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Cat Smile has been renamed to Playful Cat Smile. Moving examples that have enough context for the new trope.


** [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIXFamilies Quaxly]] is cartoonish duckling with a mostly white body, teal legs and a [[SixtiesHair pompadour-like crest]] and a [[CatSmile cat-like grin]]. In the first trailer of ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', Quaxly is seen fliping its crest for dramatic effect.

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** [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIXFamilies Quaxly]] is cartoonish duckling with a mostly white body, teal legs and a [[SixtiesHair pompadour-like crest]] and a [[CatSmile cat-like grin]].grin. In the first trailer of ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', Quaxly is seen fliping its crest for dramatic effect.

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* ''Series/ElmosWorld: Doctors'' plays up the "quack doctor" metaphor; a duck dressed as a doctor shows up a few times.
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* ''Series/ElmosWorld: Doctors'' plays up the "quack doctor" metaphor; a duck dressed as a doctor shows up a few times.
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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': In the earlier seasons, Misty's Psyduck was depicted as comically inept at both battling ''and'' swimming. It's a different story when it gets a headache and unlocks its latent PsychicPowers...

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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': In the earlier seasons, ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'': Misty's Psyduck was depicted as comically inept at both battling ''and'' swimming. It's a different story when it gets a headache and unlocks its latent PsychicPowers...

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* ComicBook/HowardTheDuck: The titular character is a sardonic DeadpanSnarker who even got [[Film/HowardTheDuck his own movie]] in the '80s.
* ComicBook/TheEyeOfMongombo: Anthropologist/adventurer Cliff Carlson has been [[ForcedTransformation turned into a duck]] by a vengeful WitchDoctor named Jumballah.

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* ComicBook/HowardTheDuck: ''ComicBook/HowardTheDuck'': The titular character is a sardonic DeadpanSnarker who even got [[Film/HowardTheDuck his own movie]] in the '80s.
* ComicBook/TheEyeOfMongombo: ''ComicBook/TheEyeOfMongombo'': Anthropologist/adventurer Cliff Carlson has been [[ForcedTransformation turned into a duck]] by a vengeful WitchDoctor named Jumballah.Jumballah.
* ''ComicBook/SuperDuck'' used to be an AnimalSuperhero comic until it got retooled into a slice-of-life suburban comedy comic about an anthromorphic duck, not unlike Disney's own Donald Duck comics.
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** [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/PokemonGenerationIXFamilies Quaxly]] is cartoonish duckling with a mostly white body, teal legs and a [[SixtiesHair pompadour-like crest]] and a [[CatSmile cat-like grin]]. In the first trailer of ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', Quaxly is seen fliping its crest for dramatic effect.

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** [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/PokemonGenerationIXFamilies [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIXFamilies Quaxly]] is cartoonish duckling with a mostly white body, teal legs and a [[SixtiesHair pompadour-like crest]] and a [[CatSmile cat-like grin]]. In the first trailer of ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', Quaxly is seen fliping its crest for dramatic effect.
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** Quaxly is cartoonish duckling with a mostly white body, teal legs and a [[SixtiesHair pompadour-like crest]] and a [[CatSmile cat-like grin]]. In the first trailer of ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', Quaxly is seen fliping its crest for dramatic effect.

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** Quaxly [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/PokemonGenerationIXFamilies Quaxly]] is cartoonish duckling with a mostly white body, teal legs and a [[SixtiesHair pompadour-like crest]] and a [[CatSmile cat-like grin]]. In the first trailer of ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', Quaxly is seen fliping its crest for dramatic effect.
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* Campus-community station WQAX, 100.3 on your cable FM dial at Indiana University-Bloomington, got its name from the coaxial cable signal transmission lines. They're called "co-ax" for short, which when spoken fast sounds like "quacks". The station's logo was a very [[TheStoner relaxed-looking duck]] with a headset (1973 was a primo year for marijuana jokes, especially in Bloomington, where even the mayor and some cops were known to partake.) A later logo designed by commercial artist Mike Cagle showed a [[DarkerAndEdgier scowling duck]] in profile. Some volunteer announcers would answer the phone "Quack quack".
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** Quaxly is cartoonish duckling with a mostly white body, teal legs and a [[SixtiesHair pompadour-like crest]] and a [[CatSmile cat-like grin]]. In the first trailer of ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', Quaxly is seen flips its crest for dramatic effect.

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** Quaxly is cartoonish duckling with a mostly white body, teal legs and a [[SixtiesHair pompadour-like crest]] and a [[CatSmile cat-like grin]]. In the first trailer of ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', Quaxly is seen flips fliping its crest for dramatic effect.
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* Mousse from ‘’Manga/RanmaOneHalf’’ turns into a duck when splashed with cold water.

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* Mousse from ‘’Manga/RanmaOneHalf’’ ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' turns into a duck when splashed with cold water.water. HilarityEnsues.
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** Quaxly is cartoonish duckling with a mostly white body, teal legs and a [[SixtiesHair pompadour-like crest]] and a [[CatSmile cat-like grin]]. In the first trailer of ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', Quaxly is seen flips its crest for dramatic effect.
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Not unlike [[CluckingFunny chickens]], "duck" is often seen as an {{inherently funny word|s}}, and this is frequently applied to duck characters themselves. When not depicted as selfish and temperamental (or clumsy and dim), ducks are commonly shown as hilarious characters, sometimes ''because'' of the aforementioned negative qualities. It's also not uncommon for ducks to have some form of speech impediment a la [[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck Donald]] or [[WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck Daffy]]. Ducks are often very [[NoisyDuck loud]], whether anthro or not.

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Not unlike [[CluckingFunny chickens]], chickens, "duck" is often seen as an {{inherently funny word|s}}, and this is frequently applied to duck characters themselves. When not depicted as selfish and temperamental (or clumsy and dim), ducks are commonly shown as hilarious characters, sometimes ''because'' of the aforementioned negative qualities. It's also not uncommon for ducks to have some form of speech impediment a la [[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck Donald]] or [[WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck Daffy]]. Ducks are often very [[NoisyDuck loud]], whether anthro or not.



Compare to the aforementioned CluckingFunny, when it's chickens who are the jokesters, and SwansASwimming, for a more elegant and graceful waterfowl. Contrast FoulWaterfowl, for aggressive and dickish aquatic birds.

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Compare to the aforementioned CluckingFunny, when it's chickens who are the jokesters, and SwansASwimming, for a more elegant and graceful waterfowl. Contrast FoulWaterfowl, for aggressive and dickish aquatic birds.



* Ducks are a frequently recurring subject on ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'', where they are depicted in a variety of humorous fashions, including as {{Killer Rabbit}}s, rivals/parallels to [[CluckingFunny chickens]], or conflicting with duck hunters.

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* Ducks are a frequently recurring subject on ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'', where they are depicted in a variety of humorous fashions, including as {{Killer Rabbit}}s, rivals/parallels to [[CluckingFunny chickens]], chickens, or conflicting with duck hunters.
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* Daniel Pinkwater's book ''Lizard Music'' parodies ''You Bet Your Life'', presenting a game show on the lizard television station called "You Bet Your Duck." The host and contestants (who are lizards) wear duck masks.
* In the children's book ''Truck Full of Ducks'' by Russ Burach, a dog runs a business delivering live ducks. Unfortunately, one of the ducks eats the address of the customer he is supposed to deliver them to. While looking for the customer, he and the ducks encounter several odd people, such as an alien whose UFO has broken down and a pirate with a parrot on his shoulder ("I ordered crackers, not quackers!")

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* Daniel Pinkwater's book ''Lizard Music'' ''Literature/LizardMusic'' parodies ''You Bet Your Life'', presenting a game show on the lizard television station called "You Bet Your Duck." The host and contestants (who are lizards) wear duck masks.
* In the children's book ''Truck Full of Ducks'' ''Literature/TruckFullOfDucks'' by Russ Burach, Creator/RussBurach, a dog runs a business delivering live ducks. Unfortunately, one of the ducks eats the address of the customer he is supposed to deliver them to. While looking for the customer, he and the ducks encounter several odd people, such as an alien whose UFO has broken down and a pirate with a parrot on his shoulder ("I ordered crackers, not quackers!")

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