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* 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.
** "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
** Bob Clampett, often considered MyRealDaddy for the CrazyAwesome Daffy, began moving away from that characterization in his last years at the studio, making him a DirtyCoward and ButtMonkey in "Draftee Daffy."
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** 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.

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* UnintentionallySympathetic: 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 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.

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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 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. well.
** 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!
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* TheyWastedaPerfectlyGoodPlot: The Creator/RichMoore-directed "Attack of the Drones". A short about Daffy cloning himself could've been hilarious, but alas, the duplicate robots that Daffy creates act more like [[WesternAnimation/Futurama Bender]] than anything. In addition, the short is needlessly violent and ark - an alien bites an astronaut in half, three of Daffy's robots beat up a sentient ATM, and Daffy is at one point impaled by a lightsaber.
* UnintentionallySympathetic: 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.]] 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.

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* TheyWastedaPerfectlyGoodPlot: The Creator/RichMoore-directed "Attack of the Drones". A short about Daffy cloning himself could've been hilarious, but alas, the duplicate robots that Daffy creates act more like [[WesternAnimation/Futurama [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender]] than anything. In addition, the short is needlessly violent and ark dark - an alien bites an astronaut in half, three of Daffy's robots beat up a sentient ATM, and Daffy is at one point impaled by a lightsaber.
* UnintentionallySympathetic: 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.mouse he didn't deserve THAT.]] Even 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.
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* TheyWastedaPerfectlyGoodPlot: The Creator/RichMoore-directed "Attack of the Drones". A short about Daffy cloning himself could've been hilarious, but alas, the duplicate robots that Daffy creates act more like Bender from ''[[WesternAnimation/Futurama]]'' than anything. In addition, the short is needlessly violent and dark - an alien bites an astronaut in half, three of Daffy's robots beat up a sentient ATM, and Daffy is at one point impaled by a lightsaber.

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* TheyWastedaPerfectlyGoodPlot: The Creator/RichMoore-directed "Attack of the Drones". A short about Daffy cloning himself could've been hilarious, but alas, the duplicate robots that Daffy creates act more like Bender from ''[[WesternAnimation/Futurama]]'' [[WesternAnimation/Futurama Bender]] than anything. In addition, the short is needlessly violent and dark ark - an alien bites an astronaut in half, three of Daffy's robots beat up a sentient ATM, and Daffy is at one point impaled by a lightsaber.
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* TheyWastedaPerfectlyGoodPlot: The Creator/RichMoore-directed "Attack of the Drones". A short about Daffy cloning himself could've been hilarious, but alas, the duplicate robots that Daffy creates act more like Bender from ''WesternAnimation/Futurama'' than anything. In addition, the short is needlessly violent and dark - an alien bites an astronaut in half, three of Daffy's robots beat up a sentient ATM, and Daffy is at one point impaled by a lightsaber.

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* TheyWastedaPerfectlyGoodPlot: The Creator/RichMoore-directed "Attack of the Drones". A short about Daffy cloning himself could've been hilarious, but alas, the duplicate robots that Daffy creates act more like Bender from ''WesternAnimation/Futurama'' ''[[WesternAnimation/Futurama]]'' than anything. In addition, the short is needlessly violent and dark - an alien bites an astronaut in half, three of Daffy's robots beat up a sentient ATM, and Daffy is at one point impaled by a lightsaber.
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* TheyWastedaPerfectlyGoodPlot: The Creator/RichMoore-directed "Attack of the Drones". A short about Daffy cloning himself could've been hilarious, but alas, the duplicate robots that Daffy creates act more like [[WesternAnimation/Futurama Bender]] than anything. In addition, the short is needlessly violent and dark - an alien bites an astronaut in half, three of Daffy's robots beat up a sentient ATM, and Daffy is at one point impaled by a lightsaber.

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* TheyWastedaPerfectlyGoodPlot: The Creator/RichMoore-directed "Attack of the Drones". A short about Daffy cloning himself could've been hilarious, but alas, the duplicate robots that Daffy creates act more like [[WesternAnimation/Futurama Bender]] Bender from ''WesternAnimation/Futurama'' than anything. In addition, the short is needlessly violent and dark - an alien bites an astronaut in half, three of Daffy's robots beat up a sentient ATM, and Daffy is at one point impaled by a lightsaber.
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* TheyWastedaPerfectlyGoodPlot: The [[Creator/RichMoore]]-directed "Attack of the Drones". A short about Daffy cloning himself could've been hilarious, but alas, the duplicate robots that Daffy creates act more like [[WesternAnimation/Futurama Bender]] than anything. In addition, the short is needlessly violent and dark - an alien bites an astronaut in half, three of Daffy's robots beat up a sentient ATM, and Daffy is at one point impaled by a lightsaber.

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* TheyWastedaPerfectlyGoodPlot: The [[Creator/RichMoore]]-directed Creator/RichMoore-directed "Attack of the Drones". A short about Daffy cloning himself could've been hilarious, but alas, the duplicate robots that Daffy creates act more like [[WesternAnimation/Futurama Bender]] than anything. In addition, the short is needlessly violent and dark - an alien bites an astronaut in half, three of Daffy's robots beat up a sentient ATM, and Daffy is at one point impaled by a lightsaber.
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* TheyWastedaPerfectlyGoodPlot: The [[Creator/RichMoore]]-directed "Attack of the Drones". A short about Daffy cloning himself could've been hilarious, but alas, the duplicate robots that Daffy creates act more like [[WesternAnimation/Futurama Bender]] than anything. In addition, the short is needlessly violent and dark - an alien bites an astronaut in half, three of Daffy's robots beat up a sentient ATM, and Daffy is at one point impaled by a lightsaber.
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* HeartwarmingMoment: 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:

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* HeartwarmingMoment: 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:
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* CharacterRerailment: Some recent ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' revivals have been twisting in and out with the original enterpretations of Daffy (in ''Film/SpaceJam'' and ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' in particular, [[CompositeCharacter while still maintaining a lot of wit from]] [[Creator/ChuckJones Chuck Jones']] [[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.

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* CharacterRerailment: Some recent ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' revivals have been twisting in and out with the original enterpretations interpretations of Daffy (in ''Film/SpaceJam'' and ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' in particular, [[CompositeCharacter while still maintaining a lot of wit from]] [[Creator/ChuckJones Chuck Jones']] 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.
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** Daffy's original screwball personality returns in full force in ''WesternAnimation/WabbitALooneyTunesProduction''.
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* BrokenBase: Which Daffy Duck is better? The [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} crazy one]] created by Creator/BobClampett and Creator/TexAvery? Or the more lucid, pompous ButtMonkey created by Creator/ChuckJones.

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* BrokenBase: Which Daffy Duck is better? The [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} crazy one]] created by Creator/BobClampett and Creator/TexAvery? Or the more lucid, pompous ButtMonkey created by Creator/ChuckJones.Creator/ChuckJones?
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* HeartwarmingMoment: 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 PorkyPig is like to work with:

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* HeartwarmingMoment: 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 PorkyPig WesternAnimation/PorkyPig is like to work with:
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* 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.
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** His line in ''Porky Pig's Feat'', which is delivered completely straight and without sarcasm:

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** His line in ''Porky Pig's Feat'', ''WesternAnimation/PorkyPigsFeat'', which is delivered completely straight and without sarcasm:
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* HeartwarmingMoment: During his guest appearance on "The Pat Paulsen Half-a-Comedy Hour", Daffy, as usual in AnimatedActor mode per guest role, is asked what kind of guy PorkyPig is like to work with:

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* HeartwarmingMoment: 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 PorkyPig is like to work with:

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** In ''Daffy's Rhapsody'', Elmer pulls out a gun in a theater… [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Aurora_shooting Does this need further explanation?]]



** In ''Daffy's Rhapsody'', Elmer pulls out a gun in a theater… [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Aurora_shooting Does this need further explanation?]]
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* HeartwarmingMoment: During his guest appearance on "The Pat Paulsen Half-a-Comedy Hour", Daffy, as usual in AnimatedActor mode per guest role, is asked what kind of guy PorkyPig is like to work with:
-->'''Daffy:''' Oh he's one of my best friends. He's just a terrific p-p-p-pig!
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* HilariousInHindsight: [[http://www.youchewpoop.com/wiki/index.php/Daffy_Duck Generally accepted]] to have [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWEpbYffbF8 invented]] YouTubePoop.

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* HilariousInHindsight: [[http://www.youchewpoop.com/wiki/index.php/Daffy_Duck Generally accepted]] to have [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWEpbYffbF8 invented]] YouTubePoop.WebAnimation/YouTubePoop.
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** His line in ''Porky's Pig Feat'', which is delivered completely straight and without sarcasm:

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** His line in ''Porky's Pig ''Porky Pig's Feat'', which is delivered completely straight and without sarcasm:
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* UnintentionallySympathetic: 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 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.

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* UnintentionallySympathetic: 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.burger, even though Daffy did try to cheat him with a fake mouse.]] 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.
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** In ''Daffy's Rhapsody'', Elmer pulls out a gun in a theater… [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Aurora_shooting Does this need further explanation?]]
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* FandomRivalry: Unlike WesternAnimation/BugsBunny and [[ClassicDisneyShorts Mickey Mouse]], who despite being from rival companies are shown to actually get along in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', Daffy doesn't get along with DonaldDuck at all.

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* FandomRivalry: Unlike WesternAnimation/BugsBunny and [[ClassicDisneyShorts [[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 DonaldDuck at all.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: 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)?
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Daffy's 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.
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* CharacterRerailment: Some recent ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' revivals have been twisting in and out with the original enterpretations of Daffy (in ''Film/SpaceJam'' and ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' in particular, [[CompositeCharacter while still maintaining a lot of wit from Creator/ChuckJones' 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.

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* CharacterRerailment: Some recent ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' revivals have been twisting in and out with the original enterpretations of Daffy (in ''Film/SpaceJam'' and ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' in particular, [[CompositeCharacter while still maintaining a lot of wit from Creator/ChuckJones' from]] [[Creator/ChuckJones Chuck Jones']] [[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.
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* CrazyAwesome: 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. ''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.

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* CrazyAwesome: 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. ''TheLooneyTunesShow'' ''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.
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* FandomRivalry: Unlike BugsBunny and [[ClassicDisneyShorts Mickey Mouse]], who despite being from rival companies are shown to actually get along in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', Daffy doesn't get along with DonaldDuck at all.

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* FandomRivalry: Unlike BugsBunny WesternAnimation/BugsBunny and [[ClassicDisneyShorts Mickey Mouse]], who despite being from rival companies are shown to actually get along in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', Daffy doesn't get along with DonaldDuck at all.



--->"Yeah, BugsBunny, my hero!"

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--->"Yeah, BugsBunny, WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, my hero!"
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*** Except for [[SabrinaandTheGroovieGoolies Frank of The Groovie Goolies]] apparently.

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*** Except for [[SabrinaandTheGroovieGoolies [[WesternAnimation/SabrinaAndTheGroovieGoolies Frank of The Groovie Goolies]] apparently.

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