History WesternAnimation / DaffyDuck

* HypocriticalHumor: Really hates working with his Disney counterpart Donald Duck. The reason? His annoying speech impediment.[[note]]Admittedly, Daffy's lisp is far less irritating than Donald's warbling voice, which makes him TheUnintelligible.[[/note]]

-->'''Daffy:'' ''[[WesternAnimation/AliBabaBunny It's MINE, you understand!? Mine, all mine! Get back in there! Down! Down! Down! Go! Go! Go! Mine! Mine! Mine!]]''

* Duck Soup to Nuts (LT, Freleng) - Starring Porky Pig.

* {{Cuckoosnarker}}: Some adaptations combine his goofy, hyperactive personality from Bob Clampett's era and his heavy sarcasm from Chuck Jones's era, resulting in this trope. Examples are the first ''Film/SpaceJam'', ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction'', and even his brief appearance in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Especially in earlier shorts, even the later more ambitious versions aren't all that stable at times. However, according to Daffy in his earlier shorts: "I'm not crazy, ''I just don't give a darn!''"
* ComicallyCrossEyed: In his early cartoons and sometimes in ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunesCartoons'', Daffy would temporarily gain cross eyes as gags.

* DuckSeasonRabbitSeason: Co-TropeNamer.
** Interestingly, while this was used against Daffy in the TropeNamer "WesternAnimation/RabbitFire", Daffy's used this against Porky in "Duck Soup to Nuts" and a bull in "Mexican Joyride"

* What Makes Daffy Duck? (LT, Davis) - Starring Elmer Fudd.

* A Coy Decoy (LT, Clampett) - Redrawn in color, 1967. [[PublicDomainAnimation Public Domain.]]

* IHaveAFamily: Used twice as a ploy to get away from Porky. In "Duck Soup to Nuts" he calls out his sobbing "family" to say goodbye to him before Porky shoots him; Porky feels guilty and lets him off the hook, at which point the wife and kids remove their disguises and reveal themselves to be a few of Daffy's duck friends who were paid to get him out of trouble (a furious Porky overhears and opens fire on all of them). In "Riff Raffy Daffy", he uses a pair of wind-up toys as his "children". (In the cartoons where he actually ''did'' have a family, he never utilized this trope.)

* YouDontLookLikeYou: A minor one but during a small selection of cartoons[[note]]''Wise Quacks'', ''Naughty Neighbors'', and ''Porky's Last Stand''[[/note]] Clampett redesigned Daffy's colour scheme slightly with light coloured rings around his eyes. It didn't take.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: In his early cartoons.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: One of the most notable examples in the franchise (if not the animated scene as a whole), evolving from a bombastic {{Cloudcuckoolander}} to a luckless and conniving SmallNameBigEgo. Starting with ''WesternAnimation/WabbitALooneyTunesProduction'', he's returned to his original personality of being a mischievous {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.

** Avery and Clampett developed the "screwball" version of the early period. Jones' version is usually considered the contemporary rendition, a CompositeCharacter is used on occasion however usually in the shorts by Bob [=McKimson=] and Frank Tashlin. The adaptations from the 80's until the mid-2010's usually showcased the Jones Daffy with only a touch of Screwball Daffy. Starting with ''WesternAnimation/WabbitALooneyTunesProduction'', though, he's reverted to his screwball persona.

* DeadpanSnarker: Not so much in his early {{Cloudcuckoolander}} days, but he has quite a sarcastic streak in later cartoons.
* DependingOnTheWriter: One of the most notable examples in the series, nearly every director had a unique take on Daffy, some bearing little resemblance to others (though this is partially due to the character's Flanderization). Nowadays, his portrayal tends to swing around between either his {{Cloudcuckoolander}} persona and the more lucid, pompous ButtMonkey one depending on the work.
* {{Determinator}}: Like most WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes characters he'll do whatever it takes to upstage his rival.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Of the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes franchise.
* DownerEnding: Even in his pre-ButtMonkey days, Daffy very commonly suffered for his hubris and mischief by the end of the cartoon. Both his compilation movies "Daffy Duck's Quackbusters" and "Daffy Duck's Movie Fantastic Island" end with him having the short end of the stick. Every now and then however, Daffy would get thrown a bone.

* DeadpanSnarker: Not so much in his early {{Cloudcuckoolander}} days, but he has quite a sarcastic streak in later cartoons.
* DependingOnTheWriter: One of the most notable examples in the series, nearly every director had a unique take on Daffy, some bearing little resemblance to others (though this is partially due to the character's Flanderization).
* {{Determinator}}: Like most WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes characters he'll do whatever it takes to upstage his rival.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Of the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes franchise.

-->'''Daffy:''' Like I said, I'm a coward, but I'm a ''greeeedy'' little coward.

* DownerEnding: Even in his pre-ButtMonkey days, Daffy very commonly suffered for his hubris and mischief by the end of the cartoon. Both his compilation movies "Daffy Duck's Quackbusters" and "Daffy Duck's Movie Fantastic Island" end with him having the short end of the stick. Every now and then however, Daffy would get thrown a bone.

-->'''Speedy:''' Hey duck, whatcha [[ItMakesSenseInContext doing playing with dolls]]?\\
'''Daffy:''' [[SarcasmMode That's simple, because I'm obviously stupid]].

* NoRespectGuy: Depending on the short. Sometimes he's an incompetent {{Jerkass}} who deserves to be a ButtMonkey, but other times he becomes this trope when he's picked on just because he's not Bugs Bunny. In ''Show Biz Bugs'', he's shown to be as talented as Bugs but the audience ignores him, while Bugs is the only one who gets all the cheering and applause.

* PunchClockHero: This is one duck whose life purpose is the search for money and glory. Therefore it should come as no surprise that he is willing to (at least try to) be the hero a number of times with a dubious amount of success. When Daffy goes to Hollywood in the Sega Genesis game he doesn't cause unlike the similarly named cartoon, but as a detective trying to find Yosemite Sam's priceless films that have been stolen.

* CardCarryingJerkass: Much like his counterpart WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, Daffy started off as a rather extreme hyperactive CloudCuckoolander with a cruel streak. While his obnoxiousness and cruelty were likewise toned down over time, unlike Bugs, he never completely lost his tendency towards being selfish and mean; in fact, today he's most famous for being Bugs's openly conniving (if generally ineffective) {{Foil}}.

* MoralMyopia: It's shown in "The Yolk's on You" that, in his mind, it's fine when he steals from you. However, if you do the same to him, then you are a {{Jerkass}} who committed a crime.

* ''WesternAnimation/CartoonAllStarsToTheRescue'' (1990) - This Main/{{Crossover}} special marked the first time Bugs was voiced by someone other than Mel Blanc (in this case, Jeff Bergman).

* WesternAnimation/DaffyDuckInHollywood (MM, Avery) - Last Daffy cartoon directed by Avery. A scene at the end of the cartoon is considered to be the Ur WebAnimation/YouTubePoop, decades before it became a thing.

* YoureInsane: Sorta. Speedy calls him "[[GratuitousSpanish loco]][[note]]UsefulNotes/{{Spanish|Language}} for crazy or insane[[/note]] duck" during the era in which he's [[KnightOfCerebus at the height of his villainy]].

** In "Moby Duck", he insults [[ArchEnemy Speedy]] via calling him a "little thief" and a "dirty little rodent".

* KnightOfCerebus: Astonishingly enough, Daffy is actually this to the rest of WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales's 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 competent]] ([[TookALevelInJerkass and malicious]]) enough to hold ground against [[InvincibleHero the mouse]], even beating him a couple of times. He even ''whips several poor mice'' in "Assault and Peppered" and tried to keep mice from drinking out of a well ForTheEvulz in "Well Worn Daffy". (And unlike Sylvester, he does a formidable job fending Speedy off in the latter.)

* DarkAndTroubledPast: The reason why Daffy is rude, greedy & selfish, because when he was a duckling, his didn't spent with his family for every Christmas, which was revealed in ''WesternAnimation/BahHumduckALooneyTunesChristmas''.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: The reason why Daffy is Rude, Greedy & Selfish, Because when he was a duckling, his didn't spent with his family for every Christmas, Which was revealed in ''WesternAnimation/BahHumduckALooneyTunesChristmas''.

* QuackingUp: He started out as a wacky and hyperactive screwball but later became a selfish and greedy jerk, especially when paired up with Bugs Bunny.

* LargeHam: Part of what made Daffy both so distinct from his partners was just how over-the-top he was, compared to the relatively down-to-earth Bugs and Porky.

* The Astroduck (or Astro Duck) (LT, [=McKimson=])