Line #0 YMMV/DaffyDuck


1	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In ''Wise Quackers'', is Daffy really an incompetent slave to Elmer Fudd, or is he really just ObfuscatingStupidity in hopes that he's screw up so badly that Elmer will release him from being his slave (even though his screw-ups keep getting him very close to being killed instead)?
2	* BrokenBase: It's debatable as to which version of Daffy Duck is better. Is it the [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} crazy one]] created by Creator/BobClampett and Creator/TexAvery? Or the more lucid, pompous ButtMonkey created by Creator/ChuckJones? Or the "transitional" Daffy from the late 40's-early 50's?
3	* CargoShip: With the titular object in "A Coy Decoy". [[spoiler:At the end of the cartoon, it's revealed that they somehow had clockwork children together]].
4	* CharacterRerailment:
5	** Some ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' revivals have been twisting in and out with the original interpretations of Daffy (in ''Film/SpaceJam'' and ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' in particular, [[CompositeCharacter while still maintaining a lot of wit from]] Creator/ChuckJones' [[CompositeCharacter era, he is back to his goofy prankster persona]]). At the very least he's been dialed back for the better since his more ruthless De Patie Freleng period.
6	** Daffy's original screwball personality returns in full force in plenty of the later works such as ''WesternAnimation/WabbitALooneyTunesProduction'' and ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunesCartoons'' for examples.
7	* CrazyIsCool: His no-holds-barred insanity got him noticed, defeated his foes and won him his fans. As he gradually evolved into a more deliberate, motivated character, he began to fail more and more. ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructs]] this trope by bringing back his insanity, but forcing him to suffer more realistic consequences for it (he can't hold down a job, he gets thrown in prison for contempt of court, etc.), ensuring that he remains a StrawLoser. Nonetheless, his craziness has made him [[UnpopularPopularCharacter one of the most popular characters]] among fans of the show.
8	* DesignatedVillain: During the 1950-60's, despite being a [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish and jealous egomaniac]], there are cartoons where Daffy has yet to do anything wrong and he will get mistreated or blamed for something he didn't do.
9	* FandomRivalry: Unlike WesternAnimation/BugsBunny and [[WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts Mickey Mouse]], who despite being from rival companies are shown to actually get along in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', Daffy doesn't get along with WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck at all.
10	** Though in an earlier draft of the screenplay, their intense battle on the piano proves to be only a stage act, and the two Ducks are revealed as quite good buddies off-stage.
11	*** An even earlier draft written by Creator/ChuckJones involved a "Show Biz Bugs" type scenario with Daffy and Donald battling for audience appeal, while Donald is met with applause and roses, Daffy is met with the usual cricket chirps. Daffy was apparently such a StrawLoser he made even Disney's biggest [[TheChewToy Chew Toy]] and UnpopularPopularCharacter look like a winner.
12	** This was parodied in Bugs Bunny's 50th birthday special from 1990, where we see a crowd of pro-Daffy protesters shouting against Bugs. It turns out that Daffy himself paid those guys to support him, because ''no one could possibly love Daffy more than Bugs.''
13	*** Except for [[WesternAnimation/SabrinaAndTheGroovieGoolies Frank of The Groovie Goolies]] apparently.
14	*** And again in "Bugs And Daffy's Carnival Of Animals"; the reason Daffy gets no applause? The entire audience is made of rabbits!
15	* HarsherInHindsight:
16	** In "Assault and Peppered", Daffy is shown to be a rich {{Jerkass}} who hates poor people, whips starving mice, and declares "war on poverty". Now fast-forward to 2011 with the "Occupy" protests and [[PoliceBrutality malicious police activity]].
17	** In ''Daffy's Rhapsody'', Elmer pulls out a gun in a theater… [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Aurora_shooting Does this need further explanation?]]
18	* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: During his guest appearance on "The Pat Paulsen Half-a-Comedy Hour", Daffy, as usual in AnimatedActor mode per guest role, not only gets ''standing ovation'' upon entering, but is later asked what kind of guy WesternAnimation/PorkyPig is like to work with:
19	-->'''Daffy:''' Oh he's one of my best friends. He's just a terrific p-p-p-pig!
20	** Before the performance of "The Carnival Of The Animals", Daffy is arguing with Bugs over the pronunciation of Camille Saint-Saens, while being hilariously wrong as usual, his intentions were pure. He was afraid that Bugs was going to go out and make a fool out of himself, so he tried to help him out so that wouldn't happen, not for any type of selfish motivation but because he wanted to protect Bugs from making a foolish mistake in front of a big audience. When Daffy is shown that Bugs is right, he's merely bemused at the way the French pronounce things.
21	* HilariousInHindsight:
22	** [[http://www.youchewpoop.com/wiki/index.php/Daffy_Duck Generally accepted]] to have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWEpbYffbF8 invented]] YouTubePoop.
23	** His line in ''WesternAnimation/PorkyPigsFeat'', which is delivered completely straight and without sarcasm:
24	--->"Yeah, WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, my hero!"
25	** In the original ''Duck Dodgers'' short, he mentions [[VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram 'Kerbal miles']].
26	** In the cartoon "Fool Coverage", Daffy was an insurance salesman trying to sell a policy to Porky. All that was missing was for him to say "Aflec!"
27	* JerkassWoobie: Sure that Daffy is a self professed cowardly and greedy [[SmallNameBigEgo egomaniac]], and has a plenty moments of assholery, but he's also a HUGE ButtMonkey and knows no better, making him one of the most pathetic characters in the Looney Tunes Universe.
28	* MorePopularReplacement: Name ''anyone'' outside ''Looney Tunes'' historians who have ever heard of Gabby Goat, Porky's original co-star before replacing him with Daffy.
29	* MyRealDaddy: Daffy has an even more complicated history and inheritance than the other ''Looney Tunes'' regulars. He was originally made by Tex Avery, though he himself only directed three appearances of the character. Bob Clampett took in making Daffy a recurring star and foil for WesternAnimation/PorkyPig, while Friz Freleng and Chuck Jones are often credited for creating a frequently-used rendition of the character; the jealous egomaniacal ButtMonkey rival to Bugs Bunny, with many other directors (especially Robert Mckimson) credited for establishing loads of other nuances in-between that still made him feel like one same character all throughout.
30	* OlderThanTheyThink: Though Chuck Jones is usually credited with (or [[BrokenBase blamed for]]) retooling Daffy's personality in the 1950s, many aspects of his later persona pop up in earlier cartoons.
31	** "Film/YouOughtToBeInPictures" (1940) has Daffy as a fame-hungry {{Jerkass}} trying to displace Porky as the flagship star of the studio, much as he would later do with Bugs Bunny.
32	** Bob Clampett, often considered MyRealDaddy for Daffy's crazier attitude, began moving away from that characterization in his last years at the studio, making him a DirtyCoward and ButtMonkey in "Draftee Daffy."
33	* OnceOriginalNowCommon: Daffy's [[CharacterCatchphrase catchphrase]] "You're despicable!" was meant to be funny in part because he mispronounces it - originally, the word "despicable" was pronounced only with stress on the first syllable, and the vowel in that syllable more strongly pronounced. Daffy's use of the word was so influential that his pronunciation has more or less become the standard, and some of the humor of his delivery is lost.
34	* RootingForTheEmpire: Whenever paired with Bugs, most of the audience wants him to win, despite knowing that he ''never'' will.
35	* SpiritualSuccessor: Daffy's behavior toned down when his personality was given to Do Do Bird from Wackyland.
36	* StrawmanHasAPoint: Daffy's feud with Bugs can fall into this at times. While most of the time Bugs' actions are LaserGuidedKarma for Daffy acting out of spiteful envy there are moments where he sets Daffy up for trouble even when the duck isn't actively antagonizing him. The "Duck, Rabbit, Duck" trilogy of shorts are a good example of this as even when Daffy has taken a break from bothering him or is even working with him Bugs still incites trouble for the duck. While Daffy will usually start up trouble for petty reasons he's sometimes vindicated in continuing hostilities just because Bugs takes things too far in retaliation.
37	* UnintentionallySympathetic:
38	** Believe it or not, he could occasionally be this in his pairings with Speedy Gonzales. For example, in "Daffy's Diner," he's just trying to protect himself from a vicious bandito cat named El Supremo who threatens to [[DisproportionateRetribution blow his brains out if he can't produce an authentic mouse burger]]. Even though Daffy did try to cheat him with a fake mouse, [[KarmicOverkill he didn't deserve THAT]]. And even though El Supremo is probably the ''real'' villain of the cartoon, it's Daffy who gets the short end of the stick at the end. Meanwhile, in "Feather Finger", Daffy's a homeless street rat who gets ''conned'' into chasing Speedy by the conniving Mayor Katt -- and yet, the little black duck winds up being the loser of this cartoon as well.
39	** He's also this in "Attack of the Drones". He did nothing wrong in this short aside from acting like an arrogant idiot and made the drones in order to stop an alien menace. He didn't count on them going on a rampage and he certainly didn't deserve to get blasted in half, be impaled by a lightsaber, and have his front half eroded. And he STILL winds up being the loser in the end!
40	* UnpopularPopularCharacter: One of the most iconic to date.

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