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* Daffy's Rhapsody, a completely musical short using [[Mel Blanc]]'s earlier recording. Coincidentally was released two months before Daffy's 75th anniversary.

 

{{tropelist|Daffy Duck (and his cartoons) have shown the following tropes:}}

** "The Daffy Doc": "Where's a patient? Where's a patient? I gotta find a patient. I ''gotta'' find a patient."

** "[[Henpecked Husband|The Henpecked Duck]]": "Yes, m'love. Yes, m'love. YES, M'LOVE. ''YEEEEESSSSS'' M'LOVE!"

* [[Money Fetish]]: Would do just about anything to get money.

* [[Morally-Ambiguous Ducktorate]]

* [[Screwy Squirrel]]: Daffy Duck pre-flanderization though he still retains it as another part of his personality, also an [[Ur Example]] of the entire trope. It's especially prominent in ''[[Daffy Duck and Egghead]]''.

* [[The Scrooge]]: Plays a modern variant in ''Bah Humduck, A Looney Tunes Christmas Carol''.

* [["Seen It All" Suicide]]: "[[The Scarlet Pumpernickel]]"

* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: Manly Man to Porky's Sensitive Guy.

* [[This Loser Is You]]: Chuck Jones dreamed of being Bugs Bunny, then woke up as Daffy Duck.

* [[Throw the Pin]]: ''Speedy Ghost To Town''

* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: Under Chuck Jones' direction in the early fifties, making him self centered, neurotic and ''incredibly'' narcissistic (this is keeping in mind Daffy [[Screwy Squirrel|wasn't exactly an angel]] to begin with). Other directors eventually took his redesign and made him even worse. By the De Patie Freleng era, he borders out and out evil. Later productions go in and out with this, though for the most part refer to Jones' selfish egotist Daffy.

* [[Took a Level In Kindness]]: In ''Bah Humduck, A Looney Tunes Christmas Carol'' in accordance with [[Yet Another Christmas Carol|nearly all variations of the story]]. Also in ''Bugs Bunny In King Arthur's Court'', despite taking the role of a greedy king, Daffy is noticeably tamer and bored with his role, passively helping Bugs and even willingly giving him his crown by the end of the film.

''Oh, you can't bounce a meatball, though try with all your might,''

''Turn on the radio, I want to fly a kite!'' }}

* [[Worthy Adversary]]: Subverted against Bugs, where he was even more [[Harmless Villain|harmless]] than Elmer. Oddly enough played more straight against Speedy, though still bumbling, existing as the sole villain to actually defeat, or even so much as invoke fear into the rodent. Even plays the trope's traditional chemistry, with Daffy, in almost a rare case of continuity, gaining a softer spot for Speedy in later shorts.

* [[Women Prefer Strong Men]]: In the short "Muscle Tussle," Daffy's girlfriend is swept off her feet by a muscular beach hunk.

* [[Yet Another Christmas Carol]]: Filled the "Scrooge" role in ''Bah Humduck! A [[Looney Tunes]] Christmas''.

 

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