Aqua Duck

1963 film
  • September 28, 1963 (1963-09-28) (US)
Running time
6 min.LanguageEnglish

Aqua Duck is a 1963 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Robert McKimson and written by John Dunn.[1] The short was released on September 28, 1963, and stars Daffy Duck.[2]

Plot

Daffy is wandering across a Dalí-style desert. Under the broiling sun, he is suffering from hyperthermia and dehydration. He seeks water, but finds a gold nugget instead. A pack rat wants to give him water in exchange for the gold, but Daffy refuses to trade.

The desert heat and his thirst take a toll on Daffy's sanity, as he begins imagining that he is in a bar, in a hotel, playing baseball, waiting for the bus, and dancing with a cactus. Finally, Daffy becomes so severely dehydrated that he turns to dust and agrees to surrender the gold after the rat restores him with a drop of water.

As he takes a glass of water, a storm swamps him in a flood. For the closing line, he says, "One thing's for sure, when I buy water, I sure get my money's worth!"

Voice cast

  • Mel Blanc as Daffy Duck

References

  1. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 344. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
Preceded by
Million Hare
Daffy Duck Cartoons
1963
Succeeded by
The Iceman Ducketh
  • v
  • t
  • e
Daffy Duck in animation
Looney Tunes
short films
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1980s
  • The Duxorcist (1987)
1990s
2000s
2010s
Merrie Melodies
short films
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1980s
1990s
  • (Blooper) Bunny (1991)
Other short filmsFeature films
Theatrical
Direct-to-video
TV series
TV specials
  • v
  • t
  • e
Films directed by Robert McKimson
Short subjects
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
TV shows
People
Stub icon

This Merrie Melodies–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e
Stub icon

This article about an animated film of the 1960s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e