History WesternAnimation / DaffyDuck

* ChickMagnet: Not an aspect that is always stressed but Daffy has had plenty of women fall for him. The gorgeous red headed duck Femme Fatale from "The Super Snooper" fell for him at first sight, lavished him with kisses and wanted to marry him right away. Another female in "The Duxorcist" allowed him to kiss her only moments after they met. Even Hatta Mari in Plane Daffy, who attempted to seduce him got turned on the second time they kissed. The Martian Queen Ty'ranee in Duck Dodgers loved him as well. ''Series/TheLooneyTunesShow'' pairs him with Tina. Not only that but there have been many times Daffy has been shown to be married to different female ducks with lots of kids. He is easily the most sexually active character out of the entire Looney Tunes crew.

* RogerRabbitEffect: As seen in the [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit trope namer]], ''Film/SpaceJam'' and ''Series/LooneyTunesBackInAction''

* TeamRocketWins: Even following his Flanderization into a ButtMonkey, Daffy seemed to score more victories than most other fall-guys in the series, [[spoiler: knocking out Taz in a CurbstompBattle in "Ducking the Devil", being the first foe to defeat Speedy Gonzales in "Mucho Locos" to name a few. Counting an [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RIvO74ZC5c obscure Tang endorsement from ''The Bugs Bunny Show'']] and Creator/CartoonNetwork's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO7lR1Fzw48 Big Game from 2001]], he has also defeated Bugs twice as well.]] Also, perhaps due to being created by fans of the shorts and the character, some later features tend to [[ThrowTheDogABone throw Daffy a bone]] a few times as well, including the very end of ''Series/LooneyTunesBackInAction.''

* Series/TheLooneyTunesShow, TV series, voiced by Jeff Bergman

'''''Daffy Duck''''' is a ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' character created by Creator/TexAvery (although Creator/BobClampett contributed to Daffy's personality) in 1937. He was the first of the new breed of "screwball" characters that emerged in the late 1930s to supplant traditional everyman characters, such as WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse and WesternAnimation/PorkyPig. Was originally [[ScrewySquirrel The Screwball]]/CloudCuckooLander, later {{Flanderized}} by Creator/ChuckJones (and FrizFreleng, even more so) into a {{Jerkass}} SmallNameBigEgo, most famously paired with WesternAnimation/BugsBunny as the OddCouple, but is also frequently set up against Porky Pig, who works as TheComicallySerious and DeadpanSnarker to Daffy's hijinks. In this incarnation, used either as a foil for Bugs or to parody action-adventure heroes. Meanwhile [=McKimson=] [[CompositeCharacter combined the two interpretations]] and made Daffy into a LoveableRogue. Later also joined Sylvester on the hunt for Speedy Gonzales. Debut: [[Film/PorkysDuckHunt "Porky's Duck Hunt"]] (1937), Tex Avery.

'''''Daffy Duck''''' is a ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' character created by TexAvery (although BobClampett contributed to Daffy's personality) in 1937. He was the first of the new breed of "screwball" characters that emerged in the late 1930s to supplant traditional everyman characters, such as MickeyMouse and PorkyPig. Was originally [[ScrewySquirrel The Screwball]]/CloudCuckooLander, later {{Flanderized}} by Creator/ChuckJones (and FrizFreleng, even more so) into a {{Jerkass}} SmallNameBigEgo, most famously paired with Bugs as the OddCouple, but is also frequently set up against PorkyPig, who works as TheComicallySerious and DeadpanSnarker to Daffy's hijinks. In this incarnation, used either as a foil for Bugs or to parody action-adventure heroes. Meanwhile [=McKimson=] [[CompositeCharacter combined the two interpretations]] and made Daffy into a LoveableRogue. Later also joined Sylvester on the hunt for Speedy Gonzales. Debut: [[PorkysDuckHunt "Porky's Duck Hunt"]] (1937), TexAvery.

Daffy has had the third largest amount of appearances in WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes history, next to PorkyPig and BugsBunny, starring in 129 theatrical cartoons.

* PorkysDuckHunt (LT, Avery) - Daffy's first appearance, In a "Porky Pig" cartoon. Redrawn in color, 1967.

* What Price Porky (LT, Clampett) - In a "Porky Pig" cartoon.
* Porky & Daffy (LT, Clampett) - In a "Porky Pig" cartoon. Redrawn in color, 1967.

* Daffy Duck And The Dinosaur (MM, Jones) - The first ChuckJones short to use the character. We also start to see a hint of what Daffy would later become, as he is presented as more thoughtful and calculating than he usually was in his early appearances.
* Scalp Trouble (LT, Clampett) - In a "Porky Pig" cartoon. Remade as "Slightly Daffy" in 1944; redrawn in color 1967.
* Wise Quacks (LT, Clampett) - In a "Porky Pig" cartoon.
* Naughty Neighbors (LT, Clampett) - In a "Porky Pig" cartoon, cameo. - Redrawn in color, 1967.

!1940 (All cartoons co-star co-star Porky Pig.)

* YouOughtToBeInPictures (LT, Freleng) - With Porky Pig. One of The50GreatestCartoons.

* To Duck or Not To Duck (LT, Jones) - First Daffy/Elmer pairing.

* Porky Pig's Feat (LT, Tashlin) - In a "Porky Pig" cartoon, Bugs Bunny cameo marks first joint on-screen appearance with Daffy. Redrawn in color, 1967.

* DuckAmuck (MM, Jones) - Cameo by Bugs Bunny. One of The50GreatestCartoons.

* Design For Leaving (LT, [=McKimson=]) - Starring Elmer Fudd.

* Dime To Retire (LT, [=McKimson=]) - Starring Porky Pig.
* Sahara Hare (LT, Freleng) - In a "Bugs Bunny" cartoon, cameo

* Apes of Wrath (MM, Freleng) - In a "Bugs Bunny" cartoon, cameo

* Person To Bunny (MM, Freleng) - Starring Bugs Bunny.

* Tease For Two (LT, [=McKimson=]) - Starring the Goofy Gophers.

* See Ya Later Gladiator (LT, Lovy) - Final theatrical "Daffy Duck" cartoon until 1980.(LT)

* The Yolk's on You (originally part of Daffy Duck's Easter Egg-Citement)
* The Chocolate Chase (originally part of Daffy Duck's Easter Egg-Citement)
* Daffy Flies North (originally part of Daffy Duck's Easter Egg-Citement)

* TinyToonAdventures - Daffy makes several guest appearances, voiced by Jeff Bergman and later by Greg Burson

* (Blooper) Bunny (Ford/Lennon) - In a "Bugs Bunny" cartoon, voiced by Jeff Bergman

* Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers (Ford/Lennon) - In a "Bugs Bunny" cartoon, voiced by Jeff Bergman

* TheDrewCareyShow - Daffy made a guest appearance in the season finale "My Best Friend's Wedding", voiced by Joe Alaskey

* LooneyTunesBackInAction - voiced by Joe Alaskey

* TheLooneyTunesShow, TV series, voiced by Jeff Bergman

* CaptainErsatz: The WalterLantz cartoon star WoodyWoodpecker was, shall we way, "inspired" by Daffy's early screwball incarnation.
** He was even voiced by MelBlanc in his first few appearances, and his debut cartoon "Knock Knock" ended in ''the exact same way'' as "DaffyDuckAndEgghead".

** "Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century!"

* TheChewToy: Especially in DuckAmuck

* ChickMagnet: Not an aspect that is always stressed but Daffy has had plenty of women fall for him. The gorgeous red headed duck Femme Fatale from "The Super Snooper" fell for him at first sight, lavished him with kisses and wanted to marry him right away. Another female in "The Duxorcist" allowed him to kiss her only moments after they met. Even Hatta Mari in Plane Daffy, who attempted to seduce him got turned on the second time they kissed. The Martian Queen Ty'ranee in Duck Dodgers loved him as well. ''TheLooneyTunesShow'' pairs him with Tina. Not only that but there have been many times Daffy has been shown to be married to different female ducks with lots of kids. He is easily the most sexually active character out of the entire Looney Tunes crew.

** "Daffy Horatio Tiberius Duck" in ''BabyLooneyTunes''.
** "Sheldon" and "Armando" in ''TheLooneyTunesShow''.

* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Occasionally goes into full-blown PepeLePew mode ("A Coy Decoy", "Duck Soup to Nuts", "The Prize Pest"). He invokes the trope in "The Duxorcist":

** Of course following this "Bugs' Bunny" would supposedly provide inspiration for "BugsBunny", who maintained a similar ([[KarmicTrickster if somewhat toned down]]) abrasiveness as Daffy. In this case the Expy would become an even bigger hit than Daffy himself and continues being one of the most notable cartoon characters to date.

* FemmeFatale: Hata Mari of ''Plane Daffy'' and the unnamed duck suspect in ''The Super Snooper'' are both parodies of the type. [[spoiler:It turns out that the latter hasn't actually done anything wrong, but she still acts the part]].

* {{Foil}}: To BugsBunny
* ForgotFlandersCouldDoThat: Even after ChuckJones recreated Daffy as a pompous loser, there were a fair few references to his crazy trickster persona. This is particularly evident in Robert Mc Kimson's work, who even after giving Daffy his later more lucid personality, had him snap back to his heckler persona on several occasions. Even some modern works such as ''Film/SpaceJam'' or ''Daffy Duck's Rhapsody'' blatantly hark back to the original Daffy.

* GRatedMentalIllness: Early on. In ''TheLooneyTunesShow'' this gets upgraded to AmbiguousDisorder status.

** His versions of "[[ThemeTuneCameo The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down]]" in "DaffyDuckAndEgghead" and "Boobs in the Woods".

* ItAmusedMe: Rather consistantly in his earlier ScrewySquirrel years. He became more ambitious and "self prethervational" in his callousness in later shorts (though that doesn't mean he doesn't still enjoy it).

** The song he sings in "You Ought To Be In Pictures".

* KnightOfCerebus: Astonishingly enough, Daffy is actually this to the rest of SpeedyGonzales' RoguesGallery. While still highly comical in tone, the situations Speedy was placed in were sometimes a lot more dire against Daffy, who stands as the only villain [[NotSoHarmlessVillain competant]] ([[TookALevelInJerkass and malicious]]) enough to hold ground against [[InvincibleHero the mouse]], even beating him a couple of times.

* MataHari: Who else but [[MeaningfulName Hata Mari]]?

* NonSequiturThud: Most notably "DuckAmuck".

* OldTimeyBathingSuit: In ''Muscle Tussle'', Daffy is shown up at the beach by a Speedo-wearing muscle-builder duck — as the designated nine-pound weakling, Daffy wears an old-timey striped suit and straw boater hat.

* RageAgainstTheAuthor: "DuckAmuck"
* RantInducingSlight: Again, "DuckAmuck"
* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Bugs' blue.

* RogerRabbitEffect: As seen in the [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit trope namer]], ''Film/SpaceJam'' and ''LooneyTunesBackInAction''

** Also in a cameo a ColdOpening for ''TheDrewCareyShow''.

* TheScrooge: Plays a modern variant in ''Bah Humduck, A Looney Tunes Christmas Carol''.

* ShowSomeLeg: Both [[MataHari Hata Mari]] and the FemmeFatale in "The Super Snooper" try this, although the former is more successful.

* StrawLoser: Chuck Jones' version, lost miserably to [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain villains Bugs usually defeated without trying]] and had [[ChewToy Porky Pig]] of all people as his HyperCompetentSidekick. Other directors portrayed Daffy as a ButtMonkey at this point, though it depended on the scenario whether he was quite as pathetic as the others.

* TeamRocketWins: Even following his Flanderization into a ButtMonkey, Daffy seemed to score more victories than most other fall-guys in the series, [[spoiler: knocking out Taz in a CurbstompBattle in ''Ducking The Devil'', being the first foe to defeat Speedy Gonzales in ''Mucho Locos'' to name a few. Counting an [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RIvO74ZC5c obscure Tang endorsement from ''The Bugs Bunny Show'']] and Creator/CartoonNetwork's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO7lR1Fzw48 Big Game from 2001]], he has also defeated Bugs twice as well.]] Also, perhaps due to being created by fans of the shorts and the character, some later features tend to [[ThrowTheDogABone throw Daffy a bone]] a few times as well, including the very end of ''LooneyTunesBackInAction.''

* ThrowThePin: ''Speedy Ghost To Town''
* TheCameo: Daffy's head [[http://clxcool.deviantart.com/#/d4zdr3b can be seen]] on a building in the movie CoolWorld.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Under Chuck Jones' direction in the early fifties, making him self centered, neurotic and ''incredibly'' narcissistic (this is keeping in mind Daffy [[ScrewySquirrel wasn't exactly an angel]] to begin with). Other directors eventually took his redesign and made him even worse. By the De Patie Freleng era, he borders out and out evil. Later productions go in and out with this, though for the most part refer to Jones' selfish egotist Daffy.
* TookALevelInKindness: In ''Bah Humduck, A Looney Tunes Christmas Carol'' in accordance with [[YetAnotherChristmasCarol nearly all variations of the story]]. Also in ''Bugs Bunny In King Arthur's Court'', despite taking the role of a greedy king, Daffy is noticeably tamer and bored with his role, passively helping Bugs and even willingly giving him his crown by the end of the film.

* WilliamTelling: "Daffy Duck and Egghead" (1938) has Daffy placing an apple on his head so Egghead can shoot it. But he misses each time, no matter how close Daffy gets to him. Daffy chucks the apple, gives Eggead a tin cup of pencils, a pair of sunglasses and a "Blind" sign around his neck.

* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: Filled the "Scrooge" role in ''Bah Humduck! A WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Christmas''.

* TheChewToy

** "Mother!" (when something really bad is about to happen to him)

** "[[AnnoyingLaugh Woo hoo-hoo-HOO-hoo-hoo!]]" (while bouncing around like a maniac)

* RabbitSeasoning (MM, Jones) - Starring Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd.

* RabbitFire (LT, Jones) - Starring Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd.

* {{Flanderization}} Again one of the most notable examples in the franchise (if not the animated scene as a whole), evolving from a slightly bombastic CloudCuckooLander to a luckless SmallNameBigEgo.

* Film/SpaceJam - voiced by DeeBradleyBaker

* HeroicWannabe: As Duck Twacy, Drip-Along Daffy, The Masked Avenger, Duck Drake, Stupor Duck, China Jones, Boston Quackie, Joe Monday, Doorlock Holmes, Robin Hood, Duck Dodgers, etc.

* HenpeckedHusband: In ''The Henpecked Duck'' and "His Bitter Half".

* FailureHero: See ButtMonkey.

* HenpeckedHusband: In ''The Henpecked Duck''.

** JerkassWoobie: Sure that Daffy can be a cowardly and greed SmallNameBigEgo, and has a plenty moments of assholery, but he's also a HUGE ButtMonkey and knows no better, making him one of the most pathetic characters in the Lonney Tunes Universe.

* [[DuckDodgersInTheTwentyFourthAndAHalfCentury Duck Dodgers In the 24 and a 1/2 Century]] (MM, Jones) - Starring Porky Pig, Marvin the Martian. One of The50GreatestCartoons.

->''"[[BugsBunny Bugs]] is who we want to be. Daffy is who we are."''
-->-- '''ChuckJones'''

'''''Daffy Duck''''' is a ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' character created by TexAvery (although BobClampett contributed to Daffy's personality) in 1937. He was the first of the new breed of "screwball" characters that emerged in the late 1930s to supplant traditional everyman characters, such as MickeyMouse and PorkyPig. Was originally [[ScrewySquirrel The Screwball]]/CloudCuckooLander, later {{Flanderized}} by ChuckJones (and FrizFreleng, even more so) into a {{Jerkass}} SmallNameBigEgo, most famously paired with Bugs as the OddCouple, but is also frequently set up against PorkyPig, who works as TheComicallySerious and DeadpanSnarker to Daffy's hijinks. In this incarnation, used either as a foil for Bugs or to parody action-adventure heroes. Meanwhile [=McKimson=] [[CompositeCharacter combined the two interpretations]] and made Daffy into a LoveableRogue. Later also joined Sylvester on the hunt for Speedy Gonzales. Debut: [[PorkysDuckHunt "Porky's Duck Hunt"]] (1937), TexAvery.