Daffy's Diner
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Daffy's Diner is a 1967 Merrie Melodies
animated short featuring Daffy Duck
and Speedy Gonzales
, detailing Daffy's attempts to make Speedy into a mouseburger.
, serving mouseburgers with rubber mice as substitutes for actual mice, as he hasn't seen one in ages. However, one angry cat discovers the trick and demands a real mouseburger. So by gunpoint, Daffy go to find a mouse. At this point, Daffy encounters Speedy, who he tries to cook.
The mouse discovers his intentions and escapes to the desert, with Daffy in hot pursuit. Daffy is foiled each time by Speedy running up a cactus
, Daffy accidentally knocking a cactus on himself, and being scared by Speedy into a trash can (prompting the waste management official to think he has gone crazy after Daffy tells him to put him down from within the can).
Finally, the cat demands his burger within two minutes, forcing Daffy to disguise himself as a mouse. He states, "You never know what you can do until you have a gun pointed at your head", the same line used in Golden Yeggs
.
Merrie Melodies
Merrie Melodies is the name of a series of animated cartoons distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures between 1931 and 1969.Originally produced by Harman-Ising Pictures, Merrie Melodies were produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions from 1933 to 1944. Schlesinger sold his studio to Warner Bros. in 1944,...
animated short featuring Daffy Duck
Daffy Duck
Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, often running the gamut between being the best friend and sometimes arch-rival of Bugs Bunny...
and Speedy Gonzales
Speedy Gonzales
Speedy Gonzales is an animated caricature of a mouse in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He is portrayed as "The Fastest Mouse in all Mexico" with his major traits being the ability to run extremely fast and speaking with an exaggerated Mexican accent...
, detailing Daffy's attempts to make Speedy into a mouseburger.
Plot
Daffy runs a diner near GuadalajaraGuadalajara
Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco...
, serving mouseburgers with rubber mice as substitutes for actual mice, as he hasn't seen one in ages. However, one angry cat discovers the trick and demands a real mouseburger. So by gunpoint, Daffy go to find a mouse. At this point, Daffy encounters Speedy, who he tries to cook.
The mouse discovers his intentions and escapes to the desert, with Daffy in hot pursuit. Daffy is foiled each time by Speedy running up a cactus
Cactus
A cactus is a member of the plant family Cactaceae. Their distinctive appearance is a result of adaptations to conserve water in dry and/or hot environments. In most species, the stem has evolved to become photosynthetic and succulent, while the leaves have evolved into spines...
, Daffy accidentally knocking a cactus on himself, and being scared by Speedy into a trash can (prompting the waste management official to think he has gone crazy after Daffy tells him to put him down from within the can).
Finally, the cat demands his burger within two minutes, forcing Daffy to disguise himself as a mouse. He states, "You never know what you can do until you have a gun pointed at your head", the same line used in Golden Yeggs
Golden Yeggs
Golden Yeggs is a 1950 Merrie Melodies short animated film, released on August 5, 1950 by Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. and directed by Friz Freleng...
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