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* ButtMonkey: Daffy.
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* ButtMonkey: Daffy.Daffy, naturally.
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-->'''Casting Director:''' ''(softly, on phone)'' I'll call you back. I think I've got a pigeon.\\
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-->'''Casting Director:''' ''(softly, on phone)'' I'll call you back. I uh, I think I've got a pigeon.\\
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-->'''Casting Director:''' ''(softly, on phone)'' I'll call you back. I think I've got a pigeon.
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-->'''Casting Director:''' ''(softly, on phone)'' I'll call you back. I uh, I think I've got a pigeon.
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* PunnyTitle: The title refers to Warner Bros.' 1954 film ''Film/AStarIsBorn''.
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* PunnyTitle: The title refers to Warner Bros.' 1954 film ''Film/AStarIsBorn''.''Film/{{A Star Is Born|1954}}''.
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* CallBack: Bugs previously had an interview with "Lolly" in ''WesternAnimation/AHareGrowsInManhattan''.
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* CallBack: Bugs previously had an interview with "Lolly" in ''WesternAnimation/AHareGrowsInManhattan''.''WesternAnimation/AHareGrowsInManhattan'', though it's not clear if it's the same Lola Beverly as in that cartoon.
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* WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises: Daffy gets this reaction when he learns that, as Bugs' stunt double, he is to [[OhCrap finish Bugs' plane crash scene for him]].
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Needless to say Daffy didn't come in as Bugs' stunt double expecting [[ATasteOfDefeat Bugs to take a beating for once]]. Bugs at one point even rather charitably tries to warn him from filling in for a seemingly harmless fishing scene.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Needless to say Daffy didn't come in as Bugs' stunt double expecting [[ATasteOfDefeat Bugs to take a beating for once]]. Bugs at one point even rather charitably tries to warn him from filling in for a seemingly harmless fishing scene.scene, but Daffy defiantly ignores him.
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* TheChewToy: The entire point of Daffy being Bugs' stunt double.
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* TheChewToy: The entire point of Daffy being Bugs' stunt double. To punctuate it, "Bugs" takes ''way'' more abuse in this cartoon than he is known for.
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-->'''Bugs:''' ''(standing off to the side)'' I'd like to tell him, but, uh... ''(chuckles coyly)'' modesty forbids.
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-->'''Bugs:''' ''(standing off to the side)'' I'd like to tell him, but, uh... ''(chuckles coyly)'' modesty forbids.forbids.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Needless to say Daffy didn't come in as Bugs' stunt double expecting [[ATasteOfDefeat Bugs to take a beating for once]]. Bugs at one point even rather charitably tries to warn him from filling in for a seemingly harmless fishing scene.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Needless to say Daffy didn't come in as Bugs' stunt double expecting [[ATasteOfDefeat Bugs to take a beating for once]]. Bugs at one point even rather charitably tries to warn him from filling in for a seemingly harmless fishing scene.
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* RunningGag: "MAKE-UP!"
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* RunningGag: "MAKE-UP!"
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-->'''Casting Director:''' ''(softly, on phone)'' I'll call you back. I think I've got a pigeon.\\
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-->'''Casting Director:''' ''(softly, on phone)'' I'll call you back. I think I've got a pigeon.\\
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* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: The casting director is looking for a stunt double for Bugs but thinks that nobody would be dumb enough to apply and thus be a ButtMonkey. Naturally, Daffy comes in, determined to be a star, and the casting director knows he has his ButtMonkey.
-->'''Casting Director:''' ''(softly, on phone)'' I'll call you back. I think I've got a pigeon.\\
-->'''Casting Director:''' ''(softly, on phone)'' I'll call you back. I think I've got a pigeon.\\
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The short was remade in the Seven Arts era as "Rodent To Stardom", with Daffy's then-regular co-star WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales taking Bugs' role.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Daffy resents Bugs' stature as a movie star and wants to be a movie star himself -- only to be cast as Bugs' stunt double, a clear humiliation for Daffy. And when Daffy finally becomes a star in his own right, it is hinted that Bugs had written the duck's script so that his humiliation never ends.
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''A Star is Bored'' is a 1956 ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' theatrical short directed by Creator/FrizFreleng, starring WesternAnimation/BugsBunny and WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck, with a few appearances by WesternAnimation/YosemiteSam and WesternAnimation/ElmerFudd.
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* ObviousStuntDouble: As Bugs' double, Daffy wears a rabbit outfit but his duck face is visible.
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* {{Bowdlerization}}: Both ''The Merrie Melodies Show'' (both the FOX and syndicated versions) and The WB censored the two scenes of Daffy getting shot in the face, first by Yosemite Sam in Bugs' movie and then by hunters in his own movie. However, whereas ''Merrie Melodies'' would simply cut the visuals of the gunshots by replacing them with shots of Bugs, The WB would cut these scenes completely.
** In addition, The WB would entirely rearrange the sequence of events in the cartoon. Originally, it went as follows: 1) Daffy replacing Bugs in the scene with Sam; Daffy as Elmer attempting to saw through Bugs' tree branch.
** ButtMonkey: Daffy.
** In addition, The WB would entirely rearrange the sequence of events in the cartoon. Originally, it went as follows: 1) Daffy replacing Bugs in the scene with Sam; Daffy as Elmer attempting to saw through Bugs' tree branch.
** ButtMonkey: Daffy.
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* {{Bowdlerization}}: Both the syndicated version of ''The Merrie Melodies Show'' (both the FOX and syndicated versions) and The WB censored the two scenes of Daffy getting shot in the face, shot, first by Yosemite Sam in Bugs' movie ("I ''dare'' you!") and then by hunters in his own movie.movie ("I wonder where all the hunters are today!"). However, whereas ''Merrie Melodies'' would simply cut the visuals of the gunshots by replacing them with shots of Bugs, The WB would cut these scenes completely.
** In addition, The WB would entirely rearrange the sequence of events in the cartoon. Originally, it went as follows: 1) Daffy replacing Bugs in the scene with Sam; 2) Daffy as Elmer attempting to saw through Bugs' treebranch.
**branch; 3) Daffy as Bugs fishing, but getting eaten by a fish; 4) Elmer chasing Bugs through the forest and Daffy trying to shoot Bugs through a tree hole only to have the barrel come out of a rabbit hole; and 5) Daffy replacing Bugs for the airplane scene. The WB would show the fishing scene first, then the tree branch scene, before doing the last two scenes, and entirely cut the scene with Sam.
* ButtMonkey: Daffy.
** In addition, The WB would entirely rearrange the sequence of events in the cartoon. Originally, it went as follows: 1) Daffy replacing Bugs in the scene with Sam; 2) Daffy as Elmer attempting to saw through Bugs' tree
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* ButtMonkey: Daffy.
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* ButtMonkey: Daffy.
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* {{Bowdlerization}}: Both ''The Merrie Melodies Show'' (both the FOX and syndicated versions) and The WB censored the two scenes of Daffy getting shot in the face, first by Yosemite Sam in Bugs' movie and then by hunters in his own movie. However, whereas ''Merrie Melodies'' would simply cut the visuals of the gunshots by replacing them with shots of Bugs, The WB would cut these scenes completely.
** In addition, The WB would entirely rearrange the sequence of events in the cartoon. Originally, it went as follows: 1) Daffy replacing Bugs in the scene with Sam; Daffy as Elmer attempting to saw through Bugs' tree branch.
** ButtMonkey: Daffy.
** In addition, The WB would entirely rearrange the sequence of events in the cartoon. Originally, it went as follows: 1) Daffy replacing Bugs in the scene with Sam; Daffy as Elmer attempting to saw through Bugs' tree branch.
** ButtMonkey: Daffy.
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-->'''Casting Director:''' ''(on phone)'' I'll call you back. I think I've got a pigeon.\\
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-->'''Casting Director:''' ''(on ''(softly, on phone)'' I'll call you back. I think I've got a pigeon.\\
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-->'''Casting Director:''' I'll call you back. I think I've got a pigeon.\\
'''Daffy:''' Pigeon? I'm not a pigeon, I'm a duck. D-U-K, duck!
'''Daffy:''' Pigeon? I'm not a pigeon, I'm a duck. D-U-K, duck!
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-->'''Casting Director:''' ''(on phone)'' I'll call you back. I think I've got a pigeon.\\
'''Daffy:''' Pigeon? I'm not a pigeon, I'm a duck. D-U-K,duck!duck.
'''Daffy:''' Pigeon? I'm not a pigeon, I'm a duck. D-U-K,
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* RunningGag: "MAKEUP!"
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* RunningGag: "MAKEUP!""MAKE-UP!"
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Bugs is a movie star. Daffy, jealous of Bugs' success, decides to become a star himself. The movie producers grant his request -- by having him perform as Bugs' stunt double.
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Bugs is a movie star. Daffy, jealous of Bugs' success, decides to become a star himself. The movie producers grant his Daffy's request -- by having him perform as Bugs' stunt double.
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** Daffy, taking Elmer's place for once scene, falls for the old "saw off a limb, tree falls down" gag. Only this time we see how it works: the floating limb is secured to scaffolding just off camera.
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** Daffy, taking Elmer's place for once one scene, falls for the old "saw off a limb, tree falls down" gag. Only this time we see how it works: the floating limb is secured to scaffolding just off camera.
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* LargeHam: Daffy. See also: TemptingFate.
* RunningGag:"MAKE UP!""MAKEUP!"
* RunningGag:
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint / MisspellingOutLoud: The casting director is initially on the phone looking for a stunt double for Bugs. Then the casting director sees Daffy enter his officer, triggering this exchange:
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** Bugs is flying a plane into a nose dive when the director yells "Cut!" and the plane stops in mid-air so Daffy can take Bugs' place. Once filming starts up again, the plane continues its descent and crashes.
** Daffy, taking Elmer's place for once scene, falls for the old "saw off a limb, tree falls down" gag. Only this time we see how it works: the floating limb is secured to scaffolding just off camera.
** Bugs is flying a plane into a nose dive when the director yells "Cut!" and the plane stops in mid-air so Daffy can take Bugs' place. Once filming starts up again, the plane continues its descent and crashes.
** Daffy, taking Elmer's place for once scene, falls for the old "saw off a limb, tree falls down" gag. Only this time we see how it works: the floating limb is secured to scaffolding just off camera.
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* TheChewToy: The entire point of Daffy being Bugs' stunt double.
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''A Star is Bored'' is a 1956 ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' theatrical short directed by Creator/FrizFreleng, starring WesternAnimation/BugsBunny and WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck, with a few appearances by WesternAnimation/YosemiteSam and WesternAnimation/ElmerFudd.
Bugs is a movie star. Daffy, jealous of Bugs' success, decides to become a star himself. The movie producers grant his request -- by having him perform as Bugs' stunt double.
Not to be confused with the 1962 ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBugsBunnyShow Bugs Bunny Show]]'' episode of the same name, which incidentally featured this cartoon as part of that (the bridging sequences of which have been released as a bonus on the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection" line of [=DVDs=]).
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!!Tropes appearing in this cartoon:
* CallBack: Bugs previously had an interview with "Lolly" in ''WesternAnimation/AHareGrowsInManhattan''.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint / MisspellingOutLoud: The casting director is initially on the phone looking for a stunt double for Bugs. Then the casting director sees Daffy enter his officer, triggering this exchange:
-->'''Casting Director:''' I'll call you back. I think I've got a pigeon.\\
'''Daffy:''' Pigeon? I'm not a pigeon, I'm a duck. D-U-K, duck!
* RunningGag: "MAKE UP!"
* PunnyTitle: The title refers to Warner Bros.' 1954 film ''Film/AStarIsBorn''.
* RecycledAnimation: The animation of Daffy being eaten by a fish while fishing is reused from ''WesternAnimation/SandyClaws'', where the same thing happens to Sylvester when he tries fishing by the shore.
* SwallowedWhole: The seemingly innocuous task of Daffy-as-Bugs fishing off a dock results in a huge fish leaping up out of the water and swallowing the duck whole. He manages to escape.
* TemptingFate: "I ''dare'' you!"
** Also, "I wonder where all the hunters are today!"
* WhoWritesThisCrap: Daffy finally gets a chance to star in his own movie without Bugs. He glances briefly at the script just before shooting, then says the line in question in a dramatic fashion: [[TemptingFate "I wonder where all the hunters are today!"]] On cue, a whole group of hunters all appear and unload their guns on Daffy. Infuriated, he grabs the script again and yells, "I DEMAND TO KNOW WHO WROTE THIS SCRIPT!!"
-->'''Bugs:''' ''(standing off to the side)'' I'd like to tell him, but, uh... ''(chuckles coyly)'' modesty forbids.
''A Star is Bored'' is a 1956 ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' theatrical short directed by Creator/FrizFreleng, starring WesternAnimation/BugsBunny and WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck, with a few appearances by WesternAnimation/YosemiteSam and WesternAnimation/ElmerFudd.
Bugs is a movie star. Daffy, jealous of Bugs' success, decides to become a star himself. The movie producers grant his request -- by having him perform as Bugs' stunt double.
Not to be confused with the 1962 ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBugsBunnyShow Bugs Bunny Show]]'' episode of the same name, which incidentally featured this cartoon as part of that (the bridging sequences of which have been released as a bonus on the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection" line of [=DVDs=]).
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!!Tropes appearing in this cartoon:
* CallBack: Bugs previously had an interview with "Lolly" in ''WesternAnimation/AHareGrowsInManhattan''.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint / MisspellingOutLoud: The casting director is initially on the phone looking for a stunt double for Bugs. Then the casting director sees Daffy enter his officer, triggering this exchange:
-->'''Casting Director:''' I'll call you back. I think I've got a pigeon.\\
'''Daffy:''' Pigeon? I'm not a pigeon, I'm a duck. D-U-K, duck!
* RunningGag: "MAKE UP!"
* PunnyTitle: The title refers to Warner Bros.' 1954 film ''Film/AStarIsBorn''.
* RecycledAnimation: The animation of Daffy being eaten by a fish while fishing is reused from ''WesternAnimation/SandyClaws'', where the same thing happens to Sylvester when he tries fishing by the shore.
* SwallowedWhole: The seemingly innocuous task of Daffy-as-Bugs fishing off a dock results in a huge fish leaping up out of the water and swallowing the duck whole. He manages to escape.
* TemptingFate: "I ''dare'' you!"
** Also, "I wonder where all the hunters are today!"
* WhoWritesThisCrap: Daffy finally gets a chance to star in his own movie without Bugs. He glances briefly at the script just before shooting, then says the line in question in a dramatic fashion: [[TemptingFate "I wonder where all the hunters are today!"]] On cue, a whole group of hunters all appear and unload their guns on Daffy. Infuriated, he grabs the script again and yells, "I DEMAND TO KNOW WHO WROTE THIS SCRIPT!!"
-->'''Bugs:''' ''(standing off to the side)'' I'd like to tell him, but, uh... ''(chuckles coyly)'' modesty forbids.
