Stupor Duck

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Stupor Duck
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Production company Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date July 7, 1956
Starring Mel Blanc
Daws Butler
Producer(s) Edward Selzer
Music composed by Carl Stalling
Story by Tedd Pierce
Animation Ted Bonnicksen
George Grandpré
Russ Dyson
Keith Darling
Director(s) Robert McKimson
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Stupor Duck is the three hundred and sixty-fifth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on July 7, 1956. It was written by Tedd Pierce, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Robert McKimson.

Cluck Dent, the alter ego of Stupor Duck, mistakenly believes that a fictional soap opera villain is a real person. He switches identities to take on the non-existent threat, only to backfire in every turn.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Witness #1: Up there in the sky!
Witness #2: It's a bird!
Witness #3: It's a plane!
Witness #4: No, it's Stupor Duck!


Ratink: You cannot stop me, Mr. Newspaper Editor! I blow up everything! Boom! Powie! Zam! Kaboom! All over country. Buildings, bridges, power plants, trains, ships; everywhere ruined and destruction, and I—Aardvark Ratink—will be supreme! Mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!


Editor: I don't know why I watch these corny soap operas.
Stupor Duck: Where is he? Where is that cowardly, little sneak? A-ha! Escaped out the window, eh?


Stupor Duck: This is a job for... Stuuuupor Duck!


Stupor Duck: Shucks! I almost had him that time. One let him have false move and I'll... THIS IS A JOB FOR... you know who.


Hiker #1: Look! Up there in the sky!
Hiker #2: It's a bird!
Hiker #1: It's a plane!
Hikers: IT'S STUPOR DUCK!

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Witness #1 (voice only) Mel Blanc
Witness #2 (voice only) Mel Blanc
Witness #3 (voice only) Mel Blanc
Witness #4 (voice only) Daws Butler
Narrator (voice only) Daws Butler
Stupor Duck/Cluck Trent Mel Blanc
Managing editor Daws Butler
Aardvark Ratnik (voice only) Mel Blanc
Construction worker N/A
Pyrotechnician N/A
Cinematographer N/A
Movie director N/A
Hiker #1 Mel Blanc
Hiker #2 Mel Blanc


Organizations

Locations

  • Earth
    • United States
      • McKimson Associates building
      • Newspaper company building
      • Skyscraper
      • Movie location
      • Government rocket testing grounds
  • Moon

Objects

Vehicles

  • Submarine
  • Steam train
  • Rocket

Production

Development

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Crew credits

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: July 7, 1956 in theatres

Behind the scenes

  • The MPAA certificate number is 17609.
  • This is the second and last theatrical cartoon to directly parody DC Comics' Superman, after Super-Rabbit.
    • Specifically, it is a spoof of the then-current Adventures of Superman television series, starring George Reeves. The opening scenes of the short also parodies the intro of that series, in addition to the Fleischer Studios animated shorts.
    • The opening scene of onlookers proclaiming, "Up there in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Stupor Duck!", is a paraphrase of "Look! Up in the Sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!"; which was first used in the The Adventures of Superman radio serial from 1940-1951. A similar phrasing occurs at the end, when two hikers take a glance of Stupor Duck riding on a rocket.
    • The newspaper company that Cluck Trent works for, while unnamed, is a stand-in for the Daily Planet.
    • The unnamed managing editor boss is likely a stand-in for the Daily Planet's editor-in-chief, Perry White.

Errors

  • The McKimson Associates building has "Associates" misspelled as "Assocates".
  • When Stupor Duck holds onto the rocket towards the Moon, his scream is overlapped with a stock scream.

Legacy

Home availability