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Line 5: {{quote\|''"[[Department of Redundancy Department\|Mayhap perchance]], foppish that I am, '''I''' might be The Scarlet Pumpernickel?"''\|'''[[Daffy Duck]]''', ''"The Scarlet Pumpernickel"''}} '''"The Scarlet Pumpernickel"''' is a [[The Golden Age of Animation\|1950]] ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' short, directed by [[Chuck Jones]] and featuring [[Daffy Duck]], Porky Pig, Sylvester the Cat, and "Melissa" (a female duck), with cameos by Elmer Fudd and the Mama Bear from Jones's Three Bears Trilogy. Purporting to be Daffy's own film concept (which he is attempting to pitch to [[Shout-Out\|"J.L."]]<ref>Jack L. [[Warner Bros\|Warner]]</ref>), the short is a parody of a typical [[Swashbuckler]] -- including, of course, ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (novel)\|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]'' --~~including~~ complete with [[Shout-Out~~\|Shout Outs~~]]s to [[Captain Blood\|Warners' own]] [[The Adventures of Robin Hood (film)\|swashbuckling]] [[The Sea Hawk\|hero]] [[Errol Flynn]] and much [[Lampshading]] and [[Subversion]] of the conventions of the genre. This short has been chosen number 31 of ''[[The 50 Greatest Cartoons]]'' ever made. It also made it onto ''[[The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes]]'' list. ---- Line 38: * [[Nothing Left to Do But Die]]: "There was nothing left for the Scarlet Pumpernickel to do but blow his brains out, which he does." * [[Once Upon a Time]]: "Great opening, huh?" * [[Pain -Powered Leap]]: Daffy scales the castle walls with the help of Ye Little Olympic Jumper - a pin to the hindquarters. * [[Pen Name]]: Daffy "[[Alexandre Dumas\|Duma]][[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"\|s]][[Getting Crap Past the Radar\|s]]" Duck * [[Puppy Dog Eyes]]: Used by Daffy to convince "J.L." to give him a dramatic part. * [[Rogues Gallery Transplant]]: Sylvester and Daffy rarely ever even meet in most shorts, the former usually a foil to Tweety or Speedy Gozales, the latter to Bugs Bunny or Elmer Fudd. * [[Sarcastic Confession]]: Provides the page quote. * [[Secret Identity]]: The "weary young traveler" is, in reality, [[Gentleman Adventurer\|The Scarlet Pumpernickel]]. * [["Seen It All" Suicide]]: Though it is actually ''J.L.'' who has seen it all, and ''Daffy'' who commits the suicide. {{quote\|It's getting so you have to ''kill'' yourself to sell a story nowadays.}} : And, as with all [["Seen It All" Suicide\|seen-it-all suicides]] (or any kind of suicide) on Looney Tunes, don't expect to see this on American TV uncut and uncensored. You're better off getting it uncut on video, DVD, or Internet. : Actually subverted, since the bullet hole is in his hat afterwards. * [[Shout-Out/To Shakespeare]]: Twice misquoted by Daffy -- "Vanity, thy name is woman!"<ref>Instead of "Frailty, thy name is woman," ''[[Hamlet]]'', I.ii.146</ref> and "Parting is such sweet stuff."<ref>Instead of "Parting is such sweet sorrow," ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', II.ii.184.</ref> * [[Standard Snippet]]: Several, as is typical of a Carl Stalling score, including "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcskYeT0LOE Hooray for Hollywood]" to set the scene at the studio; the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSE15tLBdso Boccherini minuet] to show that we are in [[The Cavalier Years]]; Ben Jonson's "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoKrw-0dze0 Song: To Celia] for the love scene; Suppé's ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFylMmmT5L8 Banditenstreiche]'' during the chase scenes; and, of course, [[Richard Wagner]]'s [[Lohengrin and Mendelssohn\|bridal chorus]] during the wedding. * [[Stylistic Suck]]: Daffy's screenplay is, of course, pretty bad, [[So Bad It's Good\|the reason the short is so funny]]. * [[That Makes Me Feel Angry]]: The Grand Duke after getting the Lord High Chamberlain's letter. See [[Mood Whiplash]] above for the quote. * [[The Other Darrin]]: A rare performance of Mel Blanc as Elmer Fudd. Line 54 ⟶ 56: * [[Yiddish as a Second Language]]: Notably invoked by both "Scarlet" and "The Grand Duke" -- "So what's to save?" and "So what's to know?", respectively. Also, when the price of food-stuffs skyrockets, the food-stuff illustrating the trend is ''[[wikipedia:Kreplach\|Kreplach]].'' {{50 Greatest Cartoons}} {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Animated Films]] [[Category:The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes]] Line 60 ⟶ 64: [[Category:The Fifties]] [[Category:Films of the 1950s]] ▲[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Looney Tunes in the Fifties]] [[Category:Western Animation of the 1950s]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Scarlet Pumpernickel, The}} [[Category:Western Animation]] [[Category:Film]] [[Category:Short Film]]