History YMMV / DaffyDuck

** 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]], [[KarmicOverkill 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.

* HarsherInHindsight: 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]].

* 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.

* HilariousInHindsight: [[http://www.youchewpoop.com/wiki/index.php/Daffy_Duck Generally accepted]] to have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWEpbYffbF8 invented]] YouTubePoop.

* 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)?

** 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?]]

* 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? Or the "transitional" Daffy from the late 40's-early 50's?

** Daffy's original screwball personality returns in full force in ''WesternAnimation/WabbitALooneyTunesProduction'' and ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunesCartoons''.

* HilariousInHindsight: [[http://www.youchewpoop.com/wiki/index.php/Daffy_Duck Generally accepted]] to have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWEpbYffbF8 invented]] WebAnimation/YouTubePoop.

** 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.

* 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 the contemporary 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.