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  • Adaptation Displacement: Subverted; this movie was accused of being an unauthorized adaptation of an unrelated comic strip also named Dirty Duck. Since the sole online representation of the latter is a website consisting of a single comic strip from 1999 and nothing else, this movie is far better known which really isn't saying much.
  • Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: So many scenes qualify. The film's flimsy narrative is partly to blame for this. Major examples include Willard banging the Duck at the end and Willard's subway confrontation with the "Negro Gentleman".
  • Crosses the Line Twice: A Negro, a Jew, for you to screw!
  • Cult Classic: Has gained a following with exploitation and adult animation fans.
  • Jerkass Woobie: As perverted as Duck is, it’s difficult not to sympathize with him when Painless Martha dies, considering Duck saw her as a mother.
  • Hilarious in Hindsight: Numerous examples;
    • The film's premise, a human and a duck going on crazy nonsensical adventures, would be repeated in Howard the Duck 12 years later with just as much success.
    • At one point, Willard imagines himself as a King Kong-esque monster that climbs a skyscraper with artillery cannons firing up at him, only for the reality to be Willard having climbed up a stop sign and the artillery cannons are actually pointing fingers. The 1976 remake of King Kong (1933) came out two years later.
    • Willard's boss resembles and acts like a female version of the Pointy-Haired Boss from Dilbert.
    • A woman in a brothel has an artillery cannon slide over her entire left leg which very much brings to mind Cherry Darling's infamous "machine gun leg" from Planet Terror.
    • Willard and Duck have a dragster-esque police car pull up beside them with light and siren going before it turns into a gigantic towering police officer, very reminiscent of The Transformers which would debut ten years later.
  • Values Dissonance: When you have characters credited in the film as "Negro Gentlemen" and "Big Fag", this is come to be expected. It is an animated exploitation film after all.
  • Vindicated by History: To some extent. The film was critically and commercially demolished during its original run, and unfortunately fell into obscurity over time. VHS and DVD releases for the film as of recent, not to mention being featured in an episode of The Cinema Snob has since help bring the film some more attention, giving the film a Cult Classic status by fans of the exploitation genre.
  • What Do You Mean, It's Not for Kids?: Don't let the Donald Duck like appearance fool you. This isn't a Disney production by any means.
  • The Woobie: Willard. He just wants to find love (and get laid).
    • The poor cat that shows up earlier in the film.
    • The dog being shot by the car salesman.

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