed Warner Bros. cartoon shorts for a few years in the late 1940s until upper management declared there should be only 3 directors (Robert McKimson, Friz Freleng , and Chuck Jones ), presented a Daffy similar to Robert's. Robert is noted as the last of the three directors to make his version of Daffy uniform with Chuck's, with even late shorts, such as Don't Axe Me (1958), featuring the "screwball" version of the character. His persona also changed from a literal daffy character to that of a greedy, impatient and more intelligent character.

1953-1964 Daffy as "Stupor Duck". While Daffy's looney days were over, Robert continued to make him as bad or good as his various roles required him to be. Robert would use this Daffy from 1946 to 1961. Friz Freleng's version took a hint from Chuck Jones to make the duck more sympathetic, as in the 1957 Show Biz Bugs . Here Daffy is arrogant and jealous of Bugs, yet he has "real" talent that is ignored by the theater manager and the crowd. This cartoon finishes with a sequence in which Daffy attempts to wow the Bugs-besotted audience with an act in which he drinks gasoline and swallows nitroglycerine, gunpowder, and uranium-238 (in a greenish solution), jumps up and down to "shake well" and finally swallows a lit match that detonates the whole improbable mixture. Daffy parodies of pop culture While Bugs Bunny became Warner Bros. ' most popular character, the directors still found ample use for Daffy. Several cartoons place him in parodies of popular movies and radio serials.

For example, "Drip-Along Daffy" throws Daffy into a Western, while " Robin Hood Daffy " (1958) casts the duck in the role of the legendary outlaw Robin Hood . In " Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century " (1953), a parody of Buck Rogers, Daffy trades bullets with Marvin The Martian , with Porky Pig retaining the role of Daffy's sidekick. Other parodies were Daffy in " The Great Piggy Bank Robbery " (1946) as Duck Twacy (Dick Tracy) by Bob Clampett and as "Stupor Duck" (Superman of DC Comics , now a WB property himself) by Robert McKimson. Pairing of Bugs and Daffy from 1951-1964 Daffy as he appears in The Looney Tunes Show . Daffy returned to Cartoon Network in The Looney Tunes Show , voiced by Jeff Bergman . His characterization here seems to incorporate some elements of Clampett 's and Jones ' designs while giving him an overall cheery if dimwitted personality.

In the show, he has moved out of the forest and shares Bugs 's house with him. Unlike Bugs and their neighbors, Daffy has no way of earning money and relies on Bugs for food and shelter. He has tried on numerous occasions to get rich quick, but ended up failing repeatedly. Daffy's one possession he is proud of is his paper-mache parade float , constructed on top of a minivan, which is his main means of transportation. It was destroyed by a car wash incident, and Daffy sought to replace it with a yacht by tricking Porky into giving him the expensive loan, but his less-than-stellar boating skills ended that ambition. His parade float is repaired shortly after. His girlfriend on the show is Tina Russo . While Daffy's greed and jealousy of Bugs remains, he appears to be less antagonistic in this show, with the exception of the series finale. Daffy also starred in the 2012 3-D short Daffy's Rhapsody with Elmer Fudd that was originally set to premiere before Happy Feet Two but instead it debuted prior to Journey 2: The Mysterious Island .

The short features Daffy and Elmer in the first CG or 3-D depiction of these specific Looney Tunes characters. According to Matthew O’Callaghan who directed the short, the audio comes from a 1950s recording for a children's album. Cartoon Network , during the summer of 2013 , created a video montage [1] cartoon characters from their shows. In the end of the montage, the CN logo is formed by several characters quickly showing up and disappearing. One of the cameoed characters was Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny representing gods. Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Prod.

Daffy Duck | The Oldest Cartoon Characters Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia The Oldest Cartoon Characters Wiki Daffy in Duck Amuck (1953) Vital statistics Friend of Bugs Bunny -cartoon character Species Voiced By Mel Blanc (1937-1989, 2012) (Daffy Rhapsody) Jeff Bergman (1990-1993, 2011-present) Greg Burson (1993-1995) Joe Alaskey (Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes) (1991, 1995–present) Dee Bradley Baker (Space Jam, 1996) Jeff Bennett (Attack of the Drones) Gender The Looney Tunes Show (2011-present) Family Location United States Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon character produced by Warner Bros. He has appeared in cartoon series such as Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies , where he usually has been depicted as the best friend and occasional arch-rival of Bugs Bunny .

Daffy was one of the first of the new " screwball " characters that emerged in the late 1930s to replace traditional everyman characters who were more popular earlier in the decade , such as Mickey Mouse and Popeye . Daffy starred in 133 shorts in the Golden Age , making him the third-most frequent character in the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoons, behind Bugs Bunny's 166 appearances and Porky Pig 's 159 appearances. Daffy was #14 on TV Guide 's list of top 50 best cartoon characters and was featured on one of the issue's four covers as Duck Dodgers with Porky Pig and the Powerpuff Girls (all of which are Time Warner -owned characters). Orgin Edit Daffy first appeared on April 17, 1937, in Porky's Duck Hunt , directed by Tex Avery and animated by Bob Clampett.

The cartoon is a standard hunter/prey pairing for which Leon Schlesinger 's studio was famous, but Daffy (barely more than an unnamed bit player in this short) was something new to moviegoers: an assertive, completely unrestrained, combative protagonist. Clampett later recalled: "At that time, audiences weren't accustomed to seeing a cartoon character do these things. And so, when it hit the theaters it was an explosion. People would leave the theaters talking about this daffy duck." This early Daffy is less anthropomorphic and resembles a "normal" duck. In fact, the only aspects of the character that have remained consistent through the years are his voice characterization by Mel Blanc and his black feathers with a white neck ring. Blanc's characterization of Daffy holds the world record for the longest characterization of one animated character by his or her original actor: 52 years. The origin of Daffy's voice is a matter of some debate. One often-repeated "official" story is that it was modeled after producer Schlesinger's tendency to lisp.

However, in Mel Blanc's autobiography, That's Not All Folks!, he contradicts that conventional belief, writing, "It seemed to me that such an extended mandible would hinder his speech, particularly on words containing an s sound. Thus 'despicable' became 'desthpicable.'" Daffy's slobbery, exaggerated lisp was developed over time, and it is barely noticeable in the early cartoons. In " Daffy Duck & Egghead ", Daffy does not lisp at all except in the separately drawn set-piece of Daffy singing " The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down " in which just a slight lisp can be heard. Daffy has no official middle name, but he has sometimes been given a "joke" middle name specific to the plot of a cartoon. In " The Scarlet Pumpernickel " (1949), he calls himself "Daffy Dumas Duck" as the writer of a swashbuckling script, a nod to Alexandre Dumas . Also, in the Baby Looney Tunes episode "The Tattletale", Granny addresses Daffy as "Daffy Horacio Tiberius Duck".

In The Looney Tunes Show (2011), the joke middle names "Armando" and "Sheldon" are used. 9 Cartoon Ducks That’ll Make You Quack For More | nerdbastards.com 9 Cartoon Ducks That’ll Make You Quack For More 02-08-10 • Featured , TV Posted by Luke Gallagher 12 Facebook Twitter Why are we here today? Well to acknowledge and celebrate televisions greatest cartoon ducks, that’s why. Seriously, no great cartoon is without a good duck. We judge a mallard not by cuteness but by contents of their character. So let us get on with then. Here are the 9 Ducks That’ll Make You Quack For More. Lets get ducky! #9 Psyduck– we all know him from Pokeman and yes, we all love him. He is by far one of the best Pokeman ever created. After all, his vacant look and appearance of stupidity makes us chuckle inside and makes us wonder if that is what we look like after a night of playing video games. His dumbfounded appearance is meant to trick his enemies into thinking he is weak (according to the Pokedex of course!).

He is constantly plagued by a headache and therefore waddles around holding his head. But once that headache goes from bad to horrendous, Psyduck is able to use his psychic powers. Or just use his claws to scratch the shit out of his enemy. #8 The Mighty Ducks– the cartoon characters of course! It ran in the fall of 1996. Basically it was about a planet called Puckworld that was inhabited by humanoid ducks whose favorite past time was playing ice hockey (You don’t say?). The planet is taken over by Dragaunus. Canard goes off into the hills and finds the mask of Drake DuCaine (a legend). Canard ensembles a group of friends: Wildwing, Nosedive, Tanya, Duke, Mallory, and Grin, to fight the douchey Dragaunus. Sure the ducks were standard-issue superheroes and the show itself was a bit too light-hearted and not really too layered but it’s hocky playing mallards folks. It sells itself. #7 Scrooge McDuck– aka Uncle Scrooge ala Ducktales.

Only the richest duck in the entire world who only does what any other rich person would do…try to expand his wealth constantly; while trying to keep it safe from a bunch of no-do-gooders like the Beagle Boys. He got his rich by being “smarter then the smarties, and tougher then the toughies.” With the help of his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie he is always able to protect his money. Scrooge McDuck was a laughable, outlandish, over the top business man. He started out as a greedy, self centered, typical scrooge but learned that there’s more to life than money, family. Plus his Scottish accent was so damn classy. And who can say they haven’t emulated ole’ Scrooge by trying to swim in a pile their allowance money? Sadly, the majority of us only had enough pennies and dimes to reenact a fish out of water. Perhaps if we “work smarter not harder” we too will have mountain of money to frolic in. #6 Wade– from Garfield and Friends. He lives on Orson’s Farm and his best friend just happens to be Orson, the pig.

He has a wonderful sense of style, always wearing his pink inflatable tube. Which of course has a head on it that copies his every move and appearance. He has way too many phobias to name and once he gets scared, which is almost always, he starts to speak in tongues and no one can understand him. After Garfield was over and his qoute “friends” came on, Wade was the only reason worth watching. #5 Darkwing Duck– aka alter ego Drake Mallard. It was the first spin-off of Ducktales and the show ran from 1991-1995 and 1996-1997. Helping Darkwing Duck was his trusty sidekick Launchpad. Drake lived with his adoptive daughter, Gosalyn and was best know for his phrases “Let’s get dangerous!” and “I am the terror that flaps in the night!” We’ve heard of superheros who fight truth, justice and all that good stuff. We’ve heard of super heroes that fight because of some life-changing trauma at the hand of a criminal. But a superhero that gets his kicks because of an ego streak?

How can you not love a character that tries so desperatly hard to compensate for his lack of actual superpowers? A vainglorious vigilante who constantly provides his own narration, what more do you need? #4 Count Duckula– British TV series from way back when, September 1988. It was a spin-off of Dangermouse. A vegetarian duck who comes from a long lineage of nasty vampires who are resurrected every 100 years by using an ancient incantation and a bottle of blood. Sadly, there is a slight mishap with this particular ceremony and instead of a bloodthirsty creature from the deep, we get a egotistical music-loving weakling who enjoys nothing better than munching on piece of celery. Together with his stupid but tough nanny and his shady butler Igor, he lives in a dark castle on a mountain in Transylvania called appropriately enough ‘Castle Duckula’ from where he can teleport around the world by simply entering a magic crypt. Count Duckula will be remembered for his enjoyable, terrible puns, delivered in a hilarious, understated british manner. #3 Duckman– aka Eric Tiberius Duckman.

best known for his catch phrases, “What the hell are you staring at?” and “Hommina hommina how wah!” Duckman is about a sexually repressed duck who takes his time by staring at “jugs” and working as a private dick, to pay his alimony payments. Where upon he is met by the porky friend Cornfed who though in his meger existence adds to the plot through his fast witted humor and actually shows some kind of loyalty to Duckman. While Duckman isn’t being a Private Dick he is a family man to his farce of a family. A bitchy, workout obsessed sister in law, a dim witted eldest son, another pair of sons who happen to be Siamese twins and a comatose farting grandmother . Snarmy, cynical, deranged, rude, perverted and an out right fool you can’t help but love Duckman because he reminds you a little of yourself. #2 Daffy Duck– aka Daffy Dumas Duck. He was part of Warner Bros Looney Toons and Merrie Melodies. He 1st appeared on April 17, 1937. Though never achieving the success of Warner Bros.

staple character, Bugs Bunny, Daffy was the better character. That bunny was an arrogant prick. While Daffy made a connection with people for his self-analytical, competive, peevish, paranoid, neurotic and greedy nature. If you think about it, Daffy is Warner Bros. critique on human nature. We are glory seeking creatures that work tirelessy and are jealous of those that acheive success without even trying. We try and fail. Daffy may have been the victim of many misfortunes and failed at life but this looney toon suceeded at capturing our hearts. #1 Donald Duck-. There are ducks and there is Donald and Daffy Duck. Donald, as we all know, is the better duck. He was born June 9, 1934 and is an iconic Disney character to this day. The venerable duck is known for such classic phrases as “Oh boy, Oh boy, Oh boy”, “What’s the big idea?” and “Aw Phooey!”. Though generally happy, with a postive outlook on life Donald has a temper about as short as his pants.

It’s still remains a mystery as to why Donald proudly goes commando but yet will where a towel after taking a shower/bath??? Donald has a rich and colorful history. He rose to success in the early forties with academy award winning film “Der Fuehrer’s Face” (1943) a anti nazi progander film. Other notable shorts from this period include several Army shorts that follow Donalds life in the US Army. Post war Donald is the duck most of us know and love. When Donald wasn’t being the brunt of other character pestering , most notably by Chip n’ Dale, he was the star in educational films such as “Donald in MathMagic Land” and “How to Have an Accident at Work” (both 1959). He later would make several appearances in other Disney projects such as “Mickey’s Christmas Carol”. Speaking of Mickey, the rivalry between Duck and Mouse is the stuff of legends. While Mickey was whoring himself out like some cheap $5 hooker Donald was working hard to earn his rightful place in the spotlight. House of Mouse my ass, more like House of Duck if you ask me.

Donald could have well been Disney’s leading mascot had this little audio sex tap not surfaced: Jeeze, can’t a duck get a blow job with out some bitch hiding a recorder and selling the audio to the highest bidder? Despite this little blemish in Donalds respectable history he is for all accounts an American hero. “Who’s got the sweetest disposition, One guess, guess who? Who never never starts an argument, Who never shows a bit of temperament, Who’s never wrong, but always right, Who’d never dream of starting a fight, Who gets stuck with all the bad luck, No one! but Donald Duck that’s who.

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Question: What is the middle name of cartoon character Daffy Duck?
Answer: Dumas