The Super Snooper

Daffy Duck is Duck Drake, a "Private Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat". He receives a call that summons him to the J. Cleaver Axe-Handle Estate, where somebody has supposedly been murdered. He arrives at the house and suspects a lady duck of committing the crime. The lady duck shows him affection; however, Daffy forces her to reenact the murder. Along the way, Daffy is shot, crushed by a falling piano, and eventually run right over by a train. The lady duck then tells him that he is at the wrong address and that the real murder site is down the road, but not before showering him with love by chasing him through the house and out the door.

Caricatures[]

Peter Lorre - the butler laughs like him.

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Censorship[]

When this short aired on WSAZ in the 1980s, the titles and the opening shot of the building were cut due to time constraints, so the short now beings in the middle of Daffy saying "Room 711".^[2]

Goofs[]

When the Body fires the revolver, she holds the trigger, but multiple shots are heard, although a revolver can only fire repeatedly by releasing and pulling the trigger.

Notes[]

Beginning with this cartoon, Daffy's would be redesigned to resemble better the design currently used in shorts by Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng, rather than the one McKimson made for Daffy since the mid-40s. McKimson's older design, however, was still used for production drawings before it was changed.
The cartoon's premise is a parody of trench-coat detective film noir films of the 1930s-1950s, most notably the ones involving murder crimes from femme fatales.
Daffy's detective alias "Duck Drake" is a reference to the word "drake," a term for a male duck.
In the opening scene, an office with the name "R. Givens" written on it appears in the background, a reference to Robert Givens.
The engine on the train is a 4-6-0 engine (four leading wheels, six driving wheels, and no trailing wheels). In the mid-19th century, this wheel arrangement became the second most popular configuration for new steam locomotives in the United States. This type of engine is commonly referred to as a ten-wheeler.
This is the final original Looney Tunes cartoon still retaining its original titles to use the Daffy Duck opening card. It is also the only Daffy Duck short with the blue rings and red backgrounds to have this effect.
- This is also the last cartoon to have a mugshot of a character other than Bugs Bunny.
This short reuses a piano gag from "Canned Feud" (1951).
This cartoon was featured in Bugs Bunny's Valentine (1979).

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References[]

↑ (3 October 2022) Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2 (in en). BearManor Media, page 162.
↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci9HWCZNPqI

Daffy Duck Cartoons
1937	Porky's Duck Hunt
1938	Daffy Duck & Egghead • What Price Porky • Porky & Daffy • The Daffy Doc • Daffy Duck in Hollywood
1939	Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur • Scalp Trouble • Wise Quacks
1940	Porky's Last Stand • You Ought to Be in Pictures
1941	A Coy Decoy • The Henpecked Duck
1942	Conrad the Sailor • Daffy's Southern Exposure • The Impatient Patient • The Daffy Duckaroo • My Favorite Duck
1943	To Duck .... or Not to Duck • The Wise Quacking Duck • Yankee Doodle Daffy • Porky Pig's Feat • Scrap Happy Daffy • A Corny Concerto • Daffy - The Commando
1944	Tom Turk and Daffy • Tick Tock Tuckered • Duck Soup to Nuts • Slightly Daffy • Plane Daffy • The Stupid Cupid
1945	Draftee Daffy • Ain't That Ducky • Nasty Quacks
1946	Book Revue • Baby Bottleneck • Daffy Doodles • Hollywood Daffy • The Great Piggy Bank Robbery
1947	Birth of a Notion • Along Came Daffy • A Pest in the House • Mexican Joyride
1948	What Makes Daffy Duck • Daffy Duck Slept Here • The Up-Standing Sitter • You Were Never Duckier • Daffy Dilly • The Stupor Salesman • Riff Raffy Daffy
1949	Wise Quackers • Holiday for Drumsticks • Daffy Duck Hunt
1950	Boobs in the Woods • The Scarlet Pumpernickel • His Bitter Half • Golden Yeggs • The Ducksters
1951	Rabbit Fire • Drip-Along Daffy • The Prize Pest
1952	Thumb Fun • Cracked Quack • Rabbit Seasoning • The Super Snooper • Fool Coverage
1953	Duck Amuck • Muscle Tussle • Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century • Duck! Rabbit, Duck!
1954	Design for Leaving • Quack Shot • My Little Duckaroo
1955	Beanstalk Bunny • Sahara Hare • Stork Naked • This Is a Life? • Dime to Retire
1956	The High and the Flighty • Rocket Squad • Stupor Duck • A Star Is Bored • Deduce, You Say
1957	Ali Baba Bunny • Boston Quackie • Ducking the Devil • Show Biz Bugs
1958	Don't Axe Me • Robin Hood Daffy
1959	China Jones • People Are Bunny • Apes of Wrath
1960	Person to Bunny
1961	The Abominable Snow Rabbit • Daffy's Inn Trouble
1962	Quackodile Tears • Good Noose
1963	Fast Buck Duck • The Million Hare • Aqua Duck
1964	The Iceman Ducketh
1965	It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House • Moby Duck • Assault and Peppered • Well Worn Daffy • Suppressed Duck • Corn on the Cop • Tease for Two • Chili Corn Corny • Go Go Amigo
1966	The Astroduck • Mucho Locos • Mexican Mousepiece • Daffy Rents • A-Haunting We Will Go • Snow Excuse • A Squeak in the Deep • Feather Finger • Swing Ding Amigo • A Taste of Catnip
1967	Daffy's Diner • Quacker Tracker • The Music Mice-Tro • The Spy Swatter • Speedy Ghost to Town • Rodent to Stardom • Go Away Stowaway • Fiesta Fiasco
1968	Skyscraper Caper • See Ya Later Gladiator
1980	The Yolks on You • The Chocolate Chase • Daffy Flies North • Duck 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

[1] (3 October 2022) Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2 (in en). BearManor Media, page 162.

[2] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci9HWCZNPqI

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