Steven Spielberg Presents The Plucky Duck Show, usually referred to as The Plucky Duck Show, was an animated television series created by Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

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 It was a short-lived spin-off of Tiny Toon Adventures

Tiny Toon Adventures

Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures, usually referred to as Tiny Toon Adventures or simply Tiny Toons, is an American animated television series created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation. It began production as a result of Warner Bros....

, the first collaboration between Steven Spielberg

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 and the newly reborn Warner Bros. Animation

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 studio, but concentrating attention mainly on Plucky Duck

Plucky Duck

Plucky Allen Duck is a cartoon character from the Warner Bros. animated television series Tiny Toon Adventures. He is also the titular character in Gary A. Lewis's Plucky Duck in the Summer Job. He is arguably the third main character on the show after Buster and Babs. Plucky is voiced by Joe...

. The show ran for thirteen episodes from September to December 1992.

Of the thirteen episodes, only the first one (entitled "Return of Batduck" in homage to the then-new movie Batman Returns

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) was original to the series. All remaining episodes of the show were compilations of shorts produced for Tiny Toon Adventures, though some of the shorts were aired on The Plucky Duck Show first.

The theme song for the show is a rendition of the Tiny Toon Adventures theme, set to the same music, but with Plucky himself as the subject of the song. Some of the lyrics were reused in the Tiny Toon Adventures episode, "It's a Wonderful Tiny Toon Christmas Special".

After the show was canceled, the Batduck episode was edited somewhat and added in as an episode of Tiny Toon Adventures

Tiny Toon Adventures

Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures, usually referred to as Tiny Toon Adventures or simply Tiny Toons, is an American animated television series created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation. It began production as a result of Warner Bros....

. The show's formula was attempted again several years later when the minor characters from Animaniacs

Animaniacs

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 (Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

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's next collaboration with Warner Bros. Animation

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), Pinky and the Brain

Pinky and the Brain

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 were also given their own show (P&tB had better results, lasting 65 episodes.)

Episode list

Ep.	Cartoon(s)	|Airdate
1	The Return of Batduck	September 19, 1992
Plucky returns to his role as Batduck to star in a new movie. (only episode with John Kassir as Buster)
2	Ducklahoma / Video Game Blues / Yakkety Yak / Party Crasher Plucky	September 26, 1992
Ducklahoma: Actually an edited version of the cartoon, which is a spoof of Oklahoma! Oklahoma! Oklahoma! is the first musical written by composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in Oklahoma Territory outside the town of Claremore in 1906, it tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance... Video Game Blues: A musical number in which Plucky sings about his addiction to video games; set to music from The Nutcracker The Nutcracker The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". It was given its première at the Mariinsky Theatre in St... . Yakkety Yak: A "music video" set to the song Yakety Yak Yakety Yak "Yakety Yak" is a song written, produced, and arranged by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller for The Coasters and released on Atlantic Records in 1958, spending seven weeks as number one on the R&B charts and a week as number one on the Hot 100 pop list... . Party Crasher Plucky: Plucky crashes a celebrity party, and brings Shirley the Loon with him.
3	Minister Golf / Particle Man / Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / My Brilliant Revenge!	October 3, 1992
Minister Golf: A "Baby Plucky" cartoon in which Plucky remembers the first time he played miniature golf. Particle Man: A "music video" set to the song Particle Man Particle Man "Particle Man" is a song by alternative rock band They Might Be Giants. The song is the seventh track on the band's 1990 release, Flood. It has become one of their most popular songs, despite never being released as a single.- Lyrical content :... . Istanbul (Not Constantinople): Another "video," set to the They Might Be Giants They Might Be Giants They Might Be Giants is an American alternative rock band formed in 1982 by John Flansburgh and John Linnell. During TMBG's early years Flansburgh and Linnell were frequently accompanied by a drum machine. In the early 1990s, TMBG became a full band. Currently, the members of TMBG are...  version of Istanbul (Not Constantinople) Istanbul (Not Constantinople) "Istanbul " is a swing-style song, with lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy and music by Nat Simon. The tune is reminiscent of "Puttin' on the Ritz," written by Irving Berlin in 1929, but the song is said to be a response to "C-O-N-S-T-A-N-T-I-N-O-P-L-E," recorded in 1928 by Paul Whiteman and His... . My Brilliant Revenge!: Hamton destroys Plucky's bagpipes in a fit of anger, and Plucky plots a way to get back at Hamton.
4	Kon Ducki	October 10, 1992
A feature about Pluck Heyerdahl's voyage on the Kon Ducki (which is a parody of the Kon-Tiki Kon-Tiki Kon-Tiki was the raft used by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands. It was named after the Inca sun god, Viracocha, for whom "Kon-Tiki" was said to be an old name... ); followed by a "making of" featurette.
5	Inside Plucky Duck	October 17, 1992
This episode is made up of two shorts: Bat’s All, Folks: Plucky and Hamton star as Batduck and Decoy, a parody of Batman Batman Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...  and Robin Robin (comics) Robin is the name of several fictional characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, originally created by Bob Kane, Bill Finger and Jerry Robinson, as a junior counterpart to DC Comics superhero Batman... . Wild Takes Class: Plucky does a cartoon-style take in which he turns into a giant eyeball, but then finds that he's stuck that way.
6	A Quack in the Quarks	October 24, 1992
In this spoof of Star Wars Star Wars Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...  films, aliens choose Plucky to defend their world against a Darth Vader-style villain.
7	A Ditch in Time	October 31, 1992
Plucky builds a time machine so that he can go back a few days and finish his homework on time, but ends up traveling to prehistoric days.
8	Going Up / Wait ‘Till Your Father Gets Even / Never Too Late to Loon	November 7, 1992
Going Up: A "Baby Plucky" cartoon in which little Plucky is playing with the buttons in an elevator at the shopping mall. Wait ‘Till Your Father Gets Even: Hamton loses his father's bottle cap collection to Plucky, and he's afraid to face his father. Never Too Late to Loon: Afraid of failing a math test, Plucky asks his psychic girlfriend Shirley to give him Albert Einstein's brain.
9	Just-Us League of Supertoons / A Bacon Strip / Migrant Mallard	November 14, 1992
Just-Us League of Supertoons: Batduck and Decoy try to join the Just-Us League (a parody of the Justice League Justice League The Justice League, also called the Justice League of America or JLA, is a fictional superhero team that appears in comic books published by DC Comics.... ). A Bacon Strip: After skinny-dipping in Max's pool, naked Hamton tries to get home without being seen. Migrant Mallard: Unable to fight his instincts, Plucky flies south for the winter against his will.
10	Hollywood Plucky	November 21, 1992
Plucky, accompanied by Hamton, goes to Hollywood to try to sell his movie script.
11	The Potty Years / Milk, It Makes a Body Spout / The Anvil Chorus	November 28, 1992
The Potty Years: The first "Baby Plucky" cartoon, in which Plucky remembers his potty training. Milk, It Makes a Body Spout: Buster and Plucky have a contest to see who can make Hamton laugh hard enough to shoot the milk he's drinking out of his nose. The Anvil Chorus: An orchestra plays the Anvil Chorus Anvil Chorus The Anvil Chorus is the English term for the Coro di zingari , a piece of music from Act 2, Scene 1 of Giuseppe Verdi's Il trovatore which depicts Spanish Gypsies striking their anvils at dawn – hence its English name – and singing the praises of hard work, good wine, and their Gypsy...  while Plucky tries to avoid the falling anvils that are crashing down around him.
12	Slugfest / Duck Dodgers Jr. / Duck Trek	December 5, 1992
Slugfest: In this satire of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a fictional team of four teenage anthropomorphic turtles, who were trained by their anthropomorphic rat sensei in the art of ninjutsu and named after four Renaissance artists... , Plucky and Hamton dress up as Plucky's cartoon heroes, the Immature Radioactive Samurai Slugs. Duck Dodgers Jr.: Plucky is Duck Dodgers Duck Dodgers Duck Edgar Dumas Aloysius Eoghain Dodgers is the metafictional star of a series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. He is actually the famous cartoon star Daffy Duck, cast in the role of an intergalactic future hero.... ' sidekick as Dodgers once again faces off against Marvin. Duck Trek: A parody of Star Trek Star Trek Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise... , featuring Plucky in the role of Captain Kirk.
13	Best O’ Plucky Duck Day	December 12, 1992
An episode of Tiny Toons consisting of the following Plucky Duck shorts: One Minute ’Til Three: Plucky is anxiously waiting for the class to end, and hoping to avoid getting stuck with a weekend assignment. Sticky Feathers Duck: Plucky and Hamton steal a candy bar, and it weighs on their consciences. Duck in the Dark: Plucky sleeps over at Buster's house, but stays up late watching monster movies, causing him to have nightmares.

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