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This is one of a handful of 1950's cartoons where, when aired in syndication, the concentric circles opening/closing have been butchered. The opening, in such prints, has the correct circles but plays the 1946-1955 Looney Tunes theme, while the closing correctly has the 1955-1964 closing theme but the Merrie Melodies concentric circles.
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This is one of a handful of 1950's 1950s cartoons where, when aired in syndication, the concentric circles opening/closing have been butchered. The opening, in such prints, has the correct circles but plays the 1946-1955 Looney Tunes theme, while the closing correctly has the 1955-1964 closing theme theme, but the Merrie Melodies concentric circles.
* AffectionateParody: Of ''Boston Blackie''.
* {{Bowdlerization}}: The syndicated ''Merrie Melodies'' series cut several of the spy murder gags on the train, as well as Quackie "hanging" in the mailbag.
* {{Bowdlerization}}: The syndicated ''Merrie Melodies'' series cut several of the spy murder gags on the train, as well as Quackie "hanging" in the mailbag.
* GallowsHumor: The Man in the Green Hat tries to get rid of Quackie by trapping him in a mailbag and then hanging him from a mail pole, which is actually a hangman's noose, as the train passes by.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: One of few times Daffy pulls off a win in his genre parody formula. Although, technically, it was Mary who delivered the final blow to The Man In The Green Hat.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: One of few times Daffy pulls off a win in his genre parody formula. Although, technically, it was Mary who delivered the final blow to The Man In The Green Hat. On the other hand, Daffy does deliver the briefcase to the West Slobovian Consul.
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* LorreLookalike: The Consul of West Slobovia at the end of the short is a Lorre Lookalike, with half-lidded eyes, a short build (he's about as tall as Daffy), thinning hair, and a Lorre-esque accent.
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* LiteralMetaphor: While searching the train for the Man in the Green Hat, Quackie opens a door marked " Club Car", and gets rapped over the head by an actual club.
-->'''Quackie:''' Sure got a lively bunch of fellas on this train!
-->'''Quackie:''' Sure got a lively bunch of fellas on this train!
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* HandbagOfHurt: Mary manages to incapacitate the Man in the Green Hat by striking him over the head with her purse. It works because she keeps [[AnvilOnHead an anvil in it]].
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* HandbagOfHurt: Mary manages to incapacitate the Man in the Green Hat by striking him over the head with her purse. It works because she keeps [[AnvilOnHead an anvil anvil]] in [[WeightedGloves it]].
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In this parody of ''Literature/BostonBlackie'', Daffy plays Boston ''Quackie'' (''Friend to those who need no friends, enemy to those who have no enemies''). While vacationing in Paris with his girlfriend Mary, Quackie is approached by Inspector Faraway (Porky) who assigns him to deliver a top secret briefcase to a consulate in West Slobovia. However, the briefcase is immediately stolen by the Man in the Green Hat, requiring Quackie to give chase that leads to a spy-filled train.
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In this parody of ''Literature/BostonBlackie'', ''Boston Blackie'', Daffy plays Boston ''Quackie'' (''Friend to those who need no friends, enemy to those who have no enemies''). While vacationing in Paris with his girlfriend Mary, Quackie is approached by Inspector Faraway (Porky) who assigns him to deliver a top secret briefcase to a consulate in West Slobovia. However, the briefcase is immediately stolen by the Man in the Green Hat, requiring Quackie to give chase that leads to a spy-filled train.
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In this parody of ''Boston Blackie'', Daffy plays Boston ''Quackie'' (''Friend to those who need no friends, enemy to those who have no enemies''). While vacationing in Paris with his girlfriend Mary, Quackie is approached by Inspector Faraway (Porky) who assigns him to deliver a top secret briefcase to a consulate in West Slobovia. However, the briefcase is immediately stolen by the Man in the Green Hat, requiring Quackie to give chase that leads to a spy-filled train.
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In this parody of ''Boston Blackie'', ''Literature/BostonBlackie'', Daffy plays Boston ''Quackie'' (''Friend to those who need no friends, enemy to those who have no enemies''). While vacationing in Paris with his girlfriend Mary, Quackie is approached by Inspector Faraway (Porky) who assigns him to deliver a top secret briefcase to a consulate in West Slobovia. However, the briefcase is immediately stolen by the Man in the Green Hat, requiring Quackie to give chase that leads to a spy-filled train.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: One of few times Daffy pulls off a win in his genre parody formula.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: One of few times Daffy pulls off a win in his genre parody formula. Although, technically, it was Mary who delivered the final blow to The Man In The Green Hat.
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This is one of a handful of 1950's cartoons where, when aired in syndication, the concentric circles opening/closing have been butchered. The opening, in such prints, has the correct circles but plays the 1946-1955 Looney Tunes theme, while the closing correctly has the 1955-1964 closing theme but the Merrie Melodies concentric circles.
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* SmartBall: Unlike most cartoons where Daffy is [[LordErrorProne a bungling hero]], Boston Quackie actually shows some degree of competence. His suspicion that the man wearing a top hat was actually the Man in the Green Hat in disguise was correct, even if he gets briefly thrown off by multiple hidden hats; and he is GenreSavvy enough to stop a poisoning attempt without even looking away. That being said, he still falls for the old "How many lumps do you want?" gag.
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* SmartBall: Unlike most genre-parody cartoons where Daffy is [[LordErrorProne a bungling hero]], Boston Quackie actually shows some degree of competence. His suspicion that the man wearing a top hat was actually the Man in the Green Hat in disguise was correct, even if he gets briefly thrown off by multiple hidden hats; and he is GenreSavvy enough to stop a poisoning attempt without even looking away. That being said, he still falls for the old "How many lumps do you want?" gag.
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* ThrillerOnTheExpress: Quackie follows the Man in the Green Hat to Le Cloak and Dagger Express, where there seems to be a criminal in every berth.
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* ThrillerOnTheExpress: Quackie follows the Man in the Green Hat to Le Cloak and Dagger Express, where there seems to be a criminal in every berth.berth.
* ThrowTheDogABone: One of few times Daffy pulls off a win in his genre parody formula.
* ThrowTheDogABone: One of few times Daffy pulls off a win in his genre parody formula.
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* MacGuffin: The briefcase. Quackie has to deliver it to the West Slobovian consulate, then has to get it back from the Man in the Green Hat. When it's delivered, it's revealed to have [[spoiler:[[InstantPersonJustAddWater a bottle of Instant Girl]], so the Ambassador could have a date for the Embassy Ball]].
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* MacGuffin: The briefcase. Quackie has to deliver it to the West Slobovian consulate, then has to get it back from the Man in the Green Hat. When it's delivered, it's revealed to have [[spoiler:[[InstantPersonJustAddWater [[spoiler:[[InstantPeopleJustAddWater a bottle of Instant Girl]], so the Ambassador could have a date for the Embassy Ball]].
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In this parody of ''Boston Blackie'', Daffy plays Boston ''Quackie'' (''Friend to those who need no friends, enemy to those who have no enemies''). While vacationing Paris with his girlfriend Mary, Quackie is approached by Inspector Faraway (Porky) who assigns him to deliver a top secret briefcase to a consulate in West Slobovia. However, the briefcase is immediately stolen by the Man in the Green Hat, requiring Quackie to give chase that leads to a spy-filled train.
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In this parody of ''Boston Blackie'', Daffy plays Boston ''Quackie'' (''Friend to those who need no friends, enemy to those who have no enemies''). While vacationing in Paris with his girlfriend Mary, Quackie is approached by Inspector Faraway (Porky) who assigns him to deliver a top secret briefcase to a consulate in West Slobovia. However, the briefcase is immediately stolen by the Man in the Green Hat, requiring Quackie to give chase that leads to a spy-filled train.
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* HandbagOfHurt: Mary manages to incapacitate the Man in the Green Hat by striking him over the head with her purse. It works because she keeps [[AnvilOnTheHead an anvil in it]].
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* HandbagOfHurt: Mary manages to incapacitate the Man in the Green Hat by striking him over the head with her purse. It works because she keeps [[AnvilOnTheHead [[AnvilOnHead an anvil in it]].
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* HandbagOfHurt: Mary manages to incapacitate the Man in the Green Hat by striking him over the head with her purse. It works because she keeps an anvil in it.
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* HandbagOfHurt: Mary manages to incapacitate the Man in the Green Hat by striking him over the head with her purse. It works because she keeps [[AnvilOnTheHead an anvil in it.it]].
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* MacGuffin: The briefcase. Quackie has to deliver it to the West Slobovian consulate, then has to get it back from the Man in the Green Hat. When it's delivered, it's revealed to have [[spoiler:a bottle of Instant Girl, so the Ambassador could have a date for the Embassy Ball]].
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* MacGuffin: The briefcase. Quackie has to deliver it to the West Slobovian consulate, then has to get it back from the Man in the Green Hat. When it's delivered, it's revealed to have [[spoiler:a [[spoiler:[[InstantPersonJustAddWater a bottle of Instant Girl, Girl]], so the Ambassador could have a date for the Embassy Ball]].
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* SmartBall: Unlike most cartoons where Daffy is a bungling hero, Boston Quackie actually shows some degree of competence. His suspicion that the man wearing a top hat was actually the Man in the Green Hat in disguise was correct, even if he gets briefly thrown off by multiple hidden hats; and he is GenreSavvy enough to stop a poisoning attempt without even looking away. That being said, he still falls for the old "How many lumps do you want?" gag.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: As Quackie joins the Man in the Green Hat for a drink, a man hidden under the trolley poisons his cup. Without even looking away, Quackie shoots the man under the table, then [[DiscreetDrinkDisposal disposes of the drink]] into a nearby spittoon, [[GargelBlaster which melts away]].
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: As Quackie joins the Man in the Green Hat for a drink, a man hidden under the trolley poisons his cup. Without even looking away, Quackie shoots the man under the table, then [[DiscreetDrinkDisposal disposes of the drink]] into a nearby spittoon, [[GargelBlaster which melts away]].
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* SmartBall: Unlike most cartoons where Daffy is [[LordErrorProne a bungling hero, hero]], Boston Quackie actually shows some degree of competence. His suspicion that the man wearing a top hat was actually the Man in the Green Hat in disguise was correct, even if he gets briefly thrown off by multiple hidden hats; and he is GenreSavvy enough to stop a poisoning attempt without even looking away. That being said, he still falls for the old "How many lumps do you want?" gag.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: As Quackie joins the Man in the Green Hat for a drink, a man hidden under the trolley poisons his cup. Without even looking away, Quackie shoots the man under the table, then [[DiscreetDrinkDisposal disposes of the drink]] into a nearby spittoon,[[GargelBlaster [[GargleBlaster which melts away]].
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: As Quackie joins the Man in the Green Hat for a drink, a man hidden under the trolley poisons his cup. Without even looking away, Quackie shoots the man under the table, then [[DiscreetDrinkDisposal disposes of the drink]] into a nearby spittoon,
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* CranialEruption: After he and Quackie are served coffee, the Man in the Green Hat asks "how many lumps do you want?" Quackie, who likes lots of sugar on his coffee, [[TemptingFate foolishly says "better make it three lumps."]] So the Man in the Green Hat pulls out a club and gives Quackie three lumps on his head.
* MatryoshkaObject: Quackie tries to uncover the Man in the Green Hat, who has changed it for a top hat. But when he knocks over the hat, it just uncovers a different hat. Knocking that hat away reveals another hat, and doing it a third time just reveals the same hat as before. After the man gets Quackie with the old "One lump or two" gag, he tips his hat, revealing at last the green hat.
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: As Quackie joins the Man in the Green Hat for a drink, a man hidden under the trolley poisons his cup. Without even looking away, Quackie shoots the man under the table, then [[DiscreetDrinkDisposal disposes of the drink]] into a nearby spittoon, [[ThatPoorPlant which melts away]].
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* SmartBall: Unlike most cartoons where Daffy is a bungling hero, Boston Quackie actually shows some degree of competence. His suspicion that the man wearing a top hat was actually the Man in the Green Hat in disguise was correct, even if he gets briefly thrown off by multiple hidden hats; and he is GenreSavvy enough to stop a poisoning attempt without even looking away. That being said, he still falls for the old "How many lumps do you want?" gag.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: As Quackie joins the Man in the Green Hat for a drink, a man hidden under the trolley poisons his cup. Without even looking away, Quackie shoots the man under the table, then [[DiscreetDrinkDisposal disposes of the drink]] into a nearby spittoon,[[ThatPoorPlant [[GargelBlaster which melts away]].
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: As Quackie joins the Man in the Green Hat for a drink, a man hidden under the trolley poisons his cup. Without even looking away, Quackie shoots the man under the table, then [[DiscreetDrinkDisposal disposes of the drink]] into a nearby spittoon,
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It was a spittoon, not a plant.
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* MacGuffin: The briefcase. Quackie has to deliver it to the West Slobovian consulate, then has to get it back from the Man in the Green Hat. When it's delivered, it's revealed to have [[spoiler:a bottle of Instant Girlfriend, so the Ambassador could have a date for the Embassy Ball]].
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* MacGuffin: The briefcase. Quackie has to deliver it to the West Slobovian consulate, then has to get it back from the Man in the Green Hat. When it's delivered, it's revealed to have [[spoiler:a bottle of Instant Girlfriend, Girl, so the Ambassador could have a date for the Embassy Ball]].Ball]].
-->'''Quackie:''' You know, there just ''might'' be a market for this.
-->'''Quackie:''' You know, there just ''might'' be a market for this.
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: As Quackie joins the Man in the Green Hat for a drink, a man hidden under the trolley poisons his cup. Without even looking away, Quackie shoots the man under the table, then [[DiscreetDrinkDisposal disposes of the drink]] on a nearby plant, [[ThatPoorPlant which withers and dies]].
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: As Quackie joins the Man in the Green Hat for a drink, a man hidden under the trolley poisons his cup. Without even looking away, Quackie shoots the man under the table, then [[DiscreetDrinkDisposal disposes of the drink]] on into a nearby plant, spittoon, [[ThatPoorPlant which withers and dies]].melts away]].
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* ThePersonWithTheClothing: The Man in the Green Hat.
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* ThePersonWithTheClothing: PersonWithTheClothing: The Man in the Green Hat.
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* LowClearance: After leaving Quackie hanging by a mail pole, the Man in the Green Hat ends up getting knocked off the train because he didn't look to see it was going under a wigwag.
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* LowClearance: After leaving Quackie hanging by a mail pole, the Man in the Green Hat ends up getting knocked off the train because he didn't look to see it was going under a wigwag.wigwag.
* MacGuffin: The briefcase. Quackie has to deliver it to the West Slobovian consulate, then has to get it back from the Man in the Green Hat. When it's delivered, it's revealed to have [[spoiler:a bottle of Instant Girlfriend, so the Ambassador could have a date for the Embassy Ball]].
* ThePersonWithTheClothing: The Man in the Green Hat.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: As Quackie joins the Man in the Green Hat for a drink, a man hidden under the trolley poisons his cup. Without even looking away, Quackie shoots the man under the table, then [[DiscreetDrinkDisposal disposes of the drink]] on a nearby plant, [[ThatPoorPlant which withers and dies]].
* ThrillerOnTheExpress: Quackie follows the Man in the Green Hat to Le Cloak and Dagger Express, where there seems to be a criminal in every berth.
* MacGuffin: The briefcase. Quackie has to deliver it to the West Slobovian consulate, then has to get it back from the Man in the Green Hat. When it's delivered, it's revealed to have [[spoiler:a bottle of Instant Girlfriend, so the Ambassador could have a date for the Embassy Ball]].
* ThePersonWithTheClothing: The Man in the Green Hat.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: As Quackie joins the Man in the Green Hat for a drink, a man hidden under the trolley poisons his cup. Without even looking away, Quackie shoots the man under the table, then [[DiscreetDrinkDisposal disposes of the drink]] on a nearby plant, [[ThatPoorPlant which withers and dies]].
* ThrillerOnTheExpress: Quackie follows the Man in the Green Hat to Le Cloak and Dagger Express, where there seems to be a criminal in every berth.
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In this parody of ''Series/BostonBlackie'', Daffy plays Boston ''Quackie'' (''Friend to those who need no friends, enemy to those who have no enemies''). While vacationing Paris with his girlfriend Mary, Quackie is approached by Inspector Faraway (Porky) who assigns him to deliver a top secret briefcase to a consulate in West Slobovia. However, the briefcase is immediately stolen by the Man in the Green Hat, requiring Quackie to give chase that leads to a spy-filled train.
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In this parody of ''Series/BostonBlackie'', ''Boston Blackie'', Daffy plays Boston ''Quackie'' (''Friend to those who need no friends, enemy to those who have no enemies''). While vacationing Paris with his girlfriend Mary, Quackie is approached by Inspector Faraway (Porky) who assigns him to deliver a top secret briefcase to a consulate in West Slobovia. However, the briefcase is immediately stolen by the Man in the Green Hat, requiring Quackie to give chase that leads to a spy-filled train.
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'''Boston Quackie''' is a 1957 ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short directed by Creator/RobertMcKimson and starring WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck and WesternAnimation/PorkyPig.
In this parody of ''Series/BostonBlackie'', Daffy plays Boston ''Quackie'' (''Friend to those who need no friends, enemy to those who have no enemies''). While vacationing Paris with his girlfriend Mary, Quackie is approached by Inspector Faraway (Porky) who assigns him to deliver a top secret briefcase to a consulate in West Slobovia. However, the briefcase is immediately stolen by the Man in the Green Hat, requiring Quackie to give chase that leads to a spy-filled train.
!!Tropes appearing in this cartoon:
* FollowThatCar: After the Man in the Green Hat escapes in a cab, Quackie tells another taxi this. Unfortunately, it takes off before he can get in.
* HandbagOfHurt: Mary manages to incapacitate the Man in the Green Hat by striking him over the head with her purse. It works because she keeps an anvil in it.
* LowClearance: After leaving Quackie hanging by a mail pole, the Man in the Green Hat ends up getting knocked off the train because he didn't look to see it was going under a wigwag.
In this parody of ''Series/BostonBlackie'', Daffy plays Boston ''Quackie'' (''Friend to those who need no friends, enemy to those who have no enemies''). While vacationing Paris with his girlfriend Mary, Quackie is approached by Inspector Faraway (Porky) who assigns him to deliver a top secret briefcase to a consulate in West Slobovia. However, the briefcase is immediately stolen by the Man in the Green Hat, requiring Quackie to give chase that leads to a spy-filled train.
!!Tropes appearing in this cartoon:
* FollowThatCar: After the Man in the Green Hat escapes in a cab, Quackie tells another taxi this. Unfortunately, it takes off before he can get in.
* HandbagOfHurt: Mary manages to incapacitate the Man in the Green Hat by striking him over the head with her purse. It works because she keeps an anvil in it.
* LowClearance: After leaving Quackie hanging by a mail pole, the Man in the Green Hat ends up getting knocked off the train because he didn't look to see it was going under a wigwag.
