A report on Daffy Duck

Daffy as he first appeared in Porky's Duck Hunt (1937).
Daffy in drag as Carmen Miranda in Yankee Doodle Daffy (1943).
600 Bomb Squadron emblem Daffy Duck.
Daffy's appearance in The Looney Tunes Show (Season 1).

Animated cartoon character created by Warner Bros. Styled as an anthropomorphic black duck, he has appeared in cartoon series such as Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, in which he is usually depicted as a foil for Bugs Bunny.

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Bugs Bunny

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Animated cartoon character created in the late 1930s by Leon Schlesinger Productions and voiced originally by Mel Blanc.

Animated cartoon character created in the late 1930s by Leon Schlesinger Productions and voiced originally by Mel Blanc.

Bugs' preliminary debut (as "Happy Rabbit") in Porky's Hare Hunt (1938).
Bugs' first appearance in A Wild Hare (1940).
Evolution of Bugs' design over the years.
Bugs as he appears in The Looney Tunes Show Season 2.
Mel Blanc was the original voice of Bugs and voiced the character for nearly five decades.
Bugs' star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Statue evoking Bugs Bunny at Butterfly Park Bangladesh.

This cartoon has an almost identical plot to Avery's Porky's Duck Hunt (1937), which had introduced Daffy Duck.

Looney Tunes opening title used in the 1947–1948 season

Looney Tunes

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American animated comedy short film series produced by Warner Bros. from 1930 to 1969, concurrently with the related Merrie Melodies, during the golden age of American animation.

American animated comedy short film series produced by Warner Bros. from 1930 to 1969, concurrently with the related Merrie Melodies, during the golden age of American animation.

Looney Tunes opening title used in the 1947–1948 season

The two series introduced a large cast of characters, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig.

Elmer Fudd

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Animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies series and the archenemy of Bugs Bunny.

Animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies series and the archenemy of Bugs Bunny.

"Egghead" as he appeared in 1939's A Day at the Zoo
Elmer Fudd, resembling Egghead early in his career, is annoyed by a rabbit in Elmer's Candid Camera.
Elmer in Rabbit Fire (1951)

The best known Elmer Fudd cartoons include Chuck Jones' work What's Opera, Doc? (one of the few times Fudd bested Bugs, though he felt bad about it), the Rossini parody Rabbit of Seville, and the "Hunting Trilogy" of "Rabbit Season/Duck Season" shorts (Rabbit Fire, Rabbit Seasoning, and Duck! Rabbit, Duck!) with Fudd, Bugs Bunny, and Daffy Duck.

Porky Pig

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Animated character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons.

Animated character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons.

Bob Clampett's Porky Pig intro in 1938–1939

Porky's Duck Hunt was also the first film of another Looney Tunes star, Daffy Duck.

Blanc in 1959

Mel Blanc

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American voice actor and radio personality whose career spanned over 60 years.

American voice actor and radio personality whose career spanned over 60 years.

Blanc in 1959
The cast of The Jack Benny Program, from left to right: Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Mary Livingstone, Jack Benny, Don Wilson, and Mel Blanc
Blanc in 1975
Blanc's gravesite marker

However, he became known worldwide for his work in the Golden Age of American Animation as the voices of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and numerous other characters from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoons.

Jones in 1978

Chuck Jones

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American animator, director, and painter, best known for his work with Warner Bros. Cartoons on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of shorts.

American animator, director, and painter, best known for his work with Warner Bros. Cartoons on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of shorts.

Jones in 1978
Jones in 1976

He wrote, produced, and/or directed many classic Animated Cartoon shorts starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, Pepé Le Pew, and Porky Pig, among others.

Marvin the Martian

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Extraterrestrial character from Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons.

Extraterrestrial character from Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons.

The launch patch for the Spirit Mars Rover, featuring Marvin the Martian.

He has battled for space territory, Planet X, with Daffy Duck, a.k.a. Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century.

Bob Clampett

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American animator, director, producer and puppeteer.

American animator, director, producer and puppeteer.

Porky in Wackyland was inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2000, deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Clampett speaking at the 1976 San Diego Comic Convention

Clampett was promoted to a directorial position in 1937 and during his fifteen years at the studio, directed 84 cartoons later deemed classic and designed some of the studio's most famous characters, including Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, and Tweety.

Felix the Cat in The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg by Van Beuren

Golden age of American animation

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Period in the history of American animation that began with the popularization of sound cartoons in the late 1920s when animated films started to feature sound and gradually ended in the 1970s with the closing of Walter Lantz Productions and Terrytoons.

Period in the history of American animation that began with the popularization of sound cartoons in the late 1920s when animated films started to feature sound and gradually ended in the 1970s with the closing of Walter Lantz Productions and Terrytoons.

Felix the Cat in The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg by Van Beuren

Many popular characters emerged from this period, including Disney's Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy, and Pluto; Warner Bros.' Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, Tweety, Sylvester, Granny, Yosemite Sam, Tasmanian Devil, Marvin the Martian, Pepé Le Pew, Foghorn Leghorn, and Speedy Gonzales; MGM's Tom and Jerry and Droopy; Fleischer Studios' Betty Boop, Popeye, Felix the Cat and Casper (Famous Studios); Walter Lantz's Woody Woodpecker; Terrytoons' Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle; UPA's Mr. Magoo and Gerald McBoing-Boing; Jay Ward Productions' Rocky and Bullwinkle and George of the Jungle; Hanna-Barbera's Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Top Cat, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, and Scooby-Doo; and DePatie–Freleng's The Pink Panther, The Inspector and The Ant and the Aardvark.

Speedy Gonzales

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Animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons.

Animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons.

A prototype version of Speedy Gonzales in Cat-Tails for Two
Speedy Gonzales from the 1955 short film of the same name
Speedy Gonzales from the 1955 short film of the same name

In the mid 1960s, Speedy's main rival and second nemesis became Daffy Duck, whom Speedy usually referred to as "the loco duck."