Daffy Duck ( Daffy Duck - Duck Ducky) - a cartoon character from the selection of Looney Tunes in the animated series Warner Brothers and Merrie Melodies . Duffy was the first of a new type of character that emerged in the late 1930s to supplant conventional traditional characters like Mickey Mouse and Popeye , who were more popular at the start of the decade . Duffy is known as Bugs Bunny's main rival. By the number of episodes, the series with Duffy are in third place with 129 hits, giving way to 152 episodes with Porky the piglet and 166 with Bugs Bunny.
| Duffy duck | |
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| Daffy duck | |
 Duffy duck | |
| First appearance | The Porky Duck Hunt (1937) |
| Creator | and |
| Execution | Mel Blank (1937–1989), Jeff Bergman (1990–1993, 2011), Greg Burson (1993–1995), Joe Alaska (1991, 1995–2011), Dee Bradley Baker (Space Jam, 1996), Jeff Bennett ("Attack of the Drones") |
| Information | |
| Floor | male |
| Date of Birth | April 17, 1937 (80 years old) |
In fact, every Warner Brothers animator has invested in Duffy Duck's bustling character, which can change from craziness in one episode to craving fame in another episode. Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones both made extensive use of these two different versions of the character's character.
Duffy was on TV Guide 14th on the list of the top 50 animated characters, [1] and was featured on the cover of one of the episodes along with Duck Dodgers , Porky the Pig and Super Crumbs (all of which are Time Warner 's own characters). [2]
Content
History and Character
Duffy is a screwball character. Duffy's character evolved along with his animators. The very first Duffy Tex Avery and Bob Clampett is a crazy, kooky drake. Daffy 1930-1940 appeared in tandem with Porky Pig. The duckling also appeared in films on the themes of World War II , but there he remained faithful to his unreasonable character: he avoided recruitment, fought with the Nazi goat, who tried to eat metal reserves and even gave Adolf Hitler his face, who was once a daredevil soldier, but now he is a big loser . Later, Robert McKimson began animating Duffy cartoons: he reconciled Duffy a bit and added him the quick- wittedness of Bugs Bunny . But, McKimson retained the duck's craziness in some episodes until 1961. Duffy directed by Fritz Freleng is an envious opponent of Bugs. Later, when Bugs became the most popular star of Warner Bros. , the directors still found a way out for Duffy's popularity. They began to make parodies of famous radio and television series with Duffy in the lead role and Porky the Piglet as his assistant, such as Duck Dodgers (a parody of the famous Buck Rogers show), Duck Twacy (Dick Tracy), Duffy Robin Goode and Stupor Duck (a parody of Superman , now owned by WB). Chuck Jones used the idea of Bugs, taking advantage of Duffy's envy as an advantage. For example, in the Jones trilogy, Rabbit Fire , Rabbit Seasoning, and Duck! Rabbit! Duck! Bugs fools hunter Elmer Fudd so that he shoots Duffy. Sometimes the authors put the duck in tandem with the Mouse Gonzalez. Here, the anger and madness of the duck grew to the limit: Duffy tried by all means to kill the mouse, having only one reason for that - harm.
Duffy today
Duffy appeared as a cameo in the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit , where he has a duel on the piano with Donald Duck . To celebrate Duffy's fiftieth anniversary, the authors released The Duxorcist , the first Duffy cartoon in the eighties. Also, two films centered on Duffy have been released: Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island and Daffy Duck's Quackbusters. In 1996, the feature film " Space Jam " was released, in which Duffy participates along with the rest of the animated characters of Warner Brothers. In the future, WB tried to shift their attention from Bugs Bunny to Duffy: for example, in the movie “ Looney Tunes: Once Again, ” he is mercilessly fired from WB, and the film focuses on his envy of Bugs, who is more popular. In 2003, the animated series Duck Dodgers was released, based on the short animated film " Duck Dodgers in the 24½ Century " ( 1953 ) "- there is simply no Bugs in the animated series. About Duffy they were going to release new short films, but this did not happen due to a box office failure" Looney Tunes: Back in business. "
Voice
Over the years, Duffy Duck has been voiced by actor Mel Blank . This 52-year time span is a record for character voicing by one actor in the history of animation. Blank, voicing Duffy first, provided the character with a unique manner of speaking: Duffy says “f” instead of “c,” thus lisping. Duffy’s way of talking has been working out for many years: in some cartoons, Duffy is not lisp at all, and in the China Jones series he is an Irish private detective with an emphasis instead of lisp. In the Russian dubbing ( Space jam and Looney Tunes again in business ), Vyacheslav Baranov duplicates it.
Actors
List of other actors voiced by Duffy Duck.
- Dee Bradley Baker (Space Jam, 1996)
- Jeff Bennett ("Attack of the Drones")
- Samuel Vincent (“Little Looney Tunes”)
- Frank Gorshin (Superior Duck)
- Mel Torme - Duffy Duck's Singing Voice in Night of the Living Duck
- Bill Farmer ( Robotsyp )
- Maurice Lamarsh (Tasmania)
Today, Jeff Bergman is voiced by Duffy Duck and Bugs Bunny.
Notes
- ↑ List of All-time Cartoon Characters . CNN.com . CNN (July 30, 2002). Date of treatment June 2, 2009. Archived on April 13, 2012.
- ↑ Daffy Duck (as Duck Dodgers) and Cadet Porky Pig with the Powerpuff Girls . TV Guide Magazine Cover - Photo Gallery: Powerpuff Girls . Tvguide.com (February 6, 2009). Date of treatment June 2, 2009. Archived on April 13, 2012.
Links
- Duffy Duck on the Internet Movie Database