Stupor Duck

July. 06,1956      
Rating:
7.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Daffy Duck does Superman as Stupor Duck (aka mild-mannered reporter Cluck Trent) takes on the villainous yet nonexistent Aardvark Ratnik.

Mel Blanc as  Daffy Duck, Aardvark Ratnik
Daws Butler as  Narrator, Newspaper Editor

Reviews

Actuakers
1956/07/06

One of my all time favorites.

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ChanBot
1956/07/07

i must have seen a different film!!

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WillSushyMedia
1956/07/08

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

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Mandeep Tyson
1956/07/09

The acting in this movie is really good.

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Edgar Allan Pooh
1956/07/10

. . . that the Dastardliest Disasters, the Bloodcurdlingiest Carnivals of Carnage, and the Costliest Catastrophes always seemed to be happening in the presence of Super Heroes. It doesn't really matter if Earth's reputed "saviors" come from D.C. Comics or the Marvel Universe, the recipe for Mayhem and Destruction is pretty much the same: When the Costume Queens suit up, Apocalyptic Chaos is on stand-by, with Anarchaic Armegeddon waiting in the wings. A Super Hero did NOT bring down Hitler. Rather, the self-proclaimed "Fuhrer of the Thousand-Year-Reich" was done in by an army of Average Joes, drafted from the farm fields, marching bands, and barber shops of Real Life. Most people suspected of having Super Hero tendencies get burned at the stake, like Joan D'Arc. To drive all of this home, Warner tries to parry the counter-intuitive if not mindless Super Hero Worship of the other Tinseltown Fantasy Factories by offering the always hapless Daffy Duck in this STUPOR DUCK role. Whether it's Undemolishing imploded high-rises, raising "sinking" submarines, or riding North Korean "attack rockets" to the moon, STUPOR DUCK always manages to be in the wrong place at the worst time. Daffy may not be as much of a Threat to Civilization as Superman, Ironman, Batman, or Captain America, but that ain't saying much.

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utgard14
1956/07/11

Mild-mannered newspaper reporter Cluck Trent overhears a television program and mistakenly believes the villain on the show is real. So he changes into his super-powered alter-ego Stupor Duck and flies off in search of the fictional villain. He finds himself in one mess after another in his attempts to foil what he thinks are the villain's plans but are really something else entirely, like a building being demolished and a rocket being sent to the moon by the government.Hilarious Daffy Duck parody of Superman. Being a lifelong fan of Supes, I naturally adored this short. It's a hoot with Daffy making an idiot of himself repeatedly as only he could. The animation is wonderful with nice colors and good action. The voicework from Mel Blanc and Daws Butler is great. A funny short that Daffy and Superman fans will want to check out.

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Mightyzebra
1956/07/12

You do not have to have watched any superman films or read any superman comics to enjoy this. I did, so I'm the proof. I loved this for Daffy Duck being so good and for most of the humour. I enjoyed the whole principle of the cartoon - Daffy being a famous character that everybody knows and I thought Robert McKimson directed it well. All of the other episodes I have watched where Daffy plays the part of a famous person were directed by Chuck Jones.In this cartoon, a normal (duck - maybe not normal...) secretary is working one day, when he suddenly goes into an imagination fit. He daydreams that he is a super duck and that he will save the world from a Russian spy. Either for real in the episode or in his head (it is never clear), Daffy goes off to try and rid the world of this evil spy, but he does not really manage it...I recommend this cartoon to people who like the crazy and greedy Daffy, to people who like superman and to people who like Looney Tunes and Daffy Duck in general. Enjoy "Stupor Duck"! :-)

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Lee Eisenberg
1956/07/13

I saw "Stupor Duck" in the compilation "Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island". When Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales - stranded on an uncharted island - find a wishing well, Daffy wishes to be Super Duck so that he can fly off the island. The only problem is, he gets turned into Stupor Duck, who bungles every mission...mainly due to the fact that his enemy doesn't even exist (he heard "Ratnik" on a TV show that the man in the next room was watching). So, he spends the cartoon getting himself into various and sundry embarrassing situations, all of which result in him getting maimed somehow. Anyway, this might not be the best cartoon that the crowd behind the Looney Tunes cartoons ever created, but it's great to watch just to see what happens to Daffy. Will he ever triumph?! I agree: they need to find better places to put buildings.

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