Line #9 YMMV/DuckAmuck


1	* AwardSnub: Was submitted for the UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s in 1952, but, despite being considered one of Daffy Duck's best cartoons, failed to receive a nomination.
2	* FauxSymbolism: Daffy is effectively having a Literature/BookOfJob moment with "God."
3	* FountainOfMemes: Nearly all of Daffy's lines in this short have become some sort of minor meme.
4	* GeniusBonus: Daffy's lines while punch-drunk and hammering the anvil make up the first stanza of Longfellow's "The Village Blacksmith".
5	-->'''Daffy:''' Under the spreading chestnut tree, the village smithy stands.\
6	''(the anvil is replaced with a large artillery shell)''\
7	'''Daffy:''' The smith, a mighty man is he with large and sinewy--\
8	''(Daffy hammers the fuze and the shell blows up)''\
9	'''Daffy:''' --''haaaands''...
10	* HilariousInHindsight: Daffy actually did get to play Robin Hood a few years later, in ''WesternAnimation/RobinHoodDaffy''.
11	* ItWasHisSled:
12	** The very premise of the short is perhaps one of the biggest things one can spoil about it; its initial setup is meant to deceive the viewer into thinking that it's a typical "Daffy Duck in medieval times" short, with the reveal of the unfinished background art throwing off one's expectations and setting the stage for the unfolding chaos. However, the short's true premise is very well known even among those who haven't seen the short, likely because it would be difficult to discuss anything about it without giving away the surprise.
13	** Most people who watched this know the short's ''other'' big spoiler, that the animator turns out to be [[spoiler:Bugs Bunny]]. However, audiences in 1953 probably knew this right from the start, as the lobby card (cartoon shorts' equivalent to movie posters) flat out [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil gives away the ending.]]
14	* JerkassWoobie: Daffy is just as abrasive and demanding as he always is, but he just wants to put on a good show and ends up going through hell for it, making it hard not to sympathize with him every now and again.
15	* NightmareFuel: A very minor one, but the '''''extreme''''' close-up on Daffy's face can be quite startling and jarring to viewers, and the dramatic music does not remedy this.
16	* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: The DS game based on the short is a fun minigame collection that lets the players take [[spoiler:Bugs']] role in the cartoon. While some mini games are adapted from the short (the scene where black portions try to drop on Daffy, here named "The Bleeding Black"), some are exclusive to the game (a TennisBoss minigame where the player must bounce dynamite at Daffy while he tries to do the same titled "My Own Stylus".)
17	* OlderThanTheyThink: Disney previously did the "character interacting with artist's pencil" idea in both ''WesternAnimation/SaludosAmigos'' and the "All the Cats Join In" segment of ''WesternAnimation/MakeMineMusic''. Of course, they didn't exploit the potential gags quite to the same extent as this short did.
18	* OneSceneWonder:
19	** Technically he's in the whole cartoon, but [[spoiler:Bugs Bunny]] is only seen in the last five seconds of ''Duck Amuck''.
20	** That bizarre flower head thing Daffy turns into midway through the short proved memorable and popular enough to return 13 years later in ''WesternAnimation/AHauntingWeWillGo''.

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