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''Daffy's Rhapsody'' is a 2012 animated ''
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'' short film featuring the characters Daffy Duck and
Elmer Fudd Elmer J. Fudd is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes''/''Merrie Melodies'' series and the archenemy of Bugs Bunny. Elmer Fudd's aim is to hunt Bugs, but he usually ends up seriously injuring himself and other antag ...
. Directed by
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and written by Tom Sheppard, the film is an adaptation of the song of the same name which was sung by Mel Blanc and recorded in the 1950s by
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. ''Daffy's Rhapsody'' was first shown in theaters before
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' feature-length film '' Journey 2: The Mysterious Island''. Unlike the previous ''Looney Tunes'' 3-D shorts, ''Daffy's Rhapsody'' has not yet been released on home media. In 2016, the official Warner Bros. Animation uploaded the short to
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but eventually removed it, leaving unofficial uploads of the short being available. It took until 2021 for the short to be officially available to purchase on ''Stars of Space Jam: Looney Tunes Collection''.


Plot

Elmer Fudd Elmer J. Fudd is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes''/''Merrie Melodies'' series and the archenemy of Bugs Bunny. Elmer Fudd's aim is to hunt Bugs, but he usually ends up seriously injuring himself and other antag ...
goes to see an anti-duck hunting musical named "Requiem for a Hunt: The Musical", starring Daffy Duck to which upon seeing Daffy, his hunter instincts kick in and he chases Daffy. Meanwhile, Daffy, who is singing to the tune of Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, is initially unaware of Elmer but soon realizes the danger.


Voice cast

* Mel Blanc (archival recordings) as Daffy Duck. * Billy West as
Elmer Fudd Elmer J. Fudd is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes''/''Merrie Melodies'' series and the archenemy of Bugs Bunny. Elmer Fudd's aim is to hunt Bugs, but he usually ends up seriously injuring himself and other antag ...
.


Release


Theatrical

This short was initially scheduled to be released in theaters before '' Happy Feet Two'' in 2011, but Warner Bros. decided that '' I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat'' was more suitable for a film starring penguins.


Home media

On August 14, 2021, Warner Bros released the short digitally on iTunes and Microsoft Movies and TV in ''Stars of Space Jam: Looney Tunes Collection'', making it the first official home video release of the short.


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