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The Scarlet Pumpernickel
"And who might you be, t-t-thirrah?''

"Mayhap perchance, foppish that I am, I might be The Scarlet Pumpernickel?"
Daffy Duck, "The Scarlet Pumpernickel"

"The Scarlet Pumpernickel" is a 1950 Merrie Melodies short, directed by Chuck Jones and featuring Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester the Cat, and "Melissa" (a female duck), with cameos by Elmer Fudd and the Mama Bear from Jones's Three Bears Trilogy. Purporting to be Daffy's own film concept (which he is attempting to pitch to "J.L."note ), the short is a parody of a typical Swashbuckler — including, of course, The Scarlet Pimpernel—including Shout Outs to Warners' own swashbuckling hero Errol Flynn and much Lampshading and Subversion of the conventions of the genre.

This short has been chosen number 31 of The 50 Greatest Cartoons ever made. It also made it onto The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes list.

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