The Great Piggy Bank Robbery
1946 film by Bob Clampett
The Great Piggy Bank Robbery is a Warner Bros. Pictures Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short, produced in early 1945, and released in 1946. It was directed by Robert Clampett, and features Daffy Duck in Clampett's penultimate Warner cartoon, produced shortly before he left the studio. The cartoon is largely a parody of the popular Dick Tracy comic book series. This is also the last short Clampett directed that featured Daffy.
- Directed by Robert Clampett. Produced by Edward Selzer. (uncredited) Story by Warren Foster.
- [first lines; waiting for the mailman] Sufferin' succotash! WHY DON'T HE GET HERE?
- A trapdoor? Very ingenious. Duck Twacy is too smart for a trap like that! [stands beside the doormat] I shall ring the bell from here. [does so, only for the trapdoor to actually be where he is standing, sending him falling into an underground room] Was that really necessary?!
- Must be the Human Fly. [starts to walk across the ceiling] Nothing's impossible for Duck Twacy!
- Scram, Sherlock. I'm working this side of the street.
- I'm gonna pin it on ya, see? I'm gonna pin it on ya! [fade to Daffy playing Pin the Tail on the Donkey] I'll pin it on ya or my name ain't Duck Twacy.
- NEON NOODLE?!
Dialogue
edit- Daffy Duck: [impatiently] Sufferin' Succotash! [yelling] WHY DON'T HE GET HERE?!?
- Neon Noodle: [putting his see-through hands over Daffy's eyes] Guess who?
- Daffy Duck: Neon Noodle? [shouts] Neon Noodle? Aauggh!
- Daffy Duck: Rubber Head!
- Rubber Head: I'm gonna r-r-r-r-rub you out, see? R-r-r-r-r-r-rub you out!
- [Rubber Head erases Daffy with his head]
- Daffy Duck: Fantastic! And furthermore, it's unbelieva... [erased completely; coming out of door] ... ble.
- [Daffy is surrounded by a gang of crooks]
- Daffy Duck: Snake Eyes! Agh! Eighty-Eight Teeth! Hammerhead! Oh, no, Pussycat! Pussycat Puss! Bat Man! Double-Header! P-p-picklepuss! P-p-p-pumpkin Head! Neon Noodle! Juke Box Jaw! Wolf Man!
- Wolf Man: Woof! Awoooooo! Woof!
- Daffy Duck: You're all under arrest!
- [All the villains roar at him. He runs off]
Voice cast
edit- Mel Blanc as Daffy Duck / Duck Twacy / Wolf Man / Rubber Head / Neon Noodle / Pig.
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