![]() The animator substitutes several different unrelated backgrounds, each time prompting Daffy to change costumes until the background finally disappears completely again. Daffy returns and starts to repeat his opening scene, but quickly notices the different background and leaves, returning in a different costume and altering his performance to match the new scene. However, the animator fills in a new background that has nothing to do with the previous scene. Confused by this, Daffy turns to the animator and asks them to complete the scenery. As he thrusts the foil and advances, the background abruptly disappears, leaving a plain white screen. The cartoon's title sequence and opening scene suggest Daffy Duck is to star as a musketeer, and he appears, boldly engaging in an action scene with a fencing foil. The short inspired the 2007 Nintendo DS game Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck. The short was included on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 DVD box set (with optional audio commentary by historian Michael Barrier), The Essential Daffy Duck DVD box set, and the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 Blu-ray box set. In 1999, Duck Amuck was added to the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." ![]() In 1994, it was voted #2 of The 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field, losing only to What's Opera, Doc?, also directed by Jones and written by Maltese. ![]() In the end, the tormenting animator is revealed to be Bugs Bunny. Pandemonium reigns throughout the cartoon as Daffy attempts to steer the action back to some kind of normality, only for the animator to either ignore him or, more frequently, to over-literally interpret his increasingly frantic demands. In the cartoon, Daffy Duck is tormented by an unseen, mischievous animator, who constantly changes Daffy's locations, clothing, voice, physical appearance, and even shape, much to Daffy's aggravation, embarrassment, and finally rage. The short was released on January 17, 1953, as part of the Merrie Melodies series, and stars Daffy Duck. Duck Amuck is an American animated surreal comedy short film directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. ![]()
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