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* AnimationBump: Despite their best efforts, switches between the classic cartoons and the new bridging segments are ''really'' noticeable.


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* OffModel: Despite their best efforts, switches between the classic cartoons and the new bridging segments are ''really'' noticeable.
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''Daffy Ducks Quackbusters'' is a 1988 CompilationMovie starring WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck and other classic ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' characters. This film combines newly-animated footage linked with classic Creator/WarnerBros cartoons. It is the last film in the ''Looney Tunes'' compilation movie anthology, and the last ''Looney Tunes'' theatrical feature until ''Film/SpaceJam'' eight years later. It was also Creator/MelBlanc's second-to-last performance in a ''Looney Tunes'' project, with his absolute final one being the linking material in the TV special ''Bugs Bunny's Wild World of Sports'' a year later.

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''Daffy Ducks Quackbusters'' is a 1988 CompilationMovie starring WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck and other classic ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' characters. This film combines newly-animated footage linked with classic Creator/WarnerBros cartoons. It is the last film in the ''Looney Tunes'' compilation movie anthology, as well as the only one to have an overarching story, and the last ''Looney Tunes'' theatrical feature until ''Film/SpaceJam'' eight years later. It was also Creator/MelBlanc's second-to-last performance in a ''Looney Tunes'' project, with his absolute final one being the linking material in the TV special ''Bugs Bunny's Wild World of Sports'' a year later.
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* HappyEndingOverride: Though he had to put up with humiliation, "Daffy Dilly" still ended with Daffy supposedly getting rewarded for entertaining Cupish. The film extends on the plot and reveals that Cupish, now a disgruntled and sadistic ghost, not only curses Daffy out of his inheritance, but seemingly ''any other money he earns'', [[FateWorseThanDeath dooming Daffy to a life of poverty]], changing the BittersweetEnding of the short into one of the darkest outcomes Daffy has ever suffered.

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* HappyEndingOverride: Though he had to put up with humiliation, "Daffy Dilly" still ended with Daffy supposedly getting rewarded for entertaining Cupish. Cupish, making for a rare successful gain for him. The film extends on the plot and reveals that Cupish, now a disgruntled and sadistic ghost, not only curses Daffy out of his inheritance, but seemingly ''any other money he earns'', earns from that point onward'', [[FateWorseThanDeath dooming Daffy to a life of poverty]], and changing the BittersweetEnding of the short into one of the darkest outcomes Daffy has ever suffered.
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* HappyEndingOverride: Though he had to put up with humiliation, "Daffy Dilly" still ended with Daffy supposedly getting rewarded for entertaining Cupish. The film extends on the plot and reveals that Cupish, now a disgruntled and sadistic ghost, not only curses Daffy out of his inheritance, but seemingly ''any other money he earns'', [[FateWorseThanDeath dooming Daffy to a life of poverty]], changing the BittersweetEnding of the short into one of the darkest outcomes Daffy has ever suffered.
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* {{555}}: Daffy uses such a number in his TV advertisements.

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* {{555}}: FiveFiveFive: Daffy uses such a number in his TV advertisements.
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* CompositeCharacter: The result of film meshing a selection of cartoons from different eras and directors into a coherent package has this effect on Daffy, establishing him as a greedy and desperate UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist as later shorts did, but maintaining his mischievous opportunistic side from early on.
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* VocalEvolution: Being one of his final performances before his death (aged 81 no less), Mel Blanc's performances as the Looney Tunes regulars in the new footage sounds very noticeably more worn out and gravelly than that in the reused shorts. Especially noticeable for Daffy and Porky, whose new dialogue isn't pitch shifted like it normally is.

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* VocalEvolution: Being one of his final performances before his death (aged 81 no less), Mel Blanc's performances as the Looney Tunes regulars in the new footage sounds very noticeably more worn out and gravelly than that in the reused shorts. Especially noticeable for Daffy and Porky, whose new dialogue isn't pitch shifted like it normally is. According to director Greg Ford, Mel was very worn out when recording, and his work required a lot of editing to get up to par (the aforementioned lack of pitch shifting was to try and maintain the nuance Mel could still accomplish).
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* SpitefulWill: Cupish grants Daffy his fortune as inheritance as promised, but under the stipulation he can't spend a dime on himself, only charitable causes. Oh, and apparently, he ''can'' take it with him if he refuses.
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* VocalEvolution: Being one of his final performances before his death (aged 81 no less), Mel Blanc's performances as the Looney Tunes regulars in the new footage sounds very noticeably more worn out and gravelly than that in the reused shorts. Especially noticeable for Daffy and Porky, whose new dialogue isn't pitch shifted like it normally is.
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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: The number on Daffy's office is 1313. You can guest how things will happen for Daffy afterwards.
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* {{555}}: Daffy uses such a number in his TV advertisements.
--> Daffy: Just call 555-5925. Remember, that’s [[PhoneWord the same as dialling 555-KWAK]].
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'''Cartoons:''' "Night of the Living Duck," "Daffy Dilly," "The Prize Pest," "Water, Water, Every Hare," "Hyde and Go Tweet," "Claws for Alarm," "The Duxorcist," "Transylvania 6-5000," "The Abominable Snow Rabbit," "WesternAnimation/PunchTrunk," and "Jumpin' Jupiter."

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'''Cartoons:''' "Night of the Living Duck," "Daffy Dilly," "WesternAnimation/DaffyDilly," "The Prize Pest," "Water, Water, Every Hare," "Hyde and Go Tweet," "Claws for Alarm," "The Duxorcist," "Transylvania 6-5000," "The Abominable Snow Rabbit," "WesternAnimation/PunchTrunk," and "Jumpin' Jupiter."
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* RecycledSoundtrack: Unlike the other compilation films, which used new music for the bridging sequences (usually by Dean Elliott or Robert J. Walsh), the score to this film is compiled from numerous ''Looney Tunes'' shorts of the past. If you're well-versed in the original shorts, it can be fun to hear the music in different contexts.
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* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Well, co-workers who never hang out. Daffy's business consists of himself, Bugs Bunny, and Porky Pig, but outside of them all appearing together in the commercials, Bugs and Porky never appear together.
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* VillainProtagonist[=/=]NominalHero: Daffy is up to his unscrupulous ways again and plans to become a Scrooge-like figure until the supernatural trouble leads him to become a ghostbuster-for-hire.

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* VillainProtagonist[=/=]NominalHero: Daffy is up to his unscrupulous ways again and plans to become follow a Scrooge-like figure career until the supernatural trouble leads him to become a ghostbuster-for-hire.ghostbuster-for-hire instead.
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'''Cartoons:''' "Night of the Living Duck," "Daffy Dilly," "The Prize Pest," "Water, Water, Every Hare," "Hyde and Go Tweet," "Claws for Alarm," "The Duxorcist," "Transylvania 6-5000," "The Abominable Snow Rabbit," "Punch Trunk," and "Jumpin' Jupiter."

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'''Cartoons:''' "Night of the Living Duck," "Daffy Dilly," "The Prize Pest," "Water, Water, Every Hare," "Hyde and Go Tweet," "Claws for Alarm," "The Duxorcist," "Transylvania 6-5000," "The Abominable Snow Rabbit," "Punch Trunk," "WesternAnimation/PunchTrunk," and "Jumpin' Jupiter."
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''Daffy Ducks Quackbusters'' is a 1988 CompilationMovie starring WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck and other classic ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' characters. This film combines newly-animated footage linked with classic Creator/WarnerBros cartoons. It is the last film in the ''Looney Tunes'' compilation movie anthology, and the last ''Looney Tunes'' theatrical feature until ''Film/SpaceJam'' eight years later.

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''Daffy Ducks Quackbusters'' is a 1988 CompilationMovie starring WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck and other classic ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' characters. This film combines newly-animated footage linked with classic Creator/WarnerBros cartoons. It is the last film in the ''Looney Tunes'' compilation movie anthology, and the last ''Looney Tunes'' theatrical feature until ''Film/SpaceJam'' eight years later. It was also Creator/MelBlanc's second-to-last performance in a ''Looney Tunes'' project, with his absolute final one being the linking material in the TV special ''Bugs Bunny's Wild World of Sports'' a year later.



''Quackbusters'' was Creator/MelBlanc's last performance in a ''Looney Tunes'' project, aside from the linking material in the next year's TV special ''Bugs Bunny's Wild World of Sports''. "Night of the Living Duck" and "The Duxorcist" (the film's two new full cartoon segments) were later re-used in the 1992 TV special ''Bugs Bunny's Creature Features'', while "The Duxorcist" would later join the Saturday morning rotation on ABC's ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBugsBunnyShow Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show]]''.

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''Quackbusters'' was Creator/MelBlanc's last performance in a ''Looney Tunes'' project, aside from the linking material in the next year's TV special ''Bugs Bunny's Wild World of Sports''. "Night of the Living Duck" and "The Duxorcist" (the film's two new full cartoon segments) were later re-used in the 1992 TV special ''Bugs Bunny's Creature Features'', while "The Duxorcist" would later join the Saturday morning rotation on ABC's ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBugsBunnyShow Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show]]''.
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* TheRealSpoofbusters: Spoof is in the title and in the premise.
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* BookEnds: Daffy starts the movie off as a street corner salesman, trying to make a living (or rather, a fortune), [[spoiler: he returns as a struggling salesman in the epilogue after everything Daffy owned was repossessed.]]
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''Night of The Living Duck'' was Creator/MelBlanc's last performance in a ''Looney Tunes'' project.

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''Night of The Living Duck'' ''Quackbusters'' was Creator/MelBlanc's last performance in a ''Looney Tunes'' project.project, aside from the linking material in the next year's TV special ''Bugs Bunny's Wild World of Sports''. "Night of the Living Duck" and "The Duxorcist" (the film's two new full cartoon segments) were later re-used in the 1992 TV special ''Bugs Bunny's Creature Features'', while "The Duxorcist" would later join the Saturday morning rotation on ABC's ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBugsBunnyShow Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show]]''.
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''Daffy Ducks Quackbusters'' is a 1988 CompilationMovie starring WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck and other classic ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' characters. This film combines newly-animated footage linked with classic Creator/WarnerBros cartoons.

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''Daffy Ducks Quackbusters'' is a 1988 CompilationMovie starring WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck and other classic ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' characters. This film combines newly-animated footage linked with classic Creator/WarnerBros cartoons.
cartoons. It is the last film in the ''Looney Tunes'' compilation movie anthology, and the last ''Looney Tunes'' theatrical feature until ''Film/SpaceJam'' eight years later.
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* EatTheCamera: Daffy while he's still on the wrecking ball. It's the exact same scream and exact same visual effect used in [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner "To Beep or Not to Beep"]].

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* EatTheCamera: Daffy while he's still on the wrecking ball. It's the exact same scream and exact same visual effect used in [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner "To Beep or Not to Beep"]]."WesternAnimation/ToBeepOrNotToBeep".
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** Two of the shorts, "The Duxorcist" and "Night of the Living Duck," were made within a year of the film (and the latter was made ''for'' the film.)

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** Two of the shorts, "The Duxorcist" and "Night of the Living Duck," were made within a year of the film (and the latter was made ''for'' the film.)film).



* EatTheCamera: Daffy while he's still on the wrecking ball. It's the exact same scream and exact same visual effect used in [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner "To Beep or Not to Beep."]]

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* EatTheCamera: Daffy while he's still on the wrecking ball. It's the exact same scream and exact same visual effect used in [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner "To Beep or Not to Beep."]]Beep"]].



* HumiliationConga: After Daffy gets humiliated on the air about the tiny elephant story, he plans to blame Porky for everything. This proves to be the final straw for Cubish, who takes Daffy's remaining money (and leaves behind a sign ribbing it in). He then gets his possessions repossessed and the entire apartment building is demolished (with him still in it!) And apparently, Cubish's curse is still on him, as a dollar he earns instantly vanishes once he gets it.
** To make matters worse, Daffy earned the money legitimately, fulfilling Cubish's LastRequest to have a good laugh before he died (at the expense of Daffy's dignity.) The conditions that come with it weren't revealed until ''after'' Daffy had spent who knows how long working for him without complaint, and now he has to live the rest of his life under the heel of a sadistic ghost. Cubish is a grade A {{Jerkass}}.

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* HumiliationConga: After Daffy gets humiliated on the air about the tiny elephant story, he plans to blame Porky for everything. This proves to be the final straw for Cubish, who takes Daffy's remaining money (and leaves behind a sign ribbing it in). He then gets his possessions repossessed and the entire apartment building is demolished (with him still in it!) it!). And apparently, Cubish's curse is still on him, as a dollar he earns instantly vanishes once he gets it.
** To make matters worse, Daffy earned the money legitimately, fulfilling Cubish's LastRequest to have a good laugh before he died (at the expense of Daffy's dignity.) dignity). The conditions that come with it weren't revealed until ''after'' Daffy had spent who knows how long working for him without complaint, and now he has to live the rest of his life under the heel of a sadistic ghost. Cubish is a grade A grade-A {{Jerkass}}.



* SettingUpdate: The scene from "Daffy Dilly" where Daffy hears of Cubish from the radio is replaced with new footage showing the report on a television screen (with the original audio playing over it.)

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* AndStarring: Done for a gag. Bugs gets his name in massive letters, credited as "Special Guest Appearance by BUGS BUNNY as himself", complete with triumphant fanfare...followed by "And starring daffy duck", written tiny. His name [[ButtMonkey didn't even warrant capital letters]].
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* EatTheCamera: Daffy while he's still on the wrecking ball. It's the exact same scream and exact same visual effect used in [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner "To Beep or Not to Beep."]]

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* WholePlotReference: The main plot parodies ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}''.

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This film is notable for being one of Creator/MelBlanc's last performances in a ''Looney Tunes'' project.

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This film is notable for being one ''Night of The Living Duck'' was Creator/MelBlanc's last performances performance in a ''Looney Tunes'' project.
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* AnimationBump: Despite their best efforts, switches between the classic cartoons and the new bridging segments are ''really'' noticeable.



* LarynxDissonance: PlayedForLaughs in "Night of the Living Duck." Daffy takes some ''Eau De Torme'' mouth spray and proceeds to sing with the docile tones of [[NonSingingVoice crooner Mel Torme]].



* NonSingingVoice: PlayedForLaughs in "Night of the Living Duck." Daffy takes some ''Eau De Torme'' mouth spray and proceeds to [[LarynxDissonance sing with the docile tones of crooner Mel Torme]].
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* NonSingingVoice: In "Night of the Living Duck", Daffy sings with the voice of Music/MelTorme.

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* NonSingingVoice: In PlayedForLaughs in "Night of the Living Duck", Duck." Daffy sings takes some ''Eau De Torme'' mouth spray and proceeds to [[LarynxDissonance sing with the voice docile tones of Music/MelTorme.crooner Mel Torme]].

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