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Cracked Quack is a 1952 Merrie Melodies short directed by Friz Freleng.

Plot[]

Daffy is flying south in a blizzard, late in the winter season. Cold and tired, he notices something in front of him; he crashes into the roof of a mansion, falling to a windowsill ("Holy smokes! That building ran right out in front of me!"). When he looks through the window and spots a stuffed duck on the fireplace, he remarks “Well, there's one of our boys that's got this 'flying south' business licked!” and goes inside. Thinking the duck is a living one, he talks to it about spending the winter with it, but does not get any response. After confronting the duck for being "a snob", his prodding of the stuffed duck causes it to fall foward slightly. Thinking it was "pushing" him, he pushes it right back and ends up being hit on the head. Now thinking the stuffed duck is attacking him when he is not looking, he beats it up, literally knocking the stuffings out of it. Now fully realizing it is a stuffed duck, he then decides that "this is where this innocent little black duck gets himself some free room and board."

After putting the stuffed duck in a closet, Daffy heads for the kitchen. He spots Porky, who is going through income tax forms in his study, and Rover, a dog, who walks to the fireplace for a nap. When Daffy rushes onto the fireplace to take the stuffed duck's place, Rover notices and keeps watch of him suspiciously. Hours later, Daffy, getting tired of staying still, realizes Rover’s suspicion of him, saying "I can see where this moron is gonna give me trouble..." He promtply shoves a vase off the fireplace, causing the dog to yelp. Rover's suspicions are fully confirmed when Daffy swats a fly, the latter telling Rover that Daffy is indeed alive ("He's not a stuffed duck at all, he's a live duck!" He put it over on ya, he intends to take over the joint! He has a $2 sign. He's a live duck, I tell ya! [imitating rapid-fire quacking]"), Upon which Rover starts barking at Daffy. An annoyed Porky notices the barking and tells Rover to stop, stating that the duck in the room is stuffed. He demonstrates by bashing Daffy’s head on the floor, leaving Daffy dazed and with lumps on his head.

When Daffy goes into the kitchen for a meal, Rover spots him. Seeing the dog sneaking up on him, Daffy tricks him into going out a window by throwing a bone, leaving him stuck outside, complete with closing the blind on him believing he "can't stand to see a dumb animal suffer". Rover later taps on a window near Porky’s desk, alarming him. After getting Rover back into the mansion, Porky threatens to send him outside if he causes any more trouble.

Daffy takes the stuffed duck and makes it waddle across the hall. When Rover notices it, he chases after it thinking it is Daffy and proceeds to tear it up. Porky angrily makes him stop and makes good on his promise of dragging Rover outside, threatening to put his tail in a pencil sharpener if he does it again. As Daffy proceeds to sneak away, Porky grabs him, thinking he is the stuffed duck, and stuffs cotton into him.

When a flock of ducks approach Porky’s mansion, they spot the stuffed Daffy inside, with one of them making a similar observation as Daffy did earlier. Porky, still working on his taxes, states that "This darn income tax would come out alright if I had a few dependents". Daffy asks "Did you say dependents?" and opens a door, adding "You've got 'em, brother!" To Porky's shock, the flock of ducks from earlier have invaded his home and are having a party.

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Notes[]

  • This is the last Porky Pig short to be directed by Friz Freleng.
  • This cartoon was used in Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales, but with some changes to it:
    • Daffy's line, "We'll just put it away in the storage for the winter", is replaced with, "Thermopolis will just have to wait."
    • The ending, instead of Daffy winning, had Porky shoot all of the ducks out of his house.
  • The short was later loosely remade as the Pink Panther short "Slink Pink" in 1969.
  • This short plays in PAL audio on Cartoon Network and Boomerang.
  • The stuffed duck replaced by Daffy is mounted on a stand containing the common name “BLACK DUCK” and the species name “ILEX OPACA”. The Ilex Opaca is not a duck, or even a bird. It is actually a type of evergreen tree known as the American Holly.

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Daffy Duck Cartoons
1937 Porky's Duck Hunt
1938 Daffy Duck & EggheadWhat Price PorkyPorky & DaffyThe Daffy DocDaffy Duck in Hollywood
1939 Daffy Duck and the DinosaurScalp TroubleWise Quacks
1940 Porky's Last StandYou Ought to Be in Pictures
1941 A Coy DecoyThe Henpecked Duck
1942 Conrad the SailorDaffy's Southern ExposureThe Impatient PatientThe Daffy DuckarooMy Favorite Duck
1943 To Duck .... or Not to DuckThe Wise Quacking DuckYankee Doodle DaffyPorky Pig's FeatScrap Happy DaffyA Corny ConcertoDaffy - The Commando
1944 Tom Turk and DaffyTick Tock TuckeredDuck Soup to NutsSlightly DaffyPlane DaffyThe Stupid Cupid
1945 Draftee DaffyAin't That DuckyNasty Quacks
1946 Book RevueBaby BottleneckDaffy DoodlesHollywood DaffyThe Great Piggy Bank Robbery
1947 Birth of a NotionAlong Came DaffyA Pest in the HouseMexican Joyride
1948 What Makes Daffy DuckDaffy Duck Slept HereThe Up-Standing SitterYou Were Never DuckierDaffy DillyThe Stupor SalesmanRiff Raffy Daffy
1949 Wise QuackersHoliday for DrumsticksDaffy Duck Hunt
1950 Boobs in the WoodsThe Scarlet PumpernickelHis Bitter HalfGolden YeggsThe Ducksters
1951 Rabbit FireDrip-Along DaffyThe Prize Pest
1952 Thumb FunCracked QuackRabbit SeasoningThe Super SnooperFool Coverage
1953 Duck AmuckMuscle TussleDuck Dodgers in the 24½th CenturyDuck! Rabbit, Duck!
1954 Design for LeavingQuack ShotMy Little Duckaroo
1955 Beanstalk BunnySahara HareStork NakedThis Is a Life?Dime to Retire
1956 The High and the FlightyRocket SquadStupor DuckA Star Is BoredDeduce, You Say
1957 Ali Baba BunnyBoston QuackieDucking the DevilShow Biz Bugs
1958 Don't Axe MeRobin Hood Daffy
1959 China JonesPeople Are BunnyApes of Wrath
1960 Person to Bunny
1961 The Abominable Snow RabbitDaffy's Inn Trouble
1962 Quackodile TearsGood Noose
1963 Fast Buck DuckThe Million HareAqua Duck
1964 The Iceman Ducketh
1965 It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the HouseMoby DuckAssault and PepperedWell Worn DaffySuppressed DuckCorn on the CopTease for TwoChili Corn CornyGo Go Amigo
1966 The AstroduckMucho LocosMexican MousepieceDaffy RentsA-Haunting We Will GoSnow ExcuseA Squeak in the DeepFeather FingerSwing Ding AmigoA Taste of Catnip
1967 Daffy's DinerQuacker TrackerThe Music Mice-TroThe Spy SwatterSpeedy Ghost to TownRodent to StardomGo Away StowawayFiesta Fiasco
1968 Skyscraper CaperSee Ya Later Gladiator
1980 The Yolks on YouThe Chocolate ChaseDaffy Flies NorthDuck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century
1987 The Duxorcist
1988 The Night of the Living Duck
1990 Box Office Bunny
1991 (Blooper) Bunny
1992 Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers
1995 Carrotblanca
1996 Superior Duck
2003 Attack of the Drones
2004 Daffy Duck for President
2012 Daffy's Rhapsody
Porky Pig Cartoons
1935 I Haven't Got a HatGold Diggers of '49
1936 Plane DippyAlpine AnticsThe Phantom ShipBoom BoomThe Blow OutWestward WhoaFish TalesShanghaied ShipmatesPorky's PetPorky the Rain-MakerPorky's Poultry PlantPorky's Moving DayMilk and MoneyLittle Beau PorkyThe Village SmithyPorky in the North WoodsBoulevardier from the Bronx
1937 Porky the WrestlerPorky's Road RacePicador PorkyPorky's RomancePorky's Duck HuntPorky and GabbyPorky's BuildingPorky's Super ServicePorky's Badtime StoryPorky's RailroadGet Rich Quick PorkyPorky's GardenRover's RivalThe Case of the Stuttering PigPorky's Double TroublePorky's Hero Agency
1938 Porky's PoppaPorky at the CrocaderoWhat Price PorkyPorky's Phoney ExpressPorky's Five & TenPorky's Hare HuntInjun TroublePorky the FiremanPorky's PartyPorky's Spring PlantingPorky & DaffyWholly SmokePorky in WackylandPorky's Naughty NephewPorky in EgyptThe Daffy DocPorky the Gob
1939 The Lone Stranger and PorkyIt's an Ill WindPorky's Tire TroublePorky's Movie MysteryChicken JittersPorky and TeabiscuitKristopher Kolumbus Jr.Polar PalsScalp TroubleOld GloryPorky's PicnicWise QuacksPorky's HotelJeepers CreepersNaughty NeighborsPied Piper PorkyPorky the Giant KillerThe Film Fan
1940 Porky's Last StandAfrica SqueaksAli-Baba BoundPilgrim PorkySlap Happy PappyPorky's Poor FishYou Ought to Be in PicturesThe Chewin' BruinPorky's Baseball BroadcastPatient PorkyCalling Dr. PorkyPrehistoric PorkyThe Sour PussPorky's Hired HandThe Timid Toreador
1941 Porky's Snooze ReelPorky's Bear FactsPorky's PreviewPorky's AntA Coy DecoyPorky's Prize PonyMeet John DoughboyWe, the Animals - Squeak!The Henpecked DuckNotes to YouRobinson Crusoe Jr.Porky's Midnight MatineePorky's Pooch
1942 Porky's Pastry PiratesWho's Who in the ZooPorky's CafeAny Bonds Today?My Favorite Duck
1943 Confusions of a Nutzy SpyYankee Doodle DaffyPorky Pig's FeatA Corny Concerto
1944 Tom Turk and DaffyTick Tock TuckeredSwooner CroonerDuck Soup to NutsSlightly DaffyBrother Brat
1945 Trap Happy PorkyWagon Heels
1946 Baby BottleneckDaffy DoodlesKitty KorneredThe Great Piggy Bank RobberyMouse Menace
1947 One Meat BrawlLittle Orphan Airedale
1948 Daffy Duck Slept HereNothing but the ToothThe Pest That Came to DinnerRiff Raffy DaffyScaredy Cat
1949 Awful OrphanPorky ChopsPaying the PiperDaffy Duck HuntCurtain RazorOften an OrphanDough for the Do-DoBye, Bye Bluebeard
1950 Boobs in the WoodsThe Scarlet PumpernickelAn Egg ScrambleGolden YeggsThe DuckstersDog Collared
1951 The Wearing of the GrinDrip-Along DaffyThe Prize Pest
1952 Thumb FunCracked QuackFool Coverage
1953 Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
1954 Claws for AlarmMy Little Duckaroo
1955 Jumpin' JupiterDime to Retire
1956 Rocket SquadDeduce, You Say
1957 Boston Quackie
1958 Robin Hood Daffy
1959 China Jones
1961 Daffy's Inn Trouble
1965 Corn on the Cop
1966 Mucho Locos
1980 Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century
1996 Superior Duck
2004 My Generation G...G... Gap
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