Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island

Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island
Theatrical poster
Production company	Warner Bros. Animation
Distributor	Warner Bros.
Release date	August 5, 1983
Run time	78 minutes
Starring	Mel Blanc June Foray Shep Menkin Lennie Weinrib
Producer(s)	Friz Freling
Music composed by	Rob Walsh Gene Poddany Don McGinnis (orchestration)
Story by	John Dunn David Detiege Friz Freling
Director(s)	Friz Freling Phil Monroe (co-director)
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Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island, also known as Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island, is an American animated anthology film directed by Friz Freleng and Phil Monroe. The film is the fourth compilation of classic Warner Bros. cartoon shorts and newly made bridging sequences, and is hosted by Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales. It was the first Looney Tunes compilation film to center on Daffy, as the previous ones had centered on Bugs Bunny. It was released on August 5, 1983.

The premise of the framing segments are a parody of the then-popular television series Fantasy Island, with Daffy and Speedy playing caricatures of that series' principal characters, Mr. Roarke and Tattoo, respectively.

Detailed summary

Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales are castaways shipwrecked on a desert island for months with nothing on it but a coconut tree. Daffy is sick and tired of eating coconuts and losing his sanity. They discover a treasure map which leads them to a magical, talking wishing well. The greedy Daffy proposes to use the power of the well, which obeys the commands of whoever holds the map. Rather than simply wishing for a heap of wealth, Daffy figures he can make himself and Speedy rich by transforming the barren island into a verdant tourist paradise and selling other people wishes for a hefty fee. Speedy and Daffy attire themselves in the white suits worn by Tattoo and Roarke in the television show Fantasy Island, with Speedy exclaiming "da plane, da plane" as an airplane carrying various Looney Tunes characters arrives on the island. As the customers step up for their chance at the well, their wishes are fulfilled through the events of classic Looney Tunes cartoons.

Meanwhile, pirate Yosemite Sam and his first mate, the Tasmanian Devil, search for the map, which originally belonged to them. They had earlier lost their ship in a battle with Bugs Bunny. With a single black feather for a clue, they eventually find out that Daffy took it.

In their pursuit of Daffy and Speedy, Sam inadvertently chases the former up a mountain and, upon both losing their grip on the map, into a field of volcanic rock. The map is lost to all because of this, causing the island to revert to what it once was. Daffy, Speedy, Sam, and Taz are trapped on the once-again-deserted island. The well gives them three wishes individually, but warns them to use them wisely, for they are the last wishes it will ever grant. Daffy and Speedy waste their wishes, Speedy wishing for a burrito, then Daffy angrily responds by wishing the burrito was stuck on the end of Speedy's nose. Daffy asks Sam to wish the burrito off Speedy's nose, but discovers that Sam already wished for a ship, abandoning Daffy and telling them after he sinks Bugs, he'll come back and pick the pair up. Daffy, now furious, shouts his catchphrase "You're despicable!" at Sam and Taz.

The wishing well signs off with "And now I say, without the jokes, (stutters like Porky) That's all Folks!", concluding the movie.

Memorable quotes

Wishing Well: And I say, without the jokes: (Stutters like Porky Pig) "That's all Folks!"

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Daffy Duck	Mel Blanc
Speedy Gonzales	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: August 5, 1983

Behind the scenes

• Cartoons featured in movie:
  • Captain Hareblower (Pirate Sam vs. Bugs Bunny)
  • Stupor Duck (Daffy's wish): The Well: "Your fondest wish, your fondest dream. I'll make you Super Duck Supreme!"
  • Greedy For Tweety (Granny's wish): The Well: "Your wish shall be granted. Gaze into me and see. The next time that you see yourself, a nurse is what you'll be."
  • Banty Raids (Foghorn's wish): The Well: "I am here to grant your wish; the Spirit of the Well. I will knock the cockiness out of that little cockerel!" After this one, Foghorn, believing he was hornswoggled, demands a refund, but gets another penny.
  • Louvre, Come Back to Me! (Pepé's wish): The Well: "I grant your wish to meet a girl of beauty unsurpassed, which, when compared with works of art, will leave the Louvre outclassed."
  • Tree for Two (Spike and Chester's wish): The Well: "If that's his wish, and yours alike, I'll make Chester brave and strong, like Spike."
  • Curtain Razor (Porky Pig's wish): The Well: "Discovering new talent for the world to see; a wondrous thing for a producer to be..."
  • A Mouse Divided (Sylvester's wife's wish): Sylvester's wife: "Wishing Well. Oh, Wishing Well, you I do entreat. I wish our house would resound to... the patter of little feet." The Well: "I hear your wish and I obey. The patter of little feet you shall hear this day." (Sylvester's wife's wish is included in the description because she, like the Well, speaks it in rhyme.)
  • Of Rice and Hen and Lovelorn Leghorn (Prissy's wish, with the opening of the former and the plot of the latter): The Well: "Your mind is such a simple thing. Your wish I can foretell. You're wishing for a husband, and the ring of a wedding bell?"
  • From Hare to Heir (Pirate Sam's wish, final wish to show a classic Looney Tunes cartoon): The Well: "A very rich relative in poor health doth will to you his entire wealth."
• A note in the end credits dedicates the film to animator and story man, John Dunn, "who inspired it." Dunn died of heart failure in San Fernando, California on January 17, 1983; six months before the film's release.
• In the bridging segments, Speedy is depicted as much larger in size than he usually is.
• In 1981, a puzzle showing 105 Looney Tunes characters has been issued. Among characters there are three ones that never appeared in animation, identified as Hoppy, Hysterical Hyram and Minniesoda Fats. In one scene in Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island, Hoppy and Hysterical Hyram are seen waiting for their chance to make their dreams come true (along with two other unidentified characters, namely white dog and a small mouse with a hat). It is their only known appearance in animation.

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