Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)

Daffy Duck opens a detective agency for the supernatural along side his Looney Toon buddies.

Directors:

Greg Ford, Friz Freleng,

Writers:

Greg Ford (story), Terry Lennon (story),

Stars:

Mel Blanc, Mel Tormé, Roy Firestone

Cast

Cast overview:
Mel Blanc	...	Daffy Duck / Bugs Bunny / Butler / J.P. Cubish / Porky Pig / Birdbath owner / Asylum collector / Drunk / Coyote / Sylvester / Tweety / Mr. Hyde / Hugo the Abominable Snowman (voice)
Mel Tormé	...	Daffy Duck (singing voice)
Roy Firestone	...	Announcer (voice)
B.J. Ward	...	Melissa Duck (voice)
Ben Frommer	...	Count Bloodcount (voice)
Julie Bennett	...	Agatha and Emily - The Two-headed Vulture (voice) (as Julie Bennet)

Storyline

In this feature-length film combining footage from classic Warner Brothers cartoon shorts with newly animated bridging sequences, Daffy Duck, after having induced laughter in an ailing millionaire and forestalled the millionaire's death for a time (as chronicled in Daffy Dilly, is the beneficiary for the deceased millionaire's assets. But the millionaire's will clearly stipulates that Daffy must use the money for the common good, by providing a service, and should Daffy think of pursuing selfish aims, the millionaire's ghost will "repossess" his millions by making them disappear from Earthly existence. Under the pretense of community service, Daffy opens an exorcism agency and employs Porky Pig, Sylvester Cat, and Bugs Bunny to track and eliminate ghosts, ghouls, and other monsters, while Daffy secretly schemes to use his learned "ghost-busting" talents to rid himself of the millionaire's nagging spirit.

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Plot Keywords:

millionaire | ghost | cat | community service | monster | 

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Taglines:

It's everything it's quacked up to be.

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Horror

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 September 1988 (USA)

Also Known As:

Daffy Duck - Kynigos fantasmaton

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

72 min 78 min (with bonus footage)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Uses the plot and some footage from Daffy Dilly as a jumping-off point.

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Goofs

The title of the cartoon "Punch Trunk" is misspelled as "Punch Truck" in the end credits.

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Quotes

Count Bloodcount: I am a vampire.
Bugs Bunny: Oh, yeah? Well, abracadabra, I'm an umpire.
[an umpire uniform appears on Bugs]
Count Bloodcount: Hocus-pocus!
[turns into a bat]
Count Bloodcount: I'm a bat!
Bugs Bunny: Okay, I'm a bat, too. Abracadabra!
[turns into a baseball bat]
Count Bloodcount: [puts glasses on] You wouldn't hit a bat with glasses on, would you?
[Bugs as the baseball bat hits the bat on the head]

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Connections

Edited from The Night of the Living Duck (1988)

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Soundtracks

"Ain't She Sweet"
(uncredited)
Music by Milton Ager

User Reviews

Quacked!

Another quick cut-and-paste job by Warner Bros. to generate some quick bucks, "Daffy Duck's Quackbusters" is just a wide selection of cartoon shorts starring Bugs Bunny, Tweety, Porky Pig and others. The whole thing is glued together by new animation that features Daffy in some odd situations as he tries to fight paranormal entities that are terrorizing others in the real world. The old cartoons can be caught at most anytime on the Cartoon Network or just about any place else now. Watching the productions as shorts are much better than watching a series in a 90-minute string. 2.5 out of 5 stars.